Books Like Kushiel's Dart

by Jacqueline Carey · about this book

Loved Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey? If its series, female lead and fantasy hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with A Court of Wings and Ruin, The Lotus Empire and A Dance with Dragons 1: Dreams and Dust. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Kushiel's Dart: Series · Female Lead · Fantasy · Political Intrigue · First Person Narrator

A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas

Espionage · Spicy · Epic Fantasy · Royal Court · Political Intrigue

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The Lotus Empire
Tasha Suri

Royal Court · Political Intrigue · Lyrical Prose · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy

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A Dance with Dragons 1: Dreams and Dust
George R.R. Martin

Slavery Depicted · Political Intrigue · Royal Court · Dense Prose · Epic Fantasy

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The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
Carissa Broadbent

Spicy · Royal Court · Political Intrigue · Friendship and Betrayal · First Person Narrator

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The Throne of the Five Winds
S.C. Emmett

Royal Court · Political Intrigue · Epic Fantasy · Dense Prose · Sprawling Epic

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The Wolf of Oren-yaro
K.S. Villoso

Royal Court · Epic Fantasy · Political Intrigue · Friendship and Betrayal · First Person Narrator

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The Cruel Prince
Holly Black

Royal Court · Espionage · Political Intrigue · First Person Narrator · Fantasy

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The City of Brass
S.A. Chakraborty

Royal Court · Political Intrigue · Epic Fantasy · Dense Prose · Sprawling Epic

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The War of Two Queens
Jennifer L. Armentrout

Spicy · Royal Court · Fantasy · Series · Sprawling Epic

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The Mask Falling
Samantha Shannon

Espionage · Political Intrigue · Dense Prose · First Person Narrator · Series

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Daughter of the Empire
Raymond E. Feist, Janny Wurts

Political Intrigue · Slavery Depicted · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy · Dense Prose

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Furyborn
Claire Legrand

Epic Fantasy · Fantasy · Royal Court · Series · Female Lead

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The Bridge Kingdom
Danielle L. Jensen

Espionage · Spicy · Political Intrigue · Friendship and Betrayal · Series

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Outlander
Diana Gabaldon

Spicy · First Person Narrator · Series · Romance · Female Lead

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The Quicksilver Court
Melissa Caruso

Royal Court · Political Intrigue · Epic Fantasy · First Person Narrator · Fantasy

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When the Moon Hatched
Sarah A Parker

Spicy · Dense Prose · Romance · First Person Narrator · Fantasy

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A Torch Against the Night
Sabaa Tahir

Slavery Depicted · Epic Fantasy · Friendship and Betrayal · Fantasy · First Person Narrator

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Priestess of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson

Religion & Spirituality · First Person Narrator · Royal Court · Dense Prose · Sprawling Epic

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Daughter of the Drowned Empire
Frankie Diane Mallis

Royal Court · First Person Narrator · Political Intrigue · Spicy · Fantasy

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Ship of Magic
Robin Hobb

Slavery Depicted · Epic Fantasy · Dense Prose · Fantasy · Series

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