17 must-read fantasy books like A Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel

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A Drop of Venom

By: Sajni Patel

4.06

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Circe goes YA in this unapologetically feminist retelling of the Medusa myth steeped in Indian myth…

If you liked the fantasy plot in A Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1) by Kamilah Cole

1. 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 Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
"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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2. Tender Beasts

By: Liselle Sambury

3.90

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and c… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Tender Beasts book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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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 Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • 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. 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 Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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5. Escaping Mr. Rochester

By: L.L. McKinney

3.83

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this fresh reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason must save… read more

Similar categories in L.L. McKinney's Escaping Mr. Rochester book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Serwa Boateng's Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem (Serwa Boateng #2) by Roseanne A. Brown

6. Serwa Boateng's Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem (Serwa Boateng #2)

By: Roseanne A. Brown

4.28

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the highly anticipated sequel to Rosanne A. Brown's explo… read more

Similar categories in Roseanne A. Brown's Serwa Boateng's Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem (Serwa Boateng #2) book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Sometimes, when our friends make painful choices, it usually has more to do with what they're going through than any desire to hurt us."

-Roseanne A. Brown, Serwa Boateng's Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem (Serwa Boateng #2)

"Do you know what surprised me most when I came to this country? The way witches are glorified. People here dress up as us for Halloween. They fill their TV shows and social media profiles with our ae…"

-Roseanne A. Brown, Serwa Boateng's Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem (Serwa Boateng #2)

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7. Bright Red Fruit

By: Safia Elhillo

4.49

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the… read more

Similar categories in Safia Elhillo's Bright Red Fruit book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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8. Canto Contigo

By: Jonny Garza Villa

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—… read more

Similar categories in Jonny Garza Villa's Canto Contigo book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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9. Dawn of the Jaguar (Shadow Bruja, #2)

By: J.C. Cervantes

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the breathtaking finale to J. C. Cervantes's Maya-inspire… read more

Similar categories in J.C. Cervantes's Dawn of the Jaguar (Shadow Bruja, #2) book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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10. Fury of the Dragon Goddess (Adventures of Sik Aziz, #2)

By: Sarwat Chadda

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents a second earth-shattering adventure based on Mesopotamian… read more

Similar categories in Sarwat Chadda's Fury of the Dragon Goddess (Adventures of Sik Aziz, #2) book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Ronald McDonald is not a god, Rabisu,"

-Sarwat Chadda, Fury of the Dragon Goddess (Adventures of Sik Aziz, #2)

"You'll go the extra mile for others even if you won't do it for yourself."

-Sarwat Chadda, Fury of the Dragon Goddess (Adventures of Sik Aziz, #2)

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11. The Last Bloodcarver (The Last Bloodcarver #1)

By: Vanessa Le

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The tantalizing romance of These Violent Delights meets the mechanical wonders of Cinder in The Las… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Le's The Last Bloodcarver (The Last Bloodcarver #1) book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel

12. A Drop of Venom

By: Sajni Patel

4.06

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Circe goes YA in this unapologetically feminist retelling of the Medusa myth steeped in Indian myth… read more

Similar categories in Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • romance
  • retellings
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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13. 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 Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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14. A Place for Vanishing

By: Ann Fraistat

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl and her family return to her mother's childhood home, only to discover that the house's… read more

Similar categories in Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. Cole

15. Ariel Crashes a Train

By: Olivia A. Cole

3.99

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

“A gorgeously kind, wonderfully gentle, and unfailingly compassionate depiction of OCD...bursting w… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Ariel Crashes a Train book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Parents set themselves up for failure by giving their kids names that mean too much. Some people put so much weight in names, and how is a baby supposed to carry anything so heavy as their parents’ d…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train

Cover of Fox Snare (Thousand Worlds, #3) by Yoon Ha Lee

16. Fox Snare (Thousand Worlds, #3)

By: Yoon Ha Lee

3.99

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents a third space opera starring Korean animal spirits by Yoo… read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Fox Snare (Thousand Worlds, #3) book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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17. The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

By: Ellen Oh

3.46

Format: None pages, None

When a Korean American teenage artist gets sucked into the world of her own web comic, she must fin… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • romance
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You wrote me and all these other people into a story that robbed us of our free will. These past few weeks, I felt like someone was forcing me to do things I didn't want to do, feel things I didn't w…"

-Ellen Oh, The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

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18. The Misdirection of Fault Lines

By: Anna Gracia

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants goes to the US Open in an emotionally honest and openhearted nove… read more

Similar categories in Anna Gracia's The Misdirection of Fault Lines book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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19. The Spirit Glass

By: Roshani Chokshi

4.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Corazon yearns to finally start training as a babaylan (a mystical healer and spirit guide) under h… read more

Similar categories in Roshani Chokshi's The Spirit Glass book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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20. It Waits in the Forest

By: Sarah Dass

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Unlike the other residents of the small Caribbean Island of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not bel… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of Winston Chu vs. the Wingmeisters (Winston Chu #2) by Stacey  Lee

21. Winston Chu vs. the Wingmeisters (Winston Chu #2)

By: Stacey Lee

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling YA author Stacey Lee’s final book in her deb… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Lee's Winston Chu vs. the Wingmeisters (Winston Chu #2) book and Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom

  • mythology
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction

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3.90

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3.90

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3.57

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Ann Zhao

4.01

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Carolina Ixta

4.15

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