14 must-read fantasy books like Conan the Swordsman by Lin Carter, L. Sprague de Camp

Conan the Swordsman

By: Lin Carter , L. Sprague de Camp

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

Imagine a world of gods and demons, where men are warriors, women are beautiful, life is a fantasti…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Conan the Swordsman by Lin Carter, L. Sprague de Camp , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of Conan of Cimmeria (Conan 2) by Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter, L. Sprague de Camp

1. Conan of Cimmeria (Conan 2)

By: Robert E. Howard , Lin Carter , L. Sprague de Camp

4.11

Format: 189 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Contents: 9 · Introduction · L. Sprague de Camp · in 15 · The Curse of the Monolith [“Conan an… read more

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  • pulp
  • adventure
  • sword and sorcery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion, #1) by Elizabeth Moon

2. Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion, #1)

By: Elizabeth Moon

4.13

Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Paksenarrion — Paks for short — is somebody special. She knows it, even if nobody else does yet. No… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
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3. The Complete Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

4.50

Format: 1796 pages, Paperback

A study in scarlet -- The sign of four -- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes : A scandal in Bohemi… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"Oh how I've missed you, Holmes."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

"It is easy to be wise after the event."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

"You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

"Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

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4. Conan the Conqueror

By: Robert E. Howard

4.11

Format: 222 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Howard, Robert read more

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  • pulp
  • adventure
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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Conan the Freebooter (Conan, #3) by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp

5. Conan the Freebooter (Conan, #3)

By: Robert E. Howard , L. Sprague de Camp

4.06

Format: 223 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Contents: 9 · Introduction · L. Sprague de Camp · in 15 · Hawks Over Shem [revised by de Camp … read more

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  • pulp
  • adventure
  • sword and sorcery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Conan the Avenger (Book 10) by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, Frank Frazetta, Björn Nyberg, Bjorn Nyberg

6. Conan the Avenger (Book 10)

By: Robert E. Howard , L. Sprague de Camp , Frank Frazetta , Björn Nyberg , Bjorn Nyberg

4.02

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Vintage paperback read more

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  • pulp
  • adventure
  • sword and sorcery
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3) by Terry Pratchett

7. Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

Polly Perks joins the Discworld army to find her brother Paul. "Ozzer" cuts off blonde braids, dons… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Conan the Usurper (Conan, #8) by Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter, L. Sprague de Camp

8. Conan the Usurper (Conan, #8)

By: Robert E. Howard , Lin Carter , L. Sprague de Camp

4.12

Format: 207 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Contents: 9 * Introduction * L. Sprague de Camp * in 13 * The Treasure of Tranicos ["The Black Stra… read more

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  • pulp
  • adventure
  • sword and sorcery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Conan the Adventurer (Conan 5) by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp

9. Conan the Adventurer (Conan 5)

By: Robert E. Howard , L. Sprague de Camp

3.09

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Contents: Introduction-L. Sprague de Camp The People of the Black Circle-Robert E. Howard-Weird Tal… read more

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  • pulp
  • adventure
  • sword and sorcery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy

10. Conan the Swordsman

By: Lin Carter , L. Sprague de Camp

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

Imagine a world of gods and demons, where men are warriors, women are beautiful, life is a fantasti… read more

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  • pulp
  • adventure
  • sword and sorcery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Conan the Buccaneer (Conan, #6) by Lin Carter, L. Sprague de Camp

11. Conan the Buccaneer (Conan, #6)

By: Lin Carter , L. Sprague de Camp

4.00

Format: 158 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The hunt for a beautiful princess--and a king's treasure--brings Conan to the edge of the world, an… read more

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  • pulp
  • adventure
  • sword and sorcery
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Flashing Swords! #1 by Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Lin Carter, Jack Vance

12. Flashing Swords! #1

By: Fritz Leiber , Poul Anderson , Lin Carter , Jack Vance

4.00

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Introductory Essay: Of Swordsmen & Sorcerers by Lin Carter The Still less than momentary qualm whic… read more

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  • pulp
  • sword and sorcery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy

13. Conan The Hunter

By: Sean A. Moore

4.33

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

It all began when Conan bought the jeweled bracelet from the Zamoran thief. It would, Conan thought… read more

