9 Top magic books like The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1) by Kylie Lee Baker

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The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

By: Kylie Lee Baker

4.06

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold a…

"Your ducks weren't rude to me. I don't want to eat them." "I do." Yufei whispered..."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"I am offended,"" he said, making a show of crossing his arms and turning away. ""I may forgive you if you kiss me, though."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"Ahead of us, a man was pulling a cart of cabbages out into the street. I grabbed three chunks of amethyst in one hand and slammed my other palm into the cart. It burst in to wood splinters, cabbage leaves flying up into the air and raining over the crowd, cabbage heads rolling into the street."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"Uncle Fan had busied himself making lots of míngqì to bury them with—soft baby lambs and tiny ponies and wise teachers. They will be well taken care of, where they’re going, he’d said. My cousins grew smaller and smaller, skin tight across their bones, somehow looking younger even though their faces were wrinkled from thirst."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

If you liked the magic plot in The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1) by Kylie Lee Baker , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. A Crane Among Wolves

By: June Hur

4.03

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

June Hur, bestselling author of The Red Palace, crafts a devastating and pulse-pounding tale that w… read more

Similar categories in June Hur's A Crane Among Wolves book and Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"What need has the king for a thousand courtesans? I cannot possibly imgaine wanting a thousand husbands." "Because rape - "He flicked an uneasy glance my way, as though afraid to offend my womanly se…"

-June Hur, A Crane Among Wolves

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2. 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 Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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 frost and rot and endless things. I was not made to fear the Folk."

-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)

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

3. 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 Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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)

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4. 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 Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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5. A Fragile Enchantment

By: Allison Saft

3.53

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

In this romantic fantasy of manners from New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft, a magical … read more

Similar categories in Allison Saft's A Fragile Enchantment book and Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You're like a pint-sized hurricane of earnestness and good cheer."

-Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

"it's not meaningful to kill yourself little by little to make people happy!"

-Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

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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 Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1) by Kika Hatzopoulou

7. Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1)

By: Kika Hatzopoulou

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, a descendant of the Greek Fates mus… read more

Similar categories in Kika Hatzopoulou's Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1) book and Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Three bodies, one soul. You go when your sisters need you. No questions asked."

-Kika Hatzopoulou, Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1)

"Tolerating wickedness can ensure your survival - but also cause a feeling of slow death."

-Kika Hatzopoulou, Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1)

"Because what is art, what is inspiration, if not the deepest, darkest secrets of the artist?"

-Kika Hatzopoulou, Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1)

"Io you need to go now," he breathed, eyes large and fearful. "And I promise, the moment I'm better. I'll come find you" "How?" she asked, the word breaking into a sob. How would he ever find her in t…"

-Kika Hatzopoulou, Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1)

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8. 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 Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. Cage of Dreams (City of Nightmares Duology, 2)

By: Rebecca Schaeffer

3.78

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling sequel and conclusion to the City of Nightmares duology, Ness is forced to make a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Schaeffer's Cage of Dreams (City of Nightmares Duology, 2) book and Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1) by Nicki Pau Preto

10. Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

By: Nicki Pau Preto

4.21

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Gideon the Ninth meets the Game of Thrones White Walkers in this dark young adult fantasy about a d… read more

Similar categories in Nicki Pau Preto's Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1) book and Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We go in," Wren said with more confidence than she felt. But that, she had learned, was the way confidence worked."

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

"You thought standing in his shadow was cold while he was alive, but standing in the shadow of his martyrdom is colder, isn't it?"

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

"You thought standing in his shadow was cold while he was alive, but standing in the shadow of his martyrdom is colder, isn’t it?"

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

"He wasn’t disappointed or hurt. He was livid. Let him be. She’d take the rage of the living over the silence of the dead any day."

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

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11. What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)

By: Isabel Ibañez

3.90

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Bue… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Ibañez's What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1) book and Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Is this it, Whit?"

-Isabel Ibañez, What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)

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12. The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

By: Kylie Lee Baker

4.06

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold a… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1) book and Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Your ducks weren't rude to me. I don't want to eat them." "I do." Yufei whispered..."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"I am offended,"" he said, making a show of crossing his arms and turning away. ""I may forgive you if you kiss me, though."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"Ahead of us, a man was pulling a cart of cabbages out into the street. I grabbed three chunks of amethyst in one hand and slammed my other palm into the cart. It burst in to wood splinters, cabbage l…"

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"Uncle Fan had busied himself making lots of míngqì to bury them with—soft baby lambs and tiny ponies and wise teachers. They will be well taken care of, where they’re going, he’d said. My cousins gre…"

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

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13. If I Have to Be Haunted

By: Miranda Sun

3.63

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Cemetery Boys meets Legendborn in this thrillingly romantic, irresistibly fun YA contemporary fanta… read more

Similar categories in Miranda Sun's If I Have to Be Haunted book and Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1) by June C.L. Tan

14. 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 Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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15. The Forest Grimm (The Forest Grimm #1)

By: Kathryn Purdie

3.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Where fairy tales come to life with dark, deadly twists... "Tell me again, Grandmère, the story … read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Purdie's The Forest Grimm (The Forest Grimm #1) book and Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2) by Tricia Levenseller

16. The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2)

By: Tricia Levenseller

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Chrysantha Stathos has won. By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautif… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Levenseller's The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2) book and Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I know you have options." "And those options will be taken away the second I marry. I will be beholden to my husband." "But you will be wealthy." "Is that what you'd choose? Bondage over freedom for …"

-Tricia Levenseller, The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2)

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

17. 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 Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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18. 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 Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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)

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19. 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 Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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20. The Girl with No Reflection

By: Keshe Chow

3.44

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman chosen as the crown prince’s bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new hu… read more

Similar categories in Keshe Chow's The Girl with No Reflection book and Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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21. 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 Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult 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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June Hur

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3.77

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3.57

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