Books like 'Made in Abyss, Vol. 9'
Readers who enjoyed Made in Abyss, Vol. 9 by Akihito Tsukushi also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
fantasy horror action / adventure dark drama magical-realism low-fantasy
-
Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire
17 ratingsWelcome to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go.If you ever lost a sock, you’ll find it here.If you ever wondered about favorite toy from childhood... it’s probably sitting on a shelf in the back.And the headphones that you swore that this time you’d keep safe? You guessed it….Antoinette has lost her father. Metaphorically. He’s not in the shop, and she’ll never see him again...Categorized as:
dark low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure book coming-of-age contemporary fiction -
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction by Neil Gaiman, Marlon James
10 ratingsAn outstanding array—52 pieces in all—of selected fiction from the multiple-award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, curated by his readers around the world, and introduced with a foreword by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon JamesSpanning Gaiman’s career to date, The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction is a captivating collection from one of the world’s most beloved...Categorized as:
dark low-fantasy magical-realism 21st-century action-adventure anthologies audiobook contemporary -
Neverwhere: BBC Dramatisation by Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs
19 ratingsBeneath the streets of London there is another London. A subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere.An act of kindness sees Richard Mayhew catapulted from his ordinary life into a subterranean world under the streets of London...Categorized as:
drama low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure adult audiobook book contemporary -
End of the Game and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar
18 ratingsEnd of the game is one of the most important collections of stories of the second half of the 20th century. Engaged in transgressing the laws of conventional narrative, in these eighteen stories Julio Cortázar combines intertextuality, an unpublished use of the colloquial and endless game to bring the reader into a particular universe where nothing is what it seems...Categorized as:
drama low-fantasy magical-realism 20th-century action-adventure adult anthologies classics -
-
The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies
18 ratingsThe complete volume of Robertson Davies's acclaimed trilogy, featuring Fifth Business, The Manticore, and World of Wonders, with a new foreword by Kelly Link Fifth Business Ramsay is a man twice born, a man who has returned from the hell of the battle-grave at Passchendaele in World War I decorated with the Victoria Cross and destined to be caught in a no man's land where memory, history, and...Categorized as:
drama low-fantasy magical-realism 20th-century action-adventure adult anthologies classics -
Priest of Lies by Peter McLean
14 ratingsTomas Piety has been many things: soldier, priest, gangster...and spy. As Tomas's power grows, the nobility better watch their backs, in this dark and gritty epic fantasy series.People are weak, and the poorer and more oppressed they are, the weaker they become--until they can't take it anymore. And when they rise up...may the gods help their oppressors... -
American Gods + Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
14 ratingsNewly updated and expanded with the author’s preferred text. A modern masterpiece from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fiction, Neil Gaiman...Categorized as:
drama low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure adult anthologies audiobook classics -
Dragon's Plight by John P. Logsdon, Orlando A. Sanchez
6 ratingsWhat do you call an unarmed PPD officer in the middle of the Badlands? A victim. Chief Zeke Phoenix survived his funeral party…barely. Now survival turns into mayhem management as he works to turn his team's begrudging respect into a force that’ll keep the Badlands in check. When an unmarked package hits his desk, mayhem turns to chaos... -
Wraiths of the Broken Land by S. Craig Zahler
12 ratingsA brutal and unflinching tale that takes many of its cues from both cinema and pulp horror, Wraiths of the Broken Land is like no Western you've ever seen or read. Desperate to reclaim two kidnapped sisters who were forced into prostitution, the Plugfords storm across the badlands and blast their way through Hell... -
The Missing Librarian by Raven Snow
6 ratingsRowen Greensmith has been through a lot with her boyfriend, Eric Richardson. Greensmiths don’t have the best luck with men, but Rowen may prove the exception to that rule. She and Eric have stuck it out through thick and thin. No one is surprised when it looks like Eric is going to propose. Even so, it’s terrifying! Rowen isn’t sure if she’s wife material... -
The People's Will by Jasper Kent
6 ratingsPart historical adventure, part vampire thriller -- the fourth dark and dazzling novel in Jasper Kent's 'Danilov Quintet'. Turkmenistan 1881: Beneath the citadel of Geok Tepe sits a prisoner. He hasn't moved from his chair for two years, hasn't felt the sun on his face in more than fifty, but he is thankful for that. The city is besieged by Russian troops and soon falls...Categorized as:
