Books like Monstress, Volume 5: Warchild
12 books with a reading profile close to Monstress, Volume 5: Warchild by Marjorie M. Liu. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You
by Neil Gaiman
narrative, literary
Barbie, a young woman living in a New York apartment building, returns to the secondary reality of the Land, a dreamscape she inhabited during her childhood.
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The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections
by Neil Gaiman
narrative, literary
Fables & Reflections is a collection of nine short stories featuring Dream of the Endless, moving through historical eras and mythological landscapes.
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Tigana
narrative, literary
Set in a Mediterranean-inspired peninsula called the Palm, the narrative centers on a group of rebels attempting to overthrow two rival sorcerer-kings, Brandin of Ygrath and Alberico of Barbentain.
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The Bright Sword
by Lev Grossman
narrative, literary
Lev Grossman retells the Arthurian legend from the point of view of Collum, a young man who arrives at Camelot after the king's fall.
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5
Kingkiller Chronicle Patrick Rothfuss Collection 3 Books Set
narrative, literary
This set follows Kvothe, an orphan who survives life as a beggar in Tarbean before gaining entry to the University to study sympathy, a logic-based system of magic.
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Blood Over Bright Haven
by M.L. Wang
narrative, literary
Scilla Highborn is the first woman admitted into the High Circle of mages in Bright Haven, a city powered by magical energy harvested through precise mathematical equations.
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Swamplandia!
narrative, literary
Set in the sinking geography of the Florida Everglades, this novel follows the Bigtree family, a clan of alligator wrestlers struggling to maintain their failing theme park.
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Juniper & Thorn
by Ava Reid
narrative, literary
Set in a fictionalized nineteenth-century Odessa, this gothic fairy tale follows Marlinchen, the youngest of three sisters who live under the suffocating control of their father, a wizard named Zmey.
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9
Who Fears Death
narrative, literary
In a post-apocalyptic Sudan, the light-skinned Nuru people systematically oppress the dark-skinned Okeke.
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The Spear Cuts Through Water
narrative, literary
In the Strangled Empire, three oppressive princes rule through terror and magical birthrights under their father, the Old Emperor.
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Once Upon a River
narrative, literary
On a winter night at the Swan Inn along the Thames, a wounded stranger staggers through the door carrying the lifeless body of a small girl.
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The Lions of Al-Rassan
narrative, literary
Set in a reimagined medieval Spain, the story traces the collision of three rival cultures: the Asharites, the Jaddites, and the Kindath.
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