10 books for fans of An Ember in the Ashes
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Strange the Dreamer
Strange the Dreamer • Book 1
by Laini Taylor
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Orphan librarian Lazlo Strange gets his chance to visit the legendary lost city of Weep, where he discovers floating citadels and blue-skinned beings seeking revenge. Taylor crafts a dreamlike fantasy of myth and wonder.
★ 4.28 Goodreads (136.7K ratings) - 2
The King of Attolia
The Queen's Thief • Book 3
by Megan Whalen Turner
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The former Thief of Eddis has won his queen and crown, but ruling Attolia means surviving courtiers who see him as weak—a dangerous miscalculation.
★ 4.38 Goodreads (43.5K ratings) - 3
Buried Deep and Other Stories
by Naomi Novik
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Thirteen stories span Novik's fictional universes—from dragon-bonded aviators to magical academics—plus a preview of her next novel's setting.
★ 4.02 Goodreads (6.8K ratings) - 4
![[By Blood We Live] [By: Duncan, Glen] [November, 2014] cover](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31jXsS6qcFL._SL500_.jpg)
[By Blood We Live] [By: Duncan, Glen] [November, 2014]
The Last Werewolf / Bloodlines Trilogy • Book 3
by Glen Duncan
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Talulla's settled life explodes into the final battle between werewolves and vampires in this concluding chapter of Duncan's brutal supernatural saga.
★ 3.68 Goodreads (2.3K ratings) - 5
Crooked Kingdom
Six of Crows • Book 2
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Betrayed and broken after their heist, Kaz's crew faces enemies from all sides while planning their most impossible con yet. Bardugo's finale delivers emotional payoffs and explosive action sequences.
★ 4.57 Goodreads (779.9K ratings) - 6
Skin Game
The Dresden Files • Book 15
by Jim Butcher
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Mab trades Harry's services to pay off a debt, forcing him to assist Nicodemus and the Denarians in an impossible heist targeting Hades' vault. Butcher combines Ocean's Eleven plotting with Dresden Files mythology while exploring Harry's complicated relationship with power and compromise.
★ 4.56 Goodreads (93.2K ratings) - 7
The Gate of the Feral Gods
Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 4
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Four castles, fifteen days, and warrior gnomes in a floating fortress—what could go wrong? Dinniman amps up both danger and comedy as Carl faces his most challenging dungeon level yet.
★ 4.55 Goodreads (125.6K ratings) - 8
The Two Towers
Middle-earth • Book 3
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While Frodo creeps toward Mount Doom guided by the treacherous Gollum, Aragorn and company defend Rohan at Helm's Deep in Tolkien's war-torn middle volume.
★ 4.50 Goodreads (1.1M ratings) - 9
Night Watch
Discworld • Book 29
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Commander Vimes gets thrown back in time to his younger days during Ankh-Morpork's revolution, where he must train his past self while hunting a serial killer—Pratchett's darkest Discworld novel about duty, history, and becoming who you need to be.
★ 4.50 Goodreads (119.5K ratings) - 10
The Green Mile
The Green Mile #1-6
by Stephen King
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Death row guard Paul Edgecombe encounters John Coffey, a giant black man convicted of murdering two white children but who seems to possess supernatural healing abilities. King examines justice, racism, and inexplicable grace in Depression-era Louisiana.
★ 4.49 Goodreads (368.7K ratings)