29 Books like Assassin's Quest

A Game of Thrones

by George R.R. Martin

A northern lord serves his king, unearthing a secret the queen has killed to hide.

4.45

2.8M+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 👑 Court Intrigue ⚔️ Feuding Houses 🐉 Lost Heir ❄️ Ancient Evil Returns

A Game of Thrones 94%

A northern lord serves his king, unearthing a secret the queen has killed to hide.

by George R.R. Martin 1996

4.45

2.8M+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 👑 Court Intrigue ⚔️ Feuding Houses 🐉 Lost Heir ❄️ Ancient Evil Returns

Fool's Errand

by Robin Hobb • 2001

A retired assassin and aging wolf hunt a vanished prince seduced by forbidden beast magic.

4.39

108k+

🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🐺 Animal Bond Magic 👑 Court Intrigue 📚 Reluctant Mentor 🐾 Wolf Companion

Fool's Errand 95%

A retired assassin and aging wolf hunt a vanished prince seduced by forbidden beast magic.

by Robin Hobb 2001

4.39

108k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🐺 Animal Bond Magic 👑 Court Intrigue 📚 Reluctant Mentor 🐾 Wolf Companion

A Threat of Shadows

by J.A. Andrews • 2016

A guilt-ridden Keeper joins treasure hunters on a quest, blind to the traitor among them.

4.10

2k+

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🧠 Memory Magic 🔮 Forbidden Magic 👥 Found Family 💀 Ancient Evil Returns

A Threat of Shadows 95%

A guilt-ridden Keeper joins treasure hunters on a quest, blind to the traitor among them.

by J.A. Andrews 2016

4.10

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🧠 Memory Magic 🔮 Forbidden Magic 👥 Found Family 💀 Ancient Evil Returns

Realm Breaker

by Victoria Aveyard • 2021

A pirate's daughter rallies outcasts to close the ancient portals tearing the realm apart.

3.57

43k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Reluctant Hero 🎭 Ragtag Band 🔪 Exiled Assassin

Realm Breaker 94%

A pirate's daughter rallies outcasts to close the ancient portals tearing the realm apart.

by Victoria Aveyard 2021

3.57

43k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Reluctant Hero 🎭 Ragtag Band 🔪 Exiled Assassin

A Banishing of Kings

by Jasmine Young • 2023

A Northern prisoner bonds with a mythic dragon and becomes a rider who could topple empires.

4.53

1k+

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🪓 Norse-Inspired Fantasy 🔗 Dragon Bond ⛓️ Captive To Champion 💀 Grim Epic

A Banishing of Kings 94%

A Northern prisoner bonds with a mythic dragon and becomes a rider who could topple empires.

by Jasmine Young 2023

4.53

1k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🪓 Norse-Inspired Fantasy 🔗 Dragon Bond ⛓️ Captive To Champion 💀 Grim Epic

Malice

by John Gwynne • 2012

A smith's son trains for his warrior trial as prophecy and ancient malice splinter a kingdom.

4.18

60k+

🍀 Celtic Fantasy 🔮 Ambiguous Prophecy 🐺 Animal Companion ⚔️ Tactical Combat 🎭 Mentor With Secrets

Malice 94%

A smith's son trains for his warrior trial as prophecy and ancient malice splinter a kingdom.

by John Gwynne 2012

4.18

60k+ ratings

🍀 Celtic Fantasy 🔮 Ambiguous Prophecy 🐺 Animal Companion ⚔️ Tactical Combat 🎭 Mentor With Secrets

A Dance with Dragons 2

by George R.R. Martin • 2011

Queens fall, dragons unchain, winter devours the realm as old powers crumble and new knives strike.

4.43

33k+

🏛️ Political Fantasy 👥 Multiple Pov ⚖️ Morally Grey Characters 🕯️ Court Intrigue 🐉 Dragon Rider

A Dance with Dragons 2 94%

Queens fall, dragons unchain, winter devours the realm as old powers crumble and new knives strike.

by George R.R. Martin 2011

4.43

33k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Fantasy 👥 Multiple Pov ⚖️ Morally Grey Characters 🕯️ Court Intrigue 🐉 Dragon Rider

Unbound

by Michael R. Miller • 2021

A banished cook's son and blind lunar dragon seek the wild dragons to stop mind-bending dragons.

