11 Top fantasy books like The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

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The Girl with All the Gifts

By: M.R. Carey

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her "our little genius." Every morning, Melanie …

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Suffer the Children

By: Craig DiLouie

3.96

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

From an acclaimed horror writer, a chilling tale of blood-hungry children who rise from the dead in… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's Suffer the Children book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • zombies
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)

By: Justin Cronin

4.21

Format: 602 pages, Hardcover

The world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place? The Twelve have been destroyed an… read more

Similar categories in Justin Cronin's The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3) book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Who is the monster now?"

-Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)

"All things found their ends."

-Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)

"City of memories, city of mirrors."

-Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)

"The heart, once broken, stayed broken."

-Justin Cronin, The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3)

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3. The Passage (The Passage, #1)

By: Justin Cronin

4.05

Format: 784 pages, Hardcover

IT HAPPENED FAST. THIRTY-TWO MINUTES FOR ONE WORLD TO DIE, ANOTHER TO BE BORN. First, the unthi… read more

Similar categories in Justin Cronin's The Passage (The Passage, #1) book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"What strange places our lives can carry us to, what dark passages."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

"The sky was so thick with stars it was as if he could reach out and brush them with his hand."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

"Zander was always sneaking off to the library to get more books ... Guy would read anything. Said books were more interesting than people."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

"And then, despite all these concerns, Arnette felt her mind begin to loosen, the images of the day unwinding inside her like a spool of thread, pulling her down into sleep."

-Justin Cronin, The Passage (The Passage, #1)

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4. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

By: Martha Wells

4.15

Format: 144 pages, ebook

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-farin… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"On the entertainment feed, this is what they call an “oh shit"

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"They don't give murderbots decent education modules on anything except murdering, even those are cheap versions."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"If the humans see me actually doing my job, it helps keep suspicions from forming about faulty governor modules."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

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5. Let the Right One In

By: John Ajvide Lindqvist

3.85

Format: None pages,

It is autumn 1981 when the inconceivable comes to Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The body of a tee… read more

Similar categories in John Ajvide Lindqvist's Let the Right One In book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

6. The Girl with All the Gifts

By: M.R. Carey

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her "our little genius." Every morning, Melanie … read more

Similar categories in M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • zombies
  • fantasy
  • science fiction

7. The Twelve (The Passage, #2)

By: Justin Cronin

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constr… read more

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8. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

By: Max Brooks

4.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of… read more

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9. Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)

By: Hugh Howey

4.22

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

This Omnibus Edition collects the five Wool books into a single volume. It is for those who arrived… read more

Similar categories in Hugh Howey's Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

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10. The Troop

By: Nick Cutter

3.84

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a three-d… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Troop book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"Soldering iron, Max."

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"You’ve never heard of the tapeworm diet?"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"I been to hell ... I ain't afraid to go back"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"His fear was whetted to such a fine edge that he could actually feel it now: a disembodied ball of baby fingers inside his stomach, tickling him from the inside. That's what mortal terror felt like, …"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

11. Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)

By: Jeff VanderMeer

4.34

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2015 Nebula Award. Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades… read more

Similar categories in Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

12. Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy, #1)

By: Mira Grant

4.10

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we created s… read more

Similar categories in Mira Grant's Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy, #1) book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

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13. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Starter Villain book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

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14. Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Nestlings book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • fiction
  • horror
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."

-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings

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15. The Ferryman

By: Justin Cronin

3.93

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a… read more

Similar categories in Justin Cronin's The Ferryman book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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16. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

3.89

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

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17. A House with Good Bones

By: T. Kingfisher

3.69

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explor… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A House with Good Bones book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Like many family dynamics, it didn't have to be healthy, it just had to work."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"He's got an alibi. People with alibis in the first half of the show are always suspicious."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I could research it. I am a champion researcher. It's why they pay me the meager academic bucks."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I understood Grand Mae then, I think. I could not pity the adult she had become, but I could pity the girl she had been."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

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18. How to Sell a Haunted House

By: Grady Hendrix

3.68

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—a… read more

Similar categories in Grady Hendrix's How to Sell a Haunted House book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • fiction
  • horror
"Nice clean cut," Santos said, and Louise almost said thank you but managed to stop herself."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"Mom and Dad could've done it," he said. "They were grown-ups. We're just . . . tall children."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"But if we weren’t related, if we met today, we wouldn’t choose to be friends. We’re different people with different values, and we’re also adults who can choose who we want to spend our time with…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"There were so many dolls in there, waiting for her. Somewhere, in a less rational part of her brain, Louise felt that nothing could look so human and exist for so long without starting to develop tho…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

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19. Mary

By: Nat Cassidy

3.80

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invis… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Mary book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Bird Box (Bird Box, #1) by Josh Malerman

20. Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)

By: Josh Malerman

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Bird Box (Bird Box, #1) book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
"Your baby is smarter than you think."

-Josh Malerman, Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)

"Creatures, Malorie thinks. What a cheap word."

-Josh Malerman, Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)

"You are saving their lives for a life not living."

-Josh Malerman, Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)

"Some people choose to wait for news and others make their own."

-Josh Malerman, Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)

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21. (No) Sex in Japan: A Sociology of Sexlessness in Intimate Relationships

By: Alice Pacher

3.20

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

This book presents a sociological perspective on (non-)sexual intimate relationships in contemporar… read more

Similar categories in Alice Pacher's (No) Sex in Japan: A Sociology of Sexlessness in Intimate Relationships book and M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts

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Justin Cronin

4.21

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Justin Cronin

4.05

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M.R. Carey

3.71

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Craig DiLouie

3.53

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Riley Sager

4.14

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Jeneva Rose

3.86

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