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A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

A Darker Shade of Magic

Shades of Magic #1

V.E. Schwab

400 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0buonsai's review
fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War

The Poppy War #1

R.F. Kuang

530 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0buonsai's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

Skyward

Skyward #1

Brandon Sanderson

510 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0buonsai's review
fiction science fiction young adult adventurous funny medium-paced
Vicious by V.E. Schwab

Vicious

Villains #1

V.E. Schwab

397 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0buonsai's review
fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Nona the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #3

Tamsyn Muir

17 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0buonsai's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Harrow the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #2

Tamsyn Muir

19 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0buonsai's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Gideon the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #1

Tamsyn Muir

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0buonsai's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0buonsai's review
fiction fantasy literary speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky

The Wolf in the Whale

Jordanna Max Brodsky

560 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0buonsai's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional slow-paced
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

The Winter of the Witch

Winternight Trilogy #3

Katherine Arden

372 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0buonsai's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced