17 Best fantasy books like The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson

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The Bird King

By: G. Willow Wilson

3.73

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

New from the award-winning author of Alif the Unseen and writer of the Ms. Marvel series, G. Willow…

"Whore," he spat at her. "If I am a whore for resisting you," she said through her teeth, "what would I have been for giving in?" "Whore," he said again."

-G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King

"Whore," he spat at her. "If I am a whore for resisting you," she said through her teeth, "what would I have been for giving in?" "Whore," he said again."

-G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King

"Fatima watched them together, tethered by the particular tenderness of patient and physician, and thought that there was goodness in the world of a sort she couldn't fathom."

-G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King

"Fatima watched them together, tethered by the particular tenderness of patient and physician, and thought that there was goodness in the world of a sort she couldn't fathom."

-G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Breath of Earth (Blood of Earth, #1) by Beth Cato

1. Breath of Earth (Blood of Earth, #1)

By: Beth Cato

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

After the Earth's power is suddenly left unprotected, a young geomancer must rely on her unique mag… read more

Similar categories in Beth Cato's Breath of Earth (Blood of Earth, #1) book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • historical
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Spear by Nicola Griffith

2. Spear

By: Nicola Griffith

4.08

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She grows up in the wild, in a cav… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Griffith's Spear book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"My lord."

-Nicola Griffith, Spear

"I never knew my father,"

-Nicola Griffith, Spear

"Even the dead had names."

-Nicola Griffith, Spear

"Now his knowledge was her knowledge."

-Nicola Griffith, Spear

Cover of To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose

3. To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)

By: Moniquill Blackgoose

4.17

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

A young Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy—and quickly finds herself at odds wi… read more

Similar categories in Moniquill Blackgoose's To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1) book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

4. All My Rage

By: Sabaa Tahir

4.50

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arrange… read more

Similar categories in Sabaa Tahir's All My Rage book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Songs help me process life. They help me feel."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your fait in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your faith in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"Oh God, Toufiq," I whispered. "So much money we put in. What will we do now? I am a fool!" "Kindness is not foolish, my heart." He put his arm around me. "Anyway. At least they didn't steal the pictu…"

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

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5. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Translation State book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

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6. Witch King

By: Martha Wells

3.71

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Witch King book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

Cover of The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

7. The Saint of Bright Doors

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more

Similar categories in Vajra Chandrasekera's The Saint of Bright Doors book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse

8. Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.31

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conc… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) by Shannon Chakraborty

9. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)

By: Shannon Chakraborty

4.27

Format: 483 pages, Hardcover

Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and … read more

Similar categories in Shannon Chakraborty's The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Monsters We Have Made by Lindsay Starck

10. Monsters We Have Made

By: Lindsay Starck

3.71

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A poignant and evocative novel that explores the bounds of familial love, the high stakes of parent… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Starck's Monsters We Have Made book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

11. The Stardust Grail

By: Yume Kitasei

3.78

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Save one world. Doom her own. From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-c… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Stardust Grail book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Unwilling (The Barrier Lands #1) by Kelly Braffet

12. The Unwilling (The Barrier Lands #1)

By: Kelly Braffet

3.47

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A penetrating tale of magic, faith and pride... The Unwilling is the story of Judah, a foundling… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Braffet's The Unwilling (The Barrier Lands #1) book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson

13. The Bird King

By: G. Willow Wilson

3.73

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

New from the award-winning author of Alif the Unseen and writer of the Ms. Marvel series, G. Willow… read more

Similar categories in G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • historical fantasy
  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • spain
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Whore," he spat at her. "If I am a whore for resisting you," she said through her teeth, "what would I have been for giving in?" "Whore," he said again."

-G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King

"Fatima watched them together, tethered by the particular tenderness of patient and physician, and thought that there was goodness in the world of a sort she couldn't fathom."

-G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King

"Perhaps, after all this bother, life was only a choice between two kinds of brutality: the wretched sort that lay on the ground before her, and the civilized sort she had left behind."

-G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King

"...God bless the man who first taught the world how to cure olives. He and the man who invented cheese are two unsung pillars of civilization." "They were probably women," muttered Fatima, fanning he…"

-G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King

Cover of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

14. 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 G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Promises Stronger Than Darkness (Unstoppable #3) by Charlie Jane Anders

15. Promises Stronger Than Darkness (Unstoppable #3)

By: Charlie Jane Anders

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Promises Stronger Than Darkness marks the final installment of the international bestselling author… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Jane Anders's Promises Stronger Than Darkness (Unstoppable #3) book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Some heartache can only be cured by justice."

-Charlie Jane Anders, Promises Stronger Than Darkness (Unstoppable #3)

Cover of The Between by Ryan Leslie

16. The Between

By: Ryan Leslie

3.74

Format: 397 pages, Paperback

While landscaping his backyard, ever-conscientious Paul Prentice discovers an iron door buried in t… read more

Similar categories in Ryan Leslie's The Between book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Jinn Daughter by Rania Hanna

17. The Jinn Daughter

By: Rania Hanna

3.91

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

A stunning debut novel and an impressive feat of storytelling that pulls together mythology, magic,… read more

Similar categories in Rania Hanna's The Jinn Daughter book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • magical realism
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"I have wishes, too,"

-Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

"The dead have been dropping all night."

-Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

"Youth and foolishness share the same bed."

-Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

"I hate lying to my daughter’s face, but her questions have plagued me for years."

-Rania Hanna, The Jinn Daughter

Cover of Sneak Peek for Starter Villain by John Scalzi

18. Sneak Peek for Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.39

Format: 30 pages, ebook

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's Sneak Peek for Starter Villain book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • fantasy
Cover of Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women by Maggie Mertens

19. Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women

By: Maggie Mertens

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning sports journalist Maggie Mertens tells the propulsive, edge-of-your-seat story of how… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Mertens's Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • adult
Cover of The Unfinished Land by Greg Bear

20. The Unfinished Land

By: Greg Bear

2.88

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Reynard, a young apprentice, seeks release from the drudgery of working for his fisherman uncle in … read more

Similar categories in Greg Bear's The Unfinished Land book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of To Hair and Back: My Journey Toward Self-Love One Strand at a Time by Rhonda  Eason

21. To Hair and Back: My Journey Toward Self-Love One Strand at a Time

By: Rhonda Eason

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

"[The author's] voice is one in a million, and more than once I found myself laughing out loud at h… read more

Similar categories in Rhonda Eason's To Hair and Back: My Journey Toward Self-Love One Strand at a Time book and G. Willow Wilson's The Bird King

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Beth Cato

4.17

Transform Your Habits

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4.08

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To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)

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4.17

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4.17

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Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

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Robert Jackson Bennett

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