15 Best science fiction fantasy books like Shadow of the Swan (The Phoenix Legacy, #2) by M.K. Wren

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Shadow of the Swan (The Phoenix Legacy, #2)

By: M.K. Wren

4.20

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

The Lord Alexand DeKoven Woolf was born destined to lead the Concord, the Two System's ultimate emp…

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in Shadow of the Swan (The Phoenix Legacy, #2) by M.K. Wren , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Heir of Sea and Fire (Riddle-Master, #2) by Patricia A. McKillip

1. Heir of Sea and Fire (Riddle-Master, #2)

By: Patricia A. McKillip

4.15

Format: 213 pages, Mass Market Paperback

By the vow of her father and her own desire, Raederle was pledged to Morgon, Riddle-Master of Hed. … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Kushiel's Avatar (Phèdre's Trilogy, #3) by Jacqueline Carey

2. Kushiel's Avatar (Phèdre's Trilogy, #3)

By: Jacqueline Carey

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. It's inhabited by the race tha… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction

3. The Plague Dogs

By: Richard Adams

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Richard Adams, the author of Watership Down, creates a lyrical and engrossing tale, a remarkable jo… read more

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4. The Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods, #1)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

A man broken in body and spirit, Cazaril, has returned to the noble household he once served as pag… read more

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5. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

By: Chris Hadfield

4.50

Format: 142 pages, Hardcover

Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours … read more

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6. The 13 Clocks

By: James Thurber , Marc Simont

4.00

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Once upon a time, in a gloomy castle on a lonely hill, where there were thirteen clocks that wouldn… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Time lies frozen there. It's always Then. It's never Now."

-James Thurber, The 13 Clocks

"You mere device," he gnarled. "You platitude! Your Gollux ex machina!"

-James Thurber, The 13 Clocks

"You'll never live to wed his niece. You'll only die to feed his geese."

-James Thurber, The 13 Clocks

"Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long."

-James Thurber, The 13 Clocks

Cover of Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2) by Jacqueline Carey

7. Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)

By: Jacqueline Carey

4.30

Format: 678 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Mighty Kushiel, of Rod and Weal, Late of the Brazen Portals, with blood-tipp'd dart a wound unheale… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Love as thou wilt"

-Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)

"There is a madness in love."

-Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)

"A nervous silence loosens tongues"

-Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)

"Spontaneity is the province of youth"

-Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)

Cover of The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2) by Ursula K. Le Guin

8. The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.13

Format: 180 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and n… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"COME HOME, TENAR! COME HOME!"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

"The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

"He had made follow him. He had called her by her name, and she had come crouching to his hand."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

"Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

9. The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Book Three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea CycleDarkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world … read more

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10. The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in… read more

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Cover of Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1) by Jacqueline Carey

11. Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)

By: Jacqueline Carey

4.02

Format: 1040 pages, Paperback

The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1) book and M.K. Wren's Shadow of the Swan (The Phoenix Legacy, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"All knowledge is worth having."

-Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)

"Wars come and go; politics endure."

-Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)

"For every victory there is a price."

-Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)

"That which yields is not always weak."

-Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)

Cover of System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) by Martha Wells

12. 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 M.K. Wren's Shadow of the Swan (The Phoenix Legacy, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science 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)

Cover of The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

13. The Kaiju Preservation Society

By: John Scalzi

3.99

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food deliv… read more

Similar categories in John Scalzi's The Kaiju Preservation Society book and M.K. Wren's Shadow of the Swan (The Phoenix Legacy, #2)

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I lift things."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"So we’re the monster police, too?"

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"...if you're only reading books because you have to, it becomes much less fun."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

"My brain said. Just walk away. [...] But even as my brain was saying that, my body was turning back, becaus like puppies we are enculturated to turn when our name is called."

-John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society

Cover of Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) by John Scalzi

14. Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

By: John Scalzi

4.24

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined t… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"It’s war, you jackasses,"

-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

"Christ on a Popsicle stick."

-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

"What we don't know can't hurt us."

-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

"We don’t get to choose our battles."

