9 Best science fiction fantasy books like The Heart of the Circle by Keren Landsman

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The Heart of the Circle

By: Keren Landsman

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Sorcerers fight for the right to exist and fall in love, in this extraordinary alternate world fant…

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1. All the Birds in the Sky

By: Charlie Jane Anders

3.59

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

Childhood friends Patricia Delfine, a witch, and Laurence Armstead, a mad scientist, parted ways un… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Jane Anders's All the Birds in the Sky book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • romance
  • urban fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"What was worse, being crazy or being evil?"

-Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky

"Self-awareness paradoxically requires an awareness of the other."

-Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky

"When the world turns chaotic, we must be the better part of chaos."

-Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky

"Love was the most susceptible to random failure of all human enterprises."

-Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky

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2. Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

By: Catherynne M. Valente

3.46

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SING A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and … read more

Similar categories in Catherynne M. Valente's Space Opera (Space Opera, #1) book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I don't see where you get off fretting about whether or not the end of the world is family-friendly."

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"Hey there," the steely abomination said with infinite, Buddha-like compassion, "it looks like you're trying to come to grips with the existence of events and entities far beyond your experience and, …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"Are you kind enough, on your little planet, not to shut that rhythm down? Not to crush underfoot the singers of songs and tellers of tales and wearers of silk? Because it's monsters who do that. Who …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

"But all he had up Robert's perfect sleeve was two rubbishy songs that were more gimmick than the white-hot fire of real music , the sort of music people would play over and over in their bedrooms at …"

-Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera (Space Opera, #1)

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3. The Clothesline Swing

By: Danny Ramadan

4.14

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The Clothesline Swingis a journey through the troublesome aftermath of the Arab Spring. A former Sy… read more

Similar categories in Danny Ramadan's The Clothesline Swing book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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4. The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

By: Maggie Stiefvater

3.73

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

The fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1 New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4) book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • romance
  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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5. A Possibility of Violence

By: D.A. Mishani

3.88

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

An explosive device is found in a suitcase near a daycare center in Holon, a quiet suburb of Tel Av… read more

Similar categories in D.A. Mishani's A Possibility of Violence book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • fiction
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6. A Horse Walks into a Bar

By: David Grossman , Jessica Cohen

3.52

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning and internationally acclaimed author of the To the End of the Land now gives us a… read more

Similar categories in David Grossman's A Horse Walks into a Bar book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • fiction
"What do people see in me on the first impression? ... Is there any imprint left from the love I knew? A rebirth mark?"

-David Grossman, A Horse Walks into a Bar

"What do people see in me on the first impression? Can they still see what I was until not long ago? Is there any imprint left from the love I knew? A rebirth mark?"

-David Grossman, A Horse Walks into a Bar

"En tunnistanut itseäni, kun olin hänen kanssaan. En tunnistanut innostunutta, eloisaa poikaa, joka minusta kuoriutui. En tunnistanut ohimoilleni nousevaa kuumotusta, vaikka se johtui ajatusten kiihko…"

-David Grossman, A Horse Walks into a Bar

7. Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

3.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Cordelia Naismith and her survey crew are attacked by a renegade group from Barrayar, she is t… read more

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8. The Last Colony (Old Man's War #3)

By: John Scalzi

3.91

Format: 434 pages,

Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant H… read more

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9. Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, #3)

By: Maggie Stiefvater

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The third installment in the all-new series from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Maggie St… read more

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10. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

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11. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

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12. The Wolf Hunt

By: Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen returns with a timely exploration of the fault lines in a… read more

Similar categories in Ayelet Gundar-Goshen's The Wolf Hunt book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • fiction
Cover of The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1) by K.J. Charles

13. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)

By: K.J. Charles

4.13

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

Bridgerton meets Poldark in this sweeping LGBTQIA+ Regency romance from award-winning author KJ Cha… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1) book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • queer
"It didn’t have quite the melancholy feel of lost hopes and the futility of human endeavour that would have suited his mood, but it was still moderately picturesque."

-K.J. Charles, The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)

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14. 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 Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • 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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15. Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.19

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

The first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Colum… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"What use is a power to read the heavens if it cannot be turned to your own benefit?"

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

"There was magic in the world, pure and simple, things she didn't understand. Best get used to it."

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

"We have become a place of long weeping A house of scattered feathers There is no home for us between earth and sky. —From Collected Lamentations from the Night of Knives"

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

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16. 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

Similar categories in Vajra Chandrasekera's The Saint of Bright Doors book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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17. Hummingbird Salamander

By: Jeff VanderMeer

3.25

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Annihilation, a brilliant speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered sp… read more

Similar categories in Jeff VanderMeer's Hummingbird Salamander book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • speculative fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"But the trick of the world was to contain all things."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

"Were companies units or loose, ever-shifting alliances of individuals? Still didn't know."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

"I felt like a child. I was a child. I could blow things up but I couldn't put things back together."

-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

"The Christmas decorations at the entrance were garish, incomprehensible, partisan. What kind of a country did we live in?"

