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Books like Shadow of a Dark Queen

12 books with a reading profile close to Shadow of a Dark Queen by Raymond E. Feist. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

Red Country

by Joe Abercrombie

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

Shy South lives a quiet life on a frontier farm until raiders burn her home and kidnap her younger siblings.
2

Belgarath the Sorcerer

by David Eddings

Also practical and outward-looking · entertainment, narrative

This prequel memoir follows the life of Belgarath, the first disciple of the God Aldur, spanning seven thousand years of history in the world of the Belgariad.
3

Best Served Cold

by Joe Abercrombie

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Monza Murcatto, a feared mercenary general known as the Snake of Talins, is betrayed and thrown from a mountain by her employer, Grand Duke Orso.
4

THE DUNGEON ANARCHIST'S COOKBOOK

by Matt Dinniman

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Carl and Princess Donut enter the third floor of the intergalactic crawl, navigating a lethal subterranean rail system known as the Iron Tangle.
5

Steel and snow

by George R. R. Martin

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Published as the first half of the third volume in the series, Steel and Snow follows the escalating civil war across Westeros after the Battle of the Blackwater.
6

Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile

by Bill Willingham

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

When the Adversary conquers the fairytale homelands, a community of folklore figures flees to modern-day Manhattan to establish Fabletown.
7

New Spring (The Wheel of Time, Book 0)

by Robert Jordan

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Set twenty years before the main sequence begins, the narrative focuses on Moiraine Damodred and Siuan Sanche as they transition from Accepted to full Aes Sedai in the White Tower.
8

Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

by Brandon Sanderson

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Arcanum Unbounded compiles stories and novellas set within the Cosmere, a shared universe where various planets host unique magical systems.
9

The Eyes of the Dragon

by Stephen King

Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative

Set in the realm of Delain, this narrative follows the imprisonment of Prince Peter, who is framed for the murder of his father, King Roland.
10

Murtagh

by Christopher Paolini

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn, live as outcasts on the fringes of Alagaësia following the fall of King Galbatorix.
11

Eldest

by Christopher Paolini

Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Following the destruction of the Urgal army at Farthen Dûr, Eragon travels to the elven forest of Ellesméra to begin formal instruction with Oromis, a hidden Dragon Rider.
12

Fool

by Christopher Moore

Also outward-looking and escapist · entertainment, narrative

Pocket, the foul-mouthed court jester to King Lear, attempts to prevent the kingdom of Britain from collapsing into bloody chaos.

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