18 books like Lords and Ladies

What to read after Lords and Ladies — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Witches Abroad Terry Pratchett · 1991 · ★ 4.2 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Be careful what you wish for...Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother named Desiderata who had a good heart, a wise head, and poor planning skills—which unforunately left the Princess Emberella in the care of her other (not quite so good and wise) godmother when DEATH came for Desiderata. So now it's up to Magrat Garlick, Granny Weatherwax, and Nanny Ogg to hop on broomsticks and make for… Shares: Granny weatherwax, Discworld, English Fantasy fiction, Witches

Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett · 1988 · ★ 4.2 · 263p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Maigrat have fairy godmother-dom thrust upon them. Shares: Granny weatherwax, Discworld, Literature and fiction, English Fantasy fiction

Maskerade Terry Pratchett · 1995 · ★ 3.9 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The story begins with Agnes Nitt leaving Lancre to seek a career at the Opera House in Ankh-Morpork. When Granny Weatherwax realizes Nanny Ogg has written an immensely popular cookbook but has not been paid by the publisher, the witches also leave for Ankh-Morpork to collect the money, as well as to attempt to recruit Agnes into their coven, to replace Magrat Garlick who left the coven when she… Shares: Granny weatherwax, Discworld, Witches, English literature

Equal Rites Terry Pratchett · 1987 · ★ 4.1 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels, consistent number one bestsellers in England, have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody along with Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.In Equal Rites, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a… Shares: Granny weatherwax, Discworld, Literature and fiction, English Fantasy fiction

Carpe Jugulum Terry Pratchett · 1998 · ★ 4.2 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Carpe Jugulum (Latin for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the twenty-third in the Discworld series. It was first published in 1998. In Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett pastiches the traditions of vampire literature, playing with the mythic archetypes and featuring a tongue-in-cheek reversal of 'vampyre' subculture with young vampires who wear bright… Shares: Granny weatherwax, Discworld, English Fantasy fiction, Witches

Sourcery Terry Pratchett · 1988 · ★ 3.9 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate When last seen, the singularly inept wizard Rincewind had fallen off the edge of the world. Now magically, he's turned up again, and this time he's brought the Luggage.But that's not all...Once upon a time, there was an eighth son of an eighth son who was, of course, a wizard. As if that wasn't complicated enough, said wizard then had seven sons. And then he had an eighth son -- a wizard squared… Shares: Discworld, Literature and fiction, English Fantasy fiction, English literature

Pyramids Terry Pratchett · 1989 · ★ 3.9 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed to do. After all, he's been trained at Ankh-Morpork's famed assassins' school, across the sea from the Kingdom of the Sun.First, there's the monumental task of building a suitable resting place for Dad -- a pyramid to end all pyramids. Then there are the myriad administrative duties, such as dealing… Shares: Discworld, Literature and fiction, Fantasy

Reaper Man Terry Pratchett · 1991 · ★ 4.3 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Moderate They say there are only two things you can count on ...But that was before DEATH started pondering the existential. Of course, the last thing anyone needs is a squeamish Grim Reaper and soon his Discworld bosses have sent him off with best wishes and a well-earned gold watch. Now DEATH is having the time of his life, finding greener pastures where he can put his scythe to a whole new use.But like… Shares: Discworld, English literature, Fantasy

The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett · 1986 · ★ 4.0 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate From the back cover: In The Light Fantastic only one individual can save the world from a disastrous collision. Unfortunately, the hero happens to be the singularly inept wizard Rincewind, who was last seen falling off the edge of the world.... Shares: Discworld, Literature and fiction, English literature, Fantasy

Small Gods Terry Pratchett · 1992 · ★ 4.3 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: "Hey, you!" For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please... Shares: Discworld, English literature, Fantasy

Jingo Terry Pratchett · 1996 · ★ 4.2 · 444p · ≈ 14h · Moderate It isn't much of an island that rises up one moonless night from the depths of the Circle Sea -- just a few square miles of silt and some old ruins. Unfortunately, the historically disputed lump of land called Leshp is once again floating directly between Ankh-Morpork and the city of Al-Khali on the coast of Klatch -- which is spark enough to ignite that glorious internationalpastime called… Shares: Discworld, English Fantasy fiction, Drama, Fantasy

The Human Chord Algernon Blackwood · 1910 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Challenging It was an innocent enough advertisement but curious. "WANTED, by Retired Clergyman, Secretarial Assistant with courage and imagination. Tenor voice and some knowledge of Hebrew essential; single; unworldly. Apply Philip Skale... ' Robert Spinrobin applied. Later, struggling to keep pace with his new employer as they strode across the steep valleys around Skale's isolated house, he was swept up… Shares: English Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

Mort Terry Pratchett · 1987 · ★ 4.2 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker. Shares: Discworld, Literature and fiction, Fantasy

Hogfather Terry Pratchett · 1996 · ★ 4.3 · 414p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Who would want to harm Discworld's most beloved icon? Very few things are held sacred in this twisted, corrupt, heartless -- and oddly familiar -- universe, but the Hogfather is one of them. Yet here it is, Hogswatchnight, that most joyous and acquisitive of times, and the jolly old, red-suited gift-giver has vanished without a trace. And there's something shady going on involving an uncommonly… Shares: Discworld, Literature and fiction, Fantasy

Night Watch Terry Pratchett · 2002 · ★ 4.5 · 421p · ≈ 14h · Moderate One moment, Sir Sam Vimes is in his old patrolman form, chasing a sweet-talking psychopath across the rooftops of Ankh-Morpork. The next, he's lying naked in the street, having been sent back thirty years courtesy of a group of time-manipulating monks who won't leave well enough alone. This Discworld is a darker place that Vimes remembers too well, three decades before his title, fortune, beloved… Shares: Discworld, English literature

Interesting Times Terry Pratchett · 1994 · ★ 4.2 · 412p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "May you live in interesting times" is the worst thing one can wish on a citizen of Discworld -- especially on the distinctly unmagical sorcerer Rincewind, who has had far too much perilous excitement in his life. But when a request for a "Great Wizzard" arrives in Ankh-Morpork via carrier albatross from the faraway Counterweight Continent, it's he who's sent as emissary. Chaos threatens to… Shares: Discworld, English literature, Drama, Fantasy

Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City K. J. Parker · 2019 · ★ 4.2 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate K. J. Parker's new novel is the remarkable tale of the siege of a walled city, and the even more remarkable man who had to defend it.A siege is approaching, and the city has little time to prepare. The people have no food and no weapons, and the enemy has sworn to slaughter them all.To save the city will take a miracle, but what it has is Orhan. A colonel of engineers, Orhan has far more… Shares: English literature, Fantasy

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye A. S. Byatt · 1994 · ★ 3.6 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A collection of fairy tales for adults. The title novella is on a middle-aged Englishwoman attending a writers' conference in Turkey. She picks up an antique bottle and as she is washing it a djinn appears, offering to grant her three wishes. She asks for a younger body, then requests he make love to her. Shares: English Fantasy fiction, English literature

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