9 Best retellings books like Sisters of Sword and Shadow by Laura Bates

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Sisters of Sword and Shadow

By: Laura Bates

3.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

What if the Knights of the Round Table had been women? This afternoon Cass's older sister will …

If you liked the retellings plot in Sisters of Sword and Shadow by Laura Bates , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Song of the Huntress

By: Lucy Holland

3.76

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The acclaimed author of Sistersong transforms the story of Herla and the Wild Hunt into a rich, fem… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Holland's Song of the Huntress book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of Sunbringer (Fallen Gods, #2) by Hannah Kaner

2. 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 Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • mythology
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • 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)

Cover of Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1) by Eliza Chan

3. 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 Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

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

4. 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 Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • queer
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5. 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 Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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6. 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 Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • queer
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7. Girl, Goddess, Queen

By: Bea Fitzgerald

4.03

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

To hell with love, this goddess has other plans... Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: … read more

Similar categories in Bea Fitzgerald's Girl, Goddess, Queen book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • retellings
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"Gone is little girl. Kore. I am chaos bringer. Persephone."

-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

"You once asked for the world, Persephone. Congratulations, you just created one."

-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

"I was pretty, always pretty. It’s what they told me again and again until the very word came to mean pain. And still I went on, tearing and pulling and hurting until I was prettier still."

-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

"An artist raised to slaughter. I want to hurt everyone involved in that decision. I would too, I think, if I could. Maybe I am too vengeful. But then I look at him laughing and I don't care. I'd do i…"

-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

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8. 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 Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • 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

Cover of Sisters of Sword and Shadow by Laura Bates

9. Sisters of Sword and Shadow

By: Laura Bates

3.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

What if the Knights of the Round Table had been women? This afternoon Cass's older sister will … read more

Similar categories in Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • retellings
  • historical
  • feminism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • arthurian
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • queer
Cover of Burning Crowns (Twin Crowns, #3) by Catherine Doyle

10. Burning Crowns (Twin Crowns, #3)

By: Catherine Doyle

4.00

Format: 457 pages, Paperback

Twin queens Rose & Wren survived the Battle for Anadawn and brought back magic to their kingdom. Bu… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Doyle's Burning Crowns (Twin Crowns, #3) book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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11. Saltblood

By: Francesca De Tores

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In a rented room outside Plymouth in 1685, a daughter is born as her half-brother is dying. Her mot… read more

Similar categories in Francesca De Tores's Saltblood book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Upon a Frosted Star by M.A. Kuzniar

12. Upon a Frosted Star

By: M.A. Kuzniar

3.58

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When the snow falls, she will be free… The invitations always arrive the same way – without warn… read more

Similar categories in M.A. Kuzniar's Upon a Frosted Star book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"...magic does not belong solely to the young."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"...all I want, all I could ever need, is you."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"A life was so fragile, spun from magic impossible to understand..."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

"For their was no finer family than the one you had chosen yourself."

-M.A. Kuzniar, Upon a Frosted Star

Cover of In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1) by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

13. In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1)

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

4.07

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling, award-winning author Kiran Millwood Hargrave comes an epic new fantasy about the … read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen (Geomancer, #1) book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • mythology
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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14. Medea

By: Rosie Hewlett

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Medea longs for a different life. Since childhood, she has been separated from her sister, shunned … read more

Similar categories in Rosie Hewlett's Medea book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"I hate him for infecting me with this love I have carried for so long – I wish I could remove it, sever it from me like an infected limb."

-Rosie Hewlett, Medea

Cover of Goddess Crown by Shade Lapite

15. Goddess Crown

By: Shade Lapite

3.60

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling Afro-fantasy, the first set in the lush, opulent kingdom of Galla, a girl raised … read more

Similar categories in Shade Lapite's Goddess Crown book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of The End Crowns All by Bea Fitzgerald

16. 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 Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • retellings
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • queer
Cover of Le Fay (Morgan le Fay, #2) by Sophie Keetch

17. Le Fay (Morgan le Fay, #2)

By: Sophie Keetch

4.46

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

Lady Morgan surveys her life at an unhappy marriage and a vengeful husband determined to keep thei… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Keetch's Le Fay (Morgan le Fay, #2) book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • arthurian
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) by Juno  Dawson

18. Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5)

By: Juno Dawson

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL C… read more

Similar categories in Juno Dawson's Queen B: The Story of Anne Boleyn, Witch Queen (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #0.5) book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Babylonia by Costanza Casati

19. Babylonia

By: Costanza Casati

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient h… read more

Similar categories in Costanza Casati's Babylonia book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher

20. Not for the Faint of Heart

By: Lex Croucher

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Beloved author Lex Croucher's second queer historical YA romance, with all the swoons, laughs, and … read more

Similar categories in Lex Croucher's Not for the Faint of Heart book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • retellings
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood

21. Rewitched

By: Lucy Jane Wood

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Belladonna Blackthorn hasn’t lost her magical spark . . . but she hasn’t seen it in a while, either… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Jane Wood's Rewitched book and Laura Bates's Sisters of Sword and Shadow

  • fantasy
  • fiction

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3.94

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3.16

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S.T. Gibson

3.66

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Hafsah Faizal

3.57

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Sophie Kim

4.12

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