-Jeff VanderMeer, Hummingbird Salamander

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18. Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)

By: Martha Wells

4.34

Format: 8 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot—the sardonic, almost-homicidal, media-loving android created by Martha Wells—has proven t… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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19. Prophet

By: Sin Blaché

3.68

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Daring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new … read more

Similar categories in Sin Blaché's Prophet book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"He looks at Rao. Turns in his seat and looks. Sunil Rao, bane of Adam's career, world saver, royal pain in the ass, and genuinely the love of Adam's life."

-Sin Blaché, Prophet

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20. Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh

4.06

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more

Similar categories in Emily Tesh's Some Desperate Glory book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

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21. Exordia

By: Seth Dickinson

3.78

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

“Anna, I came to Earth tracking a very old story, a story that goes back to the dawn of time. it’s … read more

Similar categories in Seth Dickinson's Exordia book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1) by Marlon James

22. Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)

By: Marlon James

3.45

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

In the first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to… read more

Similar categories in Marlon James's Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1) book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"What a day when a man tell me what to do."

-Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)

"You could have a family of one and still drive them apart."

-Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)

"Because at the end of a true story, there is nothing but waste."

-Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)

"Why should anybody want anybody? Just have nothing, just need nothing."

-Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)

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23. Evershore (Skyward, #2.3)

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.37

Format: 234 pages, ebook

From #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes the final of three Skyward s… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's Evershore (Skyward, #2.3) book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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24. Sunreach (Skyward, #2.1)

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.16

Format: 208 pages, ebook

From #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes the first of three Skyward s… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's Sunreach (Skyward, #2.1) book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Pues tienes una oportunidad, Lyn. Una que no se ha concedido a nadie en siglos, una posibilidad entre millones. O la aprovechas, y al hacerlo decides que eres digna, o te rindes y te marchas."

-Brandon Sanderson, Sunreach (Skyward, #2.1)

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25. ReDawn (Skyward, #2.2)

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.17

Format: 229 pages, ebook

From #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes the second of three Skyward … read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's ReDawn (Skyward, #2.2) book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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26. Greywaren (Dreamer Trilogy, #3)

By: Maggie Stiefvater

4.29

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the story of the Lynch family. Niall and Mór escaped their homeland for a new start, an… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Dudifer, you are saddest dude I have ever met."

-Maggie Stiefvater, Greywaren (Dreamer Trilogy, #3)

"Whoa, whoa, whoa' said Hennessy. 'Pump the brakes, as the Pope would say"

-Maggie Stiefvater, Greywaren (Dreamer Trilogy, #3)

"On the seventh day, the Lynch brothers discovered they were friends once more."

-Maggie Stiefvater, Greywaren (Dreamer Trilogy, #3)

"Love had changed the situation. Niall didn't yet love the strange, dangerous child, but he loved Declan, and Declan loved Ronan. So Ronan lived."

-Maggie Stiefvater, Greywaren (Dreamer Trilogy, #3)

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27. Stockholm

By: Noa Yedlin

3.27

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

An ingeniously plotted dark comedy about aging and friendship following a tight-knit circle of seni… read more

Similar categories in Noa Yedlin's Stockholm book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • fiction
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28. The Lights of Prague

By: Nicole Jarvis

3.65

Format: 413 pages, Paperback

For readers of VE Schwab and The Witcher, science and magic clash in atmospheric gaslight-era Pragu… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Jarvis's The Lights of Prague book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • urban fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Give men weapons and tell them they have a righteous war, and they'll do anything."

-Nicole Jarvis, The Lights of Prague

"You're a delightful conversationalist, you let ladies lure you to operas, and you're good with your hands. What's not to like?"

-Nicole Jarvis, The Lights of Prague

"Ora appreciated that he always made the effort to acknowledge her maid. Lina's Romani heritage meant she was scorned or ignored by many of the people Ora had flirted with over the years, and was ther…"

-Nicole Jarvis, The Lights of Prague

"Years of nightly patrols had made each street familiar beneath his boots, a home as beautiful as it was deadly. On one street, he had shyly kissed Bina Laska when he was sixteen. On the next, he had …"

-Nicole Jarvis, The Lights of Prague

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29. The Heart of the Circle

By: Keren Landsman

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Sorcerers fight for the right to exist and fall in love, in this extraordinary alternate world fant… read more

Similar categories in Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • romance
  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • magic
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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30. Sweet Dreams

By: Tricia Sullivan

3.24

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Charlie is a dreamhacker, able to enter your dreams and mould their direction. Forget that recurrin… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Sullivan's Sweet Dreams book and Keren Landsman's The Heart of the Circle

  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Cross Bones: The dead won't rest in the third book in this quirky crime series (The Accidental Medium 3) by Tracy Whitwell

31. Cross Bones: The dead won't rest in the third book in this quirky crime series (The Accidental Medium 3)

By: Tracy Whitwell

4.39

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s a queue at her door, and not all of them are living . . .When Tanz, the accidental medium, … read more

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Charlie Jane Anders

3.59

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3.46

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4.14

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