18 must-read fiction books like The Laran Gambit (Darkover) by Marion Zimmer Bradley

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The Laran Gambit (Darkover)

By: Marion Zimmer Bradley

4.28

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

When a power-mad tyrant turns to mind-control technology to silence the opposition, a diplomat’s da…

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1. Exile's Honor (Alberich's Tale, #1)

By: Mercedes Lackey

4.23

Format: 431 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Alberich had spent most of his youth in the Karsite military schools training to be an officer. As … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"There’s a saying in Hardorn,"

-Mercedes Lackey, Exile's Honor (Alberich's Tale, #1)

"Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace. "

-Mercedes Lackey, Exile's Honor (Alberich's Tale, #1)

"Genius will only take you to 'good.' Practice will take you to 'Master."

-Mercedes Lackey, Exile's Honor (Alberich's Tale, #1)

"Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary, or a lie was necessary to save others. Never manipulating t…"

-Mercedes Lackey, Exile's Honor (Alberich's Tale, #1)

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2. Intrigues (Valdemar: Collegium Chronicles, #2)

By: Mercedes Lackey

4.02

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

"Spellbinding storyteller" ( Rave Reviews ) Mercedes Lackey continues her epic Valdemar series. Ma… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information."

-Mercedes Lackey, Intrigues (Valdemar: Collegium Chronicles, #2)

"We're none of us quite so sure of our place in the world that we can't be rocked off our feet by bad times. It's the getting back up again that counts. Not that you fall, but getting back up again co…"

-Mercedes Lackey, Intrigues (Valdemar: Collegium Chronicles, #2)

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3. Owlsight (Owl Mage Trilogy, #2)

By: Mercedes Lackey , Larry Dixon

4.04

Format: 450 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It has been four years since Darian saw his village sacked and burned by barbarians. Taking refuge … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I'm so bad with people I can't even win an argument with myself."

-Mercedes Lackey, Owlsight (Owl Mage Trilogy, #2)

"Anyone who thought this would be a weak point in the manor's defenses would have a rude surprise, shortly before coming down with a serious case of death."

-Mercedes Lackey, Owlsight (Owl Mage Trilogy, #2)

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4. Winds of Fate (Valdemar: Mage Winds #1)

By: Mercedes Lackey

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lackey, who has enchanted readers since the publication of her first novel, Arrows of the Queen in … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. The Children of Kings (Darkover, #28)

By: Marion Zimmer Bradley , Deborah J. Ross

4.21

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Novel of Darkover(r) Millennia ago, the planet Darkover, a cold world orbiting a giant red sun, w… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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6. Owlflight (Owl Mage Trilogy, #1)

By: Mercedes Lackey , Larry Dixon

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

Apprenticed to a venerable wizard when his hunter and trapper parents disappear into the forest nev… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. Exile's Valor (Heralds of Valdemar, #7)

By: Mercedes Lackey

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

This stand-alone novel in the Valdemarseries continues the story of prickly weapons-master Alberich… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. Owlknight (Owl Mage Trilogy, #3)

By: Mercedes Lackey , Larry Dixon

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

From fantasy legends Mercedes Lackeyand Larry Dixoncomes the third and final volume in a powerful s… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction

9. Hastur Lord (Darkover, #23)

By: Marion Zimmer Bradley , Deborah J. Ross

3.66

Format: 32 pages,

A never-before-published fantasy novel set in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkoveruniverse. The world … read more

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10. Beyond (The Founding of Valdemar, #1)

By: Mercedes Lackey

4.35

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

The long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this new series from a New York Times bestse… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"You and I, friend Less-el-lee,"

-Mercedes Lackey, Beyond (The Founding of Valdemar, #1)

"Humans given no incentive to do more . . . generally will not."

-Mercedes Lackey, Beyond (The Founding of Valdemar, #1)

"Good bed, deep sleep, big breakfast, and one could outpace anything except a Night Person. Their ways were mysterious and full of cats."

-Mercedes Lackey, Beyond (The Founding of Valdemar, #1)

"Do what you can, do everything that you can, do it to the best of your ability, and leave the rest to fate. Or the gods. Or random luck. Your choice."

