50 Books like Black Sun

Godkiller

by Hannah Kaner

A god-killer journeys to a dead city to free a girl bound to a trickster god.

3.86

59k+

🏠 Found Family 🤝 God-Human Pact 🦿 Maimed Warrior 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🌑 Dark Pilgrimage

Godkiller 93%

A god-killer journeys to a dead city to free a girl bound to a trickster god.

by Hannah Kaner 2023

3.86

59k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🤝 God-Human Pact 🦿 Maimed Warrior 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🌑 Dark Pilgrimage

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 93%

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

Idolfire

by Grace Curtis • 2025

A village outcast and a disgraced royal cross a dying empire to free a stolen goddess.

3.61

918

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 💕 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌈 Sapphic Fantasy

Idolfire 93%

A village outcast and a disgraced royal cross a dying empire to free a stolen goddess.

by Grace Curtis 2025

3.61

918 ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 💕 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌈 Sapphic Fantasy

Green Rider

by Kristen Britain • 1998

A suspended student must deliver a dying messenger's warning before a conspiracy topples a king.

4.09

41k+

🏹 Reluctant Heroine 🔮 Magical Artifact 🕵️ Court Conspiracy 🏃‍♀️ Relentless Pursuit 🌱 Coming Of Age

Green Rider 91%

A suspended student must deliver a dying messenger's warning before a conspiracy topples a king.

by Kristen Britain 1998

4.09

41k+ ratings

🏹 Reluctant Heroine 🔮 Magical Artifact 🕵️ Court Conspiracy 🏃‍♀️ Relentless Pursuit 🌱 Coming Of Age

Loki

by Mackenzi Lee • 2019

Exiled to Earth, a trickster god must solve mysterious deaths before a betrayal prophecy comes true.

3.91

19k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Fantasy ⚔️ Norse Mythology 🏛️ Victorian London 🖤 Anti-Hero Protagonist 🔮 Dark Prophecy

Loki 91%

Exiled to Earth, a trickster god must solve mysterious deaths before a betrayal prophecy comes true.

by Mackenzi Lee 2019

3.91

19k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Fantasy ⚔️ Norse Mythology 🏛️ Victorian London 🖤 Anti-Hero Protagonist 🔮 Dark Prophecy

Long Live Evil

by Sarah Rees Brennan • 2024

A dying woman wakes as a fantasy villainess, hunting a magical cure before the plot executes her.

3.84

22k+

🎭 Villainess Isekai 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Villain Protagonist 💔 Found Family 👭 Sibling Bond

Long Live Evil 92%

A dying woman wakes as a fantasy villainess, hunting a magical cure before the plot executes her.

by Sarah Rees Brennan 2024

3.84

22k+ ratings

🎭 Villainess Isekai 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Villain Protagonist 💔 Found Family 👭 Sibling Bond

Dark Rise

by C.S. Pacat • 2021

A London dockworker discovers he is the Dark King reborn, with doomed knights his only pursuers.

4.15

42k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Chosen One 🛡️ Doomed Knightly Order 🎩 Regency London Docks 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Dark Rise 92%

A London dockworker discovers he is the Dark King reborn, with doomed knights his only pursuers.

by C.S. Pacat 2021

4.15

42k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Chosen One 🛡️ Doomed Knightly Order 🎩 Regency London Docks 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Spear Cuts Through Water

by Simon Jimenez

Two outcasts carry a dying moon goddess across an empire, hunted by her monstrous sons.

4.14

25k+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🛡️ Escort Quest 🖤 Allies To Lovers 🧠 Telepathic Bond

The Spear Cuts Through Water 92%

Two outcasts carry a dying moon goddess across an empire, hunted by her monstrous sons.

by Simon Jimenez 2022

4.14

25k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🛡️ Escort Quest 🖤 Allies To Lovers 🧠 Telepathic Bond

Elantris

by Brandon Sanderson • 2006

Cast into a city of living decay, a cursed prince must discover why the magic failed.

