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Books like Lord of Shadows 2014
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Lord of Shadows
Books closest to Lord of Shadows
Swallowing Darkness 2008Also classical in form, contemporary and grave
Iron Flame 2023Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Queen of air and darkness 2018Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Empyrean Series, 3 Books Collection Set, Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, Onyx Storm, by Rebecca Yarros 2025Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Fourth Wing 2023Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
House of Sky and Breath 2022Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest- Iron Flame (Wing and Claw Collection) 2025Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
A Stroke of Midnight 2005Also contemporary, classical in form and grave
Defy the Dusk 2026Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Magic binds 2016Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Insurgent 2011Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Feverborn 2008Also classical in form, contemporary and grave
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Series
JUJUTSU KAISEN 2020Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Guilty Crown 2011Also contemporary, classical in form and grave
Sword Art Online 2012Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Films
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 1: The Wyvern Arrives 2012Also classical in form, contemporary and grave
Maze Runner: The Death Cure 2018Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007Also classical in form, earnest and contemporary
Games
Battlefield 3 2011Also classical in form, contemporary and grave
Marvel's Spider-Man 2: Digital Deluxe Edition 2023Also contemporary, classical in form and earnest
Marvel's Wolverine 2026Also classical in form, grave and contemporary
Albums
- Sign of the Hammer 1984Also classical in form, grave and earnest
- Dreams and Nightmares 2012Also contemporary, classical in form and grave
- It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot 1998Also classical in form, contemporary and earnest
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