🏚️ Dying Immortal Race

Beings who were never meant to end now face their own extinction, lending poignant weight to questions of legacy, meaning, and what outlasts even the undying.

Slow Gods

by Claire North • 2025

A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.

4.00

5k+

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac 🌍 Dying World 💥 Galactic Empire Collapse

Slow Gods 90%

A debtor survives a procedure that should kill him. An ancient machine warns the galaxy will burn.

by Claire North 2025

4.00

5k+ ratings

🚀 Philosophical Space Opera 👤 Immortal Outsider 🌌 Elegiac 🌍 Dying World 💥 Galactic Empire Collapse

Healer

by F. Paul Wilson • 1976

An alien in his mind grants a surveyor healing, immortality, and the loneliness of centuries.

4.19

596

🧬 Alien Symbiosis 🙏 Reluctant Messiah ⏳ Immortal Protagonist 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🏛️ Decaying Federation

Healer 88%

An alien in his mind grants a surveyor healing, immortality, and the loneliness of centuries.

by F. Paul Wilson 1976

4.19

596 ratings

🧬 Alien Symbiosis 🙏 Reluctant Messiah ⏳ Immortal Protagonist 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🏛️ Decaying Federation

The Fall of Gondolin

by J.R.R. Tolkien • 2018

A sea god's warning sends a mortal to Gondolin, a hidden city too proud to listen.

4.09

18k+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🏙️ Hidden City 💞 Mortal Immortal Love 🗡️ Betrayal From Within 🌟 Prophetic Destiny

The Fall of Gondolin 87%

A sea god's warning sends a mortal to Gondolin, a hidden city too proud to listen.

by J.R.R. Tolkien 2018

4.09

18k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🏙️ Hidden City 💞 Mortal Immortal Love 🗡️ Betrayal From Within 🌟 Prophetic Destiny

Come of Age

by Stephen Jenkinson • 2018

More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.

4.25

173

🪦 Death And Dying 🔍 Cultural Criticism ⏳ Limits And Endings 🕯️ Ancestral Memory 🌉 Generational Wisdom

Come of Age 87%

More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.

by Stephen Jenkinson 2018

4.25

173 ratings

🪦 Death And Dying 🔍 Cultural Criticism ⏳ Limits And Endings 🕯️ Ancestral Memory 🌉 Generational Wisdom

Howling Dark

by Christopher Ruocchio • 2019

An exiled lord leads mercenaries into dark space, seeking a world to end the alien war.

4.34

29k+

🌑 Dark Space Opera ⚗️ Science Fantasy Blend 👑 Immortal Tyrant 💀 Death And Resurrection 👽 Ancient Alien Intelligence

Howling Dark 87%

An exiled lord leads mercenaries into dark space, seeking a world to end the alien war.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2019

4.34

29k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Space Opera ⚗️ Science Fantasy Blend 👑 Immortal Tyrant 💀 Death And Resurrection 👽 Ancient Alien Intelligence

The Ninth Rain

by Jen Williams • 2017

An ancient enemy wakes beneath a dying city. Three outcasts cross poisoned lands to stop it.

4.08

10k+

🥀 Dying Elder Race 🖤 Found Family 🐉 Human-Dragon Bond 📚 Scholarly Adventurer 🤝 Reluctant Allies

The Ninth Rain 87%

An ancient enemy wakes beneath a dying city. Three outcasts cross poisoned lands to stop it.

by Jen Williams 2017

4.08

10k+ ratings

🥀 Dying Elder Race 🖤 Found Family 🐉 Human-Dragon Bond 📚 Scholarly Adventurer 🤝 Reluctant Allies

Ashes of Man

by Christopher Ruocchio • 2022

A broken hero returns to an empire as an alien prophet unites the enemy for annihilation.