4.44

6k+

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🌱 Progression Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Mind Control 🕊️ Redemption Arc

Unbound 94%

A banished cook's son and blind lunar dragon seek the wild dragons to stop mind-bending dragons.

by Michael R. Miller 2021

4.44

6k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🌱 Progression Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Mind Control 🕊️ Redemption Arc

The Copper Promise

by Jen Williams • 2014

Three sellswords crack a dead mage's citadel for gold and wake a dragon god.

3.68

4k+

🗡️ Sword And Sorcery 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🎲 Ragtag Adventurers 💛 Found Family ⚔️ Cursed Knight

The Copper Promise 94%

Three sellswords crack a dead mage's citadel for gold and wake a dragon god.

by Jen Williams 2014

3.68

4k+ ratings

🗡️ Sword And Sorcery 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 🎲 Ragtag Adventurers 💛 Found Family ⚔️ Cursed Knight

Tree of Ages

by Sara C. Roethle • 2015

An oak turned woman seeks her origins. A fae war stirs, and it knows her.

3.96

8k+

🦌 Celtic Fantasy 🍂 Forest Magic 💀 Fae War 🧚 Faerie Bargains 🔮 Prophetic Visions

Tree of Ages 94%

An oak turned woman seeks her origins. A fae war stirs, and it knows her.

by Sara C. Roethle 2015

3.96

8k+ ratings

🦌 Celtic Fantasy 🍂 Forest Magic 💀 Fae War 🧚 Faerie Bargains 🔮 Prophetic Visions

Golden Age

by James Maxwell • 2016

A healer's daughter faces prophecy and invasion when a shapeshifter saves her city from ruin.

4.04

10k+

🔱 Mediterranean Fantasy 🐉 Hidden Heritage 🔮 Destiny Foretold ⚖️ Sacrificial Duty 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Golden Age 93%

A healer's daughter faces prophecy and invasion when a shapeshifter saves her city from ruin.

by James Maxwell 2016

4.04

10k+ ratings

🔱 Mediterranean Fantasy 🐉 Hidden Heritage 🔮 Destiny Foretold ⚖️ Sacrificial Duty 🤝 Enemies To Allies

A Storm of Swords

by George R.R. Martin • 2000

A realm in chaos: kings clash, the dead rise, and a dragon queen builds an army.

4.47

91k+

🖤 Grimdark 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💍 Forced Marriage 🐉 Dragon Warfare

A Storm of Swords 93%

A realm in chaos: kings clash, the dead rise, and a dragon queen builds an army.

by George R.R. Martin 2000

4.47

91k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💍 Forced Marriage 🐉 Dragon Warfare

The Dragonbone Chair

by Tad Williams • 1988

A dreamy scullion hunts a fabled sword across a freezing land as a fallen king's shadow rises.

3.97

79k+

🗡️ Unlikely Hero 📚 Mentor Apprentice 💀 Ancient Evil Awakens ⚔️ Legendary Weapon Quest 👑 Brother Against Brother

The Dragonbone Chair 93%

A dreamy scullion hunts a fabled sword across a freezing land as a fallen king's shadow rises.

by Tad Williams 1988

3.97

79k+ ratings

🗡️ Unlikely Hero 📚 Mentor Apprentice 💀 Ancient Evil Awakens ⚔️ Legendary Weapon Quest 👑 Brother Against Brother

The Ninth Rain

by Jen Williams • 2017

An ancient enemy wakes beneath a dying city. Three outcasts cross poisoned lands to stop it.

4.08

10k+

🥀 Dying Elder Race 🖤 Found Family 🐉 Human-Dragon Bond 📚 Scholarly Adventurer 🤝 Reluctant Allies

The Ninth Rain 93%

An ancient enemy wakes beneath a dying city. Three outcasts cross poisoned lands to stop it.

by Jen Williams 2017

4.08

10k+ ratings

🥀 Dying Elder Race 🖤 Found Family 🐉 Human-Dragon Bond 📚 Scholarly Adventurer 🤝 Reluctant Allies

The Dragon Keeper

by Robin Hobb • 2009

Outcast keepers and crippled dragons are exiled upriver toward a city that may not exist.

