11 must-read magic books like When Among Crows by Veronica Roth

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When Among Crows

By: Veronica Roth

3.73

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if…

"I don't find it painful to be ordinary."

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

"He pinches one of the petals and breaks it away from the flower. It doesn't feel like it's as powerful as it is, but maybe that's just how powerful things are- like the zmory, like Baba Jaga herself, they don't always need to declare themselves."

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

If you liked the magic plot in When Among Crows by Veronica Roth , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle

1. I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

By: Peter S. Beagle

3.78

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

A cast of characters trapped within their roles of dragon hunter, princess, and more must come toge… read more

Similar categories in Peter S. Beagle's I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Fear cannot breed where there is action."

-Peter S. Beagle, I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

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2. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

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3. The Warm Hands of Ghosts

By: Katherine Arden

4.02

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despit… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's The Warm Hands of Ghosts book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Winter said there's ghosts all around you. Faland snorted. When you swim in the ocean there's water all around you, but no one mentions it."

-Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts

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4. 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 Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • 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

Cover of Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) by S.T. Gibson

5. Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

By: S.T. Gibson

3.66

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov. As a teen, David Aristarkhov was a psychic prodig… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"He looked as he always did: slightly underfed, terminally scholastic, and two weeks overdue for a haircut."

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

"She didn't quite share her husband's passion for antiquarian books, but she understood it. She understood that if you cracked Rhys open, he would probably have paperback pages inside him instead of o…"

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

Cover of The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

6. The Last Murder at the End of the World

By: Stuart Turton

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Wat… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1) by Hafsah Faizal

7. 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 Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • 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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8. 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 Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • urban fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

9. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) by Rebecca Roanhorse

10. Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.31

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conc… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3) book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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11. Dreadful

By: Caitlin Rozakis

3.72

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

A sharp-witted, high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, evil wizards and… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Rozakis's Dreadful book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Gug." Ah, monosyllables, his old friend. They would always be there, even when all other concepts of fundamental liguistics deserted him."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

"It occured to him that a spell to make one's enemies into idiots via the power of breasts might be immensely helpful. Then again, it might not be a spell. It might have only been the breasts."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

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12. The Ministry of Time

By: Kaliane Bradley

3.62

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more

Similar categories in Kaliane Bradley's The Ministry of Time book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

Cover of Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

13. Someone You Can Build a Nest In

By: John Wiswell

4.07

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—… read more

Similar categories in John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest In book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"No young woman of means has gone through her entire life without at least once surveying her opportunities and wishing for a dragon instead."

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

"Homily professed her love by digging a second crossbow bolt of Shersheshin's body. It was so much clearer a declaration of affection than any of those speeches spun by poets or playwrights. And stuff…"

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

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14. Where the Dark Stands Still

By: A.B. Poranek

4.12

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Raised in a small village near the spirit-wood, Liska Radost knows that Magic is monstrous, and its… read more

Similar categories in A.B. Poranek's Where the Dark Stands Still book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"We kissed, you incorrigible antlered tradgedy!"

-A.B. Poranek, Where the Dark Stands Still

"His eyebrows tilt up, firelight reflecting in his eyes. "It was always to be my fate." "Fate," she scoffs. "What is fate but an excuse to surrender responsibility? No, Eliasz, we cannot think of that…"

-A.B. Poranek, Where the Dark Stands Still

"Please," she begs. "Surely there must be some spell—there must be something, anything. Please, Eliasz, please. Tell me how to save you." "Liska, Liseczka. Oj, lisku." He raises her hand to his lips, …"

-A.B. Poranek, Where the Dark Stands Still

Cover of An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson

15. An Education in Malice

By: S.T. Gibson

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insat… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's An Education in Malice book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"Right and Wrong don't exist. They're fairy tales made up by priests and parents"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"I wasn't in the habit of confessing my sapphic proclivities as a sin, since I didn't consider them to be one, but my idolatry of Carmilla definitely counted as something worth confessing."

