The Battle Drum (The Ending Fire Trilogy #2)
By: Saara El-Arifi
4.36
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Murder. Secrets. Sacrifice: Three women seek the truth of the empire's past. And the truth they fin…
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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
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"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)
2. To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)
By: Moniquill Blackgoose
4.17
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
A young Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy—and quickly finds herself at odds wi… read more
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- queer
3. So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
By: Kamilah Cole
3.90
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who’s force… read more
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"You're the Childe Empyrean. If we stack out burdens against each other's, you'll win every time." "That doesn't mean we're not both carrying them."-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
"In the meantime, I need you to say here and protect San Irie if anything should happen." "Um." Faron exchanged a glance with Reeve, who looked similarly mystified. "Your Majesty, I'm seventeen years …"-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
"Being forced to learn the language of your oppressors is an oppression of the mind. They rewrite your history when you're too young to know what you're giving away, and before you know it, it's too l…"-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
"Faron's heart stopped entirely as she stared at him. Like friends, romance was a sacrifice she'd made to be the Childe Empyrean. It hadn't mattered much to her until now, because Faron had figured ou…"-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
4. The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods #1)
By: Gabriela Romero Lacruz
3.33
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
In a lush world inspired by the history and folklore of South America, a sweeping epic fantasy of c… read more
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"I thought tinieblas were nothing but a story—just a word for shadows. Tales to scare children into obedience. Horror tales are inspired by reality."-Gabriela Romero Lacruz, The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods #1)
5. A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)
By: Hafsah Faizal
3.57
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Why save the world when you can have tea? On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a c… read more
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"Every good love story starts with a bullet to the heart."-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)
"We understand what it's like to grieve with fire and not tears."-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)
"It was hard not to watch Arthie Casimir. The way she worked and schemed, at times as still as stone, other times as restless as a bee. For the most part, Arthie obscured her femininity. She was, afte…"-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)
6. A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
By: Samantha Shannon
4.36
Format: 868 pages, Hardcover
In A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon sweeps readers back to the universe of Priory of the Or… read more
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"We could start by not scorning one another for our beliefs, or lack of them."-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
"We could start by not scorning one another for our beliefs, or lack of them." Thrit"-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
"Tunuva returned to her watching, knowing that this was the last night she would have everything she wanted in the world, all in one place."-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
"Desire had been a madness in her, grounded by a love that had filled her like a breath - as if it had always been meant, written on her soul when it was just a seed."-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
7. These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1)
By: Bethany Jacobs
4.18
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
A dangerous cat-and-mouse quest for revenge. An empire that spans star systems, built on the bones … read more
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8. The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)
By: Tasha Suri
4.34
Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition
"Alluring, action-packed, and gut-wrenching," (Publishers Weekly, starred review), The Oleander Swo… read more
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"Malini, she wanted to say. Wanted to shape that name in her mouth."-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)
"How can you trust me not to ruin everything? Who else do I have to trust but you, Pri?"-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)
"You are like ink, Malini thought hopelessly. Ink, and all I want is to make poetry of you."-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)
"I miss you, she thought, speaking to nothing in the quiet of her heart. I will always miss you."-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)
9. 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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"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)
10. Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
4.31
Format: 597 pages, Hardcover
The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conc… read more
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11. Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
By: Hannah Kaner
3.94
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Return to the world of Godkiller in this thrilling sequel to the #1 internationally bestselling fan… read more
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"Some things are done out of love."-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
"Knowledge can bring pain in place of ignorance, terror in place of hope' - Telle"-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
"Some truths are too bright to look at directly, that is why they couch them in paper.' - Scian"-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
"If we commit to violence, when will it stop?’ ‘If we do not,’ countered Elo, ‘will anything change?’ - Elogast"-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)
12. The Battle Drum (The Ending Fire Trilogy #2)
By: Saara El-Arifi
4.36
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Murder. Secrets. Sacrifice: Three women seek the truth of the empire's past. And the truth they fin… read more
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- high fantasy
- fiction
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13. He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
By: Shelley Parker-Chan
4.25
Format: 486 pages, ebook
How much would you give to win the world? Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after … read more
