9 Top magic books like Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Cover of Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Nettle & Bone

By: T. Kingfisher

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-…

"Our own flaws infuriate us in other people."

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

"Our own flaws infuriate us in other people."

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

"Run and be free. They cannot use what they cannot find."

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

"Black dog, white dog, Live dog, dead dog, Yellow dog, run!"

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

If you liked the magic plot in Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1) by Hannah Kaner

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 T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"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. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

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3. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

Cover of Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) by Travis Baldree

4. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

By: Travis Baldree

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we nee… read more

Similar categories in Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"See you in the story past the story."

-Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

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5. 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 T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • adventure
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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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6. 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 T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • magic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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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7. 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 T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • magic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. Witch King

By: Martha Wells

3.71

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Witch King book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • magic
  • fiction
  • witches
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

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9. 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

Similar categories in Leigh Bardugo's The Familiar book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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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10. Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

By: Brom

4.29

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only… read more

Similar categories in Brom's Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • fiction
  • horror
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"You will think me foolish. But I wanted to be a fairy queen, to run barefoot through the woods, to sing like a bird and fly through the trees." She smiled. "To be able to talk to the animals."

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

"He stared up into the trees, watched them sway in the soft breeze, watched the sun drift slowly across the sky, hour after hour, until it began to sink from view, trying to let go, to let his mind dr…"

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

"Buzzing filled his ears, and he watched several bumblebees bounce from flower to flower. He found their hum soothing, and there, at the moment, felt he could watch them forever. He drank in the scent…"

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

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11. The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.59

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's The Salt Grows Heavy book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

Cover of A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) by Ava Reid

12. A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

By: Ava Reid

3.78

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood… read more

Similar categories in Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The only enemy is the sea."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"No one owns the right to tell a story."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"I find you very charming underneath all the smugness."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"The sea is treacherous, but women are even more treacherous."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

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

13. 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

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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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14. Starling House

By: Alix E. Harrow

3.83

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that ca… read more

Similar categories in Alix E. Harrow's Starling House book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You’re a pretty good liar"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Survival is a hard habit to break."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Maybe the truth is always messy that way."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"the Bible only got it half right: there were demons aplenty, but no fire at all"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

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15. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.32

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wi… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"One of the guiding principles of dryadology,"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I may not be a miller's daughter, but you are not so different from the Folk as you think, Your Highness." I lifted her wineglass and dashed the remainder against her face, spilling it across her mou…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I brushed the hair from his face. It is very soft--- ludicrously so, in fact, more like rabbit down or dandelion seed than human hair--- and I found I could not stop stroking it. He murmured somethin…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"Dr. Farris Rose has served as Department Head for over a decade, taking over from Letitia Barrister, who was abducted by a bogle in the Hebrides and returned several weeks later aged to approximately…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

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16. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) by Travis Baldree

17. 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

Similar categories in Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

18. Nettle & Bone

By: T. Kingfisher

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • fairy tales
  • adventure
  • magic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Our own flaws infuriate us in other people."

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

"Run and be free. They cannot use what they cannot find."

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

"Black dog, white dog, Live dog, dead dog, Yellow dog, run!"

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

"Dogs have human names. It's what keeps them from being wolves."

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

Cover of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) by Shannon Chakraborty

19. 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 T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • adventure
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

20. The Butcher of the Forest

By: Premee Mohamed

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dang… read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's The Butcher of the Forest book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • fairy tales
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1) by Olivia Atwater

21. Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

By: Olivia Atwater

4.09

Format: 304 pages, ebook

It's difficult to find a husband in Regency England when you're a young lady with only half a soul.… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Atwater's Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1) book and T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"There is such a thing as evil in this world,"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

"It may be true that you have only half a soul, Dora,"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

"Every fish you throw back into the ocean is a triumph of the idea that human beings can be better. I do my best, every day, to throw at least one fish back into the ocean. I hope that you will join m…"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

"I think that Elias has been angry now for so long that he is scared to let it go - I think he is scared that if would make him too complacent, and he might become all of those things which he so desp…"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

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