5 Best historical fiction books like Dragon by Saladin Ahmed

Cover of Dragon by Saladin Ahmed

Dragon

By: Saladin Ahmed

3.79

Format: 174 pages, ebook

DRAGON tells the story of Adil, a fallen old Muslim warrior, and Marjorie, a zealous young Christia…

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Cover of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 2: Squirrel You Know It's True by Ryan North, Erica Henderson

1. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 2: Squirrel You Know It's True

By: Ryan North , Erica Henderson

4.13

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

The breakout character of 2015 continues her one-woman crusade against injustice and jerks! These T… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School, #2) by Gail Carriger

2. Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School, #2)

By: Gail Carriger

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Does one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six… read more

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  • fantasy
  • historical fiction
Cover of Gotham Central, Vol. 1: In the Line of Duty by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Michael Lark

3. Gotham Central, Vol. 1: In the Line of Duty

By: Ed Brubaker , Greg Rucka , Michael Lark

3.69

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

Meet Gotham's Finest. Living in the shadows of the Dark Knight makes the detectives of Gotham's pol… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic, #1) by Tamora Pierce

4. Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic, #1)

By: Tamora Pierce

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Mass Market Paperback

With her gift of weaving silk thread and creating light, Sandry is brought to the Winding Circle co… read more

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  • fantasy
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5. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1: Squirrel Power

By: Ryan North , Erica Henderson

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Wolverine, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Thanos: There's one hero that's beaten them all-and now she's got… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome by John Scalzi

6. Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome

By: John Scalzi

4.08

Format: 234 pages, ebook

A new near-future science fiction novella by John Scalzi, one of the most popular authors in modern… read more

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Cover of Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2) by Jacqueline Carey

7. Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)

By: Jacqueline Carey

4.30

Format: 678 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Mighty Kushiel, of Rod and Weal, Late of the Brazen Portals, with blood-tipp'd dart a wound unheale… read more

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  • fantasy
"Love as thou wilt"

-Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)

"There is a madness in love."

-Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)

"A nervous silence loosens tongues"

-Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)

"Spontaneity is the province of youth"

-Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)

8. Daja's Book (Circle of Magic, #3)

By: Tamora Pierce

3.29

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

There is an alternate cover edition . Outcast Trader Daja, along with her fellow mages-in-training… read more

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9. Waistcoats & Weaponry (Finishing School, #3)

By: Gail Carriger

3.67

Format: 542 pages, Hardcover

Sophronia continues her second year at finishing school in style--with a steel-bladed fan secreted … read more

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10. Briar's Book (Circle of Magic, #4)

By: Tamora Pierce

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

There is an alternate cover edition of this book . Part of the 8-book Tamora Pierce reissue for Fa… read more

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11. Tris's Book (Circle of Magic, #2)

By: Tamora Pierce

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Earthquake damage leaves Winding Circle vulnerable to pirate attack, so everyone - including the yo… read more

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Cover of The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Ann Older

12. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

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13. Fantastic Four: Full Circle

By: Alex Ross

3.79

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

An all-new Marvel Comics graphic novel starring the Fantastic Four, written and illustrated by reno… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo

14. 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

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  • fantasy
  • horror
"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 The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

15. The Saint of Bright Doors

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more

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  • fantasy
Cover of The Mysteries by Bill Watterson

16. The Mysteries

By: Bill Watterson

3.76

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • horror
  • fantasy
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17. Night Fever

By: Ed Brubaker

3.87

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Who are you, really? Are you the things you do, or are you the person inside your mind? In Europe o… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • horror
Cover of The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie M. Liu

18. The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.08

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The first volume in a new graphic novel horror trilogy from Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda—the creati… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • horror
  • fantasy
"No creepy dolls!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"It’s Sarlaac Satan!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"Not the demon anus!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"Oh my God. We’re superheroes."

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

Cover of Dracula, Motherf**ker! by Alex de Campi

19. Dracula, Motherf**ker!

By: Alex de Campi

3.27

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

Vienna, 1889: Dracula's brides nail him to the bottom of his coffin. Los Angeles, 1974: an ageing s… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
"It's wrong to encase a monster in flesh, to give it a face. It belittles the darkness, makes it smaller, dimmer, to decant it into the image of one particular man ."

