13 must-read fantasy books like Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

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Spell Bound

By: F.T. Lukens

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in t…

"Sometimes a family was a mischievous magical boss, her magical rival turned friend, a magical girl who used to be a babysitter and now was like an older sister, and the person you didn't understand in the beginning but liked so much now. And sometimes it was arguments and sometimes it was hugs and sometimes it was banding together to fight a morally corrupt government body and sometimes it was just existing in the same space together as friends. But whatever this family was right now, whatever it was going to be, and however it would turn out, it was mine. And I knew that I belonged."

-F.T. Lukens, Spell Bound

If you liked the fantasy plot in Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2)

By: C.S. Pacat

4.56

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

In this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Dark Rise, Will and his allies have… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Pacat's Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2) book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"It’s all very well caring about sheep when you killed six of my men,"

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2)

"Light is not something you can extinguish," she said. "Even in the darkest night, there is a star."

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2)

"So you can take a shadow,' said Will, 'you can pledge yourself to darkness, but I can't be trusted with my own power, even when I want to use it to do what's right?"

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2)

"So you can take a shadow," said Will, "you can pledge yourself to darkness, but I can't be trusted with my own power, even when I want to use it to do what's right?"

-C.S. Pacat, Dark Heir (Dark Rise, #2)

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2. The Darkness Outside Us

By: Eliot Schrefer

4.32

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Two boys, alone in space. After the first settler on Titan trips her distress signal, neither re… read more

Similar categories in Eliot Schrefer's The Darkness Outside Us book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Wow, that was salty. I kind of like it,"

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"Today he smells like motor oil. It's sort of exotic-erotic."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"Intimacy is the only shield against insanity. Intimacy, not knowledge. Intimacy, not power."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

"I can manually debug a few hundred thousand lines. It won't be fun, but I ... who am I kidding, it will be fun."

-Eliot Schrefer, The Darkness Outside Us

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3. The Wicked Bargain

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.19

Format: 368 pages, None

El Diablo is in the details in this Latinx pirate fantasy starring a transmasculine nonbinary teen … read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's The Wicked Bargain book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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4. Lásky čas

By: Adéla Rosípalová

4.42

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Za vším hledej kocoura! Jarní queer romance, ve které láska jen kvete. Teo se nedávno přestěhova… read more

Similar categories in Adéla Rosípalová's Lásky čas book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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5. They Hate Each Other

By: Amanda Woody

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Jonah and Dylan get along like oil and water. Until a fake dating ploy gives them new perspective, … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Woody's They Hate Each Other book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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6. Wren Martin Ruins It All

By: Amanda DeWitt

4.25

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s goin… read more

Similar categories in Amanda DeWitt's Wren Martin Ruins It All book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"I think I might have a crush. Shit ."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"Halloween would be . . . okay," she says, with all the deliberation of a somewhat uncertain judge delivering a verdict. "But no sexy catgirls. Or boys. No catpeople."

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

"You might have saved the Dance," I say loftily, "but I saved this school from Cats ." "Not all heroes wear capes," Ryan says, pushing open the classroom door. "You know, I kind of like Cats ." "You l…"

-Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

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7. Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

By: Lex Croucher

4.01

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom-com YA debut about love, friendship, … read more

Similar categories in Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"To be afraid you must have something you cannot bear to lose."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"You know fathers aren't always right just by virtue of being fathers."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"Not everybody lives for the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of the little black and white squares"

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

"The problem with compromise is that... you sit on the fence for so long that you discover you've built a kingdom on it."

-Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

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8. Most Ardently

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A trans boy searches for a future―and a romance―in which he can live and love openly as himself in … read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's Most Ardently book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"I love you, Oliver," Darcy said, "Most ardently."

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"We're permitted to bring a guest,' Darcy said. 'We could bring a guest every week if we wanted to. I'd be happy to make you mine.' Oliver arched an eyebrow. Darcy's face flushed pink. 'My... guest. T…"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

"Just the notion of being able to spend multiple days as himself made Oliver feel lighter. He finished his tea and stood, the heaviness of his argument with his mother melting away at the prospect of …"

-Gabe Cole Novoa, Most Ardently

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9. Lose You to Find Me

By: Erik J. Brown

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A romantic, heartfelt, and hilarious queer coming-of-age story from All That's Left in the World au… read more

Similar categories in Erik J. Brown's Lose You to Find Me book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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10. The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the h… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1) book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings" Niya circled Teo back on the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"No hetero, but damn, Teo, your wings!" Niya circled Teo back onto the boat. "Does this make me a furry?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else’s, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted."

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

"Why was it that just because his body was different from everyone else's, they thought they could ask whatever inappropriate questions they wanted?"

-Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology, #1)

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11. Out of the Blue

By: Jason June

3.62

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

Crest is not excited to be on their Journey: the monthlong sojourn on land all teen merfolk must un… read more

Similar categories in Jason June's Out of the Blue book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"The blue knows what it's doing, if you just trust where it's taking you."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

"Maybe humans aren't as magicless as I thought. There's definitely some kind of power in movies."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

"Under the sea, we're all mer. We're all they/them. And we don't have this strange obsession with sex organs, since we don't have any."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

"He? Elder Crab warned us about this. About humans' obsession with gender, and how labels and rules mean so much to them when it comes to the body."

-Jason June, Out of the Blue

Cover of Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

12. Spell Bound

By: F.T. Lukens

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in t… read more

Similar categories in F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • urban fantasy
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer
"Sometimes a family was a mischievous magical boss, her magical rival turned friend, a magical girl who used to be a babysitter and now was like an older sister, and the person you didn't understand i…"

-F.T. Lukens, Spell Bound

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13. How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager (Guides for Dating Vampires, #1)

By: D.N. Bryn

3.72

Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition

"I WANT YOU TO BITE ME." Vincent Barnes has suffered four years as a vampire, and they’ve been t… read more

Similar categories in D.N. Bryn's How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager (Guides for Dating Vampires, #1) book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • urban fantasy
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer
"I just thought, I don't know, that you wouldn't want it from me? I'm kind of pathetic, as vampires go. I don't make for a dramatic, mysterious predator. I'm like the grimy sewer variety of a vampire …"

-D.N. Bryn, How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager (Guides for Dating Vampires, #1)

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14. Icarus

By: K. Ancrum

4.08

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this… read more

Similar categories in K. Ancrum's Icarus book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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15. The Diablo's Curse

By: Gabe Cole Novoa

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Wicked Bargain comes a high-stakes race to defeat a curse designed to kill a… read more

Similar categories in Gabe Cole Novoa's The Diablo's Curse book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee

16. Fake Dates and Mooncakes

By: Sher Lee

3.84

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians in this heartfelt, joyful paperback original rom-com that foll… read more

Similar categories in Sher Lee's Fake Dates and Mooncakes book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"We have the destiny to meet across a thousand miles."

-Sher Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes

"I'm not sure which knife on my place mat is for cutting the tension"

-Sher Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes

"Grief has a way of sneaking up on you when you're least expecting it. A song, a phrase, a scent...then you're falling into an empty space inside that you thought you'd patched. That you thought could…"

-Sher Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes

"I shrug. "He lives in a huge mansion and drives a Ferrari. I ride a bike with a squeaky front wheel. Our worlds are as far apart as the sun and the moon." "They align every now and then," Aunt Jade p…"

-Sher Lee, Fake Dates and Mooncakes

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17. Teach the Torches to Burn

By: Caleb Roehrig

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In Teach the Torches to Burn, a breathlessly romantic remix of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet and sev… read more

Similar categories in Caleb Roehrig's Teach the Torches to Burn book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"- have you never considered that perhaps you are meant to have this happiness?"

-Caleb Roehrig, Teach the Torches to Burn

"When someone has decided who you are, and they won't let you change their mind, what are you meant to do? Where is left to go?"

-Caleb Roehrig, Teach the Torches to Burn

"From Author's Note: "...quite a few queer tragedies have already been written, including ones based on 'Romeo and Juliet,' and i was hesitant to tread that particular ground. I wanted to bring someth…"

-Caleb Roehrig, Teach the Torches to Burn

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18. My Fair Brady

By: Brian D. Kennedy

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

My Fair Lady meets the classic teen film She's All That in this charming and swoony new rom-com fro… read more

Similar categories in Brian D. Kennedy's My Fair Brady book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars

19. The Borrow a Boyfriend Club

By: Page Powars

4.13

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A feel-good, coming-of-age rom-com from debut author Page Powars that follows a trans teen who join… read more

Similar categories in Page Powars's The Borrow a Boyfriend Club book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Spells We Cast (The Spells We Cast #1) by Jason June

20. The Spells We Cast (The Spells We Cast #1)

By: Jason June

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Nigel Barrett has spent his whole life preparing for the Culling, a spell-casting competition that … read more

Similar categories in Jason June's The Spells We Cast (The Spells We Cast #1) book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • urban fantasy
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) by Aiden Thomas

21. Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsid… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) book and F.T. Lukens's Spell Bound

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

17 Top fiction books like Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

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C.S. Pacat

4.56

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Eliot Schrefer

4.32

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They Hate Each Other

Amanda Woody

4.24

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Amanda DeWitt

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14 Top fantasy books like The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

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F.T. Lukens

3.99

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Anna-Marie McLemore

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