30 Books like Legendborn

Silver in the Bone

by Alexandra Bracken • 2023

A magicless scavenger braves dying Avalon to break her brother's curse, where death wears a crown.

3.87

13k+

⚔️ Arthurian Retelling 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Non Magical Heroine

Silver in the Bone 93%

A magicless scavenger braves dying Avalon to break her brother's curse, where death wears a crown.

by Alexandra Bracken 2023

3.87

13k+ ratings

⚔️ Arthurian Retelling 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Non Magical Heroine

A Blade So Black

by L.L. McKinney • 2018

Her father's death reveals Wonderland is real, a realm of fear-made monsters she must hunt.

3.73

9k+

🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🗡️ Monster Hunting 🚪 Hidden Magical World 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Whimsy

A Blade So Black 93%

Her father's death reveals Wonderland is real, a realm of fear-made monsters she must hunt.

by L.L. McKinney 2018

3.73

9k+ ratings

🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🗡️ Monster Hunting 🚪 Hidden Magical World 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Whimsy

The Guinevere Deception

by Kiersten White • 2019

To protect King Arthur, a girl with forbidden magic marries him under a dead princess's name.

3.75

23k+

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 🎭 Secret Identity 🔮 Forbidden Magic ⚔️ Gender Bent Knight 👑 Magical Court Intrigue

The Guinevere Deception 93%

To protect King Arthur, a girl with forbidden magic marries him under a dead princess's name.

by Kiersten White 2019

3.75

23k+ ratings

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 🎭 Secret Identity 🔮 Forbidden Magic ⚔️ Gender Bent Knight 👑 Magical Court Intrigue

The Secret World of Maggie Grey

by Granger • 2024

One family secret opens a door to a hidden magical university ruled by her vampire grandfather.

4.42

12k+

🔮 Magical University 👑 Hidden Royal Lineage 🖤 Found Family 💫 Fated Mates 💀 Ancestral Curse

The Secret World of Maggie Grey 93%

One family secret opens a door to a hidden magical university ruled by her vampire grandfather.

by Granger 2024

4.42

12k+ ratings

🔮 Magical University 👑 Hidden Royal Lineage 🖤 Found Family 💫 Fated Mates 💀 Ancestral Curse

The Bell Witches

by Lindsey Kelk • 2024

Her father dead, she inherits a Savannah mansion, a witch's legacy, and a werewolf's heart.

3.58

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📜 Generational Magic 🧙 Witch Ancestry 💫 Fated Lovers 🔮 Hidden Powers

The Bell Witches 93%

Her father dead, she inherits a Savannah mansion, a witch's legacy, and a werewolf's heart.

by Lindsey Kelk 2024

3.58

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📜 Generational Magic 🧙 Witch Ancestry 💫 Fated Lovers 🔮 Hidden Powers

The Raven Boys

by Maggie Stiefvater • 2012

With a fatal kiss curse, Blue joins a doomed boy's quest for a sleeping king.

4.05

404k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh Mythology ✨ Ley Line Magic 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy 🫂 Found Family 👑 Sleeping King Quest

The Raven Boys 92%

With a fatal kiss curse, Blue joins a doomed boy's quest for a sleeping king.

by Maggie Stiefvater 2012

4.05

404k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh Mythology ✨ Ley Line Magic 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy 🫂 Found Family 👑 Sleeping King Quest

Witches

by Tiffany Calligaris • 2015

Falling for a Salem witch awakens her dormant power and puts a target on her back.

3.64

1k+

🎓 Witch College 🧙‍♀️ Salem Witches 💔 Love Triangle 🌙 Hidden Magical Heritage 🐈‍⬛ Witch Familiar

Witches 92%

Falling for a Salem witch awakens her dormant power and puts a target on her back.

by Tiffany Calligaris 2015

3.64

1k+ ratings

🎓 Witch College 🧙‍♀️ Salem Witches 💔 Love Triangle 🌙 Hidden Magical Heritage 🐈‍⬛ Witch Familiar

The Last of the Firedrakes

by Farah Oomerbhoy • 2015

An orphan sold into a fae realm discovers she's the lost princess her tyrant aunt fears.