4.16

364k+

🏰 Political Fantasy ✨ Hard Magic System 💀 Cursed Immortals 👑 Arranged Political Marriage ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

Elantris 91%

Cast into a city of living decay, a cursed prince must discover why the magic failed.

by Brandon Sanderson 2006

4.16

364k+ ratings

🏰 Political Fantasy ✨ Hard Magic System 💀 Cursed Immortals 👑 Arranged Political Marriage ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

The Obsidian Tower

by Melissa Caruso • 2020

Her killing touch and a sealed door: a visitor's betrayal opens it, unleashing ancient evil.

3.79

4k+

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 💀 Cursed Touch 👹 Demonic Possession 🃏 Political Intrigue

The Obsidian Tower 91%

Her killing touch and a sealed door: a visitor's betrayal opens it, unleashing ancient evil.

by Melissa Caruso 2020

3.79

4k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 💀 Cursed Touch 👹 Demonic Possession 🃏 Political Intrigue

The Starless Crown

by James Rollins

A blind girl raised by giant bats must stop the moon from destroying her world.

3.78

13k+

🧬 Science Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ⚙️ Ancient Technology 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🤖 Artificial Being

The Starless Crown 91%

A blind girl raised by giant bats must stop the moon from destroying her world.

by James Rollins 2022

3.78

13k+ ratings

🧬 Science Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ⚙️ Ancient Technology 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🤖 Artificial Being

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

by N.K. Jemisin • 2010

A young heir summoned to a skyborne palace discovers her family's power comes from enslaved gods.

3.89

82k+

🏰 Court Intrigue ⚔️ Deadly Succession 🖤 God-Mortal Romance 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🏛️ Divine Politics

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms 92%

A young heir summoned to a skyborne palace discovers her family's power comes from enslaved gods.

by N.K. Jemisin 2010

3.89

82k+ ratings

🏰 Court Intrigue ⚔️ Deadly Succession 🖤 God-Mortal Romance 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🏛️ Divine Politics

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 92%

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

Kushiel's Scion

by Jacqueline Carey • 2006

Fleeing his traitor mother's shadow, a prince arrives at university just as war besieges the city.

4.22

23k+

🌱 Coming Of Age 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Dark Family Legacy 🏛️ Fantasy University 👑 Political Intrigue

Kushiel's Scion 91%

Fleeing his traitor mother's shadow, a prince arrives at university just as war besieges the city.

by Jacqueline Carey 2006

4.22

23k+ ratings

🌱 Coming Of Age 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Dark Family Legacy 🏛️ Fantasy University 👑 Political Intrigue

The Gilded Crown

by Marianne Gordon • 2023

To raise the dead, she pays in flesh. The princess she saves demands her heart.

3.69

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🩸 Cost Of Magic 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🏰 Outsider At Court

The Gilded Crown 91%

To raise the dead, she pays in flesh. The princess she saves demands her heart.

by Marianne Gordon 2023

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🩸 Cost Of Magic 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🏰 Outsider At Court

Nevernight

by Jay Kristoff • 2016

A shadow-wielding girl enters an assassin school to kill the men who executed her father.

4.22

117k+

🗡️ Assassin Academy 🩸 Revenge Quest 🌑 Shadow Magic ⚔️ Morally Gray Heroine 🎭 Sardonic Narrator

Nevernight 92%

A shadow-wielding girl enters an assassin school to kill the men who executed her father.

by Jay Kristoff 2016

4.22

117k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Academy 🩸 Revenge Quest 🌑 Shadow Magic ⚔️ Morally Gray Heroine 🎭 Sardonic Narrator

The Final Strife

by Saara El-Arifi • 2022

A disgraced fighter trains a privileged heir for deadly trials; their love could spark a revolution.

4.18

9k+

🏰 Epic Fantasy 🩸 Blood Magic 🔗 Caste System 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Sapphic Romance

The Final Strife 92%

A disgraced fighter trains a privileged heir for deadly trials; their love could spark a revolution.

by Saara El-Arifi 2022

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏰 Epic Fantasy 🩸 Blood Magic 🔗 Caste System 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Sapphic Romance

Samsara

by Saksham Garg

In a secret valley, a teen must die to sustain its magic while gods oppose him.

