32 Books like The Devils

Empire of the Vampire

by Jay Kristoff • 2021

The sun has gone dark. A half-vampire and a street thief hold the world's last light.

4.33

82k+

⚔️ Grimdark Epic 🧛 Vampire Hunters 🤝 Found Family

Empire of the Vampire 93%

The sun has gone dark. A half-vampire and a street thief hold the world's last light.

by Jay Kristoff 2021

4.33

82k+ ratings

⚔️ Grimdark Epic 🧛 Vampire Hunters 🤝 Found Family

The Daughters' War

by Christopher Buehlman • 2024

A soldier and her war ravens fight goblins while her general sacrifices battalions by lottery.

4.22

14k+

🗡️ Military Dark Fantasy 💕 Forbidden Queer Romance 👥 Sibling Bonds In War

The Daughters' War 93%

A soldier and her war ravens fight goblins while her general sacrifices battalions by lottery.

by Christopher Buehlman 2024

4.22

14k+ ratings

🗡️ Military Dark Fantasy 💕 Forbidden Queer Romance 👥 Sibling Bonds In War

Prince of Thorns

by Mark Lawrence • 2011

A young prince returns from the wasteland with killers, aiming for his father's crown.

3.83

124k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy 😈 Antihero Protagonist

Prince of Thorns 93%

A young prince returns from the wasteland with killers, aiming for his father's crown.

by Mark Lawrence 2011

3.83

124k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy 😈 Antihero Protagonist

Ordinary Monsters

by J.M. Miro • 2022

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

3.77

23k+

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution

Ordinary Monsters 93%

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

by J.M. Miro 2022

3.77

23k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution

The Malevolent Seven

by Sebastien de Castell • 2023

A cynical war mage and his crew of misfits take a mercenary job with apocalyptic stakes.

4.01

7k+

🗡️ Mercenary Mages 🖤 Darkly Comic 😈 Demonic Bargains

The Malevolent Seven 93%

A cynical war mage and his crew of misfits take a mercenary job with apocalyptic stakes.

by Sebastien de Castell 2023

4.01

7k+ ratings

🗡️ Mercenary Mages 🖤 Darkly Comic 😈 Demonic Bargains

Prince of Fools

by Mark Lawrence • 2014

A coward prince is magically shackled to a vengeful Norseman, pulled north into Dead King's war.

4.05

35k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🔗 Magically Bonded Pair 🗡️ Vengeance Quest

Prince of Fools 92%

A coward prince is magically shackled to a vengeful Norseman, pulled north into Dead King's war.

by Mark Lawrence 2014

4.05

35k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🔗 Magically Bonded Pair 🗡️ Vengeance Quest

Shadow Slave

by Guiltythree • 2022

Alone in a black ocean, he watches the water drain, revealing a labyrinth prowled by monsters.

4.56

3k+

🗡️ Progression Fantasy 🌙 Dream World 👤 Sentient Companion

Shadow Slave 92%

Alone in a black ocean, he watches the water drain, revealing a labyrinth prowled by monsters.

by Guiltythree 2022

4.56

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Progression Fantasy 🌙 Dream World 👤 Sentient Companion

Eve of Snows

by L. James Rice • 2018

A gifted orphan hides deadly magic in a frozen monastery as ancient darkness stirs beneath.

4.03

196

🏛️ Monastic Fantasy 🔥 Forbidden Magic ⛪ Corrupt Priesthood

Eve of Snows 92%

A gifted orphan hides deadly magic in a frozen monastery as ancient darkness stirs beneath.

by L. James Rice 2018

4.03

196 ratings

🏛️ Monastic Fantasy 🔥 Forbidden Magic ⛪ Corrupt Priesthood

The Lies of Locke Lamora

by Scott Lynch • 2006

Locke Lamora's gang cons Camorr's wealthy. A masked killer hunts the crime lords who protect them.

4.30

347k+

🏦 Fantasy Heist 🖤 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest

The Lies of Locke Lamora 92%

Locke Lamora's gang cons Camorr's wealthy. A masked killer hunts the crime lords who protect them.

by Scott Lynch 2006

4.30

347k+ ratings

🏦 Fantasy Heist 🖤 Found Family 💀 Revenge Quest

The Book Eaters

by Sunyi Dean • 2022

A book eater's son hungers for minds. She feeds him strangers while their family's knights close in.

3.61

57k+

🩸 Vampire Reimagining 🖤 Found Family 🐺 Protective Mother

The Book Eaters 92%

A book eater's son hungers for minds. She feeds him strangers while their family's knights close in.

by Sunyi Dean 2022

3.61

57k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Reimagining 🖤 Found Family 🐺 Protective Mother

A Dance of Cloaks

by David Dalglish • 2010

His father's test: kill his brother. A thief lord's son inherits a city that demands blood.