3.96

56k+

🐉 Dragon Quest 🐲 Human-Dragon Bond 🏚️ Outcast Protagonists 🤝 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Dragon Keeper 93%

Outcast keepers and crippled dragons are exiled upriver toward a city that may not exist.

by Robin Hobb 2009

3.96

56k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Quest 🐲 Human-Dragon Bond 🏚️ Outcast Protagonists 🤝 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader

Order of Shirán

by R.K. Lander • 2023

A dead elven warrior wakes with no past, no peace, and one path: the dragon riders.

4.49

272

🐉 Dragon Riders 👥 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔥 Redemption Arc 🌅 Afterlife Realm

Order of Shirán 94%

A dead elven warrior wakes with no past, no peace, and one path: the dragon riders.

by R.K. Lander 2023

4.49

272 ratings

🐉 Dragon Riders 👥 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔥 Redemption Arc 🌅 Afterlife Realm

Blood of the Old Kings

by Sung-Il Kim • 2016

A widow trades an eye for dragonfire and declares herself king of a conquered land.

3.71

2k+

🐉 Dragon Bond 👊 Empire Resistance 👑 Reluctant Leader 🫂 Found Family ⚡ Magic As Exploitation

Blood of the Old Kings 94%

A widow trades an eye for dragonfire and declares herself king of a conquered land.

by Sung-Il Kim 2016

3.71

2k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Bond 👊 Empire Resistance 👑 Reluctant Leader 🫂 Found Family ⚡ Magic As Exploitation

The Shadow of the Gods

by John Gwynne

Dragon-born raiders steal her son. She digs up her axe and follows north, blade first.

4.18

105k+

🪓 Norse-Inspired Fantasy ❤️ Found Family ⚔️ Mercenary Band 🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 💀 Dead Gods World

The Shadow of the Gods 94%

Dragon-born raiders steal her son. She digs up her axe and follows north, blade first.

by John Gwynne 2021

4.18

105k+ ratings

🪓 Norse-Inspired Fantasy ❤️ Found Family ⚔️ Mercenary Band 🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 💀 Dead Gods World

Fool's Assassin

by Robin Hobb • 2014

A retired assassin's peace ends with a dead messenger and an aging wife's impossible pregnancy.

4.43

68k+

🏡 Domestic Fantasy 📖 Character Driven Fantasy 🗡️ Retired Assassin 🕯️ Prophesied Child 🤝 Found Family

Fool's Assassin 93%

A retired assassin's peace ends with a dead messenger and an aging wife's impossible pregnancy.

by Robin Hobb 2014

4.43

68k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Fantasy 📖 Character Driven Fantasy 🗡️ Retired Assassin 🕯️ Prophesied Child 🤝 Found Family

A Breaking of Realms

by Jasmine Young • 2023

An outcast secretly bonds with a wild dragon the law demands dead.

4.27

1k+

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🪓 Norse-Inspired Fantasy 🖤 Forbidden Dragon Bond 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚖️ Corrupt Magical Order

A Breaking of Realms 93%

An outcast secretly bonds with a wild dragon the law demands dead.

by Jasmine Young 2023

4.27

1k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🪓 Norse-Inspired Fantasy 🖤 Forbidden Dragon Bond 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚖️ Corrupt Magical Order

The Eye of the World

by Robert Jordan • 1990

Trollocs destroyed his home. A sorceress says his power can save the world or break it.

4.19

599k+

👨‍🌾 Farmboy Chosen One ⚡️ Forbidden Power 🖤 Ancient Evil Stirs 🔮 Enigmatic Sorceress 🗡️ Cursed Artifact

The Eye of the World 93%

Trollocs destroyed his home. A sorceress says his power can save the world or break it.

by Robert Jordan 1990

4.19

599k+ ratings

👨‍🌾 Farmboy Chosen One ⚡️ Forbidden Power 🖤 Ancient Evil Stirs 🔮 Enigmatic Sorceress 🗡️ Cursed Artifact

The Keeper Chronicles

by J.A. Andrews • 2019

A keeper trades his memories to save his wife, leading misfits into a valley of dark magic.

