Books like “Assassin's Apprentice”

What to read after “Assassin's Apprentice” by Robin Hobb: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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Blood Song
Anthony Ryan · 2011
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Coming of Age
Vaelin Al Sorna is given to the Sixth Order as a boy and raised among warriors who serve the Faith. His strange gift, the blood-song that lets him hear the dead, marks him for a harder path, and his training ends in a war that will decide the future of an empire.
2
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
N. K. Jemisin · 2010
Similar atmosphere: “Dark Fantasy”
- Dark Fantasy
- Epic Fantasy
Yeine Darr is summoned from her northern homeland to the city of Sky, where she is named an heir to the Arameri throne after her mother's death. As she learns the rules of a court that keeps gods as servants, she finds that the contest for the succession is also a trap.
3
The Unspoken Name
A. K. Larkwood · 2020
Similar atmosphere: “Dark Fantasy”
- Dark Fantasy
- Assassin Protagonist
Csorwe was raised to be a sacrifice to the Unspoken One, until the wizard Belthandros offers her another life. Trained as his assassin and servant, she is sent to find a lost city and a door between worlds, and begins to wonder whether her second life is any freer than her first.
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The Way of Shadows
Brent Weeks · 2008
Similar atmosphere: “Dark Fantasy”
Azoth survives as a guild rat in the slums of Cenaria, where life is cheap. To escape he apprentices himself to Durzo Blint, the city's most feared assassin, and must abandon his old name and life to become Kylar Stern, a killer schooled in dangerous magic and politics.
5
Pawn of Prophecy
David Eddings · 1982
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Garion grows up on a quiet Sendarian farm, unaware of the forces watching him. When a mysterious storyteller and a royal sorceress arrive, he is drawn into a search for a stolen artefact, travelling with a company that hides its true purpose from him. The old prophecy of the Belgariad has begun to move.
6
The Warded Man
Peter V. Brett · 2008
Similar atmosphere: “Dark Fantasy”
By day the world belongs to people; at night, demons rise from the ground. Three children, Arlen, Leesha and Rojer, grow up in the shadow of the wards that keep the corelings out, and each finds a different way to fight back.
7
Gardens of the Moon
Steven Erikson · 1999
Similar atmosphere: “Dark Fantasy”
- Dark Fantasy
- Epic Fantasy
The Malazan Empire is closing on the last free city of Genabackis, and armies, assassins and mages are converging for the siege. Beneath the politics of empire, old powers are waking and settling debts of their own, while ordinary soldiers and thieves are caught between them.
8
Lord Foul's Bane
Stephen R. Donaldson · 1977
Similar atmosphere: “Dark Fantasy”
Thomas Covenant, a leper shunned by everyone, is struck down and wakes in the Land, a place where his white gold wedding ring carries power. He refuses to believe any of it is real, even as its people hail him as a saviour.
9
Black Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse · 2020
Similar atmosphere: “Dark Fantasy”
- Dark Fantasy
- Epic Fantasy
In the city of Tova a solar eclipse is coming, and with it an old prophecy of a god reborn. Xiala, a disgraced sea captain, is ordered to carry a strange young man to the city, while Serapio has been shaped since childhood for a ceremony he does not fully understand.
10
Nevernight
Jay Kristoff · 2016
Similar atmosphere: “Dark Fantasy”
Mia Corvere survives the murder of her family and is taken in by the Red Church, a hidden order of assassins. To earn her place she must pass brutal trials, while her shadow companion and her hunger for revenge push her toward a choice she may not survive.
11
The Riddle-Master of Hed
Patricia A. McKillip · 1976
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Wise Mentor
Morgon, prince of the island of Hed, won a riddle contest against a ghost and now wears three stars on his forehead. When shape-shifters attack and the High One's realm begins to stir, he leaves his farm behind to seek answers about the fate that binds him to a land he has never seen.
12
The Dragonbone Chair
Tad Williams · 1988
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Simon is a kitchen boy in the castle of the Hayholt, who dreams of heroes while the old king's health fails. When betrayal strikes, he flees into a country of trolls and swords, and the fate of Osten Ard falls into unlikely hands.