Books like “The City of Brass”

What to read after “The City of Brass” by S. A. Chakraborty: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
N. K. Jemisin · 2010
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Morally Grey Character
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.
2
Kings of the Wyld
Nicholas Eames · 2017
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
Clay Cooper left his days as a mercenary behind for a quiet life. Then an old bandmate arrives to say his daughter is trapped in a besieged city, and Clay must round up the ageing, out-of-shape heroes of Saga for one more job.
3
The Jasmine Throne
Tasha Suri · 2021
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Morally Grey Character
Priya has spent years hiding her power in a temple, tending the gardens that hold the prisoner princess Malini, who is held by her own brother the emperor. When the empire's plans threaten them both, the two women must choose between safety and an uprising that could remake Parijatdvipa.
4
Blood Song
Anthony Ryan · 2011
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
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.
5
Nine Princes in Amber
Roger Zelazny · 1970
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
A man wakes in a hospital with no memory, drives out against his doctors' advice and begins to piece together who he is. He turns out to be Corwin, a prince of Amber, and Amber is the true world of which Earth is only a shadow.
6
The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson · 2010
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Survival
On a storm-scoured world, a slave carries ancient honours, a scholar chases forbidden knowledge and a soldier guards a war that never ends. Their paths bend toward a returning danger few believe is real.
7
Black Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse · 2020
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
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.
8
The Sword of Shannara
Terry Brooks · 1977
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
Shea Ohmsford lives a quiet life in the Shady Vale until the druid Allanon arrives with a warning: the Warlock Lord has returned, and only a descendant of the Shannara line can stop him. Shea sets out with a small band of companions to find the Sword of Shannara, the one weapon said to be able to destroy the Warlock Lord, before the Northland armies reach the Southland.
9
The Riddle-Master of Hed
Patricia A. McKillip · 1976
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
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.
10
Malice
John Gwynne · 2012
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
The Banished Lands have known peace for years, but old rivalries are waking. Corban, son of a village lord, dreams of becoming a warrior; far away, a princess and a giant's son are caught up in the schemes of kings. A prophecy of the Bright Star and the Black Sun begins to unfold.
11
Pawn of Prophecy
David Eddings · 1982
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
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.
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The Shadow of What Was Lost
James Islington · 2014
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
Davian is an Augur, born with powers forbidden since the old war. When the laws of the Venerate turn against him, he flees with his friends in search of the man who might explain why the Augurs fell. What he finds tests everything he was taught to believe.