18 Top fantasy books like Vicious (Villains, #1) by Victoria Schwab

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Vicious (Villains, #1)

By: Victoria Schwab

4.21

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers. Victor and Eli started out as c…

"He?"

-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)

"He?"

-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)

"There are no good men in this game."

-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)

"There are no good men in this game."

-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)

If you liked the fantasy plot in Vicious (Villains, #1) by Victoria Schwab , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. If We Were Villains

By: M.L. Rio

4.39

Format: 280 pages,

Enter the players. There were seven of us then, seven bright young things with wide precious future… read more

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  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction

2. Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)

By: Leigh Bardugo

3.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the world of the Grisha. After pulling off a seemingly impossible heist in the notorious… read more

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3. Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)

By: Leigh Bardugo

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker has been offered wealth beyond his wildest dreams. But to claim it, he… read more

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4. The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

By: James Islington

4.63

Format: 639 pages, Kindle Edition

At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secret… read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Death is only meaningless if it does not change us, Vis."

-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

"I am curious about no small number of things, but it's not fair to sate my curiosity at the expense of her pain."

-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

"And this is the risk of our world, Diago. The flaw of our system is in its head. In us. The qualities of a king change the kingdom. And not one of us is perfect enough to have a right to lead ... I w…"

-James Islington, The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

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5. One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

By: Rachel Gillig

4.30

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her. Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Gillig's One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1) book and Victoria Schwab's Vicious (Villains, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"You never said how you got away from him." I stiffened, the NIghtmare's wicked laugh resonating in the din. When I spoke, the low notes of my voice were slick, as if dipped in oil. "Perhaps it was he…"

-Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

"Tell them. Tell them the truth. When your children ask, do not lie- do not hide the risk of magic. Children are strongest when their eyes are clear. Only then can they make their own choices. Only th…"

-Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)

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6. Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)

By: Rachel Gillig

4.44

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

In the luscious, dark sequel to One Dark Window, Elspeth must face the consequences of what she's w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Gillig's Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) book and Victoria Schwab's Vicious (Villains, #1)

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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7. Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

By: Rebecca Ross

4.20

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths … read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Let us make our names exactly what we want them to be."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"I never told you that I love you. And I regret that, most of all."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"I don’t want to wake up when I’m seventy-four only to realize I haven’t lived. -Thea Attwood"

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"Keep writing. You will find the words you need to share. They are already within you, even in the shadows, hiding like jewels."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

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8. Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

By: Rebecca Ross

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine … read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Write me a story where there is no ending, Kitt."

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"Keep writing. You will find the words you need to share. They are already within you, even in the shadows hiding like jewels."

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"You are capable of far more than you know. Why do you think I look at you now and marvel? Why do you think I draw close to your kind? I have sung many of you to eternal rest after death, and I have f…"

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"In all my years I have discovered that the most precious of things are often taken for granted and that we tend to let time wheel forward at such a pace that we cannot catch every detail that makes t…"

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

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9. The Familiar

By: Leigh Bardugo

3.84

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Bardugo's The Familiar book and Victoria Schwab's Vicious (Villains, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

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10. The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

By: R.F. Kuang

4.37

Format: 658 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of the Third Poppy War, shaman and warrior Rin is on the run: haunted by the atroc… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) book and Victoria Schwab's Vicious (Villains, #1)

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What you don't get to do is to remain neutral."

-R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

"He had the mathematics of fighting down to a science."

-R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

"He made some gestures with his hands that clarified nothing."

-R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

"Our dead don't leave us. They'll hunt you as long as you let them."

-R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)

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11. A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)

By: S.T. Gibson

4.00

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

S.T. Gibson's sensational novel is the darkly seductive tale of Dracula's first bride, Constanta. … read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1) book and Victoria Schwab's Vicious (Villains, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Water your mother's flowers with their blood."

-S.T. Gibson, A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)

"People aren’t meant to live forever. I know that now."

-S.T. Gibson, A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)

"You must never overthink any good and pleasurable thing."

-S.T. Gibson, A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)

"Desire makes idiots of all of us. But you already knew that part, didn't you?"

