6 must-read retellings books like Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1) by Tara Sim

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Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

By: Tara Sim

3.55

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

When Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she fears her rash actions have earned her …

If you liked the retellings plot in Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1) by Tara Sim , here is a list of 6 books like this:

1. Empress of a Thousand Skies (Empress of a Thousand Skies, #1)

By: Rhoda Belleza

3.51

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Crown Princess Rhiannon Ta'an wants vengeance. The only surviving heir to an ancient Kalusian dynas… read more

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2. Mirage (Mirage, #1)

By: Somaiya Daud

3.75

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

A YA fantasy/SF trilogy inspired by the author's Moroccan background, in which a poor girl from an … read more

Similar categories in Somaiya Daud's Mirage (Mirage, #1) book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

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3. What Monstrous Gods

By: Rosamund Hodge

3.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Centuries ago, the heretic sorcerer Ruven raised a deadly briar around Runakhia's palace, casting t… read more

Similar categories in Rosamund Hodge's What Monstrous Gods book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"When we get there, I whisper silently to Ruven, don’t leave me. “Never,"

-Rosamund Hodge, What Monstrous Gods

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4. Court of Lions (Mirage, #2)

By: Somaiya Daud

3.92

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Two identical girls, one a princess, the other a rebel. Who will rule the empire? After being sw… read more

Similar categories in Somaiya Daud's Court of Lions (Mirage, #2) book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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5. Amber & Dusk (Amber & Dusk, #1)

By: Lyra Selene

3.51

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Sylvie has always known she deserves more. Out in the permanent twilight of the Dusklands, her guar… read more

Similar categories in Lyra Selene's Amber & Dusk (Amber & Dusk, #1) book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Tell you?"

-Lyra Selene, Amber & Dusk (Amber & Dusk, #1)

"My monster,"

-Lyra Selene, Amber & Dusk (Amber & Dusk, #1)

"You are weak,"

-Lyra Selene, Amber & Dusk (Amber & Dusk, #1)

"So you don’t mind,"

-Lyra Selene, Amber & Dusk (Amber & Dusk, #1)

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6. Illusionary (Hollow Crown, #2)

By: Zoraida Córdova

4.15

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Reeling from betrayal at the hands of the Whispers, Renata Convida is a girl on the run. With few o… read more

Similar categories in Zoraida Córdova's Illusionary (Hollow Crown, #2) book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"I don't care if we're in the middle of the sea or on one of the thousand isles of Luzou. Hate me, love me, have me. Wherever you are, that's my kingdom, Nati, and you are my queen."

-Zoraida Córdova, Illusionary (Hollow Crown, #2)

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7. Incendiary (Hollow Crown, #1)

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.87

Format: 450 pages, Hardcover

As a memory thief– the rarest and most feared of the magical Moria– Renata was used by the crown to… read more

Similar categories in Zoraida Córdova's Incendiary (Hollow Crown, #1) book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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8. All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth, #1)

By: Adalyn Grace

3.66

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in a kingdom where danger lurks beneath the sea, mermaids seek vengeance with song, and magic i… read more

Similar categories in Adalyn Grace's All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth, #1) book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • adventure
  • pirates
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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9. Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

By: Nicki Pau Preto

4.21

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Gideon the Ninth meets the Game of Thrones White Walkers in this dark young adult fantasy about a d… read more

Similar categories in Nicki Pau Preto's Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1) book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"We go in," Wren said with more confidence than she felt. But that, she had learned, was the way confidence worked."

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

"You thought standing in his shadow was cold while he was alive, but standing in the shadow of his martyrdom is colder, isn’t it?"

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

"You thought standing in his shadow was cold while he was alive, but standing in the shadow of his martyrdom is colder, isn't it?"

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

"He wasn’t disappointed or hurt. He was livid. Let him be. She’d take the rage of the living over the silence of the dead any day."

-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)

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10. Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards, #1)

By: Janella Angeles

3.65

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In a city covered in ice and ruin, a group of magicians face off in a daring game of magical feats … read more

Similar categories in Janella Angeles's Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards, #1) book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"The fools thought they could treat her like a flower-take away her sunlight and water so she would shrivel up and die. But she was more the stubborn plant, the kind that thrived anywhere if that's wh…"

-Janella Angeles, Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards, #1)

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11. Four Dead Queens

By: Astrid Scholte

3.80

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Keralie Corrington may seem harmless, but in fact, she's one of Quadara's most s… read more

Similar categories in Astrid Scholte's Four Dead Queens book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Dream bigger,"

-Astrid Scholte, Four Dead Queens

"Get in quick. Get out quicker."

