Read-alikes and related books

Books like Sabriel

24 books recommended for fans of Sabriel by Garth Nix, tied together by themes of Zombies, Royalty, Fairy Tales & Folklore, and Girls & Women.

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Top related books to Sabriel

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Sabriel.

Lirael Classic Edition

Garth Nix

Themes: Zombies • Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Resurrection of the Phoenix’s Grace (Book Four) Phoenix Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy with Phoenixes

LRW Lee

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women

Dreams Lie Beneath

Rebecca Ross

Themes: Zombies • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women

Bone Crier’s Moon

Kathryn Purdie

Themes: Zombies • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women

The Blood Spell — C J Redwine

C. J. Redwine

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women

Serpent and Dove

Shelby Mahurin

Themes: Zombies • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women

Shadow and Flame

Mindee Arnett

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women

The Empire of Dreams

Rae Carson

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women

#10

The Princess and the Bear

Mette Ivie Harrison

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women

#11

Bone Crier’s Dawn

Kathryn Purdie

Themes: Zombies • Girls & Women • Epic

#12

Star Daughter

Shveta Thakrar

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women • Epic

#13

Wrath and Mercy

Jessica Rubinkowski

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women • Epic

#14

The Alcazar

Amy Ewing

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women • Epic

#15

Daughter of Sparta

Claire M. Andrews

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women • Epic

#16

The Queen’s Resistance

Rebecca Ross

Themes: Royalty • Girls & Women • Epic

#17

The Theft of Sunlight

Intisar Khanani

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women

#18

Set Fire to the Gods

Sara Raasch

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women • Epic

#19

Snow Like Ashes Epic Reads Edition

Sara Raasch

Themes: Royalty • Girls & Women • Epic

#20

The Cerulean

Amy Ewing

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women • Epic

#21

The Hobbit Or, There and Back Again

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women • Epic

#22

This Woven Kingdom

Tahereh Mafi

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women

#23

Der Kleine Prinz (German)

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women

#24

Creeping Beauty

Andrea Portes

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Girls & Women

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Sabriel by Garth Nix. Connected by Zombies, Royalty, Fairy Tales & Folklore. Authors featured include Garth Nix, LRW Lee, Rebecca Ross, Kathryn Purdie, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.