Books like 'Warrior Women'
Readers who enjoyed Warrior Women by Paula Guran, Tanya Huff, Kameron Hurley, Elaine Isaak, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Tanith Lee, Yoon Ha Lee, Ken Liu, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Jane Yolen, Carrie Vaughn, Jessica Reisman, Kristin Kathryn Rusch, Robert Reed, An Owomoyela, Elizabeth Moon, Rachael Acks, Aliette de Bodard, Mary Gentle, Theodora Goss, Nalo Hopkinson, Seanan McGuire, Elizabeth Bear, George R.R. Martin & Nancy Kress also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Winter by Marissa Meyer
49 ratingsPrincess Winter is admired for her grace, kindness and beauty, despite the scars on her face. She's said to be even more breath-taking than her stepmother, Queen Levana...When Winter develops feelings for the handsome palace guard, Jacin, she fears the evil Queen will crush their romance before it has a chance to begin.But there are stirrings against the Queen across the land... -
![Iron Prince by Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko]()
Iron Prince by Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko
20 ratingsReidon Ward will become a god.He doesn't know it yet, of course. Reidon was born weak, sickly and small. Afflicted with a painful disease and abandoned by his parents because of it, he has had to fight tooth and nail for every minor advantage life has allowed him... -
![Cress by Marissa Meyer]()
Cress by Marissa Meyer
48 ratingsIn this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army.Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker...Categorized as:
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![The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu]()
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
28 ratingsA publishing event: Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantasy tales for a groundbreaking collection—including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume.With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short fiction in The Paper Menagerie... -
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![Scarlet by Marissa Meyer]()
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
49 ratingsCinder returns in the second thrilling installment of the New York Times-bestselling Lunar Chronicles.She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing... -
![Stars Above by Marissa Meyer]()
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
38 ratingsThe universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds stories—and secrets—that are wondrous, vicious, and romantic...Categorized as:
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![The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey]()
The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
30 ratingsJaxom, a rebellious young aristocrat, and Ruth, his white dragon, fly into another time to retrieve the queen's stolen egg, thereby averting a dragonrider war, and find their planet threatened once again by a Threadfall...Categorized as:
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![Empire Burning by Michael Chatfield]()
Empire Burning by Michael Chatfield
12 ratingsPandora’s Box has been opened. The Pantheon of Emerilia has gone through tremendous changes the event of Myths and Legends suppressed. Warships now move in the stars, made of soul gem constructs, built by mages and engineers, crewed by those that lived on Emerilia or within Earth’s Simulation... -
![The Man in the Moon by William Joyce]()
The Man in the Moon by William Joyce
16 ratingsWhen a newly orphaned baby in the moon makes friends with the children of Earth, he seeks a way to ward off their fears and nightmares.Up there in the sky.Don’t you see him?No, not the moon.The Man in the Moon.He wasn’t always a man.Nor was he always on the moon.He was once a child.Like you.Until a battle,a shooting star,and a lost balloonled him on a quest... -
![The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher]()
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher
29 ratingsJim Butcher, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden Files and the Codex Alera novels, conjures up a new series set in a fantastic world of noble families, steam-powered technology, and magic-wielding warriors…Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity, towering for miles over the mist-shrouded surface of the world... -
![Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey]()
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
41 ratingsHOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise—and take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon... -
![Heart Fate by Robin D. Owens]()
Heart Fate by Robin D. Owens
14 ratingsWed to a wealthy older man when she was just a girl, Lahsin Yew runs away from her abusive home to find a new life. At seventeen, she's about to enter her Second Passage, when her Flair?and perhaps her HeartMate?will be revealed. Lahsin finds sanctuary in a secret garden, where she meets Tinne Holly... -
![Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist]()
Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist
40 ratingsAn alternate cover edition of this ISBN can be found here.To the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles, the orphan Pug came to study with the master magician Kulgan. His courage won him a place at court and the heart of a lovely Princess, but he was ill at ease with normal wizardry...Categorized as:
