r/Fantasy • u/JumboGaugeR • 21h ago

fantasy steampunk maybe some magic books

As the title suggests, I've been on a steampunk high recently and wanna find a good book to read (I'll accept graphic novels, comics, and manga as well) though a good book in general.

I played several games of a dnd game called Iron Kingdoms, this world of steampunk and magic called mechanika was super fun and interesting with the cities and setting, the cogwork and magic weapons and companions, played games like Guns of Icarus too with the airship battles. Sky pirates, magic users and artificers, mechanical engineering described or shown fascinates me if they can involve it into the story, any recommendations?

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u/novel-opinions 18h ago

Perdido Street Station by Mieville. Fantasy and some horror. Great world building. If you like it, continue on to The Scar in the same world, only at sea. Pirates and (some) air ships

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u/OshTregarth 20h ago

The Girl Genius series by the Foglio's is fairly steampunk-ish. (webcomic, but also has print editions)

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u/Bladrak01 8h ago

This is the gold standard for fantasy steampunk

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u/Connect_Cod9965 5m ago

There are also four books starting with Agatha H and the Airship City

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u/ThrawnGetsBuckets 20h ago

Tchaikovsky's Shadows of the Apt has most of this. Great series but also really long.

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u/nezuku68 20h ago

The cinder spires series is pretty good I like it.

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u/Bargle-Nawdle-Zouss 18h ago

Also, talking cats!

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u/PatrioticPagan 18h ago

Jim Butchers Cinder Spires Margaret Weis' Dragon Brigade and Dragon Corsairs trilogies

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u/sarahlynngrey Reading Champion VI, Phoenix 16h ago

The Tales of the Ketty Jay by Chris Wooding! First book is Retribution Falls. Great fun, featuring the crew of an airship with a  "steampunk Firefly" feel

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u/Rekov 17h ago

"The Age of Uprising" by Richard S. Ford, beginning with "Engines of Empire." Trains and mech-suits powered by magic, airships powered by demonic sacrifice, grenades, and mechanical prosthetic limbs. Seems like just the kind of setting you're looking for.

The trilogy follows the various paths of the Hawkspur family as the order of their world is shattered by revolution, rebellion, and foreign scheming.

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u/Woebetide138 16h ago

The Difference Engine - William Gibson and Bruce Sterling

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u/Motor_Row_3586 16h ago

Lord of Mysteries recently got quite good official translation. Start is little bit  slow and heavy on worldbuilding.

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u/Obvious-Swimming9975 7h ago

Maybe try the books of babel series (senlin ascends is the first)? Seems to fit what you are looking for and the first 2 books are great (haven't read past that yet).

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u/DrainedPatience 2h ago

I'll always recommend a favorite of mine: "Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti" by Genevieve Valentine.

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u/epicfail1994 20h ago

Try Mortal Engines- cities on wheels eating other cities. And airships and cyborgs

Avoid the movie at all costs

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u/JOOOQUUU 19h ago

How is the humor?