8 Top magic books like The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2) by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

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…

"COME HOME, TENAR! COME HOME!"

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

"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)

"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)

If you liked the magic plot in The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2) by Ursula K. Le Guin , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) by Robin Hobb

1. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • 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)

Cover of All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells

2. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

By: Martha Wells

4.15

Format: 144 pages, ebook

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure." In a corporate-dominated space-farin… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"On the entertainment feed, this is what they call an “oh shit"

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"They don't give murderbots decent education modules on anything except murdering, even those are cheap versions."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"If the humans see me actually doing my job, it helps keep suspicions from forming about faulty governor modules."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

"I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other."

-Martha Wells, All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Cover of The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun #4) by Gene Wolfe

3. The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun #4)

By: Gene Wolfe

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Severian the Torturer continues his epic journey across the lands of Urth, a journey as fraught wit… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Mort (Death, #1; Discworld, #4) by Terry Pratchett

4. Mort (Death, #1; Discworld, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.42

Format: 718 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestseller in England, whe… read more

Similar categories in Terry Pratchett's Mort (Death, #1; Discworld, #4) book and Ursula K. Le Guin's The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

5. Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)

By: Robin Hobb

3.83

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition for ASIN  King Shrewd is dead at the hands of his son Regal. As is Fitz--o… read more

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  • adventure
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy

6. Equal Rites (Discworld, #3; Witches #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

On Discworld, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is … read more

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7. The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun #2)

By: Gene Wolfe

3.78

Format: 416 pages,

Severian is in possession of a gem considered to be "The Claw of the Conciliator", a powerful relic… read more

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8. The Sword of the Lictor

By: Gene Wolfe

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Beneath the dying sun the disgraced torturer, Severian, at last comes to his place of exile - Thrax… read more

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9. The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1)

By: Gene Wolfe

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. … read more

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10. The Urth of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun, #5)

By: Gene Wolfe

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

The long awaited sequel to Gene Wolfe's four-volume classic, The Book of the New Sun. We return to … read more

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

11. 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

Similar categories in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2) book and Ursula K. Le Guin's The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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)

Cover of Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2) by Robin Hobb

12. Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)

By: Robin Hobb

4.27

Format: 675 pages, Kindle Edition

Fitz has survived his first hazardous mission as king’s assassin, but is left little more than a cr… read more

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  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We are pack!"

-Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)

"Wolves have no kings"

-Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)

"Surprise!-FitzChivalry"

-Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)

"The fight isn't over until you win."

-Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)

13. 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 Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1) by Terry Pratchett

14. Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.34

Format: 376 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is where the dragons went. They lie... not dead, not asleep, but... dormant. And although the … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
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  • fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Life could be horrible in the wrong trouser of time."

-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

"... a metaphor ... is like lying but more decorative."

-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

"A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read."

-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

"Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?"

-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

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15. Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

By: Frank Herbert

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time … read more

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"One moment of incompetence can be fatal."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"What the eyes had seen could not be erased."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Cynicism! That, no doubt is a greater crime than heresy."

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

"Truth suffers from too much analysis. -Ancient Fremen Saying"

-Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

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

16. 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

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  • science fiction fantasy
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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"(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)

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17. Tress of the Emerald Sea

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.40

Format: 483 pages, Kindle Edition

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, w… read more

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  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson

18. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.48

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us a gripping story set in the Cosmer… read more

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"I am the one that nightmares fear"

-Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

"There is more salt in this soup than there is soup."

-Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

"Pay attention. At times, this is what heroism looks like."

-Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

"Smiles, like radiation, are made more potent by proximity."

-Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

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19. The Sunlit Man

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.34

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson―creator of The Stormlight Archive, the … read more

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"Try some curry powder next time. It has a much better flavor than tyranny. Less nutty."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Sunlit Man

"She knew how she liked to look. And she didn't care that others knew it was artificial. In expressing herself, the artificial became more authentic than the original."

-Brandon Sanderson, The Sunlit Man

"Your planet shouldn't have different countries. You should have conquered and unified it all." "Conquest doesn't remove countries," Nomad said. "It removes lines on a map. Unity requires something el…"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Sunlit Man

"This man might not be brilliant or clever, though he'd think himself both. Truth was, he didn't need either to be dangerous. Because he had power and power - wielded by a fool - could crush anyone, s…"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Sunlit Man

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20. Piranesi

By: Susanna Clarke

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls … read more

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"In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows."

-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

"May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty."

-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

"The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end."

-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

"It does not matter that you do not understand the reason. You are the Beloved Child of the House. Be comforted. And I am comforted."

-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi

14 Top fiction books like The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2) by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Robin Hobb

4.18

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Martha Wells

4.15

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The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun #4)

Gene Wolfe

5.00

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Mort (Death, #1; Discworld, #4)

Terry Pratchett

4.42

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Pierce Brown

4.27

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Patrick Rothfuss

4.07

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Travis Baldree

4.20

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