21 must-read fantasy books like Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1) by C.M. Waggoner

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Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

By: C.M. Waggoner

3.83

Format: 388 pages, Paperback

Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. Bu…

"Prettiness is lent to you by youth; attractiveness is purchased with experience."

-C.M. Waggoner, Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

"Prettiness is lent to you by youth; attractiveness is purchased with experience."

-C.M. Waggoner, Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

If you liked the fantasy plot in Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1) by C.M. Waggoner , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. 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 C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • 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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2. Illuminations

By: T. Kingfisher

4.07

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Rosa Mandolini knows in her heart that her family are the greatest painters of magical illumination… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Illuminations book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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3. 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 C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

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

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

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4. A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

By: Freya Marske

4.29

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

A Power Unbound is the final entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, t… read more

Similar categories in Freya Marske's A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Ross said, “Ask me if I’ve been paid for it."

-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

"Now it was Maud's turn to laugh. She gave Jack an affectionate look from her position on the floor. Intolerable. Jack was never going to rid himself of any of these people."

-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

"I would write you into immortality. I would trap you in ink and wear the pages next to my skin until they fell apart. Kiss me until I know you. Kiss me until you know me, unmake me, and love me anywa…"

-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

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5. A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

By: Freya Marske

3.91

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

Magic! Murder! Shipboard romance! Maud Blyth has always longed for adventure. She expected plent… read more

Similar categories in Freya Marske's A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Hawthorn waved that aside. “My sister…"

-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

"She hadn't anticipated Maud Blyth. She didn't know how anyone ever could."

-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

"Maud, darling," she said, very soft. "You're worth more than this quest. I've told you that all along."

-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

"The head of security for the Lyric had a sturdy figure and a kind face with a reddish moustache that was doing its best to engulf his upper lip, as though he'd inherited it from a larger relative and…"

-Freya Marske, A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)

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6. Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.32

Format: 446 pages, ebook

Marguerite Florian is a spy with two problems. A former employer wants her dead, and one of her new… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"They say the gods never give us more than we can handle, but let's just say that the gods had an overinflated sense of my abilities."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"It's the thought that counts," said Marguerite. "Not with the explosives, it isn't," said Ashes, and on that point, Marguerite had to agree."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"The whole world is made of words," said Marguerite irritably. "Treaties and contracts and secrets and laws are nothing but words, but everything runs on them. Of course they've got power."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

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7. 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 C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • romance
  • 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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8. Swordheart

By: T. Kingfisher

4.15

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate… and, unfortunately, his… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Swordheart book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Your god. Why a rat?"

-T. Kingfisher, Swordheart

"Zale steepled their fingers. “Do you want to talk about that?"

-T. Kingfisher, Swordheart

"Sarkis turned around and began to beat his forehead very gently against the wall. “The great god is punishing me,"

-T. Kingfisher, Swordheart

"The miller back home was like that,' she said. 'He had a little bit of power and he lorded it over everyone. Although there's less damage you can do with a mill than with a religious order."

-T. Kingfisher, Swordheart

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9. Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel, #3)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.23

Format: 300 pages, ebook

Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the c… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel, #3) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"If you have any enemies I'll kill them and you can dissect them. Would you like that?"

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel, #3)

"Once a thing is made, it exists in the mind of the world. The next one is easier to make, and the next one after that. ... "The first takes a twisted genius. The hundredth can be done by any blacksmi…"

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel, #3)

"The one advantage police had over paladins was that guards had no problem believing that someone would randomly shove pointy logs into other people. Paladins generally took a little longer to get the…"

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel, #3)

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10. Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.23

Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition

He’s a paladin of a dead god, tracking a supernatural killer across a continent. She’s a nun from a… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I somehow thought you had experience with stealth missions."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2)

"Saints teeth, everyone gets younger every year I think. Except me."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2)

"The larger part of power was understanding the power you had over others, even if you would rather not have had that much power in the first place."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2)

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11. 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 C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • romance
  • 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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12. How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1)

