What are the most recommended books matching 'clever and well crafted'?
We found 457 book recommendationsPage 1: Showing 1 - 10 of 457
What do readers say about The Handmaid's Tale?
provocative discussionvery thought provokingdystopian literaturebrilliant dystopian fantasy#1 New York Times bestseller
An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss.
In Margaret Atwood's dystopia... Read more about The Handmaid's Tale
We slept in what had once been the gymnasium. The floor was of varnished wood, with stripes and circles painted on it, for the games that were formerly played there; the hoops for the basketball nets ...
Liked The Handmaid's Tale?
See 3415 Book Recommendations like The Handmaid's Tale
What do readers say about The Call of the Wild?
clever and well-craftedstrong and beautifula dog named buckgreat juvenile literaturePart St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, Buck is a sturdy crossbreed canine accustomed to a comfortable life as a family dog - until he's seized from his pampered surroundings and shipped to Alaska to be a sled dog. There, the forbidding landscape is ... Read more about The Call of the Wild
Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to S...
Liked The Call of the Wild?
See 1214 Book Recommendations like The Call of the Wild
What do readers say about Afterworlds?
clever and well-craftednanowrimo style rushyoung adult fictionthe alternating storiesFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld comes a "masterful" (Cory Doctorow) novel-within-a-novel that you won't be able to put down.
Darcy Patel has put college on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. With a contract in... Read more about Afterworlds
The first was about Darcy herself. It skipped the trifling details, her dyed blue-black hair and the slim gold ring in her left nostril, and began instead with a grim secret that her parents had never...
Liked Afterworlds?
See 46 Book Recommendations like Afterworlds
What do readers say about Grave Witch?
simple and satisfyingshe can raise shadessemi-predictable but still readablethe characters were interestingTHE FIRST NOVEL IN THE USA TODAY BESTSELLING ALEX CRAFT SERIES!
Grave witch Alex Craft can speak to the dead, but that doesn't mean she likes what they have to say.
As a private investigator and consultant for the police, Alex Craft has seen a lot o... Read more about Grave Witch
The first time I encountered Death, I hurled my mother’s medical chart at him.As far as impressions went, I blew it, but I was five at the time, so he eventually forgave me. Some days I wished he hadn...
Liked Grave Witch?
See 134 Book Recommendations like Grave Witch
What do readers say about The Final Empire?
unique magic systemthe characters were amazingeloquent without being stuffycreativity and imaginationFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved i... Read more about The Final Empire
Vin watched the downy flakes drift through the air. Leisurely. Careless. Free. The puffs of soot fell like black snowflakes, descending upon the dark city of Luthadel. They drifted in corners, blowing...
Liked The Final Empire?
See 4810 Book Recommendations like The Final Empire
What do readers say about Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell?
imaginative, immersive storyjealousy, ambition, and lossrich, lengthy, and pleasantancient mystical historyIn the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world.
In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, most people believe magic to have lo... Read more about Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
They were gentleman-magicians, which is to say they had never harmed any one by magic – nor ever done any one the slightest good. In fact, to own the truth, not one of these magicians had ever cast th...
Liked Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell?
See 2018 Book Recommendations like Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
What do readers say about The Name of the Wind?
engaging and beautifully donereadable and engagingclassical high fantasymedieval europe inspired fantasyDAY ONE: THE NAME OF THE WIND
My name is Kvothe.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the Unive... Read more about The Name of the Wind
Old Cob was filling his role as storyteller and advice dispensary. The men at the bar sipped their drinks and listened. In the back room a young innkeeper stood out of sight behind the door, smiling a...
Liked The Name of the Wind?
See 3303 Book Recommendations like The Name of the Wind
What do readers say about Gone Girl?
crazy plot twistsrich and colorfullove, hate and revengeit defied prediction#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The "mercilessly entertaining" (Vanity Fair) instant classic "about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships" (Lev Grossman, Time).
NAMED ONE OF... Read more about Gone Girl
When I think of my wife, I always think of her head. The shape of it, to begin with. The very first time I saw her, it was the back of the head I saw, and there was something lovely about it, the angl...
Liked Gone Girl?
See 2112 Book Recommendations like Gone Girl
What do readers say about Moby Dick?
dense, luscious writingchasing the white whalea romping good yarna true classicWhen the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab's whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master's obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who has already claime... Read more about Moby Dick
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the w...
Liked Moby Dick?
See 2514 Book Recommendations like Moby Dick
What do readers say about Station Eleven?
descriptive and compellingexcellent storytelling and writinghaunting and driftingeverything went awayNATIONAL BESTSELLER
An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization's collapse-the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great La... Read more about Station Eleven
THE KING STOOD in a pool of blue light, unmoored. This was act 4 of King Lear, a winter night at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto. Earlier in the evening, three little girls had played a clapping game ons...
Liked Station Eleven?
See 2841 Book Recommendations like Station ElevenHelp Us Improve
Search Tip: If you know the title of a book you enjoyed, you can find books to read after by selecting it from the search dropdown.