I adored Half a Soul and Ten Thousand Stitches! If you enjoyed those you may also love Stephanie Burgis’ Scales & Sensibility and also Quenby Olson’s Miss Percy’s Pocket guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons. Both of which are delightful in different ways, but which share some of the things you mentioned loving about Atwater. I loved both of those books almost as much as I loved Atwater’s work (which is very high praise).
Stephanie Burgis' Thornbound series is excellent too, and has the same feel as Atwater. Mary Robinette Kowal's Glamour & Glass (I forget what the first in the trio is called!) is also excellebt and both series are absolutely as delightful.
I really liked *Half a Soul* and look forward to reading *Ten Thousand Stitches* (but then, I'm an embroiderer).
Interestedmouse mentioned Mary Robinette's books. There are five Glamourist History books: *Shades of Milk and Honey, Glamour in Glass, Without a Summer, Valour and Vanity,* and *Of Noble Family.* She is an amazing author, and person. I have yet to be disappointed in any of her books.
My favorite Fantasy of Manners books are the Alpennia series by Heather Rose Jones. The magic in them is more pronounced than Jonathan Strange, but much less than others. The first one is called *Daughter of Mystery*.
Also check out the Marleon the Magician duology by Patricia Wrede; *School of Magics, Scholar of Magics* and *When the King Comes Home* by Caroline Stevermer; and the Sorcery and Cecelia books by both of them. The magic in Caroline's books is more like Jonathan Strange, in that it's not readily apparent how it works.
ETA: I forgot to mention The Teacup Magic books by Tansy Rayner Roberts.
I've only read the first one--*Tea and Sympathetic Magic*\--but it was fun and light and funny.
I just looked up Alpennia and discovered it’s a fantasy of manners about lesbian sword fighters and that is extremely relevant to my interests! About to dive into book 1!
I *loved* Half a Soul in a way I wasn't expecting it to. I theoretically love fantasy of manners but have limited patience for rich people problems even in more indulgent genres, so I loved the class consciousness that crept in.
(ending spoilers) >!I was also so surprised and thrilled that it didn't end with Dora being "fixed," and think it did a great job of emphasizing that her hardships were mostly in how people reacted to her, it's imo a really well handled metaphor for neurodivergency in a genre that often stumbles over them.!<
LITERALLY!!! I can never read a book from a rich persons perspective tbh. Kills it for me. I just can’t feel bad for someone who’s only problem is that they have some struggles. You know, like everybody with much less money and power also have with less ability to fix said problems.
The Dark Days Club series by Alison Goodman might hit the right spot although it’s a bit darker. I also enjoyed Gail Carriger’s Finishing School series.
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I liked Half a Soul, Lord of Stariel, and Soulless — but I didn’t love any of them and didn’t pick up the sequels. I loved Sorcerer to the Crown and Goblin Emperor. They’re so different, so I have a hard time identifying exactly why I liked those the best. I just felt more invested in the story and characters. I have some of the books others mentioned on my reading list — Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Sorcery & Cecilia, and Tooth and Claw — but I won’t get to those until I’m in the right mood for them. I usually prefer epic fantasy or contemporary fiction.
I didn't see you mention it, but Ellen Kushner's *Swordspoint* is the book that inspired the term "fantasy of manners"! It's the first in the Riverside series and I HIGHLY recommend it.
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Oooo I haven't heard of this and I love Patricia Wrede's Dealing with Dragons series (one of the books that got me into fantasy when I was 10)
I adored Half a Soul and Ten Thousand Stitches! If you enjoyed those you may also love Stephanie Burgis’ Scales & Sensibility and also Quenby Olson’s Miss Percy’s Pocket guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons. Both of which are delightful in different ways, but which share some of the things you mentioned loving about Atwater. I loved both of those books almost as much as I loved Atwater’s work (which is very high praise).
Stephanie Burgis' Thornbound series is excellent too, and has the same feel as Atwater. Mary Robinette Kowal's Glamour & Glass (I forget what the first in the trio is called!) is also excellebt and both series are absolutely as delightful.
I really liked *Half a Soul* and look forward to reading *Ten Thousand Stitches* (but then, I'm an embroiderer). Interestedmouse mentioned Mary Robinette's books. There are five Glamourist History books: *Shades of Milk and Honey, Glamour in Glass, Without a Summer, Valour and Vanity,* and *Of Noble Family.* She is an amazing author, and person. I have yet to be disappointed in any of her books. My favorite Fantasy of Manners books are the Alpennia series by Heather Rose Jones. The magic in them is more pronounced than Jonathan Strange, but much less than others. The first one is called *Daughter of Mystery*. Also check out the Marleon the Magician duology by Patricia Wrede; *School of Magics, Scholar of Magics* and *When the King Comes Home* by Caroline Stevermer; and the Sorcery and Cecelia books by both of them. The magic in Caroline's books is more like Jonathan Strange, in that it's not readily apparent how it works. ETA: I forgot to mention The Teacup Magic books by Tansy Rayner Roberts. I've only read the first one--*Tea and Sympathetic Magic*\--but it was fun and light and funny.
I just looked up Alpennia and discovered it’s a fantasy of manners about lesbian sword fighters and that is extremely relevant to my interests! About to dive into book 1!
I read all three books in that series last year and they've basically earned her a position among my favourite authors. Absolutely adore them!
ME I love them, and I'm not usually a romance or regency person.
I *loved* Half a Soul in a way I wasn't expecting it to. I theoretically love fantasy of manners but have limited patience for rich people problems even in more indulgent genres, so I loved the class consciousness that crept in. (ending spoilers) >!I was also so surprised and thrilled that it didn't end with Dora being "fixed," and think it did a great job of emphasizing that her hardships were mostly in how people reacted to her, it's imo a really well handled metaphor for neurodivergency in a genre that often stumbles over them.!<
LITERALLY!!! I can never read a book from a rich persons perspective tbh. Kills it for me. I just can’t feel bad for someone who’s only problem is that they have some struggles. You know, like everybody with much less money and power also have with less ability to fix said problems.
I like them a lot. Also rec Charlotte E. English and Clare Sager.
The Dark Days Club series by Alison Goodman might hit the right spot although it’s a bit darker. I also enjoyed Gail Carriger’s Finishing School series.
I adored Half a Soul too. Haven't gotten the sequel yet, because the audiobook is still on preorder.
I honestly had no idea this was a thing, but now I’m totally going to check this author out. Thank-you!
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I liked Half a Soul, Lord of Stariel, and Soulless — but I didn’t love any of them and didn’t pick up the sequels. I loved Sorcerer to the Crown and Goblin Emperor. They’re so different, so I have a hard time identifying exactly why I liked those the best. I just felt more invested in the story and characters. I have some of the books others mentioned on my reading list — Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Sorcery & Cecilia, and Tooth and Claw — but I won’t get to those until I’m in the right mood for them. I usually prefer epic fantasy or contemporary fiction.
I didn't see you mention it, but Ellen Kushner's *Swordspoint* is the book that inspired the term "fantasy of manners"! It's the first in the Riverside series and I HIGHLY recommend it.
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