Books like The World We Make
27 fantasy books to read after The World We Make, by Jemisin, N. K., the closest match first.
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Mistborn book 7
1. The Lost Metal
by Sanderson, Brandon
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An all-new 120-page Stormlight Archive novella, "Edgedancer," will be the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first book of short fiction by #1 New York Times bestselling...
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2. Babel
by Kuang, R. F
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From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions,...
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3. Nettle & Bone
by Kingfisher, T
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After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter—has finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue. No...
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4. Legends & Lattes
by Baldree, Travis
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Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life with one final score. A forgotten legend, a fabled artifact,...
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5. Spear
by Griffith, Nicola
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A girl raised alone in the woods by her mother has a gift for talking to animals and a love of fighting. Disguised as a boy, she sets out to...
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6. Saint Death's Daughter
by Cooney, C. S. E.
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Lanoree Stones is a necromancer who can't stand violence, raised by the ghost of her family's servant in a mansion in the city of Liriat, where her father was the...
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7. House of Sky and Breath
by Maas, Sarah J.
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Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal―they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a...
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8. The Atlas Six
by Blake, Olivie
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The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity, are the foremost secret society of magical academicians in the world. Those who earn a place among...
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9. The Ballad of Perilous Graves
by Jennings, Alex
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In Nola, an alternate New Orleans where magic runs on music, Perry is a failed magician who knows the city's rhythm better than anyone. When the city's Great Magician starts...
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10. Siren Queen
by Vo, Nghi
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In a Hollywood of the 1930s where the studios run on magic and every starlet is paid for in blood, Luli Wei, a young Chinese American woman, is determined to...
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11. The Golden Enclaves
by Novik, Naomi
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De Gouden Enclaves is het superspannende slotdeel van Naomi Noviks SCHOLOMANCE-serie. Het verhaal over een duistere tovenares wier lot het is om de regels van magie te herschrijven.\ \ El...
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12. Daughter of the Moon Goddess
by Tan, Sue Lynn
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Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the powerful Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of...
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13. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
by Mandanna, Sangu
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Mika Moon is a witch who has spent her life hiding her magic, and posts jokey videos online pretending to be one. When a retired actor recognises her as the...
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14. The Book Eaters
by Dean, Sunyi
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Truth is found between the stories we're fed and the stories we hunger for.Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and...
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15. When Women Were Dragons
by Barnhill, Kelly
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In 1955, thousands of American women, wives and mothers among them, change into dragons in a single day and fly away. Alex Green is a little girl when her aunt...
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16. Kaikeyi
by Patel, Vaishnavi
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This is the story of the chief 'Bad Girl' of the Hindu epic the 'Ramayana.' imaginative and well-written, it is a defiantly feminist view of the start of the myth,...
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17. The Stardust Thief
by Abdullah, Chelsea
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Neither here nor there, but long ago…Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. When she saves...
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18. A River Enchanted
by Ross, Rebecca
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Jack Tamerlaine left the island of Cadence ten years ago to train as a bard. Now he is called back to the home he hoped to leave behind, where young...
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19. 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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20. The City We Became
by Jemisin, N. K.
- Same author
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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The Broken Earth book 1 Start here
21. 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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22. Fairy Tale
by King, Stephen
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A #1 New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice!Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about...
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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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