2024 Swords & Stars Reading Challenge - hosted by darthvixreads

Subgenre Faceoff: Political Fantasy or Gaslamp Fantasy
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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Roots of Chaos #1

Samantha Shannon

830 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional medium-paced
Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Red Rising

Red Rising Saga #1

Pierce Brown

16 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Furysong by Rosaria Munda

Furysong

The Aurelian Cycle #3

Rosaria Munda

496 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
A Sisterhood of Secret Ambitions by Sheena Boekweg

A Sisterhood of Secret Ambitions

Sheena Boekweg

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical young adult hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky

City of Last Chances

The Tyrant Philosophers #1

Adrian Tchaikovsky

498 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Queen Will Betray You by Sarah Henning

The Queen Will Betray You

Kingdoms of Sand and Sky #2

Sarah Henning

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous challenging fast-paced
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan

The Justice of Kings

Empire of the Wolf #1

Richard Swan

432 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Will of the Many by James Islington

The Will of the Many

Hierarchy #1

James Islington

630 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

Words of Radiance

The Stormlight Archive #2

Brandon Sanderson

1088 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced