Babel
By: R.F. Kuang
4.18
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with stu…
Want to Read $ 13.99"It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed."-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe."-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"languages aren't just made of words. they're modes of looking at the world. They're the keys to civiliation. And that's knowledge worth killing for"-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"It revealed the sheer dependence of the British, who, astonishingly, could not manage to do basic things like bake bread or get safely from one place to another without words stolen from other countries."-R.F. Kuang, Babel
If you liked the magic plot in Babel by R.F. Kuang , here is a list of 13 books like this:
1. If We Were Villains
By: M.L. Rio
4.39
Format: 280 pages,
Enter the players. There were seven of us then, seven bright young things with wide precious future… read more
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- adult
- fiction
2. The Secret History
By: Donna Tartt
4.17
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits a… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"It's a terrible thing, what we did,"-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
"How quickly he fell; how soon it was over."-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
"Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones I did not."-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
"I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all."-Donna Tartt, The Secret History
3. 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
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- magic
- 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)
4. 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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- magic
- 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
5. 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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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
- 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
6. 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
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- urban fantasy
- magic
- 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)
7. 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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- historical fantasy
- magical realism
- historical
- magic
- fiction
- historical 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
8. This Is How You Lose the Time War
By: Amal El-Mohtar
3.88
Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before … read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"Atlantis sinks. Serves it right."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"And everyone is alive, somewhere in time."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"All the stars are eyes here, always seeking."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
"I would rather break the world than lose you."-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War
9. Piranesi
By: Susanna Clarke
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls … read more
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- magical realism
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"The House is valuable because it is the House. It is enough in and of Itself. It is not the means to an end."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
"It does not matter that you do not understand the reason. You are the Beloved Child of the House. Be comforted. And I am comforted."-Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
10. A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
By: Ava Reid
3.78
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
"The only enemy is the sea."-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
"No one owns the right to tell a story."-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
"I find you very charming underneath all the smugness."-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
"The sea is treacherous, but women are even more treacherous."-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
11. 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
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- historical
- magic
- fiction
- historical 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)
12. Babel
By: R.F. Kuang
4.18
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with stu… read more
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- urban fantasy
- historical fantasy
- magical realism
- historical
- magic
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed."-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe."-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"languages aren't just made of words. they're modes of looking at the world. They're the keys to civiliation. And that's knowledge worth killing for"-R.F. Kuang, Babel
"It revealed the sheer dependence of the British, who, astonishingly, could not manage to do basic things like bake bread or get safely from one place to another without words stolen from other countr…"-R.F. Kuang, Babel
13. A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
By: Samantha Shannon
4.36
Format: 868 pages, Hardcover
In A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon sweeps readers back to the universe of Priory of the Or… read more
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- fantasy
- adult
- magic
- fiction
"We could start by not scorning one another for our beliefs, or lack of them."-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
"We could start by not scorning one another for our beliefs, or lack of them." Thrit"-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
"Tunuva returned to her watching, knowing that this was the last night she would have everything she wanted in the world, all in one place."-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
"Desire had been a madness in her, grounded by a love that had filled her like a breath - as if it had always been meant, written on her soul when it was just a seed."-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
14. The Atlas Complex (The Atlas, #3)
By: Olivie Blake
2.90
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive. An explosive return to the library… read more
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- urban fantasy
- magic
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Is this actually possible?"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Complex (The Atlas, #3)
"It means the archives are “alive"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Complex (The Atlas, #3)
"I will spend my life orbiting your,"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Complex (The Atlas, #3)
"I'm constantly at risk for peril. Ask anyone!"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Complex (The Atlas, #3)
15. Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
By: Travis Baldree
4.12
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.The battl… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
16. The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
By: Samantha Shannon
4.19
Format: 848 pages, Kindle Edition
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.The House of Berethnet has ru… read more
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- fantasy
- adult
- magic
- fiction
"Margret,"-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
"I am not your queen, but I am yours."-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
"In darkness, we are naked. Our truest selves"-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
"My heart knows your song, as yours knows mine."-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
17. 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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- historical fantasy
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
18. The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)
By: Olivie Blake
3.55
Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition
Six magicians were presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Five are now members of the Socie… read more
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- urban fantasy
- magic
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Are you losing your mind?"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)
"Dinner together? Our last night?"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)
"Muder first and then scholarly pursuits"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)
"Murder first and then scholarly pursuits"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)
19. Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
By: Leigh Bardugo
4.13
Format: 481 pages, Hardcover
Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell. F… read more
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- urban fantasy
- magic
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"His monstrous queen. His gentle ruler."-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
"Life is cruel. Magic is real. And I’m not ready to die"-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
"She was the kind of girl who was always okay. “A survivor,"-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
"Stories exist in all worlds. They are immutable. Like gold."-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
20. Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
By: Leigh Bardugo
4.02
Format: 461 pages, Hardcover
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles… read more
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- urban fantasy
- magic
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"We all have spaces we keep blank."-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
"Quien no sabe de mar no sabe de mal!"-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
"Not every flower belongs in every garden."-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
"Didn’t someone say love is a shared delusion?"-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
21. The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
By: Olivie Blake
3.59
Format: 556 pages, Kindle Edition
The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity,… read more
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- magic
- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Don't let me wake up alone."-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman who knew her own worth."-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
"He finds the monsters we keep locked away and sets them loose, so why would I ever want him to see mine?"-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
"A flaw of humanity: the compulsion to be unique, which is at war with the desire to belong to a single identifiable sameness."-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
