21 Best fiction books like Balloon Animals by Jonathan Dunne

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Balloon Animals

By: Jonathan Dunne

4.03

Format: None pages, ebook

BALLOON ANIMALS is a pilgrimage and road-trip of unusual dimensions. Follow me, Jonny Rowe, on a…

"My son's got the I.Q. Of a robot but I don't have the dough to send him to school."

-Jonathan Dunne, Balloon Animals

"My son's got the I.Q. Of a robot but I don't have the dough to send him to school."

-Jonathan Dunne, Balloon Animals

If you liked the fiction plot in Balloon Animals by Jonathan Dunne , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Under the Dome by Stephen        King

1. Under the Dome

By: Stephen King

3.92

Format: 1074 pages, Hardcover

Under the Dome is the story of the small town of Chester's Mill, Maine which is inexplicably and su… read more

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  • fiction
"Hello, Not-There,"

-Stephen King, Under the Dome

"He who hesitates is usually fucked!"

-Stephen King, Under the Dome

"Travel was good for the Soul ~ Dale Barbara"

-Stephen King, Under the Dome

"E' folle. Morirete." "Se restiamo qui, vivremo?"

-Stephen King, Under the Dome

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2. Heart-Shaped Box

By: Joe Hill

3.84

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

An aging death-metal rock god, Judas Coyne, is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals… read more

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  • fiction
"The dead pull the living down."

-Joe Hill, Heart-Shaped Box

"All the world is made of music. We are all strings on a lyre. We resonate. We sing together."

-Joe Hill, Heart-Shaped Box

"You're a sympathetic sonofabitch, you know that?". "You want sympathy, go fuck James Taylor."

-Joe Hill, Heart-Shaped Box

"Horror was rooted in sympathy . . . in understanding what it would be like to suffer the worst."

-Joe Hill, Heart-Shaped Box

Cover of The Mysterious Island (Extraordinary Voyages, #12) by Jules Verne, Caleb Carr, Jordan Stump

3. The Mysterious Island (Extraordinary Voyages, #12)

By: Jules Verne , Caleb Carr , Jordan Stump

3.24

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Five Union prisoners escape from the siege of Richmond in a balloon, are blown off course and crash… read more

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  • fiction
  • adventure
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4. The House on Cold Hill

By: Peter James

4.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Moving from the heart of Brighton and Hove to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for Ollie… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1) by Dean Koontz

5. Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1)

By: Dean Koontz

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

"The dead don't talk. I don't know why." But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre by H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, August Derleth

6. The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

By: H.P. Lovecraft , Robert Bloch , August Derleth

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is the collection that true fans of horror fiction have been waiting for: sixteen of H.P. Love… read more

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  • fiction
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7. Carrie

By: Stephen King

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Carrie knew she should not use the terrifying power she possessed... But one night at her senior pr… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Gunslinger by Stephen        King

8. The Gunslinger

By: Stephen King

3.56

Format: None pages,

Beginning with a short story appearing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fictionin 1978, the p… read more

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  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Summer of Night (Seasons of Horror, #1) by Dan Simmons

9. Summer of Night (Seasons of Horror, #1)

By: Dan Simmons

4.04

Format: 600 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It's the summer of 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, and five 12-year old boys are forming the bonds tha… read more

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  • fiction
"People always pay a lot of money for things that make them stupid."

-Dan Simmons, Summer of Night (Seasons of Horror, #1)

10. Ghost Story

By: Peter Straub

4.09

Format: 372 pages,

In life, not every sin goes unpunished. GHOST STORY For four aging men in the terror-stricken town … read more

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11. The Amityville Horror

By: Jay Anson

3.83

Format: 315 pages, Mass Market Paperback

28 Days of Terror in a House Possessed by Evil Spirits In December 1975, the Lutz family moved i… read more

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  • fiction

12. The Shining

By: Stephen King

3.69

Format: 47 pages, Paperback

Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-s… read more

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13. Hocus Pocus: (The Original & The Sequel): 25th Anniversary Edition

By: None , None

4.29

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

When eighteen-year-old Poppy, the daughter of Max and Allison, finds herself face-to-face with the … read more

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14. The Christmas Train

By: David Baldacci

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington D.C. to L.A in time for Christmas. Fo… read more

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15. The Pram

By: Joe Hill

3.77

Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition

A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1) by James Norbury

16. Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

By: James Norbury

4.40

Format: 94 pages, Hardcover

Joing Big Panda & Tiny Dragon on their travels. They often get lost and make a lot of mistakes. … read more

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  • fiction
"Time doing nothing is never wasted."

-James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

"Incluso un árbol herido puede florecer de la forma más bella."

-James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

"Intenta sacar tiempo para las pequeñas cosas, a menudo son lo más importante."

-James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

"A cherry tree doesn't compare itself to other trees,' said Big Panda, 'it just blossoms."

-James Norbury, Big Panda & Tiny Dragon (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #1)

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17. The Stand

By: Stephen King

4.35

Format: None pages, Audiobook

First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of t… read more

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  • fiction
"A person can't change all at once."

-Stephen King, The Stand

"HEY, BOBBY TERRY, YOU SCROOOOWED IT UP!"

-Stephen King, The Stand

"Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up."

-Stephen King, The Stand

"His name is Legion. He is the king of nowhere."

-Stephen King, The Stand

Cover of Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James

18. Silence for the Dead

By: Simone St. James

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

“Portis House emerged from the fog as we approached, showing itself slowly as a long, low shadow...… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Exorcist's House by Nick  Roberts

19. The Exorcist's House

By: Nick Roberts

4.02

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1994, psychologist Daniel Hill buys a rustic farmhouse nestled in the rolling hill… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Heir of Uncertain Magic (Whimbrel House, #2) by Charlie N. Holmberg

20. Heir of Uncertain Magic (Whimbrel House, #2)

By: Charlie N. Holmberg

4.17

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

One man is on a journey to unravel his magical lineage in the next novel of the Whimbrel House seri… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

21. Blacktop Wasteland

By: S.A. Cosby

4.08

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Beauregard "Bug" Montage: husband, father, honest car mechanic. But he was once known - from North … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The truth had a strange way of ending an argument."

-S.A. Cosby, Blacktop Wasteland

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22. The Granddaughters

By: Margaret Belle

4.41

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

Underestimated by crooks and cops alike, three “over-the-hill” women become formidable amateur sleu… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Girl Who Wants (Shee McQueen, #1) by Amy Vansant

23. The Girl Who Wants (Shee McQueen, #1)

By: Amy Vansant

4.33

Format: 471 pages, Kindle Edition

Shee wants a home. Shee McQueen grew up skip tracing and hunting military criminals with her fat… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Balloon Animals by Jonathan  Dunne

24. Balloon Animals

By: Jonathan Dunne

4.03

Format: None pages, ebook

BALLOON ANIMALS is a pilgrimage and road-trip of unusual dimensions. Follow me, Jonny Rowe, on a… read more

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  • contemporary
  • humor
  • fiction
  • adventure
"My son's got the I.Q. Of a robot but I don't have the dough to send him to school."

-Jonathan Dunne, Balloon Animals

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25. Ushers: A Short Story

By: Joe Hill

4.31

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man who has improbably escaped death twice reveals his secret in a spine-tingling short sto… read more

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  • fiction

15 must-read horror books like The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

Transform Your Habits

The Amityville Horror II

John G. Jones

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Pet Sematary

Stephen King

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Jaws

Peter Benchley

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Rosemary's Baby

Ira Levin

3.56

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