18 must-read fiction books like Melmoth by Sarah Perry

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Melmoth

By: Sarah Perry

3.43

Format: None pages, Audiobook

For centuries, the mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe, searching for those whose com…

"I wonder, when God permitted us to fall, if He knew we'd fall so far."

-Sarah Perry, Melmoth

"I wonder, when God permitted us to fall, if He knew we'd fall so far."

-Sarah Perry, Melmoth

"So we have free will I suppose." "More's the pity. I always thought it would be rather relaxing to have one's life organised by the Fates."

-Sarah Perry, Melmoth

"So we have free will I suppose." "More's the pity. I always thought it would be rather relaxing to have one's life organised by the Fates."

-Sarah Perry, Melmoth

If you liked the fiction plot in Melmoth by Sarah Perry , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of The Travelling Bag: And Other Ghostly Stories by Susan         Hill

1. The Travelling Bag: And Other Ghostly Stories

By: Susan Hill

4.10

Format: 224 pages,

From the foggy streets of Victorian London to the eerie perfection of 1950s suburbia, the everyday … read more

Similar categories in Susan Hill's The Travelling Bag: And Other Ghostly Stories book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
Cover of Fear in the Sunlight (Josephine Tey, #4) by Nicola Upson

2. Fear in the Sunlight (Josephine Tey, #4)

By: Nicola Upson

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Summer, 1936. The writer, Josephine Tey, joins her friends in the holiday village of Portmeirion to… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Upson's Fear in the Sunlight (Josephine Tey, #4) book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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3. Melmoth the Wanderer

By: Charles Robert Maturin , Victor Sage

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

Created by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature. In a s… read more

Similar categories in Charles Robert Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland

4. The Owl Killers

By: Karen Maitland

3.81

Format: 336 pages,

From the author of Company of Liars, hailed as "a jewel of a medieval mystery"* and "an atmospheric… read more

Similar categories in Karen Maitland's The Owl Killers book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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5. House of Orphans

By: Helen Dunmore

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Finland, 1902, and the Russian Empire enforces a brutal policy to destroy Finland's freedom and for… read more

Similar categories in Helen Dunmore's House of Orphans book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • historical
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

6. Wise Children

By: Angela Carter

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dora and Nora Chance are a famous song-and-dance team of the British music halls. Billed as The Luc… read more

Similar categories in Angela Carter's Wise Children book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

7. Todo ese fuego

By: Ángeles Caso

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

16 de julio de 1846. En la casa parroquial del pueblecito ingles de Haworth, las tres hijas del pas… read more

Similar categories in Ángeles Caso's Todo ese fuego book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

8. The Ninth Circle

By: Alex Bell

3.00

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

A man comes to on the floor of a shabby apartment in the middle of Budapest. His head is glued to t… read more

Similar categories in Alex Bell's The Ninth Circle book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

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9. The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

By: Bridget Collins

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the creators of The Haunting Season comes a dazzling collection of never-before-seen ghostly t… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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10. 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 Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Melmoth by Sarah Perry

11. Melmoth

By: Sarah Perry

3.43

Format: None pages, Audiobook

For centuries, the mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe, searching for those whose com… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Perry's Melmoth book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • gothic
  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I wonder, when God permitted us to fall, if He knew we'd fall so far."

-Sarah Perry, Melmoth

"So we have free will I suppose." "More's the pity. I always thought it would be rather relaxing to have one's life organised by the Fates."

-Sarah Perry, Melmoth

"This melancholy company is curiously consoling. It is restful to be exempted from the obligation to find, in every spire and pinnacle of the mother of cities, reason to wonder and delight."

-Sarah Perry, Melmoth

"My reader, my dear- you know her, you have been waiting for her: it is the witness, the wandering woman- the punished world's wickedness unfolds! Oh beloved one, my companion- it is I, Melmoth, whose…"

-Sarah Perry, Melmoth

Cover of Hare House by Sally Hinchcliffe

12. Hare House

By: Sally Hinchcliffe

3.26

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Sally Hinchcliffe’s Hare House is a modern-day witch story, perfect for fans of Pine and The Loney.… read more

Similar categories in Sally Hinchcliffe's Hare House book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We soon fell silent too, and above and around us came the murmur of all the countless branches; a distant sort of a noise, ungraspable yet pervasive, like voices in another room."

-Sally Hinchcliffe, Hare House

"It was then, as I hesitated, that the head stepped in and said, 'We don't want a witch hunt'. I looked from one to another of them, and then back to her. Three very different women but in each of the…"

-Sally Hinchcliffe, Hare House

"It's not a simple matter. You can drain the water or grit the ice, or move the wall. It makes no difference in the end. It's just a bad spot here, and always has been. A crossroads. The place where t…"

-Sally Hinchcliffe, Hare House

Cover of The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

13. The Square of Sevens

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.14

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more

Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's The Square of Sevens book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."

-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens

Cover of Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford

14. Cahokia Jazz

By: Francis Spufford

4.03

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently—from th… read more

Similar categories in Francis Spufford's Cahokia Jazz book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews

15. The Leviathan

By: Rosie Andrews

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

She is awake... Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Tr… read more

Similar categories in Rosie Andrews's The Leviathan book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Before leaving, I stopped to drip some water into my father’s mouth. I took one unresponsive hand in mine, willing him to understand. ‘A day, no more, and we will return with help for you. My oath up…"

-Rosie Andrews, The Leviathan

Cover of Trinity by Louisa Hall

16. Trinity

By: Louisa Hall

3.43

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From the acclaimed author of Speak comes a kaleidoscopic novel about Robert Oppenheimer—father of t… read more

Similar categories in Louisa Hall's Trinity book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • literary fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Bone China by Laura  Purcell

17. Bone China

By: Laura Purcell

3.65

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft's family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's Bone China book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Columba's Bones by David Greig

18. Columba's Bones

By: David Greig

4.30

Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition

In a bloody, brutal raid, Abbot Blathmac is slain on the steps of his monastery for refusing to giv… read more

Similar categories in David Greig's Columba's Bones book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Palladian by Elizabeth Taylor

19. Palladian

By: Elizabeth Taylor

3.52

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When newly orphaned Cassandra Dashwood arrives as governess to little Sophy, the scene seems set fo… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Taylor's Palladian book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • gothic
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Out of Body by Jeffrey Ford

20. Out of Body

By: Jeffrey Ford

3.21

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Out of Body is a dark fantasy thriller from multi-award-winning author Jeffrey Ford. A small-tow… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Ford's Out of Body book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Meet Me at the Surface by Jodie   Matthews

21. Meet Me at the Surface

By: Jodie Matthews

3.56

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

‘Drenched in myths and mystery, this is an uncanny, evocative ode to belonging. The story blazed fr… read more

Similar categories in Jodie Matthews's Meet Me at the Surface book and Sarah Perry's Melmoth

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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Stacey Halls

3.94

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