Books like The Bright Sword
24 fantasy books to read after The Bright Sword, by Grossman, Lev, the closest match first.
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1. The Tainted Cup
by Bennett, Robert Jackson
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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...
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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...
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3. Someone You Can Build a Nest In
by Wiswell, John
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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....
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4. The Fox Wife
by Choo, Yangsze
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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...
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5. The Familiar
by Bardugo, Leigh
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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...
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6. Somewhere Beyond the Sea
by Klune, T. J.
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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...
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7. Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
by Fawcett, Heather
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"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...
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8. The Book of Doors
by Brown, Gareth
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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...
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9. Five Broken Blades
by Corland, Mai
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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...
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10. The Lost Story
by Shaffer, Meg
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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...
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11. The Black Bird Oracle
by Harkness, Deborah
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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...
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12. The Book of Love
by Link, Kelly
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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...
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13. Rakesfall
by Chandrasekera, Vajra
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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...
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14. The Bog Wife
by Chronister, Kay
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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....
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15. An Academy for Liars
by Henderson, Alexis
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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...
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16. A Song to Drown Rivers
by Liang, Ann
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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...
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17. The Warm Hands of Ghosts
by Arden, Katherine
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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...
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18. When Among Crows
by Roth, Veronica
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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...
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19. Magician's Land
by Grossman, Lev
- Same author
When The Magicians (the first in the trilogy) was released a few years ago, it received wide critical acclaim from magazines, newspapers and high-brow critics, but was (somewhat) panned by...
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20. Empire of the Dawn
by Kristoff, Jay
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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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21. The Magicians
by Grossman, Lev
- Same author
A prequel novel about a high school senior who is admitted to a school for gifted children, for a magical education in upstate New York. A typical quest story that turns dark. Things are not black and white in this world and the characters are psychologically rich.
School fantasy is often aimed at children, and it's very successful at hitting that market. It's much harder to appeal exclusively to adults, and that's where The Magicians shines. Rather...
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22. The Magician King
by Grossman, Lev
- Same author
Lev Grossman’s new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD will be on sale July 2024 Return to Fillory in the riveting sequel to the New York Times bestseller and literary phenomenon, The...
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The Magicians book 3
23. The Magician's Land
by Grossman, Lev
- Same author
Lev Grossman’s new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD is out now! The stunning #1 New York Times bestselling conclusion to the Magicians trilogy A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE...
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24. The Magicians
by Grossman, Lev
- Same author
The Magicians trilogy is a series that's been critically acclaimed and rates very high on our own Top 25 Best Fantasy Books list. It's a trilogy that's perhaps divisive --...
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