5 must-read magic books like Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2) by Nnedi Okorafor

Cover of Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2) by Nnedi Okorafor

Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This brand-new sequel to Nnedi Okorafor’s Shadow Speaker contains the powerful prose and compelling…

If you liked the magic plot in Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2) by Nnedi Okorafor , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) by Seanan McGuire

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

By: Seanan McGuire

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."

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

"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."

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

"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"

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

"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"

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

Cover of System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) by Martha Wells

2. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Cover of Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) by Mur Lafferty

3. Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.94

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but … read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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4. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)

By: Malka Ann Older

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

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

5. 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 Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • 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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6. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

By: Nghi Vo

4.24

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2) by Cory Doctorow

7. The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

By: Cory Doctorow

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of t… read more

Similar categories in Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Womb City

By: Tlotlo Tsamaase

3.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

WOMB CITY imagines a dark and deadly future Botswana, rich with culture and true folklore, which be… read more

Similar categories in Tlotlo Tsamaase's Womb City book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • africa
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. Out There Screaming

By: Jordan Peele

3.79

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, c… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Peele's Out There Screaming book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Jesus better keep his little bitch mouth shut"

-Jordan Peele, Out There Screaming

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10. 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 Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"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 Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse

11. 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 Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) by L.M. Sagas

12. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3) by Seanan McGuire

13. Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.07

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Every night, a Moon shines down on the Impossible City… New York Times bestselling author Seanan M… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Truth of the Aleke (Forever Desert, #2) by Moses Ose Utomi

14. The Truth of the Aleke (Forever Desert, #2)

By: Moses Ose Utomi

4.17

Format: 103 pages, Hardcover

Moses Ose Utomi returns to his Forever Desert series with The Truth of the Aleke , continuing his e… read more

Similar categories in Moses Ose Utomi's The Truth of the Aleke (Forever Desert, #2) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2) by Nnedi Okorafor

15. Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This brand-new sequel to Nnedi Okorafor’s Shadow Speaker contains the powerful prose and compelling… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • africa
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. The Splinter in the Sky

By: Kemi Ashing-Giwa

3.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A “breathtaking space opera” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) about a … read more

Similar categories in Kemi Ashing-Giwa's The Splinter in the Sky book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of We Are the Crisis (Convergence Saga, #2) by Cadwell Turnbull

17. We Are the Crisis (Convergence Saga, #2)

By: Cadwell Turnbull

4.00

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In We Are the Crisis—the second book in the Convergence Saga from award-winning author Cadwell Turn… read more

Similar categories in Cadwell Turnbull's We Are the Crisis (Convergence Saga, #2) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3) by Namina Forna

18. The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3)

By: Namina Forna

3.94

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl … read more

Similar categories in Namina Forna's The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Weavers of Alamaxa (The Alamaxa Duology, #2) by Hadeer Elsbai

19. The Weavers of Alamaxa (The Alamaxa Duology, #2)

By: Hadeer Elsbai

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Following up on one of the most exciting fantasy debuts, The Daughters of Izdihar, Hadeer Elsbai co… read more

Similar categories in Hadeer Elsbai's The Weavers of Alamaxa (The Alamaxa Duology, #2) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3) by Tomi Adeyemi

20. Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

By: Tomi Adeyemi

3.49

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

New allies rise. The Blood Moon nears. Zélie faces her final enemy. The king who hunts her heart… read more

Similar categories in Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • africa
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Do not pray to be saved; pray to be reborn."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I like hearing your people call out to your gods- they never seem to come."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I teach you to be warriors in the garden, so that you may never be gardeners in a war."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

Cover of Warrior of the Wind (The Nameless Republic, #2) by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

21. Warrior of the Wind (The Nameless Republic, #2)

By: Suyi Davies Okungbowa

4.04

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From city streets where secrets are bartered for gold to forests teeming with fabled beasts, Suyi D… read more

Similar categories in Suyi Davies Okungbowa's Warrior of the Wind (The Nameless Republic, #2) book and Nnedi Okorafor's Like Thunder (The Desert Magician's Duology #2)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook

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