9 Best fantasy books like Good Guys by Steven Brust

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Good Guys

By: Steven Brust

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Donovan was shot by a cop. For jaywalking, supposedly. Actually, for arguing with a cop while black…

"A cheery receptionist met Donovan as he entered and said something with an upside-down question mark at the beginning."

-Steven Brust, Good Guys

If you liked the fantasy plot in Good Guys by Steven Brust , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Chalice

By: Robin McKinley

3.83

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

As the newly appointed Chalice, Mirasol is the most important member of the Master’s Circle. It is … read more

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  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"Swords. That is no faenorn ; that is slaughter."

-Robin McKinley, Chalice

"Despair was a private weakness she could not afford to indulge."

-Robin McKinley, Chalice

"Water— plain water from the Ladywell— and a spoonful of honey, Master."

-Robin McKinley, Chalice

"She thought, I need no cup. I am Chalice. I am filling with the grief and hurt and fear of my demesne; the shattered earthlines weigh me down; I am brimming with the needs of my people."

-Robin McKinley, Chalice

2. The Crimson Campaign (Powder Mage, #2)

By: Brian McClellan

3.78

Format: 584 pages, Hardcover

The hounds at our heels will soon know we are lions Tamas's invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a… read more

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3. The Fuller Memorandum (Laundry Files, #3)

By: Charles Stross

4.30

Format: 503 pages,

Computational demonologist Bob Howard catches up on filing in the Laundry archives when the top sec… read more

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4. Perfect State

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.89

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Legion and the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive comes an action-… read more

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5. Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera, #5)

By: Jim Butcher

3.82

Format: 4 pages,

Tavi of Calderon, now recognized as Princeps Gaius Octavian and heir to the crown, has achieved a f… read more

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6. Cast in Shadow (Chronicles of Elantra, #1)

By: Michelle Sagara

3.62

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Seven years ago Kaylin fled the crime-riddled streets of Nightshade, knowingthat something was afte… read more

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7. Traitor's Blade (Greatcoats, #1)

By: Sebastien de Castell

4.04

Format: None pages,

Falcio is the first Cantor of the Greatcoats. Trained in the fighting arts and the laws of Tristia,… read more

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8. The Olympian Affair (The Cinder Spires, #2)

By: Jim Butcher

4.25

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

The characters are off on a diplomatic mission to another Spire. A bunch of representatives of vari… read more

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9. City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

4.09

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutali… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
"Death is for the weak."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

"There is no crueler hells then committee work...."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

"Voters might have short memories. Politicians do not."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

"I am lost among the seas of fate and time But at least I have love."

-Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (The Divine Cities, #1)

10. Paradox Bound

By: Peter Clines

3.59

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Eli's willing to admit it: he's a little obsessed with the mysterious woman he met years ago. Okay,… read more

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11. Strange Practice (Dr. Greta Helsing, #1)

By: Vivian Shaw

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Greta Helsing, fast-talking doctor to the undead. Keeping the supernatural community not-alive… read more

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12. The Price of Valour (The Shadow Campaigns, #3)

By: Django Wexler

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the latest Shadow Campaigns novel, Django Wexler continues his "epic fantasy of military might a… read more

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13. Starter Villain

By: John Scalzi

4.16

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularl… read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"So we’re like Spotify, but for evil."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Wait, is there a plot to take over the world with a giant laser?"

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"DOGS ARE THE WORST. THEY’LL SELL YOU OUT FOR A TREAT AND A HEAD PAT."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

"Dogs are the worst. They'll sell you out for a treat and a head pat."

-John Scalzi, Starter Villain

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14. Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.53

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

A six-year-old shiplost girl draws the kin Jurald family of Vilnoc into complex dilemmas, and sorce… read more

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  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2)

By: Cory Doctorow

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of t… read more

Similar categories in Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle (Martin Hench #2) book and Steven Brust's Good Guys

  • science fiction
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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17. Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

By: C.M. Waggoner

3.83

Format: 388 pages, Paperback

Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. Bu… read more

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  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Prettiness is lent to you by youth; attractiveness is purchased with experience."

-C.M. Waggoner, Unnatural Magic (Unnatural Magic, #1)

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18. The Forbidden Door (Jane Hawk, #4)

By: Dean Koontz

4.22

Format: 457 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When this relentless rogue FBI agent comes knocking, her adversaries wi… read more

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  • science fiction
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Her grief was now doubled by his grief. She wondered how many heartbreaks a child so young could endure."

-Dean Koontz, The Forbidden Door (Jane Hawk, #4)

"Cornell knew that most people thought he was strange, even creepy. He'd been diagnosed with Asperger's disorder and various forms of autism. Maybe all those diagnoses were correct or maybe none were.…"

-Dean Koontz, The Forbidden Door (Jane Hawk, #4)

"This is a world of lies and always has been. We live in a time of even greater deceptions than in centuries past. So much of what we're told, what we see on TV, what we read in the newspapers or on t…"

-Dean Koontz, The Forbidden Door (Jane Hawk, #4)

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19. The Book of Elsewhere

By: Keanu Reeves

3.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic … read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.62

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

When Rozakajin, road-weary bandit and army deserter, spots a hapless blond young man in a country i… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) book and Steven Brust's Good Guys

  • magic
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. Good Guys

By: Steven Brust

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Donovan was shot by a cop. For jaywalking, supposedly. Actually, for arguing with a cop while black… read more

Similar categories in Steven Brust's Good Guys book and Steven Brust's Good Guys

  • urban fantasy
  • superheroes
  • magic
  • alternate history
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"A cheery receptionist met Donovan as he entered and said something with an upside-down question mark at the beginning."

-Steven Brust, Good Guys

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