19 must-read fantasy books like Of Light and Shadow by Tanaz Bhathena

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Of Light and Shadow

By: Tanaz Bhathena

3.67

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Of Light and Shadow is a novel about magic, mayhem, love, and betrayal--the story of a bandit and a…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Of Light and Shadow by Tanaz Bhathena , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Only This Beautiful Moment

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three genera… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Only This Beautiful Moment book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1) by Nicki Pau Preto

4. 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 Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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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5. Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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6. Queen Among the Dead

By: Lesley Livingston

3.38

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

A stunning Celtic YA fantasy adventure set in the ancient kingdom of Eire, inspired by the legend o… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Livingston's Queen Among the Dead book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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7. Mall Goth

By: Kate Leth

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me gets a Y2K twist in this coming-of-age young adult graphic nov… read more

Similar categories in Kate Leth's Mall Goth book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • fiction
  • young adult
"Oh mall... at least you're always here for me"

-Kate Leth, Mall Goth

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8. Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-n… read more

Similar categories in Cherie Dimaline's Funeral Songs for Dying Girls book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. Bring Me Your Midnight

By: Rachel Griffin

3.97

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Witches and Wild is the Witch comes a l… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Griffin's Bring Me Your Midnight book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. Those Pink Mountain Nights

By: Jen Ferguson

3.94

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

In her remarkable second novel following her acclaimed debut, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, which… read more

Similar categories in Jen Ferguson's Those Pink Mountain Nights book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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11. Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

By: Marie Lu

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New sparks. Old flames. And a mission that's playing with fire. A year has passed since supersta… read more

Similar categories in Marie Lu's Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2) book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Loyalty to a secret."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

"Let me stay." "Keep me in your songs."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

"Maybe love was not knowing and going ahead anyway."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

"Grief is love. It's the price we pay for the gift of someone meaningful in our lives."

-Marie Lu, Icon and Inferno (Stars and Smoke, #2)

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12. The Sky on Fire

By: Jenn Lyons

3.75

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

Enter a world ruled by dragons… Anahrod lives only for survival, preferring to thrive in the ju… read more

Similar categories in Jenn Lyons's The Sky on Fire book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Crimson Fortress (The Ivory Key Duology, #2) by Akshaya Raman

13. The Crimson Fortress (The Ivory Key Duology, #2)

By: Akshaya Raman

3.75

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling, action-packed sequel and conclusion to the critically acclaimed Ivory Key duolog… read more

Similar categories in Akshaya Raman's The Crimson Fortress (The Ivory Key Duology, #2) book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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14. Something More

By: Jackie Khalilieh

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism d… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Khalilieh's Something More book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"No matter how far I've come and no matter how hard I try, beneath the mask will always be a girl who's afraid of being left behind."

-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More

"Maybe if people can get past the things that make me different on the outside, then they might try to get to know the real me. And maybe I’ll let them."

-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More

Cover of The Mirror of Beasts (Silver in the Bone, #2) by Alexandra Bracken

15. The Mirror of Beasts (Silver in the Bone, #2)

By: Alexandra Bracken

4.26

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

With the dream of Avalon in ruins, Tamsin and her friends are all that stands in the way of Lord De… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Bracken's The Mirror of Beasts (Silver in the Bone, #2) book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1) by Brittany N. Williams

16. That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1)

By: Brittany N. Williams

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A stunning YA fantasy debut, perfect for fans of Holly Black and Justina Ireland, about a Black gir… read more

Similar categories in Brittany N. Williams's That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1) book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"If thou hast slain Lysander in his sleep," [Joan] said. Keep him playing the scene until she worked out a plan. "Being o'er shoes in blood, plunge in the deep / And kill me too." Auberon smiled. "All…"

-Brittany N. Williams, That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1)

"His hand slipped around the back of her neck and pulled her in close. their eyes met. He stopped; his brows knitted. He was waiting for her permission because he couldn't be sure if Hermia's refusal …"

-Brittany N. Williams, That Self-Same Metal (The Forge & Fracture Saga, #1)

Cover of The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2) by Tricia Levenseller

17. The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2)

By: Tricia Levenseller

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Chrysantha Stathos has won. By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautif… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Levenseller's The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2) book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I know you have options." "And those options will be taken away the second I marry. I will be beholden to my husband." "But you will be wealthy." "Is that what you'd choose? Bondage over freedom for …"

-Tricia Levenseller, The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2)

Cover of I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom by Shannon C.F. Rogers

18. I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom

By: Shannon C.F. Rogers

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Packed with voice, this is a powerful coming-of-age YA novel about a Filipina-American teen who tri… read more

Similar categories in Shannon C.F. Rogers's I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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19. Into the Bright Open

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.79

Format: 288 pages, ebook

In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works thr… read more

Similar categories in Cherie Dimaline's Into the Bright Open book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. A Little Like Waking

By: Adam Rex

3.57

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

You’ve Reached Sam meets The Good Place in this deeply-felt, surreal and fully illustrated love sto… read more

Similar categories in Adam Rex's A Little Like Waking book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. Pieces of Me

By: Kate McLaughlin

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The next gut-punching, compulsively readable Kate McLaughlin novel, about a girl finding strength i… read more

Similar categories in Kate McLaughlin's Pieces of Me book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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22. Goddess Crown

By: Shade Lapite

3.60

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling Afro-fantasy, the first set in the lush, opulent kingdom of Galla, a girl raised … read more

Similar categories in Shade Lapite's Goddess Crown book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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23. Sing Me to Sleep (Sing Me to Sleep #1)

By: Gabi Burton

3.86

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In this dark and seductive YA fantasy debut, a siren must choose between protecting her family and … read more

Similar categories in Gabi Burton's Sing Me to Sleep (Sing Me to Sleep #1) book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • fantasy
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24. House of Ash and Bone

By: Joel A. Sutherland

3.65

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Haunted meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this young adult debut horror by acclaimed Canadian … read more

Similar categories in Joel A. Sutherland's House of Ash and Bone book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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25. Then Everything Happens at Once

By: M.E. Girard

3.12

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From Lambda award–winning and acclaimed author of Girl Mans Up, M-E Girard, comes a stand-alone sex… read more

Similar categories in M.E. Girard's Then Everything Happens at Once book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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26. Dragging Mason County

By: Curtis Campbell

3.53

Format: 220 pages, Hardcover

A laugh-out-loud YA debut that examines the realities of small-town queer life and celebrates the t… read more

Similar categories in Curtis Campbell's Dragging Mason County book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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27. Of Light and Shadow

By: Tanaz Bhathena

3.67

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Of Light and Shadow is a novel about magic, mayhem, love, and betrayal--the story of a bandit and a… read more

Similar categories in Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • historical
  • science fiction fantasy
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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28. Iz the Apocalypse

By: Susan Currie

3.77

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! A fierce voice longs to break free. A spark ignites… read more

Similar categories in Susan Currie's Iz the Apocalypse book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • young adult
Cover of Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is by Casey Lyall

29. Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is

By: Casey Lyall

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Lemon Peabody is certain that aliens visited Grandpa Walt thirty years ago, but she's running out o… read more

Similar categories in Casey Lyall's Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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30. 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 Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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31. The Melancholy of Summer

By: Louisa Onomé

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed author Louisa Onomé comes the perfect embodiment of a Sad Girl Summer a girl left o… read more

Similar categories in Louisa Onomé's The Melancholy of Summer book and Tanaz Bhathena's Of Light and Shadow

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult

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Abdi Nazemian

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Liselle Sambury

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3.43

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3.95

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Amélie Wen Zhao

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Allison Saft

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