Books like Last of the First
30 fantasy books to read after Last of the First, by Jr., L. E. Modesitt, the closest match first.
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1. The Splintered Sun
by Williams, Tad
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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,...
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2. Silver and Blood
by Mihalik, Jessie
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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...
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3. The Bone Door
by White, Frances
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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...
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4. Nightshade and Oak
by O'Neill, Molly
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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....
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5. Nine Goblins
by Kingfisher, T
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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...
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6. Twelve Months
by Butcher, Jim
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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...
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7. Pretenders to the Throne of God
by Tchaikovsky, Adrian
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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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8. Steel Gods
by Swan, Richard
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Industrial revolution beckons. Spiritual catastrophe looms. And the Empire of the Wolf teeters on the brink... The true horror of the Great Silence has been revealed. As nation after nation...
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9. The Demon King
by Brett, Peter V.
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Humanity has won the war against the demons of the Core, but the demon king Alagai Ka has escaped across the sea to build a new hive, and the hunt...
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10. The Fox and the Devil
by White, Kiersten
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Anneke has a complicated relationship with her father, Abraham Van Helsing—doctor, scientist, and madman devoted to studying vampires—up until the night she comes home to find him murdered, with a...
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11. The Swan's Daughter
by Chokshi, Roshani
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Prince Arris knows that marriage means murder. Thanks to a poorly worded wish to a sea witch, all one needs to rule the Isle of Malys is the heart and...
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12. Legacies of Betrayal
by Erikson, Steven
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Ten years after the events of The Crippled God, a new holy war is brewing in Seven Cities, and two squads of the Malazan marines are sent on a mission...
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13. The Thrice-Bound Fool
by Buehlman, Christopher
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Kinch Na Shannack, the thief of The Blacktongue Thief, has a book he cannot read: a stolen, sentient tome of dark magic that tries to kill him every time he...
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14. The Dawn Throne
by Sim, Tara
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After Godsnight, the surviving heirs are still struggling to recover when the god Phos attacks their home. They take the war to his realm, Solara, which is being terrorised by...
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15. Daggerbound
by Kingfisher, T
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Edmund, a scholar, leaves his temple carrying a relic, and is attacked by bandits on the road. A handsome stranger appears, cutting them down with blue steel daggers. He is...
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16. A God of Countless Guises
by Beaulieu, Bradley P.
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After the great battle at Ancris, the capital lies in ruins, and the imprisoned trickster god Faedryn is closer than ever to getting free. The elder gods once created a...
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17. The Book of Fallen Leaves
by Tamaki, A. S.
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Sen Hoshiakari, the exiled son of a traitor, is determined to restore his decimated clan to their former power at any cost. But when his path collides with that of...
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18. All Hail Chaos
by Brennan, Sarah Rees
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Rae is a fantasy reader who has been pulled into the world of her favourite book, and has taken the role of the villainess. She thought she could change the...
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19. Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead
by Parker, K. J.
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Not even the Church of the Invincible Sun is invincible – and somebody has to do its dirty work. Enter Sister Svangerd and her accompanying priest, both first-rate practitioners. Their...
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20. Japanese Gothic
by Baker, Kylie Lee
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October, 2026: Lee Turner doesn’t remember how or why he killed his college roommate. The details are blurred and bloody. All he knows is he has to flee New York...
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21. Saltswept
by Watt, Katalina
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A pirate, a farmer and a priestess are drawn into a dangerous expedition to recover the treasure that the vampiric queen of their archipelago wants more than anything. They team...
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22. A Dance of Burning Blades
by Ayinde, M. H.
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Tension is rising across the Nine Lands. In the capital, Lordsgrave, people are still angry after the horrors of the greyblood attack, Clan Adatali is in open rebellion against the...
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23. The Apple and the Pearl
by Kechacha, Rym
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A train that changes its appearance carries a travelling ballet troupe, and every morning it stops at a new place in Britain, where their theatre is already waiting. The company...
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24. Enchanting the Fae Queen
by Burgis, Stephanie
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Queen Lorelei of Balravia has a reputation as a fae seductress with a trail of broken hearts, but behind the glamour is a clever ruler who will do anything to...
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25. The Witch and the Wolf
by Kelk, Lindsey
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Emily Bell has settled in Savannah, and she is dealing with prophecies, werewolves and family secrets, after the events of the first book, when her own grandmother tried to take...
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26. Our Lady of Blades
by Castell, Sebastien De
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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...
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27. A Trade of Blood
by Bennett, Robert Jackson
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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...
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28. 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...
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29. Daughter of Crows
by Lawrence, Mark
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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 –...
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30. The Red Winter
by Sullivan, Cameron
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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....
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