23 Best fantasy books like The Haunter of the Ring and Other Stories by Robert E. Howard

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The Haunter of the Ring and Other Stories

By: Robert E. Howard

3.47

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

"For stark, living fear... what other writer is even in the running?" - H. P. Lovecraft on Robert E…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Haunter of the Ring and Other Stories by Robert E. Howard , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. The Woman in White

By: Wilkie Collins , Matthew Sweet

4.01

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: Alternate covers can be found here and here. 'In one moment, every drop of blood… read more

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  • horror
"I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man!"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"... our endurance must end, and our resistance begin, to-day."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"You don’t have to speak at all— I know what you’d say… - Laura"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

Cover of The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

2. The Phantom of the Opera

By: Gaston Leroux , Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

3.96

Format: 360 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in French as a serial in 1909, The Phantom of the Opera is a riveting story that re… read more

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  • fantasy
  • horror
"He laid at my feet his immense, tragic love."

-Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

"All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)"

-Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

"My lies were as hideous as the monster that had inspired them"

-Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

"I am the little boy who went into the sea to rescue your scarf"

-Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

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3. Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.32

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: "Hey, you!" For Brutha the novice is the Ch… read more

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  • fantasy
"Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you."

-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

"Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off."

-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

"Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces."

-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

"There’s no point in believing in things that exist."

-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

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4. The Time Machine and Other Stories

By: H.G. Wells

3.75

Format: 217 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Includes the stories: The Time Machine, The Empire of the Ants, The Country of the Blind, The Man W… read more

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  • short stories
  • collections
  • fantasy
Cover of Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2) by Terry Pratchett

5. Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Death has to happen. That's what bein' alive is all about. You're alive, and then you're dead. It … read more

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  • fantasy
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6. The Ballad of Black Tom

By: Victor LaValle

3.85

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there. Charles… read more

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  • fantasy
  • horror
"I wish I’d been more like my father,"

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"I'll take Cthulhu over you devils any day."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"A good hustler isn't curious. A good hustler only wants his pay."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"Because to watch would be to understand the play isn't being staged for us."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

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7. The Yellow Sign & Other Stories

By: S.T. Joshi , Robert W. Chambers

3.06

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

This massive collection brings together the entire body of Robert W. Chambers' weird fiction works … read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
Cover of The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells, China Miéville, Patrick Parrinder, None

8. The First Men in the Moon

By: H.G. Wells , China Miéville , Patrick Parrinder , None

4.00

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chanc… read more

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  • fantasy
Cover of 1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year by David Hepworth

9. 1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year

By: David Hepworth

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A rollicking look at 1971 - the busiest, most innovative and resonant year of the 70s, defined by t… read more

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10. The Time Machine

By: H.G. Wells , Greg Bear , Carlo Pagetti

3.89

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

“I’ve had a most amazing time....” So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account … read more

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  • fantasy
"For after the Battle comes quiet."

-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

"We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity."

-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

"It's against reason," said Filby. "What reason?" said the Time Traveller."

-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

"[...] The slowest snail that ever crawled dashed by too fast for me. [...]"

-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine

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11. The War of the Worlds

By: H.G. Wells , Arthur C. Clarke

3.83

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the a… read more

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  • fantasy
  • horror
"We will peck them to death tomorrow, my dear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one"

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"That's what we are now—just ants. Only——" "Yes," I said. "We're eatable ants."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

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12. The Tommyknockers

By: Stephen King

3.60

Format: 747 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Librarian's Note: This is alternate cover edition #2 ISBN 10: 0451156609 ISBN13: 9780451156600… read more

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  • fantasy
  • horror
"The feel of the sticky wetness down there when she moved made her grimace. God, she wanted to get cleaned up. In a hurry."

-Stephen King, The Tommyknockers

"One of life's great truths is this: when one is about to be struck by a speeding six-hundred-pound Coke machine, one need worry about nothing else."

-Stephen King, The Tommyknockers

"The trouble with living alone, she had discovered-and the reason why most people she knew didn't like to be alone even for a little while-was that the longer you lived alone, the louder the voices on…"

-Stephen King, The Tommyknockers

"I have just drawn my weapon and killed a Coke machine, sir." Claudell Weems said hollowly inside his mask. Andy Torgeson turned toward him. "And you never even ordered it to halt, or fired a warning …"

-Stephen King, The Tommyknockers

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13. The King in Yellow

By: Robert W. Chambers

3.55

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • horror
"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

14. Batman and Robin, Volume 2: Pearl

By: Peter J. Tomasi , Ray McCarthy , Mick Gray , Tomás Giorello , Patrick Gleason , Keith Champagne , Allen Passalaqua , John Kalisz , Lee Garbett , None , Tom Nguyen , None , Carlos M. Mangual

3.91

Format: 631 pages, Hardcover

After the events of Batman and Robin, Volume 1: Born to Kill, it's obvious that Damian has a long w… read more

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15. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1)

By: Dante Alighieri , Anthony Esolen

3.93

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous jour… read more

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16. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

By: Jules Verne , Anthony Bonner

3.89

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronna… read more

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  • fantasy
"We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones."

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

"Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not"

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

"If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning."

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

"Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors."

-Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)

17. Bloody Rose (The Band, #2)

By: Nicholas Eames

3.88

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

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18. The Call of Cthulhu

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more

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19. The Island of Dr. Moreau

By: H.G. Wells

4.67

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettab… read more

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20. Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1

By: Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

4.62

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Born the crown prince of a prosperous kingdom, Xie Lian was renowned for his beauty, strength, and … read more

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  • fantasy
"Body in Abyss, Heart in Paradise."

-Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1

"Xie Lian didn't know whether to laugh or cry."

-Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1

"Vì người, đánh đâu thắng đó, không gì cản nổi." “Vì người tử trận là vinh quang chí cao vô thượng của ta."

-Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1

"Xie Lan sighed. “It certainly is painful to think about, to have given everything for love and lose everything in return."

-Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1

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21. Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)

By: Frank Herbert

3.86

Format: 669 pages, Paperback

Book five in Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune Chronicles--one of the most significant sagas in the … read more

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  • fantasy
"Tedbirler al, ama onların gölgesinde yaşama."

-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)

"Hatred was as dangerous an emotion as love. The capacity for hatred was the capacity for its opposite."

-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)

"We never completely escape the teachers of our childhood nor any of the patterns that formed us, do we?"

-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)

"Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent mutual regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into it."

-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)

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22. Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

By: Heather Walter

3.95

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

A princess isn’t supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this darkly magical retelling of “S… read more

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  • fantasy
"There's nothing for me here. I'm tired of being a villain." "Magic is everywhere...even humans carry a spark of it in their fragile, fickle souls. All you need to do is reach out and find it."

-Heather Walter, Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

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23. Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)

By: Frank Herbert

3.89

Format: 609 pages, Paperback

Frank Herbert's Final Novel in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adv… read more

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  • fantasy
"What does a mirror look at?"

-Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)

"I am not the river I am the net."

-Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)

"Face your fears or they will climb over your back."

-Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)

"Revenge is for children and the emotionally retarded."

-Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)

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24. Cataclysm (Star Wars: The High Republic)

By: Lydia Kang

4.18

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

After the thrilling events of The High Republic: Convergence, the Jedi race to confront the Path of… read more

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  • fantasy
"There is something more powerful in this galaxy than money. More powerful than weapons, or cunning. It's love. You know what the most dangerous thing in the world is? To love someone. Because you han…"

-Lydia Kang, Cataclysm (Star Wars: The High Republic)

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25. Hotel Magnifique

By: Emily J. Taylor

3.77

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Caraval and The Night Circus, this decadent and darkly enchanting YA fantasy, set again… read more

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  • fantasy
"You're not nothing to me," he said, almost to himself. "That's precisely the problem."

-Emily J. Taylor, Hotel Magnifique

"Produce an invitation and I'll eat that ruffled atrocity of a hat." "Then get a fork and give me five minutes."

-Emily J. Taylor, Hotel Magnifique

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26. Convergence (Star Wars: The High Republic)

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.84

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

The next adventure in the High Republic begins expanding the new era of Star Wars, with a story se… read more

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  • fantasy
"Why do people say wizard like it’s a bad thing?"

-Zoraida Córdova, Convergence (Star Wars: The High Republic)

"You're only allowed to be broken for so long before even the people you love start to wish you'd get over it."

-Zoraida Córdova, Convergence (Star Wars: The High Republic)

Cover of Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1) by Mai Corland

27. Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

By: Mai Corland

3.84

Format: 474 pages, Hardcover

It’s the season for treason… The king of Yusan must die. The five most dangerous liars in th… read more

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  • fantasy
"In short: I'm awake, hungry, and doomed. -Sora"

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

"I hoped. And hope is a jagged knife. Hope pieces together dreams out of broken glass only for reality to come and smash them all over again. Hope is the cruelest punishment of them all."

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

"When Yuri said it was a girl, I hoped. And hope is a jagged knife. Hope pieces together dreams out of broken glass only for reality to come and smash them all over again. Hope is the cruelest punishm…"

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

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28. Rebel Skies (Rebel Skies #1)

By: Ann Sei Lin

3.81

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Ann Sei Lin's enchanting and action-packed debut, first in a series, will sweep readers away to an … read more

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  • fantasy
Cover of Yuki-Onna and Other Stories by Lafcadio Hearn

29. Yuki-Onna and Other Stories

By: Lafcadio Hearn

3.16

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Haunting, mysterious and beautiful, but also possessed of unimaginable power and the capacity for t… read more

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  • collections
  • horror
Cover of The Black Seal and Other Stories (Arcturus Classics, 203) by Arthur Machen

30. The Black Seal and Other Stories (Arcturus Classics, 203)

By: Arthur Machen

3.44

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Machen's weird tales of the creepy and fantastic have fascinated readers for generations. read more

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  • short stories
  • collections
  • fantasy
  • horror
Cover of The Haunter of the Ring and Other Stories by Robert E. Howard

31. The Haunter of the Ring and Other Stories

By: Robert E. Howard

3.47

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

"For stark, living fear... what other writer is even in the running?" - H. P. Lovecraft on Robert E… read more

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  • short stories
  • collections
  • fantasy
  • horror

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H.G. Wells

3.75

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S.T. Joshi , Robert W. Chambers

3.06

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Robert W. Chambers

3.55

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Robinson Crusoe

Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

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The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

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Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca

4.13

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