4.48

16k+

🚀 Military Space Opera ✨ Science Fantasy 😔 Survivor Guilt 🥀 Fallen Hero 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Ashes of Man 87%

A broken hero returns to an empire as an alien prophet unites the enemy for annihilation.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2022

4.48

16k+ ratings

🚀 Military Space Opera ✨ Science Fantasy 😔 Survivor Guilt 🥀 Fallen Hero 🌌 Cosmic Horror

The Fifth Season

by N.K. Jemisin • 2015

Her son murdered, her daughter taken, an orogene mother must wield the power that broke the earth.

4.28

339k+

💀 Dying Earth ⛓️ Oppressed Mages 🔪 Mother's Vengeance 🧙 Flawed Mentor 🏴 Dismantle Empire

The Fifth Season 87%

Her son murdered, her daughter taken, an orogene mother must wield the power that broke the earth.

by N.K. Jemisin 2015

4.28

339k+ ratings

💀 Dying Earth ⛓️ Oppressed Mages 🔪 Mother's Vengeance 🧙 Flawed Mentor 🏴 Dismantle Empire

The Book of Elsewhere

by Keanu Reeves • 2024

He cannot die, but the parts his captors cut from him are learning to live.

3.30

10k+

🔫 Military Fantasy 🧠 Cerebral Fantasy ⚔️ Immortal Warrior 💀 Immortality Curse 🪞 DoppelgäNger

The Book of Elsewhere 87%

He cannot die, but the parts his captors cut from him are learning to live.

by Keanu Reeves 2024

3.30

10k+ ratings

🔫 Military Fantasy 🧠 Cerebral Fantasy ⚔️ Immortal Warrior 💀 Immortality Curse 🪞 DoppelgäNger

The Light of All That Falls

by James Islington • 2019

A guilty immortal, a soldier trapped in time, and an outcast must break fate's cycle.

4.40

42k+

🔄 Predestination Paradox 🖤 Immortal Atonement 🕰️ Time Prison 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Memory And Identity

The Light of All That Falls 87%

A guilty immortal, a soldier trapped in time, and an outcast must break fate's cycle.

by James Islington 2019

4.40

42k+ ratings

🔄 Predestination Paradox 🖤 Immortal Atonement 🕰️ Time Prison 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Memory And Identity

Princeps' Fury

by Jim Butcher • 2008

Ancient foes must unite when a magic-stealing enemy threatens to devour both their worlds.

4.38

67k+

🏛️ Roman-Inspired Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🗳️ Political Fantasy 🤝 Enemy Alliance 🫂 Found Family

Princeps' Fury 87%

Ancient foes must unite when a magic-stealing enemy threatens to devour both their worlds.

by Jim Butcher 2008

4.38

67k+ ratings

🏛️ Roman-Inspired Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🗳️ Political Fantasy 🤝 Enemy Alliance 🫂 Found Family

Samsara

by Saksham Garg • 2022

In a secret valley, a teen must die to sustain its magic while gods oppose him.

3.43

2k+

⚖️ Doomed Savior 🕊️ Dying Gods 🐺 Spirit Animals 👴 Corrupt Immortals 🌄 Hidden Magical Realm

Samsara 87%

In a secret valley, a teen must die to sustain its magic while gods oppose him.

by Saksham Garg 2022

3.43

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Doomed Savior 🕊️ Dying Gods 🐺 Spirit Animals 👴 Corrupt Immortals 🌄 Hidden Magical Realm

The Shadow of the Torturer

by Gene Wolfe • 1980

An apprentice torturer's act of mercy exiles him into a dying world haunted by miracles.

3.84

36k+

🌑 Dying Earth ⚗️ Science Fantasy 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖋️ Baroque Prose 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy

The Shadow of the Torturer 87%

An apprentice torturer's act of mercy exiles him into a dying world haunted by miracles.

by Gene Wolfe 1980

3.84

36k+ ratings

🌑 Dying Earth ⚗️ Science Fantasy 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖋️ Baroque Prose 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy

The Bitter Twins

by Jen Williams • 2018

War-beasts reborn without memory bond with outcasts as an alien queen steals one of their own.

