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45 Recent Standalone Fantasy Books For When You Just Can't Commit To A Series
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This is pulled directly from this blog post: https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2540-45-recent-standalone-fantasy-books-for-when-you-just-can-t-commit-to-a-s
Some of these have become series since the list got published 🙈 but it's still a good overall list!
Some of these have become series since the list got published 🙈 but it's still a good overall list!
45 Recent Standalone Fantasy Books For When You Just Can't Commit To A Series
jaina8851
Host
12 participants (45 books)
Overview
This is pulled directly from this blog post: https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2540-45-recent-standalone-fantasy-books-for-when-you-just-can-t-commit-to-a-s
Some of these have become series since the list got published 🙈 but it's still a good overall list!
Some of these have become series since the list got published 🙈 but it's still a good overall list!
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Wrath Goddess Sing
Maya Deane
Drawing on ancient texts and modern archeology to reveal the trans woman's story hidden underneath the well-known myths of The Iliad, Maya Deane's Wrath Goddess Sing weaves a compelling, pitilessly beautiful vision of Achilles' vanished world, perfect for fans of Song of Achilles and the Inheritance trilogy.
Silver Under Nightfall
Rin Chupeco
Full of court intrigue, queer romance, and terrifying monsters—this gothic epic fantasy will appeal to fans of Samantha Shannon’s The Priory of the Orange Tree and the adult animated series Castlevania.
The Ballad of Perilous Graves
Alex Jennings
Music is magic in this novel set in a fantastical version of New Orleans where a battle for the city's soul brews between two young mages, a vengeful wraith, and one powerful song.
Dark Earth
Rebecca Stott
A captivating novel about two sisters fighting for survival in male-dominated Dark Ages Britain that weaves a thrilling spell of magic and myth—from a bestselling author and historian.
Bindle Punk Bruja
Desideria Mesa
A part-time reporter and club owner takes on crooked city councilmen, mysterious and deadly mobsters, and society's deeply rooted sexism and racism, all while keeping her true identity and magical abilities hidden --inspired by an ancient Mexican folktale.
All the Seas of the World
Guy Gavriel Kay
Returning triumphantly to the brilliantly evoked near-Renaissance world of A Brightness Long Ago and Children of Earth and Sky, international bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay deploys his signature ‘quarter turn to the fantastic’ to tell a story of vengeance, power, and love.
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
Megan Bannen
Set in a world full of magic and demigods, donuts and small-town drama, this enchantingly quirky, utterly unique fantasy is perfect for readers of The House in the Cerulean Sea and The Invisible Library.
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna
A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family--and a new love--changes the course of her life.
Under the Whispering Door
TJ Klune
Hilarious, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is an uplifting story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home.
Ariadne
Jennifer Saint
Hypnotic, propulsive, and utterly transporting, Jennifer Saint's Ariadne forges a new epic, one that puts the forgotten women of Greek mythology back at the heart of the story, as they strive for a better world.
The Inheritance of OrquÃdea Divina
Zoraida Córdova
The Inheritance of OrquÃdea Divina is a novel about an Ecuadorian American family from Four Rivers, now scattered across the United States, that has to reconnect with their roots and uncover the secrets of their matriarch’s past before they’re all destroyed by a hidden danger. Determined to save what’s left of their family and to discover the truth behind their inheritance, OrquÃdea Divina’s descendants travel to Ecuador—to the place where she buried her secrets and broken promises and never looked back. Alternating between OrquÃdea’s past and her descendants’ present, The Inheritance of OrquÃdea Divina is an enchanting novel about what we knowingly and unknowingly inherit from our ancestors, the ties that bind, and reclaiming your power.
The Chosen and the Beautiful
Nghi Vo
Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how.