-Astrid Scholte, Four Dead Queens

"Sometimes failure is the beginning of success"

-Astrid Scholte, Four Dead Queens

"Let love guide your, heart and everything else will fall into place."

-Astrid Scholte, Four Dead Queens

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12. Among the Beasts & Briars

By: Ashley Poston

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Cerys is safe in the kingdom of Aloriya. Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and pea… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"We were nine, and therefore invincible."

-Ashley Poston, Among the Beasts & Briars

"Now, what's a pretty flower like you doing in a wood like this?"

-Ashley Poston, Among the Beasts & Briars

"Briars, brambles, bones, and blossom, I smell a girl who can’t be forgotten."

-Ashley Poston, Among the Beasts & Briars

"IT IS SAID that the first king of Aloriya was born with the fire in his blood."

-Ashley Poston, Among the Beasts & Briars

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13. Midnight Strikes

By: Zeba Shahnaz

3.59

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In this explosive fantasy debut with a time-loop twist, a provincial girl must work with a roguish … read more

Similar categories in Zeba Shahnaz's Midnight Strikes book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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14. I Hope You Get This Message

By: Farah Naz Rishi

3.53

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Seven days. Seven days. The Earth might end in seven days. When news stations start reporting th… read more

Similar categories in Farah Naz Rishi's I Hope You Get This Message book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Being gay is not a fruit-borne disease, you idiot."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

"Only five seconds of thought stand between you and a crap-ton of regret."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

"Just because you’ve lost all hope doesn’t mean you get to throw out hope for all of us."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

"The thing about the end of the world was this: either everything mattered, or nothing did."

-Farah Naz Rishi, I Hope You Get This Message

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15. Star Daughter

By: Shveta Thakrar

3.29

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

If the night sky holds many secrets, it holds Sheetal Mistry's secret the closest. A secret that ex… read more

Similar categories in Shveta Thakrar's Star Daughter book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Seizing power is one thing, and holding it is quite another,"

-Shveta Thakrar, Star Daughter

"Sheetal woke night after night singing songs no human knew..."

-Shveta Thakrar, Star Daughter

"You want to understand humans? That is what makes us—and art—what we are. That choice to keep getting back up and trying again in the face of suffering and injustice and despair."

-Shveta Thakrar, Star Daughter

"What did she want? Adventures. Cupcakes and kulfi. To be star bright and mortal dark and make her own choices, too. To not be bound by other people’s expectations. More than anything, to be seen."

-Shveta Thakrar, Star Daughter

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16. Riven

By: Mindee Arnett

3.77

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

An epic, adventurous story of a young mercenary magic-user trying to escape the oppressive island o… read more

Similar categories in Mindee Arnett's Riven book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1) by Tara Sim

17. Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

By: Tara Sim

3.55

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

When Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she fears her rash actions have earned her … read more

Similar categories in Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1) book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • pirates
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Crow Rider (The Storm Crow, #2) by Kalyn Josephson

18. The Crow Rider (The Storm Crow, #2)

By: Kalyn Josephson

3.88

Format: 368 pages, ebook

The thrilling conclusion to the epic Storm Crow duology that follows a fallen princess as she tries… read more

Similar categories in Kalyn Josephson's The Crow Rider (The Storm Crow, #2) book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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19. 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 Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Castle of the Cursed by Romina Garber

20. Castle of the Cursed

By: Romina Garber

3.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A delicious and dark gothic romance from bestselling author Romina Garber! THE HOUSE IS ALWAYS H… read more

Similar categories in Romina Garber's Castle of the Cursed book and Tara Sim's Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Gods Below (The Hollow Covenant, #1) by Andrea Stewart

21. The Gods Below (The Hollow Covenant, #1)

By: Andrea Stewart

3.70

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The series is set in a world ravaged by ancient magic, where precious gemstones bestow magical abil… read more

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  • romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

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