31 best-selling fantasy books like The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1) by Matthew Ward

Cover of The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1) by Matthew      Ward

The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

By: Matthew Ward

3.51

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

The first in an exciting, action-packed new trilogy from epic fantasy author Matthew Ward,  The Dar…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1) by Matthew Ward , here is a list of 31 books like this:

Cover of The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2) by Mark  Lawrence

1. The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2)

By: Mark Lawrence

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the bestselling, ground-breaking Library Trilogy, following The Book That Woul… read more

Similar categories in Mark Lawrence's The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1) by James   Logan

2. The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)

By: James Logan

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Lukan Gardova is a cardsharp, academy dropout, and―thanks to a duel that ended badly―the disgraced … read more

Similar categories in James Logan's The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3) by Richard  Swan

3. The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)

By: Richard Swan

4.11

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The third novel in an epic fantasy trilogy, which follows the tale of Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Empero… read more

Similar categories in Richard Swan's The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1) by K.J. Parker

4. Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

By: K.J. Parker

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

There’s no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Parker's Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The men of Sirupat weren't fighters because they didn't want to be, and in my book there's no higher praise than that--and that's the main reason, when you come to think of it, why women are so infin…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

"Where you always go wrong is trying to persuade people with facts and arguments. It's why you can only write comedy. What gets people going is stuff that doesn't mean shit but sounds great. Blood, to…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

Cover of The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

5. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

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

6. 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 Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Traitor of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles, #2) by Ed McDonald

7. Traitor of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles, #2)

By: Ed McDonald

4.25

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Traitor of Redwinter is the second in Ed McDonald’s Redwinter Chronicles, full of shady politics, m… read more

Similar categories in Ed McDonald's Traitor of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles, #2) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Play of Shadows (Court of Shadows, #1) by Sebastien de Castell

8. Play of Shadows (Court of Shadows, #1)

By: Sebastien de Castell

4.30

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Swordplay, magic, intrigue and friendships stronger than iron: the first volume in the new swashbuc… read more

Similar categories in Sebastien de Castell's Play of Shadows (Court of Shadows, #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sword Defiant (Lands of the Firstborn, #1) by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

9. The Sword Defiant (Lands of the Firstborn, #1)

By: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

3.88

Format: 554 pages, Paperback

Set in a world of dark myth and dangerous prophecy, this thrilling fantasy launches an epic tale of… read more

Similar categories in Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Sword Defiant (Lands of the Firstborn, #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Crucible of Chaos by Sebastien de Castell

10. Crucible of Chaos

By: Sebastien de Castell

4.07

Format: 398 pages, ebook

A mortally wounded magistrate faces his deadliest trial inside an ancient abbey where the monks are… read more

Similar categories in Sebastien de Castell's Crucible of Chaos book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dragons of Deepwood Fen (The Book of the Holt, #1) by Bradley P. Beaulieu

11. The Dragons of Deepwood Fen (The Book of the Holt, #1)

By: Bradley P. Beaulieu

3.66

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

This 1st book in a new fantasy series from the author of the acclaimed Song of the Shattered Sands … read more

Similar categories in Bradley P. Beaulieu's The Dragons of Deepwood Fen (The Book of the Holt, #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1) by Eliza Chan

12. Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1)

By: Eliza Chan

3.16

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From one of fantasy’s most exciting new voices Eliza Chan comes a modern, myth-inflected story of r… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Chan's Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bitter Crown (Eidyn, #2) by Justin Lee Anderson

13. The Bitter Crown (Eidyn, #2)

By: Justin Lee Anderson

4.21

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

A war once held in the shadows now escalates into full-scale revolution in the second novel of Just… read more

Similar categories in Justin Lee Anderson's The Bitter Crown (Eidyn, #2) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Dragon Rider (The Soulbound Saga, #1) by Taran Matharu

14. Dragon Rider (The Soulbound Saga, #1)

By: Taran Matharu

3.90

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

Author Taran Matharu’s debut adult fantasy series introduces a world of magic, warriors, and dragon… read more

Similar categories in Taran Matharu's Dragon Rider (The Soulbound Saga, #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Tonight, I Burn (The Witches of Halstett, #1) by Katharine J. Adams

15. Tonight, I Burn (The Witches of Halstett, #1)

By: Katharine J. Adams

3.70

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

A thorn witch with the power to walk between the realms of Life and Death finds herself at the cent… read more

Similar categories in Katharine J. Adams's Tonight, I Burn (The Witches of Halstett, #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • adult
  • magic
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
Cover of Gods of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken, #1) by R.J.  Barker

16. Gods of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken, #1)

By: R.J. Barker

4.10

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

In a world locked in eternal winter and haunted by prophecy, a young boy trains for years to become… read more

Similar categories in R.J. Barker's Gods of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken, #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Gogmagog (The Chronicles of Ludwich, #1) by Jeff Noon

17. Gogmagog (The Chronicles of Ludwich, #1)

By: Jeff Noon

3.72

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

In a distant, tattered future an old woman, a young girl and mechanical man embark on a slow voyage… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Noon's Gogmagog (The Chronicles of Ludwich, #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi