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![Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny]()
Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
21 ratingsThe Earth no longer rotates. Science rules the dayside of the globe. Magic rules the World of Night, and Jack of Shadows, Shadowjack the Thief, who broke the Compact and duped the Lord of High Dudgeon, walks in silence and in shadows to seek vengeance upon his enemies... -
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![Condition Evolution 2 by Kevin Sinclair]()
Condition Evolution 2 by Kevin Sinclair
6 ratingsBook 2 of the dark humor litrpg series, Condition Evolution.Out of Anatoli and life is nothing like Shaun and Ember could have ever dreamed of.Hunted by the ancestors of humanity across the darkness of space, they can only hope that the changes they have undergone and powers they have gained will be enough to keep them alive.Life will never be the same again...Categorized as:
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![Dragon's Kiss by Miranda Martin, Juno Wells]()
Dragon's Kiss by Miranda Martin, Juno Wells
10 ratingsA Dragon Hunter for me? No way. Olivia thinks it's impossible that the outrageously tall Zmaj with steely blue eyes would fall for her. A former data analyst, now she's just another human crash survivor on the harsh and alien desert planet. Smart, curvaceous Olivia doesn't feel like she measures up but that doesn't stop Ragnar from eyeing her luscious curves... -
![Cosmic Christmas by Max Lucado]()
Cosmic Christmas by Max Lucado
10 ratingsWas the birth of Jesus a quietly profound event? Or could it have included heavenly battles, angel armies, and a scheming Satan? Come along as Lucado takes us on a journey into his imagination-pulling back the curtain as we see what might have taken place on "Cosmic Christmas...Categorized as:
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![The Zero Curse by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
The Zero Curse by Christopher G. Nuttall
12 ratingsCaitlyn Aguirre is no magician ... ... But that doesn't make her useless. After discovering her true talent and uncovering the long-lost secret behind Objects of Power, Cat returns to school - intent on showing everyone what she can do. But her mere existence is a threat to the balance of power, convincing some to befriend her, some to try to use her ... and some to remove her... -
![Sword in the Stars by A.R. Capetta, Cory McCarthy]()
Sword in the Stars by A.R. Capetta, Cory McCarthy
14 ratingsIn this epic sequel to Once & Future, to save the future, Ari and her Rainbow knights pull off a heist...thousands of years in the past.Ari Helix may have won her battle against the tyrannical Mercer corporation, but the larger war has just begun... -
![Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey]()
Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
30 ratingsAnother Turn, and the deadly silver Threads began falling again. So the bold dragonriders took to the air once more and their magnificent flying dragons swirled and swooped, belching flames that destroyed the shimmering strands before they reach the ground... -
![A Warlord's Heart by Michelle Howard]()
A Warlord's Heart by Michelle Howard
6 ratingsIt should have been a simple trip ...Vaan reluctantly agreed to his mate’s decision to travel without him to the neighboring Raasa compounds on a series of good faith visits. He will pursue her until he wins ...Warlord Ramar will not let love slip through his grasp now that it’s within reach. As a Kabanian Warlord he’s prepared to battle for what he wants. Blood will spill .. -
![The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager]()
The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager
12 ratingsTracking the evolution of Hansel and Gretel at seventy-five-year intervals that correspond with earth’s visits by Halley’s Comet, The Archive of Alternate Endings explores how stories are disseminated and shared, edited and censored, voiced and left untold.In 1456, Johannes Gutenberg’s sister uses the tale as a surrogate for sharing a family secret only her brother believes...Categorized as:
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![A Snake's Path by Kenneth Arant]()
A Snake's Path by Kenneth Arant
14 ratingshe path to the top is never easy...The title of Serpent King is up for grabs, and Torga's going to need the power it brings to protect his new family. Standing in his way are eight Royal Serpents and a host of shadowy forces who want to manipulate Torga for their own personal gain.As if that wasn't enough, the jotnar are returning to Asgard, threatening the people Torga swore to protect...Categorized as:
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![The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin]()
The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin
18 ratingsThe recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her lyrical writing, rich characters, and diverse worlds... -
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![The Warlock in Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff]()
