Books Like Fox’s Tongue and Kirin’s Bone
Loved Fox’s Tongue and Kirin’s Bone? Here are the closest LitRPG and progression-fantasy reads, ranked by trope and theme overlap. Each pick lists the elements it shares with Fox’s Tongue and Kirin’s Bone so you can pick by what you actually want next.
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#1The Riyria Chronicles [WITTY BANTER | EPIC FANTASY | ASSASSINS | THIEVES | MERCENARIES]
match 79%by MichaelJSullivanA disgraced assassin and a mercenary with a conscience trade sharp banter and sharper blades while unraveling a noblewoman’s deadly secrets.
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by Lee DuckettTwo Padawans train under rogue Jedi Masters, forging their own path between the Order’s light and the war’s encroaching darkness.
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by HaltWriteMydea, a noblewoman with neither magic nor coin, must outmaneuver the Imperial City's deadly courtly intrigues before its daggers find her back.
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by FictionalAtlasA fire mage wields a necromancer's cursed staff, torn between the guild's distrust and the whispers of the dead in its wood.
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by Second_SolA stranded scientist becomes humanity's first ambassador to sapient dragons, where every misstep could doom his species to extinction.
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by ZatA curious little monster ventures beyond her wild instincts, discovering whispering ruins and forgotten magics—but the wilderness guards its secrets with tooth and claw.
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by MaradinaA trinket merchant bargains with a forgotten god for cursed relics, gaining power to hunt his enemies—if the artifacts don’t destroy him first.
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by Noa (October)A former government superweapon turned lawyer must choose between her hard-won peace and fighting for justice against the system that created her.
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by Ryan EnglishA scarred veteran tracks his stolen fortune through monster-infested lands, only to face a harder battle when two orphans force him to choose between vengeance and honor.
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by J.M. Clarke (U Juggernaut)A thief and a demon hunter must outrun a ruthless wizard and a barbarian horde to steal an artifact from the cursed Forest of Giants, where ogres stalk their every move.
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by MaradinaA disgraced doctor wields stolen arcanotech and a dying exorcist's symbiotic system to fight plague cults in a city choking on magic parasites.
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by Warby PicusA radiation wizard flees his clan’s brutal magic, only to face a shattered world of cannibals, machines, and the marriage he can’t outrun.
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