18 must-read fantasy books like A Year and a Day in Old Theradane by Scott Lynch

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A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

By: Scott Lynch

4.15

Format: 105 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Theradane, a city of deep magic, ruled by a council of eternally feuding wizards! A cit…

"What the hell did I just drink, anyway?"

-Scott Lynch, A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

If you liked the fantasy plot in A Year and a Day in Old Theradane by Scott Lynch , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of How the Marquis Got His Coat Back by Neil Gaiman

1. How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

By: Neil Gaiman

4.05

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

A Neverwhere short story from one of the brightest, most brilliant writers of our generation - the … read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's How the Marquis Got His Coat Back book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The Marquis de Carabas did not trust people. It was bad for business and it could set an unfortunate precedent. He did not trust his friends or his occasional lovers, and he certainly never trusted h…"

-Neil Gaiman, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

Cover of Titus Alone (Gormenghast, #3) by Mervyn Peake

2. Titus Alone (Gormenghast, #3)

By: Mervyn Peake

3.45

Format: 284 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Titus, almost 20, flees oppressive Castle Rituals. Lost in a sandstorm, helped by Muzzlehatch owner… read more

Similar categories in Mervyn Peake's Titus Alone (Gormenghast, #3) book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"But there were also times when she cried out in the darkness biting her lips - cried out against the substance of her age: for it was now that she should be young; now above all other times, with the…"

-Mervyn Peake, Titus Alone (Gormenghast, #3)

Cover of Dragonsbane (Winterlands, #1) by Barbara Hambly

3. Dragonsbane (Winterlands, #1)

By: Barbara Hambly

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When the Black Dragon seized the Deep of Ylferdun, young Gareth braved the far Winterlands to find … read more

Similar categories in Barbara Hambly's Dragonsbane (Winterlands, #1) book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Maggots from meat,’"

-Barbara Hambly, Dragonsbane (Winterlands, #1)

"There are real problems, not just money and power, in my own lands."

-Barbara Hambly, Dragonsbane (Winterlands, #1)

"She had come to terms with her lack of beauty, but never with her lack of genius in the single thing she had ever wanted."

-Barbara Hambly, Dragonsbane (Winterlands, #1)

"Dragonsbane, they called him. Slayer of dragons. Or a dragon, anyway. And, he'd later found out, not such a very big one at that."

-Barbara Hambly, Dragonsbane (Winterlands, #1)

Cover of Rogues by Gillian Flynn, Daniel Abraham, George R.R. Martin, Carrie Vaughn, Michael Swanwick, Matthew Hughes, Garth Nix, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Steven Saylor, Cherie Priest, Patrick Rothfuss, Gardner Dozois, Joe R. Lansdale, Scott Lynch, Connie Willis, Walter Jon Williams, Paul Cornell, Bradley Denton, Phyllis Eisenstein, Lisa Tuttle, David  Ball

4. Rogues

By: Gillian Flynn , Daniel Abraham , George R.R. Martin , Carrie Vaughn , Michael Swanwick , Matthew Hughes , Garth Nix , Joe Abercrombie , Neil Gaiman , Steven Saylor , Cherie Priest , Patrick Rothfuss , Gardner Dozois , Joe R. Lansdale , Scott Lynch , Connie Willis , Walter Jon Williams , Paul Cornell , Bradley Denton , Phyllis Eisenstein , Lisa Tuttle , David Ball

3.72

Format: None pages,

If you're a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection fro… read more

Similar categories in Gillian Flynn's Rogues book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett

5. City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

4.09

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutali… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1) book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Death is for the weak."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

"There is no crueler hells then committee work...."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

"Voters might have short memories. Politicians do not."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

"I am lost among the seas of fate and time But at least I have love."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

6. The Thief Who Wasn't There (Amra Thetys, #4)

By: Michael McClung

3.17

Format: None pages,

Bellarius, saved from utter destruction, is now plunged into vicious civil war. Amra has vanished, … read more

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Cover of The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6) by Patrick Rothfuss

7. The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

By: Patrick Rothfuss

4.07

Format: 240 pages, ebook

Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him as the in-and-o… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Rothfuss's The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6) book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • short stories
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Laughter was the true applause you offered to the world for being beautiful."

