5 Best high fantasy books like What Wakes the Bells by Elle Tesch

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What Wakes the Bells

By: Elle Tesch

4.62

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by an ominous Prague legend, What Wakes the Bells is a lavish gothic fantasy by debut auth…

If you liked the high fantasy plot in What Wakes the Bells by Elle Tesch , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread, #1) by Sophie Kim

1. The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread, #1)

By: Sophie Kim

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In this sly and dazzling contemporary fantasy, the most notorious nine-tailed fox in Korea pairs up… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Kim's The God and the Gumiho (Fate's Thread, #1) book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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2. 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 Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • 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

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3. Your Blood, My Bones

By: Kelly Andrew

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A seductively twisted romance about loyalty, fate, the lengths we go to hide the darkest parts of o… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Andrew's Your Blood, My Bones book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • gothic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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4. My Throat an Open Grave

By: Tori Bovalino

3.84

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

Labyrinth meets folk horror in this darkly romantic tale of a girl who wishes her baby brother away… read more

Similar categories in Tori Bovalino's My Throat an Open Grave book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • gothic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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5. Sorcery and Small Magics (The Wildersongs Trilogy, #1)

By: Maiga Doocy

4.41

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Desperate to undo the curse binding them to each other, an impulsive sorcerer and his curmudgeonly … read more

Similar categories in Maiga Doocy's Sorcery and Small Magics (The Wildersongs Trilogy, #1) book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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6. Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

By: Sarah Rees Brennan

3.96

Format: 435 pages, Paperback

A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN… When her whole life collapsed, Rae still… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Rees Brennan's Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1) book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Is my mother right?"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"I love you as a knife loves a throat,"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"An anti-hero was just a villain with good PR"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"Key shrugged. “If you ask me, she’s too good for him."

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

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7. Don't Let the Forest In

By: C.G. Drews

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thoma… read more

Similar categories in C.G. Drews's Don't Let the Forest In book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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8. Compound Fracture

By: Andrew Joseph White

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White returns with a queer Appalachian thriller,… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Joseph White's Compound Fracture book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"There's a whole spectrum of reactions to coming out. Getting kicked out is one extreme–being accepted wholeheartedly is the other. But in the middle, there's this. The awkwardness, the refusals to ac…"

-Andrew Joseph White, Compound Fracture

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9. 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 Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • fantasy
Cover of The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1) by K.X. Song

10. The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

By: K.X. Song

3.84

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Infused with magic and romance, this sweeping fantasy adventure inspired by the legend of Mulan fol… read more

Similar categories in K.X. Song's The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1) book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"She swallowed hard. 'They would never let a woman hold on to power."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

"They say a girl with an ill-fated mother is doomed to follow in her footsteps."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

"I needed to prove that I, as a woman, could be better than the rest of them. That I too could belong. That I too could be free."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

"Because it was depravity, for a woman to desire more than her lot in life. To aspire to more than safety, protection. To aspire to power ."

-K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire (The Night Ends with Fire, #1)

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11. An Academy for Liars

By: Alexis Henderson

4.01

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A student will find that the hardest lessons sometimes come outside the classroom in this stunning … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Henderson's An Academy for Liars book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Lucy Undying by Kiersten White

12. Lucy Undying

By: Kiersten White

3.67

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this epic and seductive gothic fantasy, a vampire escapes the thrall of Dracula and embarks on h… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Lucy Undying book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • lgbt
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13. The Girl with No Reflection

By: Keshe Chow

3.44

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman chosen as the crown prince’s bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new hu… read more

Similar categories in Keshe Chow's The Girl with No Reflection book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • fantasy
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14. I Am Not Jessica Chen

By: Ann Liang

4.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After getting rejected by every single Ivy League she applied to and falling short of all her Asian… read more

Similar categories in Ann Liang's I Am Not Jessica Chen book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
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15. Inferno's Heir

By: Tiffany Wang

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Fearing for her life, an outcast princess joins the rebellion against her own kingdom and family. .… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Wang's Inferno's Heir book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • high fantasy
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
Cover of Boys with Sharp Teeth by Jenni Howell

16. Boys with Sharp Teeth

By: Jenni Howell

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

We Were Liars meets The Raven Boys in this mind-bending YA debut about dark revenge, twisted desi… read more

Similar categories in Jenni Howell's Boys with Sharp Teeth book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • queer
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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17. 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 Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • gothic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of What Wakes the Bells by Elle Tesch

18. What Wakes the Bells

By: Elle Tesch

4.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by an ominous Prague legend, What Wakes the Bells is a lavish gothic fantasy by debut auth… read more

Similar categories in Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • high fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Tenderly, I Am Devoured by Lyndall Clipstone

19. Tenderly, I Am Devoured

By: Lyndall Clipstone

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Saltburn, For the Wolf, and House of Hollow, Tenderly, I Am Devoured is a moody… read more

Similar categories in Lyndall Clipstone's Tenderly, I Am Devoured book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of And They Were Roommates by Page Powars

20. And They Were Roommates

By: Page Powars

4.59

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A hilarious, unputdownable second-chance-romance about the most unlikely, gay roommate mishap. Perf… read more

Similar categories in Page Powars's And They Were Roommates book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • fiction
  • queer
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of This Ends in Embers (Divine Traitors, #2) by Kamilah Cole

21. This Ends in Embers (Divine Traitors, #2)

By: Kamilah Cole

4.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Raybearer and Fourth Wing, this astonishing sequel to the bestselling novel So … read more

Similar categories in Kamilah Cole's This Ends in Embers (Divine Traitors, #2) book and Elle Tesch's What Wakes the Bells

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • high fantasy
  • fantasy
  • queer

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Sophie Kim

4.12

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John Wiswell

4.07

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Your Blood, My Bones

Kelly Andrew

3.79

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Tori Bovalino

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20 Best fiction books like Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1) by Amber Chen

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Sophie Kim

4.12

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Song of the Six Realms

Judy I. Lin

3.58

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Eliza Chan

3.16

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Elizabeth May

3.36

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