17 Best adult books like The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1) by S.A. Chakraborty

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Similar categories in S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• historical
• magic
• young adult
• fiction
• historical fiction
• adult
• fantasy

Similar categories in Hannah Kaner's Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• fiction
• adult
• fantasy
• young adult

"But gods love martyrs."

-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)

"Gods love martyrs. - Kissen"

-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)

"Kissen decided to be more proud than afraid."

-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)

"I want you to do this with me, not for me. - Arren"

-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)

Similar categories in James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• fantasy
• adult
• magic
• fiction

"Death is only meaningless if it does not change us, Vis."

-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

"I am curious about no small number of things, but it's not fair to sate my curiosity at the expense of her pain."

-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

"And this is the risk of our world, Diago. The flaw of our system is in its head. In us. The qualities of a king change the kingdom. And not one of us is perfect enough to have a right to lead ... I w…"

-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

Similar categories in M.L. Wang's The Sword of Kaigen book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• fantasy
• adult
• magic
• fiction

"The enemy is a tornado. What are you going to do?' 'Kill it."

-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

"Flayed and boneless, he faced the creature he had awakened, this woman of god’s blood and fury."

-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

"I’ve never needed a sword to protect you—to raise you the way your father wanted. Caring for my family meant putting away the fighter, so I did."

-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

"This... you are my story... and I was so selfish, so tied to that shadow that I missed it. And my son, I— I’m so sorry it took me this long to understand. I’m sorry—"

-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's Tress of the Emerald Sea book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• fiction
• adult
• fantasy
• young adult

"They supposedly had golden hair, like yours, the color of sunlight."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

"It might be said that Tress had a way with words. In that her words tended to get in her way."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

"Well, this isn't the part of the story where you ask questions. So kindly keep them to yourself."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

"If we let it, memory can make shadows of the now, as nothing can match the buttressed legends of our past."

-Brandon Sanderson, Tress of the Emerald Sea

Similar categories in Rachel Gillig's One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• fantasy
• fiction
• magic
• young adult

"You never said how you got away from him." I stiffened, the NIghtmare's wicked laugh resonating in the din. When I spoke, the low notes of my voice were slick, as if dipped in oil. "Perhaps it was he…"

-Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

"Tell them. Tell them the truth. When your children ask, do not lie- do not hide the risk of magic. Children are strongest when their eyes are clear. Only then can they make their own choices. Only th…"

-Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

Similar categories in Sarah J. Maas's House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• fantasy
• adult
• magic
• fiction

"The world seemed to hold its breath as the elegant doe walked up to Ruhn and gently, lovingly, nuzzled his neck."

-Sarah J. Maas, House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3)

"What is it you want to know?" Nesta asked carefully. Bryce glanced between them. "How'd you two meet?" "There was a war," Nesta said shortly. "Between who?" Bryce asked. Azriel answered this time. "B…"

-Sarah J. Maas, House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3)

Similar categories in Rachel Gillig's Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• magic
• young adult
• fiction
• adult
• fantasy

Similar categories in Rebecca Ross's Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• historical
• magic
• young adult
• fiction
• historical fiction
• fantasy

"Let us make our names exactly what we want them to be."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"I never told you that I love you. And I regret that, most of all."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"I don’t want to wake up when I’m seventy-four only to realize I haven’t lived. -Thea Attwood"

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"Keep writing. You will find the words you need to share. They are already within you, even in the shadows, hiding like jewels."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

Similar categories in Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• fantasy
• adult
• magic
• fiction

"Expectations are a funny thing,"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

"¿Qué sentido tiene vivir para quien no puede confiar en sus hermanos?"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

"True love, Hilo mused, was sensual and euphoric, but also painful and tyrannical, demanding obedience."

