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Books like Small Gods
The best books like Small Gods are The Color of Magic, A Wizard of Earthsea, and Homage to Catalonia. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett is about religion and institutional power, faith versus belief, tyranny and truth. 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 Color of Magic
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Terry Pratchett · Fantasy
The Color of Magic is the first Discworld novel — but it is not where the series hits its stride, and Pratchett himself acknowledged this.
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 → - 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 Trial
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Franz Kafka · Literary fiction
On the morning of his thirtieth birthday, Josef K.
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 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 Small Gods: quick answers
What are the best books like Small Gods?
The best books like Small Gods by Terry Pratchett are The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, The Trial by Franz Kafka, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Small Gods, such as religion and institutional power, faith versus belief, tyranny and truth.
What should I read after Small Gods?
A natural next read after Small Gods is The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett. A kindred fantasy read. Other strong choices are A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, The Trial by Franz Kafka.
What books are similar to Small Gods by Terry Pratchett?
Small Gods centers on religion and institutional power, faith versus belief, tyranny and truth. Books with a similar feel include The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, The Trial by Franz Kafka, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
