10 books for fans of The Witching Hour
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Words of Radiance
The Stormlight Archive • Book 2
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Three protagonists navigate political intrigue and magical awakening as an ancient enemy stirs on storm-ravaged Roshar. Sanderson expands his world-building while deepening character development across 1,000 pages.
★ 4.76 Goodreads (498.0K ratings) - 2
The Way of Kings
The Cosmere • Book 1
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Storm-swept Roshar hosts an eternal war where a slave seeks freedom through bridge-running battles while a prince discovers that honor may be more complex than glory.
★ 4.66 Goodreads (683.1K ratings) - 3
Oathbringer
The Stormlight Archive • Book 3
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Sanderson explores how Dalinar became the Blackthorn through flashbacks while ancient secrets about the Knights Radiant finally surface.
★ 4.60 Goodreads (365.0K ratings) - 4
The Gathering Storm
The Wheel of Time • Book 12
by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
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Rand al'Thor teeters on the edge of madness while Egwene works to heal the broken White Tower, setting up the final confrontation between Light and Shadow.
★ 4.44 Goodreads (178.7K ratings) - 5
The Shadow Rising
The Wheel of Time • Book 4
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While Rand learns the devastating truth about Aiel history in the glass columns of Rhuidean, Perrin returns home to find Whitecloaks hunting him and the Two Rivers under siege by Trollocs.
★ 4.29 Goodreads (263.6K ratings) - 6
Lord of Chaos
The Wheel of Time • Book 6
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Political maneuvering intensifies as Rand attempts to forge alliances while the White Tower splits and ancient evils stir. Jordan escalates the scope and complexity, building toward confrontations that will reshape his fantasy world's power structure.
★ 4.20 Goodreads (198.2K ratings) - 7
The Queen of the Damned
The Vampire Chronicles • Book 3
by Anne Rice
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Rice awakens the first vampire, Akasha, who decides to remake the world by eliminating most of humanity, forcing Lestat and others to stop her.
★ 3.93 Goodreads (162.8K ratings) - 8
Prince Lestat
The Vampire Chronicles • Book 11
by Anne Rice
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Global vampire immolation threatens the entire undead community, and only Lestat can trace the source of a Voice commanding mass destruction. Rice returns to her supernatural roots with apocalyptic scope and familiar characters.
★ 3.85 Goodreads (25.0K ratings) - 9
The Tale of the Body Thief
The Vampire Chronicles • Book 4
by Anne Rice
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What happens when an immortal vampire desperately seeks mortality? Lestat's reckless bargain with a body thief explores the price of being human versus undead.
★ 3.77 Goodreads (92.5K ratings) - 10
Memnoch the Devil
The Vampire Chronicles • Book 5
by Anne Rice
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Lestat becomes obsessed with mortal Dora while the Devil himself recruits the vampire for a cosmic tour through heaven, hell, and the nature of good and evil.
★ 3.76 Goodreads (86.9K ratings)