17 must-read fantasy books like Spindle and Dagger by J. Anderson Coats

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Spindle and Dagger

By: J. Anderson Coats

3.51

Format: None pages, ebook

This rich literary novel follows Elen, who must live a precarious lie in order to survive among the…

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Cover of Heart of the Land (Spirit Animals: Fall of the Beasts #5) by Sarah Prineas

1. Heart of the Land (Spirit Animals: Fall of the Beasts #5)

By: Sarah Prineas

4.35

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

The four heroes of Erdas are fugitives on the run in this new chapter of the New York Times bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Prineas's Heart of the Land (Spirit Animals: Fall of the Beasts #5) book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult

2. Paper Wishes

By: Lois Sepahban

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

A moving debut novel about a girl whose family is relocated to a Japanese internment camp during Wo… read more

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3. Dragon Pearl

By: Yoon Ha Lee

4.75

Format: 118 pages,

Space opera based on Korean mythology. A standalone middle grade novel starring Min, a teenage fox … read more

Similar categories in Yoon Ha Lee's Dragon Pearl book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

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4. Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

By: Laura Sebastian

4.06

Format: 514 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding story of three princesses and the destiny they were born for: seduction, conquest, a… read more

Similar categories in Laura Sebastian's Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1) book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
"You've trained for this, my doves. You know who to strike. You know where they are vulnerable."

-Laura Sebastian, Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

"I’m here because I want to be. Because you are lightning– terrifying and beautiful and dangerous and bright all at once. And I wouldn’t wish you were anything else."

-Laura Sebastian, Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

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5. Seasparrow (Graceling Realm, #5)

By: Kristin Cashore

4.12

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

The fifth novel in the bestselling and award winning Graceling Realm series focuses on Hava, Queen … read more

Similar categories in Kristin Cashore's Seasparrow (Graceling Realm, #5) book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
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6. Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1: Volume 1

By: Celina Frenn

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The first book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series is … read more

Similar categories in Celina Frenn's Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1: Volume 1 book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch

By: Melinda Taub

3.81

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A sparkling, witchy reimagining of Pride and Prejudice, told from the perspective of the troublesom… read more

Similar categories in Melinda Taub's The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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8. Song of the Six Realms

By: Judy I. Lin

3.58

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Judy I. Lin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Magic Steeped in Poison, weaves a dreamy got… read more

Similar categories in Judy I. Lin's Song of the Six Realms book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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9. Message Not Found

By: Dante Medema

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally complex portrayal of secrets, loss, and grief from Dante Medema, Indies Introduce au… read more

Similar categories in Dante Medema's Message Not Found book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • fiction
  • young adult
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10. Where the Dark Stands Still

By: A.B. Poranek

4.12

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Raised in a small village near the spirit-wood, Liska Radost knows that Magic is monstrous, and its… read more

Similar categories in A.B. Poranek's Where the Dark Stands Still book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
"We kissed, you incorrigible antlered tradgedy!"

-A.B. Poranek, Where the Dark Stands Still

"His eyebrows tilt up, firelight reflecting in his eyes. "It was always to be my fate." "Fate," she scoffs. "What is fate but an excuse to surrender responsibility? No, Eliasz, we cannot think of that…"

-A.B. Poranek, Where the Dark Stands Still

"Please," she begs. "Surely there must be some spell—there must be something, anything. Please, Eliasz, please. Tell me how to save you." "Liska, Liseczka. Oj, lisku." He raises her hand to his lips, …"

-A.B. Poranek, Where the Dark Stands Still

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11. Breaking Time (Breaking Time, #1)

By: Sasha Alsberg

2.92

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Fate brought them together. Time will tear them apart. When a mysterious Scotsman appears out of… read more

Similar categories in Sasha Alsberg's Breaking Time (Breaking Time, #1) book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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12. Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road, #1)

By: Rachel Hartman

3.91

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Meet Tess, a brave new heroine from beloved epic fantasy author Rachel Hartman. In the medieval … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hartman's Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road, #1) book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
"I am the prayer ."

-Rachel Hartman, Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road, #1)

"You’re making assumptions."

-Rachel Hartman, Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road, #1)

"Belief was uniquely human."

-Rachel Hartman, Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road, #1)

"What’s done cannot be undone."

-Rachel Hartman, Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road, #1)

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13. When Among Crows

By: Veronica Roth

3.73

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Roth's When Among Crows book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I don't find it painful to be ordinary."

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

"He pinches one of the petals and breaks it away from the flower. It doesn't feel like it's as powerful as it is, but maybe that's just how powerful things are- like the zmory, like Baba Jaga herself,…"

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

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14. The Bad Ones

By: Melissa Albert

3.66

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Goddess, goddess, count to five In the morning, who’s alive? In the course of a single winter’s… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Albert's The Bad Ones book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Let's say your the girl who saved your best friends life. The person who apparently kept her alive With your love and your constancey. With your steadfast disregard for the worser parts of her nature…"

-Melissa Albert, The Bad Ones

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15. Ruined

By: Sarah Vaughn

3.64

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Bridgerton comes a Regency-era romance graphic novel about the unexpected passion that … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Vaughn's Ruined book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The Hedgewitch of Foxhall

By: Anna Bright

3.73

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

In this gorgeous stand-alone fantasy romance perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Allison Saft… read more

Similar categories in Anna Bright's The Hedgewitch of Foxhall book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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17. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

By: R.F. Kuang

3.68

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A collection of the year's best science fiction and fantasy writing selected by New York Times best… read more

Similar categories in R.F. Kuang's The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"The truce was over; the walls were up; they had reminded her why she'd abandoned them, which was that she could never really, properly, be one of them. And Letty, if she could not belong to a place, …"

-R.F. Kuang, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

Cover of Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1) by Amber Chen

18. Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1)

By: Amber Chen

3.73

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a world-class engineer like her father, but after h… read more

Similar categories in Amber Chen's Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1) book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Tessa Miyata Is No Hero (Tessa Miyata, #1) by Julie Abe

19. Tessa Miyata Is No Hero (Tessa Miyata, #1)

By: Julie Abe

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Tessa Miyata has never fit in. When she and her two sisters are told they will be staying with thei… read more

Similar categories in Julie Abe's Tessa Miyata Is No Hero (Tessa Miyata, #1) book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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20. Spindle and Dagger

By: J. Anderson Coats

3.51

Format: None pages, ebook

This rich literary novel follows Elen, who must live a precarious lie in order to survive among the… read more

Similar categories in J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • medieval
  • young adult historical fiction
  • fantasy
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21. The Thirteenth Child

By: Erin A. Craig

4.32

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of Hazel, a young healer navigating a ruthless court to save the life of the king… read more

Similar categories in Erin A. Craig's The Thirteenth Child book and J. Anderson Coats's Spindle and Dagger

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult

19 Top fiction books like Spindle and Dagger by J. Anderson Coats

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Heart of the Land (Spirit Animals: Fall of the Beasts #5)

Sarah Prineas

4.35

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Castles in Their Bones (Castles in Their Bones, #1)

Laura Sebastian

4.06

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Seasparrow (Graceling Realm, #5)

Kristin Cashore

4.12

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Celina Frenn

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Sophie Kim

4.12

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Judy I. Lin

3.58

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Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1)

Eliza Chan

3.16

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Elizabeth May

3.36

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