Read-alikes and related books

Books like Scarred

What to read after Scarred by Emily McIntire: 24 titles sharing themes of Noir, Royalty, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, and Contemporary, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

Top related books to Scarred

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Hooked

Emily McIntire

Themes: Noir • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary

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

LRW Lee

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Historical

To Catch a Star

Romy Sommer

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary

The Forbidden Princess He Craves

Lorraine Hall

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary

No Ordinary Duchess

Elizabeth Hoyt

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Historical

Likely Stories

Neil Gaiman

Themes: Noir • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table

Roger Lancelyn Green

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Historical

Court of the Vampire Queen

Katee Robert

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

The Princess He Must Marry

Jadesola James

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

#10

Serena A Novel

Ron Rash

Themes: Noir • Contemporary • Historical

#11

The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains A Tale of Travel and Darkness with Pictures of All Kinds

Neil Gaiman

Themes: Noir • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

#12

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride A Novel

Roshani Chokshi

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Historical

#13

The Storm Sister

Lucinda Riley

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Historical

#14

The Same Sea

Amos Oz

Themes: Royalty • Contemporary • Historical

#15

Empress A Novel

Shan Sa

Themes: Royalty • Contemporary • Historical

#16

Kenny & the Dragon

Tony DiTerlizzi

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

#17

Of Serpents & Wolves

M. M. Shelley

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Historical

#18

Orphia and Eurydicius

Elyse John

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Historical

#19

The Legendary Adventures of Alexander the Great

Pseudo-Callisthenes

Themes: Royalty • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

#20

Daughter of Light

Quinn Taylor Evans

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Historical

#21

Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt

Riley Lucinda & Whittaker Harry

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Historical

#22

Daughter of Chaos A Dark Pantheon Novel

A. S. Webb

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Historical

#23

The Story Collector

Evie Woods

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Historical

#24

The Seven Sisters

Lucinda Riley

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Contemporary • Historical

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Noir, Royalty, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology — the same threads that run through Scarred by Emily McIntire. Among the authors featured: Emily McIntire, LRW Lee, Romy Sommer, Lorraine Hall, and others.