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Average rating: 3.76 · 51,504 ratings · 10,887 reviews · 59 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 15,938 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Water Sister 3.83 avg rating — 11,216 ratings — published 2021 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water 3.61 avg rating — 7,398 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Terracotta Bride 3.65 avg rating — 3,847 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The True Queen (Sorcerer Royal, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 3,631 ratings — published 2019 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spirits Abroad 4.17 avg rating — 2,057 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo 3.78 avg rating — 1,312 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again 4.33 avg rating — 885 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Friend Zone Experiment 3.46 avg rating — 800 ratings — published 2024 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind Frenemy Lines 3.60 avg rating — 336 ratings — published 2025 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Your amoral ingenuity in the pursuit of your interest is perfectly shocking,” said Zacharias severely. “Yes, isn’t it?” said Prunella, pleased.”
― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown

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“But that was the trouble with children, Sir Stephen reflected. They were confoundedly liable to pattern themselves upon one’s conduct, when one would rather they simply did what they were told.”
― Zen Cho, Sorcerer to the Crown

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“Maybe that was what true love meant: a bitterness that stayed on the tongue when everything else faded.”
― Zen Cho, Black Water Sister

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Polls

December 2016 Fantasy Awards

The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

34 votes, 28.1%

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

22 votes, 18.2%

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

22 votes, 18.2%

Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky

15 votes, 12.4%

The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor

13 votes, 10.7%

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

8 votes, 6.6%

The Doll Collection by Ellen Datlow

7 votes, 5.8%

121 total votes

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