7 best-selling high fantasy books like To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1) by Elizabeth May

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To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

By: Elizabeth May

3.36

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone, this Imperial Russia-inspired romantasy launch…

If you liked the high fantasy plot in To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1) by Elizabeth May , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Invocations

By: Krystal Sutherland

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because the… read more

Similar categories in Krystal Sutherland's The Invocations book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • lesbian
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"What if Savannah had found whatever it was she sold a piece of her soul to go looking for."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"Even the devil does not trust men to honor a bargain, so it does not deal with them. It offers power only to women."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"What about trans women?" Zara asks, writing the question in her document. "How does that work?" "Of course I have written invocations for trans women," Emer says. "Demons do not care about bodies. Th…"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"They understand what they are looking at. They understand that it could have been them. A wrong turn on the wrong night, and it could have been them. There is no sense to that. That you can be going …"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

Cover of Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) by S.T. Gibson

2. Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

By: S.T. Gibson

3.66

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov. As a teen, David Aristarkhov was a psychic prodig… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"He looked as he always did: slightly underfed, terminally scholastic, and two weeks overdue for a haircut."

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

"She didn't quite share her husband's passion for antiquarian books, but she understood it. She understood that if you cracked Rhys open, he would probably have paperback pages inside him instead of o…"

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

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3. A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

By: Lyra Selene

3.77

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Set in a world of perilous magic and moonlit forests, this seductive romantic fantasy tells the sto… read more

Similar categories in Lyra Selene's A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"The joy is in the thrill of the fight, not the promise of a kill."

-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

"If your love only destroys, let it destroy me. I am already a doomed man."

-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

"I was made of weeds and dark water and unbreakable ice. I was not made to loose."

-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

"I was made of frost and rot and endless things. I was not made to fear the Folk."

-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)

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4. A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

By: Hafsah Faizal

3.57

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Why save the world when you can have tea? On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a c… read more

Similar categories in Hafsah Faizal's A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Every good love story starts with a bullet to the heart."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"We understand what it's like to grieve with fire and not tears."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"It was hard not to watch Arthie Casimir. The way she worked and schemed, at times as still as stone, other times as restless as a bee. For the most part, Arthie obscured her femininity. She was, afte…"

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

Cover of Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (Song of the Last Kingdom, #2) by Amélie Wen Zhao

5. Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (Song of the Last Kingdom, #2)

By: Amélie Wen Zhao

3.92

Format: 345 pages, Paperback

The epic sequel to the book Song of Silver, Flame Like Night, is a fast-paced, riveting YA fantasy … read more

Similar categories in Amélie Wen Zhao's Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (Song of the Last Kingdom, #2) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread, #1) by Sophie Kim

6. The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread, #1)

By: Sophie Kim

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In this sly and dazzling contemporary fantasy, the most notorious nine-tailed fox in Korea pairs up… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Kim's The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2) by Hannah Kaner

7. Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

By: Hannah Kaner

3.94

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Return to the world of Godkiller in this thrilling sequel to the #1 internationally bestselling fan… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Kaner's Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Some things are done out of love."

-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

"Knowledge can bring pain in place of ignorance, terror in place of hope' - Telle"

-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

"Some truths are too bright to look at directly, that is why they couch them in paper.' - Scian"

-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

"If we commit to violence, when will it stop?’ ‘If we do not,’ countered Elo, ‘will anything change?’ - Elogast"

-Hannah Kaner, Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2)

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8. Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1)

By: Eliza Chan

3.16

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From one of fantasy’s most exciting new voices Eliza Chan comes a modern, myth-inflected story of r… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Chan's Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Faebound (Faebound, #1) by Saara El-Arifi

9. Faebound (Faebound, #1)

By: Saara El-Arifi

3.61

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FINAL STRIFE, comes an enchanting new trilogy. D… read more

Similar categories in Saara El-Arifi's Faebound (Faebound, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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10. The City of Stardust

