Read-alikes and related books

Books like Sabriel

24 books recommended for fans of Sabriel by Garth Nix, tied together by themes of Zombies, Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural, Dark Fantasy, and Royalty.

Zombies Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural Dark Fantasy Royalty Fairy Tales & Folklore Girls & Women Epic Young Adult Fiction Family Fantasy Action & Adventure Historical Romance

Top related books to Sabriel

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

Sabriel 25th Anniversary Classic Edition

Garth Nix

Themes: Zombies • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Dark Fantasy

The Blood Spell — C J Redwine

C. J. Redwine

Themes: Dark Fantasy • Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Five Dark Fates

Kendare Blake

Themes: Zombies • Dark Fantasy • Royalty

The Empire of Dreams

Rae Carson

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

Thorn

Intisar Khanani

Themes: Dark Fantasy • 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

Realm Breaker 2-Book Hardcover Box Set Realm Breaker, Blade Breaker

Victoria Aveyard

Themes: Dark Fantasy • Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Dreams Lie Beneath

Rebecca Ross

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

This Woven Kingdom

Tahereh Mafi

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

#10

Sisters of Sword and Song

Rebecca J. Ross

Themes: Dark Fantasy • Royalty • Girls & Women

#11

Bone Crier’s Moon

Kathryn Purdie

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

#12

Champion of Fate

Kendare Blake

Themes: Dark Fantasy • Royalty • Girls & Women

#13

Dark Rise

C. S. Pacat

Themes: Dark Fantasy • Royalty • Girls & Women

#14

Seasons of Chaos

Elle Cosimano

Themes: Zombies • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Dark Fantasy

#15

The Book of Living Secrets

Madeleine Roux

Themes: Zombies • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Dark Fantasy

#16

Master of Souls

Rena Barron

Themes: Zombies • Dark Fantasy • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#17

Serpent and Dove

Shelby Mahurin

Themes: Zombies • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#18

The Princess and the Bear

Mette Ivie Harrison

Themes: Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#19

The Theft of Sunlight

Intisar Khanani

Themes: Dark Fantasy • Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#20

Nocturna

Maya Motayne

Themes: Dark Fantasy • Royalty • Epic

#21

Blade Breaker

Victoria Aveyard

Themes: Dark Fantasy • Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#22

Crown of Oblivion

Julie Eshbaugh

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Epic

#23

The Beholder

Anna Bright

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

#24

The Iron Queen Special Edition

Julie Kagawa

Themes: Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Royalty • Fairy Tales & Folklore

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Sabriel by Garth Nix. Connected by Zombies, Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural, Dark Fantasy. Authors featured include Garth Nix, C. J. Redwine, Kendare Blake, Rae Carson, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.