20 must-read fantasy books like A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3) by Intisar Khanani

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A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

By: Intisar Khanani

4.52

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

I've been cursed, betrayed, and sold into slavery – but the truth I carry can't be allowed to die. …

"Mama looks down at her hands. "I don't know if this will help, my love, but it's the best advice I can give. I've come to believe there are three things a couple needs to make a future together: mutual respect, shared values, and the ability to enjoy each other's company."

-Intisar Khanani, A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

If you liked the fantasy plot in A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3) by Intisar Khanani , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of A Matter of Magic (Mairelon, #1-2) by Patricia C. Wrede

1. A Matter of Magic (Mairelon, #1-2)

By: Patricia C. Wrede

4.01

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

When a stranger offers her a small fortune to break into a traveling magician’s wagon, Kim doesn’t … read more

Similar categories in Patricia C. Wrede's A Matter of Magic (Mairelon, #1-2) book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"You don’t understand,"

-Patricia C. Wrede, A Matter of Magic (Mairelon, #1-2)

"Thank God!" he said, and kissed her. Kissing Mairelon was much nicer than anything she had ever dared to imagine, despite the headache."

-Patricia C. Wrede, A Matter of Magic (Mairelon, #1-2)

"Except you. The revelation was so blindingly sudden the words almost slipped out, and she had to bit her tongue and look away. pg 391, A Matter of Magic"

-Patricia C. Wrede, A Matter of Magic (Mairelon, #1-2)

"Kim was more than a little inclined to snarl at him, but in the past few days she had learned that snarling at Mairelon did little good. He simply smiled and corrected her grammar."

-Patricia C. Wrede, A Matter of Magic (Mairelon, #1-2)

Cover of Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

2. Thornhedge

By: T. Kingfisher

4.00

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Thornhedge book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

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3. Cursed (Gilded, #2)

By: Marissa Meyer

4.01

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

Before the Endless Moon, when the Erlking means to capture one of the seven gods and make a wish to… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Meyer's Cursed (Gilded, #2) book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Here in Gravenstone, there was little comfort, little joy, only her sadness creeping toward her on stealthy toes. A sadness that had begun to manifest in bitterness."

-Marissa Meyer, Cursed (Gilded, #2)

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4. A Crane Among Wolves

By: June Hur

4.03

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

June Hur, bestselling author of The Red Palace, crafts a devastating and pulse-pounding tale that w… read more

Similar categories in June Hur's A Crane Among Wolves book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"What need has the king for a thousand courtesans? I cannot possibly imgaine wanting a thousand husbands." "Because rape - "He flicked an uneasy glance my way, as though afraid to offend my womanly se…"

-June Hur, A Crane Among Wolves

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5. The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy, #1)

By: Chelsea Abdullah

4.01

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hun… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Abdullah's The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy, #1) book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Echo North (Echo North, #1) by Joanna Ruth Meyer

6. Echo North (Echo North, #1)

By: Joanna Ruth Meyer

3.83

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

Echo Alkaev’s safe and carefully structured world falls apart when her father leaves for the city a… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Ruth Meyer's Echo North (Echo North, #1) book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What others see in you reflects upon them not you"

-Joanna Ruth Meyer, Echo North (Echo North, #1)

"I was brave. I was foolish. I went to help him without another thought."

-Joanna Ruth Meyer, Echo North (Echo North, #1)

"Everyone is searching for their true selves. But everyone hides their trues selves from others."

-Joanna Ruth Meyer, Echo North (Echo North, #1)

"There is one magic older than the Wolf Queen's, a magic not even she can defeat." "Love," I say quietly."

-Joanna Ruth Meyer, Echo North (Echo North, #1)

Cover of Rise of the Vicious Princess (Rise of the Vicious Princess, #1) by C.J. Redwine

7. Rise of the Vicious Princess (Rise of the Vicious Princess, #1)

By: C.J. Redwine

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The first in a YA political fantasy duology about a fierce princess determined to bring lasting pea… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Redwine's Rise of the Vicious Princess (Rise of the Vicious Princess, #1) book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I promise you do not want me as your enemy."

-C.J. Redwine, Rise of the Vicious Princess (Rise of the Vicious Princess, #1)

"You'll run, and I'll be the shadow at your back"

-C.J. Redwine, Rise of the Vicious Princess (Rise of the Vicious Princess, #1)

"Be smarter. Strike harder. Never falter, never waver, never break."

-C.J. Redwine, Rise of the Vicious Princess (Rise of the Vicious Princess, #1)

"If you ever disparage my father again, I will kill you myself. And I'll make sure it hurts."

