14 Best magic books like The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy, #1) by Chelsea Abdullah

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The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy, #1)

By: Chelsea Abdullah

4.01

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hun…

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1. 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 Chelsea Abdullah's The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy, #1)

  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • 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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2. 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

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  • 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

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3. The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy, #1)

By: Chelsea Abdullah

4.01

Format: 468 pages, Hardcover

Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hun… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Abdullah's The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy, #1) book and Chelsea Abdullah's The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy, #1)

  • retellings
  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) by Heather Fawcett

4. 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 Chelsea Abdullah's The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy, #1)

  • magic
  • 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)

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5. 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

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • 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)

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6. A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

By: Danielle L. Jensen

3.99

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also … read more

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  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"You are mine, Born-in-Fire. Even if only the two of us know it."

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

"You don't attack the strong when you're weak, Freya. You bide your time."

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

"I will be at your back until I cross the threshold to Valhalla, Born-in-Fire, whether you want me there or not."

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

"Letting go of my hand, he reached up to touch my face, thumb brushing across the line Vragi’s knife had left on my cheek. “Where is your husband?" What makes you think I’m wed?"

-Danielle L. Jensen, A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated, #1)

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7. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

By: Roshani Chokshi

3.70

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

A sumptuous, gothic-infused story about a marriage that is unraveled by dark secrets, a friendship … read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Whatever you have let me know of you, I have loved, and still love."

-Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

"We looked less like two distinct beings and more like a torn reflection."

-Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

"Look how I will carve myself to fit into your life. Who will not do less?"

-Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

"I was left with everything and nothing. I was free and forever trapped. I was a multitude of blues."

-Roshani Chokshi, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

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8. Starling House

By: Alix E. Harrow

3.83

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that ca… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"You’re a pretty good liar"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Survival is a hard habit to break."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"Maybe the truth is always messy that way."

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

"the Bible only got it half right: there were demons aplenty, but no fire at all"

-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House

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9. 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

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  • magic
  • 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)

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10. Kaikeyi

By: Vaishnavi Patel

4.19

Format: 478 pages, Hardcover

“I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions—much good … read more

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  • retellings
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Because those who are good question themselves. Because those who are good always wonder if there was a better way, a way that could have helped more and hurt less. That feeling is why you are good."

-Vaishnavi Patel, Kaikeyi

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11. The Jasad Heir (The Scorched Throne, #1)

By: Sara Hashem

3.97

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

Ten years ago, the kingdom of Jasad burned. Its magic outlawed; its royal family murdered down to t… read more

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

12. 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

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  • adventure
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1) by Emily Thiede

13. This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)

By: Emily Thiede

3.97

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa’s gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner’s magi… read more

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  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"the thing that scares men with power most is a woman with more of it."

-Emily Thiede, This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)

"A través de la ventana divina, la luz reduce a los demonios a cenizas."

-Emily Thiede, This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)

"It's a lot easier to blame someone else when things go wrong than it is when your decisions have terrible consequences."

-Emily Thiede, This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)

"Cry. Rage. You deserve to. You’re angry, and you should be, but you get to choose whether it will make you bitter or make you better."

-Emily Thiede, This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)

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14. Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)

By: Amélie Wen Zhao

3.80

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation’s past—and u… read more

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  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"A sword's purpose may be determined by its wielder, but take the weapon away entirely, and neither the merciful nor the cruel may draw blood with it."

-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)

"What use are tears? Ying had murmured to her once, back when they had just crossed their twelfth cycle of life and the wounds of Lan’s losses still cut deep every night. The dead will neither feel th…"

-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)

"What use are tears? Ying had murmured to her once, back when they had just crossed their twelfth cycle of life and the wounds of Lan’s losses still cut deep every night. The dead will neither feel th…"

-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)

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15. What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)

By: Isabel Ibañez

3.90

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Bue… read more

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  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Is this it, Whit?"

-Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)

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16. Ink Blood Sister Scribe

By: Emma Törzs

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this spellbinding debut novel, two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's li… read more

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  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Cold was easier to bear when you'd never been warm."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

"Secrets were currency and Isabel intended to stay rich."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

"Nothing could be worse than being stared at by his own eye."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

"...the closet of her sexual subconscious was full of petticoats."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

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17. A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence, #1)

By: Rebecca Ross

4.09

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Jack Tamerlaine hasn’t set foot on Cadence in ten long years, content to study music at the mainlan… read more

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  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Our hands can steal, or they can give. They can harm, or they can comfort. They can wound and kill, or they can heal and save. Which will you choose for your hands Torin?"

-Rebecca Ross, A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence, #1)

"I am but a verse inspired by your chorus, and I will follow you until the end, when the isle takes my bones and my name is nothing more than a remembrance on a headstone, next to yours."

-Rebecca Ross, A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence, #1)

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18. A Fire Endless (Elements of Cadence, #2)

By: Rebecca Ross

4.37

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

East and West. Humans and Spirits. Breccans and Tamerlaines. The Isle of Cadence has always held it… read more

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  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Music had granted once his power. Music now stripped it from him"

-Rebecca Ross, A Fire Endless (Elements of Cadence, #2)

"If I am weak for wanting you, then let me embrace that weakness and make it my strength," he said, his gaze fixed on the west. "And if you must haunt me, then let me haunt you in return."

-Rebecca Ross, A Fire Endless (Elements of Cadence, #2)

"You and I have faced many things alone. Between the mainland and the isle, the east and the west, we've carried our troubles in solitude. As if it were weakness to share one's burden with another. Bu…"

-Rebecca Ross, A Fire Endless (Elements of Cadence, #2)

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19. 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

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  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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 Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1) by Chloe Gong

20. Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

By: Chloe Gong

3.53

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where … read more

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  • retellings
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"This is tenderness. And she is more afraid of it than anything else"

-Chloe Gong, Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

"Given Anton's childhood, a natural assumption would be that he couldn't handle bloodshed. But blood is faultless. Blood is only a consequence. Better to draw blood before it can be drawn from you; be…"

-Chloe Gong, Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

Cover of Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1) by Maiya Ibrahim

21. Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

By: Maiya Ibrahim

3.70

Format: 411 pages, ebook

The first book in an epic fantasy series for fans of Sabaa Tahir, Hafsah Faizal and Elizabeth Lim, … read more

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  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"The truth is the thorn, not the rose."

-Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

"It is magic, how words can be deadlier than daggers."

-Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

"If you refuse, I will drive this blade through Taha’s heart."

-Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

"Yes, Bright Blade, for light not shared is light that is diminished."

-Maiya Ibrahim, Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy, #1)

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