26 Best fantasy books like The Mountain of Iron (Black Dogs, #2) by Ursula Vernon

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The Mountain of Iron (Black Dogs, #2)

By: Ursula Vernon

4.29

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

Black Dogs: The Mountain of Iron is the second of two volumes chronicling the adventures of young L…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Mountain of Iron (Black Dogs, #2) by Ursula Vernon , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. Bryony and Roses

By: T. Kingfisher

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim hi… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Oh dear God, no, stop!" Fumblefoot gave her a reproachful look. Stop what? I have broken into an enchanted manor house and my pony has crapped on the floor. Oh God. -Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher"

-T. Kingfisher, Bryony and Roses

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2. Chalice

By: Robin McKinley

3.83

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

As the newly appointed Chalice, Mirasol is the most important member of the Master’s Circle. It is … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Swords. That is no faenorn ; that is slaughter."

-Robin McKinley, Chalice

"Despair was a private weakness she could not afford to indulge."

-Robin McKinley, Chalice

"Water— plain water from the Ladywell— and a spoonful of honey, Master."

-Robin McKinley, Chalice

"She thought, I need no cup. I am Chalice. I am filling with the grief and hurt and fear of my demesne; the shattered earthlines weigh me down; I am brimming with the needs of my people."

-Robin McKinley, Chalice

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3. Jackalope Wives And Other Stories

By: T. Kingfisher

3.67

Format: 230 pages,

Winner of the Nebula and WSFA Short Fiction Awards From award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes a … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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4. The Seventh Bride

By: T. Kingfisher

3.09

Format: None pages,

Rhea is an ordinary miller's daughter, engaged to be married under suspicious circumstances to a ma… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. The Halcyon Fairy Book

By: T. Kingfisher

4.23

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A collection of fairy tales annotated by T. Kingfisher and the complete Toad Words anthology. read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction

6. Nine Goblins

By: T. Kingfisher

4.12

Format: 428 pages, ebook

When a party of goblin warriors find themselves trapped behind enemy lines, it'll take more than wh… read more

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  • humor
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
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7. Summer in Orcus

By: T. Kingfisher

3.59

Format: None pages, ebook

When the witch Baba Yaga walks her house into the backyard, eleven-year-old Summer enters into a ba… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction

8. The Raven and the Reindeer

By: T. Kingfisher

3.91

Format: 144 pages,

When Gerta's friend Kay is stolen away by the mysterious Snow Queen, it's up to Gerta to find him. … read more

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9. The Hero and the Crown (Damar, #2)

By: Robin McKinley

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Aerin could not remember a time when she had not known the story; she had grown up knowing it. It w… read more

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10. Deerskin

By: Robin McKinley

3.50

Format: 364 pages,

As Princess Lissla Lissar reaches womanhood, it is clear to all the kingdom that in her beauty she … read more

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11. Rose Daughter

By: Robin McKinley

3.50

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

It is the heart of this place, and it is dying, says the Beast. And it is true; the center of the B… read more

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12. Toad Words And Other Stories

By: T. Kingfisher

4.30

Format: 189 pages, ebook

From author T. Kingfisher comes a collection of fairy-tale retellings for adults. By turns funny an… read more

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13. I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

By: Peter S. Beagle

3.78

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

A cast of characters trapped within their roles of dragon hunter, princess, and more must come toge… read more

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  • humor
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
"Fear cannot breed where there is action."

-Peter S. Beagle, I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

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14. 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

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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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15. The Twisted Ones

By: T. Kingfisher

3.64

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother’s home in rural North Carolina, she finds lo… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Perhaps Welsh fairies stole children and confiscated their vowels."

-T. Kingfisher, The Twisted Ones

"It's a long drive. It's pretty, actually, if you go through West Virginia, but of course then you're in West Virginia."

-T. Kingfisher, The Twisted Ones

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16. 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

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  • humor
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
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17. 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

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  • humor
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
"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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18. 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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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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19. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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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20. 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

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  • humor
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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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21. 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

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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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22. 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

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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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23. Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet Sorcerer

By: Garth Nix

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  bestselling author Garth Nix’s exciting adult debut: a new collection including all… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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24. Minor Mage

By: T. Kingfisher

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Oliver was a very minor mage. His familiar reminded him of this several times a day. He only kne… read more

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  • humor
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
"You’re a cynical kid,"

-T. Kingfisher, Minor Mage

"Can I ask a question?"

-T. Kingfisher, Minor Mage

"They didn’t know there would be ghuls, and they didn’t really mean to send me off the way they did. They were scared, that’s all."

-T. Kingfisher, Minor Mage

"What good was such a short article? Why didn’t it tell you what you really needed to know, like how far a ghul would follow you, or if they were attached to their home territories? The entry for unic…"

-T. Kingfisher, Minor Mage

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25. 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

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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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26. 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

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  • humor
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"It could,"

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

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27. The Mountain of Iron (Black Dogs, #2)

By: Ursula Vernon

4.29

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

Black Dogs: The Mountain of Iron is the second of two volumes chronicling the adventures of young L… read more

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  • humor
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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28. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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29. Hell for Hire (Tear Down Heaven #1)

By: Rachel Aaron

4.39

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

The Crew A hulked-out wrath demon who eats gamer rage and loves cats, a shapeshifting lust demon w… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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30. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction

26 Best fiction books like The Mountain of Iron (Black Dogs, #2) by Ursula Vernon

Transform Your Habits

Bryony and Roses

T. Kingfisher

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Chalice

Robin McKinley

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Jackalope Wives And Other Stories

T. Kingfisher

3.67

Transform Your Habits

The Seventh Bride

T. Kingfisher

3.09

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16 must-read fiction books like Summer in Orcus by T. Kingfisher

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Summer in Orcus

T. Kingfisher

3.59

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Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

Seanan McGuire

4.09

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

Transform Your Habits

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Olivia Atwater

4.13

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