Books like Spindle's End
12 books with a reading profile close to Spindle's End by Robin McKinley. Balanced in tone; an easy read.
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The road goes ever on
by Donald Swann, J.R.R. Tolkien
literary, fantasy
The Road Goes Ever On is a formal song cycle consisting of music composed by Donald Swann for poems written by J.R.R.
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The Lantern of Lost Memories
by Sanaka Hiiragi, Jesse Kirkwood
literary, fantasy
In a world where memories can be stored and lost, a young woman named Elara inherits a mysterious lantern that holds the forgotten past of a lost civilization.
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The Change
literary, fantasy
Set in the wealthy enclave of Mattauk, New York, this novel follows three women whose bodies begin to manifest supernatural abilities as they enter menopause.
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Gods of Jade and Shadow
literary, fantasy
Set in 1920s Mexico, the story follows Casiopea Tun, a young woman living a life of servitude in her grandfather’s house.
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5
Stone Blind
literary, fantasy
Natalie Haynes reconstructs the myth of Medusa, shifting the perspective from the hero Perseus to the mortal Gorgon herself.
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6
The Teller of Small Fortunes
by Julie Leong
literary, fantasy
Tao is a young woman who works as a fortune-teller, reading small fortunes at markets, and who has left her past behind.
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7
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
literary, fantasy
Orquídea Divina is the matriarch of a family in Florida with a home full of magic, who invites her descendants to her funeral and promises each an inheritance.
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Blood Over Bright Haven
by M.L. Wang
literary, fantasy
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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9
The Tombs of Atuan
literary, fantasy
Tenar is chosen as a young girl to be the new high priestess of the Nameless Ones, a set of ancient powers worshipped in the desert of Atuan.
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Juniper & Thorn
by Ava Reid
literary, fantasy
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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11
Kingkiller Chronicle Patrick Rothfuss Collection 3 Books Set
literary, fantasy
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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12
Wyrd Sisters
literary, fantasy
In the kingdom of Lancre, three witches—the authoritative Granny Weatherwax, the earthy Nanny Ogg, and the novice Magrat Garlick—intervene in royal succession after the murder of King Verence I.
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