Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange

6 best books like Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange (Malcolm C. Lyons): The Heavens, The Girls, The Confession, I am Ashurbanipal: King of the World, King of Assyria, What Red Was, The Wayward Girls

The Heavens
AuthorSandra Newman
A work of rare literary brilliance and emotional power, The Heavens is a mesmerizing novel of love and time, of dreams and politics, that asks how we come to inhabit our world

New York, late summer, 2000. A party in a spacious Manhattan apartment, hosted by a wealthy young activist. Dozens of...
The Girls
AuthorLori Lansens
ISBN0316066346
Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been known simply as "the girls." They make friends, fall in love, have jobs, love their parents, and follow their dreams. But the Darlens are special. Now nearing their 30th birthday,...
The Confession
AuthorJessie Burton
ISBN1509886141
The sensational new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse.

One winter's afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly falls under her spell. Connie is bold and alluring, a successful writer whose novel is...
I am Ashurbanipal: King of the World, King of Assyria
AuthorGareth Brereton
ISBN0500480443
In 668 BCE Ashurbanipal inherited the largest empire in the world, which stretched from the shores of the eastern Mediterranean to the mountains of western Iran. He ruled from his massive capital at Nineveh, in present-day Iraq, where temples and palaces adorned with brilliantly carved sculptures...
What Red Was
AuthorRosie Price
ISBN1787301389
When Kate Quaile meets Max Rippon in the first week of university, a life-changing friendship begins. Over the next four years, the two become inseparable. For him, she breaks her solitude; for her, he leaves his busy circles behind. But knowing Max means knowing his family: the wealthy Rippons, all...
The Wayward Girls
AuthorAmanda Mason
ISBN1785767135
The Girls meets The Little Stranger in this dark and captivating debut about sisterhood, family secrets, and a dangerous game that becomes all too real.

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1976. Loo and her sister Bee live in a run-down cottage in the middle of nowhere, with their artistic parents and wild siblings....
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