-C.J. Redwine, Rise of the Vicious Princess (Rise of the Vicious Princess, #1)

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

8. 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 Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • 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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9. Never a Hero (Monsters, #2)

By: Vanessa Len

4.06

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

This sequel to the contemporary fantasy Only a Monster will take Joan deeper into the monster world… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Len's Never a Hero (Monsters, #2) book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You were a hero,"

-Vanessa Len, Never a Hero (Monsters, #2)

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

10. 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 Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1) by Nicki Pau Preto

11. Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

By: Nicki Pau Preto

4.21

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Gideon the Ninth meets the Game of Thrones White Walkers in this dark young adult fantasy about a d… read more

Similar categories in Nicki Pau Preto's Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1) book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We go in," Wren said with more confidence than she felt. But that, she had learned, was the way confidence worked."

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

"You thought standing in his shadow was cold while he was alive, but standing in the shadow of his martyrdom is colder, isn't it?"

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

"You thought standing in his shadow was cold while he was alive, but standing in the shadow of his martyrdom is colder, isn’t it?"

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

"He wasn’t disappointed or hurt. He was livid. Let him be. She’d take the rage of the living over the silence of the dead any day."

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

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12. Cruel Illusions

By: Margie Fuston

3.54

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

“The perfect sinisterly magical escape…full of longing, desperation, and betrayal.” —Stephanie Garb… read more

Similar categories in Margie Fuston's Cruel Illusions book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The world still needs a little bit of wonder, I think. I’d like to give it that."

-Margie Fuston, Cruel Illusions

"Fairy tales weren’t made for me. But I can handle real and messy, and I want this."

-Margie Fuston, Cruel Illusions

"Being immortal doesn't let you grow. All it does it let you lose pieces of yourself."

-Margie Fuston, Cruel Illusions

"Being immortal doesn’t let you grow. All it does is let you lose pieces of yourself."

-Margie Fuston, Cruel Illusions

Cover of A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3) by Intisar Khanani

13. A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

By: Intisar Khanani

4.52

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

I've been cursed, betrayed, and sold into slavery – but the truth I carry can't be allowed to die. … read more

Similar categories in Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3) book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • crime
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Mama looks down at her hands. "I don't know if this will help, my love, but it's the best advice I can give. I've come to believe there are three things a couple needs to make a future together: mutu…"

-Intisar Khanani, A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

Cover of Painted Devils (Little Thieves, #2) by Margaret  Owen

14. Painted Devils (Little Thieves, #2)

By: Margaret Owen

4.27

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Let’s get one thing straight—Vanja Schmidt wasn’t trying to start a cult. After taking down a co… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Owen's Painted Devils (Little Thieves, #2) book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Maid and Minstrel by Kate Stradling

15. Maid and Minstrel

By: Kate Stradling

4.27

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

Rosalind always shared her birthday with her father’s horses, but she never expected to share their… read more

Similar categories in Kate Stradling's Maid and Minstrel book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1) by Maiya Ibrahim

16. Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

By: Maiya Ibrahim

3.70

Format: 411 pages, ebook

The first book in an epic fantasy series for fans of Sabaa Tahir, Hafsah Faizal and Elizabeth Lim, … read more

Similar categories in Maiya Ibrahim's Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1) book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The truth is the thorn, not the rose."

-Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

"It is magic, how words can be deadlier than daggers."

-Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

"If you refuse, I will drive this blade through Taha’s heart."

-Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

"Yes, Bright Blade, for light not shared is light that is diminished."

-Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

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17. The Alchemy of Sorrow

By: Sarah Chorn

4.02

Format: 334 pages, ebook

Here be dragons and sorcery, time travel and sorrow. Vicious garden gnomes. A grounded phoenix … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Chorn's The Alchemy of Sorrow book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
Cover of Ghostsmith (House of the Dead, #2) by Nicki Pau Preto

18. Ghostsmith (House of the Dead, #2)

By: Nicki Pau Preto

4.26

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In this action-packed finale to the House of the Dead Duology, Wren and her friends put everything … read more

Similar categories in Nicki Pau Preto's Ghostsmith (House of the Dead, #2) book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil   Cochrane

19. The Story of the Hundred Promises

By: Neil Cochrane

4.13

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A loose retelling of “Beauty and the Beast” that centers queer and trans characters Trans sailor… read more

Similar categories in Neil Cochrane's The Story of the Hundred Promises book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of The Bard's Bargain (The Bard's Bargain Series Book 1) by Vanessa  Green

20. The Bard's Bargain (The Bard's Bargain Series Book 1)

By: Vanessa Green

3.67

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

Every day they traveled further and further from everything she had ever known, and each day she fe… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Green's The Bard's Bargain (The Bard's Bargain Series Book 1) book and Intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3)

  • romance
  • fantasy

18 Best fiction books like A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path, #3) by Intisar Khanani

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Patricia C. Wrede

4.01

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T. Kingfisher

4.00

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Marissa Meyer

4.01

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June Hur

4.03

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S.A. Chakraborty

4.03

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Hannah Kaner

3.90

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T. Kingfisher

4.00

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Travis Baldree

4.20

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