By: Django Wexler

3.77

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Groundhog Day meets Guardians of the Galaxy in Django Wexler’s laugh-out-loud fantasy tale about a … read more

Similar categories in Django Wexler's How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Paladin’s Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.12

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year… Three years later, Stephen is a broken paladi… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Paladin’s Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I fear that I am not the best possible person for this, but I am the best possible person available at this time, which is much the same thing."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin’s Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)

"There was something about poverty that was a little like war. Either you had been there or you hadn't, and it wasn't really possible to explain it to anyone who hadn't."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin’s Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)

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14. The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

By: Josiah Bancroft

3.82

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

The first book in a wildly inventive and mesmerizing new fantasy series from acclaimed author Josia… read more

Similar categories in Josiah Bancroft's The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Do not neglect to live your life. No cause, no matter how noble, will ever love you."

-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

"Administrators are oblivious and generally get in the way; effective employees learn to work around them. That's how it always is."

-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

"I read in the paper yesterday that astronomers believe there are planets out there that don't ride on a rail around a star like our rock does. They call them nomads. These nomads are up there wanderi…"

-Josiah Bancroft, The Hexologists (The Hexologists, #1)

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15. Bee Sting Cake (Greenwing & Dart, #2)

By: Victoria Goddard

4.39

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Magic is out of fashion. Gambling is merely illegal. Neither law nor common sense has ever stopped … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Goddard's Bee Sting Cake (Greenwing & Dart, #2) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
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16. Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

By: C.M. Waggoner

3.83

Format: 388 pages, Paperback

Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. Bu… read more

Similar categories in C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Prettiness is lent to you by youth; attractiveness is purchased with experience."

-C.M. Waggoner, Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

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17. Longshadow (Regency Faerie Tales, #3)

By: Olivia Atwater

3.93

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

Proper Regency ladies are not supposed to become magicians – but Miss Abigail Wilder is far from pr… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Atwater's Longshadow (Regency Faerie Tales, #3) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Abigail shook her head. "Carin' what happens to someone doesn't make it all right to make decisions for 'em," she said. "Sometimes we choose our pain because it's for somethin' we believe in. If no o…"

-Olivia Atwater, Longshadow (Regency Faerie Tales, #3)

"Mercy looked down at her hands in surprise... 'I'm not a woman. Or even a man, really. I guess I'm actually nothin' at all.' Abigail smiled slowly. 'I beg to differ Mercy Midnight,' she said. 'I comm…"

-Olivia Atwater, Longshadow (Regency Faerie Tales, #3)

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18. The Witchwood Knot (Victorian Faerie Tales, #1)

By: Olivia Atwater

4.16

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Olivia Atwater returns to the world of Half a Soul. Dive into The Witchwood Knot, and enjoy a dark … read more

Similar categories in Olivia Atwater's The Witchwood Knot (Victorian Faerie Tales, #1) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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19. Beasts and Baking (The Weary Dragon Inn, #4)

By: S. Usher Evans

4.24

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

Spring is on the horizon, and the Weary Dragon Inn is getting its annual deep clean. But before Bev… read more

Similar categories in S. Usher Evans's Beasts and Baking (The Weary Dragon Inn, #4) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • mystery
  • magic
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. Secrets and Snowflakes (The Weary Dragon Inn, #3)

By: S. Usher Evans

4.09

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

The Witzel Winter Solstice Party is the highlight of an otherwise quiet winter season in Pigsend. B… read more

Similar categories in S. Usher Evans's Secrets and Snowflakes (The Weary Dragon Inn, #3) book and C.M. Waggoner's Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

20 Best fiction books like Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1) by C.M. Waggoner

Transform Your Habits

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Illuminations

T. Kingfisher

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

Travis Baldree

4.20

Transform Your Habits

A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)

Freya Marske

4.29

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Penric and the Shaman (Penric and Desdemona, #2)

Lois McMaster Bujold

3.50

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Mira’s Last Dance (Penric and Desdemona, #4)

Lois McMaster Bujold

4.23

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Penric’s Mission (Penric and Desdemona, #3)

Lois McMaster Bujold

4.33

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