Books like The Girl and the Stars
27 fantasy books to read after The Girl and the Stars, by Lawrence, Mark, 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. The City We Became
by Jemisin, N. K.
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In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can sense...
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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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The Locked Tomb book 2
10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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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 Wheel Of Osheim
by Lawrence, Mark
- Same author
Felt so so about the first book, loved the second book, and I also love the final book in Lawrence's new take on an anti-hero prince. Jarl, the hero of...
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The Red Queen's War book 2
21. The Liar's Key
by Lawrence, Mark
- Same author
From the international bestselling author of the Broken Empire trilogy comes the second book of the Red Queen’s War... After harrowing adventure and near death, Prince Jalan Kendeth and the...
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Book Of The Ancestor book 2
22. Grey Sister
by Lawrence, Mark
- Same author
The second novel in a brilliant fantasy trilogy from the international bestselling author of Prince of Thorns.Behind its walls, the Convent of Sweet Mercy has trained young girls to hone...
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23. Red Sister
by Lawrence, Mark
- Same author
The international bestselling author of the Broken Empire and the Red Queen’s War trilogies begins a stunning epic fantasy series about a secretive order of holy warriors... At the Convent...
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24. Daughter of Crows
by Lawrence, Mark
- Same author
Set a thief to catch a thief. Set a monster to punish monsters.The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents of retribution, cast in the image of the Furies –...
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25. The Book That Held Her Heart
by Lawrence, Mark
- Same author
The final volume in the bestselling Library Trilogy, following THE BOOK THAT WOULDN'T BURN and THE BOOK THAT BROKE THE WORLD.The secret war that defines the Library has chosen its...
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26. Holy Sister
by Lawrence, Mark
- Same author
Nona Greys story reaches its shattering conclusion in the third instalment of Book of the Ancestor.THEY CAME AGAINST HER AS A CHILD. NOW THEY FACE THE WOMAN.The ice is advancing,...
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27. The Book That Wouldn't Burn
by Lawrence, Mark
- Same author
A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than cities.A girl has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the...
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