3.86

4k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Academy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Hidden Royal Heritage 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Last of the Firedrakes 92%

An orphan sold into a fae realm discovers she's the lost princess her tyrant aunt fears.

by Farah Oomerbhoy 2015

3.86

4k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Academy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Hidden Royal Heritage 💔 Forbidden Romance

Evergreen Academy

by Heather Schneider • 2024

Under her microscope, plant cells pulse with hidden life. A secret academy opens its gate.

4.14

3k+

🌿 Botanical Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚡ Zero To Powerful 📜 Hidden Lineage 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

Evergreen Academy 92%

Under her microscope, plant cells pulse with hidden life. A secret academy opens its gate.

by Heather Schneider 2024

4.14

3k+ ratings

🌿 Botanical Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚡ Zero To Powerful 📜 Hidden Lineage 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

The Excalibur Curse

by Kiersten White • 2021

A captive queen discovers she's a magical copy, and the truth could destroy her.

3.60

5k+

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 👑 Feminist Fantasy 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🌙 Dream Magic 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Knight

The Excalibur Curse 92%

A captive queen discovers she's a magical copy, and the truth could destroy her.

by Kiersten White 2021

3.60

5k+ ratings

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 👑 Feminist Fantasy 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🌙 Dream Magic 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Knight

The Witches of Scotland

by Steven P. Aitchison • 2022

His magic locked away at birth. A witch hunt is coming, and silence won't protect him.

3.94

8k+

🟣 Crystal Magic 🏫 Witch Academy 🔮 Hidden Powers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Inheritance

The Witches of Scotland 92%

His magic locked away at birth. A witch hunt is coming, and silence won't protect him.

by Steven P. Aitchison 2022

3.94

8k+ ratings

🟣 Crystal Magic 🏫 Witch Academy 🔮 Hidden Powers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Inheritance

Of Wicked Blood

by Olivia Wildenstein • 2021

A thief steals a cursed ring. Survival means allying with the furious girl he robbed.

4.07

2k+

⚔️ Cursed Artifact Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 👑 Hidden Heir 🏛️ Magical Academia

Of Wicked Blood 92%

A thief steals a cursed ring. Survival means allying with the furious girl he robbed.

by Olivia Wildenstein 2021

4.07

2k+ ratings

⚔️ Cursed Artifact Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 👑 Hidden Heir 🏛️ Magical Academia

A Great and Terrible Beauty

by Libba Bray • 2003

Visions of death send Gemma to finishing school, where a hidden diary reveals a magical realm.

3.80

226k+

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔮 Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Hidden Magical Realm 👁️ Psychic Visions

A Great and Terrible Beauty 92%

Visions of death send Gemma to finishing school, where a hidden diary reveals a magical realm.

by Libba Bray 2003

3.80

226k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔮 Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Hidden Magical Realm 👁️ Psychic Visions

House of Marionne

by J. Elle • 2023

Hiding outlawed magic in a deadly academy, she’s paired with an assassin who hunts her kind.

3.63

8k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏰 Magical Boarding School 🔥 Forbidden Magic 💗 Slow Burn Romance 🌒 Gothic Atmosphere

House of Marionne 92%

Hiding outlawed magic in a deadly academy, she’s paired with an assassin who hunts her kind.

by J. Elle 2023

3.63

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏰 Magical Boarding School 🔥 Forbidden Magic 💗 Slow Burn Romance 🌒 Gothic Atmosphere

The Camelot Betrayal

by Kiersten White • 2020

A changeling rules Camelot with forbidden magic, but the true queen's sister arrives.

3.87

7k+

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 🧚 Changeling Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔥 Forbidden Magic 🪢 Binding Magic

The Camelot Betrayal 92%

A changeling rules Camelot with forbidden magic, but the true queen's sister arrives.

by Kiersten White 2020

3.87

7k+ ratings

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 🧚 Changeling Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔥 Forbidden Magic 🪢 Binding Magic

Evergreen Conservatory

by Heather Schneider • 2025

A powerless magical botanist and a founder's heir form a secret society to save their academy.

