20 Top young adult fantasy books like Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe

Cover of Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe

Bright Ruined Things

By: Samantha Cohoe

3.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The only life Mae has ever known is on the island, living on the charity of the wealthy Prosper fam…

If you liked the young adult fantasy plot in Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of The Hunting Moon (The Luminaries, #2) by Susan Dennard

1. The Hunting Moon (The Luminaries, #2)

By: Susan Dennard

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hunting Moon is the highly anticipated sequel to The Luminaries by New York Times bestselling a… read more

Similar categories in Susan Dennard's The Hunting Moon (The Luminaries, #2) book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of One for All by Lillie Lainoff

2. One for All

By: Lillie Lainoff

3.88

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

An OwnVoices, gender-bent retelling of The Three Musketeers, in which a girl with a chronic illness… read more

Similar categories in Lillie Lainoff's One for All book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • retellings
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1) by Susan Dennard

3. The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

By: Susan Dennard

3.68

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Hemlock Falls isn't like other towns. You won't find it on a map, your phone won't work here, and t… read more

Similar categories in Susan Dennard's The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1) book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You either trust the forest or you don't, Winnie."

-Susan Dennard, The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

"But our minds are pretty good at hiding what we don’t want to see, Winnebago."

-Susan Dennard, The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

"That’s why we’re called the Luminaries, Winnie: we are lanterns the forest can never snuff out."

-Susan Dennard, The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

Cover of Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1) by Laura Sebastian

4. Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

By: Laura Sebastian

4.06

Format: 514 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding story of three princesses and the destiny they were born for: seduction, conquest, a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Sebastian's Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1) book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You've trained for this, my doves. You know who to strike. You know where they are vulnerable."

-Laura Sebastian, Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

"I’m here because I want to be. Because you are lightning– terrifying and beautiful and dangerous and bright all at once. And I wouldn’t wish you were anything else."

-Laura Sebastian, Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

Cover of Treachery on Tenth Street (Gilded Gotham Mystery, #3) by Kate Belli

5. Treachery on Tenth Street (Gilded Gotham Mystery, #3)

By: Kate Belli

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Somebody’s killing the most glamorous models in Gilded-Age New York, but intrepid Genevieve Stewart… read more

Similar categories in Kate Belli's Treachery on Tenth Street (Gilded Gotham Mystery, #3) book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Only a Monster (Monsters, #1) by Vanessa Len

6. Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)

By: Vanessa Len

3.87

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

It should have been the perfect summer. Sent to stay with her late mother’s eccentric family in Lon… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Len's Only a Monster (Monsters, #1) book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What am I?"

-Vanessa Len, Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)

"Don't look at them. Look at me." -Aaron Oliver"

-Vanessa Len, Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)

"A Hunt and an Oliver together? How very Romeo and Juliet."

-Vanessa Len, Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)

"You're a hero and I'm a monster. There's only one way that story ever ends."

-Vanessa Len, Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)

Cover of A Multitude of Dreams by Mara Rutherford

7. A Multitude of Dreams

By: Mara Rutherford

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The bloody plague is finally past, but what fresh horror lies in its wake? Princess Imogen of Go… read more

Similar categories in Mara Rutherford's A Multitude of Dreams book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • fantasy
  • retellings
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor

8. Hotel Magnifique

By: Emily J. Taylor

3.77

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Caraval and The Night Circus, this decadent and darkly enchanting YA fantasy, set again… read more

Similar categories in Emily J. Taylor's Hotel Magnifique book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You're not nothing to me," he said, almost to himself. "That's precisely the problem."

-Emily J. Taylor, Hotel Magnifique

"Produce an invitation and I'll eat that ruffled atrocity of a hat." "Then get a fork and give me five minutes."

-Emily J. Taylor, Hotel Magnifique

Cover of A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson

9. A Forgery of Roses

By: Jessica S. Olson

3.73

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Myra Whitlock has a gift. One many would kill for. She’s an artist whose portraits alter people’s r… read more

Similar categories in Jessica S. Olson's A Forgery of Roses book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I was going to do some more work when I got home, but…"

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

"A love for books is the best indicator of a curious mind."

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

"Lucy grimaces at me. “I ran into Marie and Beth while we were out."

