21 must-read science fiction books like The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) by James Islington

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The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

By: James Islington

4.63

Format: 639 pages, Kindle Edition

At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secret…

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

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

"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)

"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)

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) by James Islington , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown

1. Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

By: Pierce Brown

4.27

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

"I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they l… read more

Similar categories in Pierce Brown's Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) book and James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Break the chains, my love."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Rather a drink be my master than a man."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Death is easy when you've already tried to find it."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

"Dreamers like your wife are limited, little Helldiver."

-Pierce Brown, Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

Cover of Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) by Pierce Brown

2. Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)

By: Pierce Brown

None

Format: 525 pages, Hardcover

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2) by Mark  Lawrence

3. The Book That Broke the World (The Library Trilogy, #2)

By: Mark Lawrence

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the bestselling, ground-breaking Library Trilogy, following The Book That Woul… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) by James  Islington

4. The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

By: James Islington

4.63

Format: 639 pages, Kindle Edition

At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secret… read more

Similar categories in James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) book and James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"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)

Cover of The Sword of Kaigen by M.L.  Wang

5. The Sword of Kaigen

By: M.L. Wang

4.47

Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition

A mother struggling to repress her violent past, A son struggling to grasp his violent future, A … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

6. 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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  • science fiction fantasy
  • high 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 Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson

7. 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

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's Yumi and the Nightmare Painter book and James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) by Rachel Gillig

8. Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)

By: Rachel Gillig

4.44

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

In the luscious, dark sequel to One Dark Window, Elspeth must face the consequences of what she's w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Gillig's Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) book and James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson

9. 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

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's The Sunlit Man book and James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) by Fonda Lee

10. Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

By: Fonda Lee

4.09

Format: 540 pages, Paperback

JADE CITY is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, ma… read more

Similar categories in Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) book and James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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)

Cover of The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

11. The Familiar

By: Leigh Bardugo

3.84

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Bardugo's The Familiar book and James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1) by James   Logan

12. The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)

By: James Logan

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Lukan Gardova is a cardsharp, academy dropout, and―thanks to a duel that ended badly―the disgraced … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3) by Richard  Swan

13. The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)

By: Richard Swan

4.11

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The third novel in an epic fantasy trilogy, which follows the tale of Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Empero… read more

Similar categories in Richard Swan's The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3) book and James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Of Blood and Fire (The Bound and the Broken, #1) by Ryan  Cahill

14. Of Blood and Fire (The Bound and the Broken, #1)

By: Ryan Cahill

4.11

Format: 541 pages, Kindle Edition

Born in fire. Tempered in blood. Epheria is a land divided by war and mistrust. The High Lords … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I told him that the sun will set, and it will rise again, and it will do so the next day and the next. The gods are in charge of such things, but it is by our own will that we pick ourselves up when …"

-Ryan Cahill, Of Blood and Fire (The Bound and the Broken, #1)

Cover of Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2) by Jay Kristoff

15. Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)

By: Jay Kristoff

4.58

Format: 709 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Nevernight Chronicle, Jay Kristoff, comes the muc… read more

Similar categories in Jay Kristoff's Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2) book and James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"No fear. Only fury."

-Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)

"Eat shit, you limp-dicked coward."

-Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)

"The right book is worth a hundred blades"

-Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)

"Folk who know nothing still insist on saying something."

-Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Damned (Empire of the Vampire, #2)

Cover of Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6) by Christopher Ruocchio

16. Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.62

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

The sixth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fan… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Your road will not be easy, nor your burden light." "That does not matter," I said. "It must be."

-Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6)

"I was nothing at all. The barest drop in a limitless ocean. One photon against the infinite Dark."

-Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6)

"You're a good man Albee. None of us is good lord. Edward said. It's for us to do good, despite ourselves."

-Christopher Ruocchio, Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6)

Cover of Howling Dark (Sun Eater, #2) by Christopher Ruocchio

17. Howling Dark (Sun Eater, #2)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.39

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The second novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fa… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Ruocchio's Howling Dark (Sun Eater, #2) book and James Islington's The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Demon in White (Sun Eater, #3) by Christopher Ruocchio

18. Demon in White (Sun Eater, #3)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.63

Format: 784 pages, Paperback

The third novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fan… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Great is Truth, and mighty above all things."

-Christopher Ruocchio, Demon in White (Sun Eater, #3)

Cover of Kingdoms of Death (Sun Eater, #4) by Christopher Ruocchio

19. Kingdoms of Death (Sun Eater, #4)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.47

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

The fourth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fa… read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

20. The Spear Cuts Through Water

By: Simon Jimenez

4.19

Format: 525 pages, Hardcover

Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal fa… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There is no correct way to shake hands with pain."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"They fought because it was the easiest language they spoke."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"I have lived a long time," she said. "And the longer I live, the more it surprises me, and saddens me, how wise the young must become to live in this world."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

"But the truth of the matter was they fought because Jun was grieving and Keema was terrified and Jun was exhilarated and Keema was joyful and Jun was exhausted and Keema was repulsed."

-Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water

Cover of The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

21. 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

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  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
Cover of Ashes of Man (Sun Eater, #5) by Christopher Ruocchio

22. Ashes of Man (Sun Eater, #5)

By: Christopher Ruocchio

4.54

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

The fifth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fan… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L.  Wang

23. Blood Over Bright Haven

By: M.L. Wang

4.46

Format: 527 pages, Kindle Edition

Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark  Lawrence

24. The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

By: Mark Lawrence

None

Format: 559 pages, Hardcover

A boy has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than ci… read more

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  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver

25. Artificial Wisdom

By: Thomas R. Weaver

4.09

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

It’s 2050, a decade after a heatwave that killed four hundred million across the Persian Gulf, incl… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1) by Evan Winter

26. The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)

By: Evan Winter

4.31

Format: 535 pages, Hardcover

The Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable fight for almost two hundred years. Their society… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"to achieve greater results we must outlay greater effort."

-Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)

"The days without difficulty are the days you do not improve."

-Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)

"Your Journey ends here, on this battleground. Tomorrow is nothing more than a formality"

-Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)

"Life is nothing more than moments in time. To achieve greatness, you have to give up those moments. You have to give your life to your goal."

-Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1)

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