7 Best adventure books like Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5) by Victoria Goddard

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Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

By: Victoria Goddard

4.50

Format: 100 pages, ebook

“Someone always leaves.” That’s what Tovo has been saying to anyone who asks him why his great-n…

If you liked the adventure plot in Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5) by Victoria Goddard , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Goblin Emperor

By: Katherine Addison

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by a b… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction

2. The Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods, #1)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

A man broken in body and spirit, Cazaril, has returned to the noble household he once served as pag… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's The Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods, #1) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

Cover of Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga, #15) by Lois McMaster Bujold

3. Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga, #15)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.20

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

Captain Ivan Vorpatril is happy with his relatively uneventful bachelor’s life as a staff officer t… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga, #15) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Anything worth achieving is worth overachieving."

-Lois McMaster Bujold, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga, #15)

"I'm afraid even ImpSec has no explanation for women's tastes in men."

-Lois McMaster Bujold, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga, #15)

"Tej seemed such a sunny personality, much of the time--these flashes of dark were like a crack in the sky, shocking and wrong. Reminding him that the daylight was the illusion, the scattering of ligh…"

-Lois McMaster Bujold, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga, #15)

"Could you people stop trying to come up with novel ways to kill me for just ONE HOUR? Or maybe the rest of the night? I would SO like that. Just the rest of the night. Just sit down. Just stop doing …"

-Lois McMaster Bujold, Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga, #15)

4. Horizon (The Sharing Knife, #4)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.29

Format: 156 pages,

Fawn's husband Dag apprentices to a master groundsetter. But the camp has rigid mores with respect … read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Horizon (The Sharing Knife, #4) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

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5. 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 Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
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6. 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 Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"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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7. 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 Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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8. 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 Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • 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

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9. The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)

By: Katherine Addison

4.32

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin Emperor with a direct … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Addison's The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) by Nghi Vo

10. 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 Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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11. 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

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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)

Cover of A Taste of Gold and Iron (Mahisti Dynasty, #1) by Alexandra Rowland

12. A Taste of Gold and Iron (Mahisti Dynasty, #1)

By: Alexandra Rowland

4.05

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The Goblin Emperor meets "Magnificent Century" in Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron, whe… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron (Mahisti Dynasty, #1) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1) by Katherine Addison

13. The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1)

By: Katherine Addison

4.11

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Katherine Addison returns to the glittering world she created for her beloved novel, 'The Goblin Em… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Addison's The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I’ll have to tell my mother that being gaudy has its uses"

-Katherine Addison, The Witness for the Dead (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #1)

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14. Suelen (Tuyo, #5)

By: Rachel Neumeier

4.50

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

This short novel is set directly after the events of Tuyo. Following the great battle in the win… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Neumeier's Suelen (Tuyo, #5) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • fantasy
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15. Marag (Tuyo Book 8)

By: Rachel Neumeier

4.62

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

A Tuyo-World Prequel Standalone NovelSinowa inGara cherished his first wife. But now, with his peop… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Neumeier's Marag (Tuyo Book 8) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • fantasy
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16. Keraunani (Tuyo, #4)

By: Rachel Neumeier

4.47

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

Esau Karuma never expected to marry -- he's really not the type. But when he hears about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Neumeier's Keraunani (Tuyo, #4) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
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17. Tasmakat (Tuyo, #7)

By: Rachel Neumeier

4.72

Format: 954 pages, Kindle Edition

It's a long way from the northern mountains back to the summer lands—and all the challenges Aras le… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Neumeier's Tasmakat (Tuyo, #7) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • fantasy
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18. If Found, Return to Hell

By: Em X. Liu

3.83

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Being an intern at One Wizard sounds magical on the page, but in practice mostly means getting yell… read more

Similar categories in Em X. Liu's If Found, Return to Hell book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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19. Tadek and the Princess (Mahisti Dynasty, #1.5)

By: Alexandra Rowland

4.64

Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the critically-acclaimed fantasy novel A TASTE OF GOLD AND IRON comes a sequel/s… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Rowland's Tadek and the Princess (Mahisti Dynasty, #1.5) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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20. Lora Selezh (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #0.5)

By: Katherine Addison

3.94

Format: 13 pages, ebook

A short story set in the world of The Goblin Emperor. Pre-order bonus for The Witness for the Dead.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Addison's Lora Selezh (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #0.5) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • short stories
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21. Tano (Tuyo, #6)

By: Rachel Neumeier

4.56

Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition

Tano may be in Gara now, but he feels anything but secure. Born to the in Tasiyo, bitter enemies… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Neumeier's Tano (Tuyo, #6) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • fantasy
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22. Running Close to the Wind

By: Alexandra Rowland

4.07

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Avra Helvaçi, former field agent of the Araşti Ministry of Intelligence, has accidentally stolen th… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Rowland's Running Close to the Wind book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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23. Seducing the Sorcerer

By: Lee Welch

4.07

Format: 261 pages, ebook

Homeless and jobless, Fenn Todd has nearly run out of hope. All he has left is his longing for hors… read more

Similar categories in Lee Welch's Seducing the Sorcerer book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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24. Tuyo (Tuyo, #1)

By: Rachel Neumeier

4.41

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

Raised a warrior in the harsh winter country, Ryo inGara has always been willing to die for his fam… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Neumeier's Tuyo (Tuyo, #1) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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25. Tarashana (Tuyo #3)

By: Rachel Neumeier

4.38

Format: 629 pages, Kindle Edition

A year and a half ago, Ryo and Aras defeated their enemy, ending the conflict between the winter co… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Neumeier's Tarashana (Tuyo #3) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • fiction
  • magic
  • fantasy
  • adventure
Cover of Nikoles (Tuyo, #2) by Rachel Neumeier

26. Nikoles (Tuyo, #2)

By: Rachel Neumeier

4.31

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

For generations the Ugaro of the winter country have traded peacefully with the Lau of the summer l… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Neumeier's Nikoles (Tuyo, #2) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • magic
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27. Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

By: Victoria Goddard

4.50

Format: 100 pages, ebook

“Someone always leaves.” That’s what Tovo has been saying to anyone who asks him why his great-n… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders (Dragons and Blades, #1) by Aliette de Bodard

28. Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders (Dragons and Blades, #1)

By: Aliette de Bodard

3.85

Format: 122 pages, ebook

Lunar New Year should be a time for familial reunions, ancestor worship, and consumption of an unhe… read more

Similar categories in Aliette de Bodard's Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders (Dragons and Blades, #1) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • magic
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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29. The Cobbler's Boy

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.88

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Brilliant, bookish Christopher Marlowe is fifteen years old and desperate to qualify for a scholars… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's The Cobbler's Boy book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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30. Rihasi (Tuyo, #9)

By: Rachel Neumeier

4.82

Format: 479 pages, Kindle Edition

Rihasi Gerogevet of Saraicana has a problem.She knows just who can help her solve Lord Aras Eren S… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Neumeier's Rihasi (Tuyo, #9) book and Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • fantasy
"Where your justice finds no answer upon the earth, O Sun, someone must take up the just cause. Look upon me in your rising and your setting, O Sun, and throw down your midday strength to me, because …"

-Rachel Neumeier, Rihasi (Tuyo, #9)

"Signing a letter in gold ink was a capital crime. But so many things were. Parricide. Fratricide. Theft, on the kind of scale Rihasi had already achieved. And those were only her recent crimes. Hones…"

-Rachel Neumeier, Rihasi (Tuyo, #9)

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

31. 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 Victoria Goddard's Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #1.5)

  • adventure
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy

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