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"A man's greatest treasure is his sons."-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
"Take him out drinking with you somewhere in Qingyuan tonight. Then on the way home,"-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
"This was the part she loved, fiercely. The leap from which there was no turning back; the buoyant thrill of knowing that all the threads of action would come together—had to come together—into succes…"-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
14. Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3)
By: M.A. Carrick
4.28
Format: 688 pages, ebook
“Lush, engrossing and full of mystery and dark magic" ( BookPage ), Labyrinth's Heart is the thrill… read more
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15. 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
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16. The Blood Gift (The Blood Gift Duology, #2)
By: N.E. Davenport
3.66
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning conclusion to N. E. Davenport’s fast-paced, action-packed sci-fantasy duology, eli… read more
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17. The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
By: C.L. Clark
3.82
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Alternate Cover edition for ISBN 9780316542753 Touraine is a soldier. Stolen as a child and rai… read more
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"What is war if not a complicated web of mathematics and charm? Luca thought."-C.L. Clark, The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
"Who needs a god of oceans when I could drown inside your eyes? Who needs a god of grain when I could feast between your thighs?"-C.L. Clark, The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
"As it whistles through the mountains, as it tickles blades of grass, as it pulls me from my bed, again, the wind, it cries your name."-C.L. Clark, The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
"Then, still holding the cup, Touraine giggled. This broad-shouldered, muscle-bound ex-soldier, who spent most of her time either glowering or bowing at people, had smirked at her future queen, and no…"-C.L. Clark, The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
18. The Daughters of Izdihar (The Alamaxa Duology, #1)
By: Hadeer Elsbai
3.75
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
<From debut author Hadeer Elsbai comes the first book in an incredibly powerful new duology, set wh… read more
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19. The Faithless (Magic of the Lost, #2)
By: C.L. Clark
4.30
Format: 512 pages, None
In the second installment of C.L. Clark's Magic of the Lost trilogy, soldier Touraine and princess … read more
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20. The Bone Shard War (The Drowning Empire, #3)
By: Andrea Stewart
3.94
Format: 611 pages, Hardcover
The Bone Shard War is the epic finale to the unmissable, action-packed and magic-laced Drowning Emp… read more
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21. The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3)
By: Namina Forna
3.94
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl … read more
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22. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
By: P. Djèlí Clark
4.05
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more
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23. The Weavers of Alamaxa (The Alamaxa Duology, #2)
By: Hadeer Elsbai
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Following up on one of the most exciting fantasy debuts, The Daughters of Izdihar, Hadeer Elsbai co… read more
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24. Goddess of the River
By: Vaishnavi Patel
3.86
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from… read more
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25. Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2)
By: Terry J. Benton-Walker
4.33
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice. They took back their family’… read more
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26. Mindbreaker
By: Kate Dylan
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
They saved her life. But at what cost? Born into a religious cult on the fringe of society, Indr… read more
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27. Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)
By: Tomi Adeyemi
3.49
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
New allies rise. The Blood Moon nears. Zélie faces her final enemy. The king who hunts her heart… read more
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"Do not pray to be saved; pray to be reborn."-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)
"I like hearing your people call out to your gods- they never seem to come."-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)
"I teach you to be warriors in the garden, so that you may never be gardeners in a war."-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)
28. Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)
By: Ehigbor Okosun
3.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant new voice brings a brilliant new debut author Ehigbor Okosun’s first book in an action-… read more
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"Fear is a strange master. It makes monsters from the simplest of men."-Ehigbor Okosun, Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)
"Revenge is a poison, Dèmi. Drink it and you can destroy your enemies, but you will die long before you see them take their last breaths."-Ehigbor Okosun, Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)
"My father once told me that truth has many faces, mouths that help us see more clearly. But justice has only one face—a sword for those who warrant it, whether they be the victims of yesterday or the…"-Ehigbor Okosun, Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)
"The first queen spared the life of her brother, reasoning that a good ruler must be willing to die for the people and show mercy when needed. It’s a beautiful story . . . but this is an ugly day. The…"-Ehigbor Okosun, Forged by Blood (The Tainted Blood Duology #1)
29. The Principle of Moments (Order of Legends, #1)
By: Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
3.61
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
Unmissable for fans of the spacefaring found family of Becky Chambers, the alternate London of V. E… read more
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30. The Gods Below (The Hollow Covenant, #1)
By: Andrea Stewart
3.70
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The series is set in a world ravaged by ancient magic, where precious gemstones bestow magical abil… read more
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31. The Scarlet Throne (False Goddess, #1)
By: Amy Leow
4.01
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
A dark, heart-thumping political epic fantasy by debut author Amy Leow—full of scheming demons, mor… read more
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