13 Best fantasy books like The Enigmatic Madam Ingram by Meihan Boey

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The Enigmatic Madam Ingram

By: Meihan Boey

4.11

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

Finalist for the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize In this exciting sequel to the multi-award-win…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Enigmatic Madam Ingram by Meihan Boey , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Spirits Abroad

By: Zen Cho

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

"If you live near the jungle, you will realize that what is real and what is not real is not always… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction

2. Love and Friendship

By: Jane Austen

4.14

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

This collection of the early works of Jane Austen uniquely displays the emerging talent of a brilli… read more

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3. The Ghost Bride

By: Yangsze Choo

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A startlingly original voice makes her literary debut with this wondrous coming-of-age story infuse… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"If I had known how easy it is to lose your life, I would have treasured mine better"."

-Yangsze Choo, The Ghost Bride

"The contrast between the realization of his neglect and the fondness I had for my father was painful"."

-Yangsze Choo, The Ghost Bride

"I don't keep mistresses; it's far too much trouble. I'm offering to marry you, although I might regret it. And if you think the Lim family disapproved of your marriage, wait until you meet mine."

-Yangsze Choo, The Ghost Bride

"The Chinese considered the moon to be yin, feminine and full of negative energy, as opposed to the sun that was yang and exemplified masculinity. I liked the moon, with its soft silver beams. It was …"

-Yangsze Choo, The Ghost Bride

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4. Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

By: Cho Nam-Joo

3.72

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

Eight women. Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without c… read more

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  • fiction
"W samochodzie Seunghun podziękował mi i kilka razy poprosił, żebym jak najczęściej przyjeżdżała do Geumju. Chciałam zapytać, czy jej dzieci, czyli jego mama oraz ciocie i wujkowie, często do niej wpa…"

-Cho Nam-Joo, Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

"– Ale rzecz w tym, że nie wyobrażam sobie świata bez babci. Nie liczę na cud. Po prostu chcę, żeby żyła. – Seunghun, ja chyba bym tego nie chciała na jej miejscu. Życie nie ma sensu, gdy nie można ni…"

-Cho Nam-Joo, Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

Cover of Marple: Twelve New Mysteries by Naomi Alderman

5. Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

By: Naomi Alderman

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Mystery’s legendary detective Jane M… read more

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  • fiction
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6. A Crane Among Wolves

By: June Hur

4.03

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

June Hur, bestselling author of The Red Palace, crafts a devastating and pulse-pounding tale that w… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"What need has the king for a thousand courtesans? I cannot possibly imgaine wanting a thousand husbands." "Because rape - "He flicked an uneasy glance my way, as though afraid to offend my womanly se…"

-June Hur, A Crane Among Wolves

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7. The Other Bennet Sister

By: Janice Hadlow

4.16

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shad… read more

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  • fiction
"Watching what happens isn’t the same as being part of it."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"And anyway, in our house, no-one is obliged to sparkle. Which, I find, makes it far more likely that they might."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"If I don’t have the genius to create a thing of beauty myself, at least I have the judgement to appreciate the art of others."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

"...in truth, there is no state that better demonstrates real firmness of affection than the ability to remain quietly comfortable together without conversation."

-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

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8. Watching Women & Girls

By: Danielle Pender

3.69

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Every aspect of her body or personality was up for inspection: too big, too small, too available, … read more

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  • fiction
"It's very boring to call people crazy because they don't do what you tell them to"

-Danielle Pender, Watching Women & Girls

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9. The Fox Wife

By: Yangsze Choo

4.01

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, or life force, bu… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Chinese traditionally consider shadows part of the soul. Harm done to a shadow, whether by pinning it to the ground or stepping on it, was considered spiritual damage to the person. Of course none of…"

-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

"Sometimes our wishes come back in the darkest, most twisted ways, like a thorn that pierces and grows through your flesh. A tree that drinks blood and blots out the sun. The sin was mine; I had water…"

-Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife

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10. Salt Slow

By: Julia Armfield

3.99

Format: 193 pages, Hardcover

This collection of stories is about women and their experiences in society, about bodies and the bo… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"She was a gentle sort of horror,"

-Julia Armfield, Salt Slow

"The night is wide, uncurving, like the earth might be flat and walkable from end to distant end."

-Julia Armfield, Salt Slow

"Sleeping gave me time off from myself — a delicious sort of respite. Without it I grow overfamiliar, sticky with self-contempt."

-Julia Armfield, Salt Slow

"Occasionally, I convinced myself I had made it all up — love, attraction, all of it — that I had made it up with everyone I'd ever met."

-Julia Armfield, Salt Slow

Cover of The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1) by Hisashi Kashiwai

11. The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

By: Hisashi Kashiwai

3.70

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series f… read more

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  • fiction
"Ah, Setchubai. "Plum Blossoms in the Snow." Perfect, and not just because of the name. It's a little sweet, but it'll go very well with the hotpot."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"We get used to things too easily. You think something's tasty the first time you eat it, but then you start taking it for granted. Never forget your first impressions."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"It's Swatow lace, I believe-- beautiful, isn't it? The design is titled "The Disc of the Moon"-- apparently it was inspired by the poem "Midnight Song" by the Tang-era poet Li Bai. I looked it up, an…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"Miyajima oysters, simmered Kurama-style, miso-glazed baked butterburs with millet cake, bracken and bamboo shoot stew, chargrilled moroko, breast of Kyoto-reared chicken with a wasabi dressing, and v…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

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12. Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (Song of the Last Kingdom, #2)