4.07

6k+

🛸 Alien Invasion Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Rider Bonds 💚 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Love Story 💔 Sibling Betrayal

The Bitter Twins 87%

War-beasts reborn without memory bond with outcasts as an alien queen steals one of their own.

by Jen Williams 2018

4.07

6k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Invasion Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Rider Bonds 💚 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Love Story 💔 Sibling Betrayal

Disquiet Gods

by Christopher Ruocchio • 2024

After centuries of exile, a fallen hero and his daughter must slay a sleeping god.

4.56

15k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror Sf ✨ Literary Space Opera ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 👁️ Ancient Cosmic Beings 🧬 Clone Identity Crisis

Disquiet Gods 87%

After centuries of exile, a fallen hero and his daughter must slay a sleeping god.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2024

4.56

15k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror Sf ✨ Literary Space Opera ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 👁️ Ancient Cosmic Beings 🧬 Clone Identity Crisis

Ride the Tiger

by Julius Evola • 1961

Civilizations die. The real move: stop defending ruins and anchor in something death can't touch.

3.96

2k+

🏛️ Perennial Philosophy 👑 Inner Sovereignty 🏔️ Spiritual Survival 💀 Death Contemplation 🪷 Detachment Practice

Ride the Tiger 87%

Civilizations die. The real move: stop defending ruins and anchor in something death can't touch.

by Julius Evola 1961

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Perennial Philosophy 👑 Inner Sovereignty 🏔️ Spiritual Survival 💀 Death Contemplation 🪷 Detachment Practice

The God of Endings

by Jacqueline Holland • 2023

An immortal teacher cages her hunger behind a preschool until a dying boy needs her darkest self.

3.81

13k+

🧛 Literary Vampire 🩸 Reluctant Monster 👧 Immortal Guardian ⏳ Weight Of Immortality 🖤 Lyrical Gothic

The God of Endings 87%

An immortal teacher cages her hunger behind a preschool until a dying boy needs her darkest self.

by Jacqueline Holland 2023

3.81

13k+ ratings

🧛 Literary Vampire 🩸 Reluctant Monster 👧 Immortal Guardian ⏳ Weight Of Immortality 🖤 Lyrical Gothic

The Urth of the New Sun

by Gene Wolfe • 1987

A torturer-turned-king sails a starship beyond the universe to be judged by the makers of suns.

4.06

9k+

🪐 Dying Earth 🔮 Science Fantasy 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Cosmic Judgment ✝️ Messianic Figure

The Urth of the New Sun 86%

A torturer-turned-king sails a starship beyond the universe to be judged by the makers of suns.

by Gene Wolfe 1987

4.06

9k+ ratings

🪐 Dying Earth 🔮 Science Fantasy 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Cosmic Judgment ✝️ Messianic Figure

How We Die

by Sherwin B. Nuland • 1994

A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.

4.07

9k+

🩺 End Of Life Care 💀 Death And Dying 🧬 Physiology Of Dying 🩻 Clinical Realism ⏳ Aging And Senescence

How We Die 86%

A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.

by Sherwin B. Nuland 1994

4.07

9k+ ratings

🩺 End Of Life Care 💀 Death And Dying 🧬 Physiology Of Dying 🩻 Clinical Realism ⏳ Aging And Senescence

Heavens on Earth

by Michael Shermer • 2018

The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.

3.88

626

🧠 Near-Death Experiences 💀 Mortality Salience 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧬 Life Extension 🏛️ Utopian Critique

Heavens on Earth 86%

The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.

by Michael Shermer 2018

3.88

626 ratings

🧠 Near-Death Experiences 💀 Mortality Salience 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧬 Life Extension 🏛️ Utopian Critique

Darth Plagueis

by James Luceno • 2012

A Sith Lord seeks immortality while shaping a politician into the galaxy's most dangerous weapon.

