10 best-selling science fiction fantasy books like The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5) by Liz Williams

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The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5)

By: Liz Williams

3.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

Tasked with retrieving the Book before it can alter reality, Chen crosses paths with his former par…

If you liked the science fiction fantasy plot in The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5) by Liz Williams , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

1. The Goblin Emperor

By: Katherine Addison

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by a b… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5) by Liz Williams

2. The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5)

By: Liz Williams

3.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

Tasked with retrieving the Book before it can alter reality, Chen crosses paths with his former par… read more

Similar categories in Liz Williams's The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5) book and Liz Williams's The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5)

  • urban fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • china
  • paranormal
Cover of Whose Body?  (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers

3. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.84

Format: 212 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The stark naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for … read more

Similar categories in Dorothy L. Sayers's Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) book and Liz Williams's The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5)

  • mystery
  • fiction
"But if you were investigating a crime,"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Well, it’s no good jumping at conclusions."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"Oh damn!' said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

"I trust you told her I had succumbed to lethargic encephalitis suddenly, no flowers by request."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

4. The Masqueraders

By: Anne Stuart , Georgette Heyer

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"A treasure beyond price. The Masqueraders is a wicked delight, worth more than its weight in gold.… read more

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5. 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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6. The Hallowed Hunt (World of the Five Gods, #3)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.11

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The half-mad Prince Boleso has been slain by a noblewoman he had intended to defile -- and Lord Ing… read more

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7. The Serpent's Egg

By: Caroline Stevermer

3.48

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The conspirators gathered from all walks of life. The soldier. The gambler. The minstrel. The schol… read more

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8. The Third Nero (Flavia Albia, #5)

By: Lindsey Davis

3.43

Format: 240 pages,

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9. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

Cover of The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) by Malka Ann Older

10. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)

By: Malka Ann Older

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) book and Liz Williams's The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5)

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

11. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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 Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12) by Lois McMaster Bujold

12. 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

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12) book and Liz Williams's The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4) by T. Kingfisher

13. Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.32

Format: 446 pages, ebook

Marguerite Florian is a spy with two problems. A former employer wants her dead, and one of her new… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"They say the gods never give us more than we can handle, but let's just say that the gods had an overinflated sense of my abilities."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"It's the thought that counts," said Marguerite. "Not with the explosives, it isn't," said Ashes, and on that point, Marguerite had to agree."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

"The whole world is made of words," said Marguerite irritably. "Treaties and contracts and secrets and laws are nothing but words, but everything runs on them. Of course they've got power."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin's Faith (The Saint of Steel, #4)

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14. The Raven Tower

By: Ann Leckie

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Gods meddle in the fates of men, men play with the fates of gods, and a pretender must be cast down… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Can you hear me now? I'm talking to you."

-Ann Leckie, The Raven Tower

"What is it that makes language a far more powerful—and risky—tool for gods than it is for even humans? What is it that makes gods gods? What am I?"

-Ann Leckie, The Raven Tower

"Given a bit more time he might have realized that what kept him alive was the same god whose continued existence drained his power so relentlessly."

-Ann Leckie, The Raven Tower

"Perhaps the length of one’s life was not important—except in the way it is to so many living beings, desperate to avoid death. Perhaps, long or short, it mattered how one spent that time."

-Ann Leckie, The Raven Tower

Cover of How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1) by Kristen Perrin

15. How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

By: Kristen Perrin

3.80

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Frances Adams always said she'd be murdered. She was right. It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams … read more

Similar categories in Kristen Perrin's How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1) book and Liz Williams's The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5)

  • mystery
  • fiction
"My favourite chess saying is very simple: You can play without a plan, but you’ll probably lose.’ - Rutherford Gravesdown"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"You stupid b*tch, you think you're so worthy? You deserve nothing but a hole in the ground. You're a wh*re and a liar, and I swear if you don't stop this I'll snap your scrawny neck like a twig."

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"Don’t worry, Annie, I’m not going to murder you.’ ‘I appreciate that, Saxon,’ I reply. ‘I’m not going to murder you either.’ And then we both smile, because this is such a strange thing to say ten mi…"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"You little b*tch, you think you can stand in my way? You're so used to getting what you want, with your perfect pretty face. If you don't stop I swear I'll ruin that face. I'll put your bones in a bo…"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

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16. The Lost Cause

By: Cory Doctorow

3.65

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

It's thirty years from now and we're making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely.… read more

Similar categories in Cory Doctorow's The Lost Cause book and Liz Williams's The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5)

  • fiction
Cover of The Dark Lord's Daughter by Patricia C. Wrede

17. The Dark Lord's Daughter

By: Patricia C. Wrede

3.98

Format: 368 pages, None

Kayla is just an ordinary girl . . . or so she thinks. When a day at the state fair is interrupted … read more

Similar categories in Patricia C. Wrede's The Dark Lord's Daughter book and Liz Williams's The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. Dreadful

By: Caitlin Rozakis

3.72

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

A sharp-witted, high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, evil wizards and… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Rozakis's Dreadful book and Liz Williams's The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5)

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Gug." Ah, monosyllables, his old friend. They would always be there, even when all other concepts of fundamental liguistics deserted him."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

"It occured to him that a spell to make one's enemies into idiots via the power of breasts might be immensely helpful. Then again, it might not be a spell. It might have only been the breasts."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

Cover of Knot of Shadows (Penric and Desdemona, #11) by Lois McMaster Bujold

19. Knot of Shadows (Penric and Desdemona, #11)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.30

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

When a corpse is found floating face-down in Vilnoc harbor that is not quite as dead as it seems, T… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Knot of Shadows (Penric and Desdemona, #11) book and Liz Williams's The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5)

  • mystery
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3) by Seanan McGuire

20. Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.07

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Every night, a Moon shines down on the Impossible City… New York Times bestselling author Seanan M… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys, #3) book and Liz Williams's The Iron Khan (Detective Inspector Chen, #5)

  • urban fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Harbinger (Elfhome, #5) by Wen Spencer

21. Harbinger (Elfhome, #5)

By: Wen Spencer

4.22

Format: None pages, ebook

The war against the oni heats to a flashpoint even as Tinker learns that the enemy has a dangerous … read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction

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Katherine Addison

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Liz Williams

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Dorothy L. Sayers

3.84

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Ann Leckie

4.09

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3.64

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Martha Wells

4.22

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4.16

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