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

"And if you loved someone, truly loved them, shouldn't their happiness matter even more than your honor?"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

Similar categories in Leigh Bardugo's The Familiar book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• historical
• magic
• fiction
• historical fiction
• adult
• fantasy

"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

Similar categories in Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• fiction
• fantasy
• young adult

"The only enemy is the sea."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"No one owns the right to tell a story."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"I find you very charming underneath all the smugness."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"The sea is treacherous, but women are even more treacherous."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• historical
• magic
• fiction
• historical fiction
• adult
• fantasy

"How was it that I suddenly had faerie kings, plural, demanding to marry me?"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"I could not tell if he was terrible at drawing cats or if he simply had a terrible cat."

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"Shadow padded up to me and put his head on my knee, all forgiven, as it always is with dogs. If I frightened my cat as I had Shadow, she'd ignore me for days, or possibly put a curse on me, but then …"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"And you shall shut yourself away forever in those old stones with your books and your mysteries like a dragon with her hoard, having as little association with the living as possible and emerging onl…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

Similar categories in Hafsah Faizal's A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• historical
• young adult
• fiction
• historical fiction
• fantasy

"Every good love story starts with a bullet to the heart."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"We understand what it's like to grieve with fire and not tears."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"It was hard not to watch Arthie Casimir. The way she worked and schemed, at times as still as stone, other times as restless as a bee. For the most part, Arthie obscured her femininity. She was, afte…"

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

Similar categories in Danielle L. Jensen's A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• fantasy
• adult
• magic
• fiction

"You are mine, Born-in-Fire. Even if only the two of us know it."

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

"You don't attack the strong when you're weak, Freya. You bide your time."

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

"I will be at your back until I cross the threshold to Valhalla, Born-in-Fire, whether you want me there or not."

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

"Letting go of my hand, he reached up to touch my face, thumb brushing across the line Vragi’s knife had left on my cheek. “Where is your husband?" What makes you think I’m wed?"

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's Babel book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• historical
• magic
• fiction
• historical fiction
• adult
• fantasy

"It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed."

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe."

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"languages aren't just made of words. they're modes of looking at the world. They're the keys to civiliation. And that's knowledge worth killing for"

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"It revealed the sheer dependence of the British, who, astonishingly, could not manage to do basic things like bake bread or get safely from one place to another without words stolen from other countr…"

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• historical
• magic
• fiction
• historical fiction
• adult
• fantasy

"One of the guiding principles of dryadology,"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I may not be a miller's daughter, but you are not so different from the Folk as you think, Your Highness." I lifted her wineglass and dashed the remainder against her face, spilling it across her mou…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I brushed the hair from his face. It is very soft--- ludicrously so, in fact, more like rabbit down or dandelion seed than human hair--- and I found I could not stop stroking it. He murmured somethin…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"Dr. Farris Rose has served as Department Head for over a decade, taking over from Letitia Barrister, who was abducted by a bogle in the Hebrides and returned several weeks later aged to approximately…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• fantasy
• adult
• magic
• fiction

"Our own flaws infuriate us in other people."

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

"Run and be free. They cannot use what they cannot find."

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

"Black dog, white dog, Live dog, dead dog, Yellow dog, run!"

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

"Dogs have human names. It's what keeps them from being wolves."

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

Similar categories in Shannon Chakraborty's The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• historical
• fiction
• historical fiction
• adult
• fantasy

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• historical
• magic
• young adult
• fiction
• historical fiction
• adult
• fantasy

"I don't love you. And I can kill anything."

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"Immigrants, we get the job done. (Acknowlegments)"

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains."

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"Call off your men, or I will summon into existence things that should not be in this world"

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

Similar categories in Rebecca Ross's A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence, #1) book and S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

• magic
• young adult
• fiction
• adult
• fantasy

"Our hands can steal, or they can give. They can harm, or they can comfort. They can wound and kill, or they can heal and save. Which will you choose for your hands Torin?"

-Rebecca Ross, A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence, #1)

"I am but a verse inspired by your chorus, and I will follow you until the end, when the isle takes my bones and my name is nothing more than a remembrance on a headstone, next to yours."

-Rebecca Ross, A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence, #1)