Books like The Bright Sword
12 books with a reading profile close to The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
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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2
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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3
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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4
Gods of Jade and Shadow
narrative, literary
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
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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6
The Change
narrative, literary
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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7
The Tombs of Atuan
narrative, literary
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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8
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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10
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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11
The Deep
narrative, literary
Inspired by a song by the group clipping., this novella follows the wajinru, water-breathing descendants of pregnant African women thrown overboard during the Atlantic slave trade.
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12
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
narrative, literary
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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