Gears of the City

10 best books like Gears of the City (Felix Gilman): American War, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Shōgun, Gods and Generals, The Murders of Molly Southbourne, Whiskey When We're Dry, Zima Blue and Other Stories, Beautiful Outlaw: Experiencing the Playful, Disruptive, Extravagant Personality of Jesus, Son of the Black Sword, Dinner with a Perfect Stranger: An Invitation Worth Considering

American War

Author

Omar El Akkad

An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle a story that asks what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons upon itself

Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only...

The Confessions of Nat Turner

Author	William Styron
ISBN	0679736638

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE

In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. William Styron's ambitious and stunningly accomplished novel is Turner's confession,...

Shōgun

Author	James Clavell
ISBN	0440178002

So sorry, I am not worthy of the honor of reviewing this novel. If however, my Lord insists it, then I shall endeavor to offer up some humble thoughts regarding its mighty, even epic narrative. Neh? The scope is so vast, the characters and settings are so many, the head is liable to spin at times, so sorry....

Gods and Generals

Author	Jeff Shaara
ISBN	1841580651

In a prequel of sorts to his father Michael Shaara's 1974 epic novel The Killer Angels, Jeff Shaara explores the lives of Generals Lee, Hancock, Jackson and Chamberlain as the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg approaches.

Shaara captures the disillusionment of both Lee and Hancock early in their...

The Murders of Molly Southbourne

Author

Tade Thompson

Every time she bleeds a murderer is born. Experience the horror of Tade Thompson's The Murders of Molly Southbourne.

The rule is simple: don't bleed.

For as long as Molly Southbourne can remember, she's been watching herself die. Whenever she bleeds, another molly is born, identical...

Whiskey When We're Dry

Author

John Larison

Named a Best Book by Entertainment Weekly, O Magazine, Goodreads, Southern Living, Outside Magazine, Oprah.com, HelloGiggles, Parade, Fodor's Travel, Sioux City Journal, Read it Forward, Medium.com, and NPR's All Things Considered.

"A thunderclap of originality, here is a fresh voice...

Zima Blue and Other Stories

Author	Alastair Reynolds
ISBN	1597800589

When Reynolds opens his heart, his mind obeys and he produces lovely mini-masterpieces: Enola (here), Turquoise Days, Zima Blue (here) and Weather. Surely his finest works.


Mostly solid collection of stories here, with some true gems.

*** The Real Story
Good solid sci-fi....

Beautiful Outlaw: Experiencing the Playful, Disruptive, Extravagant Personality of Jesus

Author	John Eldredge
ISBN	0892960884

Reading the Gospels without knowing the personality of Jesus is like watching television with the sound turned off. The result is a dry, two dimensional person doing strange, undecipherable things.

In BEAUTIFUL OUTLAW, John Eldredge removes the religious varnish to help readers discover...

Son of the Black Sword

Author	Larry Correia
ISBN	1476780862

After the War of the Gods, the demons were cast out and fell to the world. Mankind was nearly eradicated by the seemingly unstoppable beasts, until the gods sent the great hero, Ramrowan, to save them. He united the tribes, gave them magic, and drove the demons into the sea. Yet as centuries passed, Gods...

Dinner with a Perfect Stranger: An Invitation Worth Considering

Author	David Gregory
ISBN	1578569052

You are Invited to a Dinner with Jesus of Nazareth: The mysterious envelope arrives on Nick Cominsky's desk amid a stack of credit card applications and business-related junk mail. Although his seventy-hour workweek has already eaten into his limited family time, Nick can’t pass up the opportunity...

The Warlord's Son

Author

Dan Fesperman

In a riveting tale of intrigue and betrayal, a journalist and his aide infiltrate Afghanistan on the eve of the American invasion.  Skelly, a jaded war correspondent, is looking for one last scoop.  Najeeb, his translator and guide, is an educated young man from the Pakistani-Afghani border with...

Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction

Author	Harlan Ellison
ISBN	0020197802

By law, one cannot copyright a title. If someone were stupid enough to do it, novels could be written and published with such titles as " Moby Dick," " Alice in Wonderland" or "Gone With the Wind." But also, by law, ownership of a title can be guaranteed if it can be proved that the original author has established...