12 must-read fiction books like The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin

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The Beginning Place

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Fleeing from the monotony of his life, Hugh Rogers finds his way to "the beginning place"--a gatewa…

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1. Letters of Two Brides

By: Honoré de Balzac

3.80

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

By the French author, who, along with Flaubert, is generally regarded as a founding-father of reali… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
"En toute autre chose, la duplicité, le manque de foi, les promesses inexécutées rencontrent des juges, et les juges infligent des châtiments; mais il n'en est pas ainsi pour l'amour, qui doit être à …"

-Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

"I see in marriage, as it at present exists, two opposing forces which it was the task of the lawgiver to reconcile. ... The laws were made by old men—any woman can see that—and they have been prudent…"

-Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

Cover of The Will to Battle (Terra Ignota, #3) by Ada Palmer

2. The Will to Battle (Terra Ignota, #3)

By: Ada Palmer

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A political SF epic of extraordinary audacity. The long years of near-utopia have come to an abr… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"Complacency is the enemy, Mycroft, not xenophobia. An old phoenix needs burning"

-Ada Palmer, The Will to Battle (Terra Ignota, #3)

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3. White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems

By: Mary Oliver

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Hardcover

Mary Oliver is one of the most popular and widely honored poets in the United States. In this much-… read more

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4. Sıradan Zaferler

By: Manu Larcenet , Emre Yavuz

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Angouleme Uluslararasi Cizgi Roman Festivali En Iyi Cizgi Roman Albumu "Gercekci edebiyat ve cizgi … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin

5. The Beginning Place

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Fleeing from the monotony of his life, Hugh Rogers finds his way to "the beginning place"--a gatewa… read more

Similar categories in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Beginning Place book and Ursula K. Le Guin's The Beginning Place

  • romance
  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy

6. Cyteen (Cyteen, #1-3)

By: C.J. Cherryh

3.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

A brilliant young scientist rises to power on Cyteen, haunted by the knowledge that her predecessor… read more

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7. Mind of My Mind (Patternmaster, #2)

By: Octavia E. Butler

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Mass Market Paperback

For 4,000 years, an immortal has spread the seeds of a master race, using the downtrodden as his pr… read more

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8. The Skull

By: Philip K. Dick

3.78

Format: 416 pages,

Conger agreed to kill a stranger he had never seen. He wasn't concerned about getting the wrong man… read more

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9. Podkayne of Mars

By: Robert A. Heinlein

4.60

Format: 645 pages, Paperback

Podkayne Fries, a clever Martian maid with dreams of becoming the first female starship pilot, is d… read more

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10. Elidor

By: Alan Garner

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A mechanical street map, a deserted slum, a church in ruins, and a football. Four ordinary things l… read more

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11. The Road Through the Wall

By: Shirley Jackson

3.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Everyone knew the residents of Pepper Street were "nice" people -- especially the residents themsel… read more

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12. Regenesis (Cyteen, #4)

By: C.J. Cherryh

4.18

Format: None pages,

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13. The Expert System's Brother (Expert System, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.93

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

After an unfortunate accident, Handry is forced to wander a world he doesn't understand, searching … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Will Leave the Galaxy for Good by Yahtzee Croshaw

14. Will Leave the Galaxy for Good

By: Yahtzee Croshaw

4.29

Format: 10 pages, Audible Audio

Jacques McKeown is the most celebrated author of star-pilot fiction in the galaxy. He's rich, famou… read more

Similar categories in Yahtzee Croshaw's Will Leave the Galaxy for Good book and Ursula K. Le Guin's The Beginning Place

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Plum Duff (Greenwing & Dart, #6) by Victoria   Goddard

15. Plum Duff (Greenwing & Dart, #6)

By: Victoria Goddard

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Magic is out of fashion. Except, obviously, at Winterturn. Winterturn in Ragnor Bella is a holi… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Love-in-a-Mist (Greenwing & Dart, #5) by Victoria   Goddard

16. Love-in-a-Mist (Greenwing & Dart, #5)

By: Victoria Goddard

4.41

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

Magic is out of fashion. Murder, like romance, is always a possibility. The journey home from O… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Goddard's Love-in-a-Mist (Greenwing & Dart, #5) book and Ursula K. Le Guin's The Beginning Place

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid by C.L. Polk

17. 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 Ursula K. Le Guin's The Beginning Place

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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18. Counterweight

By: Djuna

3.06

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From one of South Korea's most revered science fiction writers, an absorbing tale of corporate intr… read more

Similar categories in Djuna's Counterweight book and Ursula K. Le Guin's The Beginning Place

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Hit Parade of Tears by Izumi Suzuki

19. Hit Parade of Tears

By: Izumi Suzuki

3.43

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A new collection of stories from the cult author of Terminal Boredom. Izumi Suzuki had ideas abo… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Love isn't like a house you can just kick back and live in once its completed. No, it gets more worn and tattered day by day, unless you keep on making it up."

-Izumi Suzuki, Hit Parade of Tears

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20. The Book of Thorns

By: Hester Fox

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"Betrayal, loss, love, redemption, and justice collide in this masterpiece of a novel. You won’t wa… read more

Similar categories in Hester Fox's The Book of Thorns book and Ursula K. Le Guin's The Beginning Place

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Olive the Lionheart: Lost Love, Imperial Spies, and One Woman's Journey to the Heart of Africa by Brad Ricca

21. Olive the Lionheart: Lost Love, Imperial Spies, and One Woman's Journey to the Heart of Africa

By: Brad Ricca

3.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the Edgar-nominated author of the bestselling Mrs. Sherlock Holmes comes the true story of a w… read more

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