9 Top fantasy books like Cold People by Tom Rob Smith

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Cold People

By: Tom Rob Smith

3.52

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Cold People by Tom Rob Smith , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Cold People

By: Tom Rob Smith

3.52

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for… read more

Similar categories in Tom Rob Smith's Cold People book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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3. Monstrilio

By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man,… read more

Similar categories in Gerardo Sámano Córdova's Monstrilio book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The world was scary. Worse, I was scary in it."

-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio

"I wanted him to snap, to finally and absolutely lose it. To break. He was withering. To wither is not the same as to break; to break is to have pieces to put back together, and to wither is to dry up…"

-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio

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4. The Librarianist

By: Patrick deWitt

3.41

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who ha… read more

Similar categories in Patrick deWitt's The Librarianist book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. Chain-Gang All-Stars

By: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far… read more

Similar categories in Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's Chain-Gang All-Stars book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"They were all humans, and yet they had completely different ideas about what humanity meant."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars

"My brother-in-law is an alien. I have a bunch of alien friends. I can't be racist," Randy Mac continued."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars

"An absurd thing for the murderous state to plead for, but, as always, the massive violence of the state was “justice,"

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars

"...despite how hard it was, she wasn't afraid with love. She knew how to wield it, how to grow it, and how to receive it."

-Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars

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6. The Drift

By: C.J. Tudor

3.71

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly grippin… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's The Drift book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Boys Weekend

By: Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning cartoonist and editor at The Nib, a hilarious trans-"final girl" horror grap… read more

Similar categories in Mattie Lubchansky's Boys Weekend book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. Open Throat

By: Henry Hoke

4.01

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel. A quee… read more

Similar categories in Henry Hoke's Open Throat book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. Blackouts

By: Justin Torres

3.77

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more

Similar categories in Justin Torres's Blackouts book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Brainwyrms

By: Alison Rumfitt

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From Alison Rumfitt, the author of Tell Me I’m Worthless — “a triumph of transgressive queer horror… read more

Similar categories in Alison Rumfitt's Brainwyrms book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Dayswork

By: Chris Bachelder

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In wry, epigrammatic prose, Dayswork tells the story of a woman who spends the endless days of the … read more

Similar categories in Chris Bachelder's Dayswork book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Lost Journals of Sacajewea

By: Debra Magpie Earling

3.66

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Perma Red comes a devastatingly beautiful novel that challenges pr… read more

Similar categories in Debra Magpie Earling's The Lost Journals of Sacajewea book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • adult
  • fiction
"Do not trust anyone who tells you there is only one story. If there were only one story or one way of seeing things all stories would die."

-Debra Magpie Earling, The Lost Journals of Sacajewea

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13. Ascension

By: Nicholas Binge

3.58

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A mind-bending speculative thriller in which the sudden appearance of a mountain in the middle of t… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Binge's Ascension book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There’s something that runs deeper than that – biological instinct, perhaps, that won’t let you go through with mutilating yourself."

-Nicholas Binge, Ascension

"People like to think empathy means being able to imagine how you'd feel in a certain situation,' she said, head tilted, holding my gaze. 'But it really doesn't. It means being able to imagine how the…"

-Nicholas Binge, Ascension

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14. The Shamshine Blind

By: Paz Pardo

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A beguiling blend of noir detective story and science fiction perfect for fans of Michael Chabon an… read more

Similar categories in Paz Pardo's The Shamshine Blind book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2) by Josh  Silver

15. Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2)

By: Josh Silver

4.44

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Friends. Welcome to Elmhallow. Seb, along with a select group of participants, finds himself washed… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2) book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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16. American Mermaid

By: Julia Langbein

3.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A brilliantly funny and razor-tongued debut which follows a writer lured to Los Angeles to adapt he… read more

Similar categories in Julia Langbein's American Mermaid book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"How could we be readers, how could we be lovers of the impossible and the imagined, and not want to swell up with a new character, pull it onto land from a sea we made, and trick it by disappearing b…"

-Julia Langbein, American Mermaid

"This is one of the dangers of their [teenagers] ineluctable depth: they live the poetry, the true value of the way words resonate and not their dictionary meanings or conventional uses. It's why teen…"

-Julia Langbein, American Mermaid

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17. The Auburn Conference

By: Tom Piazza

3.82

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

It is 1883, and America is at a crossroads. At a tiny college in Upstate New York, an idealistic yo… read more

Similar categories in Tom Piazza's The Auburn Conference book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. Tomorrow's Children

By: Daniel Polansky

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From Hugo Award nominated author comes a high-octane post-apocalyptic romp set in the ruins of Manh… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Polansky's Tomorrow's Children book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • post apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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19. What Survives

By: M. Amelia Eikli

4.46

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

After a devastating global pandemic, the world has gone quiet. She hasn’t seen another living soul … read more

Similar categories in M. Amelia Eikli's What Survives book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • dystopia
  • apocalyptic
  • post apocalyptic
  • fiction
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20. Not Alone

By: Sarah K. Jackson

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

An exhilarating debut novel, tracing the harrowing journey of a mother and son fighting for surviva… read more

Similar categories in Sarah K. Jackson's Not Alone book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • apocalyptic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Not Alone

By: Sarah K Jackson

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Sarah K Jackson's Not Alone book and Tom Rob Smith's Cold People

  • dystopia

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