 | A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin
Buy used from: $1.21 This series is truly the greatest I have ever read.
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 | A Magic of Twilight: Book One of the Nessantico Cycle by S. L. Farrell
Buy new: $18.21 / Used from: $4.96 |
 | Luck in the Shadows (Nightrunner, Vol. 1) by Lynn Flewelling
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $1.76 Possibly my favorite book it represents everything you love in this genre of books.
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 | A Secret Atlas: Book One of the Age of Discovery by Michael A. Stackpole
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 The author creates a new and totally unique universe for his characters to explore.
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 | The Briar King (The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, Book 1) by Greg Keyes
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.39 A great series which shows major growth of the main characters especially the heroine.
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 | Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1) by Robin Hobb
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.39 What I loved the most was the assassin training.
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 | The Assassins of Tamurin by S. D. Tower
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $0.47 One of my favorite books of all time for the intricate world the author creates and the intense manipulative powers of the main villian.
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 | The Borgia Bride: A Novel by Jeanne Kalogridis
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.50 A great look at one of history's most poisonous families.
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 | Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Empress: A Novel by Shan Sa
Buy new: $13.16 / Used from: $0.01 Wonderful book with vivid imagry and detail and so much emotion mixed with pure cunning.
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 | Revenge of the Rose by Nicole Galland
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Daughter of the Desert by Noel-Anne Brennan
Buy used from: $0.01 |
 | Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.71 |
 | Crown Duel (Crown Duel / Court Duel) by Sherwood Smith
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.71 The main character sometimes annoys me but the court life in the second book is wonderful.
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 | The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.74 |
 | Poison Study (Study, Book 1) by Maria V. Snyder
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $0.99 What hooked me the most in this book is the training to be a royal poison taster.
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 | Tiger Burning Bright by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Buy used from: $0.01 More secret war than courtly intrigue but I love the secret passages in the castle.
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 | When We Were Gods: A Novel of Cleopatra by Colin Falconer
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $0.01 Probably one of the best retellings of Cleopatra's story that I have ever read. I highly recomend this book.
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 | Wolfblade (The Hythrun Chronicles: Wolfblade Trilogy, Book 1) by Jennifer Fallon
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 One of the first intrigue stories I ever read and the dwarf's rules of gaining and wielding power are total Machiavellian goodness.
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 | The Oracle Glass: A Novel by Judith Merkle Riley
Buy used from: $3.30 I love this time period and it's a great comentary on human behaviour.
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 | STARDUST (Roca Editorial Novela) (Spanish Edition) by Gailman
Buy new: $11.86 / Used from: $7.15 If you have already seen the movie know that there are some big differences in the book.
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 | The Outstretched Shadow (The Obsidian Trilogy, Book 1) by Mercedes Lackey
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 This series goes extremely into fantasy with creatures like dragons and unicorns but the explanation of magic in this book is one of the best I've ever read.
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 | Exile's Honor (Valdemar) by Mercedes Lackey
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | The Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Kind of a little kid book but it has a good basic intrigue plot.
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 | The Thief (The Queen's Thief, Book 1) by Megan Whalen Turner
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.49 |
 | Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.96 I just found this one and while it's not the best I've ever read it is certainly a good one.
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