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21 fantasy books to read after The House in the Cerulean Sea, by Klune, T. J., the closest match first.

  1. Piranesi

    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...

  2. Peace Talks

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    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...

  3. The City We Became

    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...

  4. Black Sun

    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...

  5. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

    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...

  6. House of Earth and Blood

    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,...

  7. Mexican Gothic

    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...

  8. Trouble the Saints

    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,...

  9. The Midnight Bargain

    9. The Midnight Bargain

    by Polk, C. L.

    • On the same lists

    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...

  10. Harrow the Ninth

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    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...

  11. Rhythm of War

    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...

  12. The Once and Future Witches

    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...

  13. A Deadly Education

    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...

  14. The Empire of Gold

    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...

  15. The Burning God

    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,...

  16. The Empress of Salt and Fortune

    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...

  17. The Bone Shard Daughter

    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...

  18. The Girl and the Stars

    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...

  19. Smoke Bitten

    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,...

  20. Under the Whispering Door

    20. Under the Whispering Door

    by Klune, T. J.

    • Same author

    A Man Called Ove meets The Good Place in Under the Whispering Door, a delightful queer love story from TJ Klune, author of the New York Times and USA Today...

  21. Somewhere Beyond the Sea

    21. Somewhere Beyond the Sea

    by Klune, T. J.

    • Same author

    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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