11 Top romance books like The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5) by R.F. Kuang

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The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

By: R.F. Kuang

4.52

Format: 15 pages, ebook

A collection of scenes from Nezha's point of view throughout the first two novels in the trilogy, a…

"Who is the true god."

-R.F. Kuang, The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

"I'm sorry,' he says. 'I know it should have been me.' Vaisra doesn’t hesitate. 'It should have been you."

-R.F. Kuang, The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

"They can't say her name in his presence. He's never made this a rule. But for some reason, none of them dare."

-R.F. Kuang, The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

If you liked the romance plot in The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5) by R.F. Kuang , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. If We Were Villains

By: M.L. Rio

4.39

Format: 280 pages,

Enter the players. There were seven of us then, seven bright young things with wide precious future… read more

Similar categories in M.L. Rio's If We Were Villains book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • adult
  • fiction
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2. Vengeful (Villains, #2)

By: Victoria Schwab , None

3.61

Format: 523 pages,

The sequel to VICIOUS, V.E. Schwab's first adult novel. read more

Similar categories in Victoria Schwab's Vengeful (Villains, #2) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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3. The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

By: Nora Sakavic

4.59

Format: None pages, None

My name is Jean Moreau. My place is at Evermore. I belong to the Moriyamas. It is a truth Jean h… read more

Similar categories in Nora Sakavic's The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
"What you hold onto is less important than the act of holding on itself. It’s so easy to get lost in ourselves and this world. Sometimes you need to find your way back one tiny miracle at a time."

-Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

"Jean held onto his control with everything he had left after such a nightmarish day, but he could feel his grip slipping. Endure, he warned himself, and on its tail-end came a desperate How much must…"

-Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

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4. The Sword of Kaigen

By: M.L. Wang

4.47

Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition

A mother struggling to repress her violent past, A son struggling to grasp his violent future, A … read more

Similar categories in M.L. Wang's The Sword of Kaigen book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"The enemy is a tornado. What are you going to do?' 'Kill it."

-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

"Flayed and boneless, he faced the creature he had awakened, this woman of god’s blood and fury."

-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

"I’ve never needed a sword to protect you—to raise you the way your father wanted. Caring for my family meant putting away the fighter, so I did."

-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

"This... you are my story... and I was so selfish, so tied to that shadow that I missed it. And my son, I— I’m so sorry it took me this long to understand. I’m sorry—"

-M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

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5. Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

By: Fonda Lee

4.09

Format: 540 pages, Paperback

JADE CITY is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, ma… read more

Similar categories in Fonda Lee's Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • magic
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Expectations are a funny thing,"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

"¿Qué sentido tiene vivir para quien no puede confiar en sus hermanos?"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

"True love, Hilo mused, was sensual and euphoric, but also painful and tyrannical, demanding obedience."

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

"And if you loved someone, truly loved them, shouldn't their happiness matter even more than your honor?"

-Fonda Lee, Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)

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6. This Is How You Lose the Time War

By: Amal El-Mohtar

3.88

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before … read more

Similar categories in Amal El-Mohtar's This Is How You Lose the Time War book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • romance
  • novella
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Atlantis sinks. Serves it right."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

"And everyone is alive, somewhere in time."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

"All the stars are eyes here, always seeking."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

"I would rather break the world than lose you."

-Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

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7. I Hope This Doesn't Find You

By: Ann Liang

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Snarky and romantic, I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lar… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's I Hope This Doesn't Find You book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • romance
  • fiction
"No,"

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"I think you're obsessed with me, Sadie Wen."

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"She clucks her tongue at me. “Where’s your confidence disappeared to?"

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

"I want you to hold me like a grudge, keep me like a promise, haunt me like a ghost."

-Ann Liang, I Hope This Doesn't Find You

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8. If You Could See the Sun

By: Ann Liang

4.02

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school, where she’s… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's If You Could See the Sun book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Hmph,"

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"Yeah."

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"Yan Yan!"

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

"What your mama always say? If you not good person, you're nothing. Nothing."

-Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

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9. A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

By: Ava Reid

3.78

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood… read more

Similar categories in Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"The only enemy is the sea."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"No one owns the right to tell a story."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"I find you very charming underneath all the smugness."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"The sea is treacherous, but women are even more treacherous."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

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10. A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.13

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after. Evangeline Fox ventured to t… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"My turn again."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"Being yours does not make you mine."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"You could never look awful,' he said faintly."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"His heart was racing again, and now so was hers."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

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11. The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

By: Holly Black

3.91

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

An imprisoned prince. A vengeful queen. And a battle that will determine the future of Elfhame.   … read more

Similar categories in Holly Black's The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"Some broken things stay broken"

-Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

"Pain is better than being dead."

-Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

"Would you consider actually marrying me?"

-Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

"Felicitations on the murder of your mother."

-Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

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12. The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.51

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Not every love is meant to be. After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox sw… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • fantasy
  • high fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"Where were you?"

-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

"I swear this is what I really want."

-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

"How did I look?" "Like you would kill for her"

-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

"Ballads never end happily, everyone knows that."

