20 Top fiction books like The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2) by C.M. Waggoner

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The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

By: C.M. Waggoner

3.75

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

A charming historical fantasy with a tender love story at its core, from the author of Unnatural Ma…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2) by C.M. Waggoner , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Water Logic (Elemental Logic, #3)

By: Laurie J. Marks

4.17

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

By water logic, a cow doctor becomes a politician. A soldier becomes a flower farmer. A lost book c… read more

Similar categories in Laurie J. Marks's Water Logic (Elemental Logic, #3) book and C.M. Waggoner's The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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 C.M. Waggoner's The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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. Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1)

By: Rebecca Thorne

3.82

Format: 388 pages, ebook

All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on eve… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Thorne's Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1) book and C.M. Waggoner's The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) by Travis Baldree

4. 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 The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • 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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5. Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.16

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It’s not the start of a joke, but… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1) book and C.M. Waggoner's The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"There are few things in life as steadying as someone you have to be brave for."

-T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)

"Are you sure you wouldn't like some nice murderers instead?" he asked plaintively. "Quite sure, thanks"

-T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)

"If I'd given him too much, he'd know something was afoot. Too much money is as dangerous as too little; it means you want it too bad."

-T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)

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6. 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 The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical 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)

Cover of A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2) by Freya Marske

7. 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 The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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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8. 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 The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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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9. 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 The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • historical
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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)

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

10. 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 The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • 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)

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

11. 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 The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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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12. Even Though I Knew the End

By: C.L. Polk

3.85

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's Even Though I Knew the End book and C.M. Waggoner's The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world."

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

"Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got…"

-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End

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13. 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 The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • historical
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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)

Cover of Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) by Travis Baldree

14. Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)

By: Travis Baldree

4.12

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.The battl… read more

Similar categories in Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) book and C.M. Waggoner's The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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15. The Wonder Engine (Clocktaur War, #2)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.22

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

Pull three people out of prison--a disgraced paladin, a convicted forger, and a heartless assassin.… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's The Wonder Engine (Clocktaur War, #2) book and C.M. Waggoner's The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"It could,"

-T. Kingfisher, The Wonder Engine (Clocktaur War, #2)

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16. Mortal Follies

By: Alexis Hall

3.43

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A young noblewoman must pair up with a rumoured witch to ward off a curse. It is the year 1814 a… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Mortal Follies book and C.M. Waggoner's The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I’ve half a mind to seek her out right now and tell her to corrupt my daughter immediately"

-Alexis Hall, Mortal Follies

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17. The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

By: C.M. Waggoner

3.75

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

A charming historical fantasy with a tender love story at its core, from the author of Unnatural Ma… read more

Similar categories in C.M. Waggoner's The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2) book and C.M. Waggoner's The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • magic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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18. 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 The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • magic
  • fiction
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19. Monstrum

By: Lottie Mills

4.42

Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition

By turns chilling and tender, darkly atmospheric and beautifully crafted, the stories that make up … read more

Similar categories in Lottie Mills's Monstrum book and C.M. Waggoner's The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence (Lucky Lovers of London, #3) by Jess Everlee

20. A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence (Lucky Lovers of London, #3)

By: Jess Everlee

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Love can make even the most buttoned-up bluestocking come undone… London, 1885 A lesbian in a… read more

Similar categories in Jess Everlee's A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence (Lucky Lovers of London, #3) book and C.M. Waggoner's The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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21. Black Sails to Sunward

By: Sheila Jenné

3.96

Format: None pages, None

In a world of frock coats, solar sails, and rigid class boundaries, Lucy joins the Martian Imperial… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Jenné's Black Sails to Sunward book and C.M. Waggoner's The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2)

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer

19 best-selling adult books like The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry (Unnatural Magic, #2) by C.M. Waggoner

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Laurie J. Marks

4.17

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T. Kingfisher

4.00

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Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1)

Rebecca Thorne

3.82

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