5 Best speculative fiction books like Unraveling by Karen Lord

Cover of Unraveling by Karen Lord

Unraveling

By: Karen Lord

3.20

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The search for a notorious serial killer takes a therapist on a nightmarish quest to an alternate w…

"Farewells were such a human habit, but one to which he had grown too accustomed."

-Karen Lord, Unraveling

"Farewells were such a human habit, but one to which he had grown too accustomed."

-Karen Lord, Unraveling

"And what happens when all the threads of the tapestry have been traveled? Do you then go over them again and again in an attempt to relive the best parts? Because nothing will be like that first experience. Nothing."

-Karen Lord, Unraveling

"And what happens when all the threads of the tapestry have been traveled? Do you then go over them again and again in an attempt to relive the best parts? Because nothing will be like that first experience. Nothing."

-Karen Lord, Unraveling

If you liked the speculative fiction plot in Unraveling by Karen Lord , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology by Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer

1. Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology

By: Jeff VanderMeer , Ann VanderMeer

4.13

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Sisters of the Revolution gathers a highly curated selection of feminist speculative fiction (scien… read more

Similar categories in Jeff VanderMeer's Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Kabu Kabu by Nnedi Okorafor, Alan Dean Foster, Whoopi Goldberg

2. Kabu Kabu

By: Nnedi Okorafor , Alan Dean Foster , Whoopi Goldberg

3.99

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Kabu Kabu - unregistered, illegal Nigerian taxis - generally get you where you need to go, but Nned… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's Kabu Kabu book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Two footsteps do not make a path."

-Nnedi Okorafor, Kabu Kabu

"The Magical Negro rested his red cane on his shoulder and leisurely strolled into the forest to see if he could find him some hobbits, castles, dragons, princesses, and all that other shit."

-Nnedi Okorafor, Kabu Kabu

"We all must travel,' the driver said, keeping his eyes on the way ahead. His hands grasped the wheel firmly. 'It is the essence of all things, to move and change and keep going forward and backward a…"

-Nnedi Okorafor, Kabu Kabu

Cover of Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1) by Octavia E. Butler

3. Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)

By: Octavia E. Butler

3.92

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex or design. He fears … read more

Similar categories in Octavia E. Butler's Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1) book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Of One Blood: Or, the Hidden Self: The Givens Collection by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins

4. Of One Blood: Or, the Hidden Self: The Givens Collection

By: Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Of One Bloodis the last of four novels written by Pauline Hopkins. She is considered by some to be … read more

Similar categories in Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins's Of One Blood: Or, the Hidden Self: The Givens Collection book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction

5. Blanche Among the Talented Tenth (Blanche White series Book 2)

By: Barbara Neely

3.86

Format: None pages,

"Endlessly Entertaining!" Publishers Weekly BLANCHE AND THE TALENTED TENTH The second, ground-break… read more

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6. Armor

By: John Steakley

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Alternate cover edition can be found . The military sci-fi classic in a striking new package Felix… read more

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7. The Ballad of Beta 2

By: Samuel R. Delany

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Centuries ago, the Star Folk had left Earth on twelve spaceships on a generations-long mission to c… read more

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8. Black No More

By: George S. Schuyler

3.64

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Modern Library Harlem Renaissance What would happen to the race problem in America if black people … read more

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9. Far Sector

By: N.K. Jemisin

4.23

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

For the past six months, newly chosen Green Lantern Sojourner "Jo" Mullein has been protecting the … read more

Similar categories in N.K. Jemisin's Far Sector book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
"The world isn't fair -- but you can want it to be. That's a kind of hunger, too."

-N.K. Jemisin, Far Sector

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10. The Scourge Between Stars

By: Ness Brown

3.59

Format: 165 pages, Paperback

Ness Brown's The Scourge Between Stars is a tense, claustrophobic sci-fi/horror blend set aboard a … read more

Similar categories in Ness Brown's The Scourge Between Stars book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Black God's Drums

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.01

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans. Instead, she wants to … read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Black God's Drums book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16) by Walter Mosley

12. Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16)

By: Walter Mosley

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Easy Rawlins novels follow the infamous detective Easy Rawlins solving mysteries on the sun-soa… read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's Farewell, Amethystine (Easy Rawlins, #16) book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Shadow Speaker (The Desert Magician's Duology, #1) by Nnedi Okorafor

13. Shadow Speaker (The Desert Magician's Duology, #1)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Niger, West Africa, 2074 It is an era of tainted technology and mysterious mysticism. A great c… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's Shadow Speaker (The Desert Magician's Duology, #1) book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I want you to write yourself into history because no matter what history books say, even you are a part of it."

