6 Best science fiction books like Lamb by Matt Hill

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Lamb

By: Matt Hill

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

‘It’s inside every parent to want to carry their child’s terror. It’s the thing they never tell yo…

If you liked the science fiction plot in Lamb by Matt Hill , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Devil's Day by Andrew Michael Hurley

1. Devil's Day

By: Andrew Michael Hurley

3.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the Lancashire farm where he grew up to help gather the she… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Michael Hurley's Devil's Day book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. The House That Horror Built

By: Christina Henry

3.22

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifyi… read more

Similar categories in Christina Henry's The House That Horror Built book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
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3. In Ascension

By: Martin MacInnes

3.79

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the oc… read more

Similar categories in Martin MacInnes's In Ascension book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • science fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"I questioned what else I had already missed so far, in my own life, simply through the limits of my character."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"Once he had committed to this life, there was no way he could get out of it. He was angry at us, his daughters, because the financial demands of our existence bound him to it."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"I kind of love it. It's so macabre. The reason we haven't seen or heard from anything off-world is that reaching off-world status is a civilisational death knell. Life either gets stuck there or dest…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"The air was thick with teeming life, just as the oceans and the rivers were. A spoonful of seawater or a pinch of soil between your fingers held billions of living things. We were blind to this out o…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

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4. Brainwyrms

By: Alison Rumfitt

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more

Similar categories in Alison Rumfitt's Brainwyrms book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • fiction
  • horror
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5. Girls Against God

By: Jenny Hval

3.05

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

At once a time-travelling horror story and a fugue-like feminist manifesto, this is a singular, gen… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Hval's Girls Against God book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"No one asks me why I hate, no one uses that word, they call me grumpy, not even angry, but grumpy, six letters, something inconsequential and self-inflicted, something powerless, insignificant, somet…"

-Jenny Hval, Girls Against God

"Maybe the only way an artist can escape capitalism and patriarchy today is to use art to disappear as an individual. The artists must completely wash away their person and self-expression, along with…"

-Jenny Hval, Girls Against God

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6. My Death

By: Lisa Tuttle

3.98

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

A widowed writer begins to work on a biography of a novelist and artist—and soon uncovers bizarre p… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Tuttle's My Death book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • mystery
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. Termush

By: Sven Holm

3.31

Format: 119 pages, Paperback

Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer, welcome to a luxury hotel at the end of the world in this post-apoca… read more

Similar categories in Sven Holm's Termush book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"An inspired lie could be preferred to a malignant truth."

-Sven Holm, Termush

"I must ask myself whether I am not colouring what I see with my own views."

-Sven Holm, Termush

"- I do have some faith in democracy, but I don't think that this vote can be regarded as a matter of course as democratic. The voters knew too little about the alternatives. - They are always Ill-inf…"

-Sven Holm, Termush

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8. Lost in the Garden

By: Adam S. Leslie

3.73

Format: 446 pages, Paperback

"Like an old wives’ tale, like a piece of wisdom passed down through generations which no one quest… read more

Similar categories in Adam S. Leslie's Lost in the Garden book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore

9. The Glutton

By: A.K. Blakemore

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A subversive historical novel set during the French Revolution, inspired by a young peasant boy tur… read more

Similar categories in A.K. Blakemore's The Glutton book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. The Secret Life of Insects and Other Stories

By: Bernardo Esquinca

4.14

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Bernardo Esquinca's haunting tale "Señor Ligotti" represented Mexico in the acclaimed The Valancour… read more

Similar categories in Bernardo Esquinca's The Secret Life of Insects and Other Stories book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • fiction
  • horror
"Sooner or later', she said,' our true nature separates us from the person we love. Losing one's shadow shouldn't be a tragedy but a goal. It's the only way of finding out who we really are."

-Bernardo Esquinca, The Secret Life of Insects and Other Stories

Cover of The Country Will Bring Us No Peace by Matthieu Simard

11. The Country Will Bring Us No Peace

By: Matthieu Simard

3.66

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Simon and Marie can't seem to have a baby. And so they flee the city for an idyllic village, where … read more

Similar categories in Matthieu Simard's The Country Will Bring Us No Peace book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • mystery
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
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12. Brat

By: Gabriel Smith

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a provocative new literary talent, a hilarious and haunted novel featuring an unlikable protag… read more

Similar categories in Gabriel Smith's Brat book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"I chose this one. This is the one I care about."

-Gabriel Smith, Brat

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13. Fragile Animals

By: Genevieve Jagger

3.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When an ex-catholic woman develops a sexual relationship with a vampire, she is forced to confront … read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Jagger's Fragile Animals book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. Supplication

By: Nour Abi-Nakhoul

2.67

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

A hallucinatory literary horror novel set deeply in the consciousness of a woman exploring a change… read more

Similar categories in Nour Abi-Nakhoul's Supplication book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Water Shall Refuse Them by Lucie McKnight Hardy

15. Water Shall Refuse Them

By: Lucie McKnight Hardy

3.45

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

The heatwave of 1976. Following the accidental drowning of her sister, sixteen-year-old Nif and her… read more

Similar categories in Lucie McKnight Hardy's Water Shall Refuse Them book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Lamb by Matt   Hill

16. Lamb

By: Matt Hill

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

‘It’s inside every parent to want to carry their child’s terror. It’s the thing they never tell yo… read more

Similar categories in Matt Hill's Lamb book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • science fiction
Cover of Conquest by Nina Allan

17. Conquest

By: Nina Allan

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Rachel's boyfriend Frank is different from other people. His strangeness is part of what she loves … read more

Similar categories in Nina Allan's Conquest book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • mystery
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of Private Rites by Julia Armfield

18. Private Rites

By: Julia Armfield

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more

Similar categories in Julia Armfield's Private Rites book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • science fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"

-Julia Armfield, Private Rites

Cover of Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1) by Nathan Ballingrud

19. Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1)

By: Nathan Ballingrud

4.18

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into th… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Ballingrud's Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1) book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us by Anna Bogutskaya

20. Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us

By: Anna Bogutskaya

4.18

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Zombies want brains. Vampires want blood. Cannibals want human flesh. All monsters need feeding. Ho… read more

Similar categories in Anna Bogutskaya's Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • horror
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21. Where I End

By: Sophie White

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

My mother. At night, my mother creaks. The house creaks along with her. Through our thin shar… read more

Similar categories in Sophie White's Where I End book and Matt Hill's Lamb

  • mystery
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror

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