21 must-read fantasy books like Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1) by Ciannon Smart

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Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

By: Ciannon Smart

3.20

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Divided by their order. United by their vengeance. Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every…

"For power, acceptance, sometimes we do what we never thought we would"

-Ciannon Smart, Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

"For power, acceptance, sometimes we do what we never thought we would"

-Ciannon Smart, Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

"Though the night is flush with stars, the sky still seems like a lid of earth closing atop a grave."

-Ciannon Smart, Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

"Though the night is flush with stars, the sky still seems like a lid of earth closing atop a grave."

-Ciannon Smart, Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

If you liked the fantasy plot in Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1) by Ciannon Smart , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Jade Fire Gold

By: June C.L. Tan

3.70

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In an empire on the brink of war... Ahn is no one, with no past and no family. Altan is a lo… read more

Similar categories in June C.L. Tan's Jade Fire Gold book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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 Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • fantasy
"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 Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

By: Namina Forna

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered … read more

Similar categories in Namina Forna's The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2) book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"She herself threw other girls on the metaphorical and even physical pyre. I should be used to it now, the way women sometimes betray other women, the way they align themselves with men, if only to gu…"

-Namina Forna, The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

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4. The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

By: Namina Forna

4.00

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whet… read more

Similar categories in Namina Forna's The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1) book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"He's crying as he kills me"

-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

"No matter my origins, there is worth in what I am."

-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

"It's the ritual that gives legitimacy to the murder."

-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

"Never forget: the same gift they praise you for now, they will kill you for later."

-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

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5. Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey, #1)

By: Ayana Gray

3.96

Format: 474 pages, Hardcover

Magic doesn't exist in the broken city of Lkossa anymore, especially for girls like sixteen-year-ol… read more

Similar categories in Ayana Gray's Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey, #1) book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I know I'm too much, but I don't know how to be less."

-Ayana Gray, Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey, #1)

"Nightmares hunt like beasts of prey, vanquished in the light of day."

-Ayana Gray, Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey, #1)

"Face it,' Koffi said firmly. 'Don't run from it anymore.' 'I don't know how to face it'. [Ekon] 'Acknowledge what happened,' she murmured. 'What really happened. And then forgive yourself for it."

-Ayana Gray, Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey, #1)

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6. Wrath & Mercy (The Bright & the Pale Duology, #2)

By: Jessica Rubinkowski

3.40

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

This second book in Russian folklore–based YA fantasy duology The Bright & the Pale follows Valeria… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Rubinkowski's Wrath & Mercy (The Bright & the Pale Duology, #2) book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2) by Kalynn  Bayron

7. This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2)

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

How much would you risk to save the ones you love? Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate? … read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2) book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

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

8. 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 Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1) by Terry J. Benton-Walker

9. 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 Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • 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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10. Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1)

By: Deborah Falaye

3.88

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This is what they deserve. They wanted me to be a monster. I will be the worst monster they ever cr… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Falaye's Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1) book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Treat something like a monster and it will certainly learn to become a monster. (pg. 325)"

-Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1)

"You people- you treat us like we are not human. You replace our smiles with blood, our hearts with bullets. You destroy our innocence and our beings. And when you no longer have any use for us, you f…"

-Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1)

"I know what it feels like to be robbed of something so precious to you. To feel helpless, broken, like you are not in control of your own body. These people- they thrive on taking power. Over our min…"

-Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion (Blood Scion, #1)

Cover of Sisters of the Snake (Ria & Rani, #1) by Sarena Nanua

11. Sisters of the Snake (Ria & Rani, #1)

By: Sarena Nanua

3.69

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A lost princess. A dark puppet master. And a race against time—before all is lost. Princess Rani… read more

Similar categories in Sarena Nanua's Sisters of the Snake (Ria & Rani, #1) book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bright & the Pale (The Bright & the Pale Duology, #1) by Jessica Rubinkowski

12. The Bright & the Pale (The Bright & the Pale Duology, #1)

By: Jessica Rubinkowski

3.41

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Seventeen-year-old Valeria is one of the only survivors of the freeze, a dark magical hold Knnot Mo… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Rubinkowski's The Bright & the Pale (The Bright & the Pale Duology, #1) book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Fear the mountain, my dear. Fear the dark depths and the cold halls. Fear the call. For when the mountain sinks its teeth into you, it will never let you go."

