22 best-selling fantasy books like The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie by M. Rickert

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The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

By: M. Rickert

4.00

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

Meet Quark, a giant of a man carrying scars literally and figuratively, on his return to Bellfairie…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie by M. Rickert , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. Song of Susannah

By: Stephen King , Darrel Anderson

3.39

Format: 440 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The next-to-last novel in Stephen King's seven-volume magnum opus, Song of Susannahis at once a boo… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Song of Susannah book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. A Taste of Honey

By: Kai Ashante Wilson

4.35

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Long after the Towers left the world but before the dragons came to Daluca, the emperor brought his… read more

Similar categories in Kai Ashante Wilson's A Taste of Honey book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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3. City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

4.21

Format: 484 pages, Paperback

A generation ago, the city of Voortyashtan was the stronghold of the god of war and death, the birt… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2) book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"You are wrong,"

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

"Sometimes I can’t tell if you hate this place or love it."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

"They have forgotten that war is momentum. War is natural. And war makes one strong."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

"There's no such thing as a good death, Lalith," she says. "It's just a dull, stupid thing we all have to do eventually. To ask meaning of it is to ask meaning of a shadow."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)

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4. Empty Space (Empty Space Trilogy #3)

By: M. John Harrison

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This space adventure begins with the following dream: An alien research tool the size of a brown dw… read more

Similar categories in M. John Harrison's Empty Space (Empty Space Trilogy #3) book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. The Nameless Dark: A Collection

By: T.E. Grau , Nathan Ballingrud

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

The Nameless Dark: A Collection is the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated debut of a major new voice i… read more

Similar categories in T.E. Grau's The Nameless Dark: A Collection book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror

6. The Beauty

By: Aliya Whiteley

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Somewhere away from the cities and towns, a group of men and boys gather around the fire each night… read more

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7. Wolves of the Calla

By: Stephen King , Bernie Wrightson

4.34

Format: 413 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Roland Deschain and his ka-tetare bearing southeast through the forests of Mid-World on their quest… read more

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8. Maeve Fly

By: C.J. Leede

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! … read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's Maeve Fly book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Inside my room, I turn on Billy Holiday. There are only two kinds of music in my world. Billy Holiday and Halloween songs."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted m…"

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

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9. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's You Like It Darker book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. Everything the Darkness Eats

By: Eric LaRocca

2.78

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

An insidious darkness threatens to devastate a rural New England village when occult forces are co… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's Everything the Darkness Eats book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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11. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fiction
  • horror
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12. The Annual Migration of Clouds (The Annual Migration of Clouds #1)

By: Premee Mohamed

3.72

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

In post-climate disaster Alberta, a woman infected with a mysterious parasite must choose whether t… read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's The Annual Migration of Clouds (The Annual Migration of Clouds #1) book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"In silent agreement we squeeze into the window to study our valley. Unlovely in the early spring, crusted with think rime of muddy snow, the river still choked with ice, a single dark thread of water…"

-Premee Mohamed, The Annual Migration of Clouds (The Annual Migration of Clouds #1)

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13. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fiction
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

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14. Nothing But Blackened Teeth

By: Cassandra Khaw

2.66

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in … read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Every religion is a one-way relationship."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"The dead miss the sun. It's dark down there."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"Media’s all about the gospel of the lone wolf, but the truth is we’re all just sheep."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"apologies didn’t exonerate the sinner, only compelled graciousness from its recipient."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

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15. The Saint of Bright Doors

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more

Similar categories in Vajra Chandrasekera's The Saint of Bright Doors book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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16. Skyward Inn

By: Aliya Whiteley

3.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

Skyward Inn, within the high walls of the Western Protectorate, is a place of safety, where people … read more

Similar categories in Aliya Whiteley's Skyward Inn book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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17. The Spear Cuts Through Water

By: Simon Jimenez

4.19

Format: 525 pages, Hardcover

Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal fa… read more

Similar categories in Simon Jimenez's The Spear Cuts Through Water book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"There is no correct way to shake hands with pain."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"They fought because it was the easiest language they spoke."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"I have lived a long time," she said. "And the longer I live, the more it surprises me, and saddens me, how wise the young must become to live in this world."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"But the truth of the matter was they fought because Jun was grieving and Keema was terrified and Jun was exhilarated and Keema was joyful and Jun was exhausted and Keema was repulsed."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