3.43

2k+

⚖️ Doomed Savior 🕊️ Dying Gods 🐺 Spirit Animals 👴 Corrupt Immortals 🌄 Hidden Magical Realm

Samsara 91%

In a secret valley, a teen must die to sustain its magic while gods oppose him.

by Saksham Garg 2022

3.43

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Doomed Savior 🕊️ Dying Gods 🐺 Spirit Animals 👴 Corrupt Immortals 🌄 Hidden Magical Realm

The Last Soul Among Wolves

by Melissa Caruso • 2025

Old friends at a haunted mansion. A childhood blood oath. Only one walks out alive.

4.17

1k+

🎭 Deadly Inheritance Game 🏚️ Trapped Together Curse 👻 Gothic Haunted Mansion ✨ Gods Playing Mortals ⚡ Dark Wish Bargain

The Last Soul Among Wolves 91%

Old friends at a haunted mansion. A childhood blood oath. Only one walks out alive.

by Melissa Caruso 2025

4.17

1k+ ratings

🎭 Deadly Inheritance Game 🏚️ Trapped Together Curse 👻 Gothic Haunted Mansion ✨ Gods Playing Mortals ⚡ Dark Wish Bargain

The Smoke Thieves

by Sally Green • 2018

Demon smoke turns children into soldiers. A tyrant builds an army. Five fugitives stand against him.

3.79

10k+

🔮 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Political Intrigue 👑 Arranged Marriage

The Smoke Thieves 91%

Demon smoke turns children into soldiers. A tyrant builds an army. Five fugitives stand against him.

by Sally Green 2018

3.79

10k+ ratings

🔮 Hidden Identity 💔 Forbidden Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Political Intrigue 👑 Arranged Marriage

The Witch Collector

by Charissa Weaks

A voiceless witch plans to kidnap her sister's captor, but invaders torch her village first.

3.73

66k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Reluctant Allies ✨ Magical Bond 💔 Grief And Healing ❄️ Winter Realm

The Witch Collector 91%

A voiceless witch plans to kidnap her sister's captor, but invaders torch her village first.

by Charissa Weaks 2021

3.73

66k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Reluctant Allies ✨ Magical Bond 💔 Grief And Healing ❄️ Winter Realm

Foundryside

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2018

A thief steals a talking key and learns her city's magic can think for itself.

4.16

56k+

🏦 Heist Fantasy ✨ Magical Coding 🗝️ Sentient Artifact 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Protagonist

Foundryside 92%

A thief steals a talking key and learns her city's magic can think for itself.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2018

4.16

56k+ ratings

🏦 Heist Fantasy ✨ Magical Coding 🗝️ Sentient Artifact 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Protagonist

Wizard's First Rule

by Terry Goodkind • 1994

A forest guide turned Seeker must stop a tyrant whose ancient boxes could erase the world.

4.12

254k+

👑 Chosen One 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Reluctant Hero ⛓️ Captor And Captive 🔮 Prophecy And Fate

Wizard's First Rule 92%

A forest guide turned Seeker must stop a tyrant whose ancient boxes could erase the world.

by Terry Goodkind 1994

4.12

254k+ ratings

👑 Chosen One 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Reluctant Hero ⛓️ Captor And Captive 🔮 Prophecy And Fate

Gods of Jade and Shadow

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2019

1920s Mexico: a servant girl frees a Mayan death god. His stolen throne is her fight.

3.88

79k+

📖 Mythology Retelling 💀 Mortal And God Romance 🇲🇽 1920s Mexico 🌑 Underworld Journey 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Gods of Jade and Shadow 91%

1920s Mexico: a servant girl frees a Mayan death god. His stolen throne is her fight.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019

3.88

79k+ ratings

📖 Mythology Retelling 💀 Mortal And God Romance 🇲🇽 1920s Mexico 🌑 Underworld Journey 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Winter's Fury

by A.E. Rayne • 2017

A warrior bride enters a deadly contest to save her drunken husband and reclaim her future.

