Books like I Am Legend
30 fantasy books to read after I Am Legend, by Matheson, Richard, the closest match first.
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1. Salem's Lot
by King, Stephen
- On the same lists
Vampires come to a small Maine town, King's classic of creeping dread, inspired by Dracula.
Coming in at a close third, well-known thriller and fantasy author, Stephen King, shocked readers with another enthralling fantasy novel, inspired by Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’. In his 1975 novel, Salem’s...
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2. Bid Time Return (1976)
by Matheson, Richard
- Same author
Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson won the 1976 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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3. 1976: Bid Time Return
by Matheson, Richard
- Same author
Set in 1971, a young Richard Collier is sick with a brain tumor and decides to flip a coin to see where it will take him. He ends up in...
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4. What Dreams May Come
by Matheson, Richard
- Same author
A novel about a husband who is sent to heaven, but descends to hell in order to rescue his wife. A stunningly visual movie of the same name was based on this novel.
A novel about a husband who is sent to heaven, but descends to hell in order to rescue his wife. A stunningly visual movie of the same name was based...
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5. Dracula
by Stoker, Bram
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Though this book is not the first instance of vampires in literature, it is a defining story. It features more than just chilling storytelling; elements of horror, the gothic novel, sexual conventions, colonialism/post-colonialism, and immigration are all woven into this classic epistolary tale.
Dracula will always reign as the true master vampire, the one creature in horror and fantasy who can simultaneously seduce and terrify. And don't let yourself think this is an...
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6. Carpe Jugulum
by Pratchett, Terry
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This cleverly named comic fantasy novel from the 'Witches' subseries of the 'Discworld' novels, is an oddity amongst the dark, dangerous and terrible world of popular vampire novels today. This...
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7. Titus Groan
by Peake, Mervyn
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Titus Groan is the first book in Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy and it opens with the birth of Titus, the heir to the imposing Gormenghast castle. It then proceeds to...
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8. The Sword In The Stone
by White, T. H.
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A bit of King Arthur and Merlin for children. This book adds a bit of education and a bit of humor to the ancient legends. 5. Mary Norton, The Borrowers. An imaginative story about a teeny tiny family living under the floorboards.
Instead of picking up the story of King Arthur from the day when young Art pulls the sword from the stone, T.H. White gazes back to the innocent childhood of...
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9. Vampire
by Steakley, John
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From the moment you jump into Vampire$ to the moment you finish, it’s vicious action without apology. Steakley makes the vampire myth completely believable within the realms of his novel....
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10. Children Of The Night
by Simmons, Dan
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I’ve heard it said that it’s impossible for Dan Simmons to write a bad novel; I agree. A man with many talents (his Hyperion is considered one of Science Fictions...
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11. The Last Vampire
by Pike, Christopher
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If you've read Twilight, True Blood, The Vampire Diaries, and company take note, this is the novel you ’ve been looking for. It is in fact one of the best...
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12. Fledgling
by Butler, Octavia E.
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For a powerful vampire novel that tackles some of life’s important issues. Fledgling is not your standard vampire novel. So if you are expecting Twilight 7, don’t waste your time....
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13. The Iron Castle
by Donald, Angus
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This enjoyable novel is a sequel to The Incomplete Enchanter and continues the adventures of Harold Shea, a 20th century American who finds himself in a world of wizards, dragons,...
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14. The Borrowers
by Norton, Mary
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Deep below the floorboards lives the petite Borrower family - Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock. Everything they own is borrowed from the humans above them, even their names are not...
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15. Dandelion Wine
by Bradbury, Ray
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The first in a series of stories about Green Town, this is the story of one summer in a young boy's life—a magical summer where he discovers is how aliveness.
Ray Bradbury weaves the story within your imagination, touching upon fun summertime memories we all have as kids, such as childhood friends, the smell of freshly cut grass, the enigma...
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16. Conjure Wife
by Leiber, Fritz
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What if every woman secretly practised witchcraft? A professor discovers his wife's charms, in Leiber's classic of suburban magic.
What if half the world's population practiced witchcraft? Specifically, what if Women practiced witchcraft and kept it a secret from men? And what if a husband found his wife's charms,...
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17. The 13 Clocks
by Thurber, James
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This gothic fairy tale has a classic plot: A gorgeous princess is imprisoned by a dark and evil mage. He will release her into marriage, but only to the bravest...
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18. A Canticle For Leibowitz
by Jr., Walter M. Miller
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After a nuclear war monks preserve civilization.
A Canticle for Leibowitz follows the rejuvenation of "civilization" after a devastating nuclear holocaust. It has three distinctive chapters, each one disconnected by centuries, focusing on life at a desert...
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19. The Screwtape Letters
by Lewis, C. S.
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Letters from a senior devil to his nephew on how to corrupt a human soul, C. S. Lewis's sharp satire.
The Screwtape Letters consists of letters written from a “superior” devil to a junior devil (Wormwood) about how to lead a human soul away from The Enemy (God). Screwtape is...
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20. Islandia
by Wright, Austin Tappan
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The novel describes the adventures of John Lang, an American who gets appointed as a consul to the mysterious land of Islandia. Islandia is fairly isolationist, only allowing about a...
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21. Stuart Little
by White, E. B.
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This ridiculous but entrancing story follows the life of a city family called the Littles. They adopt a son and name him Stuart, but the unusual thing is that Stuart...
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22. The Adventures Of Superman
by Lowther, George F.
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This book was the very first Superman novel, and tells the familiar story of how the legend came to be. The story begins on Krypton, follows Superman as his spaceship...
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23. Land Of Terror Frazetta Art
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
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This is the sixth installment of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Pellucidar series. The protagonist, David Innes, has traveled from our world into the center of the Earth, where he has become...
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24. At The Mountains Of Madness
by Lovecraft, H. P.
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An Antarctic expedition finds the ruins of an ancient civilisation, and something that is still alive, a Lovecraft landmark.
The book is a story of an arctic expedition that discovers the remains of a yet unknown, intelligent extraterrestrial civilization that predates human life on earth. The survivors of this...
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25. Lost Horizon: A Novel
by Hilton, James
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A popular success, this novel has philosophical and social commentary and idealized the lost world as a paradise.
The story of four airplane passengers whose plane crashes into a mysterious mountain range near Tibet. They are taken to a secret monastery in the enigmatic Shangri-La that is complete...
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26. The Curse Of The Wise Woman
by Dunsany, Lord
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A young man in Ireland in the late 19th Century sees the beauty in a bog or piece of ground that is about to be torn up for development. His...
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27. Mary Poppins: 80th Anniversary Collection
by Travers, Dr. P. L.
- On the same lists
The Banks Family of 17 Cherry Tree Lane is in a bit of a dilemma… Their nanny has quit without warning, leaving the four Banks children (Jane, Michael, John, and...
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28. Bed-knob And Broomstick
by Norton, Mary
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Three children, Carey, Charles, and Paul are brothers and sisters that were sent to Bedfordshire to stay with their aunt. An old lady named Miss Price lives in a small...
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29. Silverlock: Including The Silverlock Companion
by Myers, John Myers
- On the same lists
A novel that draws its characters and settings from history, mythology, and literature this is truly a book for readers. It is a light and pleasant read with a classic storyline of stranger in a strange land.
Silverlock is a charming, wild ride through literature. It's an incredibly entertaining tale of an American skeptic's journey as he explores the life, and adventure of the literary world. A...
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30. The Vampyre
by Polidori, John William
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If you're looking to retrace history back to the roots of the dark and alluring vampire mythology, then Polidori's novella is the book for you. Accredited as one of the...
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