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19 fantasy books to read after The Bog Wife, by Chronister, Kay, 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

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    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. Somewhere Beyond the Sea

    7. Somewhere Beyond the Sea

    by Klune, T. J.

    • On the same lists

    Arthur Parnassus lives a good life built on the ashes of a bad one.He’s the headmaster of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to...

  8. Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands

    8. 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...

  9. The Book of Doors

    9. 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...

  10. Five Broken Blades

    10. 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...

  11. The Lost Story

    11. 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...

  12. The Black Bird Oracle

    12. 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...

  13. The Book of Love

    13. 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...

  14. Rakesfall

    14. 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...

  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. Empire of the Dawn

    19. 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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