19 Best fiction books like Not So Stories by David Thomas Moore

Cover of Not So Stories by David Thomas Moore

Not So Stories

By: David Thomas Moore

3.70

Format: None pages, None

Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories was one of the first true children's books in the English languag…

"My venom exists in the shape of words, and I may use them however I please. If I so desire, I could dilute it's potency, drip it into my prey's ears for decades, until the victim slowly withers of self-loathing, unaware of what I have wrought."

-David Thomas Moore, Not So Stories

"My venom exists in the shape of words, and I may use them however I please. If I so desire, I could dilute it's potency, drip it into my prey's ears for decades, until the victim slowly withers of self-loathing, unaware of what I have wrought."

-David Thomas Moore, Not So Stories

If you liked the fiction plot in Not So Stories by David Thomas Moore , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of Unnatural Creatures by Neil Gaiman, Nnedi Okorafor, Gahan Wilson, Diana Wynne Jones, Saki, Larry Niven, Maria Dahvana Headley, Avram Davidson, Peter S. Beagle, Samuel R. Delany, Anthony Boucher, E. Lily Yu, E. Nesbit, Nalo Hopkinson, Frank R. Stockton, None

1. Unnatural Creatures

By: Neil Gaiman , Nnedi Okorafor , Gahan Wilson , Diana Wynne Jones , Saki , Larry Niven , Maria Dahvana Headley , Avram Davidson , Peter S. Beagle , Samuel R. Delany , Anthony Boucher , E. Lily Yu , E. Nesbit , Nalo Hopkinson , Frank R. Stockton , None

3.88

Format: 462 pages, Hardcover

Unnatural Creatures is a collection of short stories about the fantastical things that exist only i… read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's Unnatural Creatures book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"You're playing with fire," she warned him. "That's how I know I'm alive."

-Neil Gaiman, Unnatural Creatures

"I was never surprised that they did not have a phoenix on display. There is only one phoenix at a time, of course, and while the Natural History Museum was filled with dead things, the phoenix is alw…"

-Neil Gaiman, Unnatural Creatures

"Are you going to let me be eaten?' Billy Beecham looks stunned. 'Don't you know that sometimes Beast collectors get collected?' I ask him. 'But you're a virgin.' 'Virgins were never sacrifices,' I sa…"

-Neil Gaiman, Unnatural Creatures

"Are you going to let me be eaten?' Billy Beecham looks stunned. 'Don't you know that sometimes Beast collectors get collected?' I ask him. 'But you're a virgin.' 'Virgins were never sacrifices,' I sa…"

-Neil Gaiman, Unnatural Creatures

Cover of Rapture by Carol Ann Duffy

2. Rapture

By: Carol Ann Duffy

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

Carol Ann Duffy's 'Rapture' is about the loss and rediscovery of love in all its aspects - erotic, … read more

Similar categories in Carol Ann Duffy's Rapture book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • fiction
Cover of The Tiger's Watch (Ashes of Gold #1) by Julia   Ember

3. The Tiger's Watch (Ashes of Gold #1)

By: Julia Ember

3.50

Format: None pages, ebook

Sixteen-year-old Tashi has spent their life training as a inhabitor, a soldier who spies and kills … read more

Similar categories in Julia Ember's The Tiger's Watch (Ashes of Gold #1) book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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4. The World's Wife

By: Carol Ann Duffy

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Be terrified. It's you I love, perfect man, Greek God, my own; but I know you'll go, betray me,… read more

Similar categories in Carol Ann Duffy's The World's Wife book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • retellings
  • mythology
  • fiction
Cover of Fourteen Days by Margaret Atwood

5. Fourteen Days

By: Margaret Atwood

3.23

Format: 363 pages, Hardcover

Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is a s… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Atwood's Fourteen Days book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • fiction
  • short stories
  • adult
  • anthologies
Cover of Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee

6. Phoenix Extravagant

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.67

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

Dragons. Art. Revolution. Gyen Jebi isn’t a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint. … read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Phoenix Extravagant book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I’ll go up first,"

-Yoon Ha Lee, Phoenix Extravagant

"Phoenix Extravagant for destructive power, as befits an engine of war."

-Yoon Ha Lee, Phoenix Extravagant

"But so many people aren't ready for this, Jebi. Artists. Charm-sellers. Grocers. Tailors. People who just want to get by, and who won't be given a choice when the guns begin to speak again."

