18 books like The Healing Wars: Book I

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The shifter Janice Hardy · 2009 · ★ 3.8 · 370p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Nya is an orphan struggling for survival in a city crippled by war. She is also a Taker-with her touch, she can heal injuries, pulling pain from another person into her own body. But unlike her sister, Tali, and the other Takers who become Healers' League apprentices, Nya's skill is flawed: She can't push that pain into pynvium, the enchanted metal used to store it. All she can do is shift it… Shares Healers, Ethics, Sisters, Orphans
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The Shapeshifters Amelia Atwater-Rhodes · 2010 · ★ 4.5 · 972p · ≈ 32h · Moderate Five shapeshifter novels--one fascinating read!HawksongDanica Shardae, an avian shapeshifter, will do anything in her power to stop the war that has raged between her people and the serpiente--even pretend to be in love with Zane Cobriana, the terrifying leader of her kind's greatest enemy, and accept him as her pair bond. But will Zane strike as swiftly and lethally as the cobra that is his… Shares War, Young Adult, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy
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Blue fire Janice Hardy · 2010 While trying to lead the Takers out of Geveg, fifteen-year-old Nya is captured by bounty-hunters and taken to Baseer, where she escapes and soon finds herself helping the Baseeri. Shares Healers, Sisters, Orphans, War
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Midnight over Sanctaphrax Paul Stewart · 2001 · ★ 4.4 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Twig has the caterbird tethered to his ship, the edgedancer, and is being led into a storm never seen before, on his way to find his father. Twig soon learns that this storm is the mother storm, and that the mythical place, called riverisse is real. And is torn between a simple yet complicated choice. Cut the anchor chain of sanctaphrax, and all of the edges knowledge, to save riverisse, or have… Shares Young Adult, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy
The Blade Itself
The Blade Itself Joe Abercrombie · 2001 · ★ 4.5 · 531p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian – leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman Captain Jezal dan Luthar, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of… Shares Fantasy fiction, Fantasy
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The Angel and the Author Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1908 · 122p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The adventures of an author as she confronts her guardian angel.Jerome does a wonderful job of sharing the thoughts and feelings of a young writer in London during the late 19th century. Shares Young Adult, Fantasy
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Murtagh Christopher Paolini · 2023 · ★ 4.5 · 688p · ≈ 22h · Moderate The world is no longer safe for the Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn. An evil king has been toppled, and they are left to face the consequences of the reluctant role they played in his reign of terror. Now they are hated and alone, exiled to the outskirts of society. Throughout the land, hushed voices whisper of brittle ground and a faint scent of brimstone in the air - and Murtagh… Shares Young Adult, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy
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The Face in the Frost John Bellairs · 1969 · ★ 3.8 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Moderate *The Face in the Frost* is a fantasy classic, defying categorization with its richly imaginative story of two separate kingdoms of wizards, stymied by a power that is beyond their control. A tall, skinny misfit of a wizard named Prospero lives in the Southern Kingdom—a patchwork of feuding duchies and small manors, all loosely loyal to one figurehead king. Both he and an improbable adventurer… Shares Young Adult, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy
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The Song of the Quarkbeast Jasper Fforde · 2011 · ★ 4.1 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate King Snodd IV of the Kingdom of Hereford has realized that the power of magic has untold financial possibilities, and the man who controls magic controls almost anything. To this end, he has appointed as Official Court Sorcerer the odious Blix at Industrial Magic, one of only two Houses of Enchantment left in the world. With Blix's willing assistance, only one person stands between King Snodd and… Shares Young Adult, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy
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The Cruel Prince Holly Black · 2018 · ★ 4.0 · 370p · ≈ 12h · Moderate **GUARD YOUR MORTAL HEART.** JUDE WAS SEVEN WHEN HER PARENTS were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the… Shares Sisters, Orphans, Young Adult, Fantasy
The Assassin and the Pirate Lord
The Assassin and the Pirate Lord Sarah J. Maas · 2012 · ★ 4.3 · 98p · ≈ 3h · Light On a remote island in a tropical sea, Celaena Sardothien, feared assassin, has come for retribution. She's been sent by the Assassin's Guild to collect on a debt they are owed by the Lord of the Pirates. But when Celaena learns that the agreed payment is not in money, but in slaves, her mission suddenly changes - and she will risk everything to right the wrong she's been sent to bring about. Shares Young Adult, Fantasy
The Assassin and the Desert
The Assassin and the Desert Sarah J. Maas · 2012 · ★ 4.4 · 103p · ≈ 3h · Light After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a… Shares Young Adult, Fantasy
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The Battle of Hackham Heath John Flanagan · 2016 · ★ 4.4 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate As Morgarath recruits an army of Wargals, Halt ventures into enemy territory to uncover the extent of Morgarath's plan of attack. Shares War, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy
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The princess in the opal mask Jenny Lundquist · 2013 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "Orphaned as a child in the crumbling village of Tulan, Elara is determined to learn her true identity, even if it means wielding a dagger. Meanwhile, in Galandria's royal capital, Princess Wilha stands out as someone to either worship or fear. Though no one knows why the king has always made her conceal her face--including Wilha herself. When an assassination attempt threatens the peace of… Shares Orphans, War, Fantasy fiction
The storyteller
The storyteller Traci Chee · 2018 · ★ 4.1 · 534p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Sefia is determined to keep Archer out of the Guard s clutches and their plans for war between the Five Kingdoms. The Book, the ancient, infinite codex of the past, present and future, tells of a prophecy that will plunge Kelanna in that bloody war, but it requires a boy Archer and Sefia will stop at nothing to ensure his safety. Shares Orphans, War, Fantasy fiction
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The house of the Wolfings William Morris · 1889 · 233p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The House of the Wolfings tells the tale of a band of German Goths living in a wood they call the Mark. Their lives are idyllic until the long shadow of the Roman Empire threatens the peace in their land. Thiodolf, the leader of the Wolfings and a descendant of the ancient gods, must rally the surrounding tribes to defend their home and way of life. Like much of Morris’s work, The House of the… Shares Fantasy fiction, Fantasy
Fool's Errand
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 Fantasy fiction, Fantasy
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The Royal Book of Oz Ruth Plumly Thompson · 1921 · 138p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Scarecrow searches for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island. Shares Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

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