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Books like The Lies of Locke Lamora
The best books like The Lies of Locke Lamora are A Darker Shade of Magic, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, and The Goblin Emperor. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch is about loyalty and brotherhood, class and deception, grief and revenge. 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 → - 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 → - The Goblin Emperor
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Katherine Addison · Fantasy
The Goblin Emperor begins with an accident: Maia, the half-goblin, half-elf youngest son of the Emperor — long exiled to a remote estate and treated as an embarrassment — learns that his father and three brothers have been killed in an airship crash.
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 → - Extreme Ownership
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Jocko Willink and Leif Babin · Business
Extreme Ownership is former Navy SEAL commanders Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's argument that the single most important principle in leadership is taking total responsibility for everything that happens under your command — not just your own actions but your team's performance, your mission's failure, and the behavior of those above you when it doesn't support your mission.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - Mistborn: The Final Empire
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Brandon Sanderson · Fantasy
Mistborn: The Final Empire opens with a premise that inverts a thousand years of genre convention: the Dark Lord won.
Both dig into trust and betrayal.
Read the summary → - The Atlas Six
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Olivie Blake · Fantasy
Six of the world's most powerful young magicians are recruited by the Alexandrian Society, a secret organization that has preserved forbidden knowledge since antiquity.
Both dig into trust and betrayal.
Read the summary → - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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Agatha Christie · Mystery
Roger Ackroyd, a wealthy widower in the English village of King's Abbot, is found stabbed in his study the evening after confiding to a friend that a blackmailer has driven his new fiancée to suicide.
Both dig into trust and betrayal.
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.
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Books like The Lies of Locke Lamora: quick answers
What are the best books like The Lies of Locke Lamora?
The best books like The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch are A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin, The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Lies of Locke Lamora, such as loyalty and brotherhood, class and deception, grief and revenge.
What should I read after The Lies of Locke Lamora?
A natural next read after The Lies of Locke Lamora is A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab. A kindred fantasy read. Other strong choices are The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin, The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
What books are similar to The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch?
The Lies of Locke Lamora centers on loyalty and brotherhood, class and deception, grief and revenge. Books with a similar feel include A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin, The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
