21 must-read fantasy books like Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Gods of Jade and Shadow

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.89

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this one-of-a-k…

"You did not rescue me,"

-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

"It was beauty you couldn't hold."

-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

"The things you name grow in power."

-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

"Is that why you stare at the stars?"

-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

If you liked the fantasy plot in Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Thornhedge

By: T. Kingfisher

4.00

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Thornhedge book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

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2. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

By: Shane Hawk

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to… read more

Similar categories in Shane Hawk's Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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3. 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

Similar categories in Leigh Bardugo's The Familiar book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • 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

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4. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

3.89

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

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5. The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry n… read more

Similar categories in Zoraida Córdova's The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"When she’d met Orquidea Montoya, she saw a whisper of a girl who wanted to become a scream."

-Zoraida Córdova, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

"People think they know about misfortune and bad luck. But there was being unlucky-like when you tripped over your shoelaces or dropped a five-dollar bill in the subway or ran into your ex when you we…"

-Zoraida Córdova, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

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6. Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.19

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

The first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Colum… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What use is a power to read the heavens if it cannot be turned to your own benefit?"

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

"There was magic in the world, pure and simple, things she didn't understand. Best get used to it."

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

"We have become a place of long weeping A house of scattered feathers There is no home for us between earth and sky. —From Collected Lamentations from the Night of Knives"

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

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7. Vampires of El Norte

By: Isabel Cañas

3.90

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the aut… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Cañas's Vampires of El Norte book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. 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

Similar categories in Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • 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)

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9. 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 Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • romance
  • historical
  • 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)

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10. Gods of Jade and Shadow

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.89

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this one-of-a-k… read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"You did not rescue me,"

-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

"It was beauty you couldn't hold."

-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

"The things you name grow in power."

-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

"Courage is the greatest of virtues,"

-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

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11. 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

Similar categories in Alix E. Harrow's Starling House book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • 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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12. 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

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical 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)

Cover of Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) by Travis Baldree

13. 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

Similar categories in Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • romance
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse

14. 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 Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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15. 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

Similar categories in Vaishnavi Patel's Kaikeyi book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical 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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16. Nettle & Bone

By: T. Kingfisher

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Our own flaws infuriate us in other people."

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

"Run and be free. They cannot use what they cannot find."

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

"Black dog, white dog, Live dog, dead dog, Yellow dog, run!"

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

"Dogs have human names. It's what keeps them from being wolves."

-T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

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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

Similar categories in Shannon Chakraborty's The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. The Hacienda

By: Isabel Cañas

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Cañas's The Hacienda book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Colonialism carved the landscapes of our homes with ghosts, It left gaping wounds that still weep"

-Isabel Cañas, The Hacienda

"Of course he did not question. Men do not trouble themselves with women's bodies, save when they can be of use to serve or to sate them."

-Isabel Cañas, The Hacienda

"Instead, he described the way the sun set in the valley of Apan: first rich golden, deepening to amber, and then, with a swift, sure strike, night overtook the sun like the extinguishing of a candle.…"

-Isabel Cañas, The Hacienda

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19. Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

By: Olivia Atwater

4.09

Format: 304 pages, ebook

It's difficult to find a husband in Regency England when you're a young lady with only half a soul.… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Atwater's Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1) book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"There is such a thing as evil in this world,"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

"It may be true that you have only half a soul, Dora,"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

"Every fish you throw back into the ocean is a triumph of the idea that human beings can be better. I do my best, every day, to throw at least one fish back into the ocean. I hope that you will join m…"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

"I think that Elias has been angry now for so long that he is scared to let it go - I think he is scared that if would make him too complacent, and he might become all of those things which he so desp…"

-Olivia Atwater, Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)

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

20. 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

Similar categories in Isabel Ibañez's What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1) book and Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Is this it, Whit?"

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

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4.00

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3.98

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3.84

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Robert Jackson Bennett

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