18 Best fantasy books like The Magicians #1 by Lilah Sturges

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The Magicians #1

By: Lilah Sturges

3.78

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

Series creator Lev Grossman returns to BOOM! Studios for an all-new story in the world of The Magic…

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1. James Acaster's Classic Scrapes

By: James Acaster

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

James Acaster has been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award five timesand has appeared on prime… read more

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2. Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

By: bell hooks

3.91

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking work of feminist history and theory analyzing the complex relations between variou… read more

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3. The Magicians (The Magicians #1)

By: Lev Grossman

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling and original coming-of-age novel for adults about a young man practicing magic in the r… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
  • young adult
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4. The Magician's Land (The Magicians, #3)

By: Lev Grossman

5.00

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Quentin Coldwater has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams. Wi… read more

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  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction

5. Saga, Vol. 7 (Saga, #7)

By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples

3.95

Format: 620 pages, Paperback

From the worldwide bestselling team of Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan, "The War for Phang" is a… read more

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6. The Luxe (Luxe, #1)

By: Anna Godbersen

3.64

Format: 320 pages,

Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn. Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and … read more

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7. Saga, Vol. 2 (Saga, #2)

By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples

3.50

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

From award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (Pride of Baghdad, Ex Machina) and critically acclaimed … read more

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8. Reborn: Book One

By: Mark Millar , Greg Capullo , Jonathan Glapion

4.30

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

Where do you go when you die? Not heaven or hell; somewhere else. Somewhere you have to fight to su… read more

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9. Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children, #2)

By: Seanan McGuire

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Ele… read more

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10. Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.85

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

Beneath the Sugar Sky, the third book in McGuire's Wayward Children series, returns to Eleanor West… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
  • young adult
"I’m not stupid, I just don’t know stuff,"

-Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

"I’m not really into cremating my cookies."

-Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

"So please, can we go and tell her to stop? I need to exist. It’s important."

-Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

"That's why people shouldn't get too hung up on labels. Sometimes I think that's part of what we do wrong. We try to make things make sense, even when they're never going to."

-Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

11. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (Pottermore Presents, #1)

By: J.K. Rowling , MinaLima

4.04

Format: 538 pages, ebook

'Minerva was the Roman goddess of warriors and wisdom. William McGonagall is celebrated as the wors… read more

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12. Saga, Vol. 3 (Saga, #3)

By: Brian K. Vaughan , Fiona Staples

4.57

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

From the Hugo Award-winning duo of Brian K. Vaughan (The Private Eye, Y: The Last Man) and Fiona St… read more

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13. A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

By: T. Kingfisher

4.09

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

2021 LODESTAR AWARD for BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK Fourteen-year-old Mona isn’t like the wizards char… read more

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  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"After a minute, I said, “I never wanted to be a hero."

-T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

"She shouldn't have had to be a hero.' 'No,' said the Duchess, 'no, no one should."

-T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

"I expect this won’t be your last set of medals, my dear. Heroism is an unfortunate habit."

-T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

"...but hey, once a baker, always a baker. If I was going to get thrown in the dungeon, at least I was going to leave a trail of quality pastries behind me."

-T. Kingfisher, A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking

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14. Saga, Volume 8

By: Brian K. Vaughan

4.46

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

After the traumatic events of the War for Phang, Hazel, her parents, and their surviving companions… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Welcome to Abortion Town!"

-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 8

"Is this some kind of kinky thrupple thing? Because I'm not necessarily opposed."

-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 8

"I´ve held you in my heart since the day you left me. But you´re too heavy to carry another step. And I need to keep moving."

-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 8

"Doubt can paralyze you, can make you not want to do anything. But if you learn to channel it, to turn those feelings away from yourself and out at the world you can doubt what's impossible."

-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 8

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15. 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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  • fantasy
  • magic
  • 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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16. It Waits in the Woods

By: Josh Malerman

3.72

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Some chilling campfire tales ring too true to ignore. For one young woman, an urban legend calls he… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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17. Out There

By: Kate Folk

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

With a focus on the weird and eerie forces that lurk beneath the surface of ordinary experience, Ka… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. Saga, Volume 9

By: Brian K. Vaughan

4.56

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

The multiple Eisner Award-winning series returns with a spacefaring adventure about fake news and g… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Most of the time, we don’t even realize we’ve live through something worth commemorating until long after it’s already ended."

-Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 9

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19. A Gift for a Ghost

By: Borja González

3.27

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An untalented punk band and a parallel dimension—what could go wrong?   In Borja González’s stunni… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"And the path is shorter if you know the destination."

-Borja González, A Gift for a Ghost

"If you were an artist, wouldn't you want to have your studio in the Louvre?"

-Borja González, A Gift for a Ghost

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20. The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)

By: Amie Kaufman

3.92

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

When Selly's father leaves her high and dry in the port of Kirkpool, she has no intention of riding… read more

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  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"First flowers, now you don't like pastries?" he asks, studying my frown. "What's next, kittens?"

-Amie Kaufman, The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)

"Better not start apologizing now my prince," she says. "you'll run out of time to cover it all."

-Amie Kaufman, The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)

"There." I lean across to tuck it behind his ear. "Everything useless around here is beautifully decorated. I wouldn't want you to feel left out."

-Amie Kaufman, The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)

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21. And Yet: Poems

By: Kate Baer

3.97

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The second full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind… read more

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  • contemporary
"Let your life rest on what is already good."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

"It's just another day in the good-bad, bad-good earth machine."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

"We expect so much of children, hovering above them like giant, invincible gods. What a racket to discover as an adult, how little we have to pass down."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

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22. Ashes of the Sun (Burningblade & Silvereye, #1)

By: Django Wexler

3.97

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Long ago, a magical war destroyed an empire, and a new one was built in its ashes. But still the ol… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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23. How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways

By: Eve Kellman

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you on a date that doesn’t feel right? Can’t shake that creepy guy at the bar? Worried yo… read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. Fangirl, Vol. 2: The Manga

By: Sam Maggs

4.40

Format: 219 pages, Paperback

Cath just wants to hang out with her twin sister and write fanfiction. But now that they’re at coll… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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25. Just Peachy: Comics About Depression, Anxiety, Love, and Finding the Humor in Being Sad

By: Holly Chisholm

3.88

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

"In this autobiographical collection of thoughtful and poignant comic vignettes, Chisholm explores … read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
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26. Moonbound

By: Robin Sloan

4.09

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Robin Sloan expands the Penumbraverse to new reaches of time and space in a rollicking far-future a… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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27. Seasonal Fears (Alchemical Journeys, #2)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.83

Format: 482 pages, Hardcover

Melanie has a destiny, though it isn’t the one everyone assumes it to be. She’s delicate; she’s fra… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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28. The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration

By: Wayde Compton

3.73

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In this stunning graphic novel, Lacuna is a girl without a family, a past, or a proper home. She li… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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29. The Magicians #1

By: Lilah Sturges

3.78

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

Series creator Lev Grossman returns to BOOM! Studios for an all-new story in the world of The Magic… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • magic
  • young adult
  • comics
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
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30. The Magicians: Alice's Story

By: Lev Grossman

3.77

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The Magicians: Alice's Story is an all new chapter set in the world of The Magicians trilogy of nov… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • magic
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Magicians: The New Class by Lev Grossman

31. The Magicians: The New Class

By: Lev Grossman

3.64

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The New York Times best-selling The Magicians novels continue in graphic novel form as series creat… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • magic
  • young adult
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy

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