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Readers who enjoyed Unicorns! by Jack Dann, Avram Davidson, Theodore Sturgeon, L. Sprague de Camp, Larry Niven, Harlan Ellison, Thomas Burnett Swann, Stephen R. Donaldson, Eric Norden, Vonda N. McIntyre, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, Frank Owen, Gene Wolfe, Beverly Evans & T.H. White also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

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  • System Change by SunriseCV

    System Change by SunriseCV

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fight, survive, adapt, and rely only on yourself.That is Derek’s creed, and what's got him through the System Integration on Earth.Everything changed when the System came. Cute bunnies and beautiful butterflies became savage killing machines. Then the Invaders arrived with a single goal: to obtain ownership of this new habitable planet.War has raged ever since...
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    humor  magic  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  cyberpunk  dark
  • Winterlight by Kristen Britain

    Winterlight by Kristen Britain

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    This seventh novel of the Green Rider series follows the adventures of messenger, magic wielder, and knight Karigan G'ladheon as she fights to save king and country from dark magic and a looming war.After her capture at the hands of Grandmother and the Second Empire, Karigan G'ladheon is making halting progress towards recovery...
  • Four Beheadings and a Funeral by Eric Ugland

    Four Beheadings and a Funeral by Eric Ugland

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    We join Montana, recently returned from an impromptu study abroad trip, a bit wiser, a bit broader in perspective, and a lot freaked out by the once-dead person who’s currently in his bedroom.Possible zombie sightings aside, he’s finally ready to take his job as Duke seriously...
  • The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers

    The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    In this new Zamonian adventure, Optimus Yarnspinner, a young writer, inherits from his beloved godfather an unpublished short story by an unknown author. His search for the author’s identity takes him to Bookholm the so-called City of Dreaming Books. On entering its streets, our hero feels as if he has opened the door of a gigantic second-hand bookshop...
  • The Reckoning by Vanessa Nelson

    The Reckoning by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Missing girls. A plea for help she can’t ignore. An ancient enemy with plans of his own. Nine-year-old girls are missing from across the lands. Yvonne has promised to find them, and she always keeps her promises. Even when she doesn’t know where to start looking. There’s more trouble around. Mercenaries are disappearing...
  • Dungeon Mauling by Eric Ugland

    Dungeon Mauling by Eric Ugland

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Montana ventures into Osterstadt prison to save a friend, and will have to brave the dungeons to save himself...
  • What Lies Beyond by Edward W. Robertson

    What Lies Beyond by Edward W. Robertson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The White Lich has conquered Mallon and smashed all resistance to him. Now, he marches on the north. Within weeks, Narashtovik will fall to his armies. Gask will follow. And after that, there can be no stopping him. Dante and Blays have a single hope of victory: the Spear of Stars, the long-lost weapon that may be capable of killing the lich. There's just one problem...
    Categorized as:
    magic  adult  audiobook  book  dark  epic  fiction  high-fantasy
  • Mimic & Me 2 by Cassius Lange, Ryan Tang

    Mimic & Me 2 by Cassius Lange, Ryan Tang

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ve escaped from a nest of backbiting nobles…only to fall into a whole city of them!The Baron Sherazad sent me as far away from Eslant as possible. Now I’m stuck in the middle of nowhere, in a nest full of enemies, with only a demented mimic and a renegade elf to watch my back.Arrdeam’s rulers are determined to keep their civilians weak and under control, but that won’t work for me...
  • The Spear of Stars by Edward W. Robertson

    The Spear of Stars by Edward W. Robertson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The White Lich has conquered Tanar Atain. Soon, he means to take the entire world. Dante suspects his next target will be Bressel, where the Tanarians have established their court in exile. The only chance to stop the lich will be to forge a fragile alliance between the bitter enemies of three different lands: Tanar Atain, Mallon, and Narashtovik. The city stands on the brink of rebellion...
  • Winter's King by Bryce O'Connor

