5 must-read science fiction books like The Merciless King of Moore High by Lily Sparks

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The Merciless King of Moore High

By: Lily Sparks

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When the adults of Brockton, Connecticut, morphed into gigantic, bloodthirsty monsters nine months …

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Merciless King of Moore High by Lily Sparks , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of What Monstrous Gods by Rosamund Hodge

1. 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 Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • 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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2. Dear Wendy

By: Ann Zhao

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more

Similar categories in Ann Zhao's Dear Wendy book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"

-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy

Cover of Mal Goes to War: A Novel by Edward Ashton

3. Mal Goes to War: A Novel

By: Edward Ashton

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and… read more

Similar categories in Edward Ashton's Mal Goes to War: A Novel book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
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4. Deep Is the Fen

By: Lili Wilkinson

3.76

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Merry doesn’t need a happily-ever-after. Her life in the charming, idyllic town of Candlecott is fi… read more

Similar categories in Lili Wilkinson's Deep Is the Fen book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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5. 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 Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • fiction
  • young adult
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6. The Kill Factor

By: Ben Oliver

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new game show that offers young criminals the chance at freedom has been greenlit. Little d… read more

Similar categories in Ben Oliver's The Kill Factor book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • young adult
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7. Hearts Still Beating

By: Brooke Archer

4.00

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Gripping, romantic, and impossible to put down, this dark and immersive post-apocalyptic debut YA n… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Archer's Hearts Still Beating book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Your Blood, My Bones by Kelly Andrew

8. Your Blood, My Bones

By: Kelly Andrew

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A seductively twisted romance about loyalty, fate, the lengths we go to hide the darkest parts of o… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Andrew's Your Blood, My Bones book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

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

9. 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 Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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10. Really Cute People

By: Markus Harwood-Jones

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A little domestic bliss never hurt anyone…right? Charlie Dee is headed for burnout. They’ve been b… read more

Similar categories in Markus Harwood-Jones's Really Cute People book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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11. A Whisper in the Walls (Waxways, #2)

By: Scott Reintgen

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this sequel to the New York Times bestselling, “pulse-pounding” ( Publishers Weekly ) A Door in … read more

Similar categories in Scott Reintgen's A Whisper in the Walls (Waxways, #2) book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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12. Heir, Apparently

By: Kara McDowell

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An American teen learns she may have accidentally married the King of England, only to end up stran… read more

Similar categories in Kara McDowell's Heir, Apparently book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Merciless King of Moore High by Lily  Sparks

13. The Merciless King of Moore High

By: Lily Sparks

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When the adults of Brockton, Connecticut, morphed into gigantic, bloodthirsty monsters nine months … read more

Similar categories in Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Worst Perfect Moment by Shivaun Plozza

14. The Worst Perfect Moment

By: Shivaun Plozza

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts tender and edgy, this inventive queer romance imagines what it might feel like to come … read more

Similar categories in Shivaun Plozza's The Worst Perfect Moment book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Sunrise Nights by Jeff Zentner

15. Sunrise Nights

By: Jeff Zentner

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in v… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Zentner's Sunrise Nights book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Love seems to die around me."

-Jeff Zentner, Sunrise Nights

Cover of Dead Girls Talking by Megan Cooley Peterson

16. Dead Girls Talking

By: Megan Cooley Peterson

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The town of Wolf Ridge calls him The Smiley Face Killer. Bettina Holland calls him her father. E… read more

Similar categories in Megan Cooley Peterson's Dead Girls Talking book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • young adult
Cover of Queerceañera by Alex Crespo

17. Queerceañera

By: Alex Crespo

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This irresistible and hilarious rom-com from acclaimed author Alex Crespo is a whirlwind of telenov… read more

Similar categories in Alex Crespo's Queerceañera book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of The Girl with No Reflection by Keshe Chow

18. The Girl with No Reflection

By: Keshe Chow

3.44

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman chosen as the crown prince’s bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new hu… read more

Similar categories in Keshe Chow's The Girl with No Reflection book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces by Carlos Sánchez

19. Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces

By: Carlos Sánchez

4.22

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Chiri is a fun-loving super cook looking for fresh adventures and ingredients, but her love of expl… read more

Similar categories in Carlos Sánchez's Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • queer
Cover of Ghostsmith (House of the Dead, #2) by Nicki Pau Preto

20. Ghostsmith (House of the Dead, #2)

By: Nicki Pau Preto

4.26

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

In this action-packed finale to the House of the Dead Duology, Wren and her friends put everything … read more

Similar categories in Nicki Pau Preto's Ghostsmith (House of the Dead, #2) book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Aisle Nine by Ian X. Cho

21. Aisle Nine

By: Ian X. Cho

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“It's Black Friday—and the apocalypse is on sale! Ever since the world filled with portals to he… read more

Similar categories in Ian X. Cho's Aisle Nine book and Lily Sparks's The Merciless King of Moore High

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer

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