4.16

7k+

🪓 Viking-Inspired Fantasy 💍 Forced Marriage Trope 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family

Winter's Fury 91%

A warrior bride enters a deadly contest to save her drunken husband and reclaim her future.

by A.E. Rayne 2017

4.16

7k+ ratings

🪓 Viking-Inspired Fantasy 💍 Forced Marriage Trope 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family

The Ship of Ishtar

by A. Merritt • 1924

A broken veteran opens an ancient stone and tumbles onto a ship trapped between warring gods.

3.56

669

🗡️ Pulp Fantasy 🏛️ Ancient Mythology 🌍 Man Between Worlds 💔 Forbidden Love ⛵ Cursed Ship

The Ship of Ishtar 92%

A broken veteran opens an ancient stone and tumbles onto a ship trapped between warring gods.

by A. Merritt 1924

3.56

669 ratings

🗡️ Pulp Fantasy 🏛️ Ancient Mythology 🌍 Man Between Worlds 💔 Forbidden Love ⛵ Cursed Ship

Ledge

by Stacey McEwan • 2021

To escape the Glacians, a human survivor and a half-Glacian hybrid must survive each other first.

3.68

20k+

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏔️ Forced Proximity ❄️ Frozen Wasteland 🪽 Winged Oppressors 💀 Soul Magic

Ledge 92%

To escape the Glacians, a human survivor and a half-Glacian hybrid must survive each other first.

by Stacey McEwan 2021

3.68

20k+ ratings

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏔️ Forced Proximity ❄️ Frozen Wasteland 🪽 Winged Oppressors 💀 Soul Magic

The Daughters' War

by Christopher Buehlman

A knight and her giant war raven face a goblin war that spends soldiers like coin.

4.22

14k+

⚔️ Military Fantasy 🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Woman Warrior 💜 Sapphic Fantasy 💔 Family Betrayal

The Daughters' War 91%

A knight and her giant war raven face a goblin war that spends soldiers like coin.

by Christopher Buehlman 2024

4.22

14k+ ratings

⚔️ Military Fantasy 🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Woman Warrior 💜 Sapphic Fantasy 💔 Family Betrayal

Long Live

by V.B. Lacey • 2023

A huntress wields a god-killing dagger, caught between four elementals and the spirit hunting them.

3.93

2k+

🔥 Elemental Magic System 💙 Immortal-Human Romance 🏹 Reluctant Hero 👑 Secret Heir 🗡️ Magical Artifact Quest

Long Live 91%

A huntress wields a god-killing dagger, caught between four elementals and the spirit hunting them.

by V.B. Lacey 2023

3.93

2k+ ratings

🔥 Elemental Magic System 💙 Immortal-Human Romance 🏹 Reluctant Hero 👑 Secret Heir 🗡️ Magical Artifact Quest

The Witch Roads

by Kate Elliott • 2025

A courier has a blight-killing secret. A possessed prince demands she guide him through the wilds.

4.00

2k+

🏚️ Post-Magical Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👻 Ghost Lover 🔍 Gender Questioning

The Witch Roads 91%

A courier has a blight-killing secret. A possessed prince demands she guide him through the wilds.

by Kate Elliott 2025

4.00

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Magical Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 👻 Ghost Lover 🔍 Gender Questioning

The Atlas Six

by Olivie Blake

Six magicians earn a place in a secret society, then learn that initiation requires murder.

3.54

285k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🔮 Secret Magical Society 💀 Deadly Initiation 🧠 Psychological Warfare ⚔️ Rivals To Allies

The Atlas Six 91%

Six magicians earn a place in a secret society, then learn that initiation requires murder.

by Olivie Blake 2020

3.54

285k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔮 Secret Magical Society 💀 Deadly Initiation 🧠 Psychological Warfare ⚔️ Rivals To Allies

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern • 2019

A library book knows his past. Underground, a hidden world of stories and a fated romance await.

3.84

237k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Hidden Library 💫 Fated Love 🕯️ Secret Society 📖 Mysterious Book

The Starless Sea 92%

A library book knows his past. Underground, a hidden world of stories and a fated romance await.

by Erin Morgenstern 2019

3.84

237k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Hidden Library 💫 Fated Love 🕯️ Secret Society 📖 Mysterious Book

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 92%

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

Ashes of the Sun

by Django Wexler • 2020

Twelve years after the Order took her, a knight hunts a rebel. He's her brother.

