18 books like Soul Music

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

Reaper Man Terry Pratchett · 1991 · ★ 4.3 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate They say there are only two things you can count on ...But that was before DEATH started pondering the existential. Of course, the last thing anyone needs is a squeamish Grim Reaper and soon his Discworld bosses have sent him off with best wishes and a well-earned gold watch. Now DEATH is having the time of his life, finding greener pastures where he can put his scythe to a whole new use.But like… Shares: Discworld, Death, English literature, Fantasy

Hogfather Terry Pratchett · 1996 · ★ 4.3 · 414p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Who would want to harm Discworld's most beloved icon? Very few things are held sacred in this twisted, corrupt, heartless -- and oddly familiar -- universe, but the Hogfather is one of them. Yet here it is, Hogswatchnight, that most joyous and acquisitive of times, and the jolly old, red-suited gift-giver has vanished without a trace. And there's something shady going on involving an uncommonly… Shares: Discworld, Satire, Death, Ficción

Mort Terry Pratchett · 1987 · ★ 4.2 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker. Shares: Discworld, Satire, Death, Humor

Small Gods Terry Pratchett · 1992 · ★ 4.3 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: "Hey, you!" For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please... Shares: Discworld, English literature, Fantasy

Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett · 1988 · ★ 4.2 · 263p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Maigrat have fairy godmother-dom thrust upon them. Shares: Discworld, Satire, Humor, Fantasy

A Dog's Purpose W. Bruce Cameron · 2010 · ★ 4.5 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A Dog's Purpose is a 2010 novel written by American author W. Bruce Cameron. It chronicles a dog's journey through four lives via reincarnation and how he looks for his purpose through each. Shares: MODERN & CONTEMPORARY FICTION, Fantasy

Night Watch Terry Pratchett · 2002 · ★ 4.5 · 421p · ≈ 14h · Moderate One moment, Sir Sam Vimes is in his old patrolman form, chasing a sweet-talking psychopath across the rooftops of Ankh-Morpork. The next, he's lying naked in the street, having been sent back thirty years courtesy of a group of time-manipulating monks who won't leave well enough alone. This Discworld is a darker place that Vimes remembers too well, three decades before his title, fortune, beloved… Shares: Discworld, English literature

Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City K. J. Parker · 2019 · ★ 4.2 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate K. J. Parker's new novel is the remarkable tale of the siege of a walled city, and the even more remarkable man who had to defend it.A siege is approaching, and the city has little time to prepare. The people have no food and no weapons, and the enemy has sworn to slaughter them all.To save the city will take a miracle, but what it has is Orhan. A colonel of engineers, Orhan has far more… Shares: English literature, Fantasy

Black house Stephen King · 2001 · ★ 4.3 · 645p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Preceded by: [The Talisman][1] Black House is a horror novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. Published in 2001, it is the sequel to [The Talisman][1]. This is one of King's numerous novels that tie in with the Dark Tower series. Black House was nominated to the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. The novel is set in Straub's homeland of Wisconsin, rather than in King's… Shares: Novela fantástica, Ficción, Fantasy

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 292p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Zitat Klappentext: Eine mordsmäßige Detektiv-Gespenster-Horror-Kriminal-Zeitreisen-Romanzen-Musikkomödien-Geschichte von Douglas Adams, dem Autor des Bestsellers »Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis«. Shares: MODERN & CONTEMPORARY FICTION, Fantasy

Pyramids Terry Pratchett · 1989 · ★ 3.9 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed to do. After all, he's been trained at Ankh-Morpork's famed assassins' school, across the sea from the Kingdom of the Sun.First, there's the monumental task of building a suitable resting place for Dad -- a pyramid to end all pyramids. Then there are the myriad administrative duties, such as dealing… Shares: Discworld, Fantasy

Maskerade Terry Pratchett · 1995 · ★ 3.9 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The story begins with Agnes Nitt leaving Lancre to seek a career at the Opera House in Ankh-Morpork. When Granny Weatherwax realizes Nanny Ogg has written an immensely popular cookbook but has not been paid by the publisher, the witches also leave for Ankh-Morpork to collect the money, as well as to attempt to recruit Agnes into their coven, to replace Magrat Garlick who left the coven when she… Shares: Discworld, English literature, Fantasy

The Man Who Was Thursday Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1908 · ★ 3.8 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Can you trust yourself when you don't know who you are? In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty, Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe's Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission, even managing to have himself voted to the position of 'Thursday'. When Syme discovers another… Shares: Novela fantástica, Ficción

Jingo Terry Pratchett · 1996 · ★ 4.2 · 444p · ≈ 14h · Moderate It isn't much of an island that rises up one moonless night from the depths of the Circle Sea -- just a few square miles of silt and some old ruins. Unfortunately, the historically disputed lump of land called Leshp is once again floating directly between Ankh-Morpork and the city of Al-Khali on the coast of Klatch -- which is spark enough to ignite that glorious internationalpastime called… Shares: Discworld, Ficción, Fantasy

Making Money Terry Pratchett · 2007 · ★ 4.3 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is running like . . . well, not at all like a government office. The mail is delivered promptly; meetings start and end on time; five out of six letters relegated to the Blind Letter Office ultimately wend their way to the correct addresses. Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig, former arch-swindler and confidence man, has exceeded all expectations—including his own.… Shares: Discworld, Humor, English literature

Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett · 1989 · ★ 4.3 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ("noble dragon" for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it… Shares: Discworld, English literature, Fantasy

Lords and Ladies Terry Pratchett · 1992 · ★ 4.5 · 380p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The fairies are back - but this time they don't just want your teeth... Granny Weatherwax and her tiny coven are up against real elves. It's Midsummer Night. No times for dreaming... With full supporting cast of dwarfs, wizards, trolls, Morris dancers and one orang-utan. And lots of hey-nonny-nonny and blood all over the place. Shares: Discworld, English literature, Fantasy

Stardust Neil Gaiman · 1997 · ★ 4.1 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate E-book extra: Neil Gaiman's "Writing and the Imagination."In the tranquil fields and meadows of long-ago England, there is a small hamlet that has stood on a jut of granite for 600 years. Just to the east stands a high stone wall, for which the village is named. Here, in the hamlet of Wall, young Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. And here, one crisp… Shares: Novela fantástica, Ficción, Fantasy

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