4.2

37k+

🖤 Sith Origins 🌌 Galactic Politics ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🦹 Villain Origin Story 💀 Immortality Quest

Darth Plagueis 86%

A Sith Lord seeks immortality while shaping a politician into the galaxy's most dangerous weapon.

by James Luceno 2012

4.2

37k+ ratings

🖤 Sith Origins 🌌 Galactic Politics ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🦹 Villain Origin Story 💀 Immortality Quest

The Magnificence of Death

by Rhea Rainwater • 2025

A mother cheats Death, so Death takes her husband, then courts her through the ages.

3.95

2k+

💀 Death Personified 🕯️ Generational Curse ⏳ Immortal Heroine 🥀 Gothic Romance 🖤 Death And The Maiden

The Magnificence of Death 86%

A mother cheats Death, so Death takes her husband, then courts her through the ages.

by Rhea Rainwater 2025

3.95

2k+ ratings

💀 Death Personified 🕯️ Generational Curse ⏳ Immortal Heroine 🥀 Gothic Romance 🖤 Death And The Maiden

Waybound

by Will Wight • 2023

Lindon, a Dreadgod, must exile the Monarchs before the final Dreadgods wake, or hunger claims him.

4.62

24k+

📈 Progression Fantasy 🐉 Xianxia 🫂 Found Family 👶 Zero To Hero 🏋️ Training Arcs

Waybound 86%

Lindon, a Dreadgod, must exile the Monarchs before the final Dreadgods wake, or hunger claims him.

by Will Wight 2023

4.62

24k+ ratings

📈 Progression Fantasy 🐉 Xianxia 🫂 Found Family 👶 Zero To Hero 🏋️ Training Arcs

Priestess of the White

by Trudi Canavan • 2005

Chosen by gods as their immortal champion, a healer hides forbidden love as holy war looms.

3.89

18k+

🖤 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Religious War ✨ Immortal Protagonist 🏛️ Temple Politics 💭 Memory Magic

Priestess of the White 86%

Chosen by gods as their immortal champion, a healer hides forbidden love as holy war looms.

by Trudi Canavan 2005

3.89

18k+ ratings

🖤 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Religious War ✨ Immortal Protagonist 🏛️ Temple Politics 💭 Memory Magic

Quicksilver Bonus Scenes

by Callie Hart • 2025

A Fae warrior seals his city with iron that burns him alive while a dragon descends.

3.91

29k+

🗡️ Fae Warriors 🐉 Dragon Slaying 🖤 Found Family ⚔️ Self-Sacrificing Hero ✨ Divine Intervention

Quicksilver Bonus Scenes 86%

A Fae warrior seals his city with iron that burns him alive while a dragon descends.

by Callie Hart 2025

3.91

29k+ ratings

🗡️ Fae Warriors 🐉 Dragon Slaying 🖤 Found Family ⚔️ Self-Sacrificing Hero ✨ Divine Intervention

The Claw of the Conciliator

by Gene Wolfe • 1981

A torturer with perfect memory crosses a dying world, a dead woman's voice inside his skull.

4.01

18k+

🏚️ Dying Earth 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Guilt And Atonement 🌀 Labyrinthine Narrative 🌙 Dreamlike Melancholy

The Claw of the Conciliator 86%

A torturer with perfect memory crosses a dying world, a dead woman's voice inside his skull.

by Gene Wolfe 1981

4.01

18k+ ratings

🏚️ Dying Earth 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Guilt And Atonement 🌀 Labyrinthine Narrative 🌙 Dreamlike Melancholy

The Fountain

by Casey Scieszka • 2026

An immortal woman, exhausted by centuries, returns to her valley home hoping to finally die.

3.84

2k+

🧬 Immortal Protagonist 📖 Literary Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🍂 Quiet Melancholy

The Fountain 86%

An immortal woman, exhausted by centuries, returns to her valley home hoping to finally die.

by Casey Scieszka 2026

3.84

2k+ ratings

🧬 Immortal Protagonist 📖 Literary Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🍂 Quiet Melancholy

The Citadel of the Autarch

by Gene Wolfe • 1983

A torturer with a healing relic must consume a ruler's mind to inherit a dying world.