By: Georgia Summers

3.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A young woman descends into a seductive magical underworld of power-hungry scholars, fickle gods an… read more

Similar categories in Georgia Summers's The City of Stardust book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1) by Elizabeth        May

11. To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

By: Elizabeth May

3.36

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone, this Imperial Russia-inspired romantasy launch… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Voyage of the Damned by Frances   White

12. Voyage of the Damned

By: Frances White

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The TikTok sensation from the UK has come to North America! This special first edition hardcover w… read more

Similar categories in Frances White's Voyage of the Damned book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"As if the restrictive shell of a body is more important than the infinite possibilities of a mind."

-Frances White, Voyage of the Damned

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13. The Honey Witch

By: Sydney J. Shields

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Honey Witch of Innisfree can never find true love. That is her curse to bear. But when a young … read more

Similar categories in Sydney J. Shields's The Honey Witch book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"But what happens when the girl keeps living, when she ages proudly and defiantly, without abandoning imagination, or stories, or that secret wish to find magic wherever it hides? Well, then the poets…"

-Sydney J. Shields, The Honey Witch

Cover of An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson

14. An Education in Malice

By: S.T. Gibson

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insat… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's An Education in Malice book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Right and Wrong don't exist. They're fairy tales made up by priests and parents"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"I wasn't in the habit of confessing my sapphic proclivities as a sin, since I didn't consider them to be one, but my idolatry of Carmilla definitely counted as something worth confessing."

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"She kissed me with a martyr’s agonized desperation, like I was the only sword she ever wanted to fall on. I kissed her right back like the cutting edge of a blade, trying to inflict as much damage as…"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"I was, I knew full well, a creature composed of strange desires. They'd always been with me, these hungers. As a child I played villain in every game of 'capture the princess,' tying my pretty playma…"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

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15. To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

By: Molly X. Chang

3.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

She has power over death. He has power over her. When two enemies strike a dangerous bargain, will … read more

Similar categories in Molly X. Chang's To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"白发送黑发, 不孝之道. Letting the white hair bury the black hair was unfilial to the highest degree."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

"聪明一世,糊涂一时. Intelligent and cautious for a lifetime, it takes a second of stupidity to unravel it all."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

"You shouldn’t ask the girl blessed by Death whom she’ll die for. You should ask her whom she’ll kill for."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

"To love was a privilege not afforded to those of us born in these trying times when survival was never guaranteed. We were products of our surroundings, of our upbringings."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

Cover of Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1) by June C.L. Tan

16. Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

By: June C.L. Tan

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From Jade Fire Gold author June CL Tan, Darker by Four is the launch of an epic, sweeping contempor… read more

Similar categories in June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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17. After the Forest

By: Kell Woods

3.81

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. A drop of blood to bind its power. 1650: The Black Forest, Wurt… read more

Similar categories in Kell Woods's After the Forest book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"And old enough to know that womenfolk have little enough power of their own. That is why they must have their charms and their tricks. Their books and their ink and blood. Their eyes, their smiles, t…"

-Kell Woods, After the Forest

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18. Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

By: Sarah Rees Brennan

3.96

Format: 435 pages, Paperback

A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN… When her whole life collapsed, Rae still… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Rees Brennan's Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Is my mother right?"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"I love you as a knife loves a throat,"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"An anti-hero was just a villain with good PR"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"Key shrugged. “If you ask me, she’s too good for him."

