7 Top fantasy books like The Turnglass by Gareth Rubin

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The Turnglass

By: Gareth Rubin

3.50

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

1880s England On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon …

"These tales are intertwined and parasitic. Beguiling and, I think, a little strange too."

-Gareth Rubin, The Turnglass

"It was the wrong house for the Tooke family. It was see-through, allowing everyone to look in, while the people who lived there did their best to hide their lives away."

-Gareth Rubin, The Turnglass

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Turnglass by Gareth Rubin , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Vertige

By: Franck Thilliez

3.98

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Franck Thilliez's Vertige book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction

2. Gilded Needles

By: Michael McDowell

3.92

Format: 594 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the Black Triangle, New York's decadent district of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunke… read more

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3. The Turnglass

By: Gareth Rubin

3.50

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

1880s England On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon … read more

Similar categories in Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fantasy
"These tales are intertwined and parasitic. Beguiling and, I think, a little strange too."

-Gareth Rubin, The Turnglass

"It was the wrong house for the Tooke family. It was see-through, allowing everyone to look in, while the people who lived there did their best to hide their lives away."

-Gareth Rubin, The Turnglass

Cover of Crossings by Alex Landragin

4. Crossings

By: Alex Landragin

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Crossings is an unforgettable and explosive genre-bending debut--a novel in three parts, designed t… read more

Similar categories in Alex Landragin's Crossings book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
"As long as I have a glimpse of sky, I can tolerate almost any hardship."

-Alex Landragin, Crossings

"Here was a man who seemed to take amusement in the messiness of life--as close to a definition of happiness as I know."

-Alex Landragin, Crossings

Cover of The Household by Stacey Halls

5. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
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6. Palace of Shadows

By: Ray Celestin

3.67

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

'Chillingly gothic' — The Guardian, Best Crime and Thrillers of the YearInspired by the haunting tr… read more

Similar categories in Ray Celestin's Palace of Shadows book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
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7. Un animal salvaje

By: Joël Dicker

4.05

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

El 2 de julio de 2022, dos delincuentes se disponen a robar en una importante joyería de Ginebra. U… read more

Similar categories in Joël Dicker's Un animal salvaje book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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8. L'educazione delle farfalle

By: Donato Carrisi

4.11

Format: 432 pages, ebook

La casa di legno brucia nel cuore della notte. Lingue di fuoco illuminano la vallata fra le montagn… read more

Similar categories in Donato Carrisi's L'educazione delle farfalle book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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9. The Spirit Engineer

By: A.J. West

3.71

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with sp… read more

Similar categories in A.J. West's The Spirit Engineer book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"Death is a beginning."

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

"It is a brave thing to die."

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

"If ghosts are real, death is not."

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

"A mystery is only a fact in disguise"

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

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10. Le Manuscrit inachevé

By: Franck Thilliez

4.17

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Aux alentours de Grenoble, un jeune a fini sa trajectoire dans un ravin après une course-poursuite … read more

Similar categories in Franck Thilliez's Le Manuscrit inachevé book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1) by Mai Mochizuki

11. The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)

By: Mai Mochizuki

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of c… read more

Similar categories in Mai Mochizuki's The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1) book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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12. La taverna degli assassini

By: Marcello Simoni

3.23

Format: 147 pages, Kindle Edition

Un giallo irrisolvibile Un’indagine di Vitale Federici Dalla penna dell’autore italiano di gialli s… read more

Similar categories in Marcello Simoni's La taverna degli assassini book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • thriller
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13. The Burial Plot

By: Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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14. The Silence Factory

By: Bridget Collins

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Silence Factory book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
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15. The Beholders

By: Hester Musson

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

SOME HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE LIVING June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of th… read more

Similar categories in Hester Musson's The Beholders book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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16. The Puzzle Wood

By: Rosie Andrews

3.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Deep in the woods, something is stirring. When Miss Catherine Symonds arrives to take up a posit… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Andrews's The Puzzle Wood book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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17. The Good Liars

By: Anita Frank

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Six years ago, at the very start of World War One, a local boy went missing and was never found. So… read more

Similar categories in Anita Frank's The Good Liars book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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18. Seven Days

By: Robert Rutherford

3.60

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

'Wow! An absolutely fantastic edge of your seat thriller. I could not turn the pages fast enough...… read more

Similar categories in Robert Rutherford's Seven Days book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Betrayal of Thomas True by A.J.  West

19. The Betrayal of Thomas True

By: A.J. West

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It is the year 1710, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One … read more

Similar categories in A.J. West's The Betrayal of Thomas True book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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20. The Sirens

By: Emilia Hart

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can ima… read more

Similar categories in Emilia Hart's The Sirens book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
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21. Le chiavi di casa

By: Paolo Ricchiuto

3.20

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Paolo Ricchiuto esordisce con un romanzo di finissima tensione psicologica, sulla giovinezza e la s… read more

Similar categories in Paolo Ricchiuto's Le chiavi di casa book and Gareth Rubin's The Turnglass

  • thriller

18 must-read fiction books like The Turnglass by Gareth Rubin

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3.98

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Gareth Rubin

3.50

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Alex Landragin

3.85

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Stacey Halls

3.94

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The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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The Black Feathers

Rebecca Netley

4.00

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Stacey Halls

3.94

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Louise Welsh

3.71

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