3.75

13k+

🗡️ Thief Guilds 🔪 Reluctant Assassin ⚔️ Assassin Training

A Dance of Cloaks 92%

His father's test: kill his brother. A thief lord's son inherits a city that demands blood.

by David Dalglish 2010

3.75

13k+ ratings

🗡️ Thief Guilds 🔪 Reluctant Assassin ⚔️ Assassin Training

Book of Night

by Holly Black • 2022

A former thief is dragged into shadow magic when a stolen book draws killers to her door.

3.54

89k+

🖤 Shadow Magic 🗝️ Heist Fantasy 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist

Book of Night 92%

A former thief is dragged into shadow magic when a stolen book draws killers to her door.

by Holly Black 2022

3.54

89k+ ratings

🖤 Shadow Magic 🗝️ Heist Fantasy 🃏 Con Artist Protagonist

Between Two Fires

by Christopher Buehlman • 2012

A knight, a girl, and a priest cross plague-ravaged France toward Avignon, where a devil rules.

4.21

65k+

🏰 Medieval Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 👨‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Between Two Fires 92%

A knight, a girl, and a priest cross plague-ravaged France toward Avignon, where a devil rules.

by Christopher Buehlman 2012

4.21

65k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 👨‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Justice of Kings

by Richard Swan • 2022

A truth-compelling justiciar's murder inquiry unearths a conspiracy that threatens the empire.

4.00

17k+

🏛️ Legal Fantasy 💀 Necromantic Investigation 🏚️ Crumbling Empire

The Justice of Kings 92%

A truth-compelling justiciar's murder inquiry unearths a conspiracy that threatens the empire.

by Richard Swan 2022

4.00

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Fantasy 💀 Necromantic Investigation 🏚️ Crumbling Empire

Geist

by Philippa Ballantine • 2010

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

3.64

4k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond

Geist 92%

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

by Philippa Ballantine 2010

3.64

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond

Vespertine

by Margaret Rogerson • 2021

A scarred novice binds herself to an ancient spirit to save her convent from the dead.

4.09

26k+

🕯️ Gothic Convent Fantasy 👻 Spirit Possession 😈 Sassy Monster Companion

Vespertine 92%

A scarred novice binds herself to an ancient spirit to save her convent from the dead.

by Margaret Rogerson 2021

4.09

26k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Convent Fantasy 👻 Spirit Possession 😈 Sassy Monster Companion

Crucible of Chaos

by Sebastien de Castell • 2023

A scarred magistrate enters a storm-wracked abbey where poisoned monks war over murdered gods.

4.05

929

🕵️ Fantasy Mystery ⚖️ Legal Fantasy 🏚️ Corrupt Monastery

Crucible of Chaos 92%

A scarred magistrate enters a storm-wracked abbey where poisoned monks war over murdered gods.

by Sebastien de Castell 2023

4.05

929 ratings

🕵️ Fantasy Mystery ⚖️ Legal Fantasy 🏚️ Corrupt Monastery

Fury Bound

by Sable Sorensen • 2026

Her sister a Siphon, a street fighter claims a throne and an Alpha bond she cannot escape.

4.01

79k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family

Fury Bound 92%

Her sister a Siphon, a street fighter claims a throne and an Alpha bond she cannot escape.

by Sable Sorensen 2026

4.01

79k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family

Monster Hunter International

by Larry Correia • 2009

An accountant kills his werewolf boss and gets recruited by monster hunters to stop the apocalypse.

4.07

30k+

🔫 Guns And Monsters 📚 Pulp Urban Fantasy 🔮 Chosen One Subverted

Monster Hunter International 92%

An accountant kills his werewolf boss and gets recruited by monster hunters to stop the apocalypse.

by Larry Correia 2009

4.07

30k+ ratings

🔫 Guns And Monsters 📚 Pulp Urban Fantasy 🔮 Chosen One Subverted

Ninth House

by Leigh Bardugo • 2019

Yale hires a ghost-seer to police its magical secret societies. Then a girl is murdered.

4.00

408k+

🎓 Dark Academia 🔍 Occult Mystery 🕯️ Secret Societies

Ninth House 92%

Yale hires a ghost-seer to police its magical secret societies. Then a girl is murdered.

by Leigh Bardugo 2019

4.00

408k+ ratings

🎓 Dark Academia 🔍 Occult Mystery 🕯️ Secret Societies

The Hellbound Heart

by Clive Barker • 1986

Her lover vanished solving a puzzle box. Blood she spills brings him back piece by piece.

4.08

70k+

🖤 Erotic Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🏚️ Haunted House

The Hellbound Heart 92%

Her lover vanished solving a puzzle box. Blood she spills brings him back piece by piece.

by Clive Barker 1986

4.08

70k+ ratings

🖤 Erotic Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🏚️ Haunted House

Wormwood

by G.P. Taylor • 2004

When a comet fractures London, a servant's stolen prophecy book may be the city's only salvation.