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

"Art holds magic. It captures how it feels to be alive, with all its aches and sorrows and joy."

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

Cover of Echoes and Empires (Echoes and Empires, #1) by Morgan Rhodes

10. Echoes and Empires (Echoes and Empires, #1)

By: Morgan Rhodes

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A snarky seventeen-year-old must team up with an enigmatic criminal to cure herself of dangerous fo… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Rhodes's Echoes and Empires (Echoes and Empires, #1) book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1) by Deborah Falaye

11. Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1)

By: Deborah Falaye

3.88

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This is what they deserve. They wanted me to be a monster. I will be the worst monster they ever cr… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Falaye's Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1) book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Treat something like a monster and it will certainly learn to become a monster. (pg. 325)"

-Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1)

"You people- you treat us like we are not human. You replace our smiles with blood, our hearts with bullets. You destroy our innocence and our beings. And when you no longer have any use for us, you f…"

-Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1)

"I know what it feels like to be robbed of something so precious to you. To feel helpless, broken, like you are not in control of your own body. These people- they thrive on taking power. Over our min…"

-Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1)

Cover of The Dangerous Ones by Lauren Blackwood

12. The Dangerous Ones

By: Lauren Blackwood

3.43

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A romantic historical fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blackwood, set in the A… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Blackwood's The Dangerous Ones book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Of Princes and Promises (St. Rosetta's Academy, #2) by Sandhya Menon

13. Of Princes and Promises (St. Rosetta's Academy, #2)

By: Sandhya Menon

3.58

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi comes the second installment in… read more

Similar categories in Sandhya Menon's Of Princes and Promises (St. Rosetta's Academy, #2) book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • retellings
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Daughters of a Dead Empire by Carolyn Tara O'Neil

14. Daughters of a Dead Empire

By: Carolyn Tara O'Neil

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An alternate history set during the Russian Revolution. Russia, 1918: With the execution of Tsar… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Tara O'Neil's Daughters of a Dead Empire book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • retellings
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Edgewood by Kristen Ciccarelli

15. Edgewood

By: Kristen Ciccarelli

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

No matter how far she runs, the forest of Edgewood always comes for Emeline Lark. The scent of damp… read more

Similar categories in Kristen Ciccarelli's Edgewood book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
"Emeline's attendants fluttered like moths as they dressed her, oblivious to her unhappiness. They helped her into a midnight-blue gown with two glittering cicada wings stitched down the back in gold …"

-Kristen Ciccarelli, Edgewood

"With her hand tucked into his elbow, Rooke led Emeline down halls awash in the golden hues of sunset. Vases bordering the windows sprouted green pine boughs and branches of bright red sumac. As Emeli…"

-Kristen Ciccarelli, Edgewood

"In its place rested a flower. A white anemone, pretty as a star. What the...? Emeline pinched the flower's stem between her fingers and plucked it out from beneath her stool. Light caught in the tran…"

-Kristen Ciccarelli, Edgewood

"A tiny orb rested in the center of the pale green pillowcase. She picked it up. The orb was smaller than a marble, but bigger than a pearl, and it was unnaturally cold to the touch. Opal-like colors …"

-Kristen Ciccarelli, Edgewood

Cover of Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves (Edge Worlds, #1) by Meg  Long

16. Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves (Edge Worlds, #1)

By: Meg Long

3.87

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

A lone girl determined to survive. The feral wolf she must learn to trust. Only one chance to escap… read more

Similar categories in Meg Long's Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves (Edge Worlds, #1) book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe

17. Bright Ruined Things

By: Samantha Cohoe

3.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The only life Mae has ever known is on the island, living on the charity of the wealthy Prosper fam… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • historical fantasy
  • retellings
  • historical
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

18. A Far Wilder Magic

By: Allison Saft

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When Margaret Welty spots the legendary hala, the last living mythical creature, she knows the Half… read more

Similar categories in Allison Saft's A Far Wilder Magic book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"How could Margaret ever think he'd lose himself to alchemy when he has already hopelessly lost himself to her?"

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

"Girls like her don’t get to dream. Girls like her get to survive. Most days, that’s enough. Today, she doesn’t think it is."

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

"How many times will she watch someone leave this place and never look back, while she is left here like a ghost to haunt it?"

