24 must-read fantasy books like Bright Star by Erin Swan

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Bright Star

By: Erin Swan

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Erin Swan's YA fantasy debut, Bright Star, is an action-packed adventure tale of rebellion, romance…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Bright Star by Erin Swan , here is a list of 24 books like this:

Cover of The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1) by Rick Yancey

1. The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1)

By: Rick Yancey

3.91

Format: 434 pages, Hardcover

These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed. But he is dead now and has b… read more

Similar categories in Rick Yancey's The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"Snap to, Will Henry!"

-Rick Yancey, The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1)

"They say no one knows the Bible better than the devil."

-Rick Yancey, The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1)

"I always assumed it owed more to the fact that he didn't like me."

-Rick Yancey, The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1)

"Self-pity is egotism undiluted, after all—self-centeredness in its purest form."

-Rick Yancey, The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1)

Cover of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3) by C.S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes

2. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes

4.09

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

NARNIA... the world of wicked dragons and magic spells, where the very best is brought out of even … read more

Similar categories in C.S. Lewis's The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Courage, dear heart."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

"Adventures are never fun while you're having them."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

"Extraordinary things only happen to extraordinary people."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

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3. Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

By: Kevin Hearne

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hearne's Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"What's a fracking Cylon?"

-Kevin Hearne, Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

"Wow you need to get some sun."

-Kevin Hearne, Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

"Winning ugly is still winning."

-Kevin Hearne, Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

"Put your affairs in order, mortals,"

-Kevin Hearne, Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

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4. Tricked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4)

By: Kevin Hearne

4.25

Format: 341 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Druid Atticus O’Sullivan hasn’t stayed alive for more than two millennia without a fair bit of Celt… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hearne's Tricked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"Bacon is the way and the truth."

-Kevin Hearne, Tricked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4)

"Corporations might be harder to kill than gods."

-Kevin Hearne, Tricked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4)

"Saint Lassie smiles upon me! It's Coyote, with a bag of goodies."

-Kevin Hearne, Tricked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4)

"Nie sposób opisać, jak miło jest biec, gdy już nie jest się do tego zmuszonym."

-Kevin Hearne, Tricked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4)

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5. Keeping the Moon

By: Sarah Dessen

3.79

Format: None pages,

There is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN13 here. Colie expects the worst when she's sent t… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dessen's Keeping the Moon book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult

6. The Truth About Forever

By: Sarah Dessen

3.00

Format: None pages,

There are alternate cover editions for this ISBN . A long, hot summer... That's what Macy has to l… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dessen's The Truth About Forever book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
Cover of Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1) by Patricia C. Wrede, Peter de Sève

7. Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)

By: Patricia C. Wrede , Peter de Sève

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Cimorene is everything a princess is notsupposed to be: headstrong, tomboyish, smart - and bored. S… read more

Similar categories in Patricia C. Wrede's Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • dragons
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7) by C.S. Lewis

8. The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

By: C.S. Lewis

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

For the first time, an edition of Lewis's classic fantasy fiction packaged specifically for adults.… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Lewis's The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"My sister Susan,"

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

"Do you think I care if Aslan dooms me to death?"

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

". . .[W]e have all been blind. We are only beginning to see. . . ."

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

"But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan."

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

9. The Black Country (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #2)

By: Alex Grecian

3.80

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

Scotland Yard's Murder Squad returns. The British Midlands. It's called the "Black Country" for a r… read more

Similar categories in Alex Grecian's The Black Country (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #2) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • fiction
Cover of Nightfall (Keeper of the Lost Cities #6) by Shannon Messenger

10. Nightfall (Keeper of the Lost Cities #6)

By: Shannon Messenger

3.46

Format: None pages, ebook

Sophie Foster is struggling. Grieving. Scrambling. But she knows one thing: she will not be defeate… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Nightfall (Keeper of the Lost Cities #6) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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11. Dreamland

By: Sarah Dessen

3.91

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

There is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN13 here. Wake up, Caitlin Ever since she sta… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dessen's Dreamland book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • fiction
  • teen
  • young adult
"As long as I didn't say it aloud, it wasn't real"

-Sarah Dessen, Dreamland

"She was just a shell of her former self, functioning and talking but hardly alive."