The Warlock in Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff
19 ratingsBack in Print: the novel that launched the epic Warlock series. In an interstellar romp that proves science and sorcery can mix, only hard-headed realist Rod Gallowglass can save the people of Gramarye from their doom by becoming--The Warlock in Spite of Himself--if only he believed in magic... -
![Cinder by Marissa Meyer]()
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
57 ratingsHumans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless Lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness... -
![Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey]()
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
26 ratingsAn air of pleasant anticipation hung so thickly over the Halls, Holds, and Weyrs of Pern that it had affected even the businesslike ways of Moreta, the Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr. Her dragon, Queen Orlith, would soon clutch; spring had made a glorious debut; the Gather at Ruatha Hold was extremely merry; and Moreta was enjoying the attentions of Alessan, the new Lord Holder of Ruatha Hold... -
![The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe]()
The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
18 ratingsThe long awaited sequel to Gene Wolfe’s four-volume classic, The Book of the New Sun. We return to the world of Severian, now the Autarch of Urth, as he leaves the planet on one of the huge spaceships of the alien Hierodules to travel across time and space to face his greatest test, to become the legendary New Sun or die...Categorized as:
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![The Road to Hell by David Weber, Joelle Presby]()
The Road to Hell by David Weber, Joelle Presby
10 ratingsEntry #3 in the popular Hell's Gate series by 28 times New York Times best-selling author David Weber and Joelle Presby.The war between magically-gifted Arcana and psionically talented Sharona continues to rage. The dragon-borne Arcanan assault across five universes has been halted at Fort Salby by a desperate defense, but at atrocious cost...Categorized as:
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![The Hedge of Mist by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison]()
The Hedge of Mist by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
8 ratingsTHE ULTIMATE LEGENDTo all bards in spirit, the making of triads--things grouped in threes for poetic purpose--is the essence of the bardic art... -
![Moon Man by Tomi Ungerer]()
Moon Man by Tomi Ungerer
8 ratings"The bright, galloping illustrations are as effective as any Tomi Ungerer has done. This has some of the sting of Dr Strangelove but tenderized, the contemporary charisma of Where the Wild Things Are; it's great! Exceptionally highly recommended...Categorized as:
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![Harold's Trip to the Sky by Crockett Johnson]()
Harold's Trip to the Sky by Crockett Johnson
6 ratingsFrom the treasured author of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, comes another adventure for Harold and his magical purple crayon.One night Harold, with his trusty purple crayon, decides to go to on a voyage to Mars. He flies past planets, comets, and even the moon...Categorized as:
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![Lightspeed Magazine, March 2016 by John Joseph Adams, Caroline M. Yoachim, Aliette de Bodard, Seanan McGuire]()
Lightspeed Magazine, March 2016 by John Joseph Adams, Caroline M. Yoachim, Aliette de Bodard, Seanan McGuire
6 ratingsLIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales. This month, we have original science fiction by Caroline M... -
![Fairest by Marissa Meyer]()
Fairest by Marissa Meyer
41 ratingsIn this stunning bridge book between Cress and Winter in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, Queen Levana’s story is finally told.Mirror, mirror on the wall,Who is the fairest of them all? Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power... -
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![Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card]()
Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card
26 ratingsA powerful secret. A dangerous path. Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him--secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny...Categorized as:
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![Midnight on the Moon by Mary Pope Osborne]()
Midnight on the Moon by Mary Pope Osborne
25 ratingsJack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House! Three . . . two . . . one . . . BLAST OFF!The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie off to the moon—and the future. Their mission? To find the last "M" thing that will free Morgan from the spell...Categorized as:
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![The Queen's Army by Marissa Meyer]()
The Queen's Army by Marissa Meyer
25 ratingsIt is time. The boy must leave his family to serve in the Queen's army. To be chosen is an honor. To decline is impossible. The boy is modified. He is trained for several years, and learns to fight to the death. He proves to the Queen—and to himself—that he is capable of evil. He is just the kind of soldier the Queen wants: the alpha of his pack... -
![A Wrinkle in Time: With Related Readings by Madeleine L'Engle]()
