5 must-read historical books like The Waking of Angantyr by Marie Brennan

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The Waking of Angantyr

By: Marie Brennan

4.04

Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of A Natural History of Dragons comes a thrilling epic fantasy of treac…

If you liked the historical plot in The Waking of Angantyr by Marie Brennan , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo

1. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

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2. 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

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12) book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)

By: James Logan

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Lukan Gardova is a cardsharp, academy dropout, and―thanks to a duel that ended badly―the disgraced … read more

Similar categories in James Logan's The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1) book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Cztery żywioły magii by Aneta Jadowska

4. Cztery żywioły magii

By: Aneta Jadowska

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Cztery żywioły. Cztery magiczne opowieści. Cztery fantastyczne autorki i ich nieposkromiona wyobr… read more

Similar categories in Aneta Jadowska's Cztery żywioły magii book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Necrovet. Radiografia bytów nadprzyrodzonych (Necrovet, #3) by Joanna W. Gajzler

5. Necrovet. Radiografia bytów nadprzyrodzonych (Necrovet, #3)

By: Joanna W. Gajzler

3.60

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Florka wraz z zespołem magicznego gabinetu weterynaryjnego powraca i musi stawić czoła nowym niecod… read more

Similar categories in Joanna W. Gajzler's Necrovet. Radiografia bytów nadprzyrodzonych (Necrovet, #3) book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1) by Django Wexler

6. 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 Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Relight My Fire (Stranger Times, #4) by C.K. McDonnell

7. Relight My Fire (Stranger Times, #4)

By: C.K. McDonnell

4.48

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

Some comebacks can be murder . . . Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she… read more

Similar categories in C.K. McDonnell's Relight My Fire (Stranger Times, #4) book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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)

Cover of Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2) by Hannah Kaner

9. Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

By: Hannah Kaner

3.94

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Return to the world of Godkiller in this thrilling sequel to the #1 internationally bestselling fan… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Kaner's Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2) book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Some things are done out of love."

-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

"Knowledge can bring pain in place of ignorance, terror in place of hope' - Telle"

-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

"Some truths are too bright to look at directly, that is why they couch them in paper.' - Scian"

-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

"If we commit to violence, when will it stop?’ ‘If we do not,’ countered Elo, ‘will anything change?’ - Elogast"

-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

Cover of The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2) by Megan E. O'Keefe

10. The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.21

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the D… read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2) book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"A woman in possession of a bomb is in want of a reason to use it." "Oh god help us, she's been reading old shit again." Kuma said. "Hanging up now," Naira said. "Tell me if anything blows up that's n…"

-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2)

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11. Phaedra

By: Laura Shepperson

3.32

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Debut novelist Laura Shepperson offers a powerful feminist retelling of Phaedra and her unyielding … read more

Similar categories in Laura Shepperson's Phaedra book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3) by M.A. Carrick

12. Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3)

By: M.A. Carrick

4.28

Format: 688 pages, ebook

“Lush, engrossing and full of mystery and dark magic" ( BookPage ), Labyrinth's Heart is the thrill… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Carrick's Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3) book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Dragon Rider (The Soulbound Saga, #1) by Taran Matharu

13. Dragon Rider (The Soulbound Saga, #1)

By: Taran Matharu

3.90

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

Author Taran Matharu’s debut adult fantasy series introduces a world of magic, warriors, and dragon… read more

Similar categories in Taran Matharu's Dragon Rider (The Soulbound Saga, #1) book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Shards of Glass (Lessons of the Academia, #1; Chronicles of Elantra, #17.5) by Michelle Sagara

14. Shards of Glass (Lessons of the Academia, #1; Chronicles of Elantra, #17.5)

By: Michelle Sagara

4.32

Format: 504 pages, Paperback

The Academia, once an elite proving ground for the rulers of the world, has been frozen for centuri… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Sagara's Shards of Glass (Lessons of the Academia, #1; Chronicles of Elantra, #17.5) book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Waking of Angantyr by Marie Brennan

15. The Waking of Angantyr

By: Marie Brennan

4.04

Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of A Natural History of Dragons comes a thrilling epic fantasy of treac… read more

Similar categories in Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Witchwood Knot (Victorian Faerie Tales, #1) by Olivia Atwater

16. 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 Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal

17. The Burial Plot

By: Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan

18. Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

By: Sarah Rees Brennan

3.96

Format: 435 pages, Paperback

A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN… When her whole life collapsed, Rae still… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Rees Brennan's Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1) book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Is my mother right?"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"I love you as a knife loves a throat,"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"An anti-hero was just a villain with good PR"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"Key shrugged. “If you ask me, she’s too good for him."

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

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19. 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 Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) by Lois McMaster Bujold

20. Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.62

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

When Rozakajin, road-weary bandit and army deserter, spots a hapless blond young man in a country i… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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21. Sleep Like Death

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron returns to fairytales with a l… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's Sleep Like Death book and Marie Brennan's The Waking of Angantyr

  • fantasy
  • fiction

20 must-read fiction books like The Waking of Angantyr by Marie Brennan

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The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

Nghi Vo

4.17

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Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12)

Lois McMaster Bujold

4.53

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The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)

James Logan

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Necrovet. Radiografia bytów nadprzyrodzonych (Necrovet, #3)

Joanna W. Gajzler

3.60

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Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

S.T. Gibson

3.66

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The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread, #1)

Sophie Kim

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Sky on Fire

Jenn Lyons

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

Sarah Rees Brennan

3.96

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