13 must-read fantasy books like Orphan Price by Joel Donato Ching Jacob

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Orphan Price

By: Joel Donato Ching Jacob

4.05

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

Gilas and Liksi accompany Tuan to investigate the death of a Maginoo in a neighbouring barangay. Wh…

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1. Ms Ice Sandwich

By: Mieko Kawakami , Louise Heal Kawai

3.78

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

A quixotic and funny tale about first love – from the Akutagawa Prize-winning author. Ms Ice San… read more

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2. Dear Martin

By: Nic Stone

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter De… read more

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3. Come Closer

By: Sara Gran

3.65

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene i… read more

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  • fantasy
"What we think is impossible happens all the time."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

"In January I had a proposal due to my boss, Leon Fields, on a new project."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

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4. It's a Mens World

By: Bebang Siy

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Unang nagka-mens ang kapatid kong si Colay kesa sa akin. Ten years old siya noon at ako, magtu-twel… read more

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5. Interpreter of Maladies

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

4.17

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here Navigating between the Indian tra… read more

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"Sexy means loving someone you do not know."

-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies

"You got cats at home?" "No cats. Only a husband."

-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies

"A woman who had fallen out of love with her life"

-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies

"In those six weeks I regarded her arrival as I would the arrival of a coming month, or season - something inevitable, but meaningless at the same time."

-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies

6. A Field Guide to the Roads of Manila and Other Stories

By: Dean Francis Alfar , Andrew Drilon

3.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Field Guide to the Roads of Manilais a map to the worlds of award-winning fictionist Dean Francis… read more

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7. The Darkness Outside Us

By: Eliot Schrefer

4.32

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Two boys, alone in space. After the first settler on Titan trips her distress signal, neither re… read more

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  • fantasy
"Wow, that was salty. I kind of like it,"

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"Today he smells like motor oil. It's sort of exotic-erotic."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"Intimacy is the only shield against insanity. Intimacy, not knowledge. Intimacy, not power."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"I can manually debug a few hundred thousand lines. It won't be fun, but I ... who am I kidding, it will be fun."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

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8. Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

By: Patricia Evangelista

4.18

Format: 428 pages, Hardcover

A fearless, powerfully written on-the-ground account of a nation careening into violent autocracy—t… read more

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9. Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel, #3)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.23

Format: 300 pages, ebook

Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the c… read more

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  • fantasy
"If you have any enemies I'll kill them and you can dissect them. Would you like that?"

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel, #3)

"Once a thing is made, it exists in the mind of the world. The next one is easier to make, and the next one after that. ... "The first takes a twisted genius. The hundredth can be done by any blacksmi…"

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel, #3)

"The one advantage police had over paladins was that guards had no problem believing that someone would randomly shove pointy logs into other people. Paladins generally took a little longer to get the…"

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel, #3)

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10. Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.23

Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition

He’s a paladin of a dead god, tracking a supernatural killer across a continent. She’s a nun from a… read more

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  • fantasy
"I somehow thought you had experience with stealth missions."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2)

"Saints teeth, everyone gets younger every year I think. Except me."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2)

"The larger part of power was understanding the power you had over others, even if you would rather not have had that much power in the first place."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel, #2)

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11. Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

By: Jordan Ifueko

4.33

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, … read more

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"Didn't I tell you a bath would help?"

-Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

"Some demons could not be soothed by any lullaby."

-Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

"You have never worried me, daughter. You have only disappointed."

-Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

"And the more I learn, the farther I feel. I don’t know where home is anymore."

-Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

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12. The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

By: Alison Cochrun

4.13

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it’s no wonder then that he’s spent his career… read more

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"Why have I let the world convince me I’m not enough without romance?"

-Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

"Because slow and careful is what Charlie needs, and because Dev is a little bit obsessed with being what Charlie needs."

-Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

"I don't think happily ever after is something that happens to you, Dev. I think it's something you choose to do for yourself."

-Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

"labels can be nice sometimes, They can give us a language to understand ourselves and our hearts better. And they can help us find a community and develop a sense of belonging."

-Alison Cochrun, The Charm Offensive (The Charm Offensive, #1)

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13. Lovely War

By: Julie Berry

4.23

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

It's 1917, and World War I is at its zenith when Hazel and James first catch sight of each other at… read more

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  • fantasy
"Oh, you,"

-Julie Berry, Lovely War

"Paris was made for two."

-Julie Berry, Lovely War

"The first casualty of war is the truth."

-Julie Berry, Lovely War

"If you love something, you must set it free."

-Julie Berry, Lovely War

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14. The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

By: Tasha Suri

4.34

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

"Alluring, action-packed, and gut-wrenching," (Publishers Weekly, starred review), The Oleander Swo… read more

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  • fantasy
"Malini, she wanted to say. Wanted to shape that name in her mouth."

-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

"How can you trust me not to ruin everything? Who else do I have to trust but you, Pri?"

-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

"You are like ink, Malini thought hopelessly. Ink, and all I want is to make poetry of you."

-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

"I miss you, she thought, speaking to nothing in the quiet of her heart. I will always miss you."

