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45 Recent Standalone Fantasy Books For When You Just Can't Commit To A Series
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12 participants, 45 books
You can start and finish this challenge whenever you like!
This is pulled directly from this blog post: https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2540-45-recent-standalone-fantasy-books-for-when-you-just-can-t-commit-to-a-s
Some of these have become series since the list got published đ but it's still a good overall list!
Some of these have become series since the list got published đ but it's still a good overall list!
Challenge Books
Elektra
Jennifer Saint
The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods.
Thistlefoot
GennaRose Nethercott
In the tradition of modern fairytales like American Gods and Spinning Silver comes a sweeping epic rich in Eastern European folklore--a debut novel about the ancestral hauntings that stalk us, and the uncanny power of story.
Kaikeyi
Vaishnavi Patel
âWith a graceful, measured eleganceâ (New York Times), this lyrical novel reimagines the life of the infamous queen from the ancient epic the Ramayana, giving voice to an extraordinary woman determined to leave her mark in a world where gods and men dictate the shape of things to come.
The Spear Cuts Through Water
Simon Jimenez
Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this new epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds.
The Bone Orchard
Sara A. Mueller
Sara A. Mueller's The Bone Orchard is a fascinating whodunit set in a lush, gothic world of secrets and magicâwhere a dying emperor charges his favorite concubine with solving his own murder, and preventing the culprit, which undoubtedly is one of his three terrible sons, from taking control of an empire.
When Women Were Dragons
Kelly Barnhill
A rollicking feminist tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into dragons, exploding notions of a womanâs place in the world and expanding minds about accepting others for who they really are.
Nettle & Bone
T. Kingfisher
After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marraâthe shy, convent-raised, third-born daughterâhas finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue. No one, except for Marra herself.
The Witch and the Tsar
Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
In this stunning debut novel, the maligned and immortal witch of legend known as Baba Yaga will risk all to save her country and her people from Tsar Ivan the Terribleâand the dangerous gods who seek to drive the twisted hearts of men.
A Taste of Gold and Iron
Alexandra Rowland
The Goblin Emperor meets "Magnificent Century" in Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron, where a queer central romance unfolds in a fantasy world reminiscent of the Ottoman Empire.
Spear
Nicola Griffith
The legendary author of Hild returns with an unforgettable hero and a queer Arthurian masterpiece for the modern era. Nicola Griffithâs Spear is a spellbinding vision of the Camelot weâve longed for, a Camelot that belongs to us all.
The Book of Gothel
Mary McMyne
Everyone knows the story of Rapunzel in her tower, but do you know the story of the witch who put her there? Mary McMyneâs spellbinding debut reveals the truth behind the fairy taleâthe truth they never wanted you to know, as only a witch might tell it.
Kalyna the Soothsayer
Elijah Kinch Spector
A thrilling debut in the vein of Spinning Silver and The Traitor Baru Cormorant following a plucky, sardonic con artist who must âprophesizeâ her way out of perilâdiscovering along the way that the keys to power and politics are nothing more than the stories that we can sell as truth.