Books like The City We Became
27 fantasy books to read after The City We Became, by Jemisin, N. K., the closest match first.
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1. Piranesi
by Clarke, Susanna
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality.Piranesi's house is no ordinary building; its...
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Dresden Files book 16
2. 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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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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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. The Stone Sky
by Jemisin, N. K.
- Same author
The shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with The Fifth Season, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2016,...
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21. The World We Make
by Jemisin, N. K.
- Same author
Every great city has a soul. A human avatar that embodies their city’s heart and wields its magic. New York? She’s got six.But all is not well in the city...
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22. The Fifth Season
by Jemisin, N. K.
- Same author
Winner of the 2016 Hugo and nominated for a Nebula, The Fifth Season is a volatile combination of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Dystopian Fiction. Mythology comes alive in this hostile world...
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23. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
by Jemisin, N. K.
- Same author
First book in The Inheritance Trilogy, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms centers on the novel's narrator, Yeine, granddaughter of the ruler of the world. Yeine suddenly is named heir to this...
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24. The Broken Kingdoms
by Jemisin, N. K.
- Same author
A man with no memory of his past and a struggling, blind street artist will face off against the will of the gods as the secrets of this stranger's past...
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25. The Killing Moon
by Jemisin, N. K.
- Same author
A series that's immensely well written and one that takes quite a few of the epic fantasy archetypes and runs away with them in a slightly new direction.Expect complex politics,...
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Dreamboods book 1 Start here
26. The Killing Moon
by Jemisin, N. K.
- Same author
In Gujaareh, the city of dreams, the Gatherers of the Hetawa temple take the souls of those who are ready to die, and bring them peace. When the Gatherer Ehiru...
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Dreamboods book 2
27. The Shadowed Sun
by Jemisin, N. K.
- Same author
'UTTERLY ENTHRALLING' Trudi Canavan 'The most celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer of her generation . . . Jemisin seems able to do just about everything' NEW YORK TIMES 'Jemisin...
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