18 books like The wonderful visit

What to read after The wonderful visit — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Near Witch V.E. Schwab · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. There are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger, a boy who seems to fade like smoke, appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at… Shares: Villages, Supernatural

The Human Chord Algernon Blackwood · 1910 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Challenging It was an innocent enough advertisement but curious. "WANTED, by Retired Clergyman, Secretarial Assistant with courage and imagination. Tenor voice and some knowledge of Hebrew essential; single; unworldly. Apply Philip Skale... ' Robert Spinrobin applied. Later, struggling to keep pace with his new employer as they strode across the steep valleys around Skale's isolated house, he was swept up… Shares: English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

House of Earth and Blood Sarah J. Maas · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 810p · ≈ 27h · Moderate Bound by blood. Tempted by desire. Unleashed by destiny. Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life—working hard all day and partying all night—until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She’ll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths. Hunt… Shares: Angels, Fantasy fiction

Ancient Sorceries Algernon Blackwood · 1906 · ★ 3.7 · 227p · ≈ 7h · Challenging By turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature, Blackwood's writings all tread the nebulous borderland between fantasy, awe, wonder, and horror. Here Blackwood displays his best and most disturbing work-including "The Willows,"… Shares: English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie · 2001 · ★ 4.3 · 531p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian – leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman Captain Jezal dan Luthar, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of… Shares: Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth J.R.R. Tolkien · 1980 · ★ 4.0 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century’s most acclaimed popular author. The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such elements as Gandalf’s… Shares: English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy fiction

Thornyhold Mary Stewart · 1988 · ★ 3.9 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate When Gilly Ramsey, whose childhood has been one of lonely isolation, inherits an English country home steeped in magic, she discovers an intriguing, mysterious world, and a man who teaches her to love. Shares: Villages, Supernatural

Dreams of Gods & Monsters Laini Taylor · 2011 · ★ 4.2 · 632p · ≈ 21h · Moderate From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera, and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy. Shares: Angels, Supernatural, Fantasy

Fifty-one tales Lord Dunsany · 1915 · ★ 3.7 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Challenging A Wildside Fantasy Classic. Contains 51 of Dunsany's choice fantasy short stories. Shares: English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien · 1977 · ★ 4.0 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit. Shares: English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

Otherworld Chills Kelley Armstrong · 2016 · ★ 4.1 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate In the final installment of the Otherworld anthology series, Armstrong brings the clever wit, dark twists and intense suspense her readers have come to expect. Shares: Angels, Fantasy

The Tommyknockers Stephen King · 1985 · ★ 3.6 · 747p · ≈ 24h · Moderate The Tommyknockers is a 1987 science fiction novel by Stephen King. While maintaining a horror style, the novel is an excursion into the realm of science fiction for King, as the residents of the Maine town of Haven gradually fall under the influence of a mysterious object buried in the woods. ---------- See also: The Tommyknockers: 1/3 Shares: Villages, Supernatural

The wood beyond the world William Morris · 1894 · ★ 3.5 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Challenging William Morris is famous in no small part for his contributions to defining the genre of modern fantasy literature, and The Wood Beyond the World is a classic example of that influence. Written in a purposefully-antiquated prose style reminiscent of Sir Thomas Malory or other aged fairy tales, The Wood Beyond the World can be difficult for some readers; but those who follow through will enjoy a… Shares: English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

Damiano's Lute R. A. Macavoy · 1984 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "I found Damiano's Lute very absorbing. The author's ability to bring to vivid life the general background of this period of history, and yet interweave it with the type of fantasy which was actually accepted in that day of positive faith is truly amazing. I really found this book to be more compelling than the first. The scenes of the Black Death—dreadful as they were—come through as if taken… Shares: Angels, Fantasy

The Dragon Book Jack Dann · 2009 · ★ 3.7 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Never before published stories by New York Times bestselling authors Jonathan Stroud, Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Diana Gabaldon, and others.Whether portrayed as fire-breathing reptilian beasts at war with humanity or as noble creatures capable of speech and mystically bonded to the warriors who ride them, dragons have been found in nearly every culture's mythology. In modern times, they can be… Shares: English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

Fragile Things Neil Gaiman · 2006 · ★ 3.9 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate This is a duplicate. Please update your lists. See https://openlibrary.org/works/OL679359W. Shares: English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy fiction

The house of the Wolfings William Morris · 1889 · 233p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The House of the Wolfings tells the tale of a band of German Goths living in a wood they call the Mark. Their lives are idyllic until the long shadow of the Roman Empire threatens the peace in their land. Thiodolf, the leader of the Wolfings and a descendant of the ancient gods, must rally the surrounding tribes to defend their home and way of life. Like much of Morris’s work, The House of the… Shares: Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

Fool's Errand Robin Hobb · 2001 · ★ 4.4 · 666p · ≈ 22h · Moderate Robin Hobb has emerged as one of today's foremost fantasy authors. Now she continues the adventures of one of her most popular heroes in the first book of what promises to be her most spectacular trilogy yet. Fool's ErrandFor fifteen years FitzChivalry Farseer has lived in self-imposed exile, assumed to be dead by almost all who once cared about him. But that is about to change when destiny seeks… Shares: Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

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