16 Top fantasy books like The Averoigne Chronicles by Clark Ashton Smith

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The Averoigne Chronicles

By: Clark Ashton Smith

4.35

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

The Averoigne stories of Clark Ashton Smith are among the most vivid and breathtaking in all of fan…

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1. Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

By: Jeff VanderMeer , Thomas Ligotti

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Two terrifying classics by "the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction" (TheWashington Pos… read more

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  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. Child of God

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.84

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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3. The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)

By: Tad Williams

3.91

Format: 192 pages,

With The Dragonbone Chair, Tad Williams introduced readers to the incredible fantasy world of Osten… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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4. Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.24

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bris… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"My name is Rex. I am a Good Dog."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

"Sometimes it is hard because we have to make choices. I remember when having to make choices scared me more than anything else except Master being angry with me. Now I know that making choices is the…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

"There are still fierce pressure groups shouting about letting go of humanity, but they are the same groups who cry that Bioforms are less than human. One day the world will be ready to accept that hu…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

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5. Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1)

By: Fritz Leiber

4.33

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

For the first time-the story of how the greatest heroes in fantastic literature first met. 'The two… read more

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  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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6. Percepliquis (The Riyria Revelations, #6)

By: Michael J. Sullivan

4.71

Format: 595 pages, Paperback

NOTE: This book is also found as the second book in the Heir of Novron Omnibus. It is released sepa… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. Dagon

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.94

Format: 489 pages,

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  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. Ubik

By: Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás? Lo que es seguro es que alguien ha muerto e… read more

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  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Hey,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"One of these days,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"Ubik ... Safe when taken as directed."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"My father told me what it used to feel like, waiting in the dentist's office. Every time the nurse opened the door you thought, It's happening. The thing I've been afraid of all my life."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

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9. The Weird of the White Wolf (The Elric Saga, #3)

By: Michael Moorcock

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"We must be bound to one another then. Bound by hell-forged chains and fate-haunted circumstance. W… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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10. The Crown Conspiracy (The Riyria Revelations, #1)

By: Michael J. Sullivan

3.32

Format: None pages,

THEY KILLED THE KING. THEY PINNED IT ON TWO MEN. THEY CHOSE POORLY. The Crown Conspiracy is book on… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction

11. The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun #2)

By: Gene Wolfe

3.78

Format: 416 pages,

Severian is in possession of a gem considered to be "The Claw of the Conciliator", a powerful relic… read more

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12. The Sword of the Lictor

By: Gene Wolfe

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Beneath the dying sun the disgraced torturer, Severian, at last comes to his place of exile - Thrax… read more

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13. The Thief of Always

By: Clive Barker

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Master storyteller and bestselling novelist Clive Barker creates an enchanting tale for both childr… read more

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14. Nyphron Rising (The Riyria Revelations, #3)

By: Michael J. Sullivan

3.00

Format: 1118 pages,

A PUPPET IS CROWNED. THE TRUE HEIR REMAINS HIDDEN. A ROGUE'S SECRET COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING. War ha… read more

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15. The Complete Chronicles of Conan

By: Stephen Jones , Robert E. Howard , Les Edwards

4.28

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Conan the Cimmerian-- the boy-thief who became a mercenary, who fought and loved his way across fab… read more

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16. 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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  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • 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

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17. Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)

By: Clive Barker

4.04

Format: 210 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Books of Blood combine the ordinary with the extraordinary while radiating the eroticism that h… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Logic is the last refuge of a coward."

-Clive Barker, Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)

"Es war ekelerregend, es war sauberste Arbeit, und es verwirrte zutiefst."

-Clive Barker, Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)

"En el mundo hay algo peor que el Terror... Hay sueños que se vuelven realidad."

-Clive Barker, Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)

"I don't want to see another church; the smell of the places makes me sick. Stale incense, old sweat, and lies... "In the Hills, the Cities"

-Clive Barker, Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)

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18. Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)

By: Connie Willis

4.03

Format: 578 pages, Mass Market Paperback

For Kivrin, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity's history was as si… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"It is the end of the world. Surely you could be allowed a few carnal thoughts."