-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

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13. Foul Heart Huntsman (Foul Lady Fortune, #2)

By: Chloe Gong

4.35

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Winter is drawing thick in 1932 Shanghai, as is the ever-nearing threat of a Japanese invasion. … read more

Similar categories in Chloe Gong's Foul Heart Huntsman (Foul Lady Fortune, #2) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"You are nobody."

-Chloe Gong, Foul Heart Huntsman (Foul Lady Fortune, #2)

"I would have found you anywhere."

-Chloe Gong, Foul Heart Huntsman (Foul Lady Fortune, #2)

"Biǎojiě," Juliette Cai said, grinning. "Don't you recognize me anymore?"

-Chloe Gong, Foul Heart Huntsman (Foul Lady Fortune, #2)

"Your life is mine as mine is yours- do you understand me? You are not allowed to die."

-Chloe Gong, Foul Heart Huntsman (Foul Lady Fortune, #2)

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14. The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1)

By: Holly Black

3.97

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A runaway queen. A reluctant prince. And a quest that may destroy them both. Eight years have p… read more

Similar categories in Holly Black's The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"Heir to Elfhame,"

-Holly Black, The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1)

"You cannot outrun fate."

-Holly Black, The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1)

"Since no one loves me, I'll go."

-Holly Black, The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1)

"It is hard to explain the savagery of hope."

-Holly Black, The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1)

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15. The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow, #3)

By: Alix E. Harrow

4.33

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

The Saint of War spares the life of a servant girl so she can fulfill her destiny as the kingdom’s … read more

Similar categories in Alix E. Harrow's The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow, #3) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • romance
  • historical
  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"He doesn’t move or speak, but he doesn’t need to. I know his desires by the pace of his breath and the tilt of his shoulders, by the shape of his jaw and the heat of his gaze. I know him, and in know…"

-Alix E. Harrow, The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow, #3)

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16. Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)

By: Fonda Lee

4.41

Format: 587 pages, Hardcover

In Jade War, the sequel to the World Fantasy Award-winning novel Jade City, the Kaul siblings battl… read more

Similar categories in Fonda Lee's Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"If you're not sure you're in love, then you're not."

-Fonda Lee, Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)

"We're getting into a dangerous game, Hilo." "You have to go where your enemies are," Hilo said. "And then further."

-Fonda Lee, Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)

"The possibility of death was like the weather—you could make attempts to predict it, but you would likely be wrong, and no one would change their most important plans due to threat of rain."

-Fonda Lee, Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)

"The possibility of death was like the weather - you could make attempts to predict it, but you would likely be wrong, and no one would change their most important plans due to the threat of rain."

-Fonda Lee, Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)

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17. Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

By: Fonda Lee

4.64

Format: 713 pages, Paperback

Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is n… read more

Similar categories in Fonda Lee's Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • fantasy
  • adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
"Nonreactive to bullshit"

-Fonda Lee, Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

"Don't ever make the mistake that I did. Don't show mercy."

-Fonda Lee, Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

"Don't show off how much you hate a man until you're ready to be his enemy."

-Fonda Lee, Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

"Only children and gods are arrogant enough to judge what they can't understand. There's no point being afraid of their opinions."

-Fonda Lee, Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3)

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18. She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

By: Shelley Parker-Chan

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Two-time British Fantasy Award WinnerAstounding Award WinnerLambda Literary Award FinalistHugo Awar… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"I can do this. I can learn. I can survive."

-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

"Pure emotions are the luxury of children and animals"

-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

"What I want has nothing to do with who wins." -Ouyang"

-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

"With sufficient competence, there's no need of flattery"

-Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)

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19. Vicious (Villains, #1)

By: Victoria Schwab

4.21

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers. Victor and Eli started out as c… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Schwab's Vicious (Villains, #1) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"He?"

-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)

"There are no good men in this game."

-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)

"When no one understands, that's usually a good sign that you're wrong."

-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)

"If he weren't currently in the back of a cop car, he would have wanted to make a thesis note."

-Victoria Schwab, Vicious (Villains, #1)

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20. Last Violent Call (Secret Shanghai, #3.5)

By: Chloe Gong

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes two captivating new novellas surrounding… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Gong's Last Violent Call (Secret Shanghai, #3.5) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • romance
  • historical
  • novella
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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21. The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

By: R.F. Kuang

4.52

Format: 15 pages, ebook

A collection of scenes from Nezha's point of view throughout the first two novels in the trilogy, a… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5) book and R.F. Kuang's The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

  • romance
  • historical
  • novella
  • magic
  • short stories
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Who is the true god."

-R.F. Kuang, The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

"I'm sorry,' he says. 'I know it should have been me.' Vaisra doesn’t hesitate. 'It should have been you."

-R.F. Kuang, The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

"They can't say her name in his presence. He's never made this a rule. But for some reason, none of them dare."

-R.F. Kuang, The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)

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M.L. Rio

4.39

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Victoria Schwab , None

3.61

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The Sunshine Court (All For the Game, #4)

Nora Sakavic

4.59

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M.L. Wang

4.47

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Rachel Gillig

4.30

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Sarah J. Maas

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