dark magical-realism action-adventure adult alternate-history book dark-fantasy fiction -
Miss Peregrine's Journal for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
6 ratingsRecord your thoughts or create your own peculiar stories in this beautifully designed journal, filled with vintage black-and-white photos and quotes from all three novels in the Peculiar Children series. Life is full of surprises. Things are rarely what they seem. We all have secret hidden talents. These are some of the lessons that Miss Peregrine’s students learn, sometimes the hard way... -
The Fifth Empire of Man by Rob J. Hayes
8 ratingsThe Pirate Isles are united under Drake Morrass’ flag, but the war has only just begun. There’s still a long way to go before he’s able to call himself King. The Five Kingdoms and Sarth have assembled a fleet of ships unlike any the world has ever seen, and they intend to purge the Pirate Isles once and for all... -
Homesick: Stories by Nino Cipri
8 ratingsDark, irreverent, and truly innovative, the speculative stories in Homesick meditate on the theme of home and our estrangement from it, and what happens when the familiar suddenly shifts into the uncanny... -
-
Apex Magazine Issue 80 by Jason Sizemore, Ursula Vernon
8 ratingsApex Magazine is a monthly science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine featuring original, mind-bending short fiction from many of the top pros of the field. New issues are released on the first Tuesday of every month... -
The Ivory and the Horn by Charles de Lint
16 ratingsIn the city of Newford, when the stars and the vibes are right, you can touch magic. Mermaids sing in the murky harbor, desert spirits crowd the night, and dreams are more real than waking. Charles de Lint began his chronicles of the extraordinary city of Newford in "Memory & Dream" and the short-story collection "Dreams Underfoot...Categorized as:
low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure adult anthologies contemporary dark-fantasy fiction -
The Book of Kane by Karl Edward Wagner
6 ratingsBoxed deluxe edition limited to 425 copies signed by the author and illustrator... -
To the Deeps by Stuart Grosse
6 ratingsHaving conquered his first dungeon in the world of Age of Anarchy Online, Zayn Darkmore, formerly a top paladin in another game, and now on track to be the top villain of this new world, sets his sights on a new dungeon, filled (hopefully) with loot and plentiful XP to help boost his skills and levels. Along the way, he'll meet old friends and enemies, and take this new world by storm... -
Wyrmwood by Stuart Grosse
6 ratingsThe Tutorial is done, and Zayn has begun his journey to explore the world of Age of Anarchy Online. With his party of enslaved beauties, he's completed one of his first tasks, escorting the Princesses of the elven kingdom of Wyrmwood to their home... -
Buried Destiny by Anne Malcom
6 ratingsDeath. For everyone, even immortals, there is nothing after death. No takebacks, no comebacks. It's a full stop. The end of a story. The end of everything. For Sophie, it's little more than a comma. A prelude. A footnote in her true destiny. She was fated to die. Many times. To know what lay beneath in the underworld. To bring the darkness back with her... -
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: Volume 11 by Ao Jyumonji
6 ratings"I'll do what I have to. I'll do it. Now." Gritting his teeth, and bracing his legs, Haruhiro faces the guorella onslaught once more. He rouses himself with a sense of purpose, and tries to avert his eyes from the reality of her death. Then, when he finds himself facing a regret and despair greater than he can handle, that mysterious man, Jessie, whispers to him, "There is a way. Just one... -
-
Honeycomb by Joanne M. Harris
10 ratingsA lushly illustrated set of dark, captivating fairy talesThe beauty of stories; you never know where they will take you. Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales from bestselling author Joanne M. Harris and legendary artist Charles Vess in a collaboration that’s been years in the making...Categorized as:
dark low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure adult anthologies audiobook contemporary -
Queen of the Dark Things by C. Robert Cargill
14 ratingsIt is half a year since the wizard Colby lost his best friend to an army of fairies from the Limestone Kingdom, a realm of mystery and shadows beyond our own. But in vanquishing these creatures Colby sacrificed the anonymity that protected him. Now, word of his deeds has spread, and powerful enemies from the past - including one Colby considered a friend - have resurfaced to exact their revenge...Categorized as:
dark low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure audiobook book contemporary dark-fantasy -
-
The Last Dark by Stephen R. Donaldson
16 ratingsCompelled step by step to actions whose consequences they could neither see nor prevent, Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery have fought for what they love in the magical reality known only as "the Land." Now they face their final crisis...Categorized as:
dark low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure adult anthologies audiobook dark-fantasy -
