13 Top fantasy books like Into the Sunken City by Dinesh Thiru

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Into the Sunken City

By: Dinesh Thiru

3.68

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

In the slowly sinking city of Coconino, Arizona, the days are long, the money is tight, and the rai…

"The bravest of us always admit to being scared."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

"You see all the ways people lie to you, but none of the ways they care."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

"I grab her hands and say the words I so desperately want to believe. “We’re gonna be okay, Thara. I promise you—we’re gonna be okay."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

If you liked the fantasy plot in Into the Sunken City by Dinesh Thiru , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. 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 Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1) by Hafsah Faizal

2. 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 Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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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3. Dragonfruit

By: Makiia Lucier

3.89

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythol… read more

Similar categories in Makiia Lucier's Dragonfruit book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Sam was quiet. Sometimes it was hard to look at her"

-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

"sam was quiet, sometimes it hurt to look at her and know at closely they had come to missing one another"

-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

"May Taga find your spirit and guide you home to the sea beyond. In clear water where danger will never catch you. Among the coral and caves where the bounty is full. Alongside your ancestors and thei…"

-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

Cover of Snowglobe by Soyoung Park

4. Snowglobe

By: Soyoung Park

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In a world of constant winter, only the citizens of the climate-controlled city of Snowglobe can es… read more

Similar categories in Soyoung Park's Snowglobe book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of These Deadly Prophecies by Andrea Tang

5. These Deadly Prophecies

By: Andrea Tang

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A teenage sorcerer’s apprentice must solve her boss’s murder in order to prove her innocence in thi… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Tang's These Deadly Prophecies book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Kindling by Traci Chee

6. Kindling

By: Traci Chee

3.76

Format: 423 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and award-winning author Traci Chee comes a standalone fantasy set against a war-r… read more

Similar categories in Traci Chee's Kindling book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina  Ixta

7. Shut Up, This Is Serious

By: Carolina Ixta

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable YA debut about two Latina teens growing up in East Oakland as they discover that t… read more

Similar categories in Carolina Ixta's Shut Up, This Is Serious book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo

8. 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 Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Last Bloodcarver (The Last Bloodcarver #1) by Vanessa Le

9. 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 Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Sky's End (Above the Black, #1) by Marc J. Gregson

10. Sky's End (Above the Black, #1)

By: Marc J. Gregson

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller with three starred reviews—now under development as a feature … read more

Similar categories in Marc J. Gregson's Sky's End (Above the Black, #1) book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • adventure
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear by Robin Wasley

11. Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear

By: Robin Wasley

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A painfully average teen’s life is upended by a magical apocalypse. High school is hard enough t… read more

Similar categories in Robin Wasley's Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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12. 49 Days

By: Agnes Lee

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Day 1 Gotta get up. Gotta keep moving. This map – it says I have to cross over here. Wait, what’… read more

Similar categories in Agnes Lee's 49 Days book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of A Place for Vanishing by Ann Fraistat

13. 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 Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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14. Wild Dreamers

By: Margarita Engle

3.75

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this stirring young adult romance from award-winning author Margarita Engle, love and conservati… read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Wild Dreamers book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"As if moonlight has been transformed into music"

-Margarita Engle, Wild Dreamers

"Always say unhoused instead of homeless so i'll know that its temporary and not an intrinsic aspect of my character, but i'm pretty sure that when she drives home at the end of each day she returns t…"

-Margarita Engle, Wild Dreamers

Cover of Into the Sunken City by Dinesh Thiru

15. Into the Sunken City

By: Dinesh Thiru

3.68

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

In the slowly sinking city of Coconino, Arizona, the days are long, the money is tight, and the rai… read more

Similar categories in Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • romance
  • retellings
  • adventure
  • pirates
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"The bravest of us always admit to being scared."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

"You see all the ways people lie to you, but none of the ways they care."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

"I grab her hands and say the words I so desperately want to believe. “We’re gonna be okay, Thara. I promise you—we’re gonna be okay."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

Cover of Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. Cole

16. 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 Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • 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 The Atlas of Us by Kristin Dwyer

17. The Atlas of Us

By: Kristin Dwyer

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Atlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she’s working on… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Dwyer's The Atlas of Us book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Dark Parts of the Universe by Samuel       Miller

18. Dark Parts of the Universe

By: Samuel Miller

3.73

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Outer Banks meets Bone Gap in New York Times bestselling author Samuel Miller’s propulsive and genr… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Six Truths and a Lie by Ream Shukairy

19. Six Truths and a Lie

By: Ream Shukairy

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's Six Truths and a Lie book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella

20. The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray

By: Christine Calella

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Storms and pirates are nothing compared to the evil within men’s hearts. After a lifetime of abu… read more

Similar categories in Christine Calella's The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • pirates
  • young adult
Cover of Brownstone by Samuel Teer

21. Brownstone

By: Samuel Teer

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Teer's Brownstone book and Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City

  • fiction
  • young adult

20 Top fiction books like Into the Sunken City by Dinesh Thiru

Transform Your Habits

Tender Beasts

Liselle Sambury

3.90

Transform Your Habits

A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

Hafsah Faizal

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Dragonfruit

Makiia Lucier

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Snowglobe

Soyoung Park

3.62

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Snowglobe

Soyoung Park

3.62

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Kindling

Traci Chee

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Shut Up, This Is Serious

Carolina Ixta

4.15

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In Utero

Chris Gooch

3.79

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