Fantasy · Similar reads
Books like A Court of Mist and Fury
The best books like A Court of Mist and Fury are A Court of Thorns and Roses, Fourth Wing, and House of Earth and Blood. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas is about trauma and recovery, freedom and self-determination, power and its responsibilities. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- A Court of Thorns and Roses
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Sarah J. Maas · Fantasy
Feyre Archeron is nineteen, hunting in winter to feed her family, when she kills a wolf in the forest and is taken by a creature from Prythian — the land of the fae — as payment for a life.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - Fourth Wing
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Rebecca Yarros · Fantasy
Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribes Quadrant — small, physically fragile, the daughter of a general who knows the odds.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - House of Earth and Blood
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Sarah J. Maas · Fantasy
Bryce Quinlan is half-fae, half-human, and fully invested in the nightlife of Crescent City — a contemporary urban fantasy setting where humans and magical creatures coexist under the governance of the Asteri, god-like beings of enormous and opaque power.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman · Contemporary fiction
Eleanor Oliphant is twenty-nine years old, works in a Glasgow office doing data entry, and has not had a proper conversation with anyone outside of work in years.
Both dig into trauma and recovery.
Read the summary → - A Darker Shade of Magic
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V.E. Schwab · Fantasy
A Darker Shade of Magic is set across four parallel versions of London — Red, Grey, White, and the long-destroyed Black — each existing in the same location but separated by the barriers between worlds.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - A Game of Thrones
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George R.R. Martin · Fantasy
A Game of Thrones is the first volume of George R.R.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - A Little Hatred
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Joe Abercrombie · Fantasy
A Little Hatred is the first book in Abercrombie's The Age of Madness trilogy, set in the same world as his First Law trilogy but a generation later.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - A Wizard of Earthsea
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Ursula K. Le Guin · Fantasy
A Wizard of Earthsea is Ursula K.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - A Wrinkle in Time
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Madeleine L'Engle · Fantasy
A Wrinkle in Time follows Meg Murry, a prickly, self-doubting teenager whose father — a physicist working on a classified government project — has been missing for years.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - American Gods
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Neil Gaiman · Fantasy
American Gods opens with Shadow Moon, a man released from prison days early because his wife has died in a car accident.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - An Ember in the Ashes
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Sabaa Tahir · Fantasy
An Ember in the Ashes is set in a Roman Empire-inspired world where the Martial empire has conquered and brutalized the Scholar people for centuries.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - Circe
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Madeline Miller · Fantasy
Circe is the daughter of Helios, god of the sun, but she inherits neither divine radiance nor power — only a human voice that embarrasses her immortal family.
A kindred fantasy read.
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Books like A Court of Mist and Fury: quick answers
What are the best books like A Court of Mist and Fury?
The best books like A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas are A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with A Court of Mist and Fury, such as trauma and recovery, freedom and self-determination, power and its responsibilities.
What should I read after A Court of Mist and Fury?
A natural next read after A Court of Mist and Fury is A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. A kindred fantasy read. Other strong choices are Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.
What books are similar to A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas?
A Court of Mist and Fury centers on trauma and recovery, freedom and self-determination, power and its responsibilities. Books with a similar feel include A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