-John Scalzi, Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)

Cover of Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #2; Kate Daniels, #10.6) by Ilona Andrews

15. Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #2; Kate Daniels, #10.6)

By: Ilona Andrews

4.70

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

A new town, new friends, new challenges…. And a new heart-stopping adventure from #1 New York Times… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"The Consort is merciful and kind to a fault,"

-Ilona Andrews, Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #2; Kate Daniels, #10.6)

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16. 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

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

Cover of Winter's Gifts (Rivers of London, #9.5) by Ben Aaronovitch

17. Winter's Gifts (Rivers of London, #9.5)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

3.99

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

When retired FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an ‘X-Ray Sierra India’ incident, the operator do… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"My decision to apply to be a special agent crept up on me some time between the case of the spontaneously exploding tractor and the cows that ate Paris, Arkansas."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Winter's Gifts (Rivers of London, #9.5)

Cover of Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) by Martha Wells

18. Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

By: Martha Wells

4.31

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body in the station mall. When M… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
"Tural left with the air of escaping before things got worse."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"The only thing worse than humans infantilizing bots was bots infantilizing themselves."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans so the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

"Humans do the "make it a question so it doesn't sound so bad" thing and it still sounds bad."

-Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

Cover of The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1) by Chris Hadfield

19. The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1)

By: Chris Hadfield

3.92

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An exceptional debut thriller and “exciting journey” into the dark heart of the Cold War and the sp… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hadfield's The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1) book and M.K. Wren's Shadow of the Swan (The Phoenix Legacy, #2)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1) by Edward Ashton

20. Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1)

By: Edward Ashton

3.75

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living. Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"I’ve always believed it’s important to accept the people in your life for who they are. There’s no such thing as a perfect friend, any more than there’s any such thing as a perfect anything, and if y…"

-Edward Ashton, Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1)

Cover of The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1) by Jim Butcher

21. The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)

By: Jim Butcher

4.18

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Jim Butcher, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files and the Codex Alera nove… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I love you,"

-Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)

"It's a tradition,"

-Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)

"HOW CAN YOU KNOW THIS?"

-Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)

"Predator is not property,"

-Jim Butcher, The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)

Cover of The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1) by Nghi Vo

22. The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

By: Nghi Vo

3.95

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

A young royal from the far north is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Angry mothers raise daughters fierce enough to fight wolves."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"[,,,] if you want to understand people who have gone, that's what you look at, isn't it? Their offal. Their leavings."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"The abbey at Singing Hills would say that if a record cannot be perfect, it should at least be present. Better for it to exist than for it to be perfect and only in your mind."

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

"... He was unimportant, the least of In-yo's spies and couriers, but—" Almost Brilliant fluttered her wings in the dying light. "I understand. I will remember Sukai for you, and so will my children a…"

-Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

Cover of An Inheritance of Magic (Inheritance of Magic #1) by Benedict Jacka

23. An Inheritance of Magic (Inheritance of Magic #1)

By: Benedict Jacka

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The super-rich control everything—including magic—in this thrilling and brilliant, contemporary fan… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark  Lawrence

24. The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

By: Mark Lawrence

None

Format: 559 pages, Hardcover

A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than ci… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Bonds of Blood (The Last Hunter #2) by J.N. Chaney

25. Bonds of Blood (The Last Hunter #2)

By: J.N. Chaney

4.43

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. Commodore Jack Romanoff and his merry band of ra… read more

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  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Hunter (The Last Hunter #1) by J.N. Chaney

26. The Last Hunter (The Last Hunter #1)

By: J.N. Chaney

4.42

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Two centuries after the Confedera… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
Cover of Forsaken Commander (The Aternien Wars #1) by G.J.  Ogden

27. Forsaken Commander (The Aternien Wars #1)

By: G.J. Ogden

4.26

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Master Commander Carter Rose was the Union’s secret weapon. An augmented, bio-engineered officer in… read more

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  • science fiction
  • space opera
Cover of Conscript by Scott Bartlett

28. Conscript

By: Scott Bartlett

4.38

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

He Chose the Marines Over JailDesperate to free his younger siblings from debt slavery, Po Abbato t… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of Shadow of the Swan  (The Phoenix Legacy, #2) by M.K. Wren

29. Shadow of the Swan (The Phoenix Legacy, #2)

By: M.K. Wren

4.20

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

The Lord Alexand DeKoven Woolf was born destined to lead the Concord, the Two System's ultimate emp… read more

Similar categories in M.K. Wren's Shadow of the Swan (The Phoenix Legacy, #2) book and M.K. Wren's Shadow of the Swan (The Phoenix Legacy, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of An Instruction in Shadow (Inheritance of Magic, #2) by Benedict Jacka

30. An Instruction in Shadow (Inheritance of Magic, #2)

By: Benedict Jacka

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The ultra-rich control magic—the same way they control everything else—but Stephen Oakwood may just… read more

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  • fantasy

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