21 Best fiction books like A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1) by Marie Brennan

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A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

By: Marie Brennan

3.84

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

You, dear reader, continue at your own risk. It is not for the faint of heart—no more so than the s…

"I have often found this to be true since, that matters which seem terribly important in the early days of such a journey (what will people back home say?) fade into triviality with the passage of time."

-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

"I have often found this to be true since, that matters which seem terribly important in the early days of such a journey (what will people back home say?) fade into triviality with the passage of time."

-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

"I have often found this to be true since, that matters which seem terribly important in the early days of such a journey (what will people back home say?) fade into triviality with the passage of time."

-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

"You may think you see plenty of stars, friend reader, but you are wrong. Night is both blacker and more brilliant than you can imagine, and the sky a glory that puts to shame the most splendid jewels at Renwick's."

-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

If you liked the fiction plot in A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1) by Marie Brennan , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)

By: Naomi Novik

4.06

Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors ride migh… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • historical fantasy
  • dragons
  • adventure
  • historical
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I am sure I could not have liked any French captain half so much as you"

-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)

"I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on."

-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)

"Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!"

-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)

"I am beginning to feel the need of a glass of wine to fortify myself against this conversation."

-Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)

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2. A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

By: Marie Brennan

3.84

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

You, dear reader, continue at your own risk. It is not for the faint of heart—no more so than the s… read more

Similar categories in Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • historical fantasy
  • dragons
  • adventure
  • historical
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I have often found this to be true since, that matters which seem terribly important in the early days of such a journey (what will people back home say?) fade into triviality with the passage of tim…"

-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

"You may think you see plenty of stars, friend reader, but you are wrong. Night is both blacker and more brilliant than you can imagine, and the sky a glory that puts to shame the most splendid jewels…"

-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

"... I think that was the moment at which I realised I was truly leaving. This is something the gentlemen readers of this memoir may not understand, but the ladies will know it all too well. If they a…"

-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

"It’s—it’s as if there is a dragon inside me. I don’t know how big she is; she may still be growing. But she has wings, and strength, and—and I can’t keep her in a cage. She’ll die. I’ll die. I know i…"

-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

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3. Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)

By: Hannah Kaner

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Kissen’s family were killed by zealots of a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing gods, and enj… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Kaner's Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"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)

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4. Thornhedge

By: T. Kingfisher

4.00

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Thornhedge book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

Cover of To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose

5. To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)

By: Moniquill Blackgoose

4.17

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

A young Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy—and quickly finds herself at odds wi… read more

Similar categories in Moniquill Blackgoose's To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • dragons
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1) by Rebecca  Thorne

6. Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1)

By: Rebecca Thorne

3.82

Format: 388 pages, ebook

All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on eve… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Thorne's Can't Spell Treason Without Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #1) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) by Travis Baldree

7. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

By: Travis Baldree

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we nee… read more

Similar categories in Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"See you in the story past the story."

-Travis Baldree, Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

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8. 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

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's Tress of the Emerald Sea book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • 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 Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee

9. Untethered Sky

By: Fonda Lee

3.90

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

From World Fantasy Award-winning author Fonda Lee comes Untethered Sky, an epic fantasy fable about… read more

Similar categories in Fonda Lee's Untethered Sky book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • adventure
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"People have short memories, but nature is patient and implacable."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

"When you love a person, you are expected to give them their freedom, but when you love a monster, you keep it caged."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

"I know this as much as God knows every creature, because I once thought there was no reason for me to be alive, no logic to survival, no meaning to be found past endurance of loss, yet there was."

-Fonda Lee, Untethered Sky

Cover of A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) by Ava Reid

10. A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

By: Ava Reid

3.78

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood… read more

Similar categories in Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"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)

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

11. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.02

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and dis… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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)

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

12. A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

By: Hafsah Faizal

3.57

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Why save the world when you can have tea? On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a c… read more

Similar categories in Hafsah Faizal's A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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)

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

13. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.32

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wi… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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)

Cover of The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

14. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) by Travis Baldree

15. Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)

By: Travis Baldree

4.12

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.The battl… read more

Similar categories in Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall

16. A Letter to the Luminous Deep

By: Sylvie Cathrall

3.69

Format: 432 pages, ebook

Dive into the curious correspondence of Sylvie Cathrall’s delightful debut novel, A Letter to the L… read more

Similar categories in Sylvie Cathrall's A Letter to the Luminous Deep book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2) by Hannah Kaner

17. Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

By: Hannah Kaner

3.94

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Return to the world of Godkiller in this thrilling sequel to the #1 internationally bestselling fan… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Kaner's Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Some things are done out of love."

-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

"Knowledge can bring pain in place of ignorance, terror in place of hope' - Telle"

-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

"Some truths are too bright to look at directly, that is why they couch them in paper.' - Scian"

-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

"If we commit to violence, when will it stop?’ ‘If we do not,’ countered Elo, ‘will anything change?’ - Elogast"

-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

Cover of Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1) by Eliza Chan

18. Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1)

By: Eliza Chan

3.16

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From one of fantasy’s most exciting new voices Eliza Chan comes a modern, myth-inflected story of r… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Chan's Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • dragons
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) by Shannon Chakraborty

19. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)

By: Shannon Chakraborty

4.27

Format: 483 pages, Hardcover

Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and … read more

Similar categories in Shannon Chakraborty's The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • historical fantasy
  • adventure
  • historical
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Faebound (Faebound, #1) by Saara El-Arifi

20. Faebound (Faebound, #1)

By: Saara El-Arifi

3.61

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FINAL STRIFE, comes an enchanting new trilogy. D… read more

Similar categories in Saara El-Arifi's Faebound (Faebound, #1) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1) by Olivia Atwater

21. Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

By: Olivia Atwater

4.09

Format: 304 pages, ebook

It's difficult to find a husband in Regency England when you're a young lady with only half a soul.… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Atwater's Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1) book and Marie Brennan's A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"There is such a thing as evil in this world,"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

"It may be true that you have only half a soul, Dora,"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

"Every fish you throw back into the ocean is a triumph of the idea that human beings can be better. I do my best, every day, to throw at least one fish back into the ocean. I hope that you will join m…"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

"I think that Elias has been angry now for so long that he is scared to let it go - I think he is scared that if would make him too complacent, and he might become all of those things which he so desp…"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

17 best-selling adult books like A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1) by Marie Brennan

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