-Connie Willis, Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)

"None of the things one frets about ever happen. Something one's never thought of does."

-Connie Willis, Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)

"Kivrin reached out for Dunworthy's hand and clasped it tightly in her own. "I knew you'd come," she said, and the net opened."

-Connie Willis, Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)

"No," she said. "No. It's only a bad time. A terrible time, but not everyone will die. And there will be wonderful times after this. The Renaissance and class reforms and music. Wonderful times. There…"

-Connie Willis, Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)

19. In a Lonely Place

By: Karl Edward Wagner

4.07

Format: 189 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Contents: xi * Introduction * Peter Straub * in 1 * Prologue to In the Pines ["Lonely Places"] * vi… read more

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20. Avempartha (The Riyria Revelations, #2)

By: Michael J. Sullivan

4.05

Format: 208 pages,

THE SECRET IS IN THE TOWER. THE PROBLEM IS THE BEAST. THE ANSWER IS TWO THIEVES. When a destitute y… read more

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21. The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Book Three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea CycleDarkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world … read more

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22. Elric of Melniboné (Elric, #1)

By: Michael Moorcock

3.90

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

It is the colour of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair that flows below his shoulders i… read more

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23. The Emerald Storm (The Riyria Revelations, #4)

By: Michael J. Sullivan

4.50

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

A MESSAGE IS INTERCEPTED. A SINISTER PLAN LAUNCHED. TWO THIEVES STAND IN THE WAY. Ex-mercenary Hadr… read more

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24. The Twisted Ones

By: T. Kingfisher

3.64

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother’s home in rural North Carolina, she finds lo… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Perhaps Welsh fairies stole children and confiscated their vowels."

-T. Kingfisher, The Twisted Ones

"It's a long drive. It's pretty, actually, if you go through West Virginia, but of course then you're in West Virginia."

-T. Kingfisher, The Twisted Ones

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25. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.87

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more

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  • fiction
"I would like to belong but I dont."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

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26. The Vessel

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.73

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

'A watcher may remark that after sleeping for so long, the building appears to have been roused.' … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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27. Alien Clay

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Gunmetal Gods (Gunmetal Gods, #1) by Zamil Akhtar

28. Gunmetal Gods (Gunmetal Gods, #1)

By: Zamil Akhtar

3.96

Format: 475 pages, Kindle Edition

They took his daughter, so Micah comes to take their kingdom. Fifty thousand gun-toting paladins ma… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3) by Stephen Fry

29. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

By: Stephen Fry

4.35

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more

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  • classics
"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

Cover of Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2) by Stephen Fry

30. Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

By: Stephen Fry

4.32

Format: 415 pages, Paperback

There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such … read more

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  • classics
"You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept that we have no will."

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"Wicked men never learn, for wicked men have no interest in myths, legends, and stories. If they had they would learn from them and triumph, so we must be glad of their ignorance and dullness of wits."

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"You see?' said Prometheus. 'It is your fate to be Heracles the hero, burdened with labours, yet it is also your choice. You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept …"

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"A fine statue of a naked Theseus stands proudly today in Athens' central place of assembly, the city's hub, Syntagma Square. Even today he is a focus of Athenian identity and pride. The ship he broug…"

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

Cover of The Averoigne Chronicles by Clark Ashton Smith

31. The Averoigne Chronicles

By: Clark Ashton Smith

4.35

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

The Averoigne stories of Clark Ashton Smith are among the most vivid and breathtaking in all of fan… read more

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  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror

19 Top fiction books like The Averoigne Chronicles by Clark Ashton Smith

Transform Your Habits

Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

Jeff VanderMeer , Thomas Ligotti

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Child of God

Cormac McCarthy

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)

Tad Williams

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.24

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8 Best fiction books like Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1) by Fritz Leiber

Transform Your Habits

Jirel of Joiry

C.L. Moore

3.72

Transform Your Habits

The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)

Jack Vance

3.89

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The Bane of the Black Sword (The Elric Saga, #5)

Michael Moorcock

4.02

The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane

H.P. Lovecraft , Robert E. Howard , Gary Gianni , Salvador Sanz , Elvio E. Gandolfo

3.64

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