Read-alikes
Books like Spinning Silver, according to Reddit
Not an algorithm's guess and not an editor's opinion: these are the books Redditors bring up in the same discussions as Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik. It appears in 49 indexed threads — the overlap below happens mostly in r/printSF.
The read-alike list
Ranked by co-mention strength — how often each book shares a thread with Spinning Silver, normalized so ubiquitous books don't dominate.
#1 Uprooted
Naomi Novik
A village girl handed over to a reclusive wizard as tribute turns out to be the only one who can fight the corrupted Wood eating her valley.
#2 The Goblin Emperor
Katherine Addison
An exiled half-goblin prince inherits a throne he never wanted after an airship 'accident' kills his father and half-brothers.
#3 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke
Two rival English magicians revive magic itself, and neither can predict what the fairy they bargained with actually wants.
#4 Circe
Madeline Miller
An exiled witch on a deserted island turns men into pigs and spends three thousand years deciding what she actually wants.
#5 The Fifth Season
N. K. Jemisin
A woman searches a dying continent for the daughter her husband stole, while the world ends again on schedule.
#6 Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
A man alone in an endless house of statues and tides slowly realizes he isn't who the House says he is.
#7 The Poppy War
R. F. Kuang
A war orphan tests into an elite military academy, awakens the power of a fire god, and becomes the architect of the genocide the history books warned about.
#8 A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin
A prideful young mage summons a nameless shadow to prove his power, then spends years learning to face it instead of running.
#9 The Once and Future King
T. H. White
A boy called Wart is tutored by a shape-shifting wizard for a throne he doesn't know is coming, and the joke turns tragic by the final book.
#10 The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
The devil throws a ball in 1930s Moscow, a man is committed to an asylum for writing a novel about Pontius Pilate, and a talking cat shoots at a chandelier.
#11 American Gods
Neil Gaiman
An ex-con drifter is hired as bodyguard to a con man who turns out to be a forgotten god recruiting for a war.
#12 All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries)
Martha Wells
A security robot hacks its own governor module, gains free will, and spends its days streaming soap operas instead of killing anyone.
The overlap, in numbers
Where each pairing actually shows up. Click through for the full Reddit verdict on each book.
- #1 Uprooted by Naomi Novik — 27 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #2 The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison — 9 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #3 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke — 10 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #4 Circe by Madeline Miller — 3 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #5 The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin — 17 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #6 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke — 11 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #7 The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang — 4 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #8 A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin — 11 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #9 The Once and Future King by T. H. White — 3 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #10 The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov — 3 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #11 American Gods by Neil Gaiman — 5 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
- #12 All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells — 17 shared threads , mostly in r/printSF
Books like Spinning Silver — frequently asked
What do Redditors read after Spinning Silver?+
The books most often brought up in the same discussions as Spinning Silver are: Uprooted by Naomi Novik; The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. This ranking counts 120 shared thread appearances across 49 threads — it reflects what commenters actually pair together, not editorial picks.
How is this list ranked?+
We scan Reddit comments for book mentions and count how often two titles appear in the same thread. Books that keep showing up alongside Spinning Silver — mostly in r/printSF — rank higher. A minimum of 3 shared threads is required, so one viral thread can't fabricate a match.