-Sarah Dessen, Dreamland

"I wondered if he ever thought of me, and hated the pang I felt when I told myself he didn't."

-Sarah Dessen, Dreamland

"It’s so easy to get caught up in what people expect of you. Sometimes, you can just lose yourself"

-Sarah Dessen, Dreamland

12. Two Ravens and One Crow (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4.5)

By: Kevin Hearne

4.15

Format: None pages, ebook

Atticus O'Sullivan is back in an all-new, action-packed, laugh-out-loud novella from the author of … read more

Similar categories in Kevin Hearne's Two Ravens and One Crow (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4.5) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

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13. The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey, #2)

By: Julie Kagawa

4.07

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the Winter pr… read more

Similar categories in Julie Kagawa's The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey, #2) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Why?"

-Julie Kagawa, The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey, #2)

"STOP!"

-Julie Kagawa, The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey, #2)

"Meghan,"

-Julie Kagawa, The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey, #2)

"I love her."

-Julie Kagawa, The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey, #2)

Cover of The Darkest Star (Origin, #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

14. The Darkest Star (Origin, #1)

By: Jennifer L. Armentrout

4.20

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Evie Dasher is caught up in a raid at a notorious club known as one of the … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Armentrout's The Darkest Star (Origin, #1) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"All you have to do is ask, Peaches."

-Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Darkest Star (Origin, #1)

"What's going on in that head of yours? He asked in a soft voice."

-Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Darkest Star (Origin, #1)

"A Luxen didn't kiss you, Evie. His lips brushed mine. But neither did a human."

-Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Darkest Star (Origin, #1)

"He was kind of growing on me. Like mold—if mold was ripped and hard and hot and— “Ugh,"

-Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Darkest Star (Origin, #1)

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15. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The Lost Library book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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16. Night of the Witch (Witch and Hunter, #1)

By: Sara Raasch

3.72

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A witch and a hunter. Vengeance is their mission. Love is their destiny. Fritzi is a witch. A su… read more

Similar categories in Sara Raasch's Night of the Witch (Witch and Hunter, #1) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Unlocked (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8.5) by Shannon Messenger

17. Unlocked (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8.5)

By: Shannon Messenger

4.25

Format: 764 pages, Kindle Edition

Book 8.5 in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series delivers … read more

Similar categories in Shannon Messenger's Unlocked (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8.5) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Love, Keefe"

-Shannon Messenger, Unlocked (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8.5)

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18. The Ravens (The Ravens, #1)

By: Kass Morgan

3.67

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Kappa Rho Nu isn’t your average sorority. Their parties are notorious. Their fundraisers are known … read more

Similar categories in Kass Morgan's The Ravens (The Ravens, #1) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1) by Aurora Ascher

19. Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

By: Aurora Ascher

2.90

Format: 400 pages, ebook

A Refinery29 Most Anticipated Book of 2024 "Ascher's latest is a fantasy romance that has everyt… read more

Similar categories in Aurora Ascher's Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"She would have driven a blade through his chest while he slept. He would have helped her sink it deeper."

-Aurora Ascher, Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

"The most beautiful female in the world just told me she loves me. I think I'm not so foolish as to question my good fortune."

-Aurora Ascher, Sanctuary of the Shadow (Elemental Emergence, #1)

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20. Alone Out Here

By: Riley Redgate

3.55

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

What do you stand for, when you're one of the last left standing? The year is 2072. Soon a volcani… read more

Similar categories in Riley Redgate's Alone Out Here book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of The Millennium Wolves (The Millennium Wolves, #1) by Sapir A. Englard

21. The Millennium Wolves (The Millennium Wolves, #1)

By: Sapir A. Englard

3.45

Format: 679 pages, None

Sienna is a nineteen-year-old werewolf with a secret: she's a virgin. The only virgin in the pack. … read more

