15 Top fantasy books like Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1) by Mark Lawrence

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Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

By: Mark Lawrence

3.84

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother, an…

"War, my friends, is a thing of beauty."

-Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

"Go fuck yourself,' I said. I kept it pleasant."

-Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

"Four years and everything was the same, except me."

-Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

"Tell me, tutor,' I said. 'Is revenge a science, or an art?"

-Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

If you liked the fantasy plot in Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1) by Mark Lawrence , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3) by Joe Abercrombie

1. Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.34

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

The end is coming. Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him but it's going to be a b… read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"You have to realistic about these things."

-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

"Cleverness is no guarantee of sensible behavior."

-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

"Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her."

-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

"Rare rages render a man frightening. Common ones render him ridiculous."

-Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

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2. The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.21

Format: 515 pages, Paperback

Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he… read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Fucking pinks!"

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"I’ve fought in three campaigns,"

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"Body found floating by the docks..."

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"The best steel doesn't always shine the brightest."

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

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3. Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

By: Robin Hobb

4.18

Format: None pages, None

In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one youn… read more

Similar categories in Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Fa!"

-Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

"But in my heart, when I said “my king,"

-Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

"Men cannot grieve as dogs do. But they grieve for many years."

-Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

"One had a knife. But I had a staff and was trained to use it."

-Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

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4. The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)

By: Brent Weeks

4.15

Format: 645 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From New York Times Bestselling author Brent Weeks... For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and … read more

Similar categories in Brent Weeks's The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Your Majesty,"

-Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)

"Is that all your life is?"

-Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)

". “Let me make this real simple,"

-Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)

"Relationships are ropes, love is a noose"

-Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)

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5. Kings of the Wyld (The Band, #1)

By: Nicholas Eames

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Glory never gets old Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best -- the meanest, dirtie… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Eames's Kings of the Wyld (The Band, #1) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

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

6. Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1)

By: Anthony Ryan

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Sixth Order wields the sword of justice and smites the enemies of the Faith and the Realm." Va… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Ryan's Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • epic fantasy
Cover of Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1) by Mark  Lawrence

7. Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

By: Mark Lawrence

3.84

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother, an… read more

Similar categories in Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • post apocalyptic
  • epic fantasy
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • dark
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"War, my friends, is a thing of beauty."

-Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

"Go fuck yourself,' I said. I kept it pleasant."

-Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

"Four years and everything was the same, except me."

-Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

"Tell me, tutor,' I said. 'Is revenge a science, or an art?"

-Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

Cover of Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2) by Joe Abercrombie

8. Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.35

Format: 441 pages, Trade Paperback

Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with trai… read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"So we wait?"

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Empathy? What’s that?"

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Great men have great faults."

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Those with the least always lose the most in war."

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

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9. Best Served Cold

By: Joe Abercrombie

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Springtime in Styria. And that means war. Springtime in Styria. And that means revenge. There have … read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's Best Served Cold book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Warded Man (Demon Cycle, #1) by Peter V. Brett

10. The Warded Man (Demon Cycle, #1)

By: Peter V. Brett

1.00

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

As darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise--demons who possess supernatural powers and burn… read more

Similar categories in Peter V. Brett's The Warded Man (Demon Cycle, #1) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Half the World (Shattered Sea, #2) by Joe Abercrombie

11. Half the World (Shattered Sea, #2)

By: Joe Abercrombie

0.00

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

Thorn Bathu was born to fight. But when she kills a boy in the training square she finds herself na… read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's Half the World (Shattered Sea, #2) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

  • epic fantasy
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Night Angel Trilogy (Night Angel, #1-3) by Brent Weeks

12. The Night Angel Trilogy (Night Angel, #1-3)

By: Brent Weeks

3.94

Format: 489 pages, Hardcover

3 volumes in one giant omnibus edition. "Way of Shadows", "Shadow's Edge", "Beyond the Shadows" all… read more

Similar categories in Brent Weeks's The Night Angel Trilogy (Night Angel, #1-3) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy

13. The Heroes (First Law World, #5)

By: Joe Abercrombie

3.49

Format: 182 pages, ebook

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up … read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's The Heroes (First Law World, #5) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

14. Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)

By: Steven Erikson

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting, an… read more

Similar categories in Steven Erikson's Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

15. The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1)

By: Brent Weeks

4.52

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose … read more

Similar categories in Brent Weeks's The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

16. Red Country (First Law World, #6)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.11

Format: 70 pages, ebook

They burned her home. They stole her brother and sister. But vengeance is following. Shy South hope… read more

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17. Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)

By: John Gwynne

4.30

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

A black sun is rising ... Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors under King Brenin'… read more

Similar categories in John Gwynne's Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

18. Promise of Blood (Powder Mage, #1)

By: Brian McClellan

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Age of Kings is dead . . . and I have killed it. It's a bloody business overthrowing a king... … read more

Similar categories in Brian McClellan's Promise of Blood (Powder Mage, #1) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

Cover of The Pariah (Covenant of Steel, #1) by Anthony Ryan

19. The Pariah (Covenant of Steel, #1)

By: Anthony Ryan

4.19

Format: 600 pages, ebook

Born into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn Scribe is raised as an outlaw. Quick of wit and… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Ryan's The Pariah (Covenant of Steel, #1) book and Mark Lawrence's Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1)

  • dark fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • dark
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy

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