The City of Mist: Stories by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
20 ratingsReturn to the mythical Barcelona library known as the Cemetery of Forgotten Books in this posthumous collection of stories from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind and The Labyrinth of the Spirits... -
The Cloven by Brian Catling
10 ratingsThe Cloven is the epic climax to B. Catling's beloved genre-busting Vorrh Trilogy. A Vintage Books Original.In the stunning conclusion to Brian Catling's Vorrh trilogy, the colonial city of Essenwald gives up all its secrets, as the ancient forest seeks to reclaim what has been taken from it...Categorized as:
dark low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure adult anthologies body-horror colonization -
Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow by Katy Towell
10 ratingsTwelve years ago, for 12 days straight, the town of Widowsbury suffered a terrible storm, which tore open a gate through which escaped all sorts of foul, rotten things. Strange things and strange people were no longer welcomed in Widowsbury, for one could never be sure of what secrets waited under the surface . .Categorized as:
dark low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure boarding-school book children children-books -
The Curse of the Campfire Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales by David Lubar, Paul Michael Garcia
10 ratingsIn his third collection of warped and creepy "weenie" tales, David Lubar, critically acclaimed author and master of the macabre, travels deep into the shadowy corners of his mind to deliver thirty-five stories of laughter and terror to tickle your horror bone... -
The Shadow Pavilion by Liz Williams
8 ratingsDetective Inspector Chen is back! The Snake Agent returns in The Shadow Pavilion, the fourth Detective Inspector Chen novel from Liz Williams. When Chen’s partner, the demon Seneschal Zhu Irzh, disappears, Chen must enlist all of his allies and assets in order to locate him... -
Aster Wood and the Lost Maps of Almara by J.B. Cantwell
8 ratingsWhen young Aster Wood is pulled through the cosmos to a place no one on Earth knows exists, he discovers an enchanted world unlike anything he’s ever dreamed of. Here, the grass grows green, the wolves glow like the full moon, and wizards play with ancient magic. And Aster, sick his whole life, is healthy again...Categorized as:
low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure book children children-books coming-of-age dystopia -
Under the Smokestrewn Sky by A. Deborah Baker
8 ratingsThe end of the improbable road.Since stumbling from their world into the Up-and-Under, Avery and Zib have walked the improbable road across forests, seas, and skies, finding friends in the unlikeliest of places and enemies great in number, as they make their way toward the Impossible City in the hope of finding their way home.But the final part of their journey is filled with danger and demise... -
Time's Children by D.B. Jackson
6 ratingsA time traveler trapped in a violent past must protect the orphaned child of a murdered sovereign and find a way home, in this astonishing epic fantasy novel.Fifteen year-old Tobias Doljan, a Walker trained to travel through time, is called to serve at the court of Daerjen... -
Writers of the Future Volume 31 by L. Ron Hubbard, Kevin A. Anderson
6 ratingsThe future is here…the future is now! Orson Scott Card, Kevin J. Anderson and Larry Niven have seen the future. Now, you can, too. A constellation of the brightest lights in the Science Fiction and Fantasy firmament have judged these authors to be the best, the brightest, the truest emerging stars in the field...Categorized as:
dark low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure adult aliens anthologies audiobook -
-
Jasmine Nights by S.P. Somtow
6 ratingsSet in 1963, this kaleidoscopic boy's-eye-view of a turbulent time in history is a story about the American civil rights movement, the Kennedy assassination, growing up in the '60s, the Thai aristocracy--and a 12-year-old boy's search for his place in a modern world. His adventure is a joyous testament to the resiliency and implicit goodness of the human spirit...Categorized as:
low-fantasy magical-realism 20th-century action-adventure book coming-of-age fiction historical -
Beginning the Journey by Stuart Grosse
6 ratingsZayn Darkmore, formerly the top paladin in WoD, has just finished the tutorial for Age of Anarchy Online, and come out of it with two slaves, and a pair of elven princesses he has promised to return to their homes. Needless to say, the adventure has only just begun! Follow Zayn as he continues on the path of darkness, doing what he will, regardless of the morality of the situation... -
Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor
6 ratingsFor fans of Caraval and The Night Circus, this decadent and darkly enchanting YA fantasy, set against the backdrop of a Belle Époque-inspired hotel, follows seventeen-year-old Jani as she uncovers the deeply disturbing secrets of the legendary Hotel Magnifique. All her life, Jani has dreamed of Elsewhere... -
Salamanca by Dean Francis Alfar
6 ratingsDean Alfar's first novel is about the sorcery wrought by love, lust, and literature, by friendship, family, and the Filipino nation...Categorized as:
drama low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure adult anti-hero book coming-of-age -
