11 must-read magic books like The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8) by Genevieve Cogman

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The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8)

By: Genevieve Cogman

4.31

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In this thrilling historical fantasy, time-traveling Librarian spy Irene will need to delve deep in…

"Stories are like that. They’ll wait for you until you can come back to them."

-Genevieve Cogman, The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8)

If you liked the magic plot in The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8) by Genevieve Cogman , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.12

Format: 235 pages, Paperback

Book Two in the madcap time-travel series based at the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"She fought off a T-rex with just a pepper spray and bad language. You couldn't be in better hands."

-Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

"We don't do time-travel. That's for amateurs. We're not time-travellers - we're historians. We 'investigate major historical events in contemporary time'. so much more classy."

-Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

"In England, the struggle between church and kings would take centuries to resolve. Interestingly, in the end, neither institution came out on top. Today, each is as powerless as the other. As people …"

-Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

"No incident, however seemingly trivial, is unimportant in the scheme of things. One event leads to another, which triggers something else and before you know where you are, the ramifications spread f…"

-Jodi Taylor, A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2)

Cover of A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) by Deanna Raybourn

2. A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.19

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, i… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"A man cannot choose to die when he has not yet learnt to live." Stoker"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"If I could have created a perfect woman, I could never have imagined you. But that is my failure. Not yours."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Not everyone shares your tendency to scorn the company of others." "Scorn the company of others! Thanks to you, I speak to entirely too many people, entirely too often."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Do you mean to dissuade me? Point out the flaws in my plan? Express your objections with vehemence and eloquence?" He tipped his head. "Actually, no." "Are you entirely well? Have you a fever? Should…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

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3. Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.33

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Now in hardcover, the ninth book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns t… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What makes you think I know?' asked Zach, who, if questioned, would deny his own existence out of sheer habit."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

"I saw nothing suspicious—which is unusual. A copper can usually find something suspicious if they look hard enough."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

"Always look after your people,' he said as I noted down the order. 'The way you treat them sets an example for the way they treat others."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

"Lips too thick and nose too wide–he looked like he’d stepped out of an early Asterix comic. Subconscious racism, I thought–it will fuck you up every time."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

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4. The Good, the Bad and the History (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #14)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.65

Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition

St Mary's is under investigation. Their director has been shot and Max is Number One Suspect. Can t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
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5. A Catalogue of Catastrophe (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #13)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.55

Format: 498 pages, Paperback

When all is lost. When everything is ending. When there's no hope. When you can't win. That's when … read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Saving Time (The Time Police, #3) by Jodi Taylor

6. Saving Time (The Time Police, #3)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.62

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

Life is good for Team Weird, now heroes and fully fledged Time Police officers. Luke can't wait to … read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"You're about as useful as a 2020 event planner"

-Jodi Taylor, Saving Time (The Time Police, #3)

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7. About Time (The Time Police, #4)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.58

Format: 470 pages, Kindle Edition

Patience is not a virtue known to the Time Police. And Commander Hay is facing the longest day of h… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
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8. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #2)

By: Garth Nix

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Return to the enchanting world of The Left-Handed Booksellers of London in this sequel by Garth Nix… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of Killing Time (The Time Police, #5) by Jodi Taylor

9. Killing Time (The Time Police, #5)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.56

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

A ghost train, lost in Time, hurtles through the night... Two members of Team 236 are trapped on… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8) by Genevieve Cogman

10. The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8)

By: Genevieve Cogman

4.31

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In this thrilling historical fantasy, time-traveling Librarian spy Irene will need to delve deep in… read more

Similar categories in Genevieve Cogman's The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8) book and Genevieve Cogman's The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8)

  • urban fantasy
  • dragons
  • adventure
  • magic
  • steampunk
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"Stories are like that. They’ll wait for you until you can come back to them."