4.26

12k+

🏚️ Dying Earth 📖 Literary Fantasy 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Merged Identity 📚 Nested Stories

The Citadel of the Autarch 86%

A torturer with a healing relic must consume a ruler's mind to inherit a dying world.

by Gene Wolfe 1983

4.26

12k+ ratings

🏚️ Dying Earth 📖 Literary Fantasy 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Merged Identity 📚 Nested Stories

Seveneves

by Neal Stephenson • 2015

The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.

4.00

126k+

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🛰️ Survival In Space 🔧 Engineer Protagonists 🏗️ Civilization Building

Seveneves 86%

The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.

by Neal Stephenson 2015

4.00

126k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🛰️ Survival In Space 🔧 Engineer Protagonists 🏗️ Civilization Building

Echoes of Eternity

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden • 2022

The palace burns, daemons close on the last gate, and the exhausted defenders prepare for the end.

4.54

3k+

🏰 Siege Warfare 💀 Grimdark 👹 Tragic Demigods ⚔️ Warrior Brotherhood 🔥 Last Stand

Echoes of Eternity 86%

The palace burns, daemons close on the last gate, and the exhausted defenders prepare for the end.

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2022

4.54

3k+ ratings

🏰 Siege Warfare 💀 Grimdark 👹 Tragic Demigods ⚔️ Warrior Brotherhood 🔥 Last Stand

The Worm at the Core

by Sheldon Solomon • 2015

Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.

4.10

2k+

🧠 Existential Psychology 💀 Fear Of Death 🪦 Death Denial 🏛️ Symbolic Immortality 🌍 Cultural Worldviews

The Worm at the Core 86%

Your culture, your self-esteem, your gods: all of it is armor against the fear of death.

by Sheldon Solomon 2015

4.10

2k+ ratings

🧠 Existential Psychology 💀 Fear Of Death 🪦 Death Denial 🏛️ Symbolic Immortality 🌍 Cultural Worldviews

How to Stop Time / The Humans / The Radleys

by Matt Haig

He's 400 years old. His society forbids love. Then a colleague recognizes him from a past life.

3.33

🐢 Slow Aging 🕵️ Secret Societies 🏝️ Solitude 💔 Grief And Loss ⏳ Love Across Time

How to Stop Time / The Humans / The Radleys Summary

How to Stop Time / The Humans / The Radleys 86%

He's 400 years old. His society forbids love. Then a colleague recognizes him from a past life.

by Matt Haig

3.33

21 ratings

🐢 Slow Aging 🕵️ Secret Societies 🏝️ Solitude 💔 Grief And Loss ⏳ Love Across Time

Record of a Spaceborn Few

by Becky Chambers • 2018

In a generation-ship fleet, the dead become soil and belonging is a question renewed each day.

4.12

61k+

🚀 Generation Ship 🕯️ Death As Ritual ⚖️ Tradition Vs Change 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌅 Quietly Hopeful

Record of a Spaceborn Few 86%

In a generation-ship fleet, the dead become soil and belonging is a question renewed each day.

by Becky Chambers 2018

4.12

61k+ ratings

🚀 Generation Ship 🕯️ Death As Ritual ⚖️ Tradition Vs Change 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌅 Quietly Hopeful

Landmoor

by Jeff Wheeler • 2003

An exiled elf must claim a crystal to stop immortals destroying his world, or die trying.

4.16

2k+

🧝 Elven Exile ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Immortal Schemers 💀 Magic At A Cost

Landmoor 86%

An exiled elf must claim a crystal to stop immortals destroying his world, or die trying.

by Jeff Wheeler 2003

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧝 Elven Exile ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Immortal Schemers 💀 Magic At A Cost

Locklands

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2022

A general must sever the psychic link to her wife to stop a consuming hive mind.

