10 Best magic books like The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1) by Samantha Shannon

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The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

By: Samantha Shannon

4.19

Format: 848 pages, Kindle Edition

A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.The House of Berethnet has ru…

"Margret,"

-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

"Margret,"

-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

"I am not your queen, but I am yours."

-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

"I am not your queen, but I am yours."

-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

If you liked the magic plot in The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1) by Samantha Shannon , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)

By: Hannah Kaner

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Kissen’s family were killed by zealots of a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing gods, and enj… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Kaner's Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1) book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • lgbt
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"But gods love martyrs."

-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)

"Gods love martyrs. - Kissen"

-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)

"Kissen decided to be more proud than afraid."

-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)

"I want you to do this with me, not for me. - Arren"

-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)

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2. Tress of the Emerald Sea

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.40

Format: 483 pages, Kindle Edition

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, w… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's Tress of the Emerald Sea book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • romance
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"They supposedly had golden hair, like yours, the color of sunlight."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

"It might be said that Tress had a way with words. In that her words tended to get in her way."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

"Well, this isn't the part of the story where you ask questions. So kindly keep them to yourself."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

"If we let it, memory can make shadows of the now, as nothing can match the buttressed legends of our past."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

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3. One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

By: Rachel Gillig

4.30

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her. Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Gillig's One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1) book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"You never said how you got away from him." I stiffened, the NIghtmare's wicked laugh resonating in the din. When I spoke, the low notes of my voice were slick, as if dipped in oil. "Perhaps it was he…"

-Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

"Tell them. Tell them the truth. When your children ask, do not lie- do not hide the risk of magic. Children are strongest when their eyes are clear. Only then can they make their own choices. Only th…"

-Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

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4. House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3)

By: Sarah J. Maas

4.21

Format: 835 pages, ebook

The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bests… read more

Similar categories in Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3) book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"The world seemed to hold its breath as the elegant doe walked up to Ruhn and gently, lovingly, nuzzled his neck."

-Sarah J. Maas, House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3)

"What is it you want to know?" Nesta asked carefully. Bryce glanced between them. "How'd you two meet?" "There was a war," Nesta said shortly. "Between who?" Bryce asked. Azriel answered this time. "B…"

-Sarah J. Maas, House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3)

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5. Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)

By: Rachel Gillig

4.44

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

In the luscious, dark sequel to One Dark Window, Elspeth must face the consequences of what she's w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Gillig's Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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6. The Familiar

By: Leigh Bardugo

3.84

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more

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  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

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7. This Is How You Lose the Time War

By: Amal El-Mohtar

3.88

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before … read more

Similar categories in Amal El-Mohtar's This Is How You Lose the Time War book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Atlantis sinks. Serves it right."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

"And everyone is alive, somewhere in time."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

"All the stars are eyes here, always seeking."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

"I would rather break the world than lose you."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

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8. The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

By: R.F. Kuang

4.37

Format: 658 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of the Third Poppy War, shaman and warrior Rin is on the run: haunted by the atroc… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"What you don't get to do is to remain neutral."

-R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

"He had the mathematics of fighting down to a science."

-R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

"He made some gestures with his hands that clarified nothing."

-R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

"Our dead don't leave us. They'll hunt you as long as you let them."

-R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

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9. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.02

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and dis… read more

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  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"How was it that I suddenly had faerie kings, plural, demanding to marry me?"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"I could not tell if he was terrible at drawing cats or if he simply had a terrible cat."

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"Shadow padded up to me and put his head on my knee, all forgiven, as it always is with dogs. If I frightened my cat as I had Shadow, she'd ignore me for days, or possibly put a curse on me, but then …"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"And you shall shut yourself away forever in those old stones with your books and your mysteries like a dragon with her hoard, having as little association with the living as possible and emerging onl…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

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10. Crier's War (Crier's War, #1)

By: Nina Varela

4.12

Format: 464 pages, ebook

Impossible love between two girls —one human, one Made. A love that could birth a revolution. … read more

Similar categories in Nina Varela's Crier's War (Crier's War, #1) book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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11. Babel

By: R.F. Kuang

4.18

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with stu… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's Babel book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • magic
  • fiction
"It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed."

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe."

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"languages aren't just made of words. they're modes of looking at the world. They're the keys to civiliation. And that's knowledge worth killing for"

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"It revealed the sheer dependence of the British, who, astonishingly, could not manage to do basic things like bake bread or get safely from one place to another without words stolen from other countr…"

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

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12. Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)

By: Tamsyn Muir

4.29

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer stru… read more

Similar categories in Tamsyn Muir's Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2) book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Bones are mediocre."

-Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)

"I remember being eighteen."

-Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)

"Your only settings were power-vomit and murder"

-Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)

"I am sick of roses, and I am horny for revenge."

-Tamsyn Muir, Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)

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13. The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

By: Tasha Suri

4.13

Format: 533 pages, Paperback

Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy … read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Malini laughed—a glorious laugh like the sound of a blade unsheathed."

-Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

"Be careful with your tears," her mother added, in a voice of cultivated restraint. "They're blood of the spirit. Weep too much, and it will wear you thin, until your soul is like a bruised flower." H…"

-Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

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14. Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)

By: Travis Baldree

4.12

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.The battl… read more

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  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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15. The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

By: Samantha Shannon

4.19

Format: 848 pages, Kindle Edition

A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.The House of Berethnet has ru… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1) book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • dragons
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Margret,"

-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

"I am not your queen, but I am yours."

-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

"In darkness, we are naked. Our truest selves"

-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

"My heart knows your song, as yours knows mine."

-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

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16. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)

By: Shannon Chakraborty

4.27

Format: 483 pages, Hardcover

Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and … read more

Similar categories in Shannon Chakraborty's The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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17. The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

By: R.F. Kuang

4.17

Format: 545 pages, ebook

An epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century an… read more

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  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"I don't love you. And I can kill anything."

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"Immigrants, we get the job done. (Acknowlegments)"

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains."

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"Call off your men, or I will summon into existence things that should not be in this world"

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

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18. Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

By: Nina Varela

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For too long, Automae have lorded over the kingdom of Rabu, oppressing its human citizens. But the … read more

Similar categories in Nina Varela's Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2) book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You are newbuilt,"

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

"Cruelty was wasted on the kind."

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

"I told you once I’m not a book to be read,"

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

"Strength isn’t measured by the ability to cause harm."

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

Cover of Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) by Tamsyn Muir

19. Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)

By: Tamsyn Muir

4.21

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword… read more

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  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Evidence,"

-Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)

"Too many words,"

-Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)

"Harrow said, “But you're God."

-Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)

"Death first to vultures and scavangers."

-Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)

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20. She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

By: Shelley Parker-Chan

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Two-time British Fantasy Award WinnerAstounding Award WinnerLambda Literary Award FinalistHugo Awar… read more

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  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I can do this. I can learn. I can survive."

-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

"Pure emotions are the luxury of children and animals"

-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

"What I want has nothing to do with who wins." -Ouyang"

-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

"With sufficient competence, there's no need of flattery"

-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

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21. The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

By: R.F. Kuang

4.30

Format: 622 pages, Hardcover

The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang’s acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3) book and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"So what happens when we die?"

-R.F. Kuang, The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

"They’ve all gone completely mad."

-R.F. Kuang, The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

"You don’t know who you’re dealing with."

-R.F. Kuang, The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

"Amateurs obsessed over strategy, and professionals obsessed over logistics."

-R.F. Kuang, The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

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