4.28

1k+

🏫 Magical Academy 🌿 Plant Magic 🗝️ Secret Society 💕 Forbidden Romance ✨ Hidden Powers

Evergreen Conservatory 92%

A powerless magical botanist and a founder's heir form a secret society to save their academy.

by Heather Schneider 2025

4.28

1k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Academy 🌿 Plant Magic 🗝️ Secret Society 💕 Forbidden Romance ✨ Hidden Powers

The Alchemyst

by Michael Scott • 2007

Twins' summer job with an immortal alchemist turns deadly when his life-preserving book is stolen.

3.86

168k+

🏛️ Modern Mythology 🗺️ Hidden Magical World 👥 Prophesied Twins 🧙 Immortal Mentor 💨 Elemental Magic

The Alchemyst 92%

Twins' summer job with an immortal alchemist turns deadly when his life-preserving book is stolen.

by Michael Scott 2007

3.86

168k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Mythology 🗺️ Hidden Magical World 👥 Prophesied Twins 🧙 Immortal Mentor 💨 Elemental Magic

Daughter of Shades

by Sylvia Mercedes • 2019

Wolf-possessed huntress and scarred rival face a sentient wood that devours its hunters.

3.88

3k+

🗡️ Demon Hunter 🐺 Inner Beast 👤 Hidden Origins ❤️‍🔥 Rivals To Lovers 🌲 Cursed Forest

Daughter of Shades 92%

Wolf-possessed huntress and scarred rival face a sentient wood that devours its hunters.

by Sylvia Mercedes 2019

3.88

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Demon Hunter 🐺 Inner Beast 👤 Hidden Origins ❤️‍🔥 Rivals To Lovers 🌲 Cursed Forest

The Hazel Wood

by Melissa Albert • 2018

Alice enters her grandmother's dark fairy tales hunting her mother and finds she belongs to them.

3.55

103k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 📖 Stories Come Alive 🚪 Portal Fantasy 😤 Angry Protagonist 🔀 Fairy Tale Subversion

The Hazel Wood 92%

Alice enters her grandmother's dark fairy tales hunting her mother and finds she belongs to them.

by Melissa Albert 2018

3.55

103k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 📖 Stories Come Alive 🚪 Portal Fantasy 😤 Angry Protagonist 🔀 Fairy Tale Subversion

Shadowshaper

by Daniel José Older • 2015

A Brooklyn teen discovers her family channels spirits through art. An outsider hunts them.

3.74

11k+

🎨 Art Magic 🌎 Latino Fantasy 🧬 Hidden Magical Heritage 🏚️ Gentrification As Threat 👻 Spooky Urban Fantasy

Shadowshaper 92%

A Brooklyn teen discovers her family channels spirits through art. An outsider hunts them.

by Daniel José Older 2015

3.74

11k+ ratings

🎨 Art Magic 🌎 Latino Fantasy 🧬 Hidden Magical Heritage 🏚️ Gentrification As Threat 👻 Spooky Urban Fantasy

Spells of Iron & Bone

by Sarah Piper • 2019

A witch framed for murder must decode her mother's prophecies inside an occult academy to survive.

3.99

5k+

🃏 Tarot Magic 🏰 Magical Academy 💋 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Reluctant Heroine 👥 Found Family

Spells of Iron & Bone 92%

A witch framed for murder must decode her mother's prophecies inside an occult academy to survive.

by Sarah Piper 2019

3.99

5k+ ratings

🃏 Tarot Magic 🏰 Magical Academy 💋 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Reluctant Heroine 👥 Found Family

An Instruction in Shadow

by Benedict Jacka • 2024

Searching for his father, a broke mage battles a secret society and a hostile noble family.

4.12

3k+

🌃 Magical Underworld 💰 Magical Economy 🔍 Secret Society 🔎 Missing Parent Quest ❤️ Found Family

An Instruction in Shadow 92%

Searching for his father, a broke mage battles a secret society and a hostile noble family.

by Benedict Jacka 2024

4.12

3k+ ratings

🌃 Magical Underworld 💰 Magical Economy 🔍 Secret Society 🔎 Missing Parent Quest ❤️ Found Family

Akarnae

by Lynette Noni • 2015

Through a hidden door, a teen finds a magic school where a sentient library chose her.