And Blue Skies From Pain by Stina Leicht
6 ratingsNorthern Ireland, 1977. Liam Kelly is many things: a former wheelman for the IRA, a one-time political prisoner, the half-breed son of a mystic Fey warrior and a mortal woman, and a troubled young man literally haunted by the ghosts of his past... -
Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl
20 ratingsIn Switch Bitch four tales of seduction and suspense are told by the grand master of the short story, Roald Dahl.Topping and tailing this collection are The Visitor and Bitch, stories featuring Dahl's notorious hedonist Oswald Hendryks Cornelius (or plain old Uncle Oswald) whose exploits are frequently as extraordinary as they are scandalous...Categorized as:
dark drama magical-realism 20th-century action-adventure adult anthologies audiobook -
I Don't Like Koala by Sean Ferrell, Charles Santoso
12 ratingsWhat’s not to love about a cute, cuddly...creepy toy koala? This is the story of a boy and the stuffed animal he just can’t seem to shake.Adam does not like Koala. Koala is a little creepy. Adam tries explaining this to his parents. He tries putting Koala away—far away. He tries taking Koala on a long, long walk. Nothing works...Categorized as:
low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure animals book children children-books family -
Giantslayer by William King
12 ratingsA darkness is gathering over the storm-wracked isle of Albion. Foul creatures stalk the lands once more and the omens foretell the coming of a great evil. Gotrek and Felix are compelled to fight the malignant evil that terrorises the populace before it can grow to threaten the whole world. With the aid of the mighty high elf mage, Teclis, they must decipher and utilise the secrets of the Old Ones... -
Smoking Poppy by Graham Joyce
10 ratingsGraham Joyce travels to an enthralling, suspense-charged landscape in this hallucinatory novel of a father's quest to save his daughter -- without destroying himself. Dan Innes has received shattering news from the British Embassy in Bangkok: his daughter, Charlie, whom he hasn't seen or spoken to in two years, has been imprisoned in a Thai jail for drug smuggling...Categorized as:
dark low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure adult book contemporary dark-fantasy -
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 by John Joseph Adams, Carmen Maria Machado
8 ratingsThis omnivorous selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and World Fantasy Award finalist Carmen Maria Machado is a display of the most boundary-pushing, genre-blurring, stylistically singular science fiction and fantasy stories published in the last year...Categorized as:
low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure adult aliens anthologies dystopia female-author -
-
Last Summer at Mars Hill by Elizabeth Hand
6 ratingsThis is Elizabeth Hand's long-awaited collection of short stories, centered around her Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning novella The Last Summer at Mars Hill. There are 12 pieces in all here, ranging from those first published in places like Interzone and Pulphouse to a two-page poem taken from the pages of Asimov's...Categorized as:
dark low-fantasy magical-realism action-adventure adult anthologies colonization contemporary -
Sausagey Santa by Carlton Mellick III
6 ratingsFor Matthew Fry, inventor of the 'Sly Guy' haircut, life at the North Pole just isn't what he expected. The elves are way too obsessed with playing Dungeons and Dragons, Frosty has a Hitler mustache made of coal, the reindeer have a tendency of exploding for no apparent reason, and Santa is a piratey mutant with a body made of sausages... -
The Folded Land by Tim Lebbon
6 ratingsIn the dark underbelly of our world, there’s a black market in arcane things—living and dead. Angela Gough has been pulled into this world, making her a criminal on the run.In London she encountered the Kin—satyrs and centaurs, Nephilim and wraiths, they are hunted and slaughtered for their body parts... -
Mythborn I: Rise of the Adepts by V. Lakshman
6 ratingsApprentice assassin Arek Winterthorn has a power even he himself doesn't understand. Unable to cast even the simplest of spells, he can still disrupt the magic of others with a single touch. Arek's master, Silbane, is ordered to use that power to close a gate between their world and one inhabited by demons. This will save their people, but potentially at the cost of Arek's life... -
The Ghosts of Nagasaki by Daniel Clausen
6 ratingsOne night a foreign business analyst in Tokyo sits down in his spacious high rise apartment and begins typing something. The words pour out and exhaust him. He soon realizes that the words appearing on his laptop are memories of his first days in Nagasaki four years ago. Nagasaki was a place full of spirits, a garrulous Welsh roommate, and a lingering mystery... -
The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers
6 ratingsThe Everly family is cursed. Every generation is destined to lose their best and brightest, taken by a woman named Penelope, who never ages, never sickens, and never forgives a debt.When her mother vanishes in the middle of the night, the curse falls on Violet Everly—unless she can break it first...
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.