9 best-selling science fiction fantasy books like Penric's Labors (Penric &Desdemona) by Lois McMaster Bujold

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Penric's Labors (Penric &Desdemona)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

THREE PENRIC AND DESDEMONA NOVELLAS IN THE WORLD OF THE FIVE GODS BY GRAND MASTER LOIS McMASTER BUJ…

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in Penric's Labors (Penric &Desdemona) by Lois McMaster Bujold , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

By: Ashley Weaver

3.77

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Amory Ames is a wealthy young woman who regrets her marriage to her notoriously charming playboy hu… read more

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  • fiction
"Well, one can't stop love, can one?"

-Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

"The letter wasn't at all in Milo's style. He would have issued a much more elegant threat on vastly superior stationery."

-Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

"We looked into one another's eyes, and I think we both knew in that instant that the past was behind us. We could never be to each other what we had been once."

-Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

"Poor darling," he said, shaking his head, "you're not cold-hearted enough to be a detective. You only want the disagreeable people to be guilty, and I'm afraid you'll find that life isn't like that."

-Ashley Weaver, Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)

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2. Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1)

By: David Brin

3.91

Format: 661 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Jijo es un planeta prohibido, un mundo que se recupera lentamente de un grave desastre ecológico y … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Responsibility was our cruel mooring...."

-David Brin, Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1)

"Creative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora."

-David Brin, Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1)

"It was a strange trek — the sullen leading the apathetic, followed by the confused, all tailed by the inveterately amused."

-David Brin, Brightness Reef (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #1)

3. Heaven's Reach (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #3)

By: David Brin

3.91

Format: 337 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards, David Brin brings his bestselling Uplift series to a magnific… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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4. Axis (Spin, #2)

By: Robert Charles Wilson

3.50

Format: 224 pages,

Wildly praised by readers and critics alike, Robert Charles Wilson's Spinwon science fiction's high… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction

5. Sylvester

By: Georgette Heyer , Joan Wolf

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Endowed with rank, wealth and elegance, Sylvester, Duke of Salford, posts into Wiltshire to discove… read more

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6. The Wheel of Osheim (The Red Queen's War, #3)

By: Mark Lawrence

3.50

Format: 519 pages, Hardcover

From the international bestselling author of the Broken Empire Trilogy, the thrilling conclusion to… read more

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7. Restoration (Rai-Kirah, #3)

By: Carol Berg

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the third Book of the Rai-kirah, Seyonne is besieged by doubt, madness, and visions that insist … read more

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8. Alliance of Equals (Liaden Universe, #19)

By: Sharon Lee , Steve Miller

3.76

Format: None pages, ebook

A new novel in the popular and exciting science fiction Liaden Universe(r) series. Over a half mill… read more

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9. Infinity's Shore (Uplift Storm Trilogy, #2)

By: David Brin

3.64

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

For the fugitive settlers of Jijo, it is truly the beginning of the end. As starships fill the skie… read more

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10. 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

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  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • humor
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"(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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11. 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

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  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
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12. 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

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  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"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)

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13. Rest in Pink (Liz Danger #2)

By: Jennifer Crusie

4.42

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

From the NY Times Bestselling duo that wrote Agnes and the Hitman, the second book in a new series.… read more

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  • humor
  • fiction
Cover of A Winter by the Sea (On Devonshire Shores, #2) by Julie Klassen

14. A Winter by the Sea (On Devonshire Shores, #2)

By: Julie Klassen

4.21

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

Royalty comes to Sidmouth, bringing unexpected danger and the sweet possibility of romance. . . . … read more

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  • fiction
"Take two chickens and dress them very neatly. - Mrs Glasse, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy"

-Julie Klassen, A Winter by the Sea (On Devonshire Shores, #2)

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15. 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

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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16. 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

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  • fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"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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17. The Candles Are Burning (Into Shadow, #6)

By: Veronica G. Henry

3.43

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

Amid the modern trappings of 1950s Savannah, an ancient evil threatens a young widow and her daught… read more

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  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher

By: E.M. Anderson

3.75

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

You're never too old for adventure. When you’re a geriatric armed with nothing but gumption and… read more

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  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
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19. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

By: Emily Nussbaum

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more

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20. Trader's Leap (Liaden Universe, #23)

By: Sharon Lee

4.49

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW ENTRY IN THE LANDMARK LIADEN UNIVERSE® SERIESThe only bridge between past and future is a leap … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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21. Penric's Labors (Penric &Desdemona)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

THREE PENRIC AND DESDEMONA NOVELLAS IN THE WORLD OF THE FIVE GODS BY GRAND MASTER LOIS McMASTER BUJ… read more

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  • ghosts
  • novella
  • science fiction fantasy
  • humor
  • magic
  • collections
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy

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