-Mercedes Lackey, Beyond (The Founding of Valdemar, #1)

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11. Valdemar (The Founding of Valdemar #3)

By: Mercedes Lackey

4.44

Format: 484 pages, Kindle Edition

The long-awaited story of the founding of Valdemar comes to life in this 3rd book of a trilogy from… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"....knowing that losing a beloved pet was just as hard as losing a member of your family. Maybe harder, because everything with a pet was wordless. You never really knew if they understood what you m…"

-Mercedes Lackey, Valdemar (The Founding of Valdemar #3)

"We care deeply for the creatures that depend on us, expecting nothing, really, and getting so very much from them. Loving them takes courage, because love requires daring. Daring to risk the pain of …"

-Mercedes Lackey, Valdemar (The Founding of Valdemar #3)

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12. Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.53

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

A six-year-old shiplost girl draws the kin Jurald family of Vilnoc into complex dilemmas, and sorce… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. Gryphon in Light (Kelvren's Saga, #1)

By: Mercedes Lackey

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Set in the beloved and New York Times world of Valdemar, this first book in a new trilogy returns t… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Suck on that, doubters."

-Mercedes Lackey, Gryphon in Light (Kelvren's Saga, #1)

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14. Into the West (The Founding of Valdemar, #2)

By: Mercedes Lackey

4.32

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this second book in the new series from a Ne… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"a very complicated board game that used miniatures, stacks of books, and strange dice,"

-Mercedes Lackey, Into the West (The Founding of Valdemar, #2)

"The malignancy of divisiveness, given the chance to creep deeper, would rot us. You need to truly consider that your neighbor's beliefs are as valid as yours and not disparage or impair those beliefs."

-Mercedes Lackey, Into the West (The Founding of Valdemar, #2)

"An infatuation that runs deep enough can render somebody useless, and make everyone around them miserable. I am not sure you realized that with you there to think about, she wasn’t thinking about muc…"

-Mercedes Lackey, Into the West (The Founding of Valdemar, #2)

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15. The Laran Gambit (Darkover)

By: Marion Zimmer Bradley

4.28

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

When a power-mad tyrant turns to mind-control technology to silence the opposition, a diplomat’s da… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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16. Anything With Nothing (Tales of Valdemar #17)

By: Mercedes Lackey

4.31

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

This 17th anthology of short stories set in the beloved Valdemar high fantasy universe features tal… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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17. Crossroads of Darkover

By: Deborah J. Ross

4.13

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Darkover’s position on the galactic arm renders it strategically important, a crossroads in space. … read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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18. Jewels of Darkover

By: Deborah J. Ross

4.42

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

For more than six decades, readers have fallen in love with Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover, a “Lo… read more

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19. Citadels of Darkover

By: Deborah J. Ross

4.26

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

Strongholds of rock . . . fortresses of the spirit . . . a planet set apart . . . A castle high in … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Spy, Spy Again (Valdemar: Family Spies, #3) by Mercedes Lackey

20. Spy, Spy Again (Valdemar: Family Spies, #3)

By: Mercedes Lackey

4.35

Format: 352 pages, ebook

In this third novel of the Family Spies series, set in the bestselling world of Valdemar, Heralds M… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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21. Eye Spy (Valdemar: Family Spies, #2)

By: Mercedes Lackey

4.17

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

In this second installment of the Family Spies series, set in the bestselling world of Valdemar, th… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction

19 Best fantasy books like The Laran Gambit (Darkover) by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Transform Your Habits

Exile's Honor (Alberich's Tale, #1)

Mercedes Lackey

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Intrigues (Valdemar: Collegium Chronicles, #2)

Mercedes Lackey

4.02

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Owlsight (Owl Mage Trilogy, #2)

Mercedes Lackey , Larry Dixon

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Winds of Fate (Valdemar: Mage Winds #1)

Mercedes Lackey

4.00

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17 best-selling fiction books like Anything With Nothing (Tales of Valdemar #17) by Mercedes Lackey

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Three Kinds of Lucky (The Shadow Age, #1)

Kim Harrison

3.92

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Rift in the Soul (Soulwood, #6)

Faith Hunter

4.62

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Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12)

Lois McMaster Bujold

4.53

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Defiance (Foreigner #22)

C.J. Cherryh

4.36

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