Books like The Familiar
23 fantasy books to read after The Familiar, by Bardugo, Leigh, the closest match first.
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1. The Tainted Cup
by Bennett, Robert Jackson
- On the same lists
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 Bright Sword
by Grossman, Lev
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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...
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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. Ninth House
by Bardugo, Leigh
- Same author
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into...
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20. Hell Bent
by Bardugo, Leigh
- Same author
Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy “Alex” Stern is...
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21. 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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22. Six Of Crows
by Bardugo, Leigh
- Same author
Think Oceans 11, but the fantasy version where the characters have magical abilities and you have some idea what Leigh Bardugo's fantasy trilogy is about. A band of thieves teams...
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23. Crooked Kindom
by Bardugo, Leigh
- Same author
See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 premiering March 16, 2023! See what comes next for Kaz, Jesper, Inej,...
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