11 Best fantasy books like Swordsmen from the Stars by Poul Anderson

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Swordsmen from the Stars

By: Poul Anderson

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Poul Anderson is one of the most celebrated authors of science fiction and fantasy. He combines ele…

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1. Fancies and Goodnights

By: Ray Bradbury , John Collier

4.05

Format: 418 pages, Paperback

John Collier's edgy, sardonic tales are works of rare wit, curious insight, and scary implication. … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Poets can dodge. ("Evening Primrose")"

-Ray Bradbury, Fancies and Goodnights

"Their laughter was like the stridulation of the ghosts of grasshoppers."

-Ray Bradbury, Fancies and Goodnights

"Just behind his jaw bones a tiny movement was perceptible, like the movement of gills in a fish."

-Ray Bradbury, Fancies and Goodnights

"I am never repelled or chilled, as many people are, by the cheerless self-centeredness of the nervous or the unhappy."

-Ray Bradbury, Fancies and Goodnights

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2. Far Away & Never

By: Ramsey Campbell

3.69

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

Ramsey Campbell, best known for his many works of horror and dark suspense, now invites the reader … read more

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  • sword and sorcery
  • fantasy
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3. The Revenge of the Rose (Elric, #9)

By: Michael Moorcock

4.23

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

The Revenge of the Roseis Michael Moorcock's newest, most captivating novel of Elric, the mad albin… read more

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  • science fiction
  • sword and sorcery
  • fantasy

4. The Bloody Crown of Conan (Conan the Cimmerian, #2)

By: Robert E. Howard , Gary Gianni , Patrice Louinet

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Three of longest tales plus outlines, notes, drafts. 1 The People of the Black CircleAmid towering … read more

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5. The Conquering Sword of Conan (Conan the Cimmerian, #3)

By: Robert E. Howard , Gregory Manchess , Patrice Louinet

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From Robert E. Howard, the master of heroic fantasy, come five classic adventures featuring Conan, … read more

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6. The Gods of Mars (Barsoom, #2)

By: Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

1886. John Carter, forever 30, returns to Mars and again fights enemies with green Tars Tarka and r… read more

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7. The Fisherman

By: John Langan

3.91

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reser… read more

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  • fantasy
"You can make an oyster surrender its pearl,"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

"Have you ever been so scared of something you move toward it, try to touch it, that kind of thing?"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

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8. The Turn of the Screw

By: Henry James

3.39

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format… read more

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"When I'm bad I am bad !"

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

"He fairly glittered in the gloom."

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

"I was ready to know the very worst that was to be known."

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

"There was something between them." "There was everything."

-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

9. Conjure Wife

By: Fritz Leiber

4.05

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Norman Saylor considered witchcraft nothing but quaint superstition until he learned his own wife w… read more

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10. 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
"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)

11. 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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12. Rhialto the Marvellous (The Dying Earth, #4)

By: Jack Vance

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Contents: The Murthe (1984) Fader's Waft (1984) Morreion (1973) read more

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13. Companions on the Road

By: Tanith Lee

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

The siege was over. The citadel of Avillis had burned, burned through the night, with its terrible … read more

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14. The Call of Cthulhu

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more

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15. John the Balladeer

By: Manly Wade Wellman , David Drake , Karl Edward Wagner

3.86

Format: 157 pages, Paperback

Collection of 17 short stories (written in two chronological periods, 1951-58 and 1979-86) plus a f… read more

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16. I Am Legend

By: Richard Matheson

4.06

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and c… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Miniture protoplasm, the dirty little bastard!"

-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend

"What would a Mohammedan vampire do if faced with a cross?"

-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend

"Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend."

-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend

"It’s horrible," she said. He looked at her in surprise. Horrible? Wasn’t that odd? He hadn’t thought that for years. For him the word “horror"

-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend

Cover of Lord of a Shattered Land (The Chronicles of Hanuvar #1) by Howard Andrew Jones

17. Lord of a Shattered Land (The Chronicles of Hanuvar #1)

By: Howard Andrew Jones

4.48

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A vast empire's greatest foe. A conquered people's last hope. His name is Hanuvar, and he will set … read more

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  • sword and sorcery
  • fantasy
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18. The Citadel of Forgotten Myths

By: Michael Moorcock

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Elric along with his companion Moonglum return, in this prequel set within the early days of Elric’… read more

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  • science fiction
  • sword and sorcery
  • fantasy
Cover of Heroes of Atlantis & Lemuria by D.M. Ritzlin

19. Heroes of Atlantis & Lemuria

By: D.M. Ritzlin

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“I looked in their evil eyes and they crouched like cravens, I showed them my sword, and they tremb… read more

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  • sword and sorcery
  • fantasy
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20. Renegade Swords III

By: D.M. Ritzlin

3.84

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

Like an adventuring swordsman plundering ancient tombs, DMR Books makes another foray into the real… read more

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  • sword and sorcery
  • fantasy
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21. Swordsmen from the Stars

By: Poul Anderson

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Poul Anderson is one of the most celebrated authors of science fiction and fantasy. He combines ele… read more

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  • science fiction
  • sword and sorcery
  • sword and planet
  • fantasy

5 Top science fiction books like Swordsmen from the Stars by Poul Anderson

Transform Your Habits

Fancies and Goodnights

Ray Bradbury , John Collier

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Revenge of the Rose (Elric, #9)

Michael Moorcock

4.23

Transform Your Habits

I Am Legend

Richard Matheson

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Citadel of Forgotten Myths

Michael Moorcock

3.65

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11 Top fiction books like Heroes of Atlantis & Lemuria by D.M. Ritzlin

Transform Your Habits

The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)

Edgar Rice Burroughs , John Bolen

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Death Angel's Shadow

Karl Edward Wagner

4.25

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Pietr the Latvian (Maigret, #1)

Georges Simenon , David Bellos

3.47

Transform Your Habits

Far Away & Never

Ramsey Campbell

3.69

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