18 must-read fantasy books like Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore

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Battle of the Linguist Mages

By: Scotto Moore

3.43

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

In modern day Los Angeles, a shadowy faction led by the Governor of California develops the arcane …

If you liked the fantasy plot in Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) by Malka Ann Older

1. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1) book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
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2. 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

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • 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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3. Battle of the Linguist Mages

By: Scotto Moore

3.43

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

In modern day Los Angeles, a shadowy faction led by the Governor of California develops the arcane … read more

Similar categories in Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • urban fantasy
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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4. 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

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Translation State book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"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

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5. Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)

By: Tamsyn Muir

4.35

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party.… read more

Similar categories in Tamsyn Muir's Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3) book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Love and freedom don't coexist."

-Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)

"This is all there is to love? Simply by being in your life, I have added indelibly to its weight?"

-Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)

"Have you been eating sand again?' [Cam asked] 'I haven't eaten sand in months', Nona protested, then more truthfully: 'Weeks,' and more truthfully than that: 'one week."

-Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)

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6. Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.94

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but … read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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7. Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.71

Format: 457 pages, Paperback

From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban landscapes, Mallory Viridian is constantly embroil… read more

Similar categories in Mur Lafferty's Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1) book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. You Sexy Thing (Disco Space Opera #1)

By: Cat Rambo

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Farscape meets The Great British Bake Off in this fantastic space opera You Sexy Thing from former … read more

Similar categories in Cat Rambo's You Sexy Thing (Disco Space Opera #1) book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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9. Witch King

By: Martha Wells

3.71

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's Witch King book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

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10. The Terraformers

By: Annalee Newitz

3.37

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Destry is a top network analyst with the Environmental Rescue Team, an ancient organization devoted… read more

Similar categories in Annalee Newitz's The Terraformers book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

11. The Saint of Bright Doors

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more

Similar categories in Vajra Chandrasekera's The Saint of Bright Doors book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • urban fantasy
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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12. Some Desperate Glory

By: Emily Tesh

4.06

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more

Similar categories in Emily Tesh's Some Desperate Glory book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."

-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

Cover of Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3) by Charles Stross

13. Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3)

By: Charles Stross

4.20

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

Season of Skulls continues Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross's Lovecraftian Laundry Files se… read more

Similar categories in Charles Stross's Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3) book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • urban fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar

14. The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

By: Sofia Samatar

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Celebrated author Sofia Samatar presents a mystical, revolutionary space adventure for the exhauste… read more

Similar categories in Sofia Samatar's The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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15. Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

By: Eddie Robson

3.91

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A locked room mystery in a near future world of politics and alien diplomacy. Lydia works as tra… read more

Similar categories in Eddie Robson's Drunk on All Your Strange New Words book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We take drug abuse very seriously, Lydia."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"The world has enabled so many bullshitters. It's exhausting."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"if you can control the stories a culture tells about itself, you can control who they are."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

"There’s a particular type of alone you feel when in a room with someone who’s no longer alive, she’s discovering now, and it is the worst kind."

-Eddie Robson, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

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16. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
Cover of Dead Country (The Craft Wars, #1) by Max Gladstone

17. Dead Country (The Craft Wars, #1)

By: Max Gladstone

4.17

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down … read more

Similar categories in Max Gladstone's Dead Country (The Craft Wars, #1) book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

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

18. 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 Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • urban fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Seasonal Fears (Alchemical Journeys, #2) by Seanan McGuire

19. Seasonal Fears (Alchemical Journeys, #2)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.83

Format: 482 pages, Hardcover

Melanie has a destiny, though it isn’t the one everyone assumes it to be. She’s delicate; she’s fra… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Seasonal Fears (Alchemical Journeys, #2) book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • urban fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of August Kitko and the Mechas from Space (The Starmetal Symphony, #1) by Alex White

20. August Kitko and the Mechas from Space (The Starmetal Symphony, #1)

By: Alex White

3.84

Format: 451 pages, Paperback

When an army of giant robot AIs threatens to devastate Earth, a virtuoso pianist becomes humanity's… read more

Similar categories in Alex White's August Kitko and the Mechas from Space (The Starmetal Symphony, #1) book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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21. Last Exit

By: Max Gladstone

3.65

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ten years ago, Zelda led a band of merry adventurers whose knacks let them travel to alternate real… read more

Similar categories in Max Gladstone's Last Exit book and Scotto Moore's Battle of the Linguist Mages

  • urban fantasy
  • lesbian
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Zelda’s eyes were so wide and so trusting. No trace of doubt that Sarah would fix this, because Sarah was her friend, and friends were omnipotent. Sarah would make everything okay."

-Max Gladstone, Last Exit

"What if you could peel a pearl? Take a fine knife and a magnifying glass and strip the layers of glint and glimmer year by year, until at last you reached the bit of wrong that had birthed the shine.…"

-Max Gladstone, Last Exit

"She did feel everything she’d said. The despair. Who wouldn’t, if they were paying attention? But you didn’t feel it all the time. You walled it up with purpose. With friendship. With vows and work. …"

-Max Gladstone, Last Exit

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Scotto Moore

3.43

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3.71

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Charles Stross

4.20

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