4.01

15k+

🧙 Hard Magic System 🌋 Apocalyptic Fantasy 💖 Sapphic Romance 🧠 Hive Mind Society 🕊️ Self-Sacrifice

Locklands 86%

A general must sever the psychic link to her wife to stop a consuming hive mind.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2022

4.01

15k+ ratings

🧙 Hard Magic System 🌋 Apocalyptic Fantasy 💖 Sapphic Romance 🧠 Hive Mind Society 🕊️ Self-Sacrifice

Faithbreaker

by Hannah Kaner • 2025

A scarred warrior's found family hunts a fire god whose war threatens to consume their world.

4.07

11k+

🕯️ Dying Gods 🙏 Faith As Magic System 🫂 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Faithbreaker 86%

A scarred warrior's found family hunts a fire god whose war threatens to consume their world.

by Hannah Kaner 2025

4.07

11k+ ratings

🕯️ Dying Gods 🙏 Faith As Magic System 🫂 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 💔 Bittersweet Ending

The Oath of the Vayuputras

by Amish Tripathi • 2013

Shiva must destroy the elixir of immortality, but its defenders will take all he loves.

3.84

73k+

🏛️ Mythological Retelling 🇮🇳 Ancient India ⚗️ Immortality's Price 💔 Vengeful Grief 🔮 Prophecy's Burden

The Oath of the Vayuputras 86%

Shiva must destroy the elixir of immortality, but its defenders will take all he loves.

by Amish Tripathi 2013

3.84

73k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythological Retelling 🇮🇳 Ancient India ⚗️ Immortality's Price 💔 Vengeful Grief 🔮 Prophecy's Burden

Why We Die

by Venki Ramakrishnan • 2024

100,000 DNA hits daily: why youth survives, but age still wins.

4.03

3k+

🧬 Aging Biology 🧫 Cellular Senescence ⚡ Mitochondria 🥗 Caloric Restriction 🔄 Epigenetics

Why We Die 86%

100,000 DNA hits daily: why youth survives, but age still wins.

by Venki Ramakrishnan 2024

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧬 Aging Biology 🧫 Cellular Senescence ⚡ Mitochondria 🥗 Caloric Restriction 🔄 Epigenetics

The Traveler

by Joseph Eckert • 2026

A single lost day becomes a skipped century, then the end of time, for one ordinary father.

4.09

729

🕰️ Involuntary Time Travel ⏳ Deep Time 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 📖 Mythmaking 👁️ Cosmic Witness

The Traveler 86%

A single lost day becomes a skipped century, then the end of time, for one ordinary father.

by Joseph Eckert 2026

4.09

729 ratings

🕰️ Involuntary Time Travel ⏳ Deep Time 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 📖 Mythmaking 👁️ Cosmic Witness

Mistborn

by Brandon Sanderson • 2016

Kelsier dies, wakes in a misty realm, and refuses to fade, plotting to save his world.

4.31

102k+

👻 Afterlife Fantasy 🕵️‍♂️ Heist Fantasy ⚡️ Temporary God 🃏 Con Artist Hero ✨ Hopepunk

Mistborn 86%

Kelsier dies, wakes in a misty realm, and refuses to fade, plotting to save his world.

by Brandon Sanderson 2016

4.31

102k+ ratings

👻 Afterlife Fantasy 🕵️‍♂️ Heist Fantasy ⚡️ Temporary God 🃏 Con Artist Hero ✨ Hopepunk

The Captain

by Will Wight • 2023

A mage absorbs six dead selves, inheriting their power, their trauma, and a galaxy-spanning war.

4.27

10k+

🚀 Science Fantasy ⚔️ Progression Fantasy ❤️ Found Family 🪞 Alternate Selves 🛸 Sentient Ship

The Captain 86%

A mage absorbs six dead selves, inheriting their power, their trauma, and a galaxy-spanning war.

by Will Wight 2023

4.27

10k+ ratings

🚀 Science Fantasy ⚔️ Progression Fantasy ❤️ Found Family 🪞 Alternate Selves 🛸 Sentient Ship

Fledgling

by Octavia E. Butler • 2005

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

3.79

40k+

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

Fledgling 86%

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

by Octavia E. Butler 2005

3.79

40k+ ratings

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

The Poison Song

by Jen Williams • 2019

After freeing the witches, a traumatized fire-wielder and her dragon defend the world's last refuge.

