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Books Like The Chathrand Voyage

Redick, 2008 · #91 on the Epic Fantasy 101 Booklist · 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.

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

If you liked The Chathrand Voyage, read:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. The Grey Bastards

   French, 2015 · #94 on the list · 64/120

   Half-orc riders on war hogs patrol a lawless borderland and uncover a plot that could doom their brotherhood.

   Close on mood, theme, structure, further reading.

4. 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, theme, structure, further reading.

5. Shadows of the Apt

   Tchaikovsky, 2008 · #76 on the list · 72/120

   Kinden take traits from insect totems such as beetles, spiders and wasps. An aging scholar tries to warn the Lowlands that the Wasp Empire is coming.

   Close on mood, theme, structure, further reading.

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.