28 must-read fantasy books like Ship of Smoke and Steel (The Wells of Sorcery, #1) by Django Wexler

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Ship of Smoke and Steel (The Wells of Sorcery, #1)

By: Django Wexler

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In the lower wards of Kahnzoka, the great port city of the Blessed Empire, eighteen-year-old ward b…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Ship of Smoke and Steel (The Wells of Sorcery, #1) by Django Wexler , here is a list of 28 books like this:

Cover of City of Lies (Poison Wars, #1) by Sam Hawke

1. City of Lies (Poison Wars, #1)

By: Sam Hawke

4.04

Format: 202 pages,

This amazing epic fantasy debut is perfect for fans of Robin Hobb and Naomi Novik. I was seven year… read more

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  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1) by David  Wong

2. John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

By: David Wong

3.88

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

STOP. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. NO, don't put it down. It's too … read more

Similar categories in David Wong's John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1) book and Django Wexler's Ship of Smoke and Steel (The Wells of Sorcery, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"When a man plans, a woman laughs."

-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

"John, let me make one thing clear,"

-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

"My melon soul Crushed by your Gallagher of apathy"

-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

"No. We talked about this. I’m going home to eat a pie."

-David Wong, John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)

3. The One Who Eats Monsters (Wind and Shadow Book 1)

By: None

3.87

Format: 291 pages,

Long ago, before history broke in half, elder gods exiled the vengeful deity Erynis to a far corner… read more

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4. An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors

By: Curtis Craddock

3.19

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A delightful and engrossing fantasy debut featuring a brilliant heroine and her singular guardian, … read more

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5. Fire Logic (Elemental Logic, #1)

By: Laurie J. Marks

2.86

Format: 442 pages, Paperback

Earth * Air * Water * Fire These elements have sustained the peaceful people of Shaftal for generat… read more

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6. This Gilded Abyss

By: Rebecca Thorne

4.23

Format: None pages, ebook

Sergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier. She’s also desperate to leave her haunted past deep in th… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1) by K.J. Parker

7. Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

By: K.J. Parker

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

There’s no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"The men of Sirupat weren't fighters because they didn't want to be, and in my book there's no higher praise than that--and that's the main reason, when you come to think of it, why women are so infin…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

"Where you always go wrong is trying to persuade people with facts and arguments. It's why you can only write comedy. What gets people going is stuff that doesn't mean shit but sounds great. Blood, to…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

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8. The Warden (The Warden, #1)

By: Daniel M. Ford

3.83

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

A Most Anticipated Book of the Year for GoodReads and FanfiAddict A Best Science Fiction & Fantasy… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) by Bethany Jacobs

9. 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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  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path, #1) by Michael R. Fletcher

10. Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path, #1)

By: Michael R. Fletcher

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

A broken man, Khraen awakens alone and lost. His stone heart has been shattered, littered across th… read more

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  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
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11. The Winter Duke

By: Claire Eliza Bartlett

3.52

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An enchanted tale of intrigue where a duke's daughter is the only survivor of a magical curse. W… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Sometimes you must be brutal and unforgiving even to people you once considered friends"

-Claire Eliza Bartlett, The Winter Duke

Cover of Ship of Smoke and Steel (The Wells of Sorcery, #1) by Django Wexler

12. Ship of Smoke and Steel (The Wells of Sorcery, #1)

By: Django Wexler

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In the lower wards of Kahnzoka, the great port city of the Blessed Empire, eighteen-year-old ward b… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • pirates
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Feast Makers (The Scapegracers, #3) by H.A. Clarke

13. The Feast Makers (The Scapegracers, #3)

By: H.A. Clarke

4.39

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The Craft for Gen The Feast Makers , indie bestselling author H. A. Clarke crafts an action-packed… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3) by Seanan McGuire

14. Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.07

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Every night, a Moon shines down on the Impossible City… New York Times bestselling author Seanan M… read more

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  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
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15. Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

4.05

Format: 493 pages, Kindle Edition

As a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant new novel from t… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"they were 'the Muses' bringing brilliance down from upon high"

-Robert Jackson Bennett, Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

"they were "the Muses," brining brilliance down from upon high"

-Robert Jackson Bennett, Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

"Not all revolutions mean burning down a damned city. I am no historian, but ... it seems likely those are far from the norm..."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

"If things go poorly, tell her to wait for us. If things go really, quite very poorly, get on a ship and go and do not look back."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)

Cover of Daughter of the Bone Forest (Witch Hall, #1) by Jasmine  Skye

16. Daughter of the Bone Forest (Witch Hall, #1)

By: Jasmine Skye

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Two girls reluctantly bound by fate must weather a dangerous courtship as a prophesied war grows ev… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1) by C.L. Clark

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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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"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)

Cover of The Unspoken Name (The Serpent Gates, #1) by A.K. Larkwood

18. The Unspoken Name (The Serpent Gates, #1)

By: A.K. Larkwood

3.73

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

What if you knew how and when you will die? Csorwe does. She will climb the mountain, enter the … read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Much is lost, but much lasts. . ."