3.94

6k+

⚔️ Siblings At War 💕 Sapphic Fantasy 🏛️ Corrupt Magical Order 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy 🤝 Found Family

Ashes of the Sun 91%

Twelve years after the Order took her, a knight hunts a rebel. He's her brother.

by Django Wexler 2020

3.94

6k+ ratings

⚔️ Siblings At War 💕 Sapphic Fantasy 🏛️ Corrupt Magical Order 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy 🤝 Found Family

The Thousand Names

by Django Wexler • 2013

An exiled regiment follows an obsessive colonel into the desert on a hunt for world-altering magic.

4.04

21k+

🏴 Flintlock Fantasy 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 🪄 Hidden Magic 🏜️ Desert Warfare ⚔️ Mutiny

The Thousand Names 91%

An exiled regiment follows an obsessive colonel into the desert on a hunt for world-altering magic.

by Django Wexler 2013

4.04

21k+ ratings

🏴 Flintlock Fantasy 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 🪄 Hidden Magic 🏜️ Desert Warfare ⚔️ Mutiny

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 92%

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

The Fragile Threads of Power

by V.E. Schwab • 2023

A spell-mender poisoned by rebels must rebuild the door that can tear reality apart.

4.26

47k+

🌍 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🔮 Magical Heist 💔 Broken Hero 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Fantasy

The Fragile Threads of Power 92%

A spell-mender poisoned by rebels must rebuild the door that can tear reality apart.

by V.E. Schwab 2023

4.26

47k+ ratings

🌍 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🔮 Magical Heist 💔 Broken Hero 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Fantasy

Heaven Official's Blessing

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

A disgraced god crosses paths with a Ghost King who has loved him for eight centuries.

4.58

47k+

✨ Xianxia 📚 Danmei 🌧️ Fallen God 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💫 Devotion Across Lifetimes

Heaven Official's Blessing 91%

A disgraced god crosses paths with a Ghost King who has loved him for eight centuries.

by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 2020

4.58

47k+ ratings

✨ Xianxia 📚 Danmei 🌧️ Fallen God 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💫 Devotion Across Lifetimes

A Darker Shade of Magic

by V.E. Schwab • 2015

Kell crosses four parallel Londons. A dead world's darkness hides in the stone he brought home.

4.03

441k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌍 Parallel Worlds 🩸 Blood Magic 🗡️ Thief Heroine 🫂 Found Family

A Darker Shade of Magic 91%

Kell crosses four parallel Londons. A dead world's darkness hides in the stone he brought home.

by V.E. Schwab 2015

4.03

441k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌍 Parallel Worlds 🩸 Blood Magic 🗡️ Thief Heroine 🫂 Found Family

The River of Silver

by S.A. Chakraborty • 2022

The secret bargains that shaped the City of Brass, from hidden love to a mother's heartbreak.

4.26

13k+

🕌 Historical Fantasy 👑 Palace Intrigue 💘 Secret Romance 🤴 Reluctant Leader 🫂 Found Family

The River of Silver 91%

The secret bargains that shaped the City of Brass, from hidden love to a mother's heartbreak.

by S.A. Chakraborty 2022

4.26

13k+ ratings

🕌 Historical Fantasy 👑 Palace Intrigue 💘 Secret Romance 🤴 Reluctant Leader 🫂 Found Family

Heavenly Bodies

by Imani Erriu

She needs a kingdom's protection. He needs a weapon. Falling in love will kill them both.

3.96

57k+

🔥 Romantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Soulmates ⚔️ Godkiller Fantasy 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance

Heavenly Bodies 91%

She needs a kingdom's protection. He needs a weapon. Falling in love will kill them both.

by Imani Erriu 2022

3.96

57k+ ratings

🔥 Romantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Soulmates ⚔️ Godkiller Fantasy 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance

Slave, Warrior, Queen

by Morgan Rice • 2016

Betrayed and sold to the arena, a girl with hidden power becomes the Empire's deadliest weapon.