4.23

4k+

🐉 Bonded Dragons 💕 Found Family 👽 Ancient Alien Enemy 💔 Trauma And Power 🏰 Besieged City

The Poison Song 86%

After freeing the witches, a traumatized fire-wielder and her dragon defend the world's last refuge.

by Jen Williams 2019

4.23

4k+ ratings

🐉 Bonded Dragons 💕 Found Family 👽 Ancient Alien Enemy 💔 Trauma And Power 🏰 Besieged City

Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them)

by Sallie Tisdale • 2018

How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.

4.14

2k+

🕊️ End Of Life Care 💀 Death Acceptance 🫂 Caregiver Support ⚱️ Death Rituals 🥀 Grief And Loss

Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) Summary

Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) 86%

How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.

by Sallie Tisdale 2018

4.14

2k+ ratings

🕊️ End Of Life Care 💀 Death Acceptance 🫂 Caregiver Support ⚱️ Death Rituals 🥀 Grief And Loss

Die Wise

by Stephen Jenkinson • 2015

Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.

4.34

861

🩺 Palliative Care 🕯️ Conscious Dying 💔 Grief Work 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🦴 Ancestral Wisdom

Die Wise 86%

Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.

by Stephen Jenkinson 2015

4.34

861 ratings

🩺 Palliative Care 🕯️ Conscious Dying 💔 Grief Work 🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🦴 Ancestral Wisdom

The Destroyer

by Michael-Scott Earle • 2016

He wakes in a crypt, memory gone; they came for a savior and found a monster.

4.00

4k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Warrior 💔 Doomed Love 👹 Ancient Evil Returns

The Destroyer 86%

He wakes in a crypt, memory gone; they came for a savior and found a monster.

by Michael-Scott Earle 2016

4.00

4k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Warrior 💔 Doomed Love 👹 Ancient Evil Returns

The Philosopher's Stone

by Colin Wilson • 1969

A scientist's brain operation unlocks hidden powers and reveals ancient gods once ruled the world.

3.92

748

🌑 Cosmic Horror 🦑 Eldritch Gods 🧠 Consciousness Expansion 🧬 Transhuman Evolution 🔬 Scientific Mysticism

The Philosopher's Stone 86%

A scientist's brain operation unlocks hidden powers and reveals ancient gods once ruled the world.

by Colin Wilson 1969

3.92

748 ratings

🌑 Cosmic Horror 🦑 Eldritch Gods 🧠 Consciousness Expansion 🧬 Transhuman Evolution 🔬 Scientific Mysticism

The High King's Tomb

by Kristen Britain • 2007

A Rider takes a kidnapped queen's place and faces a death god in the castle tombs.

4.26

18k+

🖤 Forbidden Love 🗡️ Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family 💀 Death Magic 👑 Political Marriage

The High King's Tomb 86%

A Rider takes a kidnapped queen's place and faces a death god in the castle tombs.

by Kristen Britain 2007

4.26

18k+ ratings

🖤 Forbidden Love 🗡️ Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family 💀 Death Magic 👑 Political Marriage

Elantris

by Brandon Sanderson • 2006

Cast into a city of living decay, a cursed prince must discover why the magic failed.

4.16

364k+

🏰 Political Fantasy ✨ Hard Magic System 💀 Cursed Immortals 👑 Arranged Political Marriage ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

Elantris 86%

Cast into a city of living decay, a cursed prince must discover why the magic failed.

by Brandon Sanderson 2006

4.16

364k+ ratings

🏰 Political Fantasy ✨ Hard Magic System 💀 Cursed Immortals 👑 Arranged Political Marriage ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

Star Wars

by Joe Schreiber • 2010

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

3.46

9k+

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

Star Wars 86%

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

by Joe Schreiber 2010

3.46

9k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

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