Books like Empress by S. J. Kincaid

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune follows Paul Atreides as he rises from betrayed heir to the enigmatic Muad'Dib, guarding the precious spice melange that fuels galactic politics and extends life.

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.

After the battle that shattered the AI‑controlled starship Justice of Toren, survivor Breq, now a lone human, hunts vengeance across a frozen colony in this award‑winning space‑opera quest.

Red Mars chronicles the early days of humanity’s colonization and political upheaval on Mars, blending environmental engineering, terraforming and nation‑building in a hard‑science vision.

Gideon the Ninth follows a sword‑wielding necromancer who must team up with a bone‑witch to survive a deadly trial of wits and combat under an emperor’s watch in a sprawling sci‑fantasy universe.

Human survivors flee a dying Earth to a terraformed planet, only to find it inhabited by dangerous lifeforms and two emerging civilizations vying for survival.

Rin, a war‑orphaned girl from Rooster Province, passes the empirewide Keju test and gains entry to Sinegard, the elite military academy of the Nikara Empire. There she discovers potent shamanic powers that may alter the course of an impending war.

Ursula K. Le Guin’s landmark 1969 novel explores a gender‑fluid alien society on the ice‑bound world of Gethen, challenging human assumptions about sex, politics, and humanity through a compelling diplomacy adventure.

Cinder, Captain Thorne, Scarlet and Wolf team up to defeat Queen Levana and protect Earth, relying on Cress— a girl confined to a satellite— for hope and insight.

In a world split by blood, a lowly Red named Mare Barrow discovers a hidden power that threatens the ruling Silver elite, forcing her into the palace as a fake princess while she secretly fuels a rebellion.

In eighteenth‑century Cairo, Nahri, a street‑smart con artist, discovers she is the last of a line of djinn healers and is drawn into the luxurious, politically fraught city of Daevabad, where her powers could prevent a kingdom‑wide war.

The High King brings the Prydain chronicle to a dramatic conclusion as forces of good and evil clash, deciding the destiny of Taran the Assistant Pig‑Keeper who dreams of heroism.

In a world where magic once pulsed through every stone, children of Orïsha fight to reclaim their heritage after a tyrant extinguishes their powers and their people’s hope.

On the starship Dormire, clones of a murdered crew awaken in vats, each fearing the next bloodshed—but a new clone with no memory of her death must uncover the killer before another murder takes place.

Laia, a Scholar, infiltrates the Martial Empire’s elite military academy as a slave after her brother is jailed for treason, aided by rebel Scholars who promise to save him.

When the extradimensional Flow that powers interstellar travel moves, the vast Interdependency empire risks collapse. A scientist, a starship captain, and the emperox must race to save humanity.

In the epic fantasy world of Mijak, Hekat rises from a trafficked orphan amid poverty and violence to a figure of hope, moving through street alleys, battlefields, and palatial courts in her quest for freedom and destiny.

In the world of Once, Eve must confront the king who has been hunting her and discover her true identity.

Seventeenth‑summer Brienna of Valenia must choose between passion and blood when a disgraced lord’s patronage entangles her in a plot to overthrow a rival king and restore the rightful queen to the northern throne.

Thirteen‑year‑old Jonah and eleven‑year‑old Katherine are whisked back in time to 1918 Russia, arriving as the Romanov family faces their fated execution.

This is the compelling story of the woman credited as a major factor in the destruction of the Russian Empire. It is the first full-scale biography of Alexandra in thirty years, and the first to fully explore her childhood motivations and influences. Just six years of age when her mother died, Alexandra, a princess of Hesse-Darmstadt, a German principality, was reared under the tutelage of various aunts but always remained under the watchful if faraway eye of her grandmother, Queen Victoria. As a shy, unsophisticated teenager, "Alix" visited St. Petersburg, Russia, for a six-week holiday and caught the eye of Nicholas, the young heir to the Russian throne. Nicholas and Alexandra fell in love. They might have lived ever after as a happily married bourgeois couple, but the fates soon placed them on the throne and they were on a collision course with tragedy. A vast cast of supporting players is brought to vivid life in The Last Empress. Sometime overlooked personalities like the Grand Duchess Militza, who introduced Alexandra to Rasputin; Anna Vyrubova, who cemented their friendship; the tsar's uncle, Grand Duke Nicholas, who had almost as little use for the empress as he had for Rasputin (whom he threatened to hang); and a host of military and political figures who either helped fuel the revolutionary flames or stood by helplessly while an era and a way of life vanished. More than just the story of one fated princess, the book carries the saga of the Romanovs to the present day, when recent excavations at the town of Ekaterinburg, where the royal family was murdered, have unearthed their remains. Today the Romanovs have regained a vestige of popularity in Russia and a major exhibit of photographs and artifacts drew capacity crowds in Moscow and will probably do the same in other cities it will tour. Based on hundreds of letters (many hitherto unpublished), diaries, and documents, as well as the author's own research in Russia, Germany, England, and America, The Last Empress presents an insightful yet unbiased account of this important woman's life, including her dominant political role and her dependence on the infamous Rasputin. The rare photographs were assembled from international archives.

A personal diary of the young Queen Victoria, from age eight to her wedding anniversary in 1843.

In the thrilling conclusion to Anna Carey's dystopian trilogy, Eve must save The New America and its princesses from the insurrection led by a tyrant, Eve's own father.

In a world where magic is real, an evil empress uses her sorcery to lure the young princess Hay Lin into her city, prompting a group of witches to intervene and protect her.

Princess Ben, orphaned and enslaved by the devious Queen Sophia, discovers a hidden enchanted room that teaches her magic. As dark forces threaten the kingdom, Ben must use her newfound powers to reclaim her sovereignty and survive.