8 must-read mythology books like Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1) by June C.L. Tan

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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…

If you liked the mythology plot in Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1) by June C.L. Tan , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. 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 June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer
"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)

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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 June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"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)

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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 June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"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)

Cover of Hearts That Cut (Threads That Bind, #2) by Kika Hatzopoulou

4. Hearts That Cut (Threads That Bind, #2)

By: Kika Hatzopoulou

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this heart-pounding, much-anticipated sequel to Threads That Bind , Io will face threats even mo… read more

Similar categories in Kika Hatzopoulou's Hearts That Cut (Threads That Bind, #2) book and June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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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 June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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 June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • urban fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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7. Song of the Six Realms

By: Judy I. Lin

3.58

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Judy I. Lin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Magic Steeped in Poison, weaves a dreamy got… read more

Similar categories in Judy I. Lin's Song of the Six Realms book and June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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8. A Curse of Blood and Wolves (Wolf Brothers, #1)

By: Melissa McTernan

3.17

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A dark and steamy fairytale re-imagining of Little Red Riding Hood. Perfect for romantasy readers a… read more

Similar categories in Melissa McTernan's A Curse of Blood and Wolves (Wolf Brothers, #1) book and June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • urban fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
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9. Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1)

By: Eliza Chan

3.16

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From one of fantasy’s most exciting new voices Eliza Chan comes a modern, myth-inflected story of r… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Chan's Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1) book and June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • mythology
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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10. Sound the Gong (Kingdom of Three, #2)

By: Joan He

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times and Indie bestselling author Joan He, comes the dazzling and sweeping conclusio… read more

Similar categories in Joan He's Sound the Gong (Kingdom of Three, #2) book and June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"If he's to be my final sight in this world, I will make myself his."

-Joan He, Sound the Gong (Kingdom of Three, #2)

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11. The Honey Witch

By: Sydney J. Shields

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Honey Witch of Innisfree can never find true love. That is her curse to bear. But when a young … read more

Similar categories in Sydney J. Shields's The Honey Witch book and June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"But what happens when the girl keeps living, when she ages proudly and defiantly, without abandoning imagination, or stories, or that secret wish to find magic wherever it hides? Well, then the poets…"

-Sydney J. Shields, The Honey Witch

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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 June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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. To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

By: Molly X. Chang

3.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

She has power over death. He has power over her. When two enemies strike a dangerous bargain, will … read more

Similar categories in Molly X. Chang's To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1) book and June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"白发送黑发, 不孝之道. Letting the white hair bury the black hair was unfilial to the highest degree."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

"聪明一世,糊涂一时. Intelligent and cautious for a lifetime, it takes a second of stupidity to unravel it all."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

"You shouldn’t ask the girl blessed by Death whom she’ll die for. You should ask her whom she’ll kill for."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

"To love was a privilege not afforded to those of us born in these trying times when survival was never guaranteed. We were products of our surroundings, of our upbringings."

-Molly X. Chang, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods (Gods Beyond the Skies, #1)

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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 June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • urban fantasy
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • mythology
  • queer
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15. Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1)

By: Analeigh Sbrana

3.35

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

A stunning Romantasy debut about an enchanted library, two handsome Fae, and one human who brings t… read more

Similar categories in Analeigh Sbrana's Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1) book and June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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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 June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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 June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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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 June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • mythology
  • 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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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 June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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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 June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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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 June C.L. Tan's Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1)

  • romance
  • urban fantasy
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"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

19 must-read fiction books like Darker by Four (Darker by Four, #1) by June C.L. Tan

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S.T. Gibson

3.66

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Lyra Selene

3.77

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Hafsah Faizal

3.57

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Allison Saft

3.53

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The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread, #1)

Sophie Kim

4.12

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Judy I. Lin

3.58

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Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1)

Eliza Chan

3.16

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To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods, #1)

Elizabeth May

3.36

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