-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

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15. Paladin’s Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.12

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year… Three years later, Stephen is a broken paladi… read more

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  • fantasy
"I fear that I am not the best possible person for this, but I am the best possible person available at this time, which is much the same thing."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin’s Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)

"There was something about poverty that was a little like war. Either you had been there or you hadn't, and it wasn't really possible to explain it to anyone who hadn't."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin’s Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)

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16. Spoiler Alert (Spoiler Alert, #1)

By: Olivia Dade

3.64

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Marcus Caster-Rupp has a secret. The world may know him as Aeneas, star of the biggest show on tele… read more

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"His home was filled with valuables, even if he currently felt worthless."

-Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert (Spoiler Alert, #1)

"Heidi looked thoughtful. “Mel, darling, are you thinking what I’m thinking?"

-Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert (Spoiler Alert, #1)

"she loved shiny things, always had. But he wasn't a diamond. Just fool's gold."

-Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert (Spoiler Alert, #1)

"Could he even call whatever emotion they felt for him love, when they didn’t either understand or respect anything he did, anything he was?"

-Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert (Spoiler Alert, #1)

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17. The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow, #3)

By: Alix E. Harrow

4.33

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

The Saint of War spares the life of a servant girl so she can fulfill her destiny as the kingdom’s … read more

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  • fantasy
"He doesn’t move or speak, but he doesn’t need to. I know his desires by the pace of his breath and the tilt of his shoulders, by the shape of his jaw and the heat of his gaze. I know him, and in know…"

-Alix E. Harrow, The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow, #3)

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18. The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

By: Thea Guanzon

3.66

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

The heart is a battlefield. All Talasyn has ever known is the Hurricane Wars. Growing up an orp… read more

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  • fantasy
"I did it,"

-Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

"And what, pray tell, are you still doing here?"

-Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

"She bristled. “You are my consort. You don’t get to order me around."

-Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

"Yes, he's dead, the fool," sighed Daya Odish. "What a pity, I will miss him."

-Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars (The Hurricane Wars, #1)

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19. Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2)

By: Rainbow Rowell

3.91

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the v… read more

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  • fantasy
"I’m disrespectful,"

-Rainbow Rowell, Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2)

"Come on, Snow. Let's see America."

-Rainbow Rowell, Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2)

"It might not be the circle of life,"

-Rainbow Rowell, Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2)

"I'd tie our hearts together, chamber by chamber."

-Rainbow Rowell, Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2)

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20. The Cost of Knowing

By: Brittney Morris

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future, whose life turns upside down w… read more

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  • fantasy
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21. Winter in Sokcho

By: Elisa Shua Dusapin

3.56

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman - a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut F… read more

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"The rain hammered down, the sea rising beneath it in spikes like the spines of a sea urchin."

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho

"How do you know when a story is done?’ ‘My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho

"How do you know when a story is done?" "My character reaches a point when I know he has a life of his own. I can let him go."

-Elisa Shua Dusapin, Winter in Sokcho

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22. Some Days You Can’t Save Them All

By: Ronnie E. Baticulon

4.67

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

"In the event of an error, the only thing a writer loses is a chunk of swollen ego. But a physician… read more

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"Some days, you could not save them all, but my patients - with their promise of a good story - reminded me that I should never stop trying."

-Ronnie E. Baticulon, Some Days You Can’t Save Them All

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23. Chloe and the Kaishao Boys

By: Mae Coyiuto

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When Dimple Met Rishi meets Loveboat, Taipei in this hilarious YA rom-com about a Chinese-Filipina … read more

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24. Give Me a Sign

By: Anna Sortino

4.11

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more

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25. All The Lonely People

By: Kannika Claudine D. Peña

3.88

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Much of our lives surprisingly depend on tiny objects—wallets, keys, cellphones, rings, IDs— that t… read more

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26. Seek Ye Whore and Other Stories

By: Yvette Tan

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Yvette Tan, one of the Philippines’ most celebrated horror writers, returns with her second short s… read more

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27. You're That Bitch: And Other Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself

By: Bretman Rock

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

"This book is hilarious and that bitch made me laugh out loud."--Chelsea Handler A chaotically j… read more

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"A role could call for an indigenous Aeta woman and they would hire a half white, half Filipina woman and paint her skin Black just so she could play a maid."

-Bretman Rock, You're That Bitch: And Other Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself

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28. Sa labas ng parlor (Philippine writers series)

By: Honorio Bartolome De Dios

4.62

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

Tagalog read more

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29. Even Ducks Get Liver Cancer

By: Wilfredo Liangco

4.56

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

Blunt, hilarious, and heartbreaking, Even Ducks Get Liver Cancer is a candid and hysterical accoun… read more

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30. Orphan Price

By: Joel Donato Ching Jacob

4.05

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

Gilas and Liksi accompany Tuan to investigate the death of a Maginoo in a neighbouring barangay. Wh… read more

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  • fantasy
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31. Agaw-Anino

By: Erik Guzman Pingol

4.20

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

NOBELA Grand Prize winner of the 69th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature Sa maliit na… read more

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