16 must-read science fiction fantasy books like The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2) by Martha Wells

Cover of The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2) by Martha Wells

The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

By: Martha Wells

4.23

Format: 752 pages, Paperback

Collecting Martha Wells' The Element of Fire and The Death of the Necromancer for the first time in…

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2) by Martha Wells , here is a list of 16 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 Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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)

Cover of Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12) by Lois McMaster Bujold

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 Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction by Ann Leckie

3. Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

By: Ann Leckie

4.05

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, for… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

4. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

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

5. 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 Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Wicked Problems (The Craft Wars, #2) by Max Gladstone

6. Wicked Problems (The Craft Wars, #2)

By: Max Gladstone

4.35

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Gods and lawyers battle for the soul of the world in the action-packed second volume of Max Gladsto… read more

Similar categories in Max Gladstone's Wicked Problems (The Craft Wars, #2) book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Ghostdrift (Finder Chronicles, #4) by Suzanne Palmer

7. Ghostdrift (Finder Chronicles, #4)

By: Suzanne Palmer

4.59

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

The fourth and final installment of the Finder Chronicles, a hopepunk sci-fi caper described as Mac… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Palmer's Ghostdrift (Finder Chronicles, #4) book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • mystery
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

8. The Butcher of the Forest

By: Premee Mohamed

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dang… read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's The Butcher of the Forest book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

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

9. 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 Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Hidden Queen (Nightfall Saga, #2) by Peter V. Brett

10. The Hidden Queen (Nightfall Saga, #2)

By: Peter V. Brett

4.40

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The second book in The Nightfall Saga, the stunning new epic fantasy series set in the world of The… read more

Similar categories in Peter V. Brett's The Hidden Queen (Nightfall Saga, #2) book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Necrobane (The Warden, #2) by Daniel M. Ford

11. Necrobane (The Warden, #2)

By: Daniel M. Ford

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Aelis de Lenti, Lone Pine's newly assigned Warden, is in deep trouble. She has just opened the cryp… read more

Similar categories in Daniel M. Ford's Necrobane (The Warden, #2) book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons

12. The Sky on Fire

By: Jenn Lyons

3.75

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

Enter a world ruled by dragons… Anahrod lives only for survival, preferring to thrive in the ju… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Lyons's The Sky on Fire book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of A Flame in the North (Black Land's Bane, #1) by Lilith Saintcrow

13. A Flame in the North (Black Land's Bane, #1)

By: Lilith Saintcrow

3.58

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

An elemental witch and her shieldmaiden journey into a world of ancient myth and unexpected destiny… read more

Similar categories in Lilith Saintcrow's A Flame in the North (Black Land's Bane, #1) book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2) by Martha Wells

14. The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

By: Martha Wells

4.23

Format: 752 pages, Paperback

Collecting Martha Wells' The Element of Fire and The Death of the Necromancer for the first time in… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2) book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fae
Cover of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

15. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.05

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

16. 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 Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0) by Christopher Buehlman

17. The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.34

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Enter the fray in this luminous new adventure from Christopher Buehlman, set during the war-torn, g… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Buehlman's The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0) book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"To be loved by a man is to be issued a decree as written in advance and as presented to others. To receive a woman's love is to have a very personal letter written on one's body."

-Christopher Buehlman, The Daughters' War (Blacktongue, #0)

Cover of Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) by Lois McMaster Bujold

18. 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 Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3) by Megan E. O'Keefe

19. The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Worlds will collide and fates will be rewritten in the thrilling conclusion to the Devoured Worlds … read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3) book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Being injured is something of a lifestyle choice for Nai."

-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3)

"I may go away, sometimes. But as long as it's in my power, I'll always come back."

-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3)

Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

20. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

Similar categories in James S.A. Corey's The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Gravity Lost (Ambit's Run, #2) by L.M. Sagas

21. Gravity Lost (Ambit's Run, #2)

By: L.M. Sagas

4.31

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' follows her fast-paced sci-fi adventure Cascade Failure with an equally explosive sequ… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Gravity Lost (Ambit's Run, #2) book and Martha Wells's The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction

21 must-read fiction books like The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2) by Martha Wells

Transform Your Habits

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

Nghi Vo

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12)

Lois McMaster Bujold

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

Ann Leckie

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Service Model

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

View all the books

21 Top fiction books like The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

Transform Your Habits

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

Nghi Vo

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

Rebecca Roanhorse

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The Stardust Grail

Yume Kitasei

3.78

Transform Your Habits

When Among Crows

Veronica Roth

3.73

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.