19 Best fantasy books like Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi

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Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

By: Wole Talabi

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The debut fantasy novel from an award-winning Nigerian author presents a mythic tale of disgruntled…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi , here is a list of 19 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 Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
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2. 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 Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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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3. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)

By: Malka Ann Older

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo

4. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

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5. 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 Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • 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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6. Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

By: Ann Leckie

4.05

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, for… read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) by Nghi Vo

7. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

By: Nghi Vo

4.24

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • urban fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

By: Wole Talabi

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The debut fantasy novel from an award-winning Nigerian author presents a mythic tale of disgruntled… read more

Similar categories in Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • urban fantasy
  • africa
  • nigeria
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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11. The Water Outlaws

By: S.L. Huang

3.81

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, S. L. Huang's The Water Outlaws are bandits of de… read more

Similar categories in S.L. Huang's The Water Outlaws book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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12. The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

By: Samit Basu

3.59

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rul… read more

Similar categories in Samit Basu's The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
"You exist, and you deserve to belong."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"Usually when my life goes according to plan, it turns out the plan was made by someone else"

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"It's all very clear, I just chose not to get it, I just decided everyone who didn't agree with my vision was lying, or a fool."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

"I don't want to talk about this. It's not that I think you're wrong, but it's too big for me. I'll never be able to do anything about it."

-Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

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13. The Tusks of Extinction

By: Ray Nayler

3.85

Format: 192 pages, ebook

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has res… read more

Similar categories in Ray Nayler's The Tusks of Extinction book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA."

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"But there were links [to memories] that were broken as well. That no longer led to other memories. Were those memories still there, disconnected but whole, like planets that had escaped the gravity o…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"He was afraid to lose this memory. He returned to it often, like a person checking their pockets to make sure their keys were still there. He had lost so many memories of her. The further away he mov…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

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14. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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 Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse

16. Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.31

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conc… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
Cover of Rose/House by Arkady Martine

17. Rose/House

By: Arkady Martine

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Dust jacket illustration by David Curtis. Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan… read more

Similar categories in Arkady Martine's Rose/House book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

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

18. 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 Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

19. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.05

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed

20. The Siege of Burning Grass

By: Premee Mohamed

3.93

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A stunning meditation on war, nationalism, violence and courage by a rising star of the genre. T… read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's The Siege of Burning Grass book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of She Who Knows (She Who Knows #1) by Nnedi Okorafor

21. She Who Knows (She Who Knows #1)

By: Nnedi Okorafor

4.13

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

Part science fiction, part fantasy, and entirely infused with West African culture and spirituality… read more

Similar categories in Nnedi Okorafor's She Who Knows (She Who Knows #1) book and Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

  • africa
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy

21 must-read fiction books like Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi

Transform Your Habits

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

Malka Ann Older

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)

Malka Ann Older

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

Nghi Vo

4.17

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21 Top fiction books like Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse

Transform Your Habits

The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

Nghi Vo

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Service Model

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Tainted Cup

Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Transform Your Habits

Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

Rebecca Roanhorse

4.31

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