    Winter's King by Bryce O'Connor

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Monster of Karth has risen once more. Quin Tern has met his fate, and his council has born the price of crossing Raz i'Syul Arro. Now, as the cruel walls of Azbar fade into the winter storms at his back, Raz rides north, seeking to take the High Priest Talo Brahnt up on an offer he never should have refused...
  • Dukes and Ladders by Eric Ugland

    Dukes and Ladders by Eric Ugland

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The continuing adventures of Montana Coggeshall, Duke of Coggeshall in the gamified world of Vuldranni...
  • Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

    Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the city guard's investigations. It's a peaceful, if solitary profession…until the day when he's called to the river to examine the latest in a series of mysterious bodies, mangled by some unknown force.Galen is a paladin of a dead god, lost to holiness and no longer entirely sane...
  • Dungeon Lord: Ancient Traditions by Hugo Huesca

    Dungeon Lord: Ancient Traditions by Hugo Huesca

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The secrets of the Factory of Nightmares are free for the taking... and Dungeon Lord Edward Wright intends to claim them. War is coming to Starevos, delivered by the navy of the Kingdom of Heiliges. The only hope Edward and his friends have at surviving the wrath of the Light is an ancient Factory whose defenses are as deadly as those seeking to conquer it...
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    humor  magic  action-adventure  adult  anti-hero  audiobook  book  dark
  • Implode by Dakota Krout

    Implode by Dakota Krout

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Dwarves want to fight. They're ordered to escape. Turtling up is the best of both worlds.Joe and humanity as a whole messed up pretty badly, managing to get some of the most important people from both the Elven and Dwarven races killed. Now the war is escalating to unprecedented levels, and only one side needs to worry about being slain...
  • As Iron Falls by Bryce O'Connor

    As Iron Falls by Bryce O'Connor

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The High Citadel cannot be seen to harbor a killer. This is a simple truth, and one that Raz i'Syul Arro has little choice but to respect. As the winter storms fall away in favor of the North's pleasant summer months, Raz finds himself having once more to face the cruelties of the world with spear and sword in hand. For the first time, though, the Monster no longer walks his path alone...
  • Eastbound and Town by Eric Ugland

    Eastbound and Town by Eric Ugland

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Freshly respawned.Far from home.All alone.Up until now, Montana’s journey really only went one direction: up. But now he’s back at square one, stuck on top of a mountain with only the most basic gear to help get him back to Coggeshall. It’s going to be a loooong walk.But not a boring one...
  • Betrayer's Bane by Michael G. Manning

    Betrayer's Bane by Michael G. Manning

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Tyrion was a good person who had been born to a simple family and raised with love, but the world has shaped him for a different fate. Twisted by violence and torture, he is obsessed with a relentless desire for vengeance, and he has sown the seeds of wrath in his children...
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    magic  adult  audiobook  book  dark  epic  fiction  high-fantasy
  • Metal Mage 10 by Eric Vall

    Metal Mage 10 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As always, Mason has his hands full protecting several kingdoms, but at least he’s finally getting some reward for all his hard work. Now that he’s a baron, Mason has to figure out what to do with all his new land, his new riches, and his new mansion. But life is not all rich baron sex and giant statues made of precious gemstones...
  • Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey

    Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The final chapter in Mercedes Lackey's spellbinding fantasy trilogy! The Herald-Mage, Vanyel, and his Companion, Yfandes, are alone responsible for saving the once-peaceful kingdom of Valdemar from the forces of a master who wields a dark, forbidding magic. And if either Vanyel or Yfandes falters, both Valdemar and its Herald-Mage must pay the ultimate price...
  • Citadel by Jez Cajiao

    Citadel by Jez Cajiao

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    With the God of Death out for his life, Jax has a choice to make, and it’s time for the brothers to face each other…Nimon, The God of Death, has named Jax and all who follow him ‘Apostate’ decreeing their death and has dispatched his Dark Legion, the Imperial Legion’s antithesis, to see the job done once and for all...
  • Beyond by Mercedes Lackey