3.43

7k+

🏛️ Roman Inspired Fantasy ⚔️ Arena Fighter 💕 Forbidden Romance 💔 Love Triangle ✨ Chosen One

Slave, Warrior, Queen 91%

Betrayed and sold to the arena, a girl with hidden power becomes the Empire's deadliest weapon.

by Morgan Rice 2016

3.43

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Roman Inspired Fantasy ⚔️ Arena Fighter 💕 Forbidden Romance 💔 Love Triangle ✨ Chosen One

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 91%

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

City of Stairs

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2014

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

4.10

41k+

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City ✨ Divine Artifacts ⚔️ Rebel Insurgency

City of Stairs 91%

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2014

4.10

41k+ ratings

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City ✨ Divine Artifacts ⚔️ Rebel Insurgency

The Song of the Marked

by S.M. Gaither • 2020

A plague-marked thief learns she's the lost queen and is taken by the king's deadliest enforcer.

3.89

26k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 👑 Hidden Royal Identity 💀 Morally Grey Love Interest 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Song of the Marked 91%

A plague-marked thief learns she's the lost queen and is taken by the king's deadliest enforcer.

by S.M. Gaither 2020

3.89

26k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 👑 Hidden Royal Identity 💀 Morally Grey Love Interest 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Justice of Kings

by Richard Swan • 2022

A truth-compelling justiciar's murder inquiry unearths a conspiracy that threatens the empire.

4.00

17k+

🏛️ Legal Fantasy 💀 Necromantic Investigation 🏚️ Crumbling Empire ⛪ Corrupt Clergy ⚔️ Siege Warfare

The Justice of Kings 91%

A truth-compelling justiciar's murder inquiry unearths a conspiracy that threatens the empire.

by Richard Swan 2022

4.00

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Fantasy 💀 Necromantic Investigation 🏚️ Crumbling Empire ⛪ Corrupt Clergy ⚔️ Siege Warfare

The Gods Below

by Andrea Stewart • 2024

Torn apart by a god's remaking, two sisters become weapons on opposite sides of a divine war.

3.56

2k+

👭 Separated Sisters ⚔️ Rebellion Against Gods 🫂 Found Family ⚡ Flawed Gods 💎 Heist Plot

The Gods Below 91%

Torn apart by a god's remaking, two sisters become weapons on opposite sides of a divine war.

by Andrea Stewart 2024

3.56

2k+ ratings

👭 Separated Sisters ⚔️ Rebellion Against Gods 🫂 Found Family ⚡ Flawed Gods 💎 Heist Plot

Five Broken Blades

by Mai Corland

Six killers share one job: assassinate an immortal king. Their secrets are the real threat.

3.82

48k+

💎 Heist Fantasy 🏰 Political Intrigue 🖤 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities 💔 Forbidden Love

Five Broken Blades 91%

Six killers share one job: assassinate an immortal king. Their secrets are the real threat.

by Mai Corland 2024

3.82

48k+ ratings

💎 Heist Fantasy 🏰 Political Intrigue 🖤 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities 💔 Forbidden Love

Priestess of the White

by Trudi Canavan • 2005

Chosen by gods as their immortal champion, a healer hides forbidden love as holy war looms.

3.89

18k+

🖤 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Religious War ✨ Immortal Protagonist 🏛️ Temple Politics 💭 Memory Magic

Priestess of the White 91%

Chosen by gods as their immortal champion, a healer hides forbidden love as holy war looms.

by Trudi Canavan 2005

3.89

18k+ ratings

🖤 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Religious War ✨ Immortal Protagonist 🏛️ Temple Politics 💭 Memory Magic

The Way of Kings

by Brandon Sanderson • 2010

A slave soldier wields storm-born magic to lead a bridge crew of condemned men to survival.

4.66

688k+

🔮 Hard Magic System ⚔️ Military Fantasy 👥 Found Family 🛡️ Reluctant Leader 🤫 Hidden Agenda

The Way of Kings 91%

A slave soldier wields storm-born magic to lead a bridge crew of condemned men to survival.

by Brandon Sanderson 2010

4.66

688k+ ratings

🔮 Hard Magic System ⚔️ Military Fantasy 👥 Found Family 🛡️ Reluctant Leader 🤫 Hidden Agenda

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