5 best-selling magic books like Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8) by Michael Swanwick

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Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

By: Michael Swanwick

3.53

Format: 21 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder in the Spook House is eighth story in the Mongolian Wizard universe. Hugo and Nebula Award-w…

If you liked the magic plot in Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8) by Michael Swanwick , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. A Night in the Lonesome October

By: Gahan Wilson , Roger Zelazny , James Warhola

4.18

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

All is not what it seems… In the murky London gloom, a knife-wielding gentleman named Jack prowl… read more

Similar categories in Gahan Wilson's A Night in the Lonesome October book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • urban fantasy
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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2. Waters of Versailles

By: Kelly Robson

3.73

Format: 69 pages, ebook

Waters of Versailles by Kelly Robson is a charming novella of court intrigue in 1738 Versailles as … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Robson's Waters of Versailles book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • magic
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy

3. The Jewel and Her Lapidary

By: Fran Wilde

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

From Fran Wilde, the Andre Norton and Compton Crook Award-winning author of Updraft. The kingdom in… read more

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4. The Weight of Memories

By: Ken Liu , Liu Cixin

3.71

Format: 498 pages, ebook

From the author of The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and the forthcoming Death's Endcomes a … read more

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5. Lullaby for a Lost World

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.68

Format: 330 pages, ebook

Charlotte died to shore up her master's house. Her bones grew into the foundation and pushed up thr… read more

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6. 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

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. Vigilance

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

3.72

Format: 208 pages, ebook

Robert Jackson Bennett's Vigilance is a dark science fiction action parable from an America that ha… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's Vigilance book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fiction
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8. St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid

By: C.L. Polk

3.86

Format: 21 pages, ebook

All magical requests comes with a price. A girl with witchcraft, no friends, and only her mother’s … read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • fantasy
  • short stories
  • magic
  • fiction
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9. You Know How the Story Goes

By: Thomas Olde Heuvelt

3.52

Format: 27 pages, ebook

It’s the same old story. Take a chance and pick up a hitchhiker. But only after midnight and only w… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Olde Heuvelt's You Know How the Story Goes book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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10. The Puppetmaster

By: Kemi Ashing-Giwa

3.71

Format: 15 pages, ebook

A banished warrior teaches her treacherous uncle that once made, some oaths cannot be broken...and … read more

Similar categories in Kemi Ashing-Giwa's The Puppetmaster book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. Nine Last Days on Planet Earth

By: Daryl Gregory

3.91

Format: 42 pages, ebook

When the seeds rained down from deep space, it may have been the first stage of an alien invasion--… read more

Similar categories in Daryl Gregory's Nine Last Days on Planet Earth book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"He could talk at length about the known invasive species, and why there were so many different ones: the weblike filaments choking the trees in New Orleans, the flame-colored poppies erupting on Mexi…"

-Daryl Gregory, Nine Last Days on Planet Earth

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12. Triquetra

By: Kirstyn McDermott

3.91

Format: 43 pages, ebook

"Triquetra" by Kirstyn McDermott is a dark fantasy novelette about the fraught relationship between… read more

Similar categories in Kirstyn McDermott's Triquetra book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • fantasy
  • short stories
  • magic
  • fiction
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13. The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch

By: Garth Nix

3.92

Format: 34 pages, ebook

A new short story from Garth Nix, best-selling author of the Old Kingdom series.In this raucous, st… read more

Similar categories in Garth Nix's The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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14. Into the Gray

By: Margaret Killjoy

3.56

Format: 22 pages, ebook

"You're using me," I said. "That might be true, but I also love you." One is the Lady of the … read more

Similar categories in Margaret Killjoy's Into the Gray book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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15. The Necessary Arthur

By: Garth Nix

3.75

Format: 41 pages, ebook

The Necessary Arthur, a Tor.com Original, is a delightful science fantasy novelette from internatio… read more

Similar categories in Garth Nix's The Necessary Arthur book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • urban fantasy
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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16. Counting Casualties

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.69

Format: 18 pages, ebook

Commander Niaja vrau Erezeng is up against an enemy that doesn’t just destroy all the beings, ships… read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Counting Casualties book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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17. Sword & Spore

