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Books Like Low Town

Polansky, 2011 · #98 on the Epic Fantasy 101 Booklist · 59/120

Warden, a disgraced former agent who now deals drugs, hunts the killer of a child in the slums he controls.

Its strongest scores: mood and structure. The five books below have the closest scores across all eleven criteria.

If you liked Low Town, read:

1. The Wounded Kingdom

   Barker, 2017 · #101 on the list · 54/120

   A young assassin in a plague-ridden kingdom learns the cost of her craft. She follows a killer whose secrets are bound to the kingdom's fate.

   Close on theme, structure, further reading, creative details.

2. The Chathrand Voyage

   Redick, 2008 · #91 on the list · 67/120

   Aboard a six-hundred-year-old ship carrying a peace mission, a tarboy, a young bride and a crew of tiny ixchel are caught in a plot to restart a war.

   Close on mood, theme, structure, further reading.

3. The Blacktongue Thief

   Buehlman, 2021 · #89 on the list · 68/120

   Kinch Na Shannack, a thief in debt to the guild that trained him, is pulled into a quest against giants with a battle-scarred knight he was supposed to rob.

   Close on mood, theme, structure, further reading.

4. Greatcoats

   de Castell, 2014 · #86 on the list · 69/120

   The King's travelling magistrates were disbanded when the king was killed. Falcio val Mond keeps the king's final order and keeps judging.

   Close on mood, theme, structure, further reading.

5. The Engineer Trilogy

   Parker, 2005 · #82 on the list · 70/120

   Ieuan Vaatzes, an engineer exiled for one small improvement to a design, turns his skill with machines into a weapon of revenge against the city that cast him out.

   Close on mood, structure, real-world blend, divine influence.

How the scores work: each book is rated 1 to 10 on eleven criteria; real-world blend and climax and fights count double, for a maximum of 120. See the full Fantasy 101.