19 Best fiction books like Cathedral of Bones by A.J. Steiger

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Cathedral of Bones

By: A.J. Steiger

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Simon Frost lives in a curious place, where magic is used by the very best Animists to do wondrous …

"For the first time, the little ant finally realized fully what it meant to be an ant. For what could she do, against creatures like that? She looked down at her brothers and sisters below, and she envied them for not knowing the truth. She bowed her head, put her face in her forelegs, and wept. And then she climbed down and she never, ever told anyone what she had seen."

-A.J. Steiger, Cathedral of Bones

"For the first time, the little ant finally realized fully what it meant to be an ant. For what could she do, against creatures like that? She looked down at her brothers and sisters below, and she envied them for not knowing the truth. She bowed her head, put her face in her forelegs, and wept. And then she climbed down and she never, ever told anyone what she had seen."

-A.J. Steiger, Cathedral of Bones

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1. The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War, #1)

By: Brandon Mull

4.05

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

What if there were a place where you could get magical candy? Moon rocks that made you feel weightl… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"A crossbow?"

-Brandon Mull, The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War, #1)

"Are you her boyfriend?"

-Brandon Mull, The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War, #1)

"Could you just call me Pigeon?"

-Brandon Mull, The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War, #1)

"There are no insect eggs in my food."

-Brandon Mull, The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War, #1)

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2. If Walls Could Talk (Haunted Home Renovation Mystery, #1)

By: Juliet Blackwell

3.92

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Melanie Turner has made quite a name for herself remodeling historic houses in the San Francisco Ba… read more

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  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fiction
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3. Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection

By: None

3.36

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and king of "immersion journalism" A.J. Jacobs tackles his most c… read more

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4. Isle of Blood and Stone (Isle of Blood and Stone, #1)

By: Makiia Lucier

3.76

Format: None pages, ebook

Ulises asked, "How can I look at these maps, see this riddle, and do nothing? They are my brothers.… read more

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5. Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor (Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor, #1)

By: Ally Carter

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

When 11-year-old April joins a group of kids living at Winterborne Home she doesn't expect to be th… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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6. Final Cut

By: S.J. Watson

3.15

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

For generations Blackwood Bay, a quaint village in northern England, has been famous only for the s… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. Muse (Muse, #1)

By: Brittany Cavallaro

3.30

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

An alternate history American monarchy where a girl grapples for control of her own life in the mid… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Messengers (Greystone Secrets, #3)

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix

3.87

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In the conclusion to the Greystone Secrets series, the Greystones and their doubles, the Gustanos, … read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. Sherwood

By: Meagan Spooner

3.70

Format: 496 pages, ebook

Fans of Danielle Paige, Marissa Meyer, and Alex Flinn will devour New York Times bestselling author… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Such a deadly thing, a feather."

-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood

"But arrows are winged creatures."

-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood

"Who are you to say that being a lady, in itself, is not its own kind of war."

-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood

"Radical and insurgent and impatient. Those qualities sound more like you, my love."

-Meagan Spooner, Sherwood

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10. 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

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  • urban fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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11. The Girl King (The Girl King, #1)

By: Mimi Yu

3.57

Format: 432 pages, ebook

Two sisters become unwitting rivals in a war to claim the title of Emperor in this sweeping tale of… read more

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  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
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12. Cathedral of Bones (Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mysteries, #1)

By: J.G. Lewis

4.07

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

Salisbury, 1226 A young pregnant woman is found tangled in reeds in the river Avon, her identity a … read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Now Entering Addamsville

By: Francesca Zappia

3.50

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Zora Novak has been framed. When someone burns down the home of the school janitor and he dies i… read more

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  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I'm too asexual for this."

-Francesca Zappia, Now Entering Addamsville

"You can have people who call themselves your friends and you can still be alone."

-Francesca Zappia, Now Entering Addamsville

"How could you convince people of the truth when they had already decided what version of the story they wanted to believe?"

-Francesca Zappia, Now Entering Addamsville

Cover of Thieves of Weirdwood (William Shivering, #1) by Christian McKay Heidicker

14. Thieves of Weirdwood (William Shivering, #1)

By: Christian McKay Heidicker

3.82

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

A fantasy series about two kid thieves who are plunged into a battle between the Real and Imaginary… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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15. Soulswift

By: Megan Bannen

3.96

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Gelya is a Vessel, a girl who channels the word of the One True God through song. Cloistered with t… read more

Similar categories in Megan Bannen's Soulswift book and A.J. Steiger's Cathedral of Bones

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I pull him closer anyway, and we cling to each other, two bodies knotted together, a pinprick of something good and right in a place that is horrible and wrong."

-Megan Bannen, Soulswift

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16. Weird Kid

By: Greg Van Eekhout

3.73

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

Jake Wind is trying to stay under the radar. Whose radar? Anyone who might be too interested in the… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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17. The Supernatural Society (Supernatural Society, #1)

By: Rex Ogle

3.73

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

"Monsters have never been so much fun." –Stuart Gibbs, New York Times bestselling author of the Spy… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
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18. The Dragon Warrior (The Dragon Warrior, #1)

By: Katie Zhao

4.04

Format: 288 pages, ebook

As a member of the Jade Society, twelve-year-old Faryn Liu dreams of honoring her family and the go… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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19. Cathedral of Bones

By: A.J. Steiger

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Simon Frost lives in a curious place, where magic is used by the very best Animists to do wondrous … read more

Similar categories in A.J. Steiger's Cathedral of Bones book and A.J. Steiger's Cathedral of Bones

  • urban fantasy
  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • juvenile
"For the first time, the little ant finally realized fully what it meant to be an ant. For what could she do, against creatures like that? She looked down at her brothers and sisters below, and she en…"

-A.J. Steiger, Cathedral of Bones

Cover of Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa (Pilar Ramirez #1) by Julian Randall

20. Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa (Pilar Ramirez #1)

By: Julian Randall

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta “Purp” Ramirez’s world is changing, and she doesn’t care for it one b… read more

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  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of A Scandal in Mayfair (Lily Adler Mystery, #5) by Katharine Schellman

21. A Scandal in Mayfair (Lily Adler Mystery, #5)

By: Katharine Schellman

4.08

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes danger lurks in plain sight, and in the cutthroat London Season socialite Lily Adler must… read more

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  • audiobook

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4.18

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