11 Best dark books like Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1) by Mike Shel

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Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

By: Mike Shel

4.17

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

“Closer, mortal. You are here, finally, to feed the Aching God…” The days of adventure are passe…

If you liked the dark plot in Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1) by Mike Shel , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Kings of Paradise (Ash and Sand, #1)

By: Richard Nell

4.19

Format: 608 pages, Kindle Edition

A deformed genius plots vengeance while struggling to survive. A wastrel prince comes of age, findi… read more

Similar categories in Richard Nell's Kings of Paradise (Ash and Sand, #1) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • dark
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Faith is the desire for virtue. The pursuit is worthy of respect, if not the conclusions. Try not to judge those who have been led astray."

-Richard Nell, Kings of Paradise (Ash and Sand, #1)

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2. The Crimson Queen

By: Alec Hutson

4.27

Format: 67 pages,

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Similar categories in Alec Hutson's The Crimson Queen book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • adventure
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy

3. Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1)

By: Michael R. Fletcher

3.40

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Faith shapes the landscape, defines the laws of physics, and makes a mockery of truth. Common knowl… read more

Similar categories in Michael R. Fletcher's Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

4. Orconomics: A Satire (The Dark Profit Saga, #1)

By: J. Zachary Pike

3.88

Format: 588 pages, Paperback

Brimming with swords, sorcery, and wit, Orconomics: A Satire introduces Arth, a world much like our… read more

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5. Between Two Fires

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The only thing I say to God is my daughter's names; and it is not a prayer, it's a rebuke."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"He was being kissed now by his own mouth, not as lovers kiss, with tongues, but as true lovers kiss, sharing breath."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"A dark-haired little boy just in pants stood bewildered near the blaze, saying, as if there had been some mistake, "We live here. We live here."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"But it will be harder for you if you remember. Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death…"

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

6. The Mirror’s Truth (Manifest Delusions, #2)

By: Michael R. Fletcher

3.40

Format: None pages, ebook

This is the Advance Reader Copy edition. The final published edition can be found  Bedeckt defined… read more

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7. Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine, #1)

By: Matthew Woodring Stover

3.44

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

Renowned throughout the land of Ankhana as the Blade of Tyshalle, Caine has killed his share of mon… read more

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8. Priest of Lies (War for the Rose Throne, #2)

By: Peter McLean

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Tomas Piety has been many soldier, priest, gangster...and spy. As Tomas's power grows, the nobilit… read more

Similar categories in Peter McLean's Priest of Lies (War for the Rose Throne, #2) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • dark
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. Priest of Crowns (War for the Rose Throne, #4)

By: Peter McLean

4.32

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

'Praise be to Our Lady of Eternal Sorrows, and blessed be the Ascended Martyr.' Those were the word… read more

Similar categories in Peter McLean's Priest of Crowns (War for the Rose Throne, #4) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • dark
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne, #1)

By: Peter McLean

3.95

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

The war is over, and army priest Tomas Piety heads home with Sergeant Bloody Anne at his side. But … read more

Similar categories in Peter McLean's Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne, #1) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • dark
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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11. We Are the Dead (The Last War, #1)

By: Mike Shackle

4.09

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

The war is over. The enemy won. Now it's time to fight back. For generations, the people of Jia … read more

Similar categories in Mike Shackle's We Are the Dead (The Last War, #1) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • dark
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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12. 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

Similar categories in Michael R. Fletcher's Black Stone Heart (The Obsidian Path, #1) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • dark
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Gunmetal Gods (Gunmetal Gods, #1) by Zamil Akhtar

13. Gunmetal Gods (Gunmetal Gods, #1)

By: Zamil Akhtar

3.96

Format: 475 pages, Kindle Edition

They took his daughter, so Micah comes to take their kingdom. Fifty thousand gun-toting paladins ma… read more

Similar categories in Zamil Akhtar's Gunmetal Gods (Gunmetal Gods, #1) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • dark
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of She Dreams in Blood (The Obsidian Path, #2) by Michael R. Fletcher

14. She Dreams in Blood (The Obsidian Path, #2)

By: Michael R. Fletcher

4.14

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Drawn by the shards of his obsidian heart, Khraen follows the path south. The islands, largely igno… read more

Similar categories in Michael R. Fletcher's She Dreams in Blood (The Obsidian Path, #2) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Son of a Liche (The Dark Profit Saga, #2) by J. Zachary Pike

15. Son of a Liche (The Dark Profit Saga, #2)

By: J. Zachary Pike

4.45

Format: 618 pages, ebook

A doubly disgraced Dwarven hero. A band of accident-prone adventurers. Giving redemption a second s… read more

Similar categories in J. Zachary Pike's Son of a Liche (The Dark Profit Saga, #2) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"How many times has the world ended before? Perhaps we are just toiling among its ashes."

-J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche (The Dark Profit Saga, #2)

"There is not always a light at the end of the tunnel. That is why you must carry a torch."

-J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche (The Dark Profit Saga, #2)

"The exact ratio of irony to matter in the universe is known as Nove’s Constant, and by definition it’s more than you’d expect."

-J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche (The Dark Profit Saga, #2)

"A weak mind is a malleable one. Once it is convinced it has been lied to, it begins to lie to itself. Once persuaded that it is hated, it becomes hateful. Once made to fear violence, it becomes viole…"

-J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche (The Dark Profit Saga, #2)

Cover of The Traitor God (Age of Tyranny, #1) by Cameron Johnston

16. The Traitor God (Age of Tyranny, #1)

By: Cameron Johnston

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A city threatened by unimaginable horrors must trust their most hated outcast, or lose everything, … read more

Similar categories in Cameron Johnston's The Traitor God (Age of Tyranny, #1) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • dark
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1) by Mike Shel

17. Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

By: Mike Shel

4.17

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

“Closer, mortal. You are here, finally, to feed the Aching God…” The days of adventure are passe… read more

Similar categories in Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • adventure
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • dark
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of An End to Sorrow (The Obsidian Path, #3) by Michael R. Fletcher

18. An End to Sorrow (The Obsidian Path, #3)

By: Michael R. Fletcher

4.11

Format: 461 pages, Paperback

THE OBSIDIAN PATH IS IN RUINS Abandoned by his god and chained in the bilge of Iremaire’s war ga… read more

Similar categories in Michael R. Fletcher's An End to Sorrow (The Obsidian Path, #3) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Kings of Heaven (Ash and Sand, #3) by Richard Nell

19. Kings of Heaven (Ash and Sand, #3)

By: Richard Nell

4.52

Format: 411 pages, Kindle Edition

In the final book of the Ash and Sand trilogy, Ruka, son of Beyla, faces the emperor of the world, … read more

Similar categories in Richard Nell's Kings of Heaven (Ash and Sand, #3) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Kings of Ash (Ash and Sand, #2) by Richard Nell

20. Kings of Ash (Ash and Sand, #2)

By: Richard Nell

4.40

Format: 665 pages, Kindle Edition

Release date: January 17, 2019. The much anticipated continuation of the Ash and Sand trilogy... F… read more

Similar categories in Richard Nell's Kings of Ash (Ash and Sand, #2) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • dark
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0) by Christopher Buehlman

21. The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Enter the fray in this luminous new adventure from Christopher Buehlman, set during the war-torn, g… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Buehlman's The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0) book and Mike Shel's Aching God (Iconoclasts, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • dark
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"To be loved by a man is to be issued a decree as written in advance and as presented to others. To receive a woman's love is to have a very personal letter written on one's body."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

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