By: Amélie Wen Zhao

3.92

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

The epic sequel to the book Song of Silver, Flame Like Night, is a fast-paced, riveting YA fantasy … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) by Heather Fawcett

13. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.32

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wi… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"One of the guiding principles of dryadology,"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I may not be a miller's daughter, but you are not so different from the Folk as you think, Your Highness." I lifted her wineglass and dashed the remainder against her face, spilling it across her mou…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I brushed the hair from his face. It is very soft--- ludicrously so, in fact, more like rabbit down or dandelion seed than human hair--- and I found I could not stop stroking it. He murmured somethin…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"Dr. Farris Rose has served as Department Head for over a decade, taking over from Letitia Barrister, who was abducted by a bogle in the Hebrides and returned several weeks later aged to approximately…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

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14. The Square of Sevens

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.14

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."

-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens

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15. Now You See Us

By: Balli Kaur Jaswal

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The story of three women who work in the homes of Singapore’s elite and band together to solve a mu… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4) by Keigo Higashino

16. The Final Curtain (Detective Kaga, #4)

By: Keigo Higashino

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Malice and Newcomer, a confounding murder in Tokyo is connected to the… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5) by Sue Lynn Tan

17. Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5)

By: Sue Lynn Tan

4.13

Format: 153 pages, Hardcover

Sue Lynn Tan’s highly acclaimed, bestselling Celestial Kingdom duology is expanded with this new c… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I would move the stars for you," I said quietly, as something shifted into place inside me. "I would defy them all."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5)

"The past is embedded in who we are, whether we choose to change or keep our course. Without our history, we are unmarked sheets of paper."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5)

"As for him, he had learned his lesson better than I had, pursuing her with unwavering dedication, risking everything, even choosing her life over his."

-Sue Lynn Tan, Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5)

"What was eternity to love? To be held by him this way, like I was the only person who mattered in the world, to feel this fullness in my chest, to have him beside me as we lay in our bed-all this was…"

-Sue Lynn Tan, Tales of the Celestial Kingdom (The Celestial Kingdom, #2.5)

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18. The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters

By: Balli Kaur Jaswal

3.79

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

The author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows follows h… read more

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  • fiction
"Please enjoy your health while you have it. Because once your body betrays you, no comfort in the world will make up for your loss."

-Balli Kaur Jaswal, The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters

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19. Work-Life Balance: Malevolent Managers and Folkloric Freelancers

By: Benjamin Chee

3.68

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When a menacing multinational arrives on our shores, familiar creatures like pontianaks, mananangga… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

20. Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

By: Kirsten Miller

4.19

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking!… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Lovelier, Lonelier by Daryl Qilin Yam

21. Lovelier, Lonelier

By: Daryl Qilin Yam

3.95

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

"Casts a beguiling spell." -Rachel Heng, author of The Great Reclamation  Longlisted for the 202… read more

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  • fiction
"It should make no sense, really, that something good can come from something so tragic."

-Daryl Qilin Yam, Lovelier, Lonelier

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22. Goddess of the River

By: Vaishnavi Patel

3.86

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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23. The Campbell Gardens Ladies’ Swimming Class

By: Vrushali Junnarkar

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize An eclectic group of Indian women living in a con… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Enigmatic Madam Ingram by Meihan Boey

24. The Enigmatic Madam Ingram

By: Meihan Boey

4.11

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

Finalist for the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize In this exciting sequel to the multi-award-win… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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25. Lion City

By: Ng Yi-Sheng

3.81

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

A man learns that all the animals in the Zoo are robots. A secret terminal in Changi Airport caters… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Movie That No One Saw by May Seah

26. The Movie That No One Saw

By: May Seah

2.76

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Finalist for the 2018 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Adjonis Keh (the “d” is silent) is a successfu… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of A Mosque in the Jungle by Othman Wok

27. A Mosque in the Jungle

By: Othman Wok

3.76

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Othman Wok left an indelible mark on Singaporean politics and society, and was “steadfast and unwav… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Friend Zone Experiment by Zen Cho

28. The Friend Zone Experiment

By: Zen Cho

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the outside, Renee Goh’s life looks perfect. She’s thirty and beautiful, runs a glamorous―and … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Punkhawala and the Prostitute by Wesley Leon Aroozoo

29. The Punkhawala and the Prostitute

By: Wesley Leon Aroozoo

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Finalist for the 2021 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Beneath the façade of a land golden with oppor… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of It Had to Be Her by Anittha Thanabalan

30. It Had to Be Her

By: Anittha Thanabalan

4.31

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

When two schools merge in their final year of secondary school, Thrii, a sixteen-year-old girl with… read more

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Cover of The Disappearance of Patrick Zhou by Ally Chua

31. The Disappearance of Patrick Zhou

By: Ally Chua

3.96

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Finalist for the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize The Zhou-Guthrie company is a powerful one, wi… read more

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28 Top fiction books like The Enigmatic Madam Ingram by Meihan Boey

Transform Your Habits

Spirits Abroad

Zen Cho

4.35

Transform Your Habits

The Ghost Bride

Yangsze Choo

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories

Cho Nam-Joo

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

Naomi Alderman

3.81

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21 best-selling fiction books like Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel

Transform Your Habits

Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

S.T. Gibson

3.66

Transform Your Habits

The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread, #1)

Sophie Kim

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Song of the Huntress

Lucy Holland

3.76

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A Letter to the Luminous Deep

Sylvie Cathrall

3.69

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