A Wrinkle in Time: With Related Readings by Madeleine L'Engle
54 ratingsNow, 40 years after A Wrinkle in Time was first published to become one of the landmark books in childrens' literature, Square Fish is proud to present this Newbery Medal winner, completely redesigned and with bonus material, including an appreciation by Anna Quindlen, a new interview with Madeleine L'Engle, and the author's Newbery Medal acceptance speech... -
![The Alleluia Files by Sharon Shinn]()
The Alleluia Files by Sharon Shinn
18 ratingsLegend has it that the Alleluia Files contain the truth about the god of Samaria. Now, a child raised in captivity among the angels will journey the length and breadth of her world to seek the documents that will alter the face of Samaria forever.. -
![Jovah's Angel by Sharon Shinn]()
Jovah's Angel by Sharon Shinn
18 ratingsThis is a standalone sequel to Archangel, set 150 years later in proverbially interesting times. Samaria is industrialized; the Manadavvi and Jansai are wealthier; the Edori are marginalized, their roaming lifestyle disrupted; and Jovah seems to be turning a deaf ear to his angels' prayers for abatement of increasingly destructive storms...Categorized as:
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![Jaran by Kate Elliott]()
Jaran by Kate Elliott
16 ratingsThe first book of Kate Elliott’s epic Novels of the Jaran, set in an alien-controlled galaxy where a young woman seeks to find her own life and love, but is tied to her brother’s revolutionary fateIn the future, Earth is just one of the planets ruled by the vast Chapalii empire. The volatility of these alien overlords is something with which Tess Soerensen is all too familiar...Categorized as:
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![Traitor's Sun by Marion Zimmer Bradley]()
Traitor's Sun by Marion Zimmer Bradley
14 ratingsTraitor's Sun continues the epic saga of Darkover, the award-winning series by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Her most brilliant and popular creation, the Darkover books take readers to a planet torn by rebellion--and struggling for freedom..Categorized as:
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![Necessity by Jo Walton]()
Necessity by Jo Walton
12 ratingsNecessity: the sequel to the acclaimed The Just City and The Philosopher Kings, Jo Walton's tales of gods, humans, and what they have to learn from one another...Categorized as:
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![Too Many Magicians by Randall Garrett]()
Too Many Magicians by Randall Garrett
10 ratingsGarrett's detective, Lord Darcy, investigates a classic locked-room murder in an unconventional setting--a sorcerer's convention held in barely recognizable London. Gambling, espionage, and mind reading enter the solution... -
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![The Chosen One by Anna Erishkigal]()
The Chosen One by Anna Erishkigal
8 ratings"At the dawn of time, two ancient adversaries clashed over control of Earth. One man rose to stand at humanity's side. A soldier whose name we still remember today..."Mikhail awakens, mortally wounded, in his crashed ship... -
![The Last Warrior by Susan Grant]()
The Last Warrior by Susan Grant
6 ratingsAs a decorated soldier, the young General Tao knows only one kind of honor - to his people. But when his own king betrays him, he discovers that his sacrifices, his successes, may not have been for the good of the country at all.Fate - and his enemies - throw him together with Elsabeth, a red-haired beauty who has served as the royal tutor... -
![Angel-Seeker by Sharon Shinn]()
Angel-Seeker by Sharon Shinn
16 ratingsThe award-winning author returns to Samaria in this richly romantic tale that begins where Archangel left off. In that time, the women who craved the attention of angels were known as angel-seekers, a term used with awe by some--and scorn by others... -
![Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg]()
Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg
20 ratingsValentine, a wanderer who knows nothing except his name, finds himself on the fringes of a great city, and joins a troupe of jugglers and acrobats; gradually, he remembers that he is the Coronal Valentine, executive ruler of the vast world of Majipoor, and all its peoples, human and otherwise... Valentine's journey is a long one, a tour through a series of magnificent environments... -
![Zarsthor's Bane by Andre Norton, Evan TenBroeck Steadman]()
Zarsthor's Bane by Andre Norton, Evan TenBroeck Steadman
8 ratingsBrixia, once the lady of a Hall in High Hallack, and her companion, the cat Uta, while scavenging for their living in the deserted Dales, are drawn into Waste where Light and Dark Magic still exist, in search of a power object, Zarsthor's Bane. While fending off an attack by predators, Brixia discovers a place of Green Magic... -
![The Little Android by Marissa Meyer]()
The Little Android by Marissa Meyer
25 ratingsThe Little Android is a retelling of The Little Mermaid, set in the world of The Lunar Chronicles by New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer.When android Mech6.0 saves the life of a handsome hardware engineer, her body is destroyed and her mechanics discover a glitch in her programming...
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