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30 fantasy books to read after Isles of the Emberdark, by Sanderson, Brandon, the closest match first.

  1. A Trade of Blood

    1. A Trade of Blood

    by Bennett, Robert Jackson

    • On the same lists

    The heir to a powerful family sits in jail, accused of murder. Unless the detective Ana Dolabra can clear him, a farming canton could erupt into war, and the case...

  2. The Poet Empress

    2. The Poet Empress

    by Tao, Shen

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    In a famine-stricken empire where poetry is magic and women are forbidden to read, Yin Wei, a peasant girl, becomes the concubine of the cruel Prince Guan Terren to save...

  3. Daughter of Crows

    3. Daughter of Crows

    by Lawrence, Mark

    • On the same lists

    Set a thief to catch a thief. Set a monster to punish monsters.The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents of retribution, cast in the image of the Furies –...

  4. The Red Winter

    4. The Red Winter

    by Sullivan, Cameron

    • On the same lists

    In 1785, Professor Sebastian Grave receives the news he fears most: the terrible Beast of Gévaudan has returned, and the French countryside runs red in its wake.Sebastian knows the Beast....

  5. The Astral Library

    5. The Astral Library

    by Quinn, Kate

    • On the same lists

    Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new...

  6. The Girl with a Thousand Faces

    6. The Girl with a Thousand Faces

    by Dean, Sunyi

    • On the same lists

    Mercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past. After washing up on the shores of Hong Kong with no memory during World War II, she found a home...

  7. Seek the Traitor's Son

    7. Seek the Traitor's Son

    by Roth, Veronica

    • On the same lists

    Elegy Ahn is a soldier who guards her small country against the Talusar, a stronger nation whose religion is built around a deadly Fever. When she and the Talusar general...

  8. Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

    8. Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

    by Fawcett, Heather

    • On the same lists

    A woman who runs a cat rescue in 1920s Montreal turns to a grouchy but charming wizard to help save the shelter in this heartwarming cozy fantasy from the New...

  9. The Book Witch

    9. The Book Witch

    by Shaffer, Meg

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    Rainy March is a proud third-generation book witch, sworn to defend works of fiction from all foes real and imaginary. With her magical umbrella and feline familiar, she jumps into...

  10. Victorious

    10. Victorious

    by Schwab, V. E.

    • On the same lists

    The ExtraOrdinaries, people whose powers came from a brush with death, have been lying low since the last showdown. But when EON, the organisation whose relationship with them is about...

  11. Rites of the Starling

    11. Rites of the Starling

    by Perry, Devney

    • On the same lists

    Calandra’s five kingdoms are on the verge of destruction. The crux migration is coming. And in the wake of a devastating attack, I’ve been separated from the man who owns...

  12. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

    12. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

    by Andrews, Ilona

    • On the same lists

    Outlander meets Game of Thrones in this blockbuster new epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo Ilona Andrews.\ \ When Maggie wakes up cold, filthy,...

  13. The Midnight Train

    13. The Midnight Train

    by Haig, Matt

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    When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop?No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there. The chance to re-live the moments...

  14. Shadows Of Self

    Mistborn (wax & Wayne) book 2

    14. Shadows Of Self

    by Sanderson, Brandon

    • Same author

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns to the world of Mistborn with his first novel in the series since The Alloy of Law.

  15. Bands Of Mourning

    Mistborn (wax & Wayne) book 3

    15. Bands Of Mourning

    by Sanderson, Brandon

    • Same author

    Yet another Sanderson book. The second book to come out in 2016, and it's only March! Seriously, I don't know how Sanderson can write so prolifically – he writes two,...

  16. Oathbringer: Book Three Of The Stormlight Archive

    The Stormlight Archive book 3

    16. Oathbringer: Book Three Of The Stormlight Archive

    by Sanderson, Brandon

    • Same author

    The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Words of Radiance, from epic fantasy author Brandon Sanderson at the top of his game.In Oathbringer, the third volume...

  17. The Lost Metal

    Mistborn book 7

    17. The Lost Metal

    by Sanderson, Brandon

    • Same author

    An all-new 120-page Stormlight Archive novella, "Edgedancer," will be the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first book of short fiction by #1 New York Times bestselling...

  18. Oathbringer: Book Three Of The Stormlight Archive

    18. Oathbringer: Book Three Of The Stormlight Archive

    by Sanderson, Brandon

    • Same author

    The #1 New York Times bestseller, Oathbringer is the third volume of Brandon Sanderson\'s Stormlight Archive fantasy epic where humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers,...

  19. Wind and Truth

    19. Wind and Truth

    by Sanderson, Brandon

    • Same author

    The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive—the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece that has sold more than 10 million copies, from...

  20. Rhythm of War

    20. Rhythm of War

    by Sanderson, Brandon

    • Same author

    The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from epic fantasy author Brandon SandersonAfter forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin...

  21. Tress of the Emerald Sea

    21. Tress of the Emerald Sea

    by Sanderson, Brandon

    • Same author

    \#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson expands his Cosmere universe shared by The Stormlight Archive and Mistborn with a new standalone novel for everyone who loved The Princess...

  22. The Splintered Sun

    22. The Splintered Sun

    by Williams, Tad

    • On the same lists

    Three hundred years before The Dragonbone Chair, the old king of Hernystir is dying, warlords are seizing land and factions are fighting over the succession. Flann Alderwood, a bandit leader,...

  23. Silver and Blood

    23. Silver and Blood

    by Mihalik, Jessie

    • On the same lists

    On a deadly mission to kill the mythical beast that has been haunting her woods, a desperate mage finds her fate intertwined with the handsome, powerful man who saves her...

  24. The Bone Door

    24. The Bone Door

    by White, Frances

    • On the same lists

    How far will you go to open The Bone Door?When Hop awakens in an ancient labyrinth, he has no memory of his life, or how he got here. He does...

  25. Last of the First

    25. Last of the First

    by Jr., L. E. Modesitt

    • On the same lists

    Alyiakal is a Mirror Lancer, transferred to the headquarters of Cyador and promoted to Subcommander. His campaigns have removed most of the empire's outside enemies, and the real dangers are...

  26. Nightshade and Oak

    26. Nightshade and Oak

    by O'Neill, Molly

    • On the same lists

    On a battlefield in ancient Britain, where the Iceni are fighting the Romans, Mallt y Nos, the goddess of death, is collecting souls when she is hit by a spell....

  27. Our Lady of Blades

    27. Our Lady of Blades

    by Castell, Sebastien De

    • On the same lists

    Blood Week has been banned in Rijou, but the streets still run red, and now murder is sanctioned by the courts. A mysterious duellist who calls herself Lady Consequence, a...

  28. Nine Goblins

    28. Nine Goblins

    by Kingfisher, T

    • On the same lists

    No one knows exactly how the Goblin War began, but folks will tell you that goblins are stinking, slinking, filthy, sheep-stealing, henhouse-raiding, obnoxious, rude, and violent. Goblins would actually agree...

  29. Twelve Months

    29. Twelve Months

    by Butcher, Jim

    • On the same lists

    Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, has always managed to save the day—but, in this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, can he save himself?One...

  30. Pretenders to the Throne of God

    30. Pretenders to the Throne of God

    by Tchaikovsky, Adrian

    • On the same lists

    A city is under siege by the Palleseen, a powerful army whose attack has stalled while it waits for reinforcements. Within the walls, the defenders, the citizens and some former...

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