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Alchemist books

Stories centered on alchemy, the mystical proto science of transmutation, transformation, and the search for hidden knowledge, appealing to readers who love magic systems rooted in real historical mysticism and the pursuit of forbidden wisdom

  1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (2010)
  2. Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa (2005)
  3. The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (2007)
  4. Perfume by Patrick Süskind (1999)
  5. Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (2013)
  6. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2001)
  7. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab (2015)
  8. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (2012)
  9. Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (2017)
  10. Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (1983)
  11. Uprooted by Naomi Novik (2015)
  12. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (2007)
  13. Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (2020)
  14. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (2011)
  15. The king of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (2006)
  16. The alchemist's daughter by Katharine McMahon (2006)
  17. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (2017)
  18. Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (2001)
  19. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (2005)
  20. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (2017)