14 best-selling magic books like Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) by Fonda Lee

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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…

"Expectations are a funny thing,"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

"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)

"¿Qué sentido tiene vivir para quien no puede confiar en sus hermanos?"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

If you liked the magic plot in Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) by Fonda Lee , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) by Joe Abercrombie

1. The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.21

Format: 515 pages, Paperback

Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he… read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) book and Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Fucking pinks!"

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"I’ve fought in three campaigns,"

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"Body found floating by the docks..."

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

"The best steel doesn't always shine the brightest."

-Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

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2. 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

Similar categories in Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) book and Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

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

"One had a knife. But I had a staff and was trained to use it."

-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)

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3. Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

By: Joe Abercrombie

4.35

Format: 441 pages, Trade Paperback

Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with trai… read more

Similar categories in Joe Abercrombie's Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2) book and Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"So we wait?"

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Empathy? What’s that?"

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Great men have great faults."

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

"Those with the least always lose the most in war."

-Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2)

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4. 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 Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #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

5. 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

Similar categories in Pierce Brown's Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) book and Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

6. Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1)

By: John Gwynne

4.30

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

A black sun is rising ... Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors under King Brenin'… read more

Similar categories in John Gwynne's Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen, #1) book and Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

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7. 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 Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

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

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8. 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

Similar categories in M.L. Wang's The Sword of Kaigen book and Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • 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

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9. 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 Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • 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

10. 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 Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • magic
  • 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

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11. 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 Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • 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

12. 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 Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • crime
  • 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)

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13. The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

By: R.F. Kuang

4.37

Format: 658 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of the Third Poppy War, shaman and warrior Rin is on the run: haunted by the atroc… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) book and Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What you don't get to do is to remain neutral."

-R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

"He had the mathematics of fighting down to a science."

-R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

"He made some gestures with his hands that clarified nothing."

-R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

"Our dead don't leave us. They'll hunt you as long as you let them."

-R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

Cover of The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1) by John Gwynne

14. The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)

By: John Gwynne

4.23

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Set in a brand-new, Norse-inspired world, and packed with myth, magic and bloody vengeance, The Sha… read more

Similar categories in John Gwynne's The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1) book and Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Courage is being scared of a task and doing it anyway." - Ortha | Page 139"

-John Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)

"We are the Bloodsworn, closer than kin. A brotherhood, a sisterhood: we live and die together."

-John Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)

"Los dioses Orna y Ulfrir habían encontrado a su primogénita muerta, con las alas arrancadas. Lo había hecho Lik-Rifa, la diosa dragón, la propia hermana de Orna. Como venganza, Orna y Ulfrir persigui…"

-John Gwynne, The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)

Cover of The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

15. 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

Similar categories in Simon Jimenez's The Spear Cuts Through Water book and Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • 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

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16. 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

Similar categories in M.L. Wang's Blood Over Bright Haven book and Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) by R.F. Kuang

17. The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

By: R.F. Kuang

4.17

Format: 545 pages, ebook

An epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century an… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) book and Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I don't love you. And I can kill anything."

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"Immigrants, we get the job done. (Acknowlegments)"

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains."

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"Call off your men, or I will summon into existence things that should not be in this world"

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

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18. The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

By: R.F. Kuang

4.30

Format: 622 pages, Hardcover

The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang’s acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3) book and Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"So what happens when we die?"

-R.F. Kuang, The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

"They’ve all gone completely mad."

-R.F. Kuang, The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

"You don’t know who you’re dealing with."

-R.F. Kuang, The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

"Amateurs obsessed over strategy, and professionals obsessed over logistics."

-R.F. Kuang, The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

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19. 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

Similar categories in Evan Winter's The Rage of Dragons (The Burning, #1) book and Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • 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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