16 Best fantasy books like The Magicians by James E. Gunn

The Magicians

By: James E. Gunn

3.43

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Struggling PI Casey thinks he's finally found an easy an elderly woman has just walked into his o…

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Cover of David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell

1. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

By: Malcolm Gladwell

3.97

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

In his #1 bestselling books The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell has explored t… read more

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"Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness."

-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

"It's challenging, it's not hopeless. You have to come up with something. You have to figure out a way to help them, because people must have hope to live."

-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

"Much of what we consider valuable in our world arises out of (these) one-sided conflicts. Because the act of facing overwhelming odds, produces greatness and beauty."

-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

"A woman who walks away from the promise of power finds the strength to forgive – and saves her friendship, her marriage, and her sanity. The world is turned upside down."

-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

Cover of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by J.R.R. Tolkien, Roger Garland

2. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Roger Garland

3.81

Format: 75 pages, Hardcover

This adventure book tells of Tom's encounters with the River-woman's beautiful daughter, Old Man Wi… read more

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  • literature
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Para siempre un mensajero, Un viajero demorado, Errante como una pluma, Un marinero guiado por el viento."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

"There is an inn, a merry old inn beneath an old grey hill, And there they brew a beer so brown That the Man in the Moon himself came down one night to drink his fill."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

"There was a merry passenger, a messenger, a mariner: he built a gilded gondola to wander in, and had in her a load of yellow oranges and porridge for his provender; he perfumed her with marjoram and …"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

Cover of Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) by Laini Taylor

3. Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)

By: Laini Taylor

3.99

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

Around the world, black hand prints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers w… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Alas. I am not an option."

-Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)

"My tiny scary friend is coming"

-Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)

"We dreamed together of the world remade."

-Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)

"To take from the universe, you must give."

-Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)

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4. The Leaky Establishment

By: Terry Pratchett , David Langford

3.75

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

THE LEAKY ESTABLISHMENT is an atomic farce whose author David Langford once worked in the gentle ra… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
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5. NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories

By: Jeff Alulis , NOFX , Billy Joe Armstrong

4.55

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The candid, hilarious, shocking, occasionally horrifying, and surprisingly moving New York Times be… read more

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"From 111 Mike " I never travel with drugs because I don't want to get caught at the airport, so if I ever have any coke or ecstasy left over after night of partying I tuck it in the pages of the Bibl…"

-Jeff Alulis, NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories

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6. 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

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Daughter of the Empire (The Empire Trilogy, #1) by Janny Wurts, Raymond E. Feist

7. Daughter of the Empire (The Empire Trilogy, #1)

By: Janny Wurts , Raymond E. Feist

3.69

Format: 216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Magic and murder engulf the realm of Kelewan. Fierce warlords ignite a bitter blood feud to enslave… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. Splendor

By: David Zindell

2.50

Format: 62 pages, ebook

Having grown up under the threat of the Cuban Missile Crisis and annihilation through nuclear war, … read more

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9. Hero in the Shadows (The Drenai Saga, #9)

By: David Gemmell

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Thousands of years ago the city of Kuan Hador, a place steeped in evil, was defeated by a vast army… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of In the Realm of the Wolf (The Drenai Saga, #5) by David Gemmell

10. In the Realm of the Wolf (The Drenai Saga, #5)

By: David Gemmell

4.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Enter the extraordinary, action-filled world that became Legend-- as the exciting Drenai adventure … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Mort (Death, #1; Discworld, #4) by Terry Pratchett

11. Mort (Death, #1; Discworld, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestseller in England, whe… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Low Town (Low Town, #1) by Daniel Polansky

12. Low Town (Low Town, #1)

By: Daniel Polansky

3.80

Format: 304 pages,

Drug dealers, hustlers, brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops . . . and sorcery. Welcome to Low To… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Polansky's Low Town (Low Town, #1) book and James E. Gunn's The Magicians

  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Legend of Deathwalker (The Drenai Saga, #7) by David Gemmell

13. The Legend of Deathwalker (The Drenai Saga, #7)

By: David Gemmell

4.10

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Enter a powerful realm of legend, dark sorcery, and conquest, where the mighty Drenai warrior Druss… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction

