11 Top fantasy books like This Tale is Forbidden by Polly Crosby

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This Tale is Forbidden

By: Polly Crosby

3.44

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Control the story, control the world... Nesta believes in the fairy tales - the true stories of …

If you liked the fantasy plot in This Tale is Forbidden by Polly Crosby , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock

By: Lucy Worsley

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Murder -- a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And… read more

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2. A Place Called Perfect

By: Karl James Mountford , Helena Duggan

4.19

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Violet never wanted to move to Perfect. Who wants to live in a town where everyone has to wear glas… read more

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3. Herc

By: Phoenicia Rogerson

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures…everyone’s favouri… read more

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  • fantasy
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4. HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

By: Josh Silver

4.04

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, 2024 Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2024 An Ama… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's HappyHead (HappyHead, #1) book and Polly Crosby's This Tale is Forbidden

  • dystopia
  • young adult
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5. Relight My Fire (Stranger Times, #4)

By: C.K. McDonnell

4.48

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

Some comebacks can be murder . . . Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she… read more

Similar categories in C.K. McDonnell's Relight My Fire (Stranger Times, #4) book and Polly Crosby's This Tale is Forbidden

  • fantasy
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6. Catch Your Death

By: Ravena Guron

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Trapped in a mansion with a murderer and a family of liars - how would you survive? A mind-blowi… read more

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  • young adult
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7. This Book Kills

By: Ravena Guron

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

I'll make it clear from the I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren. I didn't even help…Well, not inte… read more

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  • young adult
"My story, my words, my voice – they are priceless."

-Ravena Guron, This Book Kills

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8. Our Castle by the Sea

By: Lucy Strange

4.16

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

In this haunting and compelling follow-up to the instant classic The Secret of Nightingale Wood. Lu… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Strange's Our Castle by the Sea book and Polly Crosby's This Tale is Forbidden

  • young adult
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9. Girl, Goddess, Queen

By: Bea Fitzgerald

4.03

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

To hell with love, this goddess has other plans... Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: … read more

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  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Gone is little girl. Kore. I am chaos bringer. Persephone."

-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

"You once asked for the world, Persephone. Congratulations, you just created one."

-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

"I was pretty, always pretty. It’s what they told me again and again until the very word came to mean pain. And still I went on, tearing and pulling and hurting until I was prettier still."

-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

"An artist raised to slaughter. I want to hurt everyone involved in that decision. I would too, I think, if I could. Maybe I am too vengeful. But then I look at him laughing and I don't care. I'd do i…"

-Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

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10. My Throat an Open Grave

By: Tori Bovalino

3.84

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

Labyrinth meets folk horror in this darkly romantic tale of a girl who wishes her baby brother away… read more

Similar categories in Tori Bovalino's My Throat an Open Grave book and Polly Crosby's This Tale is Forbidden

  • fantasy
  • young adult
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11. Let's Play Murder

By: Kesia Lupo

3.60

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Video games have never been more murderous. Veronica wakes up trapped with four strangers in a s… read more

Similar categories in Kesia Lupo's Let's Play Murder book and Polly Crosby's This Tale is Forbidden

  • young adult
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12. Havenfall (Havenfall, #1)

By: Sara Holland

3.49

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

A safe haven between four realms and the girl sworn to protect it—at any cost. Hidden deep in th… read more

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  • fantasy
  • young adult
"You have more happy memories than scary ones, don't you? Why give the scary ones so much space in your head?"

-Sara Holland, Havenfall (Havenfall, #1)

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13. This Tale is Forbidden

By: Polly Crosby

3.44

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Control the story, control the world... Nesta believes in the fairy tales - the true stories of … read more

Similar categories in Polly Crosby's This Tale is Forbidden book and Polly Crosby's This Tale is Forbidden

  • dystopia
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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14. The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3)

By: Namina Forna

3.94

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl … read more

Similar categories in Namina Forna's The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3) book and Polly Crosby's This Tale is Forbidden

  • fantasy
  • young adult
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15. Cursed Under London

By: Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

3.61

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

The hilarious first novel in a cosy and inclusive historical romantasy series by the writer of Horr… read more

Similar categories in Gabby Hutchinson Crouch's Cursed Under London book and Polly Crosby's This Tale is Forbidden

  • fantasy
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16. Hyo the Hellmaker

By: Mina Ikemoto Ghosh

4.03

Format: 532 pages, Kindle Edition

  A breath-taking Japanese inspired YA fantasy, highly illustrated with stunning Manga art, perfec… read more

Similar categories in Mina Ikemoto Ghosh's Hyo the Hellmaker book and Polly Crosby's This Tale is Forbidden

  • fantasy
  • young adult
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17. 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 Polly Crosby's This Tale is Forbidden

  • fantasy
  • young adult
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18. I Died on a Tuesday

By: Jane Corry

4.00

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

THERE’S THE STORY EVERYONE BELIEVES . . . The victim: Eighteen-year-old Janie leaving home for … read more

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19. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Polly Crosby's This Tale is Forbidden

  • fantasy
  • young adult
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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20. Then There Was One

By: Wendy Cross

3.66

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

"The pages turn themselves in this sizzling debut. Wendy Cross is relentless!" Jennifer Lynn Alvare… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Cross's Then There Was One book and Polly Crosby's This Tale is Forbidden

  • dystopia
  • young adult
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21. Running Away for Beginners

By: Mark Illis

3.60

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

You can't run from bad news. Or can you? Jasper was just diagnosed with cancer. His treatment sta… read more

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14 must-read young adult books like This Tale is Forbidden by Polly Crosby

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HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

Josh Silver

4.04

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Catch Your Death

Ravena Guron

4.10

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This Book Kills

Ravena Guron

3.99

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Our Castle by the Sea

Lucy Strange

4.16

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15 Top fiction books like Relight My Fire (Stranger Times, #4) by C.K. McDonnell

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Relight My Fire (Stranger Times, #4)

C.K. McDonnell

4.48

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Killing Time (The Time Police, #5)

Jodi Taylor

4.56

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I Have Sinned (McGarry Stateside, #2)

Caimh McDonnell

4.49

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Caimh McDonnell

4.41

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