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18. 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 M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • novels
  • fantasy
  • 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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19. Whalefall

By: Daniel Kraus

3.73

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Whalefall is a scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who’s been swallowed by an eigh… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Kraus's Whalefall book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fiction
  • horror
"There need be no struggle when we are all the same weight."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"But those three people waiting outside are the tones of Jay's voice, the organs in Jay's body."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"The simple sharing of hope, its weight not so heavy after all, is a wonder. A lifting. A rising. A surfacing."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"Jay's not sure he believes in therapy. He definitely doesn't believe in closure. People aren't doors. They're whole floor plans, entire labyrinths, and the harder you try to escape, the more lost ins…"

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

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20. The Last Watch (The Divide, #1)

By: J.S. Dewes

3.96

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The Expanse meets Game of Thrones in J. S. Dewes's fast-paced, sci-fi adventure The Last Watch, whe… read more

Similar categories in J.S. Dewes's The Last Watch (The Divide, #1) book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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21. The Wind Began to Howl (Isaiah Coleridge, #3.5)

By: Laird Barron

4.31

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Laird Barron's acclaimed crime saga makes a triumphant return in The Wind Began to Howl, an all-new… read more

Similar categories in Laird Barron's The Wind Began to Howl (Isaiah Coleridge, #3.5) book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fiction
  • horror
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22. Small Town Horror

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Small Town Horror book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fiction
  • horror
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23. Artificial Wisdom

By: Thomas R. Weaver

4.09

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

It’s 2050, a decade after a heatwave that killed four hundred million across the Persian Gulf, incl… read more

Similar categories in Thomas R. Weaver's Artificial Wisdom book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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24. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fiction
  • horror
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25. Someone You Can Build a Nest In

By: John Wiswell

4.07

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—… read more

Similar categories in John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest In book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"No young woman of means has gone through her entire life without at least once surveying her opportunities and wishing for a dragon instead."

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

"Homily professed her love by digging a second crossbow bolt of Shersheshin's body. It was so much clearer a declaration of affection than any of those speeches spun by poets or playwrights. And stuff…"

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

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26. No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories

By: Premee Mohamed

4.00

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A collection of short fiction by award-winning author Premee Mohamed. read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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27. Coyote Songs

By: Gabino Iglesias

4.18

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

In Gabino Iglesias’ second novel, ghosts and old gods guide the hands of those caught up in a viole… read more

Similar categories in Gabino Iglesias's Coyote Songs book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Facts are harder to swallow than rocks, but just as solid."

-Gabino Iglesias, Coyote Songs

"The amount of pity you generate in others diminishes with every birthday."

-Gabino Iglesias, Coyote Songs

"Fishing… is like life: mostly about deception, waiting, luck, and going home empty-handed."

-Gabino Iglesias, Coyote Songs

"However, the man was wrong. It wasn’t a hundred coyotes with bullhorns howling at once and it wasn’t the Devil himself. The things that had screamed that night was the soul of a shattered, hurt mothe…"

-Gabino Iglesias, Coyote Songs

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28. The Ghost Sequences

By: A.C. Wise

3.98

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

From A.C. Wise, the acclaimed author of Wendy, Darling, comes a brand new collection of horror stor… read more

Similar categories in A.C. Wise's The Ghost Sequences book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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29. The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

By: M. Rickert

4.00

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

Meet Quark, a giant of a man carrying scars literally and figuratively, on his return to Bellfairie… read more

Similar categories in M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • horror
  • novels
  • fantasy
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30. Sing Your Sadness Deep

By: Laura Mauro

4.32

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

British Fantasy Award-winning author, and Shirley Jackson Award finalist Laura Mauro, a leading voi… read more

Similar categories in Laura Mauro's Sing Your Sadness Deep book and M. Rickert's The Shipbuilder of Bellfairie

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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31. Only the Living Are Lost

By: Simon Strantzas

3.78

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Canadian writer Simon Strantzas has long been recognized as one of the most dynamic voices in conte… read more

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Stephen King , Darrel Anderson

3.39

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4.35

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4.21

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4.18

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