19 must-read fantasy books like Kinning (Everfair, #2) by Nisi Shawl

Cover of Kinning (Everfair, #2) by Nisi Shawl

Kinning (Everfair, #2)

By: Nisi Shawl

3.44

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Kinning, the sequel to Nisi Shawl’s acclaimed debut novel Everfair, continues the stunning alternat…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Kinning (Everfair, #2) by Nisi Shawl , here is a list of 19 books like this:

1. The Wandering Earth

By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None

3.73

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more

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2. 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 Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
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3. Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

By: Ann Leckie

4.05

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, for… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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4. The Terraformers

By: Annalee Newitz

3.37

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Destry is a top network analyst with the Environmental Rescue Team, an ancient organization devoted… read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's The Terraformers book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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5. 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 Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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6. Ghost Station

By: S.A. Barnes

3.57

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Barnes's Ghost Station book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. Chicano Frankenstein

By: Daniel A. Olivas

3.61

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

A modern retelling of the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley classic that addresses issues of belonging an… read more

Similar categories in Daniel A. Olivas's Chicano Frankenstein book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. 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 Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. The Butcher of the Forest

By: Premee Mohamed

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dang… read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's The Butcher of the Forest book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Sun of Blood and Ruin (Sun of Blood and Ruin, #1) by Mariely Lares

10. Sun of Blood and Ruin (Sun of Blood and Ruin, #1)

By: Mariely Lares

3.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Rumor has it on the streets of sixteenth-century New Spain, there's a new vigilante in town serving… read more

Similar categories in Mariely Lares's Sun of Blood and Ruin (Sun of Blood and Ruin, #1) book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • historical
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"When no one is around to talk in your ear, then you can hear the only voice that really matters. Your own."

-Mariely Lares, Sun of Blood and Ruin (Sun of Blood and Ruin, #1)

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11. Someone You Can Build a Nest In

By: John Wiswell

4.07

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—… read more

Similar categories in John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest In book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"No young woman of means has gone through her entire life without at least once surveying her opportunities and wishing for a dragon instead."

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

"Homily professed her love by digging a second crossbow bolt of Shersheshin's body. It was so much clearer a declaration of affection than any of those speeches spun by poets or playwrights. And stuff…"

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

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12. The Book of Love

By: Kelly Link

3.50

Format: 628 pages, Hardcover

The Book of Love showcases Kelly Link at the height of her powers, channeling potent magic and attu… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Link's The Book of Love book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2) by Micaiah Johnson

13. Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

By: Micaiah Johnson

4.15

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and i… read more

Similar categories in Micaiah Johnson's Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2) book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Wanting to shift someone's boundaries is a burden and a threat, not a gift or a compliment."

-Micaiah Johnson, Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

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14. Ocean's Godori

By: Elaine U. Cho

3.67

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Ocean Yoon has never felt like much of a Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haeny… read more

Similar categories in Elaine U. Cho's Ocean's Godori book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"She asks, "Do you ever want to go back to Mars?" "It's a weird little place," he replies. "Stuck in its ways. I feel more like a Martian when I'm not there, if that makes sense."

-Elaine U. Cho, Ocean's Godori

Cover of The Truth of the Aleke (Forever Desert, #2) by Moses Ose Utomi

15. The Truth of the Aleke (Forever Desert, #2)

By: Moses Ose Utomi

4.17

Format: 103 pages, Hardcover

Moses Ose Utomi returns to his Forever Desert series with The Truth of the Aleke , continuing his e… read more

Similar categories in Moses Ose Utomi's The Truth of the Aleke (Forever Desert, #2) book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

16. 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

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Blood Is Another Word for Hunger by Rivers Solomon

17. Blood Is Another Word for Hunger

By: Rivers Solomon

3.67

Format: 25 pages, ebook

Anger is an energy. A young girl, a slave in the South, is presented with a moment where she can gr… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's Blood Is Another Word for Hunger book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • historical
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3) by Tomi Adeyemi

18. Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

By: Tomi Adeyemi

3.49

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

New allies rise. The Blood Moon nears. Zélie faces her final enemy. The king who hunts her heart… read more

Similar categories in Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3) book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • africa
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Do not pray to be saved; pray to be reborn."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I like hearing your people call out to your gods- they never seem to come."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I teach you to be warriors in the garden, so that you may never be gardeners in a war."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

Cover of Dazzling by Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ

19. Dazzling

By: Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ

3.68

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The Girl with the Louding Voice meets The Water Dancer in Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ’s magical, award-winn… read more

Similar categories in Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ's Dazzling book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • africa
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi

20. Convergence Problems

By: Wole Talabi

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Convergence Problems is a new short story collection from award-winning, Nebula-nominated Nigerian … read more

Similar categories in Wole Talabi's Convergence Problems book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • science fiction
  • africa
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Kinning (Everfair, #2) by Nisi Shawl

21. Kinning (Everfair, #2)

By: Nisi Shawl

3.44

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Kinning, the sequel to Nisi Shawl’s acclaimed debut novel Everfair, continues the stunning alternat… read more

Similar categories in Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2) book and Nisi Shawl's Kinning (Everfair, #2)

  • africa
  • historical
  • politics
  • alternate history
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy

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4.05

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The Terraformers

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So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

Kamilah Cole

3.90

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The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

Shubnum Khan

3.87

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A Spell of Good Things

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

3.79

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River East, River West

Aube Rey Lescure

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