Read-alikes and related books

Books like Shadow and Bone

Across Orphans & Foster Homes, Monsters, Magical Realism, and Dark Fantasy — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo.

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Top related books to Shadow and Bone

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

Siege and Storm

Leigh Bardugo

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Monsters • Magical Realism

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

LRW Lee

Themes: Monsters • Magical Realism • Fairy Tales & Folklore

The Hazel Wood A Novel

Melissa Albert

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Dark Fantasy • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun

Guillermo Del Toro

Themes: Monsters • Magical Realism • Dark Fantasy

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36 Bestselling Anthology of Award-Winning Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Stories

L. Ron Hubbard

Themes: Magical Realism • Dark Fantasy • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Gallant

Victoria Schwab

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Magical Realism • Dark Fantasy

The Broken Lands

Kate Milford

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Magical Realism • Fairy Tales & Folklore

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

Victoria Aveyard

Themes: Monsters • Dark Fantasy • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Damsel

Elana K. Arnold

Themes: Magical Realism • Dark Fantasy • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#10

Grim Lovelies

Megan Shepherd

Themes: Magical Realism • Dark Fantasy • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#11

Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War

Clive Barker

Themes: Monsters • Magical Realism • Dark Fantasy

#12

Fever

Lauren DeStefano

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Dark Fantasy • Epic

#13

Ebonwilde

Crystal Smith

Themes: Dark Fantasy • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Epic

#14

The Blood Spell — C J Redwine

C. J. Redwine

Themes: Dark Fantasy • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Epic

#15

The Isle of Blood

Richard Yancey

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Monsters • Fantasy & Magic

#16

Foundling

D. M. Cornish

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Monsters • Fantasy & Magic

#17

Clockwork Angel

Cassandra Clare

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Dark Fantasy • Fantasy & Magic

#18

The Hollow Kingdom Book I — The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy

Clare B. Dunkle

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Dark Fantasy • Fantasy & Magic

#19

The Wonderful World of Eva

Eva Toorenent

Themes: Monsters • Dark Fantasy • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#20

Beastly

Alex Flinn

Themes: Dark Fantasy • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Fantasy & Magic

#21

Kingdom of Souls

Rena Barron

Themes: Dark Fantasy • Fairy Tales & Folklore • Epic

#22

Such Wicked Intent The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, Book Two

Kenneth Oppel

Themes: Monsters • Dark Fantasy • Fantasy & Magic

#23

Master of Souls

Rena Barron

Themes: Monsters • Dark Fantasy • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#24

Realm Breaker

Victoria Aveyard

Themes: Monsters • Dark Fantasy • Fairy Tales & Folklore

If Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Orphans & Foster Homes, Monsters, Magical Realism and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Leigh Bardugo, LRW Lee, Melissa Albert, Guillermo Del Toro, and others.