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Books like The Priory of the Orange Tree
The best books like The Priory of the Orange Tree are A Darker Shade of Magic, Uprooted, and Spinning Silver. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon is about religion and power, female agency, dragons and myth. 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 → - 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.
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- The Da Vinci Code
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Dan Brown · Thriller
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is called to the Louvre in the middle of the night after a curator is found dead, his body arranged in a cryptic pose beside a trail of symbols.
Both dig into religion and power.
Read the summary → - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon · History
Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published in six volumes between 1776 and 1789, is one of the monuments of historical writing in English.
Both dig into religion and power.
Read the summary → - The God of Small Things
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Arundhati Roy · Literary fiction
The God of Small Things opens in 1993, with Rahel returning to her childhood home in Ayemenem, Kerala, to visit her twin brother Estha.
Both dig into forbidden love.
Read the summary → - The Poisonwood Bible
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Barbara Kingsolver · Literary fiction
In 1959, Baptist missionary Nathan Price moves his wife and four daughters from Georgia to a remote village in the Belgian Congo.
Both dig into religion and power.
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 Priory of the Orange Tree: quick answers
What are the best books like The Priory of the Orange Tree?
The best books like The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon are A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, Uprooted by Naomi Novik, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Priory of the Orange Tree, such as religion and power, female agency, dragons and myth.
What should I read after The Priory of the Orange Tree?
A natural next read after The Priory of the Orange Tree is A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab. A kindred fantasy read. Other strong choices are Uprooted by Naomi Novik, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
What books are similar to The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon?
The Priory of the Orange Tree centers on religion and power, female agency, dragons and myth. Books with a similar feel include A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, Uprooted by Naomi Novik, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
