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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorCity of Lost Dreams
Magnus Flyte · 368 pages
Sarah and Nico search for an alchemical cure for a gravely ill friend threatened by an old enemy and a bloodthirsty horseman, while Prince Max tries to explain the strange reappearance of a saint while outmaneuvering a scheming historian.
The Indigo Spell
Richelle Mead
In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch—a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run. Marcus wants to teach Sydney the secrets he claims the Alchemists are hiding from her. But
A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness · 720 pages
**An epic, richly inventive, historically sweeping, magical romance.** When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, it's an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordered life. Though Diana is a witch of impeccable lineage, the violent death of her parents while she was still a child convinced her that human fear is more potent than any witchcraft
Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Collection
Michael Scott
Love in the Time of Dragons
Katie MacAlister · 343 pages
"Tully Sullivan is just like any other suburban mom--unless you count the days every year that she zones out and turns base metals into gold. Those are weird. And now she's woken up in a strange place surrounded by strange people who keep insisting they're dragons--and that she's one too. But not just any dragon. She's Ysolde de Bouchier, a famed figure from dragon history. Tully can't shape-shift
The Fire Rose
Mercedes Lackey · 433 pages
Lackey's story of a young turn of the century female who is brought to the wilds of San Francisco to read books for a reclusive alchemist recreates the fable of the monster who wins the heart of a young woman yet forbids her to view him. For the monster here is a magician caught in a werewolf spell, and the young girl is a destitute young woman with no other choices. A retelling of Beauty and the
The Taker
Alma Katsu · 438 pages
Drawn to a woman who reveals herself to be immortal, Luke, a young doctor, hears the story of how she was abandoned by a lover 200 years earlier and abducted by a centuries-old Hungarian count who granted her eternal life.
The Alchemists of Loom
Elise Kova · 380 pages
In the world of Loom, Arianna, a skilled thief known as the White Wraith, secretly steals organs from ruling Dragons, while Cvareh, an exiled prince, searches for a legendary Alchemists Guild to overthrow the Dragon King. When she discovers him injured, they form an uneasy alliance, combining his need for guidance with her desire for a magical wish. Together, they must navigate a dangerous contine
Quintessence
David Walton · 320 pages
"Imagine an Age of Exploration full of alchemy, human dissection, sea monsters, betrayal, torture, religious controversy, and magic. In Europe, the magic is thin, but at the edge of the world, where the stars reach down close to the Earth, wonders abound. This drives the bravest explorers to the alluring Western Ocean. Christopher Sinclair is an alchemist who cares only about one thing: quintessen
This Dark Endeavor
Kenneth Oppel · 298 pages
When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest to create the forbidden Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura.
Flame in the Mist
Renee Ahdieh · 392 pages
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn, comes a sweeping, action-packed YA adventure set against the backdrop of Feudal Japan where Mulan meets Tamora Pierce.The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place--she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always