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"She kissed me with a martyr’s agonized desperation, like I was the only sword she ever wanted to fall on. I kissed her right back like the cutting edge of a blade, trying to inflict as much damage as…"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"I was, I knew full well, a creature composed of strange desires. They'd always been with me, these hungers. As a child I played villain in every game of 'capture the princess,' tying my pretty playma…"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

Cover of Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1) by Mai Corland

16. Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

By: Mai Corland

3.84

Format: 474 pages, Hardcover

It’s the season for treason… The king of Yusan must die. The five most dangerous liars in th… read more

Similar categories in Mai Corland's Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1) book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • lgbt
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"In short: I'm awake, hungry, and doomed. -Sora"

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

"I hoped. And hope is a jagged knife. Hope pieces together dreams out of broken glass only for reality to come and smash them all over again. Hope is the cruelest punishment of them all."

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

"When Yuri said it was a girl, I hoped. And hope is a jagged knife. Hope pieces together dreams out of broken glass only for reality to come and smash them all over again. Hope is the cruelest punishm…"

-Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades (The Broken Blades, #1)

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17. The Stardust Grail

By: Yume Kitasei

3.78

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Save one world. Doom her own. From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-c… read more

Similar categories in Yume Kitasei's The Stardust Grail book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of When Among Crows by Veronica Roth

18. When Among Crows

By: Veronica Roth

3.73

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Roth's When Among Crows book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • novella
  • magic
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"I don't find it painful to be ordinary."

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

"He pinches one of the petals and breaks it away from the flower. It doesn't feel like it's as powerful as it is, but maybe that's just how powerful things are- like the zmory, like Baba Jaga herself,…"

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

Cover of Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

19. Lost Ark Dreaming

By: Suyi Davies Okungbowa

3.69

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

The brutally engineered class divisions of Snowpiercer meets Rivers Solomon’s The Deep in this high… read more

Similar categories in Suyi Davies Okungbowa's Lost Ark Dreaming book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • novella
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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20. The Sky on Fire

By: Jenn Lyons

3.75

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

Enter a world ruled by dragons… Anahrod lives only for survival, preferring to thrive in the ju… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Lyons's The Sky on Fire book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade, #1) by Charlotte Bond

21. The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade, #1)

By: Charlotte Bond

3.78

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Kill the dragon. Find the blade. Reclaim her honor. It’s that, or end up like countless knights … read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Bond's The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade, #1) book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1) by Genoveva Dimova

22. Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1)

By: Genoveva Dimova

3.97

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

The Witcher meets Naomi Novik in this fast-paced fantasy rooted in Slavic folklore, from an assured… read more

Similar categories in Genoveva Dimova's Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1) book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Every self-respecting witch had a few battle scars."

-Genoveva Dimova, Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1)

"He had the spine of a snake and the moral compass of a vulture."

-Genoveva Dimova, Foul Days (The Witch's Compendium of Monsters, #1)

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23. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.05

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • novella
  • magic
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

24. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah  Brooks

25. The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

By: Sarah Brooks

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand e… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Brooks's The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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26. The Spellshop

By: Sarah Beth Durst

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbo… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Beth Durst's The Spellshop book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We can only control what we do and hope that other people make the right choice."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"She was lonely, and she wanted someone to love. She made me out of love, and the empire destroyed her for it."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"There was something so very beautiful about a notebook without a single note in it. It felt like touching pure potential."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"I hope you know what you're doing" Caz said as he returned. "I absolutely do not know what I'm doing. I thought that was clear?"

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

Cover of The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1) by K.X. Song

27. 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 Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • mythology
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • 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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28. Lady Macbeth

By: Ava Reid

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare… read more

Similar categories in Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Nakedness, even among women in private, is still uncommon, uncouth. Bodies are meant to be guarded like gold. The flash of a bare ankle is like dropping a pendant, so that everyone can see it clatter…"

-Ava Reid, Lady Macbeth

Cover of Black Tide Son (The Winter Sea, #2) by H.M. Long

29. Black Tide Son (The Winter Sea, #2)

By: H.M. Long

4.15

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

Swashbuckling adventure on the high-seas, full of magic, betrayal, redemption and fearsome women, i… read more

Similar categories in H.M. Long's Black Tide Son (The Winter Sea, #2) book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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30. The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

4.06

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more

Similar categories in Lev Grossman's The Bright Sword book and Veronica Roth's When Among Crows

  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

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