Books Like Carry On

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Euan Morton narrates Rainbow Rowell's magical-school enemies-to-lovers fantasy with a voice that carries the self-deprecating comedy of Simon Snow's predicament — the Chosen One who's actually terrible at magic is funnier when the is in on the joke, and at 14 hours the romance and the plot mechanics both get the space they need. He narrates two of the ten recommendations, and the list holds to similar highly rated fantasy — all carrying that same warmth and the pleasure of characters who surprise themselves.

10 books for fans of Carry On

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    The Will of the Many

    Hierarchy • Book 1

    by James Islington

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    A young fugitive poses as an orphaned student at the Academy, but the Catenan Republic's power-draining Hierarchy holds darker secrets than murder.

    4.59 Goodreads (223.8K ratings)
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    The Strength of the Few

    Hierarchy • Book 2

    by James Islington

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    The highly anticipated follow-up deepens Vis's dangerous game within the Hierarchy as alternate dimensions and hidden truths threaten to upend everything.

    4.35 Goodreads (80.6K ratings)
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    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)
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    Carl's Doomsday Scenario

    Dungeon Crawler Carl • Book 2

    by Matt Dinniman

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    Earth's survivors are trapped in a deadly dungeon game show, and Carl just wants to keep his cat alive through the next level. Dinniman's LitRPG satire skewers both gaming culture and reality TV with gleeful violence.

    4.51 Goodreads (187.5K ratings)
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    Night Watch

    Discworld • Book 29

    by Terry Pratchett

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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)
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    Blackflame

    Cradle • Book 3

    by Will Wight

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    With a year left to train, Lindon must master the dangerous Blackflame arts or face certain death against an unbeatable opponent. Wight escalates both magical power and personal stakes.

    4.50 Goodreads (39.0K ratings)
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    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)
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    Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow

    Nevermoor • Book 2

    by Jessica Townsend

    4.47 Goodreads (42.6K ratings)
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    Six of Crows

    Six of Crows • Book 1

    by Leigh Bardugo

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    Seventeen-year-old crime boss Kaz Brekker recruits five dangerous outcasts for a heist that could make them rich—or get them killed in Ketterdam's magic-soaked underworld.

    4.46 Goodreads (1.2M ratings)
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    Turn Coat

    The Dresden Files • Book 11

    by Jim Butcher

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    Dresden must help the very Warden who once hunted him when Morgan faces execution for treason, forcing Harry to navigate White Council politics while a real traitor remains hidden.

    4.44 Goodreads (112.9K ratings)