12 best-selling fantasy books like Invisible Things by Mat Johnson

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Invisible Things

By: Mat Johnson

3.53

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

A sharp allegorical novel about a hidden human civilization, a crucial election, and a mysterious i…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Invisible Things by Mat Johnson , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1) by Mur Lafferty

1. Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.71

Format: 457 pages, Paperback

From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban landscapes, Mallory Viridian is constantly embroil… read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1) book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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2. Invisible Things

By: Mat Johnson

3.53

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

A sharp allegorical novel about a hidden human civilization, a crucial election, and a mysterious i… read more

Similar categories in Mat Johnson's Invisible Things book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • adult fiction
  • politics
  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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3. The Terraformers

By: Annalee Newitz

3.37

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Destry is a top network analyst with the Environmental Rescue Team, an ancient organization devoted… read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's The Terraformers book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1) by Nick Harkaway

4. Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

By: Nick Harkaway

4.03

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

A virtuosic mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler by way of Marvel—the story of a detective… read more

Similar categories in Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1) book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"In her hands, a corpse is like one of those old Bibles chained up in a dusty room, not only the printed text and the rich colours of the pictures, but the records of marriages and births and deaths i…"

-Nick Harkaway, Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir, #1)

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5. The City Inside

By: Samit Basu

3.31

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

“They'd known the end times were coming but hadn’t known they’d be multiple choice.”Joey is a Reali… read more

Similar categories in Samit Basu's The City Inside book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"They're on display. Indi's making sure her body catches the light as it changes colour off his smartatt reads, always a spectacular angle, never missing a beat, turning and placing his partner in an …"

-Samit Basu, The City Inside

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6. Ghost Station

By: S.A. Barnes

3.57

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Barnes's Ghost Station book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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7. Same Bed Different Dreams

By: Ed Park

3.77

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A wild, sweeping novel that imagines an alternate secret history of Korea and the traces it leaves … read more

Similar categories in Ed Park's Same Bed Different Dreams book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Sleepwalk

By: Dan Chaon

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near future America with a big hearted mercenary,… read more

Similar categories in Dan Chaon's Sleepwalk book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • audiobook
"There's a rare few that are able to drift through life without being owned by someone."

-Dan Chaon, Sleepwalk

"It was disconcerting to live in a time in which accepting reality required a suspension of disbelief."

-Dan Chaon, Sleepwalk

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9. Dual Memory

By: Sue Burke

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Sue Burke, author of the acclaimed novel Semiosis , returns with Dual Memory, a standalone novel bl… read more

Similar categories in Sue Burke's Dual Memory book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. The Deep Sky

By: Yume Kitasei

3.71

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Deep Sky book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"...wanting to prove they were strong enough to withstand anything. Except strength could make you brittle. Big enough impact, and you splinter."

-Yume Kitasei, The Deep Sky

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11. Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

By: Eddie Robson

3.91

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A locked room mystery in a near future world of politics and alien diplomacy. Lydia works as tra… read more

Similar categories in Eddie Robson's Drunk on All Your Strange New Words book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We take drug abuse very seriously, Lydia."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"The world has enabled so many bullshitters. It's exhausting."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"if you can control the stories a culture tells about itself, you can control who they are."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"There’s a particular type of alone you feel when in a room with someone who’s no longer alive, she’s discovering now, and it is the worst kind."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

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12. Big Time

By: Ben H. Winters

3.43

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Ben Winters, whom critics attest  "you'll follow...anywhere" ( New York Times Book Review ), return… read more

Similar categories in Ben H. Winters's Big Time book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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14. 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 Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • 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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15. Wild Massive

By: Scotto Moore

3.55

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Scotto Moore's Wild Massive is a web of lies, secrets, and humor in a breakneck, nitrous-boosted sa… read more

Similar categories in Scotto Moore's Wild Massive book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Devil's Gun (Disco Space Opera #2) by Cat Rambo

16. Devil's Gun (Disco Space Opera #2)

By: Cat Rambo

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

No one escapes their past as the crew of the You Sexy Thing attempts to navigate the hazards of ope… read more

Similar categories in Cat Rambo's Devil's Gun (Disco Space Opera #2) book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • audiobook
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17. The Wings Upon Her Back

By: Samantha Mills

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A loyal warrior in a crisis of faith must fight to regain her place and begin her life again while … read more

Similar categories in Samantha Mills's The Wings Upon Her Back book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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18. World Running Down

By: Al Hess

3.97

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Valentine Weis is a salvager in the future wastelands of Utah. Wrestling with body dysphoria, he dr… read more

Similar categories in Al Hess's World Running Down book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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19. The Awoken

By: Katelyn Monroe Howes

3.61

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A cinematic, speculative debut about a woman who undergoes cryogenic preservation at the time of he… read more

Similar categories in Katelyn Monroe Howes's The Awoken book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin

20. Imagination: A Manifesto

By: Ruha Benjamin

4.20

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In this revelatory work, Ruha Benjamin calls on us to take imagination seriously as a site of strug… read more

Similar categories in Ruha Benjamin's Imagination: A Manifesto book and Mat Johnson's Invisible Things

  • politics

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