3.10

2k+

🏛️ Biblical Fantasy ⚔️ Angelic Warfare 🌫️ Gothic London

Wormwood 92%

When a comet fractures London, a servant's stolen prophecy book may be the city's only salvation.

by G.P. Taylor 2004

3.10

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Biblical Fantasy ⚔️ Angelic Warfare 🌫️ Gothic London

A Time of Dread

by John Gwynne • 2018

Angels rule as tyrants, but a trapper's son finds a demonic evil stirring in the north.

4.29

16k+

🏛️ Ancient War Aftermath 👼 Angelic Tyranny 🫂 Found Family

A Time of Dread 92%

Angels rule as tyrants, but a trapper's son finds a demonic evil stirring in the north.

by John Gwynne 2018

4.29

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient War Aftermath 👼 Angelic Tyranny 🫂 Found Family

Gagner la guerre

by Jean-Philippe Jaworski • 2009

He won the war for Ciudalia. Now the republic's masters will collect what he truly owes.

4.46

3k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🏛️ Political Fantasy 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Gagner la guerre 92%

He won the war for Ciudalia. Now the republic's masters will collect what he truly owes.

by Jean-Philippe Jaworski 2009

4.46

3k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🏛️ Political Fantasy 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Of Shadow and Sea

by Will Wight • 2014

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

4.03

6k+

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin

Of Shadow and Sea 92%

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

by Will Wight 2014

4.03

6k+ ratings

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin

Dire Straits

by Helen Harper • 2014

Framed for a daemon's murder, a PI discovers escaping the vampires means becoming one.

3.84

4k+

🕵️ Noir Urban Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Politics 🏃 Framed For Murder

Dire Straits 91%

Framed for a daemon's murder, a PI discovers escaping the vampires means becoming one.

by Helen Harper 2014

3.84

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Noir Urban Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Politics 🏃 Framed For Murder

Lost Gods

by Brom • 2016

Killed by his grandmother, Chet Moran must battle through purgatory to save his pregnant girlfriend.

4.23

12k+

🔥 Underworld Journey 🩸 Family Curse 💀 Grimdark Fantasy

Lost Gods 91%

Killed by his grandmother, Chet Moran must battle through purgatory to save his pregnant girlfriend.

by Brom 2016

4.23

12k+ ratings

🔥 Underworld Journey 🩸 Family Curse 💀 Grimdark Fantasy

The Obsidian Tower

by Melissa Caruso • 2020

Her killing touch and a sealed door: a visitor's betrayal opens it, unleashing ancient evil.

3.79

4k+

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 💀 Cursed Touch

The Obsidian Tower 91%

Her killing touch and a sealed door: a visitor's betrayal opens it, unleashing ancient evil.

by Melissa Caruso 2020

3.79

4k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 💀 Cursed Touch

Traitor's Blade

by Sebastien de Castell • 2014

Three framed swordsmen spirit the dead king's lost heir across a kingdom bent on their destruction.

4.04

26k+

😏 Swashbuckling Fantasy 😔 Disgraced Knights 💕 Found Family

Traitor's Blade 91%

Three framed swordsmen spirit the dead king's lost heir across a kingdom bent on their destruction.

by Sebastien de Castell 2014

4.04

26k+ ratings

😏 Swashbuckling Fantasy 😔 Disgraced Knights 💕 Found Family

Crimson Shadows

by Eve Newton • 2024

A half-vampire enters a magical academy, caught between four possessive men and a rising darkness.

3.91

4k+

🔮 Magical University 💫 Fated Mates 🧬 Rare Hybrid

Crimson Shadows 91%

A half-vampire enters a magical academy, caught between four possessive men and a rising darkness.

by Eve Newton 2024

3.91

4k+ ratings

🔮 Magical University 💫 Fated Mates 🧬 Rare Hybrid

The Blade Itself

by Joe Abercrombie • 2006

A wizard gathers a berserker, a torturer, and a fop. Heroes need not apply.

4.22

320k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Morally Gray 😈 Berserker Alter Ego

The Blade Itself 91%

A wizard gathers a berserker, a torturer, and a fop. Heroes need not apply.

by Joe Abercrombie 2006

4.22

320k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🗡️ Morally Gray 😈 Berserker Alter Ego

Malicent

by Cassandra M.D. • 2025

A witch sold to a dark power must cooperate with the mage who left her coven to burn.

4.26

819

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💀 Morally Grey Heroine 🕯️ Dark Witch Romance

Malicent 91%

A witch sold to a dark power must cooperate with the mage who left her coven to burn.

by Cassandra M.D. 2025

4.26

819 ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💀 Morally Grey Heroine 🕯️ Dark Witch Romance

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