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

"But this? Convincing someone of the truth they were too twisted up to see? How could Bast begin to loosen such a knot? It was baffling. These creatures, fraught and frayed in their desire. A snake wo…"

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

"What he was asking for was, effectively, a story without all the conflict. Without tension and animosity. Without many of the things I'd been taught were essential to storytelling. This wasn't a tota…"

-Patrick Rothfuss, The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

Cover of Long Chills and Case Dough by Brandon Sanderson

8. Long Chills and Case Dough

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.44

Format: 67 pages, Hardcover

Long Chills and Case Dough is a previously unpublished short story, written just before Brandon pub… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's Long Chills and Case Dough book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • crime
  • fantasy
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9. The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

By: Samit Basu

3.59

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rul… read more

Similar categories in Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"You exist, and you deserve to belong."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"Usually when my life goes according to plan, it turns out the plan was made by someone else"

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"It's all very clear, I just chose not to get it, I just decided everyone who didn't agree with my vision was lying, or a fool."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"I don't want to talk about this. It's not that I think you're wrong, but it's too big for me. I'll never be able to do anything about it."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

Cover of Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky

10. Ogres

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.24

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

A bleak glimpse of a world of savage tyrants, from award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky in a bea… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Ogres book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Year and a Day in Old Theradane by Scott Lynch

11. A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

By: Scott Lynch

4.15

Format: 105 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Theradane, a city of deep magic, ruled by a council of eternally feuding wizards! A cit… read more

Similar categories in Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • short stories
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • crime
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What the hell did I just drink, anyway?"

-Scott Lynch, A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

Cover of The Rogue Prince, or, a King's Brother by George R.R. Martin

12. The Rogue Prince, or, a King's Brother

By: George R.R. Martin

3.74

Format: 33 pages, None

None read more

Similar categories in George R.R. Martin's The Rogue Prince, or, a King's Brother book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. Tough Times All Over

By: Joe Abercrombie

3.81

Format: 42 pages, ebook

Carcolf, courier and operative, is transporting a package through the underbelly of Sipani, a city … read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's Tough Times All Over book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • short stories
  • fantasy

14. Bent Twig

By: Joe R. Lansdale

3.03

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

None read more

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  • fantasy
Cover of Diamonds from Tequila (Dagmar Shaw, #3.5) by Walter Jon Williams

15. Diamonds from Tequila (Dagmar Shaw, #3.5)

By: Walter Jon Williams

3.64

Format: None pages, ebook

Sean Makin was a washed-up child actor, until Dagmar Shaw made him a star. Now he's starring in a b… read more

Similar categories in Walter Jon Williams's Diamonds from Tequila (Dagmar Shaw, #3.5) book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • short stories
  • fiction

16. Tawny Petticoats

By: Michael Swanwick

3.03

Format: 60 pages, None

None read more

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  • fantasy
Cover of Roaring Twenties by Carrie Vaughn

17. Roaring Twenties

By: Carrie Vaughn

3.63

Format: 33 pages, Kindle Edition

An invisible speakeasy, flappers and gangsters, hot action, cool jazz — and a whole lot of magic. I… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Vaughn's Roaring Twenties book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • short stories
  • fantasy

18. The Inn of the Seven Blessings

By: Matthew Hughes

3.31

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

None read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
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19. The Lightning Tree

By: Patrick Rothfuss

3.96

Format: 93 pages, None

The Lightning Tree is a companion short story in The Kingkiller Chronicle series. It was first publ… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Rothfuss's The Lightning Tree book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • novella
  • magic
  • short stories
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar

20. A Month in Siena

By: Hisham Matar

4.04

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

When Hisham Matar was nineteen years old he came across the Sienese School of painting for the firs… read more

Similar categories in Hisham Matar's A Month in Siena book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • audiobook
Cover of The Thief Who Went To War (Amra Thetys, #5) by Michael  McClung

21. The Thief Who Went To War (Amra Thetys, #5)

By: Michael McClung

4.36

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

After barely surviving the attentions of the Knife That Parts the Night, Amra and Holgren are deter… read more

Similar categories in Michael McClung's The Thief Who Went To War (Amra Thetys, #5) book and Scott Lynch's A Year and a Day in Old Theradane

  • high fantasy
  • magic
  • fantasy

13 Top fiction books like A Year and a Day in Old Theradane by Scott Lynch

Transform Your Habits

How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

Neil Gaiman

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Titus Alone (Gormenghast, #3)

Mervyn Peake

3.45

Transform Your Habits

Dragonsbane (Winterlands, #1)

Barbara Hambly

3.96

Transform Your Habits

Rogues

Gillian Flynn , Daniel Abraham , George R.R. Martin , Carrie Vaughn , Michael Swanwick , Matthew Hughes , Garth Nix , Joe Abercrombie , Neil Gaiman , Steven Saylor , Cherie Priest , Patrick Rothfuss , Gardner Dozois , Joe R. Lansdale , Scott Lynch , Connie Willis , Walter Jon Williams , Paul Cornell , Bradley Denton , Phyllis Eisenstein , Lisa Tuttle , David Ball

3.72

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9 best-selling fiction books like The Rogue Prince, or, a King's Brother by George R.R. Martin

Transform Your Habits

How the Marquis Got His Coat Back

Neil Gaiman

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Love of the Last Tycoon

F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.64

Transform Your Habits

The Slow Regard of Silent Things (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2.5)

Patrick Rothfuss , Nate Taylor

3.88

Transform Your Habits

The Narrow Road Between Desires (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #0.6)

Patrick Rothfuss

4.07

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