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The City of Brass

S.A. Chakraborty · 560 pages

"Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty--an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts. Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of eighteenth-c

Thieves and RoguesPolitical IntrigueEpic FantasyBig City
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Sword Catcher

Cassandra Clare · 624 pages

Hidden IdentityPolitical IntrigueClassismThieves and Rogues
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The Stardust Thief

Chelsea Abdullah · 468 pages

Thieves and RoguesEpic FantasyMorally Gray CharacterHidden Identity
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The City of Dusk

Tara Sim · 512 pages

Epic FantasyMagic SystemPolitical IntrigueBig City
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Mistborn

Brandon Sanderson · 686 pages

Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga. Once, a hero arose to save the world. He failed. Ever since, the world has been a wasteland of ash and mist controlled by the immortal emperor known as the Lord Ruler. But hope survives. A new uprising is forming, one built

Thieves and RoguesHidden IdentityEpic FantasyPolitical Intrigue
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The Empire of Gold

S. A. Chakraborty · 830 pages

“No series since George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire has quite captured both palace intrigue and the way that tribal infighting and war hurt the vulnerable the most.” —Paste Magazine The final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy, in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join forces to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war. Daevabad has

Political IntrigueEpic FantasyMagic SystemSprawling Epic
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Engines of Empire

Richard S. Ford · 575 pages

Epic FantasyWealthy FamiliesPolitical IntrigueMagic System
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A Steeping of Blood

Hafsah Faizal · 435 pages

Thieves and RoguesMorally Gray CharacterBig CityPolitical Intrigue
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Last Argument of Kings

Joe Abercrombie · 647 pages

The King of the Union lies on his deathbed, the peasants revolt, and the nobles scramble to steal his crown. No one believes that the shadow of war is about to fall across the heart of the Union. Only the First of the Magi can save the world, but there are risks.

Epic FantasyPolitical IntrigueClassismSprawling Epic
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Perdido Street Station

China Mieville · 710 pages

Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and arcane races live in perpetual fear of Parliament and its brutal militia. The air and rivers are thick with factory pollutants and the strange effluents of alchemy, and the ghettos contain a vast mix of workers, artists, spies, junkies, and whores. In New Crobuzon, the unsavory

Magic SystemThieves and RoguesPolitical IntrigueSprawling Epic
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The Will of the Many

James Islington · 720 pages

"At the elite Catenan Academy, where students are prepared as the future leaders of the Hierarchy empire, the curriculum reveals a layered set of mysteries which turn murderous in this new fantasy by bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington. Vis, the adopted son of Magnus Quintus Ulcisor, a prominent senator within the Hierarchy, is trained to enter the famed Catenan Academy to

Hidden IdentityPolitical IntrigueEpic FantasyClassism
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The Lotus Empire

Tasha Suri · 494 pages

Political IntrigueMagic SystemEpic FantasyMorally Gray Character
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Notorious Sorcerer

Davinia Evans · 400 pages

Big CityMagic SystemClassismPolitical Intrigue
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The Fragile Threads of Power

V.E. Schwab · 648 pages

Thieves and RoguesMorally Gray CharacterMagic SystemPolitical Intrigue
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Gardens of the Moon

Steven Erikson · 544 pages

The opening chapter in an epic fantasy masterpiece....Bled dry by interminable warfare, infighting and bloody confrontations with Lord Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, the vast, sprawling Malazan empire simmers with discontent.Even its imperial legions yearn for some respite. For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his Bridgeburners and for Tattersail, sole surviving sorceress of the Second Legion, the af

Political IntrigueThieves and RoguesMorally Gray CharacterEpic Fantasy
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The Bone Shard Daughter

Andrea Stewart · 435 pages

Epic FantasyHidden IdentityMagic SystemMorally Gray Character
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The Way of Shadows

Brent Weeks · 645 pages

For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city's most accomplished artist, his talents required from alleyway to courtly boudoir. For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned the hard way to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint. But to be accepted,

Epic FantasyThieves and RoguesMagic SystemBig City
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Sons of Darkness

Gourav Mohanty · 636 pages

Political IntrigueEpic FantasyClassismSprawling Epic
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The Throne of the Five Winds

S.C. Emmett · 654 pages

Epic FantasyPolitical IntrigueMorally Gray CharacterSprawling Epic
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In the Shadow of Lightning

Brian McClellan · 576 pages

Epic FantasyPolitical IntrigueWealthy FamiliesBig City
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Truthwitch

Susan Dennard · 415 pages

"On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a 'witchery,' a magical skill that sets them apart from others. In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble--as two desperate young women know all too well"--Front jacket flap.

Thieves and RoguesEpic FantasyMagic SystemPolitical Intrigue
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Crooked Kingdom

Leigh Bardugo · 560 pages

Crooked Kingdom is a fantasy novel written by Leigh Bardugo.The book is set in a world loosely inspired by 20th century Europe.Crooked Kingdom takes place days after the events of the first book, Six of Crows, finishes.The plot is told from the close third-person viewpoints of six different characters, plus a first and last chapter from two minor characters' points of view.

Thieves and RoguesBig CityMagic SystemMorally Gray Character
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Jade City

Fonda Lee · 540 pages

Big CityPolitical IntrigueMorally Gray CharacterMagic System
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The Raven Scholar

Antonia Hodgson · 667 pages

Epic FantasyPolitical IntrigueMorally Gray CharacterMagic System

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