If You Like Game of Thrones

Martin's epic "A Game of Thrones" saga is set in a dark, and compelling medieval-tinged world, filled with characters driven by relentless love, honor, greed, power, devotion, and revenge. Intrigue, nobility, and betrayal are recurrent themes played out in fantastic guise. Favorite characters are likely to die without warning. If you like the hit TV show, try these books with similar plot elements and tone.

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Cinder spires volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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An airship's crew become humanity's lone defenders when an ancient enemy reawakens and threatens the world with monstrous creatures and perpetual darkness.
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3 stars
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"In the first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child. Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search...

3. Dune

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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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NEXT IN SERIES: DUNE MESSIAH
Description:
Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny. In the far future, the son of Duke Leto Atreides leads a struggle against the Emperor from the desert planet of Arrakis, where his family has lived in exile for many years at the Emperor's command.
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Series:
Broken empire volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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FIRST IN SERIES: PRINCE OF THORNS
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Desiring to be emperor of the Broken Empire, young King Jorg Ancrath of the seven nations must face an adversary standing in his way, a necromancer unlike any he has ever challenged -- a figure hated and feared even more than himself: the Dead King.
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Series:
Wheel of time volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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NEXT IN SERIES: THE GREAT HUNT
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Relates a tale of the bestial Trollocs, the witch Moiraine, and three boys, one of whom is fated to become the Dragon--the World's only hope and the sure means of its destruction
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Series:
Expanse volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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NEXT IN SERIES: CALIBAN'S WAR
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When Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship belonging to the Mars fleet, Holden must find a way to uncover the motives behind the attack, stop a war and find the truth behind a vast conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.
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4.2 stars
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"The tale of Kvothe, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages, you will come to know Kvothe as a notorious magician, an accomplished thief, a masterful musician, and an infamous assassin. But this book is so much more, for the story it tells reveals the truth behind...