4.20

15k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Boarding School 🫂 Found Family 😤 Reluctant Heroine 👑 Hidden Princess

Akarnae 92%

Through a hidden door, a teen finds a magic school where a sentient library chose her.

by Lynette Noni 2015

4.20

15k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Boarding School 🫂 Found Family 😤 Reluctant Heroine 👑 Hidden Princess

Three Kinds of Lucky

by Kim Harrison • 2024

Magic's waste awakens as a sentient shadow. Only the cleaner who handles it can stop it.

3.90

5k+

🏭 Arcane Infrastructure 🧬 Hidden Heritage 🐕 Shadow Companion ⚖️ Class Divide 🗡️ Friend Turned Foe

Three Kinds of Lucky 92%

Magic's waste awakens as a sentient shadow. Only the cleaner who handles it can stop it.

by Kim Harrison 2024

3.90

5k+ ratings

🏭 Arcane Infrastructure 🧬 Hidden Heritage 🐕 Shadow Companion ⚖️ Class Divide 🗡️ Friend Turned Foe

Beautiful Creatures

by Kami Garcia • 2009

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

3.78

623k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Fated Connection

Beautiful Creatures 92%

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

by Kami Garcia 2009

3.78

623k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Fated Connection

Storm Glass

by Jeff Wheeler • 2018

An orphan who sees ghosts is taken into a sky manor, but the housekeeper wants her dead.

4.21

19k+

⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Class Divided World 👻 Supernatural Haunting

Storm Glass 92%

An orphan who sees ghosts is taken into a sky manor, but the housekeeper wants her dead.

by Jeff Wheeler 2018

4.21

19k+ ratings

⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Class Divided World 👻 Supernatural Haunting

Wandfasted

by Laurie Forest • 2017

A persecuted fire mage is forced to wed the Black Witch's son, and their reluctant bond ignites.

4.20

7k+

🔒 Forced Marriage 💕 Allies To Lovers 💎 Class Divide 🔥 Elemental Magic 🔮 Magical Outcast

Wandfasted 92%

A persecuted fire mage is forced to wed the Black Witch's son, and their reluctant bond ignites.

by Laurie Forest 2017

4.20

7k+ ratings

🔒 Forced Marriage 💕 Allies To Lovers 💎 Class Divide 🔥 Elemental Magic 🔮 Magical Outcast

Three Mages and a Margarita

by Annette Marie • 2018

A fiery waitress stumbles into a bartending job at a magical guild where humans are forbidden.

4.13

25k+

🏰 Magical Guild 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🍺 Magical Pub 👤 Human In Magical World 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Three Mages and a Margarita 92%

A fiery waitress stumbles into a bartending job at a magical guild where humans are forbidden.

by Annette Marie 2018

4.13

25k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Guild 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🍺 Magical Pub 👤 Human In Magical World 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Courting of Bristol Keats

by Mary E. Pearson • 2024

Lured by a fae gift, a woman is bound to a scarred king's hunt for a hidden portal.

3.66

22k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 👑 Fae Court Intrigue 🤝 Fae Bargain 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔒 Suppressed Power

The Courting of Bristol Keats 92%

Lured by a fae gift, a woman is bound to a scarred king's hunt for a hidden portal.

by Mary E. Pearson 2024

3.66

22k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 👑 Fae Court Intrigue 🤝 Fae Bargain 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔒 Suppressed Power

Every Gift a Curse

by Caroline O'Donoghue • 2023

Losing herself to a vengeful spirit, a teen witch races to stop a cult's ritual sacrifice.

4.27

3k+

☘️ Irish Fantasy 🔮 Teen Witches 🫂 Found Family ⛓️ Inherited Curse 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Ensemble

Every Gift a Curse 92%

Losing herself to a vengeful spirit, a teen witch races to stop a cult's ritual sacrifice.

by Caroline O'Donoghue 2023

4.27

3k+ ratings

☘️ Irish Fantasy 🔮 Teen Witches 🫂 Found Family ⛓️ Inherited Curse 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Ensemble

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