-A.K. Larkwood, The Unspoken Name (The Serpent Gates, #1)

"She told him the plan. It was loud and dumb and very likely to hurt, so, of course, he agreed."

-A.K. Larkwood, The Unspoken Name (The Serpent Gates, #1)

Cover of Blood Rituals (Cait Reagan #1) by Aoibh Wood

19. Blood Rituals (Cait Reagan #1)

By: Aoibh Wood

4.13

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Boston Homicide Detective, Caitlin Reagan, walks a razor's edge, propping up her life on emotional … read more

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  • romance
  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
Cover of Seven Blades in Black (The Grave of Empires, #1) by Sam Sykes

20. Seven Blades in Black (The Grave of Empires, #1)

By: Sam Sykes

3.99

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

Sam Sykes returns with a new fantasy that introduces to an unforgettable outcast magician caught be… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"People were noisome, demanding, judgmental. Books gave everything and asked nothing more than to be taken care of."

-Sam Sykes, Seven Blades in Black (The Grave of Empires, #1)

"People are wounds. They cut and they hurt and they bleed. Some hurt for a little while and go away. Some don’t stop hurting until you make them."

-Sam Sykes, Seven Blades in Black (The Grave of Empires, #1)

"Now, it’s certainly not true for *every* woman, but the ones I have had the good fortune to know in my life have all followed this rule. If you need a favor, you bring her flowers. If you need her fo…"

-Sam Sykes, Seven Blades in Black (The Grave of Empires, #1)

"Feathers glittering the color of amethyst against the dying light of the day, long tails trailing in the breeze like kites, wings shimmering with every beat. They looked so oblivious to their majesty…"

-Sam Sykes, Seven Blades in Black (The Grave of Empires, #1)

Cover of The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade, #1) by Charlotte Bond

21. The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade, #1)

By: Charlotte Bond

3.78

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Kill the dragon. Find the blade. Reclaim her honor. It’s that, or end up like countless knights … read more

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  • lgbt
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Faithless (Magic of the Lost, #2) by C.L. Clark

22. 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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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Cursed Rose by Leslie Vedder

23. The Cursed Rose

By: Leslie Vedder

4.15

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

The fate of a cursed kingdom rests on ancient secrets, broken promises, and fierce friendships in t… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier, #1) by Hana  Lee

24. Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier, #1)

By: Hana Lee

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An electrifying, gritty fantasy from debut author Hana Lee that takes a royal messenger on a high-s… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Mistress of Lies (The Age of Blood, #1) by K.M.  Enright

25. Mistress of Lies (The Age of Blood, #1)

By: K.M. Enright

3.66

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

FATE IS A CRUEL MISTRESS The daughter of a powerful but disgraced Blood Worker, Shan LeClaire ha… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

26. 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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  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of Soldier of Dorsa (The Chronicles of Dorsa, #2) by Eliza Andrews

27. Soldier of Dorsa (The Chronicles of Dorsa, #2)

By: Eliza Andrews

4.29

Format: 586 pages, Kindle Edition

A war is brewing in the Empire. Not the War in the East — that is a war everyone already knows a… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Girls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke Robson

28. Girls at the Edge of the World

By: Laura Brooke Robson

3.95

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in a world on the edge of an apocryphal flood, this heart-stoppingly romantic fantasy debut is … read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Three Axes to Fall (The Grave of Empires, #3) by Sam Sykes

29. Three Axes to Fall (The Grave of Empires, #3)

By: Sam Sykes

4.14

Format: 738 pages, Kindle Edition

A deal struck in a dark place set an outlaw mage on the path to revenge. And now that it’s led to p… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You can't avoid conflict. You can only face it when it comes."

-Sam Sykes, Three Axes to Fall (The Grave of Empires, #3)

Cover of Ten Arrows of Iron (The Grave of Empires, #2) by Sam Sykes

30. Ten Arrows of Iron (The Grave of Empires, #2)

By: Sam Sykes

4.14

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

The second novel in an epic fantasy trilogy that follows an unforgettable outcast mage caught betwe… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"NononononoNONONONONONONONO-"

-Sam Sykes, Ten Arrows of Iron (The Grave of Empires, #2)

"The first lie we're ever told is that we're better than beasts."

-Sam Sykes, Ten Arrows of Iron (The Grave of Empires, #2)

"There was something comforting in knowing that even the very strong could be stupid."

-Sam Sykes, Ten Arrows of Iron (The Grave of Empires, #2)

"Love dies the same way everything dies. Quietly. Softly. With no one bothering to try to save it."

-Sam Sykes, Ten Arrows of Iron (The Grave of Empires, #2)

Cover of Chilling Reflections (Villains' Code Book 3) by Drew  Hayes

31. Chilling Reflections (Villains' Code Book 3)

By: Drew Hayes

4.78

Format: 1139 pages, Kindle Edition

With her new product line launched and an updated version of her suit to test, Tori Rivas is ready … read more

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  • fantasy

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