Books like Exchange of Gifts

An enchanting fairy tale adventure about leaving behind a royal life to forge a new path alongside a mysterious companion. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Exchange of Gifts.

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mysterious

01
A Gift of Dragons
Anne McCaffrey
An exhilarating collection of tales that invites you to soar through an exotic world on the wings of legendary creatures.
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- earnest
- adventurous
02
The White Dragon
Anne McCaffrey
An earnest, deeply comforting journey of an underdog and his unique companion proving their worth to a skeptical world.
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- hopeful
- earnest
- adventurous
03
Talking to dragons
Patricia C. Wrede · 1985
A delightfully pragmatic romp through a magical forest where common sense is the greatest superpower of all.
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- adventurous
04
Mairelon the Magician
Patricia C. Wrede · 1991
A scrappy street thief's cynical world is turned upside down by the discovery of genuine magic and an unexpected apprenticeship.
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- magical
- adventurous
05
The Door in the Hedge
Robin McKinley
A lush, dreamlike crossing into a realm where magic is both beautiful and perilous, told with the cadence of a forgotten lullaby.
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- earnest
- enchanting
06
The Dangerous Gift
Tui Sutherland
A frosty, fast-paced fantasy where a paranoid young ruler is literally forced to walk in the talons of strangers.
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- earnest
07
Gifts
Ursula K. Le Guin
A stark, beautifully quiet fantasy about the courage required to lay down a weapon you were born to wield.
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- earnest
08
A War of Gifts
Orson Scott Card
A quiet, philosophical rebellion of childhood innocence against the sterile machinery of a military academy.
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- hopeful
- earnest
09
Dragonsblood
Todd J. McCaffrey · 2005
A desperate race against time where the key to saving beloved companions lies buried in the forgotten secrets of the past.
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- hopeful
- earnest
10
Dragonheart
Todd McCaffrey · 2008
A desperate race against time where the survival of a world rests on the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her dragon.
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- earnest
11
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
Patricia A. McKillip
A lyrical, mythic fairy tale about a solitary woman who must choose between the safe, cold magic of her isolated mountain and the messy, painful warmth of the human world.
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- earnest
- enchanting
12
The exiled queen
Cinda Williams Chima
A sweeping tale of hidden identities and slow-burn romance set against the backdrop of a magical academy.
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- earnest
- adventurous
- hidden identities

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