-Jessica Rubinkowski, The Bright & the Pale (The Bright & the Pale Duology, #1)

Cover of Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1) by Natasha Bowen

13. Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

By: Natasha Bowen

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A way to survive.A way to serve.A way to save. Simi prayed to the gods, once. Now she serves the… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1) book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Do not be ashamed of who you are."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

"When you pull back the skin of the sea, you never know what you will find."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

"Simidele. Listen to me. I know you will make things right. What is done is done. We cannot change the past, only learn from it. What happens next is up to you."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

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14. A Psalm of Storms and Silence (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #2)

By: Roseanne A. Brown

4.13

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

Karina lost everything after a violent coup left her without her kingdom or her throne. Now the mos… read more

Similar categories in Roseanne A. Brown's A Psalm of Storms and Silence (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #2) book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Queens go to advisors for advice, not permission."

-Roseanne A. Brown, A Psalm of Storms and Silence (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #2)

"You're allowed to choose yourself. You're allowed to leave."

-Roseanne A. Brown, A Psalm of Storms and Silence (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #2)

"Are all human boys unable to differentiate lust from bloodlust, or is it just you?"

-Roseanne A. Brown, A Psalm of Storms and Silence (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #2)

"You're never going to be the person you were with him again. But each day is a chance to become someone just as good."

-Roseanne A. Brown, A Psalm of Storms and Silence (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #2)

Cover of Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1) by Ciannon Smart

15. Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

By: Ciannon Smart

3.20

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Divided by their order. United by their vengeance. Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every… read more

Similar categories in Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1) book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"For power, acceptance, sometimes we do what we never thought we would"

-Ciannon Smart, Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

"Though the night is flush with stars, the sky still seems like a lid of earth closing atop a grave."

-Ciannon Smart, Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

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16. Fire with Fire

By: Destiny Soria

3.78

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Dani and Eden Rivera were both born to kill dragons, but the sisters couldn’t be more different. Fo… read more

Similar categories in Destiny Soria's Fire with Fire book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"A few hours ago, the prospect of disappointing someone, especially Calla Thorn, would have sent her into a spiral of panic and self-loathing. She knew that about herself. Her therapist had pointed it…"

-Destiny Soria, Fire with Fire

"Once they were safely ensconced, Dani released his arm and turned to face him, but drew up short when she saw how close he actually was, with only inches between them. He was staring down at her with…"

-Destiny Soria, Fire with Fire

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17. 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 Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Soul of the Deep (Skin of the Sea, #2) by Natasha Bowen

18. Soul of the Deep (Skin of the Sea, #2)

By: Natasha Bowen

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller Skin of the Sea, in which the world … read more

Similar categories in Natasha Bowen's Soul of the Deep (Skin of the Sea, #2) book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1) by Roseanne A. Brown

19. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1)

By: Roseanne A. Brown

3.94

Format: 466 pages, Hardcover

For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life … read more

Similar categories in Roseanne A. Brown's A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1) book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"This is my mind. I am the strongest person here."

-Roseanne A. Brown, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1)

"The past devours those naive enough to forget it."

-Roseanne A. Brown, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1)

"Slaves deserve to be remembered just as much as queens."

-Roseanne A. Brown, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1)

"Do not underestimate the strength it takes to be kind in a world as cruel as ours."

-Roseanne A. Brown, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1)

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

20. 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 Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • 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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21. This Golden Flame

By: Emily Victoria

3.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Orphaned and forced to serve her country’s ruling group of scribes, Karis wants nothing more than t… read more

Similar categories in Emily Victoria's This Golden Flame book and Ciannon Smart's Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • fantasy

21 must-read fiction books like Witches Steeped in Gold (Witches Steeped in Gold, #1) by Ciannon Smart

Transform Your Habits

Jade Fire Gold

June C.L. Tan

3.70

Transform Your Habits

So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

Kamilah Cole

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

Namina Forna

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

Namina Forna

4.00

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20 Top fiction books like The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2) by Namina Forna

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So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

Kamilah Cole

3.90

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The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

Namina Forna

3.90

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Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

Jordan Ifueko

4.33

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Redemptor (Raybearer, #2)

Jordan Ifueko

4.24

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