-Nnedi Okorafor, Shadow Speaker (The Desert Magician's Duology, #1)

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14. Evil Eye

By: Madhuri Shekar

4.01

Format: 2 pages, Audible Audio

Pallavi is an aspiring writer living in California. Her mother, Usha, is thousands of miles away in… read more

Similar categories in Madhuri Shekar's Evil Eye book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. The Tiger Mom's Tale

By: Lyn Liao Butler

3.39

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When an American woman inherits the wealth of her Taiwanese family, she travels to confront them ab… read more

Similar categories in Lyn Liao Butler's The Tiger Mom's Tale book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Death on the Tiber (Flavia Albia, #12) by Lindsey Davis

16. Death on the Tiber (Flavia Albia, #12)

By: Lindsey Davis

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Rome is in chaos. The empire of a mobster chief is falling apart following his death. Rivals, fears… read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Davis's Death on the Tiber (Flavia Albia, #12) book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Black Shield Maiden

By: Willow Smith

3.57

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From WILLOW and co-writer Jess Hendel comes a powerful and groundbreaking historical epic about an … read more

Similar categories in Willow Smith's Black Shield Maiden book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of Daughter of Calamity by Rosalie M. Lin

18. Daughter of Calamity

By: Rosalie M. Lin

3.32

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Jingwen spends her nights as a showgirl at the Paramount, one of the most lavish clubs in Shanghai,… read more

Similar categories in Rosalie M. Lin's Daughter of Calamity book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Unraveling by Karen Lord

19. Unraveling

By: Karen Lord

3.20

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The search for a notorious serial killer takes a therapist on a nightmarish quest to an alternate w… read more

Similar categories in Karen Lord's Unraveling book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • mystery thriller
  • magical realism
  • science fiction fantasy
  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Farewells were such a human habit, but one to which he had grown too accustomed."

-Karen Lord, Unraveling

"And what happens when all the threads of the tapestry have been traveled? Do you then go over them again and again in an attempt to relive the best parts? Because nothing will be like that first expe…"

-Karen Lord, Unraveling

Cover of The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael  Zapata

20. The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

By: Michael Zapata

3.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The mesmerizing story of a Latin American science fiction writer and the lives her lost manuscript … read more

Similar categories in Michael Zapata's The Lost Book of Adana Moreau book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
"His father was a pirate."

-Michael Zapata, The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

"Every telling of an event is a portrait of the teller and not the event itself."

-Michael Zapata, The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

Cover of Rise and Divine (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #5) by Lana Harper

21. Rise and Divine (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #5)

By: Lana Harper

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A magical romantic comedy sparkling with spells and witchcraft. To save both her town and the woma… read more

Similar categories in Lana Harper's Rise and Divine (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #5) book and Karen Lord's Unraveling

  • fantasy
  • audiobook

16 Best fiction books like Unraveling by Karen Lord

Transform Your Habits

Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology

Jeff VanderMeer , Ann VanderMeer

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Kabu Kabu

Nnedi Okorafor , Alan Dean Foster , Whoopi Goldberg

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)

Octavia E. Butler

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Of One Blood: Or, the Hidden Self: The Givens Collection

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins

4.33

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14 Best fiction books like Of One Blood: Or, the Hidden Self: The Givens Collection by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins

Transform Your Habits

Cane

Jean Toomer , Darwin Turner

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Our Nig

Harriet E. Wilson , P. Gabrielle Foreman , Reginald Pitts

3.55

Transform Your Habits

Clotel: or, The President's Daughter

William Wells Brown , M. Giulia Fabi

3.23

Transform Your Habits

Benito Cereno

Herman Melville , Wyn Kelley

3.60

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