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

"If he can’t grieve his father or his impossible dreams without hurting his family or himself, what other choice does he have but to keep things light? To dazzle people so they can’t look for the crac…"

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

Cover of Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne

19. Wake the Bones

By: Elizabeth Kilcoyne

3.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The sleepy little farm that Laurel Early grew up on has awakened. The woods are shifting, the soil … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Kilcoyne's Wake the Bones book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah

20. Where Darkness Blooms

By: Andrea Hannah

3.48

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Andrea Hannah's Where Darkness Blooms is a supernatural thriller about an eerie town where the sunf… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Hannah's Where Darkness Blooms book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

21. Within These Wicked Walls

By: Lauren Blackwood

3.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What the heart desires, the house destroys... Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleans… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Blackwood's Within These Wicked Walls book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Pride and arrogance were fools, but knowing your ability wasn't."

-Lauren Blackwood, Within These Wicked Walls

"I choose to be thankful for what little that I have. And I choose to hope."

-Lauren Blackwood, Within These Wicked Walls

Cover of The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2) by Tricia Levenseller

22. 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 Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • 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 The Lilies by Quinn Diacon-Furtado

23. The Lilies

By: Quinn Diacon-Furtado

3.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of The Atlas Six and One of Us Is Lying, this queer dark academia mystery-thriller… read more

Similar categories in Quinn Diacon-Furtado's The Lilies book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of This Rebel Heart by Katherine  Locke

24. This Rebel Heart

By: Katherine Locke

3.73

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

A tale set amid the 1956 Hungarian revolution in post-WWII Communist Budapest. In the middle of … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Locke's This Rebel Heart book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood

25. Wildblood

By: Lauren Blackwood

3.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blackwood!Eighteen-year-old V… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Blackwood's Wildblood book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • historical
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Stars Between Us by Cristin Terrill

26. The Stars Between Us

By: Cristin Terrill

3.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There’s always been a mystery to Vika Hale’s life. Ever since she was a child, she’s had an unknown… read more

Similar categories in Cristin Terrill's The Stars Between Us book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of League of Liars (The League of Liars, #1) by Astrid Scholte

27. League of Liars (The League of Liars, #1)

By: Astrid Scholte

3.60

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

In this fantasy thriller, four teens charged with murder and the illegal use of magic band together… read more

Similar categories in Astrid Scholte's League of Liars (The League of Liars, #1) book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I'll find out the truth,' Leta whispered into the black. 'I promise, Mother."

-Astrid Scholte, League of Liars (The League of Liars, #1)

"Don't be one of those people who hates their life but doesn't have the courage to change it."

-Astrid Scholte, League of Liars (The League of Liars, #1)

Cover of Bad Graces by Kyrie McCauley

28. Bad Graces

By: Kyrie McCauley

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Yellowjackets meets House of Hollow in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s gripping and magical Y… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's Bad Graces book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Disciples of Chaos (Seven Faceless Saints, #2) by M.K. Lobb

29. Disciples of Chaos (Seven Faceless Saints, #2)

By: M.K. Lobb

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling sequel to Seven Faceless Saints, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Kerri Mani… read more

Similar categories in M.K. Lobb's Disciples of Chaos (Seven Faceless Saints, #2) book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Rise of the Snake Goddess (Samantha Knox, #2) by Jenny Elder Moke

30. Rise of the Snake Goddess (Samantha Knox, #2)

By: Jenny Elder Moke

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Samantha Knox is back for another adventure in this 1920s female-driven mystery-adventure series! … read more

Similar categories in Jenny Elder Moke's Rise of the Snake Goddess (Samantha Knox, #2) book and Samantha Cohoe's Bright Ruined Things

  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

27 must-read fiction books like Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe

Transform Your Habits

The Hunting Moon (The Luminaries, #2)

Susan Dennard

3.95

Transform Your Habits

One for All

Lillie Lainoff

3.88

Transform Your Habits

The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

Susan Dennard

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

Laura Sebastian

4.06

View all the books

30 Best fiction books like Only a Monster (Monsters, #1) by Vanessa Len

Transform Your Habits

Jade Fire Gold

June C.L. Tan

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

Axie Oh

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

Susan Dennard

3.68

Transform Your Habits

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

Ava Reid

3.78

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.