10 Top fantasy books like Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman

Cover of Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman

Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

By: Neil Gaiman

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 0060515236 (ISBN13: 9780060515232). Fragile Things is …

"Words can wound, and wounds can heal."

-Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

"Words can wound, and wounds can heal."

-Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

"We save our lives in such unlikely ways."

-Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

"We save our lives in such unlikely ways."

-Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

If you liked the fantasy plot in Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

1. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

By: Terry Pratchett , Neil Gaiman

4.26

Format: 491 pages, Mass Market Paperback

According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter - the world's only totally reliable g… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It was a nice day."

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"What’s your name, lad?"

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"Woss the matter with you?"

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

"Never f*!k with the ineffable."

-Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Cover of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere by Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, Glenn Fabry

2. Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

By: Mike Carey , Neil Gaiman , Glenn Fabry

4.29

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Graphic adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere collects all nine issues of the Vertigo maxiseries. … read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
"Richard put his head on one side. 'Excuse me,' he said. 'I know this is a personal question. But are you clinically insane?' 'Possible, but very unlikely. Why?' 'Well,' said Richard. 'One of us must …"

-Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

"The world seems to work in predictable ways, and you think you see the pattern. But that's fatal. Because it's only a pattern until you meet the first event that doesn't fit. And by then it's too lat…"

-Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

Cover of Mort (Death, #1; Discworld, #4) by Terry Pratchett

3. Mort (Death, #1; Discworld, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestseller in England, whe… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook

4. Equal Rites (Discworld, #3; Witches #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

On Discworld, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is … read more

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5. The Third Bear

By: Jeff VanderMeer

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

The "Third Bear" monster graphically gruesomely disembowels and chews live victims. In "The Situati… read more

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6. Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories

By: Clive Barker , Neil Gaiman , Ramsey Campbell , Damien Angelica Walters , Maria Alexander , Stephanie M. Wytovich , Mercedes M. Yardley , Kevin Lucia , Josh Malerman , Paul Tremblay , Christopher Coake , Richard Thomas , Doug Murano , None , D. Alexander Ward , Amanda Gowin , Lisa Mannetti , None , None

4.15

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

From Bram Stoker Award-nominated publisher, Crystal Lake Publishing, and the editing duo who brough… read more

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7. The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in… read more

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8. The Last Continent (Discworld, #22; Rincewind #6)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Anything you do in the past changes the future. The tiniest little actions have huge consequences.… read more

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Cover of Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1) by Terry Pratchett

9. Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.34

Format: 376 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is where the dragons went. They lie... not dead, not asleep, but... dormant. And although the … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Life could be horrible in the wrong trouser of time."

-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

"... a metaphor ... is like lying but more decorative."

-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

"A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read."

-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

"Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?"

-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

Cover of The Three Witches and The Master by Max Nowaz

10. The Three Witches and The Master

By: Max Nowaz

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Where’s my uncle?"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

Cover of Taming Flame by Therisa Peimer

11. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

Cover of Down in the Valley (The Netahs) by Lisa Kaniut Cobb

12. Down in the Valley (The Netahs)

By: Lisa Kaniut Cobb

4.37

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Josh waits anxiously while the Netah council decides his fate. Will he be accepted as a member of t… read more

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"Ano snorted in a very unladylike and elkish way."

-Lisa Kaniut Cobb, Down in the Valley (The Netahs)

"If he could blush through his fur, he would have."

-Lisa Kaniut Cobb, Down in the Valley (The Netahs)

"We hunt as we've always done, part sport, part grocery shopping."

-Lisa Kaniut Cobb, Down in the Valley (The Netahs)

"Josh tasted the decaying leaves of autumn in the cold mountain air."

-Lisa Kaniut Cobb, Down in the Valley (The Netahs)

Cover of The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1) by Robert         Reid

13. The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

By: Robert Reid

4.30

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early 16th century in the city of Mora, capital of Kermin, a cruel new ruler has come to pow… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Raimund, we must promise each other that if one of us leaves Mora it must be both. We must leave together."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

"At seventeen the young woman had worked out how to improve her future prospects; she would seduce the Prince."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

"Rafe smiled again. “I think Aleana can teach you how to work in a team and maybe you can teach her to be less reckless."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

"Audun, there is something I must now explain to you. You are the illegitimate son of Alberon, who now calls himself Emperor of the North."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

Cover of Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven by William Kely McClung

14. Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

By: William Kely McClung

4.37

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

Heroes, Like Swords, Are Forged In Blood! From the steaming jungles of Southeast Asia, to the n… read more

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"Afraid to live, too cowardly to die."

-William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

"And supernatural? Only science not yet understood."

-William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

"Yeah, nerdship could be inherited as surely as any knighthood"

-William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

"Of course it didn’t make sense… knowledge was finite, imagination was not."

-William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

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15. Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

By: Neil Gaiman

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 0060515236 (ISBN13: 9780060515232). Fragile Things is … read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders book and Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

  • urban fantasy
  • poetry
  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Words can wound, and wounds can heal."

-Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

"We save our lives in such unlikely ways."

-Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

"On the whole, stories don't write themselves."

-Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

"I was not so old that I would deny my own senses."

-Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

Cover of A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett

16. A Stroke of the Pen

By: Terry Pratchett

4.03

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black a… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Dragons Invade The Crumbling Castle Area,’ shouted the first page (this was the headline), and then he said in an ordinary voice: ‘For full details hear Page Three."

-Terry Pratchett, A Stroke of the Pen

Cover of Los Misterios de Monkey Island by Nicolas Deneschau

17. Los Misterios de Monkey Island

By: Nicolas Deneschau

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Este libro pretende ser un homenaje a las aventuras de Guybrush Threepwood, el gran pirata. Pero ta… read more

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18. La casa del arroyo (Spanish Edition)

By: Conchi Aragón

3.74

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

«Una familia asesinada diez años atrás. Una escritora en busca de la verdad. Un thriller cuyas clav… read more

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Cover of How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub by P. Djèlí Clark

19. How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.78

Format: 27 pages, ebook

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
Cover of Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand by Andri E. Elia

20. Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand

By: Andri E. Elia

4.36

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

On the planet Yand orbiting Yildun, the second star on the tail of Ursa Minor below the Polaris ter… read more

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"Bend with me."

-Andri E. Elia, Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand

"I need a minute."

-Andri E. Elia, Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand

"I can walk through lava."

-Andri E. Elia, Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand

"The last kiss was the kiss goodbye."

-Andri E. Elia, Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand

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21. The Companions

By: Cade Mengler

4.31

Format: 697 pages, Paperback

Chase, a protector of his world, is on a quest to protect a local town when he discovers an ancient… read more

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"It has returned to us. Then the end has begun…"

-Cade Mengler, The Companions

"Thank you, Chase of Dragonfell! The world needs more men such as yourself…"

-Cade Mengler, The Companions

"But that never happened and I moved on, and I think that’s all we can do at this point…"

-Cade Mengler, The Companions

"I know that look, seeing a dead body for the first time, you never quite get used to it…"

-Cade Mengler, The Companions

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