11 must-read high fantasy books like Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1) by Ashok K. Banker

Cover of Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1) by Ashok K. Banker

Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

By: Ashok K. Banker

3.47

Format: 669 pages, Hardcover

A new fantasy series inspired by the ancient Indian classic, The Mahabharata In a world where demig…

If you liked the high fantasy plot in Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1) by Ashok K. Banker , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Famished Road by Ben Okri

1. The Famished Road

By: Ben Okri

3.73

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • A modern classic that reveals the tension between the land of the living, wit… read more

Similar categories in Ben Okri's The Famished Road book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"He danced there like an overturned centipede."

-Ben Okri, The Famished Road

"It is not death that human beings are most afraid of, it is love."

-Ben Okri, The Famished Road

"We must take an interest in politics. We must become spies on behalf of justice."

-Ben Okri, The Famished Road

"I noticed that in a corner, across from where they ate with such innocent relish, sitting forlorn and abandoned, was the ghost of their son. He had lost both of his arms, one side of his face was squ…"

-Ben Okri, The Famished Road

Cover of Heir Apparent (Rasmussem Corporation, #2) by Vivian Vande Velde

2. Heir Apparent (Rasmussem Corporation, #2)

By: Vivian Vande Velde

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, there are way too many ways to get killed--and Giannine … read more

Similar categories in Vivian Vande Velde's Heir Apparent (Rasmussem Corporation, #2) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of The Wall of Storms (The Dandelion Dynasty, #2) by Ken Liu

3. The Wall of Storms (The Dandelion Dynasty, #2)

By: Ken Liu

2.00

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

In the much-anticipated sequel to the "magnificent fantasy epic" (NPR) Grace of Kings, Emperor Kuni… read more

Similar categories in Ken Liu's The Wall of Storms (The Dandelion Dynasty, #2) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy

4. Wake of Vultures (The Shadow, #1)

By: Lila Bowen

4.50

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

A rich, dark fantasy of destiny, death and the supernatural world hiding beneath the surface. Netti… read more

Similar categories in Lila Bowen's Wake of Vultures (The Shadow, #1) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

5. Onslaught (Dark Tide, #1) (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, #2)

By: Michael A. Stackpole

3.71

Format: 76 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this epic of unsurpassed action and imagination, Michael Stackpole helps to launch an exciting n… read more

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6. Conspiracy of Ravens (The Shadow, #2)

By: Lila Bowen

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Monsters, magic and the supernatural combine in this sequel to Wake of Vultures, in which a young w… read more

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Cover of The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2) by Mark  Lawrence

7. The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2)

By: Mark Lawrence

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the bestselling, ground-breaking Library Trilogy, following The Book That Woul… read more

Similar categories in Mark Lawrence's The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo

8. 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

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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 Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1) by Melissa Caruso

9. The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

By: Melissa Caruso

3.83

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

The mage-marked granddaughter of a ruler of Vaskandar, Ryx was destined for power and prestige at t… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Caruso's The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods #1) by Gabriela Romero Lacruz

10. The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods #1)

By: Gabriela Romero Lacruz

3.33

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

In a lush world inspired by the history and folklore of South America, a sweeping epic fantasy of c… read more

Similar categories in Gabriela Romero Lacruz's The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods #1) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • mythology
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I thought tinieblas were nothing but a story—just a word for shadows. Tales to scare children into obedience. Horror tales are inspired by reality."

-Gabriela Romero Lacruz, The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods #1)

Cover of The Quicksilver Court (Rooks and Ruin, #2) by Melissa Caruso

11. The Quicksilver Court (Rooks and Ruin, #2)

By: Melissa Caruso

4.21

Format: 559 pages, Kindle Edition

The Quicksilver Court continues the wildly original epic fantasy series bursting with intrigue and … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Caruso's The Quicksilver Court (Rooks and Ruin, #2) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee

12. Untethered Sky

By: Fonda Lee

3.90

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

From World Fantasy Award-winning author Fonda Lee comes Untethered Sky, an epic fantasy fable about… read more

Similar categories in Fonda Lee's Untethered Sky book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"People have short memories, but nature is patient and implacable."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

"When you love a person, you are expected to give them their freedom, but when you love a monster, you keep it caged."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

"I know this as much as God knows every creature, because I once thought there was no reason for me to be alive, no logic to survival, no meaning to be found past endurance of loss, yet there was."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

Cover of The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1) by James   Logan

13. The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)

By: James Logan

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Lukan Gardova is a cardsharp, academy dropout, and―thanks to a duel that ended badly―the disgraced … read more

Similar categories in James Logan's The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty

14. The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy

By: S.A. Chakraborty

4.30

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author S. A. Chakraborty's acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy gets expanded with this new compi… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Chakraborty's The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • mythology
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Pomegranate Gate (The Mirror Realm Cycle, #1) by Ariel Kaplan

15. The Pomegranate Gate (The Mirror Realm Cycle, #1)

By: Ariel Kaplan

3.99

Format: 545 pages, Hardcover

Ariel Kaplan’s The Pomegranate Gate is the lyrical first installment of the Mirror Realm Cycle, a v… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Kaplan's The Pomegranate Gate (The Mirror Realm Cycle, #1) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst

16. Race the Sands

By: Sarah Beth Durst

4.32

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

In this stand-alone fantasy, Durst introduces an imaginative new world in which a pair of strong an… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Beth Durst's Race the Sands book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Cultivate kindness. Never steal anyone's hope."

-Sarah Beth Durst, Race the Sands

"You needed a fire inside you, the kind that kept you passionately invested in the here and now, the kind that made you want to shape what was happening rather than letting it shape you."

-Sarah Beth Durst, Race the Sands

Cover of The Daughters of Izdihar (The Alamaxa Duology, #1) by Hadeer Elsbai

17. The Daughters of Izdihar (The Alamaxa Duology, #1)

By: Hadeer Elsbai

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

<From debut author Hadeer Elsbai comes the first book in an incredibly powerful new duology, set wh… read more

Similar categories in Hadeer Elsbai's The Daughters of Izdihar (The Alamaxa Duology, #1) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of The Weavers of Alamaxa (The Alamaxa Duology, #2) by Hadeer Elsbai

18. The Weavers of Alamaxa (The Alamaxa Duology, #2)

By: Hadeer Elsbai

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Following up on one of the most exciting fantasy debuts, The Daughters of Izdihar, Hadeer Elsbai co… read more

Similar categories in Hadeer Elsbai's The Weavers of Alamaxa (The Alamaxa Duology, #2) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams

19. Blood at the Root

By: LaDarrion Williams

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he nev… read more

Similar categories in LaDarrion Williams's Blood at the Root book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Spin of Fate (The Fifth Realm, #1) by A.A. Vora

20. Spin of Fate (The Fifth Realm, #1)

By: A.A. Vora

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Magnificent Beasts. Buried Gods. Unforgiving Magic. Epic Battles. Perfect for fans of Avatar: Th… read more

Similar categories in A.A. Vora's Spin of Fate (The Fifth Realm, #1) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1) by Ashok K. Banker

21. Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

By: Ashok K. Banker

3.47

Format: 669 pages, Hardcover

A new fantasy series inspired by the ancient Indian classic, The Mahabharata In a world where demig… read more

Similar categories in Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1) book and Ashok K. Banker's Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1)

  • retellings
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • asian literature
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology

18 must-read fiction books like Upon a Burning Throne (Burnt Empire Saga, #1) by Ashok K. Banker

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3.79

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Ken Liu

2.00

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Mark Lawrence

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3.72

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Bethany Baptiste

3.75

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Makiia Lucier

3.89

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Kelly Andrew

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