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  • sword and sorcery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1) by Fritz Leiber

14. 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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  • adventure
  • sword and sorcery
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Conan the Invincible (Conan, #1) by Robert Jordan

15. Conan the Invincible (Conan, #1)

By: Robert Jordan

4.33

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Conan is ensnared by the charms of the wily and beautiful Karela, who is secretly the Red Hawk, fea… read more

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  • pulp
  • adventure
  • sword and sorcery
  • fiction
  • fantasy

16. The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan the Cimmerian, #1)

By: Robert E. Howard , Mark Schultz , Patrice Louinet

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Poem and first 13 tales, in order written, plus Miscellaneadrafts, notes, maps by author. Cimmeria … read more

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17. Necroscope (Necroscope, #1)

By: Brian Lumley

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES... Except to Harry Keogh, Necroscope. And what they tell him is horrifying. … read more

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18. My Gun Is Quick

By: Mickey Spillane

3.78

Format: 584 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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19. The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)

By: Raymond Chandler

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

A couple of missing wives--one a rich man's and one a poor man's--become the objects of Marlowe's i… read more

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20. Conan the Defender (Conan, #2)

By: Robert Jordan

3.03

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

As revolution brews in the shadowy streets of Belverus, Conan braves the traps and treacheries of t… read more

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21. Conan: Road of Kings

By: Karl Edward Wagner

3.03

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Facing the gallows for defending his honor-by killing the captain of the guard-the mighty Conan jum… read more

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22. Conan the Warrior (Book 7)

By: Robert E. Howard , L. Sprague de Camp

4.27

Format: 127 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Contents: 9 * Introduction * L. Sprague de Camp * in 11 * Red Nails * Robert E. Howard * na Weird T… read more

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23. Conan the Wanderer (Conan, #4)

By: Robert E. Howard , Lin Carter , L. Sprague de Camp

4.27

Format: 127 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Contents: 9 * Introduction (Conan the Wanderer) * essay by L. Sprague de Camp 13 * Black Tears * [C… read more

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24. Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

By: Zane Grey , None

3.74

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Lassiter is a gunslinger, an avenger in black. In a remote Utah town, he saves beautiful rancher Ja… read more

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  • fiction
  • adventure
"I've seen runnin' molasses that was quicker 'n him."

-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

"Where I was raised a woman's word was law. I ain't quite outgrowed that yet."

-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

"So that's troublin' you? I reckon it needn't. You see it was this way. I come round the house an' seen that fat party an' heard him talkin' loud. Then he seen me, an' very impolite goes straight for …"

-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

"While she waited there she forgot the prospect of untoward change. The bray of a lazy burro broke the afternoon quiet, and it was comfortingly suggestive of the drowsy farmyard, and the open corrals,…"

-Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)

25. Conan (Book 1)

By: Robert E. Howard , Lin Carter , L. Sprague de Camp

4.29

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

"The Hyborian Age", part 1 (article) * Robert E. Howard "The Thing in the Crypt" (short story) * L.… read more

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26. Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn (Spenser, #44)

By: Ace Atkins

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Boston PI Spenser faces a hot case and a personal crisis in the latest adventure in the iconic New … read more

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27. Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies (Spenser, #45)

By: Ace Atkins

4.01

Format: 532 pages,

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28. Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West

By: Tom Clavin

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Dodge City, Kansas, is a place of legend. The town that started as a small military site exploded w… read more

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29. A Savage Place (Spenser, #8)

By: Robert B. Parker

4.18

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

TV reporter Candy Sloan has eyes the color of cornflowers and legs that stretch all the way to heav… read more

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30. Triassic

By: Julian Michael Carver

3.98

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

After spending many years in artificial hypersleep, a handful of survivors of the exploration vesse… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of Conan Of The Isles by L. Sprague de  Camp

31. Conan Of The Isles

By: L. Sprague de Camp

4.27

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

As the Red Terror, a bizarre, magical dark force whose victims disappear without a trace, descends … read more

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Robert E. Howard , Lin Carter , L. Sprague de Camp

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion, #1)

Elizabeth Moon

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

4.50

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Robert E. Howard

4.11

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C.L. Moore

3.72

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Jack Vance

3.89

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

Michael Moorcock

4.02

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

3.64

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