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

Cover of Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1) by Analeigh Sbrana

19. Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1)

By: Analeigh Sbrana

3.35

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

A stunning Romantasy debut about an enchanted library, two handsome Fae, and one human who brings t… read more

Similar categories in Analeigh Sbrana's Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Mistress of Lies (The Age of Blood, #1) by K.M.  Enright

20. Mistress of Lies (The Age of Blood, #1)

By: K.M. Enright

3.66

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

FATE IS A CRUEL MISTRESS The daughter of a powerful but disgraced Blood Worker, Shan LeClaire ha… read more

Similar categories in K.M. Enright's Mistress of Lies (The Age of Blood, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel

21. Goddess of the River

By: Vaishnavi Patel

3.86

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from… read more

Similar categories in Vaishnavi Patel's Goddess of the River book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Sins on Their Bones (The Cursed Crown #1) by Laura R. Samotin

22. The Sins on Their Bones (The Cursed Crown #1)

By: Laura R. Samotin

3.87

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Dimitri Alexeyev used to be the Tzar of Novo-Svitsevo. Now, he is merely a broken man, languishing … read more

Similar categories in Laura R. Samotin's The Sins on Their Bones (The Cursed Crown #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"It's not shameful to seek help for a wound," Mischa continued. "Whether a wound to your body, or one to your mind."

-Laura R. Samotin, The Sins on Their Bones (The Cursed Crown #1)

Cover of Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1) by Amber Chen

23. Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1)

By: Amber Chen

3.73

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a world-class engineer like her father, but after h… read more

Similar categories in Amber Chen's Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Principle of Moments (Order of Legends, #1) by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

24. The Principle of Moments (Order of Legends, #1)

By: Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

3.61

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Unmissable for fans of the spacefaring found family of Becky Chambers, the alternate London of V. E… read more

Similar categories in Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson's The Principle of Moments (Order of Legends, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The End Crowns All by Bea Fitzgerald

25. The End Crowns All

By: Bea Fitzgerald

4.25

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The second fierce, fresh and gloriously romantic YA Greek myth re-imagining, from Bea Fitzgerald, g… read more

Similar categories in Bea Fitzgerald's The End Crowns All book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1) by K.X. Song

26. The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

By: K.X. Song

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Infused with magic and romance, this sweeping fantasy adventure inspired by the legend of Mulan fol… read more

Similar categories in K.X. Song's The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"She swallowed hard. 'They would never let a woman hold on to power."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

"They say a girl with an ill-fated mother is doomed to follow in her footsteps."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

"I needed to prove that I, as a woman, could be better than the rest of them. That I too could belong. That I too could be free."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

"Because it was depravity, for a woman to desire more than her lot in life. To aspire to more than safety, protection. To aspire to power ."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

Cover of Saints of Storm and Sorrow (Stormbringer Saga, #1) by Gabriella Buba

27. Saints of Storm and Sorrow (Stormbringer Saga, #1)

By: Gabriella Buba

4.01

Format: 486 pages, ebook

In this an enthralling Filipino-inspired epic fantasy, a nun concealing a goddess-given gift is unw… read more

Similar categories in Gabriella Buba's Saints of Storm and Sorrow (Stormbringer Saga, #1) book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Sleep Like Death by Kalynn  Bayron

28. Sleep Like Death

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron returns to fairytales with a l… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's Sleep Like Death book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft

29. A Dark and Drowning Tide

By: Allison Saft

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A sharp-tongued folklorist must pair up with her academic rival to solve their mentor's murder in t… read more

Similar categories in Allison Saft's A Dark and Drowning Tide book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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30. The Phoenix Keeper

By: S.A. MacLean

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Set in a magical zoo teeming with mythical beasts from dragons and unicorns to kelpies and krakens,… read more

Similar categories in S.A. MacLean's The Phoenix Keeper book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • romantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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31. The Temptation of Magic

By: Megan Scott

3.95

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Nicole Palmer has needed to study the supernatural art in a local Cornish manor for years. Encoded … read more

Similar categories in Megan Scott's The Temptation of Magic book and Elizabeth May's To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy romance
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"And she wondered: if he were a painting, could she read him better?"

-Megan Scott, The Temptation of Magic

"He wanted her more than he'd wanted anything. And he knew that if - when? - he had her - gods, he couldn't think about being inside her without his body lurching to attention - he'd unleash the hunge…"

-Megan Scott, The Temptation of Magic

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Krystal Sutherland

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Hannah Kaner

3.94

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Sophie Kim

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