    Beyond by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this new series from a New York Times bestselling author and beloved fantasistThis series from a New York Times bestselling author explores the long-awaited tale of an era crucial to Valdemar's history--the original founding of the nation itself by the legendary Baron Valdemar...
  • War of the Werelords by Curtis Jobling

    War of the Werelords by Curtis Jobling

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In this thrilling conclusion to the Wereworld saga, secrets are finally revealed, truths come to light, and alliances are tested. While the war between the Catlords and the Wolf embroils the Seven Realms in chaos, Drew must take his final stand against the man who has become Lyssia’s deadliest villain: his own best friend, the Boarlord Hector, whose powers of dark magick are raging out of control...
  • Nest of Serpents by Curtis Jobling

    Nest of Serpents by Curtis Jobling

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    War Has Gripped The Seven Realms...Young Werewolf Drew Ferran, rightful king of Westland, has rushed to the aid of the besieged Staglords, whose mountain stronghold is surrounded by the forces of the Werelion Prince Lucas. And deep in the haunted Dyrewood forest, the Wereladies Gretchen and Whitley seek sanctuary within the city of Brackenholme...
  • Sylver Seeker by Kennit Kenway

    Sylver Seeker by Kennit Kenway

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After fulfilling the duty all Arch Necromancers are tasked with, the last thing Sylver Sezari expected was to be reborn. He was usually the one reanimating dead things. How ironic. But reborn he was. And after crawling his way back into the land of the living, he finds himself a strange land, a strange time, and with a strange floating screen in front of his new face...
  • Dungeon Lord: Abominable Creatures by Hugo Huesca

    Dungeon Lord: Abominable Creatures by Hugo Huesca

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Light strives to purify the kingdom of Starevos from evil... and only Dungeon Lord Edward Wright stands in their way. The Heroes of the Militant Church, led by Inquisitor Gallio, scour the forest in search of the Haunt, while Ed desperately attempts to uncover the secret behind the Heroes' origin...
  • Twilight's Dawn by Anne Bishop

    Twilight's Dawn by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s “darkly fascinating” Black Jewel novels have enthralled readers and critics alike with their mixture of fantasy, intrigue, and romance. Now in Twilight’s Dawn, Bishop returns to the Blood realm with four all-new captivating novellas...
  • Interesting Times: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett

    Interesting Times: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A new stage adaptation of one of Pratchett's best-selling novelsThe Discworld's most inept wizard has been sent from Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork to the oppressive Agatean Empire to help some well-intentioned rebels overthrow the Emperor...
  • Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher

    Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a party of goblin warriors find themselves trapped behind enemy lines, it'll take more than whining (and a bemused Elven veterinarian) to get them home again.Nine Goblins is a novella of low...very low...fantasy...
  • Shadow of the Hawk by Curtis Jobling

    Shadow of the Hawk by Curtis Jobling

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    DREW FERRAN, THE RIGHTFUL KING OF WESTLAND, IS TRAPPED.Enslaved by the Goatlord Kesslar, young werewolf Drew finds himself on the volcanic isle of Scoria, forced to fight in the arena for the Lizardlords. With the help of an unlikely ally, he must find a way to break free - but who has ever managed to escape?Meanwhile, Hector the Wereboar flees the forces of the Catlords...
  • One More Last Time by Eric Ugland

    One More Last Time by Eric Ugland

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A ruined life. A broken heart. He thought it was the end, and his gun sat ready to make sure. But an oddball offer from his last friend comes at the literal last second. Curiosity gets the best of him, and he finds himself sucked into iNcarn8, a game claiming to be a whole new life. Now as Montana, the larger-than-life tank warrior, he has one more last time to get his life right...
  • Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling

    Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Imagine a world ruled by Werelords - men and women who can shift at will into bears, lions, and serpents. When Drew suddenly discovers he's not only a werewolf but the long-lost heir to the murdered Wolf King's throne, he must use his wits and newfound powers to survive in a land suddenly full of enemies...
  • The Warring Son by Bryce O'Connor

