6 Top historical books like Elysium Girls by Kate Pentecost

Cover of Elysium Girls by Kate Pentecost

Elysium Girls

By: Kate Pentecost

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this sweeping Dust Bowl-inspired fantasy, a ten-year game between Life and Death pits the walled…

If you liked the historical plot in Elysium Girls by Kate Pentecost , here is a list of 6 books like this:

1. The Dust of 100 Dogs

By: A.S. King

3.44

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

In the late seventeenth century, famed teenage pirate Emer Morrisey was on the cusp of escaping the… read more

Similar categories in A.S. King's The Dust of 100 Dogs book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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2. Dread Nation

By: Justina Ireland

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Cha… read more

Similar categories in Justina Ireland's Dread Nation book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Midnight Thief (Midnight Thief, #1) by Livia Blackburne

3. Midnight Thief (Midnight Thief, #1)

By: Livia Blackburne

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

Growing up on Forge's streets has taught Kyra how to stretch a coin. And when that's not enough, he… read more

Similar categories in Livia Blackburne's Midnight Thief (Midnight Thief, #1) book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult

4. Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners

By: Therese Oneill

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era? Ladies, welcome to the 19th c… read more

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5. Immune (Rylee Adamson, #2)

By: Shannon Mayer

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate Cover Edition: B00BPD5BY6 "My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker." When children go missin… read more

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6. The Shadowglass (The Bone Witch, #3)

By: Rin Chupeco

4.28

Format: 449 pages, Hardcover

In the highly anticipated finale to the Bone Witch trilogy, Tea’s life—and the fate of the kingdoms… read more

Similar categories in Rin Chupeco's The Shadowglass (The Bone Witch, #3) book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
"It was hard work, killing nightmares."

-Rin Chupeco, The Shadowglass (The Bone Witch, #3)

"Karma is a sweet, unforgiving mistress."

-Rin Chupeco, The Shadowglass (The Bone Witch, #3)

"Guilt feels heavier on good men's shoulders."

-Rin Chupeco, The Shadowglass (The Bone Witch, #3)

"Our value changes depending on how we perceive our worth."

-Rin Chupeco, The Shadowglass (The Bone Witch, #3)

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7. Tread of Angels

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

3.48

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

Celeste, a card sharp with a penchant for trouble, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defen… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Roanhorse's Tread of Angels book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • historical
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"He’s playing some kind of game. One I haven’t quite unraveled yet. But I know a man looking to cheat when I see one, and Ibrahim is as sharp as they come. But he’s underestimated me, Mariel. Underest…"

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Tread of Angels

Cover of Infernal Desires (Queen of the Damned, #3) by Kel Carpenter

8. Infernal Desires (Queen of the Damned, #3)

By: Kel Carpenter

3.93

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

They say there’s no rest for the wicked, and New Orleans never knew how true that was until I came … read more

Similar categories in Kel Carpenter's Infernal Desires (Queen of the Damned, #3) book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • fantasy
Cover of Brimstone Nightmares (Queen of the Damned, #4) by Kel Carpenter

9. Brimstone Nightmares (Queen of the Damned, #4)

By: Kel Carpenter

4.09

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

As with everything else in my life, the descent into Hell was not so simple. When I jumped into t… read more

Similar categories in Kel Carpenter's Brimstone Nightmares (Queen of the Damned, #4) book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • fantasy
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10. The Maleficent Seven

By: Cameron Johnston

3.98

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

When you are all out of heroes, all that's left are the villains. Black Herran was a dread demon… read more

Similar categories in Cameron Johnston's The Maleficent Seven book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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11. Someone You Can Build a Nest In

By: John Wiswell

4.07

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—… read more

Similar categories in John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest In book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"No young woman of means has gone through her entire life without at least once surveying her opportunities and wishing for a dragon instead."

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

"Homily professed her love by digging a second crossbow bolt of Shersheshin's body. It was so much clearer a declaration of affection than any of those speeches spun by poets or playwrights. And stuff…"

-John Wiswell, Someone You Can Build a Nest In

Cover of Lucifer's Daughter (Queen of the Damned, #1) by Kel Carpenter

12. Lucifer's Daughter (Queen of the Damned, #1)

By: Kel Carpenter

3.88

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

We’ve all heard the story of the Four Horsemen. Harbingers of the apocalypse. Destruction given for… read more

Similar categories in Kel Carpenter's Lucifer's Daughter (Queen of the Damned, #1) book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • fantasy
Cover of Wicked Games (Queen of the Damned, #2) by Kel Carpenter

