Books like The ends of the earth by Lucius Shepard

Name: The ends of the earth
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Lucius Shepard

📘 The ends of the earth by Lucius Shepard

Lucius Shepard’s collection gathers a diverse array of short stories that traverse continents and confront the uncanny. In settings as varied as the perilous jungles of Guatemala, the snow‑blanketed heights of Nepal, the industrial decay of Detroit, and the haunted landscapes of Vietnam, Shepard blends speculative vision with deep psychological insight. The tales explore themes of alienation, supernatural encounters, and the possibility of redemption in worlds that often mirror, yet eclipse, the reader’s own reality.

First publish date: 1991

Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories

Authors: Lucius Shepard

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 (1 community ratings)

All books by Lucius Shepard

How are these books recommended?

The books recommended for The ends of the earth by Lucius Shepard are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.

Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.

Books similar to The ends of the earth (20 similar books)

📘 The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

A weary father and his young son journey across a bleak, post‑apocalyptic America, battling cannibals, starvation, and a harsh winter in a desperate quest for safety and a glimpse of remaining civilization.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (143 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Road

📘 The Windup Girl

by Paolo Bacigalupi

In a future where corporations weaponize genetic engineering, Paolo Bacigalupi’s *The Windup Girl* explores the ethical and societal consequences of bioterrorism and gene hacking.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (45 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Windup Girl

📘 The City & The City

by China Miéville

Inspector Tyador Borlú journeys from Besźel to Ul Qoma to investigate the murder of a woman, navigating two distinct cities that both share one physical space yet have separate identities.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (35 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The City & The City

📘 The Water Knife

by Paolo Bacigalupi

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.6 (19 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Water Knife

📘 The Fortress of Solitude

by Jonathan Lethem

The Fortress of Solitude follows two teenage boys—white Dylan Ebdus and black Mingus Rude—in 1970s and 1990s Brooklyn as they navigate friendship, race, gang violence, graffiti culture, and the early stages of gentrification.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.6 (8 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Fortress of Solitude

📘 The dog stars

by Peter Heller

In a post‑apocalyptic America, sole survivor Hig Bird navigates isolation, caring for his dog Jasper and counting on his Cessna to reach another human voice on the radio—a risky flight into the unknown.

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (7 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The dog stars

📘 Angry candy

by Harlan Ellison

Seventeen short stories about death.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (3 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Angry candy

📘 City of Saints and Madmen

by Jeff VanderMeer

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.3 (3 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like City of Saints and Madmen

📘 Innocents aboard

by Gene Wolfe

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 (2 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Innocents aboard

📘 After the King

by Martin H. Greenberg

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 (2 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like After the King

📘 The Best of Gene Wolfe

by Gene Wolfe

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Best of Gene Wolfe

📘 Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers

by Ellen Datlow

★★★★★★★★★★ 1.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers

📘 Skin Folk

by Nalo Hopkinson

A vibrant collection of short stories that weave Caribbean folklore, migration, and speculative futures together, exploring how hidden identities surface when the skin of myth is shed.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Skin Folk

📘 Illuminations

by Alan Moore

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Illuminations

📘 City of Night

by John Rechy

Rechy’s pioneering debut follows a young hustler’s journey through the neon‑lit streets of El Paso, New York’s Times Square, and the French Quarter, exposing the gritty reality of urban gay life and male prostitution.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like City of Night

📘 A touch of infinity

by Howard Fast

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like A touch of infinity

📘 The Ends of the Earth

by Kay David

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like The Ends of the Earth

📘 Black feathers

by Cecilia Tan

Cecilia Tan’s collection, Black Feathers, redefines erotic fiction with dark fantasy tales that blend supernatural, science‑fiction, and noir sensibilities, exploring sexuality’s boundaries in vivid, sensual stories.

★★★★★★★★★★ 0.0 (0 ratings)

Similar?
✓ Yes 0 ✗ No 0

Books like Black feathers