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Books Like The Wounded Kingdom

Barker, 2017 · #101 on the Epic Fantasy 101 Booklist · 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.

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

If you liked The Wounded Kingdom, read:

1. Low Town

   Polansky, 2011 · #98 on the list · 59/120

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

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

2. The Riyria Revelations

   Sullivan, 2008 · #93 on the list · 64/120

   A cynical ex-assassin and an idealistic swordsman, thieves for hire, are framed for a king's murder and pulled into a scheme to restore an ancient empire.

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

3. 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.

4. 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 theme, structure, further reading, real-world blend.

5. 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.

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.