-Yoon Ha Lee, Phoenix Extravagant

Cover of Mina and the Undead (Mina and the Undead, #1) by Amy McCaw

7. Mina and the Undead (Mina and the Undead, #1)

By: Amy McCaw

3.86

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

NEW ORLEANS FANG FEST, 1995. MINA'S HAVING A SUMMER TO DIE FOR. 17-year-old Mina, from England, … read more

Similar categories in Amy McCaw's Mina and the Undead (Mina and the Undead, #1) book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine by Mohammad Sabaaneh

8. Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine

By: Mohammad Sabaaneh

4.55

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

What does freedom look like from inside an Israeli prison? The walls of the cell are etched with… read more

Similar categories in Mohammad Sabaaneh's Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

Cover of Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik

9. Buried Deep and Other Stories

By: Naomi Novik

4.11

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling collection of thirteen short stories that span the worlds of the New York Times bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Novik's Buried Deep and Other Stories book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • retellings
  • short story collection
  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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10. Held

By: Anne Michaels

3.66

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Anne Michaels's Held book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • fiction
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."

-Anne Michaels, Held

Cover of Swordcrossed by Freya Marske

11. Swordcrossed

By: Freya Marske

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“Clever, sparkling, and perfectly indulgent, Swordcrossed feels like stepping into a party already … read more

Similar categories in Freya Marske's Swordcrossed book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

12. Four Eids and a Funeral

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

3.71

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Ex-best friends, Tiwa and Said, must work together to save their Islamic Center from demolition, in… read more

Similar categories in Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Four Eids and a Funeral book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • fiction
Cover of The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel

13. The Hitchcock Hotel

By: Stephanie Wrobel

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A Hitchcock fanatic with an agenda invites old friends for a weekend stay at his secluded themed ho… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Wrobel's The Hitchcock Hotel book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Magpies & Mayhem (The Boundlands, #2) by Elsie Winters

14. Magpies & Mayhem (The Boundlands, #2)

By: Elsie Winters

4.15

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when you stumble upon your childhood crush, only to discover that he’s been turned int… read more

Similar categories in Elsie Winters's Magpies & Mayhem (The Boundlands, #2) book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • fantasy
Cover of The Phoenix Keeper by S.A.  MacLean

15. The Phoenix Keeper

By: S.A. MacLean

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Set in a magical zoo teeming with mythical beasts from dragons and unicorns to kelpies and krakens,… read more

Similar categories in S.A. MacLean's The Phoenix Keeper book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner

16. The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society

By: C.M. Waggoner

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A librarian with a knack for solving murders realizes there is something decidedly supernatural afo… read more

Similar categories in C.M. Waggoner's The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Absolution (Southern Reach, #4) by Jeff VanderMeer

17. Absolution (Southern Reach, #4)

By: Jeff VanderMeer

4.00

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s bl… read more

Similar categories in Jeff VanderMeer's Absolution (Southern Reach, #4) book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of She Who Knows (She Who Knows #1) by Nnedi Okorafor

18. She Who Knows (She Who Knows #1)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

4.13

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

Part science fiction, part fantasy, and entirely infused with West African culture and spirituality… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's She Who Knows (She Who Knows #1) book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Scarlet Throne (False Goddess, #1) by Amy  Leow

19. The Scarlet Throne (False Goddess, #1)

By: Amy Leow

4.01

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A dark, heart-thumping political epic fantasy by debut author Amy Leow—full of scheming demons, mor… read more

Similar categories in Amy Leow's The Scarlet Throne (False Goddess, #1) book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of This Cursed House by Del Sandeen

20. This Cursed House

By: Del Sandeen

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this Southern gothic horror debut, a young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a … read more

Similar categories in Del Sandeen's This Cursed House book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Not So Stories by David Thomas Moore

21. Not So Stories

By: David Thomas Moore

3.70

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories was one of the first true children's books in the English languag… read more

Similar categories in David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories book and David Thomas Moore's Not So Stories

  • retellings
  • short story collection
  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • folklore
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"My venom exists in the shape of words, and I may use them however I please. If I so desire, I could dilute it's potency, drip it into my prey's ears for decades, until the victim slowly withers of se…"

-David Thomas Moore, Not So Stories

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Margaret Atwood

3.23

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Phoenix Extravagant

Yoon Ha Lee

3.67

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Buried Deep and Other Stories

Naomi Novik

4.11

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Swordcrossed

Freya Marske

4.22

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Rachel Harrison

4.03

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T. Kingfisher

4.24

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Michelle Chouinard

3.87

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Richard Osman

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