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Explore 24 books like Frail by Joan Frances Turner — a handpicked selection united by Science Fiction and Literary.

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Devil House A Novel — John Darnielle

Devil House A Novel

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

Touch A Novel — Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson

Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

Ice 50th Anniversary Edition — Anna Kavan

Ice 50th Anniversary Edition

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

An Antarctic Mystery — Jules Verne

An Antarctic Mystery

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea — Jules Vern

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

Sin No More — Kimberla Lawson Roby

Kimberla Lawson Roby

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

The City of Mirrors A Novel (Book Three of The Passage Trilogy) — Justin Cronin

The City of Mirrors A Novel (Book Three of The Passage Trilogy)

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

The Familiar, Volume 1 One Rainy Day in May — Mark Z. Danielewski

The Familiar, Volume 1 One Rainy Day in May

Mark Z. Danielewski

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

Salthaven — W. W. Jacobs

Salthaven — W. W. Jacobs

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

Slave Girl of Gor — John Norman

Slave Girl of Gor

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

Success Stories — Russell Banks

Success Stories

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

The Gameshouse — Claire North

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

The Time Traveler’s Wife — Audrey Niffenegger

The Time Traveler’s Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

Seven Days in New Crete — Robert Graves

Seven Days in New Crete

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

Making Money — Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

The Dispossessed — Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

The Cartographers A Novel — Peng Shepherd

The Cartographers A Novel

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

Composite Creatures — Caroline Hardaker

Composite Creatures

Caroline Hardaker

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

The Testaments The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale — Margaret Atwood

The Testaments The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale

Margaret Atwood

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

Reproduction — Louisa Hall

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

An Enemy of the State — Francis Paul Wilson

An Enemy of the State

Francis Paul Wilson

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

The Purple Cloud — M. P. Shiel

The Purple Cloud

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

StarCraft II: the Devil’s Due Blizzard Legends — Christie Golden

StarCraft II: the Devil’s Due Blizzard Legends

Christie Golden

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

The Death of Artemio Cruz — Carlos Fuentes

The Death of Artemio Cruz

Themes: Science Fiction • Literary

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Frail by Joan Frances Turner. Connected by Science Fiction, Literary. Authors featured include John Darnielle, Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, Anna Kavan, Jules Verne, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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