13. Wicked Games (Queen of the Damned, #2)

By: Kel Carpenter

4.01

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

So…as it turns out, I really am Lucifer’s Daughter. Hell’s Heir. And—you guessed it—the next Queen … read more

Similar categories in Kel Carpenter's Wicked Games (Queen of the Damned, #2) book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • fantasy
Cover of Among Thieves (Thieves, #1) by M.J. Kuhn

14. Among Thieves (Thieves, #1)

By: M.J. Kuhn

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A high-stakes heist novel set in a gritty world of magic and malice In just over a year’s time, … read more

Similar categories in M.J. Kuhn's Among Thieves (Thieves, #1) book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Valkyrie's Daughter (The Helheim Prophecy #1) by Tiana Warner

15. The Valkyrie's Daughter (The Helheim Prophecy #1)

By: Tiana Warner

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the time she was born, Sigrid has only ever been ordinary. Being paired at birth with a plain … read more

Similar categories in Tiana Warner's The Valkyrie's Daughter (The Helheim Prophecy #1) book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of The Girl the Sea Gave Back (Sky and Sea, #2) by Adrienne Young

16. The Girl the Sea Gave Back (Sky and Sea, #2)

By: Adrienne Young

3.57

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

The new gut-wrenching epic from the New York Times bestselling author of Sky in the Deep. For as… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Young's The Girl the Sea Gave Back (Sky and Sea, #2) book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • historical
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Wicked and the Willing: An F/F Gothic Horror Vampire Novel by Lianyu Tan

17. The Wicked and the Willing: An F/F Gothic Horror Vampire Novel

By: Lianyu Tan

3.79

Format: 430 pages, Paperback

When the monster gets the girl, everyone will bleed. 2023 Lambda Literary Award Winner, LGBTQ+ S… read more

Similar categories in Lianyu Tan's The Wicked and the Willing: An F/F Gothic Horror Vampire Novel book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You think you love her. You think, if this is love, you don’t know anything."

-Lianyu Tan, The Wicked and the Willing: An F/F Gothic Horror Vampire Novel

"If you’d just let me have you... Hold you. Taste you. I can show you the depths where pain becomes pleasure."

-Lianyu Tan, The Wicked and the Willing: An F/F Gothic Horror Vampire Novel

"If I could only save one person… if I could save you, maybe my life would mean something. Why won’t you let me save you?"

-Lianyu Tan, The Wicked and the Willing: An F/F Gothic Horror Vampire Novel

"I want you. All of you. I adore seeing you writhe beneath me. Feeling you come undone in my arms. I’ll never tire of that."

-Lianyu Tan, The Wicked and the Willing: An F/F Gothic Horror Vampire Novel

Cover of The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1) by Tara Sim

18. The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)

By: Tara Sim

3.62

Format: 512 pages, ebook

The Four Realms—Life, Death, Light, and Darkness—all converge on the city of dusk. For each realm t… read more

Similar categories in Tara Sim's The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1) book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You and I both know there's no end to grief. The solution is to find a way to live alongside it, rather than allowing it to lead you by its leash."

-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)

"He had been groomed to hunt beasts and yet somehow, he had become a hunting ground, a land wrecked by tooth and claw and one woman's arrow tip pointed between his eyes."

-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)

"Fuck duty." It was a sentiment she had carried for years, but it had a different flavor in her mouth now, tinged not with adolescent rebellion but with weary disillusionment. What good was something …"

-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)

"Coming to my rescue?' she asked in her midnight voice. He watched her breathe, the way her ribs expanded with it, the way the shadows still clung devotedly to her, caressing her skin like a jealous l…"

-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)

Cover of Of Wicked Blood (The Quatrefoil Chronicles, #1) by Olivia Wildenstein

19. Of Wicked Blood (The Quatrefoil Chronicles, #1)

By: Olivia Wildenstein

4.09

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

No rest for the wicked... or the cursed. SLATE I didn’t mean to steal the Bloodstone from the D… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Wildenstein's Of Wicked Blood (The Quatrefoil Chronicles, #1) book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Sleep Like Death by Kalynn  Bayron

20. Sleep Like Death

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron returns to fairytales with a l… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's Sleep Like Death book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Elysium Girls by Kate Pentecost

21. Elysium Girls

By: Kate Pentecost

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this sweeping Dust Bowl-inspired fantasy, a ten-year game between Life and Death pits the walled… read more

Similar categories in Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls book and Kate Pentecost's Elysium Girls

  • lgbt
  • historical
  • young adult
  • steampunk
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • queer

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3.78

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