    The Warring Son by Bryce O'Connor

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    **Book 2 in the Top 10 Bestselling Epic Fantasy series on Amazon** Raz i'Syul Arro is a hunted man. To the south, the Mahsadën of Miropa are gone. The šef lay dead, slain at Raz's own hands, their cruel will ripped from the shadows of the city...
  • The Gathering by Vanessa Nelson

    The Gathering by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scarred by a brutal past, she has sworn to help those in need.As one of the Hundred, Yvonne cannot ignore a plea for help, even if all she wants is a quiet life, somewhere safe for her adopted children to grow into adulthood.Safety is in short supply. Young people, some of them children, are going missing in large numbers, leaving bewildered and grieving families behind...
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    humor  magic  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark  epic
  • Skyfire by Jess E. Owen

    Skyfire by Jess E. Owen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The second book in the Summer King Chronicles, by Jess E. Owen.Shard is a gryfon in exile from the pride of the Silver Isles. After learning of the injustices wrought by the Red King he once served loyally, Shard now seeks to fulfill the promise of the legendary Summer King, who is destined to bring peace and balance when he appears...
  • Son of a Liche by J. Zachary Pike

    Son of a Liche by J. Zachary Pike

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A doubly disgraced Dwarven hero. A band of accident-prone adventurers. Giving redemption a second shot may have been a grave mistake... Still bruised and heartbroken from their last calamitous quest, Gorm Ingerson and his band of washed-up heroes try to make amends for the Orcs they accidentally betrayed. But justice is put on hold when an old foe marches to the city gates...
  • The Three Witches and The Master by Max Nowaz

    The Three Witches and The Master by Max Nowaz

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, is not sure if it is his good fortune or not. The young woman has an attitude and starts bossing him around straightaway, issuing commands; which strikes Adam that she may be a practitioner of the black arts...
  • Rage of Lions by Curtis Jobling

    Rage of Lions by Curtis Jobling

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A ruined kingdom, an avenging king . . . and a hero's destiny After discovering he's the long-lost son of the murdered Wolf King and leading a revolt against the tyrant King Leopold the Lion, Drew Ferran must rule over a kingdom in disarray. But the former shepherd has mixed feelings about taking his place on the throne...
  • Oathbreakers by Mercedes Lackey

    Oathbreakers by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    When Idra, leader of the crack mercenaries known as the Sunhawks, failed to return from a journey to her home kingdom of Rethwellan, Tarma and Kethry, warrior and mage, set out in search of their vanished leader. Sisters of sword and spell, their fates bound together by Goddess-sworn oath, they were eternally pledged to fight the forces of evil...
  • The Alchemaster's Apprentice by Walter Moers

    The Alchemaster's Apprentice by Walter Moers

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Echo the Crat's mistress dies, he is compelled to sign a contract with Ghoolion the Alchemaster. This fateful document gives Ghoolion the right to kill Echo at the next full moon and render his fat, which he hopes to brew into an immortality potion. But Ghoolion has not reckoned with Echo's talent for survival and his vast ability to make new friends...
    Categorized as:
    animals  humor  magic  action-adventure  alchemy  audiobook  book  cats
  • Metal Mage 11 by Eric Vall

    Metal Mage 11 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life as a baron is great. Well, mostly great. Mason could probably do with fewer murderous monsters, like acid-spitting spiders and giant fire titans, but he makes due. His village is well defended, his metallic creations get more epic by the day, and his women are relatively safe and healthy, so Mason spends some well-deserved time getting to know Baroness Batonova a little better...
  • The Defiance of Vim by C.J. Aaron

    The Defiance of Vim by C.J. Aaron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Free from the clutches of the kingdom, yet slaves to fate.Ryl, the phrenics, and their meager army make for the security of the Erlyn Woods. As the cost of freedom continues to mount, their hold remains tenuous at best. New additions to their army present unexpected complications and danger. Choices that will define the future of Damaris hang in the balance...
    Categorized as:
    magic  book  coming-of-age  dark  epic  fiction  high-fantasy  horror
  • The Mage of Trelian by Michelle Knudsen

