5 best-selling retellings books like A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1) by L.L. McKinney

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A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

By: L.L. McKinney

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A Blade So Black delivers an irresistible urban fantasy retelling of Alice in Wonderland... but it'…

"Breathe, Baby Moon."

-L.L. McKinney, A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

"And Hatta was a lying liar who lies!"

-L.L. McKinney, A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

"But for what it's worth, you're my hero."

-L.L. McKinney, A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

"He was going to find this kitten had claws."

-L.L. McKinney, A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

If you liked the retellings plot in A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1) by L.L. McKinney , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Dread Nation

By: Justina Ireland

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Cha… read more

Similar categories in Justina Ireland's Dread Nation book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1) by Kamilah Cole

2. So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

By: Kamilah Cole

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who’s force… read more

Similar categories in Kamilah Cole's So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1) book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
"You're the Childe Empyrean. If we stack out burdens against each other's, you'll win every time." "That doesn't mean we're not both carrying them."

-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

"In the meantime, I need you to say here and protect San Irie if anything should happen." "Um." Faron exchanged a glance with Reeve, who looked similarly mystified. "Your Majesty, I'm seventeen years …"

-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

"Being forced to learn the language of your oppressors is an oppression of the mind. They rewrite your history when you're too young to know what you're giving away, and before you know it, it's too l…"

-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

"Faron's heart stopped entirely as she stared at him. Like friends, romance was a sacrifice she'd made to be the Childe Empyrean. It hadn't mattered much to her until now, because Faron had figured ou…"

-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

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3. The Poisons We Drink

By: Bethany Baptiste

3.75

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illeg… read more

Similar categories in Bethany Baptiste's The Poisons We Drink book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1) by Kalynn  Bayron

4. This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)

By: Kalynn Bayron

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a … read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1) book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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5. Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

3.83

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greates… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1) book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Maybe that's it," he says. "Art is the meaning of life."

-Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

"The meaning of life. What a fucking joke. I barely understand the shit that goes on in mine."

-Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

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6. Deathless Divide (Dread Nation, #2)

By: Justina Ireland

4.16

Format: 553 pages, Kindle Edition

The sequel to Dread Nation is a journey of revenge and salvation across a divided America. After… read more

Similar categories in Justina Ireland's Deathless Divide (Dread Nation, #2) book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Daniel Redfern laughs, the first real laugh I've ever heard from him, and I am put out. I am much funnier than Katherine. - Jane"

-Justina Ireland, Deathless Divide (Dread Nation, #2)

"Things were good, and by the time we ended up in Denver we were sharing more than just stories. Unlike so much else in our lives, it felt... easy. I guess falling for someone always is. It's the stay…"

-Justina Ireland, Deathless Divide (Dread Nation, #2)

"You're a heartbreaker, Katherine Devereaux." "That has nothing to do with me and everything to do with them," I say, blowing on my coffee before sipping it. There's chicory in the brew and I drink it…"

-Justina Ireland, Deathless Divide (Dread Nation, #2)

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7. A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

By: Bethany C. Morrow

3.74

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Tavia is already at odds with the world, forced to keep her siren identity under wraps in a society… read more

Similar categories in Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1) book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1) by L.L. McKinney

8. A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

By: L.L. McKinney

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A Blade So Black delivers an irresistible urban fantasy retelling of Alice in Wonderland... but it'… read more

Similar categories in L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1) book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • romance
  • urban fantasy
  • retellings
  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Breathe, Baby Moon."

-L.L. McKinney, A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

"And Hatta was a lying liar who lies!"

-L.L. McKinney, A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

"But for what it's worth, you're my hero."

-L.L. McKinney, A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

"He was going to find this kitten had claws."

-L.L. McKinney, A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

Cover of My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix (Remixed Classics) by Kalynn  Bayron

9. My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix (Remixed Classics)

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this gothic YA remix of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, a teen boy tries to discover the reason behind hi… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix (Remixed Classics) book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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10. The Memory Thieves (Conjureverse, #2)

By: Dhonielle Clayton

4.16

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Eager to wield their stapiers for Marvel Combat, Ella, Brigit, and Jason are back for their second … read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's The Memory Thieves (Conjureverse, #2) book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • adventure
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1) by Brittany N. Williams

11. That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1)

By: Brittany N. Williams

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A stunning YA fantasy debut, perfect for fans of Holly Black and Justina Ireland, about a Black gir… read more

Similar categories in Brittany N. Williams's That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1) book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"If thou hast slain Lysander in his sleep," [Joan] said. Keep him playing the scene until she worked out a plan. "Being o'er shoes in blood, plunge in the deep / And kill me too." Auberon smiled. "All…"

-Brittany N. Williams, That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1)

"His hand slipped around the back of her neck and pulled her in close. their eyes met. He stopped; his brows knitted. He was waiting for her permission because he couldn't be sure if Hermia's refusal …"

-Brittany N. Williams, That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1)

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12. I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark

By: Riss M. Neilson

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Deep in Providence comes a paranormal young adult romance that follows a teen co… read more

Similar categories in Riss M. Neilson's I'm Not Supposed to Be in the Dark book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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13. I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

By: Jamison Shea

3.72

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

There will be blood. Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story. Laure … read more

Similar categories in Jamison Shea's I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Twelve years of feeding this dream, cutting down anyone else who stood in my path, only to have the one girl I spared turn around and bite me. And she had the audacity to be mediocre."

-Jamison Shea, I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

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14. Out of Body

By: Nia Davenport

4.02

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A high-stakes, propulsive YA thriller with a body-swap twist thoughtfully exploring themes of frien… read more

Similar categories in Nia Davenport's Out of Body book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Dark Place

By: Britney S. Lewis

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

You can only hide from your nightmares for so long. Seventeen-year-old Hylee Williams didn't ask… read more

Similar categories in Britney S. Lewis's The Dark Place book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) by Terry J. Benton-Walker

16. Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2)

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

4.33

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice. They took back their family’… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams

17. Blood at the Root

By: LaDarrion Williams

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he nev… read more

Similar categories in LaDarrion Williams's Blood at the Root book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3) by Tomi Adeyemi

18. Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

By: Tomi Adeyemi

3.49

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

New allies rise. The Blood Moon nears. Zélie faces her final enemy. The king who hunts her heart… read more

Similar categories in Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3) book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Do not pray to be saved; pray to be reborn."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I like hearing your people call out to your gods- they never seem to come."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I teach you to be warriors in the garden, so that you may never be gardeners in a war."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

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19. Storm: Dawn of a Goddess

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Before she was the super hero Storm of Marvel's X-Men, she was Ororo of Cairo—a teenaged thief on t… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany D. Jackson's Storm: Dawn of a Goddess book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. 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 L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of My Salty Mary (Mary, #3) by Cynthia Hand

21. My Salty Mary (Mary, #3)

By: Cynthia Hand

4.02

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of The Princess Bride and A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, New York Times b… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Hand's My Salty Mary (Mary, #3) book and L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy

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