18. Navola

By: Paolo Bacigalupi

3.92

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling author of Wind-Up Girl and The Water Knife comes a sweeping li… read more

Similar categories in Paolo Bacigalupi's Navola book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

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

19. 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 Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

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

20. 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 Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Sons of Darkness (The Raag of Rta, #1) by Gourav Mohanty

21. Sons of Darkness (The Raag of Rta, #1)

By: Gourav Mohanty

3.77

Format: 636 pages, Kindle Edition

Some ballads are inked in blood. Bled dry by violent confrontations with the Magadhan Empire, th… read more

Similar categories in Gourav Mohanty's Sons of Darkness (The Raag of Rta, #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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-Gourav Mohanty, Sons of Darkness (The Raag of Rta, #1)

"After all, love without self-sacrifice was just lust"

-Gourav Mohanty, Sons of Darkness (The Raag of Rta, #1)

"The man had committed genocide. She knew she could trust him."

-Gourav Mohanty, Sons of Darkness (The Raag of Rta, #1)

"A place where soldiers found themselves as rulers, Shakuni thought, can only breed tyrants."

-Gourav Mohanty, Sons of Darkness (The Raag of Rta, #1)

Cover of The Lost War (Eidyn, #1) by Justin Lee Anderson

22. The Lost War (Eidyn, #1)

By: Justin Lee Anderson

4.22

Format: 529 pages, Kindle Edition

The war is over, but something is rotten in the state of Eidyn. With a ragged peace in place, de… read more

Similar categories in Justin Lee Anderson's The Lost War (Eidyn, #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sword Unbound (Lands of the Firstborn, #2) by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

23. The Sword Unbound (Lands of the Firstborn, #2)

By: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

4.16

Format: 589 pages, Paperback

He thought he was saving the world. That was his first mistake.   Twenty years ago, Alf and his c… read more

Similar categories in Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's The Sword Unbound (Lands of the Firstborn, #2) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Slain Divine (Vagrant Gods, 3) by David Dalglish

24. The Slain Divine (Vagrant Gods, 3)

By: David Dalglish

4.25

Format: 477 pages, Paperback

In the thrilling conclusion to USA Today bestselling author David Dalglish's new epic fantasy trilo… read more

Similar categories in David Dalglish's The Slain Divine (Vagrant Gods, 3) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • lgbt
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1) by Matthew      Ward

25. The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

By: Matthew Ward

3.51

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

The first in an exciting, action-packed new trilogy from epic fantasy author Matthew Ward,  The Dar… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

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

26. 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 Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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 Grievar's Blood (The Combat Codes Saga, #2) by Alexander Darwin

27. Grievar's Blood (The Combat Codes Saga, #2)

By: Alexander Darwin

4.14

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

In a world where single combat determines the fate of nations, the Grievar fight in the Circles so … read more

Similar categories in Alexander Darwin's Grievar's Blood (The Combat Codes Saga, #2) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Phi Hunter by Salinee Goldenberg

28. The Last Phi Hunter

By: Salinee Goldenberg

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Ambitious Phi Hunter and perpetual lone wolf, Ex, finds his road to glory interrupted when a heavil… read more

Similar categories in Salinee Goldenberg's The Last Phi Hunter book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Judas Blossom (The Nightingale and the Falcon #1) by Stephen Aryan

29. The Judas Blossom (The Nightingale and the Falcon #1)

By: Stephen Aryan

3.98

Format: 419 pages, Paperback

An imaginative and sprawling epic fantasy reimagining of the Mongol Empire's invasion of Persia, fo… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Aryan's The Judas Blossom (The Nightingale and the Falcon #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Gods Below (The Hollow Covenant, #1) by Andrea Stewart

30. The Gods Below (The Hollow Covenant, #1)

By: Andrea Stewart

3.70

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The series is set in a world ravaged by ancient magic, where precious gemstones bestow magical abil… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Stewart's The Gods Below (The Hollow Covenant, #1) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • lgbt
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Warlords of Wyrdwood (Forsaken #2) by R.J.  Barker

31. Warlords of Wyrdwood (Forsaken #2)

By: R.J. Barker

4.21

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

'You fear the forest.. It is not foolish.' His words rang like bells in the clearing, each face re… read more

Similar categories in R.J. Barker's Warlords of Wyrdwood (Forsaken #2) book and Matthew Ward's The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)

  • fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • audiobook

27 best-selling fiction books like The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1) by Matthew Ward

Transform Your Habits

The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2)

Mark Lawrence

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)

James Logan

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)

Richard Swan

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

K.J. Parker

4.00

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20 must-read fiction books like The Judas Blossom (The Nightingale and the Falcon #1) by Stephen Aryan

Transform Your Habits

The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)

James Logan

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)

Richard Swan

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Way of Edan (The Edan Trilogy, #1)

Philip Chase

3.92

Transform Your Habits

The Combat Codes (The Combat Codes Saga, #1)

Alexander Darwin

3.92

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