14. Servant of the Empire (The Empire Trilogy, #2)

By: Janny Wurts , Raymond E. Feist

4.48

Format: 334 pages,

Second in Feist & Wurts' wonderful epic trilogy -- one of the most successful fantasy collaboration… read more

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15. Mistress of the Empire (The Empire Trilogy, #3)

By: Janny Wurts , Raymond E. Feist

3.89

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The world on the other side of the rift: Kelewan, a land seething with political intrigue and deadl… read more

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16. Fablehaven (Fablehaven, #1)

By: Brandon Mull

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For centuries mystical creatures of all description were gathered into a hidden refuge called Fable… read more

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17. Radix (Radix, #1)

By: A.A. Attanasio

3.00

Format: 112 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is the story of a young man's odyssey of self-discovery, from dangerous adolescent to warrior,… read more

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18. Coraline (Illustrated/Graphic Novel Edition)

By: Neil Gaiman , P. Craig Russell

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Coraline steps through a door in her family's new house, she finds another house, strangely si… read more

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19. The Olympian Affair (The Cinder Spires, #2)

By: Jim Butcher

4.25

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

The characters are off on a diplomatic mission to another Spire. A bunch of representatives of vari… read more

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20. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

By: Lewis Carroll , John Tenniel , Peter Glassman

3.46

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In 1865, English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), aka Lewis Carroll, wrote a fantastica… read more

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Cover of Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) by Travis Baldree

21. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

By: Travis Baldree

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we nee… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"See you in the story past the story."

-Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

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22. Warriorborn (The Cinder Spires #1.5)

By: Jim Butcher

4.46

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of the Dresden Files comes an all-new, action-packed… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography by Rob  Wilkins

23. Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography

By: Rob Wilkins

4.68

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

'People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it’s the other way around.' At the tim… read more

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24. Pages to Fill (Legends & Lattes, #0.5)

By: Travis Baldree

3.63

Format: 33 pages, ebook

Short story prequel to Legends & Lattes. It is available in the book Legends & Lattes, second editi… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell

25. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more

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"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

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26. A Stroke of the Pen

By: Terry Pratchett

4.03

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black a… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Dragons Invade The Crumbling Castle Area,’ shouted the first page (this was the headline), and then he said in an ordinary voice: ‘For full details hear Page Three."

-Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen

Cover of The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1) by Jim Butcher

27. The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)

By: Jim Butcher

4.18

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Jim Butcher, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files and the Codex Alera nove… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"I love you,"

-Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)

"It's a tradition,"

-Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)

"HOW CAN YOU KNOW THIS?"

-Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)

"Predator is not property,"

-Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)

Cover of Carnage by Mark Dapin

28. Carnage

By: Mark Dapin

3.26

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Millions have been entertained by the viral video of a man being arrested after a ‘succulent Chines… read more

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29. The Magicians

By: James E. Gunn

3.43

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Struggling PI Casey thinks he's finally found an easy an elderly woman has just walked into his o… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • literature
  • fiction
  • horror
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
Cover of The Nac Mac Feegles’ Big Wee Alphabet Book by Discworld Emporium

30. The Nac Mac Feegles’ Big Wee Alphabet Book

By: Discworld Emporium

4.19

Format: 66 pages, Hardcover

Join Rob Anybody and the Chalk Hill Clan from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books as they guide you t… read more

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31. The Escapement

By: Lavie Tidhar

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Into the Escapement rides the Stranger, a lone gunman on a quest to rescue his son in a strange par… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction

17 Top fiction books like The Magicians by James E. Gunn

Transform Your Habits

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

J.R.R. Tolkien , Roger Garland

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)

Laini Taylor

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Leaky Establishment

Terry Pratchett , David Langford

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Song of Susannah

Stephen King , Darrel Anderson

3.39

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20 best-selling fiction books like Pages to Fill (Legends & Lattes, #0.5) by Travis Baldree

Transform Your Habits

Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)

Hannah Kaner

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

Seanan McGuire

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

4.00

Transform Your Habits

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

T. Kingfisher

4.09

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