-Genevieve Cogman, The Untold Story (The Invisible Library, #8)

Cover of Another Time, Another Place (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #12) by Jodi Taylor

11. Another Time, Another Place (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #12)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.49

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

'It's time, Max.' And so, a whole new chapter opens up...It's long been known that if a thing can g… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Book of Betrayal (The Last Oracle, #5) by Melissa McShane

12. The Book of Betrayal (The Last Oracle, #5)

By: Melissa McShane

4.14

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Helena Davies knows all about keeping secrets. Now her secrets will come to light.Helena’s encounte… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • mystery
Cover of The Book of Destiny (The Last Oracle 9) by Melissa McShane

13. The Book of Destiny (The Last Oracle 9)

By: Melissa McShane

4.22

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

The stunning conclusion to THE LAST ORACLE series! Helena has come far from the day she became cus… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • fantasy
Cover of The Book of Secrets (The Last Oracle, #1) by Melissa McShane

14. The Book of Secrets (The Last Oracle, #1)

By: Melissa McShane

4.09

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Helena Davies just wants a job that will get her out of her parents’ basement. Abernathy’s Bookstor… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • books about books
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book of Lies (The Last Oracle, #4) by Melissa McShane

15. The Book of Lies (The Last Oracle, #4)

By: Melissa McShane

4.17

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

For over seventy years, the use of familiars—monsters bound by magic to fight beside humans in the … read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book of Mayhem (The Last Oracle, #3) by Melissa McShane

16. The Book of Mayhem (The Last Oracle, #3)

By: Melissa McShane

4.13

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

With two threats to the oracular bookstore Abernathy’s behind her, Helena finally feels secure in h… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book of Harmony (The Last Oracle, #7) by Melissa McShane

17. The Book of Harmony (The Last Oracle, #7)

By: Melissa McShane

4.19

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

With the Mercy’s attacks on the Wardens neutralized, Helena prepares for her upcoming wedding to Ma… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • fantasy
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18. The Book of War (The Last Oracle, #8)

By: Melissa McShane

4.16

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Helena and the oracular bookstore Abernathy’s stopped an attack by the alien invaders’ human allies… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • mystery
  • magic
  • fantasy
Cover of The Archive of the Forgotten (Hell's Library, #2) by A.J. Hackwith

19. The Archive of the Forgotten (Hell's Library, #2)

By: A.J. Hackwith

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In the second installment of this richly imagined fantasy adventure series, a new threat from withi… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"To be a librarian is to be in rebellion against time, against the world."

-A.J. Hackwith, The Archive of the Forgotten (Hell's Library, #2)

"Letting books take you where they might – that was one part of the Library magic."

-A.J. Hackwith, The Archive of the Forgotten (Hell's Library, #2)

"Every book carried a scar, a splinter of psyche, that was essential to its need to exist."

-A.J. Hackwith, The Archive of the Forgotten (Hell's Library, #2)

"Books are a secret hidden in plain sight. Read me, they say. Look at me. Turn my pages. Touch my spine. Read my words, and content yourself. Every book is a secret that only readers know."

-A.J. Hackwith, The Archive of the Forgotten (Hell's Library, #2)

Cover of The God of Lost Words (Hell's Library, #3) by A.J. Hackwith

20. The God of Lost Words (Hell's Library, #3)

By: A.J. Hackwith

4.20

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

To save the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, former librarian Claire and her allies may have to de… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • books about books
  • audiobook
"I won't know the right words..... No writer ever does. The words will be right eventually."

-A.J. Hackwith, The God of Lost Words (Hell's Library, #3)

"A library does not have a name; a library has all of them. A library is not a place; a library is a purpose. A library does not have eyes, a library has I's."

-A.J. Hackwith, The God of Lost Words (Hell's Library, #3)

"Listen. That's the part of the librarian's job that everyone forgets. Listen. Listen to your books, listen to your patrons. Listen to your enemies, even; when they're maddest is when you know you're …"

-A.J. Hackwith, The God of Lost Words (Hell's Library, #3)

"The patron god of the library is the one who needs it, who claims the necessity of a place of stories and souls and is willing to build it. Sometimes that's the librarians and curators, sometimes tha…"

-A.J. Hackwith, The God of Lost Words (Hell's Library, #3)

Cover of The Broken Cage (Crow Investigations #7) by Sarah Painter

21. The Broken Cage (Crow Investigations #7)

By: Sarah Painter

4.19

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Get the Crow. A man dies in a locked room, leaving a message written in blood and a lot of unans… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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