8 must-read fantasy books like The Moorings of Mackerel Sky by M.Z. Emily Zack

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The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

By: M.Z. Emily Zack

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Debut novelist MZ marries fantasy with the everyday in her contemporary novel of a Maine lobstering…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Moorings of Mackerel Sky by M.Z. Emily Zack , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Extinction of Irena Rey

By: Jennifer Croft

3.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the International Booker Prize–winning translator and Women's Prize finalist, a propulsive, be… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Croft's The Extinction of Irena Rey book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • fiction
"The sun was higher, a white light between the birches that arched and bared their lenticels, shimmering their leaves."

-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey

"Glittering crystalline rainbows extended in every direction, while gentle gold beams swept between the softened trees that sparkled and beckoned and forbade."

-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey

"It was a new moon, but the stars of the northern hemisphere transformed her slim sinuous home, converting the oak strips on the convex walls into quicksilver that momentarily held the frenzied shadow…"

-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey

"It was barely spring in the southern hemisphere, and Buenos Aires was not yet soft, or sumptuous, or purple.* *I wasn't sure what this meant at first, but when I asked this author to explain it, she …"

-Jennifer Croft, The Extinction of Irena Rey

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2. Whale Fall

By: Elizabeth O'Connor

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A stunning debut from an award-winning writer, about loss, isolation, folklore, and the joy and dis… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth O'Connor's Whale Fall book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • fiction
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3. Clear

By: Carys Davies

3.92

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more

Similar categories in Carys Davies's Clear book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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4. The Morningside

By: Téa Obreht

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife and Inland, a ma… read more

Similar categories in Téa Obreht's The Morningside book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. How to Read a Book

By: Monica Wood

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A charming, deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing p… read more

Similar categories in Monica Wood's How to Read a Book book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • fiction
"Perhaps it's an oddity of human nature to judge women more harshly, or maybe we expect so little of men their transgressions don't register the same."

-Monica Wood, How to Read a Book

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6. The Limits

By: Nell Freudenberger

3.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The most thrilling work yet from the best-selling, prize-winning author of The Newlyweds and Lost a… read more

Similar categories in Nell Freudenberger's The Limits book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • fiction
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7. The Turtle House

By: Amanda Churchill

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists, whose grit and grace will inspire … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Churchill's The Turtle House book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • fiction
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8. A Wild and Heavenly Place

By: Robin Oliveira

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of My Name is Mary Sutter comes a sweeping story of star… read more

Similar categories in Robin Oliveira's A Wild and Heavenly Place book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • fiction
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9. Sleeping Giants

By: Rene Denfeld

4.03

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Child Finder and The Enchanted, a compelling and poignant story … read more

Similar categories in Rene Denfeld's Sleeping Giants book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • fiction
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10. The Parliament

By: Aimee Pokwatka

3.74

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

The Birds meets The Princess Bride in this tale of friendship, responsibility, and the primal force… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Pokwatka's The Parliament book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. Bad Animals

By: Sarah Braunstein

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A sexy, propulsive novel that confronts the limits of empathy and the perils of appropriation throu… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Braunstein's Bad Animals book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • fiction
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12. The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

By: Briony Cameron

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This epic, dazzling tale based on true events illuminates a woman of color’s rise to power as one o… read more

Similar categories in Briony Cameron's The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • lgbt
  • pirates
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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13. The Book of Thorns

By: Hester Fox

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"Betrayal, loss, love, redemption, and justice collide in this masterpiece of a novel. You won’t wa… read more

Similar categories in Hester Fox's The Book of Thorns book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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14. Masquerade

By: O.O. Sangoyomi

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale ex… read more

Similar categories in O.O. Sangoyomi's Masquerade book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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15. The North Line

By: Matt Riordan

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In Matt Riordan’s debut novel, a college student in need of quick money finds work on an Alaskan fi… read more

Similar categories in Matt Riordan's The North Line book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • fiction
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16. The Blue Maiden

By: Anna Noyes

3.39

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Indie Next Pick and New York Times Editor’s Choice Goodnight, Beautiful Women co… read more

Similar categories in Anna Noyes's The Blue Maiden book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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17. Evil in Me

By: Brom

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Evil in Me is bestselling author Brom's newest novel of possession, damnation, and rock-n-roll wher… read more

Similar categories in Brom's Evil in Me book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. Tell It to Me Singing

By: Tita Ramírez

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A Cuban American family is sent into a tailspin when the ailing matriarch confesses the first of se… read more

Similar categories in Tita Ramírez's Tell It to Me Singing book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • fiction
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19. The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

4.06

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more

Similar categories in Lev Grossman's The Bright Sword book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

Cover of The Moorings of Mackerel Sky by M.Z. Emily Zack

20. The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

By: M.Z. Emily Zack

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Debut novelist MZ marries fantasy with the everyday in her contemporary novel of a Maine lobstering… read more

Similar categories in M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • mermaids
  • science fiction fantasy
  • pirates
  • folklore
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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21. Agony Hill

By: Sarah Stewart Taylor

3.94

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

Set in rural Vermont in the volatile 1960s, Agony Hill is the first novel in a new historical serie… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Stewart Taylor's Agony Hill book and M.Z. Emily Zack's The Moorings of Mackerel Sky

  • adult
  • fiction

21 Top fiction books like The Moorings of Mackerel Sky by M.Z. Emily Zack

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Jennifer Croft

3.26

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Elizabeth O'Connor

3.87

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Carys Davies

3.92

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Téa Obreht

3.61

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Rachel Khong

4.04

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Catherine Newman

3.75

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Monica Wood

4.29

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Alison B. Hart

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