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Books like The Goblin Emperor
The best books like The Goblin Emperor are A Darker Shade of Magic, Uprooted, and The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison is about kindness as strength, outsider and belonging, power and integrity. 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 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 → - Uprooted
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Naomi Novik · Fantasy
Uprooted is a standalone fantasy novel inspired by Polish folklore.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
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N.K. Jemisin · Fantasy
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is the first book in N.K.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - Spinning Silver
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Naomi Novik · Fantasy
Spinning Silver is a loose retelling of Rumpelstiltskin set in a fantasy world inspired by medieval Eastern Europe, with particular roots in Russian and Jewish folk tradition.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick · Science fiction
Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter in a post-nuclear-war San Francisco, tasked with "retiring" — killing — six escaped androids who have fled a Martian colony to Earth.
Both dig into loneliness and connection.
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 loneliness and connection.
Read the summary → - Nine Perfect Strangers
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Liane Moriarty · Contemporary fiction
Nine Perfect Strangers gathers nine guests at Tranquillum House, an exclusive wellness retreat in the Australian countryside run by the enigmatic Masha — a former Russian corporate executive who had a near-death experience and emerged convinced she can guide others through radical transformation.
Both dig into loneliness and connection.
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 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.
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Books like The Goblin Emperor: quick answers
What are the best books like The Goblin Emperor?
The best books like The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison are A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, Uprooted by Naomi Novik, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Goblin Emperor, such as kindness as strength, outsider and belonging, power and integrity.
What should I read after The Goblin Emperor?
A natural next read after The Goblin Emperor is A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab. A kindred fantasy read. Other strong choices are Uprooted by Naomi Novik, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik.
What books are similar to The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison?
The Goblin Emperor centers on kindness as strength, outsider and belonging, power and integrity. Books with a similar feel include A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, Uprooted by Naomi Novik, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
