Books like Piranesi
21 fantasy books to read after Piranesi, by Clarke, Susanna, the closest match first.
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Dresden Files book 16
1. Peace Talks
by Butcher, Jim
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A war is raging between the vampire forces of the Red Court and the White Council - a war that the wizards are losing. So desperate are the Council that...
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2. The City We Became
by Jemisin, N. K.
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In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can sense...
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3. Black Sun
by Roanhorse, Rebecca
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"A god will return when the earth and sky converge under the black sun in the holy city of Tova... The winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and...
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4. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by Schwab, V. E.
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France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.Thus begins the extraordinary...
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5. House of Earth and Blood
by Maas, Sarah J.
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Bound by blood. Tempted by desire. Unleashed by destiny.Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life—working hard all day and partying all night—until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft,...
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6. Mexican Gothic
by Moreno-garcia, Silvia
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A glamorous young woman visits a decaying mansion in the Mexican hills to rescue her cousin and finds something rotten in the house.
An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes...
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7. Trouble the Saints
by Johnson, Alaya Dawn
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In 1940s New York, Phyllis LeBlanc is a mixed-race woman who can pass for white, and she works as an assassin for a Harlem gangster whose targets, she is told,...
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8. The Midnight Bargain
by Polk, C. L.
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2021 World Fantasy Award Finalist for Best Novel | 2021 Nebula Award Finalist for Best Novel | 2021 FIYAHCON Ignyte Award Finalist for Best Novel | 2021 Canada Reads Finalist...
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The Locked Tomb book 2
9. Harrow the Ninth
by Muir, Tamsyn
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"She answered the Emperor's call.She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.In victory, her world has turned to ash.After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn...
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10. The House in the Cerulean Sea
by Klune, T. J.
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Linus is an uptight caseworker with a heart of gold working for the department in charge of magical youth. When he goes to investigate an orphanage on an island with...
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11. Rhythm of War
by Sanderson, Brandon
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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...
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12. The Once and Future Witches
by Harrow, Alix E.
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In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and...
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13. A Deadly Education
by Novik, Naomi
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The Scholomance is a school of magic with no teachers, no holidays and no safe place: its halls are filled with monsters that feed on students, and most of them...
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14. The Empire of Gold
by Chakraborty, S. A.
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Daevabad has fallen, and Manizheh and the warrior Dara rule over a divided city. Nahri and Ali, who escaped to Cairo, have to decide whether to return, as the people...
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15. The Burning God
by Kuang, R. F
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The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang's acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters,...
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16. The Empress of Salt and Fortune
by Vo, Nghi
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With the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama, Nghi Vo's The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a tightly and lushly written...
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17. The Bone Shard Daughter
by Stewart, Andrea
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The Bone Shard Daughter is an unmissable fantasy debut from a major new voice in epic fantasy — a stunning tale of magic, mystery, and revolution in which the former...
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18. The Girl and the Stars
by Lawrence, Mark
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In the Ice, children who are born weak are thrown into a pit called the Pit of the Missing, and nobody has ever come back. When her younger brother is...
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19. Smoke Bitten
by Briggs, Patricia
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A door from Underhill, the realm of the fae, has opened in Mercy Thompson's backyard, and something has come through it. A creature that can take over anyone it bites,...
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20. 2005: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Clarke, Susanna
- Same author
The revival of magic in an alternate Britain with two very different magicians and some fairies, too.
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is an epic tale of the rebirth of magic in nineteenth-century England. Taking place among the regular historical occurrences of the time, the main difference...
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21. Jonathan Strange And Mr. Norrell
by Clarke, Susanna
- Same author
This highly regarded novel is something magical: the story of two magician friends -- both who want to restart English magic after a magic-less dormancy of several hundred years --...
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