10 Best science fiction fantasy books like The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1) by Melissa Caruso

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The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

By: Melissa Caruso

3.83

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

The mage-marked granddaughter of a ruler of Vaskandar, Ryx was destined for power and prestige at t…

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Cover of Furious Heaven (The Sun Chronicles, #2) by Kate Elliott

1. Furious Heaven (The Sun Chronicles, #2)

By: Kate Elliott

4.25

Format: 1081 pages, Kindle Edition

Non-stop action, space battles and intrigue abound in the second in a galactic-scale, gender-swappe… read more

Similar categories in Kate Elliott's Furious Heaven (The Sun Chronicles, #2) book and Melissa Caruso's The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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2. The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

By: Melissa Caruso

3.83

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

The mage-marked granddaughter of a ruler of Vaskandar, Ryx was destined for power and prestige at t… read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Witch King by Martha Wells

3. 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

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

-Martha Wells, Witch King

Cover of The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1) by Richard  Swan

4. The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1)

By: Richard Swan

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Action, intrigue, and magic collide in this epic fantasy following Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Emperor's… read more

Similar categories in Richard Swan's The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1) book and Melissa Caruso's The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1) by Andrea Stewart

5. The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

By: Andrea Stewart

4.00

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-lik… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Father told me I'm broken."

-Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

"Emahla, for you. I would drink a thousand lies just to see your face again."

-Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

"I am hardened by the suffering of others. Another lie I told myself because I couldn't save everyone."

-Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

"I was Lin. I was the Emperor’s daughter. And I would show him that even broken daughters could wield power."

-Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

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6. 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

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  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • 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 These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) by Bethany Jacobs

7. These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1)

By: Bethany Jacobs

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A dangerous cat-and-mouse quest for revenge. An empire that spans star systems, built on the bones … read more

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  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Liar’s Knot (Rook & Rose, #2) by M.A. Carrick

8. The Liar’s Knot (Rook & Rose, #2)

By: M.A. Carrick

4.46

Format: 629 pages, Paperback

Trust is the thread that binds us . . . and the rope that hangs us. In Nadezra, peace is as ten… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1) by M.A. Carrick

9. The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1)

By: M.A. Carrick

4.04

Format: 630 pages, Paperback

Fortune favors the bold. Magic favors the liars. Ren is a con artist who has come to the sparkli… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Trust is the thread that binds us... and the rope that hangs us."

-M.A. Carrick, The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1)

Cover of The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark  Lawrence

10. 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

Similar categories in Mark Lawrence's The Book That Wouldn’t Burn book and Melissa Caruso's The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3) by M.A. Carrick

11. Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3)

By: M.A. Carrick

4.28

Format: 688 pages, ebook

“Lush, engrossing and full of mystery and dark magic" ( BookPage ), Labyrinth's Heart is the thrill… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Carrick's Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3) book and Melissa Caruso's The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Emperor of Ruin (Burningblade & Silvereye, #3) by Django Wexler

12. Emperor of Ruin (Burningblade & Silvereye, #3)

By: Django Wexler

4.15

Format: 527 pages, Kindle Edition

In the final book of Django Wexler's brilliantly imagined epic fantasy trilogy about two siblings d… read more

Similar categories in Django Wexler's Emperor of Ruin (Burningblade & Silvereye, #3) book and Melissa Caruso's The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Blood of the Chosen (Burningblade & Silvereye, #2) by Django Wexler

13. Blood of the Chosen (Burningblade & Silvereye, #2)

By: Django Wexler

4.15

Format: 503 pages, Kindle Edition

Standing on opposite sides of a looming civil war, two siblings discover that not even ties of bloo… read more

Similar categories in Django Wexler's Blood of the Chosen (Burningblade & Silvereye, #2) book and Melissa Caruso's The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1) by Hannah F. Whitten

14. The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)

By: Hannah F. Whitten

3.79

Format: 467 pages, Hardcover

When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire. And in th… read more

Similar categories in Hannah F. Whitten's The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1) book and Melissa Caruso's The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"A moment, then Gabe sighed, as if finally resigning himself to what was about to happen. "Aim for the kneecaps." "Ah, yes." Bastian tied off the linen on her hands. "The kneecaps are the eyes of the …"

-Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)

"The air around him almost seemed to glimmer, gold dust in the dark. Moonlight made him more beautiful, yes, but in the same way that darkness emphasized a flame. He didn't belong in it; Bastian Arcen…"

-Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)

"Aim for the kneecaps." "Ah, yes." Bastian tied off the linen on her hands. "The kneecaps are the eyes of the legs." They both started at him. Then Gabe shrugged. "That's actually pretty good advice."…"

-Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)

"This is what I saw, in the reflections of the tomb." She whispered it almost to herself, broken-voiced. "It's what the goddess dreamed, but I thought I could prevent it. I thought you would choose th…"

-Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)

Cover of Notorious Sorcerer (The Burnished City #1) by Davinia Evans

15. Notorious Sorcerer (The Burnished City #1)

By: Davinia Evans

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Since the city of Bezim was shaken half into the sea by a magical earthquake, the Inquisitors have … read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Siyon grinned, or at least he bared his teeth. “Sure. I’m the best practitioner you’ve never heard of. I make angels dance and harpies weep. I make the others look staid, boring, uninspired."

-Davinia Evans, Notorious Sorcerer (The Burnished City #1)

Cover of The Bone Shard War (The Drowning Empire, #3) by Andrea Stewart

16. The Bone Shard War (The Drowning Empire, #3)

By: Andrea Stewart

3.94

Format: 611 pages, Hardcover

The Bone Shard War is the epic finale to the unmissable, action-packed and magic-laced Drowning Emp… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Stewart's The Bone Shard War (The Drowning Empire, #3) book and Melissa Caruso's The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Empire of Exiles (Books of the Usurper, #1) by Erin M. Evans

17. Empire of Exiles (Books of the Usurper, #1)

By: Erin M. Evans

3.99

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Magic, mystery, and revolution collide in this fantasy epic where an unlikely team of mages, scribe… read more

Similar categories in Erin M. Evans's Empire of Exiles (Books of the Usurper, #1) book and Melissa Caruso's The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1) by Tara Sim

18. The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)

By: Tara Sim

3.62

Format: 512 pages, ebook

The Four Realms—Life, Death, Light, and Darkness—all converge on the city of dusk. For each realm t… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You and I both know there's no end to grief. The solution is to find a way to live alongside it, rather than allowing it to lead you by its leash."

-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)

"He had been groomed to hunt beasts and yet somehow, he had become a hunting ground, a land wrecked by tooth and claw and one woman's arrow tip pointed between his eyes."

-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)

"Fuck duty." It was a sentiment she had carried for years, but it had a different flavor in her mouth now, tinged not with adolescent rebellion but with weary disillusionment. What good was something …"

-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)

"Coming to my rescue?' she asked in her midnight voice. He watched her breathe, the way her ribs expanded with it, the way the shadows still clung devotedly to her, caressing her skin like a jealous l…"

-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)

Cover of The Weavers of Alamaxa (The Alamaxa Duology, #2) by Hadeer Elsbai

19. The Weavers of Alamaxa (The Alamaxa Duology, #2)

By: Hadeer Elsbai

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Following up on one of the most exciting fantasy debuts, The Daughters of Izdihar, Hadeer Elsbai co… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Throne of the Five Winds (Hostage of Empire, #1) by S.C. Emmett

20. The Throne of the Five Winds (Hostage of Empire, #1)

By: S.C. Emmett

4.06

Format: 654 pages, Paperback

Two queens, two concubines, six princes. Innumerable hidden agendas. Yala, lady-in-waiting to the p… read more

Similar categories in S.C. Emmett's The Throne of the Five Winds (Hostage of Empire, #1) book and Melissa Caruso's The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • epic fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"All you must do is call, and I shall answer."

-S.C. Emmett, The Throne of the Five Winds (Hostage of Empire, #1)

"Flowers fade," she murmered in Khir. "Only the blade survives."

-S.C. Emmett, The Throne of the Five Winds (Hostage of Empire, #1)

"Takshin breathed in, deeply. If he concentrated upon her scent, the pain retreated. It was a new thing, to have such a refuge, and normally he would disdain to use it. But he faced a wall and a cabin…"

-S.C. Emmett, The Throne of the Five Winds (Hostage of Empire, #1)

Cover of The Midnight Kingdom (The Dark Gods, #2) by Tara Sim

21. The Midnight Kingdom (The Dark Gods, #2)

By: Tara Sim

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

A cataclysmic battle to save the city of Nexus has left the four noble heirs scattered across the f… read more

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  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer

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