18 books like Boneshaker

What to read after Boneshaker — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Lord Kelvin's machine James P. Blaylock · 1992 · ★ 3.5 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Moderate World-renowned scientist-explorer Langdon St. Ives and his faithful man-servant Hasbro return again to confront the diabolical hunchback Dr. Ignacio Narbondo in a new adventure involving no less than the salvation of the earth itself. The author's previous St. Ives novel, Homunculus, was honored with the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award, and this latest -- and entirely self-contained -- narrative is… Shares: Steampunk fiction, Steampunk

Presentations of the 2010 Upstate Steampunk Extravaganza and Meetup Gypsey Teague · 2011 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares: Steampunk fiction, Steampunk

Boneshaker Cherie Priest · 2009 · ★ 3.4 · 404p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska's ice. Thus was Dr. Blue's Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine born. But on its first test run the Boneshaker went terribly awry,… Shares: Mothers and sons, Steampunk, Zombies

Steaming into a Victorian future Julie Anne Taddeo · 2012 · 347p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Examines various manifestations of steampunk in order to better understand steampunk sub-culture & its effect on popular culture & wider society. Expands & extends existing scholarship on steampunk in order to explore many previously unconsidered questions about cultural creativity, social networking, fandom, appropriation, & creation of meaning. Shares: Steampunk fiction, Steampunk

The Iron Duke (Iron Seas # 1) Meljean Brook · 2010 · ★ 4.5 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate After the Iron Duke freed England from Horde control, he instantly became a national hero. Now Rhys Trahaearn has built a merchant empire on the power-and fear-of his name. And when a dead body is dropped from an airship onto his doorstep, bringing Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth into his dangerous world, he intends to make her his next possession. But when Mina uncovers the victim's… Shares: Steampunk fiction, Steampunk, Zombies

The Greyfriar Clay Griffith · 2010 · ★ 3.8 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Moderate In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. Millions of humans were killed outright. Millions more died of disease and famine due to the havoc that followed. Within two years, once-great cities were shrouded by the gray empire of the vampire clans. Human refugees fled south to the tropics because vampires could not tolerate the constant heat… Shares: Steampunk fiction, Steampunk

The Difference Engine William Gibson · 1990 · ★ 3.4 · 446p · ≈ 14h · Moderate 1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. And three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with history - and the future: Sybil Gerard - dishonored woman and daughter of a Luddite agitator; Edward "Leviathan" Mallory… Shares: Steampunk fiction, Steampunk

Esperanza Danielle Steel · 1652 · 231p · ≈ 7h · Demanding Life was good for Liz and Jack Sutherland. In 18 years of marriage, they had built a family, a successful law practice, and a warm, happy home near San Francisco, in a house on Hope Street. Then, in an instant, it all fell apart. It began like any other Christmas morning, with joy and children's laughter. But for Jack Sutherland, a five-minute errand ends in tragedy. And suddenly, Liz is… Shares: Mother-son relationship, Mothers and sons

Perfect Match Jodi Picoult · 2002 · ★ 4.0 · 359p · ≈ 11h · Moderate What does it mean to be a good mother? How far would you go in the name of love -- and justice? Perfect Match In the course of her everyday work, career-driven assistant district attorney Nina Frost prosecutes child molesters and works determinedly to ensure that a legal system with too many loopholes keeps these criminals behind bars. But when her own five-year-old son, Nathaniel, is… Shares: Mother-son relationship, Mothers and sons

The Somnambulist Jonathan Barnes · 2007 · ★ 2.6 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Be warned. This book has no literary merit whatsoever. Needless to say, I doubt you'll believe a word of it. Once the toast of good society in Victoria's England, the extraordinary conjurer Edward Moon no longer commands the respect or inspires the awe that he did in earlier times. Despite having previously unraveled more than sixty perplexing criminal puzzles (to the delight of a grateful… Shares: Steampunk fiction, Steampunk

Dead sea Brian Keene · 2007 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate With zombies taking over the cities, a group of humans escapes the carnage by taking a small Coast Guard ship out to sea, but there's no getting away—even in the wide ocean. Shares: Zombies, Horror

Black House Stephen King · 2002 · ★ 4.1 · 1456p · ≈ 48h · Moderate Shares: Mothers and sons, Horror Shares: Mothers and sons, Horror

Mountain Man Keith C Blackmore · 2012 · 399p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Boomstick.Samurai bat.Motorcycle leather.And the will to live amongst the unliving.Augustus Berry lives a day-to-day existence comprised of waking up, getting drunk, and preparing for the inevitable day when "they" will come up the side of his mountain and penetrate his fortress. Living on the outskirts of a city and scavenging for whatever supplies remain since the demise of civilization, Gus… Shares: Zombies, Horror

Three Jay Posey · 2013 · ★ 3.9 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "The world has collapsed, and there are no heroes any more. But when a lone gunman reluctantly accepts the mantle of protector to a young boy and his dying mother against the forces that pursue them, a hero may yet arise.."--Publisher website. Shares: Mothers and sons, Zombies, Horror

Zombies (Tales of Horror) Jim Pipe · 2006 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate They rise from their smoldering graves and lurch through the night. Do zombies walk among us, feeding on our fear-and flesh? Children will discover some spine-tingling answers in Zombies. Combining gripping narratives with documented facts, Zombies provides some startling answers. So slam tight the doors before you open this book! Full-color photographs, vivid drawings, spine-tingling narratives,… Shares: Zombies, Horror

Murder and Machinery Cameron Trost · 2021 Lock the doors and switch the power off at the mains! Tales of deadly machinery have long fascinated us, from Edgar Allan Poe’s classic pendulum to the Terminator films. Murder and Machinery pays homage to this tradition, offering you gripping tales following this theme but set in different times and places, from colonial America and London during the First World War to dystopian futures on… Shares: Steampunk, Horror

Endzeit Olivia Vieweg · 2018 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate German-language description: Zwischen Überlebenskampf und Schuldgefühlen: Zwei Frauen auf einer Reise zu sich selbst Vor zwei Jahren haben Zombies die Erde überrannt. Die Städte Weimar und Jena haben es geschafft, einen Schutzzaun zu errichten und den Kreaturen zu trotzen. Die einzige Verbindung ist ein automatisierter, für Personen verbotener Güterzug. Aber genau in dem begegnen sich Vivi (22)… Shares: Zombies, Horror

Queen Victoria A. E. Moorat · 2009 · ★ 2.4 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate There were many staff at Kensington Palace, fulfilling many roles; a man who was employed to catch rats, another whose job it was to sweep the chimneys. That there was someone expected to hunt demons did not shock the new Queen; that it was to be her was something of a surprise.London, 1838. Queen Victoria is crowned; she receives the orb, the scepter, and an arsenal of bloodstained weaponry. If… Shares: Zombies, Horror

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