Fantasy · Similar reads
Books like A Game of Thrones
The best books like A Game of Thrones are The Silmarillion, War and Peace, and Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin is about power and corruption, honor and survival, dynastic ambition. 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.
- The Silmarillion
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J.R.R. Tolkien · Fantasy
The Silmarillion is Tolkien's attempt to do for English literature what the Norse Eddas and Finnish Kalevala did for their cultures: create a complete mythology from scratch.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - War and Peace
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Leo Tolstoy · Literary fiction
War and Peace follows five aristocratic Russian families across fifteen years of Napoleonic war and peace, from the drawing rooms of St.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Sapiens traces the full arc of human history from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa roughly 70,000 years ago to the present.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - The Things They Carried
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Tim O'Brien · Memoir
Tim O'Brien served as a foot soldier in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970.
A kindred fantasy read.
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.
Shares power and corruption and loyalty and betrayal with A Game of Thrones.
Read the summary → - The Maltese Falcon
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Dashiell Hammett · Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade is hired by a woman calling herself Miss Wonderly to find her missing sister — a lie within thirty seconds of the novel opening.
Shares power and corruption and loyalty and betrayal with A Game of Thrones.
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.
Both dig into loyalty and betrayal.
Read the summary → - The Princess Bride
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William Goldman · Fantasy
The Princess Bride presents itself as an abridgment: William Goldman claims he is cutting the "boring parts" from a dense historical novel by the fictional S.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - Great Expectations
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Charles Dickens · Classics
Great Expectations follows Pip, an orphan boy on the Kent marshes who is yanked from modest obscurity into the orbit of wealth and social aspiration when an anonymous benefactor funds his move to London.
Both dig into loyalty and betrayal.
Read the summary → - Leviathan Wakes
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James S.A. Corey · Science fiction
Two hundred years from now, humanity has colonized Mars and the asteroid belt, and the political fault lines between Earth, Mars, and the Belters — the third-generation descendants of asteroid miners — are the dominant tension in the solar system.
Both dig into loyalty and betrayal.
Read the summary → - Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II
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Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II
Robert A. Caro · Biography
Means of Ascent is the second volume of Robert Caro's multi-decade biography of Lyndon Johnson, covering the years between Johnson's defeat in the 1941 Senate race and his stolen victory in the 1948 Democratic primary.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Tom Holland · History
Rubicon tells the story of the Roman Republic's last century — from the Gracchi in the 130s BCE through the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE and the civil wars that followed — with the narrative energy of a thriller and the sourcing of serious scholarship.
Both dig into power and corruption.
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Books like A Game of Thrones: quick answers
What are the best books like A Game of Thrones?
The best books like A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin are The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with A Game of Thrones, such as power and corruption, honor and survival, dynastic ambition.
What should I read after A Game of Thrones?
A natural next read after A Game of Thrones is The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. A kindred fantasy read. Other strong choices are War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.
What books are similar to A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin?
A Game of Thrones centers on power and corruption, honor and survival, dynastic ambition. Books with a similar feel include The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
