Books like Ink and bone by Rachel Caine

Six of Crows is a fantasy novel in the Grishaverse that follows a crew of thieves in the city of Ketterdam, a Dutch‑inspired port, told through the third‑person viewpoints of seven characters.

In the unforgettable Le Cirque des Rêves, two young magicians, Celia and Marco, are locked in a nocturnal duel of wonder and will—an impossible game where love and magic collide on a stage of breathtaking spectacle.

In a mid‑future dystopian world, a young clairvoyant named Paige rebels against a powerful security force and is captured by an otherworldly race that turns her into a supernatural fighter.

Ceony Twill, a top graduate of the Tagis Praff School, must master paper magic under the enigmatic Emery Thane—learning awe‑inspiring spells while confronting a dark magician who has stolen Thane’s heart.

In "Paper and Fire," Rachel Caine continues the saga of the Great Library, where knowledge is tightly controlled and rebellion is suppressed, as characters fight for freedom and rewrite history.

A young girl with a mysterious past and extraordinary musical talents navigates the world of coexisting dragons and humans, grappling with her identity and secrets.

A band of rebels, led by Jess Brightwell, escapes London only to find themselves jailed in Philadelphia, where books are burned and the Great Library is under threat. They must use their knowledge to fight enemy forces and protect the library.

In 1923 London, museum‑keeper Daisy Dalrymple uncovers a murder in the Natural History Museum after a routine research trip, forcing her fiancé, Scotland Yard's Alec Fletcher, to untangle a web of professional rivalry, stolen gems, and displaced royalty.

Invasion, Survival, and the Fight for Survival

Elizabeth, a high school student, embarks on thrilling magical adventures as she discovers the Grimm Collection of magical objects at the New York Circulating Material Repository.

A story of historical fiction blending with alternative history, focusing on the American Civil War era and its aftermath, with a twist of the 1930s and 1940s war scenarios that are set in the North.

The Great War - Breakthroughs: A Science Fiction Novel Set in the Interwar Period Featuring Alternate History and Innovations from World War I.

Kit Livingstone must assemble a 17th‑century map scattered across multiple universes, racing against the Burley Men who can control historic figures. With his partner Mina and ley‑line‑guided astral travel, they chase the secrets of The Bone House.

A lonely library book finds a new home and discovers joy for the first time in years, but the girl and book will have to weather a storm of their own before they find their happy ending.

Harry Turtledove’s *Into the Darkness*, the first entry in the World at War series, fuses a World War II setting with fantasy elements such as magic, dragons, and alternate-historical twists.

A small town in the past finds itself caught in the middle of a time-travel adventure gone wrong.

An alternative-history novel that explores a reimagined Britain featuring Shakespeare and Spanish influences.

A heart-wrenching tale of hope in the face of unimaginable cruelty in World War II's Pacific Theater, featuring an American prisoner of war and a woman forced to confront her past in the besieged island of Hawaii.

A coming‑of‑age tale that follows teenage girls as they form bonds over shared love for books in a library setting, weaving in themes of friendship, English literature, and the lives of widowers.

Elisabeth, a foundling raised among whispering grimoires in Austermeer’s Great Libraries, believes all sorcerers are evil and vows to become a warden to guard the kingdom from the ink‑and‑leather monsters that spring to life when sorcery is provoked.

A thrilling alternate history novel that takes the world in a different direction if Chamberlain had not signed the Munich Accord, changing the course of World War II and the world as we know it.

A thrilling alternate history novel set in a world where Nazi resistance tactics are more active than expected, leading to a protracted conflict with the United States and its allies in Iraq and beyond, and a once-proud country questioning its ideals abroad and a political backlash at home.

A speculative twist on a frontier crisis, "Outlawed" blends alternate history with the looming threat of influenza, exploring how communities and midwives confront disease, infertility, and social marginality on the American West's frontier.

"Private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney and her friends are celebrating New Year's Eve at the party of the year, a smashing Winter White Garden party at the newly renovated King Cotton Boutique Hotel. It's a dazzling success ... until Frangelica "Sister" McFee walks through the door. Sarah Booth knew Sister in college, before Sister became a bestselling author and moved to New York, and fame and fortune don't seem to have tempered her arrogance and cruelty. Sister's latest book is a memoir about the death of her mother and brother many years ago. Now, a film about the book is in the works, and a film crew has descended upon Zinnia, Mississippi, to tell the complete story. The film crew soon realizes there may be more to the story than meets the eye--or is told in Sister's memoir--and they hire Sarah Booth to discover the absolute truth about those deaths so many years ago. But Sarah Booth quickly realizes that someone is desperate to keep the truth hidden and will go to any lengths necessary to protect a long-held secret. Carolyn Haines's next Sarah Booth Delaney novel, Sticks and Bones, is sure to delight series fans and newcomers alike"--

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