    The Mage of Trelian by Michelle Knudsen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dragon fire, dark magic, and the bonds of friendship clash in a thrilling finale to the middle-grade fantasy trilogy by best-selling author Michelle Knudsen.Apprentice mage Calen shocked everyone when he disappeared—apparently willingly—with Krelig, the incredibly powerful and evil mage intent on destroying the Magistatum and forcing the world to submit to his rule...
  • The Gryphon's Lair by Kelley Armstrong

    The Gryphon's Lair by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The exciting follow-up book in the fantastical duology for ages 10-14 by NYT bestselling author, Kelley Armstrong.Rowan is now the Royal Monster Hunter, and her twin brother, Rhydd, is destined to be king. But her mother's cousin Heward is still determined that his children be the ones to inherit the titles, and will stop at nothing to show that Rowan and Rhydd are too immature to properly lead...
  • The Ogre Apprentice by Trevor H. Cooley

    The Ogre Apprentice by Trevor H. Cooley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Jharro Grove Saga: Part Three Justan’s time in Malaroo isn’t going well. A deadly shape-shifting assassin seeks his life and he is struggling to win over Jhonate’s father. Fist is the only ogre ever to train at the Mage School...
    Categorized as:
    animals  magic  action-adventure  audiobook  book  dark  epic  fiction
  • Blaze The Ice Dragon by Adam Blade

    Blaze The Ice Dragon by Adam Blade

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The volcano at Stonewin is frozen over and the lands are blasted with a deadly cold. This is the work of Blaze the Ice Dragon, sent by wicked Wizard Malvel to thwart Tom's quest to save his father...
  • Leaves May Fall by Carissa Hardcastle

    Leaves May Fall by Carissa Hardcastle

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When it comes to fate, where is the line between being predestined and being condemned?Merriam was born a regular girl in a mundane world. Mollian is a fae prince whose family is charged with guarding the Gate that binds every existence together. Both of their lives were forever changed when they met in the woods as children, sparking a bond in their souls deeper than either of them understood...
    Categorized as:
    magic  humor  romance  fantasy  fae  high-fantasy  quest  dark
  • Dzur by Steven Brust

    Dzur by Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    In which Vlad Taltos confronts the Left Hand of the Jhereg...and discovers the game has more players than he thoughtVlad Taltos, short-statured, short-lived human in an Empire of tall, long-lived Dragaerans, has always had to keep his wits about him. Long ago, he made a place for himself as a captain of the Jhereg, the noble house that runs the rackets in the great imperial city of Adrilankha...
  • Protector of the Grove by Trevor H. Cooley

    Protector of the Grove by Trevor H. Cooley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Jharro Grove Saga: Part Two Jhonate’s reprieve from her father has been cut short. She is forced to return home to Malaroo, bringing Justan along with her. The journey she has avoided for so long has become all the more difficult because someone wants Justan dead. The rogue horse Esmine, a mythical beast of remarkable power, has been captured by a troupe of dwarf smugglers...
  • Zawód: Wiedźma, Część 2 by Olga Gromyko

    Zawód: Wiedźma, Część 2 by Olga Gromyko

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jak mówi stare przysłowie, gdzie mag nie może, tam... magiczkę pośle. Zasada ta obowiązuje także w drugim tomie opowieści o W.Rednej - nie takiej znowu wrednej - adeptce VIII roku Starmińskiej Wyższej Szkoły Magii, Wróżbiarstwa i Zielarstwa. Jej "wiedźmowatość" ma niezwykły talent do magii, nieprzeciętną intuicję i wściekłą inteligencję. Zawsze czyta cudzą korespondencję...
  • The Son of Summer Stars by Meredith Ann Pierce

    The Son of Summer Stars by Meredith Ann Pierce

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Final Volume of the Firebringer Trilogy A secret haunts Jan's dying father, Korr a secret so dark that, if exposed, could bring the downfall of the Firebringer. Jan is left with its terrible burden, and an impossible choice: renounce Tek, his beloved mate, and lose forever the kingship of the unicorns, or return and face the consequences of his father's acts, and of his own...
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