18 books like Words of Radiance

What to read after Words of Radiance — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson · 2010 · ★ 4.6 · 1204p · ≈ 40h · Moderate Widely acclaimed for his work completing Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time saga, Brandon Sanderson now begins a grand cycle of his own, one every bit as ambitious and immersive. Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches,… Shares: Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Imaginary wars and battles, Magic

Before They Are Hanged Joe Abercrombie · 2007 · ★ 4.4 · 592p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It’s enough to make a torturer want to run – if he could even walk without a stick. Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading fire and death across the frozen country. Crown… Shares: Guerres et batailles imaginaires, Imaginary wars and battles, Fantasy fiction

Wrath of Empire Brian McClellan · 2018 · ★ 4.5 · 680p · ≈ 22h · Moderate As war rages, both sides are in a race to find the one thing that could turn the tides to their favor--a stone with the power to turn humans into gods--in the second book of Brian McClellan's epic fantasy tale of magic and gunpowder. The country is in turmoil. With the capital city occupied, half a million refugees are on the march, looking for safety on the frontier, accompanied by Lady Flint's… Shares: Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Magic

The Big Time Fritz Leiber · 1958 · ★ 3.2 · 116p · ≈ 3h · Moderate From back cover Ace paperback December 1982: This is war: The biggest, longest war that anyone could imagine. The soldiers are recruited at the moment of death to fight through all of time. The goal is to change the past, and insure victory in the future. The Change Winds are blowing. Welcome to the Big Time. "Have you ever worried about your memory, because it doesn't seem to be bringing… Shares: Guerres et batailles imaginaires, Imaginary wars and battles, Fantasy fiction

Blood of Empire Brian McClellan · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 688p · ≈ 22h · Moderate As the final battle approaches a sellsword, a spy, and a general must find unlikely and dangerous allies in order to turn the tides of war in the last book of Brian McClellan's epic fantasy trilogy of magic and gunpowder. The Dynize have unlocked the Landfall Godstone, and Michel Bravis is tasked with returning to Greenfire Depths to do whatever he can to prevent them from using its power; from… Shares: Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Magic

A Memory of Light Robert Jordan · 2013 · ★ 4.5 · 912p · ≈ 30h · Moderate Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in over thirty languages. When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding scenes would never be written. But working from notes and partials left by… Shares: Epic Fantasy, Imaginary wars and battles, Magic, Fantasy fiction

Pawn of Prophecy David Eddings · 1982 · ★ 4.2 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The first book of the Belgariad.A magnificent epic set against a history of seven thousand years of the struggles of Gods and Kings and men - of strange lands and events - of fate and a prophecy that must be fulfilled!THE BELGARIADLong ago, so the Storyteller claimed, the evil God Torak sought dominion and drove men and Gods to war. But Belgarath the Sorcerer led men to reclaim the Orb that… Shares: High Fantasy, Magic, Fantasy fiction

Ringworld Larry Niven · 1970 · ★ 3.9 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The ' (1970–2004), by science fiction author Larry Niven, is a part of his Known Space set of stories. Its backdrop is the Ringworld, a giant artifact 600 million miles in circumference around a sun. The series is composed of four standalone science fiction novels, the original award-winning book and its three subsequent sequels: 1970: Ringworld 1980: The Ringworld Engineers 1996: The Ringworld… Shares: Guerres et batailles imaginaires, Imaginary wars and battles, Life on other planets

Kingdom of Ash Sarah J. Maas · 2018 · ★ 4.9 · 987p · ≈ 32h · Moderate Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas’s #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an epic, unforgettable conclusion. Aelin Galathynius’s journey from slave to king’s assassin to the queen of a once-great kingdom reaches its heart-rending finale as war erupts across her world. . . Aelin has risked everything to save her people―but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron… Shares: Guerres et batailles imaginaires, Imaginary wars and battles, Magic

Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind · 1994 · ★ 4.1 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Richard Cypher's father was brutally murdered a month ago, in his home with his guts ripped out of his stomach. While coping with this sudden loss, Richard saves Kahlan Amnell from four mercenaries, and with the help of Richard's friend Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander the three flee to the midlands to stop Darken Rahl's ever expanding empire. Secrets will be revealed, many will perish, and the legends… Shares: Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Magic, Fantasy fiction

The crippled god Steven Erikson · 2007 · ★ 4.5 · 1200p · ≈ 40h · Moderate The climax to the epic Malazan Book of the Fallen series that will determine how the world is ruled. Savaged by the K'Chain Nah'Ruk, the Bonehunters march for Kolanse, where waits an unknown fate. Tormented by questions, the army totters on the edge of mutiny, but Adjunct Tavore will not relent. One final act remains, if it is in her power, if she can hold her army together, if the shaky… Shares: High Fantasy, Imaginary wars and battles, Magic

Dragonfly falling Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2009 · ★ 4.0 · 688p · ≈ 22h · Moderate Sequel to Empire of Black and Gold. The Wasp Empire's armies are on the move - and the city of Tark will be the first to feel their might. Salma and Totho prepare for battle, alongside their Ant-kinden brethren. And within Tark's walls, they'll face a force greater than any Lowlander has ever seen. Stenwold Maker predicted this threat, and the Empire's secret service now deems him too dangerous… Shares: Imaginary wars and battles, Magic, Fantasy fiction

Red Storm Rising Tom Clancy · 1983 · ★ 4.4 · 720p · ≈ 24h · Moderate Terrorists attack the USSR, they respond by attacking western Europe to replace the oil assets destroyed by the terrorists. Who will win? Shares: Guerres et batailles imaginaires, Imaginary wars and battles

A Dance with Dragons George R.R. Martin · 2008 · ★ 4.3 · 1208p · ≈ 40h · Moderate In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance once again–beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has three times three thousand enemies, and many have set out to find her. Yet, as they… Shares: Epic Fantasy, Imaginary wars and battles, Magic

A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin · 1996 · ★ 4.5 · 824p · ≈ 27h · Moderate A Game of Thrones is the inaugural novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, an epic series of fantasy novels crafted by the American author George R. R. Martin. Published on August 1, 1996, this novel introduces readers to the richly detailed world of Westeros and Essos, where political intrigue, power struggles, and magical elements intertwine. The story unfolds through multiple perspectives, each… Shares: Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy

Blood of the mantis Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2009 · ★ 4.0 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Sequel to Dragonfly Falling. Achaeos the seer has finally tracked down the stolen Shadow Box. But he has only days before this magical artefact will be lost to him forever. Meanwhile, the Empire's dread forces are mustering for their next great offensive. Stenwold and his followers have only a short time to gather allies before the enemy's soldiers march again - to conquer everything in their… Shares: Imaginary wars and battles, Magic, Fantasy fiction

A Desolation Called Peace Arkady Martine · 2021 · ★ 4.4 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Sequel to A Memory Called Empire. An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options. In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy. Now Mahit Dzmare and Three Seagrass—still reeling from the recent upheaval… Shares: Imaginary wars and battles, Life on other planets

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

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