-S.T. Gibson, A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)

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12. A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

By: Ava Reid

3.78

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"The only enemy is the sea."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"No one owns the right to tell a story."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"I find you very charming underneath all the smugness."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"The sea is treacherous, but women are even more treacherous."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

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13. The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

By: Holly Black

3.91

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

An imprisoned prince. A vengeful queen. And a battle that will determine the future of Elfhame.   … read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Some broken things stay broken"

-Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

"Pain is better than being dead."

-Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

"Would you consider actually marrying me?"

-Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

"Felicitations on the murder of your mother."

-Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

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14. Babel

By: R.F. Kuang

4.18

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with stu… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's Babel book and Victoria Schwab's Vicious (Villains, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed."

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe."

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"languages aren't just made of words. they're modes of looking at the world. They're the keys to civiliation. And that's knowledge worth killing for"

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

"It revealed the sheer dependence of the British, who, astonishingly, could not manage to do basic things like bake bread or get safely from one place to another without words stolen from other countr…"

-R.F. Kuang, Babel

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15. The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

By: R.F. Kuang

4.17

Format: 545 pages, ebook

An epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century an… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) book and Victoria Schwab's Vicious (Villains, #1)

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I don't love you. And I can kill anything."

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"Immigrants, we get the job done. (Acknowlegments)"

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains."

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

"Call off your men, or I will summon into existence things that should not be in this world"

-R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

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16. Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

By: Leigh Bardugo

4.13

Format: 481 pages, Hardcover

Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell. F… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Bardugo's Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2) book and Victoria Schwab's Vicious (Villains, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"His monstrous queen. His gentle ruler."

-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

"Life is cruel. Magic is real. And I’m not ready to die"

-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

"She was the kind of girl who was always okay. “A survivor,"

-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

"Stories exist in all worlds. They are immutable. Like gold."

-Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

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17. Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

By: Leigh Bardugo

4.02

Format: 461 pages, Hardcover

Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We all have spaces we keep blank."

-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

"Quien no sabe de mar no sabe de mal!"

-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

"Not every flower belongs in every garden."

-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

"Didn’t someone say love is a shared delusion?"

-Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

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18. The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)

By: Olivie Blake

3.59

Format: 556 pages, Kindle Edition

The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity,… read more

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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Don't let me wake up alone."

-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)

"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman who knew her own worth."

-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)

"He finds the monsters we keep locked away and sets them loose, so why would I ever want him to see mine?"

-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)

"A flaw of humanity: the compulsion to be unique, which is at war with the desire to belong to a single identifiable sameness."

-Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)

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19. The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

By: R.F. Kuang

4.30

Format: 622 pages, Hardcover

The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang’s acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3) book and Victoria Schwab's Vicious (Villains, #1)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"So what happens when we die?"

-R.F. Kuang, The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

"They’ve all gone completely mad."

-R.F. Kuang, The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

"You don’t know who you’re dealing with."

-R.F. Kuang, The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

"Amateurs obsessed over strategy, and professionals obsessed over logistics."

-R.F. Kuang, The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

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20. Vicious (Villains, #1)

By: Victoria Schwab

4.21

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers. Victor and Eli started out as c… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Schwab's Vicious (Villains, #1) book and Victoria Schwab's Vicious (Villains, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • adult fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"He?"

-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)

"There are no good men in this game."

-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)

"When no one understands, that's usually a good sign that you're wrong."

-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)

"If he weren't currently in the back of a cop car, he would have wanted to make a thesis note."

-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)

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21. Masters of Death

By: Olivie Blake

3.73

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

From Olivie Blake, the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes Masters of Death, a… read more

Similar categories in Olivie Blake's Masters of Death book and Victoria Schwab's Vicious (Villains, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It is to win against your demons, he said, and therefore gain mastery of yourself"

-Olivie Blake, Masters of Death

"Brandt Solberg had never been a good man, but what did that matter? Fox hadn't fallen in love with his goodness."

-Olivie Blake, Masters of Death

"Wait a minute. Did you just offer me a bite of an immortal apple?" "I did." "Why?" "Seemed rude not to." "That's an insane thing to say." "Well, we all have our flaws."

-Olivie Blake, Masters of Death

"I don't care if it's love between them or not," one says, "that shouldn't change anything." "You care about nothing," the second chides the first. "I'm not built to care," the first says, "only to la…"

-Olivie Blake, Masters of Death

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