18 books like Seventh Son

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Kinder- und Hausmärchen Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm] · 1846 · 863p · ≈ 28h · Demanding Reprint of the 1944 Pantheon edition. Shares: Fantastic fiction, Folklore

The Napoleon of Notting Hill Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1904 · ★ 3.8 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Challenging A witty and surreal novel of the future. In a rather dull stuck-in-a-rut future, a prankster chosen randomly to be King of England revives the old ways and inadvertently arouses romantic patriotism and civil war between the boroughs of London. Shares: Fantastic fiction, Fantasy fiction

Fool's Errand Robin Hobb · 2001 · ★ 4.4 · 666p · ≈ 22h · Moderate Robin Hobb has emerged as one of today's foremost fantasy authors. Now she continues the adventures of one of her most popular heroes in the first book of what promises to be her most spectacular trilogy yet. Fool's ErrandFor fifteen years FitzChivalry Farseer has lived in self-imposed exile, assumed to be dead by almost all who once cared about him. But that is about to change when destiny seeks… Shares: Magic, Fantasy fiction

The Tolkien Reader J.R.R. Tolkien · 1966 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Anthology of Works, published 1966, including poems, short stories, a play, and some non fiction. Compilation of materials previously published as "Tree and Leaf", "Farmer Giles of Ham," and "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil", along with one additional piece and intro material. Shares: Fantastic fiction, Fantasy fiction

The last American vampire Seth Grahame-Smith · 2014 · ★ 3.8 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "The follow-up to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter--a sweeping, alternate history of 20th Century America as seen through the eyes of vampire Henry Sturges. He is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln's shocking death. It will be an expansive journey that will first send him to England for an unexpected encounter with Jack the Ripper, then to New York City for the… Shares: United States, History

The Way of a Man Emerson Hough · 1907 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Challenging This book involves historical fiction romance. The scene of this romance is laid in the West during the time of the great Western movement previous to the Civil War. Shares: United States, History

The Hollow Hills Mary Stewart · 1973 · ★ 4.0 · 455p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Dark Ages. Keeping watch over the young Arthur Pendragon, the prince and prophet Merlin Ambrosius is haunted by dreams of the magical sword Caliburn, which has been hidden for centuries. When Uther Pendragon is killed in battle, the time of destiny is at hand, and Arthur must claim the fabled sword to become the true High King of Britain. Shares: Fantastic fiction, Fantasy fiction, History

The Gunslinger Stephen King · 1976 · ★ 4.2 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate [The Dark Tower][1] I The Gunslinger is a dark-fantasy by American author Stephen King. It is the first volume in the Dark Tower series. The Gunslinger was first published in 1982 as a fix-up novel, joining five short stories that had been published between 1978 and 1981. King substantially revised the novel in 2003; this version has remained in print ever since, with the subtitle… Shares: Fantastic fiction, Fantasy fiction

Friends Though Divided G. A. Henty · 1883 · 332p · ≈ 11h · Challenging My dear lads: Although so long a time has elapsed since the great civil war in England, men are still almost as much divided as they were then as to the merits of the quarrel, almost as warm partisans of the one side or the other. Most of you will probably have formed an opinion as to the rights of the case, either from your own reading, or from hearing the views of your elders. Shares: United States, History

Blizzard Of the Blue Moon Mary Pope Osborne · 1992 · ★ 4.1 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Merlin has sent Jack and Annie on another mission to rescue a beautiful magical creature, the unicorn. AC 44650. Shares: Brothers and sisters, United States, Magic, History

Kilrone Louis L'Amour · 1966 · ★ 4.1 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate When Major Frank Paddock and Barnes Kilrone were dashing young officers in Paris, they both fell in love with the same woman. But now they are men in exile in one of the harshest territories of the American West. It is against this inhospitable backdrop, where survival itself is a day-to-day struggle, that Paddock makes a fateful decision that will plunge both men into a headlong battle for their… Shares: United States, History

Crash of the Titans Greg Farrell · 2010 · ★ 4.5 · 471p · ≈ 15h · Moderate This book tells the intimate, fly-on-the wall tale of the decline and fall of an American icon. With one notable exception, the firms that make up what we know as Wall Street have always been part of an inbred, insular culture that most people only vaguely understand. The exception was Merrill Lynch, a firm that revolutionized the stock market by bringing Wall Street to Main Street, setting up… Shares: United States, History

DERYNI RISING (Chronicles of the Deryni) Katherine Kurtz · 1970 · ★ 4.3 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In the kingdom of Gwynedd, the mysterious forces of magic and the superior power of the Church combine to challenge the rule of young Kelson. Now the fate of the Deryni -- a quasi-mortal race of sorcerers -- and, indeed, the fate of all the Eleven Kingdoms, rests on Kelson's ability to quash the rebellion by any means necessary . . . including the proscribed use of magic! Shares: Magic, Fantasy fiction

Fool's Fate Robin Hobb · 2003 · ★ 4.5 · 805p · ≈ 26h · Moderate A heralded writer of epic fantasy, Robin Hobb has given readers worlds within worlds in her heroic Farseer and Liveship Traders trilogies. Now she takes the final step in the breathtaking trilogy of the Tawny Man, as the tale of FitzChivalry Farseer comes to an epic end. Rife with boundless adventure and unforgettable characters, Fool's Fate is destined to become a classic of the genre.Assassin,… Shares: Magic, Fantasy fiction

The Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien · 1950 · ★ 4.6 · 603p · ≈ 20h · Moderate THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and continued in The Two Towers, is the third and final part of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece, "The Lord of the Rings." In these three books, which form one continuous narrative, Tolkien created the saga of the Hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. Praised by… Shares: Fantastic fiction, Magic

Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary Brandon Mull · 2009 · ★ 4.1 · 535p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Brace yourself for a shocking secret in the fourth novel of The New York Times' bestselling Fablehaven series. Two hidden artifacts have been found. Three more remain unrecovered. More preserves face destruction as the Society of the Evening Star relentlessly pursues new talismans. Reading in Patton's Journal of Secrets, Kendra learns the location of the key to a vault housing one of the… Shares: Brothers and sisters, Magic, Fantasy fiction

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Challenging A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who murdered the man he was sent to meet, and why? With the only two men who knew the purpose of the meeting dead, it would seem a puzzle that would never be solved. Yet to save himself… Shares: History

The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares: History

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