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Books like The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance
The best books like The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance are Homage to Catalonia, The Things They Carried, and The Alchemist. The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson is about oaths and self-deception, trauma and identity, leadership and sacrifice. 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.
- Homage to Catalonia
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George Orwell · Memoir
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's firsthand account of fighting in the Spanish Civil War, which he joined in late 1936 as a volunteer with the POUM militia — a Trotskyist revolutionary organization that was later suppressed by the Soviet-backed Stalinist wing of the Republican forces.
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 → - The Alchemist
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Paulo Coelho · Religion & Spirituality
The Alchemist is a Brazilian novel first published in 1988 and translated into 80 languages, making it one of the most translated books in history.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - A Court of Mist and Fury
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Sarah J. Maas · Fantasy
A Court of Mist and Fury begins where A Court of Thorns and Roses ended: Feyre is back in the Spring Court with Tamlin, but she is not the same person who left.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - 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 → - 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.
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Books like The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance: quick answers
What are the best books like The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance?
The best books like The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson are Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance, such as oaths and self-deception, trauma and identity, leadership and sacrifice.
What should I read after The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance?
A natural next read after The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance is Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell. A kindred fantasy read. Other strong choices are The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas.
What books are similar to The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson?
The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance centers on oaths and self-deception, trauma and identity, leadership and sacrifice. Books with a similar feel include Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