4.50

4k+

💊 Quest For A Cure 🧠 Memory Magic 🕊️ Redemption Arc 🧝‍♀️ Elven Sacrifice 🤝 Reluctant Companions

The Keeper Chronicles 93%

A keeper trades his memories to save his wife, leading misfits into a valley of dark magic.

by J.A. Andrews 2019

4.50

4k+ ratings

💊 Quest For A Cure 🧠 Memory Magic 🕊️ Redemption Arc 🧝‍♀️ Elven Sacrifice 🤝 Reluctant Companions

Dragons of Autumn Twilight

by Margaret Weis • 1984

Old friends reunite to a dragon-ruled world; a healer's staff carries hope of lost gods.

4.01

123k+

🎲 D&D Inspired Fantasy ⚔️ Party Of Adventurers 🫂 Found Family 😟 Reluctant Leader ✨ Divine Artifact

Dragons of Autumn Twilight 93%

Old friends reunite to a dragon-ruled world; a healer's staff carries hope of lost gods.

by Margaret Weis 1984

4.01

123k+ ratings

🎲 D&D Inspired Fantasy ⚔️ Party Of Adventurers 🫂 Found Family 😟 Reluctant Leader ✨ Divine Artifact

The Cloud Roads

by Martha Wells • 2011

A shapeshifter outcast finds a home among winged Raksura, but the Fell plot to annihilate them.

3.98

17k+

🐉 Dragon Shifter Fantasy 👑 Court Intrigue 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Found Family 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

The Cloud Roads 93%

A shapeshifter outcast finds a home among winged Raksura, but the Fell plot to annihilate them.

by Martha Wells 2011

3.98

17k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Shifter Fantasy 👑 Court Intrigue 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Found Family 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

The Nameless Land

by Kate Elliott • 2025

A courier leads a scheming prince through deadly mist to save her captive nephew.

4.22

913

🔥 Political Epic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🗿 Guardians Awaken 🌅 Bittersweet

The Nameless Land 93%

A courier leads a scheming prince through deadly mist to save her captive nephew.

by Kate Elliott 2025

4.22

913 ratings

🔥 Political Epic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🗿 Guardians Awaken 🌅 Bittersweet

Of Sea and Shadow

by Will Wight • 2014

A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.

4.13

6k+

🚢 Nautical Fantasy 🩷 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities ⚖️ Forbidden Bargains 💔 Grief And Loss

Of Sea and Shadow 93%

A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.

by Will Wight 2014

4.13

6k+ ratings

🚢 Nautical Fantasy 🩷 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities ⚖️ Forbidden Bargains 💔 Grief And Loss

Of Shadow and Sea

by Will Wight • 2014

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

4.03

6k+

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Stoic Heroine

Of Shadow and Sea 93%

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

by Will Wight 2014

4.03

6k+ ratings

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Stoic Heroine

Landmoor

by Jeff Wheeler • 2003

An exiled elf must claim a crystal to stop immortals destroying his world, or die trying.

4.16

2k+

🧝 Elven Exile ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Immortal Schemers 💀 Magic At A Cost

Landmoor 93%

An exiled elf must claim a crystal to stop immortals destroying his world, or die trying.

by Jeff Wheeler 2003

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧝 Elven Exile ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Immortal Schemers 💀 Magic At A Cost

Flight of the Shirán

by R.K. Lander • 2023

A reborn warlord without a past must unleash his dragon form to destroy a soul-stealing god.

4.65

201

🐉 Dragon Shifter Fantasy ⚔️ Epic War Fantasy 🔄 Reincarnated Hero 🤝 Rivals To Brothers 💀 Immortal Villain

Flight of the Shirán 93%

A reborn warlord without a past must unleash his dragon form to destroy a soul-stealing god.

by R.K. Lander 2023

4.65

201 ratings

🐉 Dragon Shifter Fantasy ⚔️ Epic War Fantasy 🔄 Reincarnated Hero 🤝 Rivals To Brothers 💀 Immortal Villain

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