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21 fantasy books to read after Somewhere Beyond the Sea, by Klune, T. J., the closest match first.

  1. The Tainted Cup

    1. The Tainted Cup

    by Bennett, Robert Jackson

    • On the same lists
    Hugo winner 2025

    In the mansion of a rich family in the city of Daretana, a high-ranking imperial official has died with a tree sprouting from his body. Ana Dolabra, a brilliant and...

  2. A Sorceress Comes to Call

    2. A Sorceress Comes to Call

    by Kingfisher, T

    • On the same lists

    Cordelia, fourteen, has grown up in a house without closed doors, under the control of her mother, Evangeline, a dangerous enchantress who regularly compels her into total obedience. When Evangeline...

  3. Someone You Can Build a Nest In

    3. Someone You Can Build a Nest In

    by Wiswell, John

    • On the same lists
    Nebula winner 2024

    Shesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love.Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor....

  4. The Fox Wife

    4. The Fox Wife

    by Choo, Yangsze

    • On the same lists

    In Manchuria in 1908, a woman is found frozen in the snow, and the detective Bao is hired to find out who she was. Meanwhile Snow, a fox spirit, hunts...

  5. The Bright Sword

    5. The Bright Sword

    by Grossman, Lev

    • On the same lists

    Collum, a young and talented knight from the middle of nowhere, travels to Camelot to join the Round Table and meet King Arthur. He arrives two weeks too late: Arthur...

  6. The Familiar

    6. The Familiar

    by Bardugo, Leigh

    • On the same lists

    AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘A richly imagined, intricate tale of magic and intrigue’ DEBORAH HARKNESS, #1 bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches‘Riveting… Leigh Bardugo's characters are so three dimensional...

  7. Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands

    7. Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands

    by Fawcett, Heather

    • On the same lists

    "When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it's too late in this second installment of the Emily Wilde...

  8. The Book of Doors

    8. The Book of Doors

    by Brown, Gareth

    • On the same lists

    Bookseller Cassie Andrews feels something is missing from her life. Then a favourite customer gives her a curious old book. In the front is a handwritten message: This is the...

  9. Five Broken Blades

    9. Five Broken Blades

    by Corland, Mai

    • On the same lists

    Five dangerous people are drawn together by one mission: to take down the immortal King Joon of Yusan, a kingdom inspired by Korean history and myth, by stealing the enchanted...

  10. The Lost Story

    10. The Lost Story

    by Shaffer, Meg

    • On the same lists

    Best friends Jeremy Cox and Rafe Howell vanish in a West Virginia forest and return six months later with no explanation. Fifteen years on, Rafe is a reclusive artist with...

  11. The Black Bird Oracle

    11. The Black Bird Oracle

    by Harkness, Deborah

    • On the same lists

    Diana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself—and her family history—in the highly anticipated fifth novel of the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls series.Deborah Harkness first...

  12. The Book of Love

    12. The Book of Love

    by Link, Kelly

    • On the same lists

    Three teenagers who have come back from the dead in Lovesend, Massachusetts, a fictional seaside town, have to work out what happened to them. When a teacher sets up a...

  13. Rakesfall

    13. Rakesfall

    by Chandrasekera, Vajra

    • On the same lists

    Annelid and Leveret meet as children during the Sri Lankan civil war, and a single act of violence in a demon-haunted wood binds their souls. Their story is carried across...

  14. The Bog Wife

    14. The Bog Wife

    by Chronister, Kay

    • On the same lists

    For generations, the Haddesley family has kept a covenant with the bog on their land: each generation sacrifices its patriarch, and in return the bog gives the heirs a wife....

  15. An Academy for Liars

    15. An Academy for Liars

    by Henderson, Alexis

    • On the same lists

    A student will find that the hardest lessons sometimes come from outside the classroom in this stunning dark academia novel from the acclaimed author of The Year of the Witching...

  16. A Song to Drown Rivers

    16. A Song to Drown Rivers

    by Liang, Ann

    • On the same lists

    Her beauty hides a deadly purpose.Xishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue—convinced that the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support...

  17. The Warm Hands of Ghosts

    17. The Warm Hands of Ghosts

    by Arden, Katherine

    • On the same lists

    In January 1918, the Canadian nurse Laura Iven is sent home to Halifax, then returns to Belgium when she learns that her brother Freddie is missing, presumed dead. Working at...

  18. When Among Crows (cover not available)

    18. When Among Crows

    by Roth, Veronica

    • On the same lists

    In modern Chicago, Dymitr comes from a family of monster hunters, and he is searching for Baba Jaga, the witch of Polish folklore, who he hopes can help him. Ala...

  19. The House in the Cerulean Sea

    19. The House in the Cerulean Sea

    by Klune, T. J.

    • Same author

    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...

  20. Under the Whispering Door

    20. Under the Whispering Door

    by Klune, T. J.

    • Same author

    A Man Called Ove meets The Good Place in Under the Whispering Door, a delightful queer love story from TJ Klune, author of the New York Times and USA Today...

  21. Empire of the Dawn

    21. Empire of the Dawn

    by Kristoff, Jay

    • On the same lists

    From holy cup comes holy light; The faithful hand sets world aright. And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight, Mere man shall end this endless night.Gabriel de León has lost his...

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