6 best-selling science fiction books like Fairy Tale by Stephen King

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Fairy Tale

By: Stephen King

4.11

Format: 599 pages, Hardcover

Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding …

"Sleep...it's the only escape we have."

-Stephen King, Fairy Tale

"I didn't exactly hate my father...I felt contempt for him."

-Stephen King, Fairy Tale

"...following my father's dictum: expect nothing but never lose hope."

-Stephen King, Fairy Tale

"He might be crafty, but that wasn't necessarily the same thing as being smart."

-Stephen King, Fairy Tale

If you liked the science fiction plot in Fairy Tale by Stephen King , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Long Walk

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

4.08

Format: 370 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual gr… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's The Long Walk book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Love is a fake!"

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

"Another time, another place."

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

"Better to be dirty than dead."

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

"His eyes were as blank and bright as doorknobs."

-Stephen King, The Long Walk

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2. Gwendy's Magic Feather (The Button Box, #2)

By: Richard Chizmar

3.78

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

Something evil has swept into the small western Maine town of Castle Rock on the heels of the lates… read more

Similar categories in Richard Chizmar's Gwendy's Magic Feather (The Button Box, #2) book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • magic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Only One Left by Riley Sager

3. The Only One Left

By: Riley Sager

4.14

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

At seventeen, Lenora Hope Hung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Ho… read more

Similar categories in Riley Sager's The Only One Left book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You're never alone when there's a book,' she used to say. 'Never ever."

-Riley Sager, The Only One Left

Cover of Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

4. Home Is Where the Bodies Are

By: Jeneva Rose

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here com… read more

Similar categories in Jeneva Rose's Home Is Where the Bodies Are book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Starter Villain book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

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6. 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 Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

7. Tress of the Emerald Sea

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.40

Format: 483 pages, Kindle Edition

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, w… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's Tress of the Emerald Sea book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"They supposedly had golden hair, like yours, the color of sunlight."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

"It might be said that Tress had a way with words. In that her words tended to get in her way."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

"Well, this isn't the part of the story where you ask questions. So kindly keep them to yourself."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

"If we let it, memory can make shadows of the now, as nothing can match the buttressed legends of our past."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

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8. Upgrade

By: Blake Crouch

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You are the next step in human evolution. At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s diffe… read more

Similar categories in Blake Crouch's Upgrade book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I had extraordinary dreams, and an ordinary mind."

-Blake Crouch, Upgrade

"I could not choose my desires, only whether to pursue them."

-Blake Crouch, Upgrade

"Human nature will be the last part of nature to surrender to man.- C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man"

-Blake Crouch, Upgrade

"It is a supremely cruel thing to have your mind conjure a desire which it is functionally unable to realize. No one teaches you how to handle the death of a dream."

-Blake Crouch, Upgrade

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9. The Familiar

By: Leigh Bardugo

3.84

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Bardugo's The Familiar book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

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10. The September House

By: Carissa Orlando

3.92

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this c… read more

Similar categories in Carissa Orlando's The September House book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"the stars shone in the sky, reminding me there were calm constants everywhere"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

"Hal was familiar with anger. He preferred it. It was like a warm blanket to him. Something soft, and smelling of home"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

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11. How to Sell a Haunted House

By: Grady Hendrix

3.68

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—a… read more

Similar categories in Grady Hendrix's How to Sell a Haunted House book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Nice clean cut," Santos said, and Louise almost said thank you but managed to stop herself."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"Mom and Dad could've done it," he said. "They were grown-ups. We're just . . . tall children."

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"But if we weren’t related, if we met today, we wouldn’t choose to be friends. We’re different people with different values, and we’re also adults who can choose who we want to spend our time with…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

"There were so many dolls in there, waiting for her. Somewhere, in a less rational part of her brain, Louise felt that nothing could look so human and exist for so long without starting to develop tho…"

-Grady Hendrix, How to Sell a Haunted House

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12. Remarkably Bright Creatures

By: Shelby Van Pelt

4.39

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's u… read more

Similar categories in Shelby Van Pelt's Remarkably Bright Creatures book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"How does it feel, you ask? It is comfortable. It is home. I am lucky. I am grateful"

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve."

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?"