Similar categories in Sapir A. Englard's The Millennium Wolves (The Millennium Wolves, #1) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Arrangement by S.S. Sahoo

22. The Arrangement

By: S.S. Sahoo

3.22

Format: None pages, None

When two strangers with absolutely nothing in common are forced to marry, their relationship will p… read more

Similar categories in S.S. Sahoo's The Arrangement book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • fiction
Cover of The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade, #1) by Charlotte Bond

23. The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade, #1)

By: Charlotte Bond

3.78

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Kill the dragon. Find the blade. Reclaim her honor. It’s that, or end up like countless knights … read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Bond's The Fireborne Blade (The Fireborne Blade, #1) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • dragons
Cover of The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey

24. The Big Finish

By: Brooke Fossey

3.69

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Meet Duffy, an old curmudgeon who lives in an assisted living home. Meet Josie, a desperate youn… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Fossey's The Big Finish book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • fiction
"Things don’t go rotten unless they’re good first. Otherwise, how would you know the difference?"

-Brooke Fossey, The Big Finish

"Whatever it is you’re mourning from back when, don’t. It brought you here, now, to do what you’re doing, and what you’re doing is honorable and right."

-Brooke Fossey, The Big Finish

"...you had to look loss in the eye, and if you were going to survive it, you had to believe that there were two different parts of every person: the stuff that ended up in the ground, and the stuff t…"

-Brooke Fossey, The Big Finish

"I never regretted not having children, or, better said: I never regretted not inflicting myself on a child. Children need too much love, and despite what everyone likes to say, love is not free. Love…"

-Brooke Fossey, The Big Finish

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25. Those We Drown

By: Amy Goldsmith

3.43

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An ocean-drenched, atmospheric horror debut! Liv's best friend disappears on their first night aboa… read more

Similar categories in Amy Goldsmith's Those We Drown book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of This Dark Descent (This Dark Descent, #1) by Kalyn Josephson

26. This Dark Descent (This Dark Descent, #1)

By: Kalyn Josephson

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Tous les dix ans, les citoyens de Veradell se rassemblent pour l'Illinir, une course de chevaux mag… read more

Similar categories in Kalyn Josephson's This Dark Descent (This Dark Descent, #1) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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27. Six of Sorrow

By: Amanda Linsmeier

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen years ago, six girls were born on the same day—and now, on their birthday, one of them is m… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Linsmeier's Six of Sorrow book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • fantasy
  • young adult
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28. The Spellshop

By: Sarah Beth Durst

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbo… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Beth Durst's The Spellshop book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"We can only control what we do and hope that other people make the right choice."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"She was lonely, and she wanted someone to love. She made me out of love, and the empire destroyed her for it."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"There was something so very beautiful about a notebook without a single note in it. It felt like touching pure potential."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"I hope you know what you're doing" Caz said as he returned. "I absolutely do not know what I'm doing. I thought that was clear?"

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

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29. Wings So Wicked (Golden City, #1)

By: Emily Blackwood

3.92

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

WINGS SO WICKEDA GOLDEN CITY NOVELFourth Wing meets The Serpent and the Wings of Night in this dark… read more

Similar categories in Emily Blackwood's Wings So Wicked (Golden City, #1) book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • magic
  • fantasy
Cover of Bright Star by Erin Swan

30. Bright Star

By: Erin Swan

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Erin Swan's YA fantasy debut, Bright Star, is an action-packed adventure tale of rebellion, romance… read more

Similar categories in Erin Swan's Bright Star book and Erin Swan's Bright Star

  • romance
  • teen
  • dragons
  • magic
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy

28 Best fiction books like Bright Star by Erin Swan

Transform Your Habits

The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1)

Rick Yancey

3.91

Transform Your Habits

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1)

Kevin Hearne

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Tricked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4)

Kevin Hearne

4.25

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A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

Ava Reid

3.78

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

Hafsah Faizal

3.57

Transform Your Habits

A Fragile Enchantment

Allison Saft

3.53

Transform Your Habits

Song of the Six Realms

Judy I. Lin

3.58

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