By: Dominica Phetteplace

3.58

Format: 32 pages, ebook

This is how magic left the Kingdom and made room for democracy. Three supernatural beings created b… read more

Similar categories in Dominica Phetteplace's Sword & Spore book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. For He Can Creep

By: Siobhan Carroll

4.22

Format: 30 pages, ebook

Nineteenth century poet Christopher Smart has been committed to St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics be… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Carroll's For He Can Creep book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. Men, Women, and Chainsaws

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.94

Format: 37 pages, ebook

It's been two years since Jenna's ex-boyfriend left her alone in East Texas heartbroken. Now he's b… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Men, Women, and Chainsaws book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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20. Fruiting Bodies

By: Kemi Ashing-Giwa

3.31

Format: 16 pages, ebook

An alien fungal infection has ravaged a faraway planet, turning all but six of the colonists into r… read more

Similar categories in Kemi Ashing-Giwa's Fruiting Bodies book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fiction
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21. Wait for Night

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.90

Format: 30 pages, ebook

Wait for Night by Stephen Graham Jones is horror story about a day laborer hired to help clean up a… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Wait for Night book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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22. Beyond the Dragon's Gate

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.73

Format: 20 pages, ebook

Former Academician Anna Kim’s research into AI cost her everything. Now, years later, the military … read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Beyond the Dragon's Gate book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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23. The Dominion of Leviathan

By: Manish Melwani

3.84

Format: 48 pages, ebook

A thrilling space opera short story from Singaporean writer Manish Melwani, "The Dominion of Leviat… read more

Similar categories in Manish Melwani's The Dominion of Leviathan book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
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24. If You Take My Meaning

By: Charlie Jane Anders

3.66

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

As an ex-smuggler and two-time reluctant revolutionary, Alyssa is used to staring into the razor-sh… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Jane Anders's If You Take My Meaning book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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25. The Chronologist

By: Ian R. MacLeod

3.52

Format: 29 pages, ebook

A boy, desperate to escape the drudgery of life in his small town, gets caught up in the machinatio… read more

Similar categories in Ian R. MacLeod's The Chronologist book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • time travel
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26. Arbitrium

By: Anjali Sachdeva

3.45

Format: 23 pages, ebook

"Arbitrium" is a post-apocalyptic Tor.com Original short story from Anjali Sachdeva, author of All … read more

Similar categories in Anjali Sachdeva's Arbitrium book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fiction
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27. On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.87

Format: 40 pages, ebook

An academic's whimsical decision to take a DNA test leads her into uncharted territory, where she d… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • urban fantasy
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"You can’t avoid the sea forever,"

-Elizabeth Bear, On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

"You can’t win an argument with the sea."

-Elizabeth Bear, On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

"I guess interdimensional travel takes it out of you."

-Elizabeth Bear, On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

"If his tone were any more soaked in exasperation, it would be dripping."

-Elizabeth Bear, On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa with Gun and Camera

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28. Sanctuary (Roman’s Chronicles, #1)

By: Ilona Andrews

4.43

Format: 152 pages, ebook

It’s not easy serving the Chernobog, the God of Destruction, Darkness and Death…especially during t… read more

Similar categories in Ilona Andrews's Sanctuary (Roman’s Chronicles, #1) book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
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29. Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

By: Michael Swanwick

3.53

Format: 21 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder in the Spook House is eighth story in the Mongolian Wizard universe. Hugo and Nebula Award-w… read more

Similar categories in Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8) book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • urban fantasy
  • time travel
  • magic
  • alternate history
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • fantasy
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30. Set in Stone

By: K.J. Parker

3.97

Format: 33 pages, Kindle Edition

A sculptor struggles when he is commanded to perpetuate the lies of a deceitful and cruel king... read more

Similar categories in K.J. Parker's Set in Stone book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories
  • fantasy
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31. Grace's Family

By: James Patrick Kelly

3.39

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

The mission: to survey the galaxy and beyond. An endless stream of probes and starships heading out… read more

Similar categories in James Patrick Kelly's Grace's Family book and Michael Swanwick's Murder in the Spook House (The Mongolian Wizard, #8)

  • short stories

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