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

"Humans are the only species who subvert truth for their own entertainment. They call them jokes. Sometimes puns."

-Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

Cover of Fairy Tale by Stephen        King

13. Fairy Tale

By: Stephen King

4.11

Format: 599 pages, Hardcover

Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding … read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Fairy Tale book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Sleep...it's the only escape we have."

-Stephen King, Fairy Tale

"I didn't exactly hate my father...I felt contempt for him."

-Stephen King, Fairy Tale

"...following my father's dictum: expect nothing but never lose hope."

-Stephen King, Fairy Tale

"He might be crafty, but that wasn't necessarily the same thing as being smart."

-Stephen King, Fairy Tale

Cover of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

14. Demon Copperhead

By: Barbara Kingsolver

4.50

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose." Set in t… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"A kid is a terrible thing to be, in charge of nothing."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

"I can still feel in my bones how being mad was the one thing holding me together."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

"Counting on Jesus to save the day is no more real than sending up the Batman signal."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

"life is a wild, impetuous ride. There could be good shit up ahead, don’t rule it out."

-Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

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15. Weyward

By: Emilia Hart

4.07

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackl… read more

Similar categories in Emilia Hart's Weyward book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
" Altha . A strange name. Soft and yet powerful. Like an incantation."

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"It took skill, Violet thought, to make even your handwriting look angry"

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"She named me Altha, after all. Not Alice, meaning noble woman, nor Agnes, lamb of God. Altha. Healer."

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

"I thought he loved me for myself. But you were right. To him I am but an animal, like those he hunts and puts on display"

-Emilia Hart, Weyward

Cover of Babel by R.F. Kuang

16. Babel

By: R.F. Kuang

4.18

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with stu… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's Babel book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed."

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe."

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"languages aren't just made of words. they're modes of looking at the world. They're the keys to civiliation. And that's knowledge worth killing for"

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"It revealed the sheer dependence of the British, who, astonishingly, could not manage to do basic things like bake bread or get safely from one place to another without words stolen from other countr…"

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

Cover of Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

17. Starling House

By: Alix E. Harrow

3.83

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that ca… read more

Similar categories in Alix E. Harrow's Starling House book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You’re a pretty good liar"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Survival is a hard habit to break."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Maybe the truth is always messy that way."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"the Bible only got it half right: there were demons aplenty, but no fire at all"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

Cover of The Book of Doors by Gareth  Brown

18. The Book of Doors

By: Gareth Brown

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie An… read more

Similar categories in Gareth Brown's The Book of Doors book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It's not the number of books that matters, is it? It's what one does with them."

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

"One does not look at a dog and assume it is the only animal to exist. ~ Edmund Fox"

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

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19. In the Lives of Puppets

By: T.J. Klune

3.92

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly in… read more

Similar categories in T.J. Klune's In the Lives of Puppets book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Hap?"

-T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

"I found you. I fixed you. I saved you, but you did the same for me."

-T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

"Humans were foolish. Careless. Cruel. But only a few. Most were full of light."

-T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

"I've made my choice. I need you to make yours. You're not a puppet. Not anymore."

-T.J. Klune, In the Lives of Puppets

Cover of Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

20. Hidden Pictures

By: Jason Rekulak

4.16

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, about a woman working as a nanny for a young … read more

Similar categories in Jason Rekulak's Hidden Pictures book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2) by Leigh Bardugo

21. Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

By: Leigh Bardugo

4.13

Format: 481 pages, Hardcover

Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell. F… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Bardugo's Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2) book and Stephen King's Fairy Tale

  • magic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"His monstrous queen. His gentle ruler."

-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

"Life is cruel. Magic is real. And I’m not ready to die"

-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

"She was the kind of girl who was always okay. “A survivor,"

-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

"Stories exist in all worlds. They are immutable. Like gold."

-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

21 Top fiction books like Fairy Tale by Stephen King

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The Long Walk

Stephen King , Richard Bachman

4.08

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Gwendy's Magic Feather (The Button Box, #2)

Richard Chizmar

3.78

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The Only One Left

Riley Sager

4.14

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Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

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20 Top fiction books like Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

Pierce Brown

4.27

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Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)

Pierce Brown

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Patrick Rothfuss

4.07

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