-Alex de Campi, Dracula, Motherf**ker!

Cover of Moon Knight, Vol. 5: The Last Days of Moon Knight by Jed MacKay

20. Moon Knight, Vol. 5: The Last Days of Moon Knight

By: Jed MacKay

4.27

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The Moon is rising as the focus shifts to Moon Knight's fellow Khonshu devotee, Hunter's Moon! T… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • horror
Cover of Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste

21. Reluctant Immortals

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.54

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

For fans of Mexican Gothic, from three-time Bram Stoker Award–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes … read more

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  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • horror
"I don’t envy her for it. The thing about making it to old age is that not everyone else will. That means you get to sit back and watch the world slip away from you, one tragedy at a time."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, Reluctant Immortals

"The thing about making it to old age is that not everyone else will. That means you get to sit back and watch the world slip away from you, one tragedy at a time. First it was her friends, the Texan …"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, Reluctant Immortals

Cover of Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith

22. Bea Wolf

By: Zach Weinersmith

4.37

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A modern middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, featuring a gang of troublemaking kids wh… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
"Dawn rose, like a jerk."

-Zach Weinersmith, Bea Wolf

"Make no more clouds. I have drawn the rainbow here."

-Zach Weinersmith, Bea Wolf

Cover of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2) by Emil Ferris

23. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

By: Emil Ferris

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most ins… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • historical fiction
  • horror
"Courage isn't about not being scared... It's about carrying your fear into battle."

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"No, I do not want any kind of censorship. Anka always said, "The minute they tell you that you should not see something, that is the minute you should make it your business to see or read it or whate…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"All my life I have seen pictures that show women as being what you call 'sexy' when they are being hurt. That sends send me a message and I think that the message is, women are at their best when the…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

Cover of She-Hulk, Vol. 1: Jen, Again by Rainbow Rowell

24. She-Hulk, Vol. 1: Jen, Again

By: Rainbow Rowell

3.93

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

The best character ever is back in her own series and about to glam up the whole Marvel Universe! J… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of She-Hulk, Vol. 3: Girl Can't Help It by Rainbow Rowell

25. She-Hulk, Vol. 3: Girl Can't Help It

By: Rainbow Rowell

4.10

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Acclaimed author Rainbow's Rowell's smash hit run on the Jade Giantess continues! Rainbow Rowell… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of She-Hulk, Vol. 2: Jen of Hearts by Rainbow Rowell

26. She-Hulk, Vol. 2: Jen of Hearts

By: Rainbow Rowell

4.04

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Questions abound for the jade giantess! Nightcrawler visits Book Law, but what does the X-Men's res… read more

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  • fantasy
Cover of The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood by Brian "Box" Brown

27. The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood

By: Brian "Box" Brown

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Brian "Box" Brown brings history and culture to life through his comics. In his new graphic novel, … read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
Cover of Star Wars: The High Republic - Shadows of Starlight by Charles Soule

28. Star Wars: The High Republic - Shadows of Starlight

By: Charles Soule

4.08

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The thrilling look into the High Republic era of Star Wars continues! After the destruction of S… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

29. 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

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  • fantasy
Cover of She-Hulk, Vol. 4: Jen-Sational by Rainbow Rowell

30. She-Hulk, Vol. 4: Jen-Sational

By: Rainbow Rowell

3.87

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Jennifer Walters, Esq., is dusting off her adjective and kicking off a new era! The best hero-slash… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fantasy
Cover of Dragon by Saladin Ahmed

31. Dragon

By: Saladin Ahmed

3.79

Format: 174 pages, ebook

DRAGON tells the story of Adil, a fallen old Muslim warrior, and Marjorie, a zealous young Christia… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy

20 Top fantasy books like Dragon by Saladin Ahmed

Transform Your Habits

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 2: Squirrel You Know It's True

Ryan North , Erica Henderson

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School, #2)

Gail Carriger

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic, #1)

Tamora Pierce

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)

Jacqueline Carey

4.30

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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

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Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

Rebecca Roanhorse

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The Stardust Grail

Yume Kitasei

3.78

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When Among Crows

Veronica Roth

3.73

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