16 Top fantasy books like The Thief by Jessica Brody

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The Thief

By: Jessica Brody

3.83

Format: 63 pages, ebook

Growing up as the daughter of con artists, Chatine has always known a life of hardship. But once up…

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1. The Bone Clocks

By: David Mitchell

3.84

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old li… read more

Similar categories in David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • science fiction
  • dystopia
  • fantasy
"The Future,"

-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks

"Books’ll be back,"

-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks

"Guys are all sperm-guns."

-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks

"Don’t mess with the fairies."

-David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks

2. Death of a Witch (Hamish Macbeth, #24)

By: M.C. Beaton

3.41

Format: 549 pages,

Scottish policeman tall Hamish Macbeth gets repeated forebodings. Newcomer alluring Catriona Beldam… read more

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3. Bloodfever (Fever, #2)

By: Karen Marie Moning

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

I used to think my sister and I were just two nice southern girls who'd get married in a few years … read more

Similar categories in Karen Marie Moning's Bloodfever (Fever, #2) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

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4. Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.85

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

Beneath the Sugar Sky, the third book in McGuire's Wayward Children series, returns to Eleanor West… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • fantasy
  • young adult
"I’m not stupid, I just don’t know stuff,"

-Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

"I’m not really into cremating my cookies."

-Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

"So please, can we go and tell her to stop? I need to exist. It’s important."

-Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

"That's why people shouldn't get too hung up on labels. Sometimes I think that's part of what we do wrong. We try to make things make sense, even when they're never going to."

-Seanan McGuire, Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3)

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5. The Last Heir to Blackwood Library

By: Hester Fox

3.36

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful sec… read more

Similar categories in Hester Fox's The Last Heir to Blackwood Library book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • fantasy
  • historical fiction
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6. Punching the Air

By: Ibi Zoboi

4.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exo… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's Punching the Air book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • young adult
"They call it free time and it's the biggest lie because we are still here"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"This is the first time my feet are bound where the fuck am I supposed to run anyway"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"Blank Canvas I have a crayon and paper I didn't know that I could hold this little bit of freedom in my hands"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

"And maybe there are small cracks in our walls and we start to see a sliver of light shine through in each other"

-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air

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7. The Lover

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.80

Format: 43 pages, Kindle Edition

During a brutal winter, a young woman longing for love finds more than she expected in the woods, i… read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Lover book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • historical fiction
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8. The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Get caught up in the puzzles, games, danger, romance, and riches of this lush new chapter in the #1… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Congratulations, by the way," he called after Nash. "On the babies."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

"Trying to write trick questions backfires if the person taking the test knows how to look for tricks."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

"Trying to write trick questions backfires if the person taking the test knows who to look for tricks."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

"Beside Avery, Jameson was looking at her like she was the sun and the moon and the stars and eternity, all rolled into one."

-Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)

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9. The Party (Better than the Movies, #1.2)

By: Lynn Painter

4.52

Format: 21 pages, ebook

This is The Party Scene in 'Better than the Movies' from Wes's POV. read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's The Party (Better than the Movies, #1.2) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • short stories
  • young adult
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10. Wes & Liz’s College Road Trip (Better than the Movies, #1.7)

By: Lynn Painter

4.44

Format: 57 pages, ebook

Sucesso no TikTok, Melhor do que nos filmes ganha capítulos extras inéditos com muito romance e Tay… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Wes & Liz’s College Road Trip (Better than the Movies, #1.7) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • short stories
  • young adult
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11. Vespertine

By: Margaret Rogerson

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The dead of Loraille do not rest. Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses … read more

Similar categories in Margaret Rogerson's Vespertine book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • fantasy
  • young adult
"They would martyr me themselves to satisfy their hunger for a saint."

-Margaret Rogerson, Vespertine

"Is it true that spirits can’t remember anything about their human lives?"

-Margaret Rogerson, Vespertine

"Sometimes, if you want to save other people, you need to remember to save yourself first."

-Margaret Rogerson, Vespertine

"And so the silent bell wakens to herald the Dead; and the last candle is lit against the coming night..."

-Margaret Rogerson, Vespertine

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12. Fire Exit

By: Morgan Talty

3.79

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Talty's Fire Exit book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

Cover of The Witch Haven (The Witch Haven, #1) by Sasha Peyton Smith

13. The Witch Haven (The Witch Haven, #1)

By: Sasha Peyton Smith

3.63

Format: 442 pages, Hardcover

The Last Magician meets The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy in this atmospheric historical fa… read more

Similar categories in Sasha Peyton Smith's The Witch Haven (The Witch Haven, #1) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"You've been haunting me my whole life."

-Sasha Peyton Smith, The Witch Haven (The Witch Haven, #1)

"How comfortable it is to be a thing that is feared."

-Sasha Peyton Smith, The Witch Haven (The Witch Haven, #1)

"I don't want to be good. I want to create something, be something."

-Sasha Peyton Smith, The Witch Haven (The Witch Haven, #1)

"You can't burn down the world for taking the things you love from you. I tried."

-Sasha Peyton Smith, The Witch Haven (The Witch Haven, #1)

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14. The Rise

By: Ian Rankin

3.65

Format: 86 pages, Kindle Edition

In this short thriller from bestselling author Ian Rankin, murder comes to London’s most exclusive … read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's The Rise book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • short stories
Cover of Uncharted Dreams (Drowned Gods, #0.5) by Pascale Lacelle

15. Uncharted Dreams (Drowned Gods, #0.5)

By: Pascale Lacelle

3.82

Format: 38 pages, ebook

Available to read for free on SimonTeen! Romie Brysden is a Dreamer, the best at the prestigious… read more

Similar categories in Pascale Lacelle's Uncharted Dreams (Drowned Gods, #0.5) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Even if she had been a Seer able to divine the future - had she learned of the horrible fate that awaited her and her friends, had she known that the tide would take them by surprise and pull them al…"

-Pascale Lacelle, Uncharted Dreams (Drowned Gods, #0.5)

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16. Blade Breaker (Realm Breaker, #2)

By: Victoria Aveyard

3.97

Format: 578 pages, Hardcover

The fate of the world rests on a blade's edge. Fighting beside her band of unlikely companions, … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Aveyard's Blade Breaker (Realm Breaker, #2) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • fantasy
  • young adult
"I'd rather cut a man's throat than hold his hand."

-Victoria Aveyard, Blade Breaker (Realm Breaker, #2)

"Real power. Erida felt it flowing through her veins now, as if drawn from the throne beneath her and the crown on her brow. It was more seductive than anything and anyone the Queen had ever know. She…"

-Victoria Aveyard, Blade Breaker (Realm Breaker, #2)

"No, not love. They will never love us." She shook her head at the court, despairing of the Madrentines as any good daughter of Galland would. Her voice dropped, her eyes flicking over Taristan again.…"

-Victoria Aveyard, Blade Breaker (Realm Breaker, #2)

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17. Better than the Prom (Better than the Movies, #1.5)

By: Lynn Painter

4.39

Format: 30 pages, ebook

Prom night has arrived, and Wes Bennett couldn’t be less excited. Not only is he not going with … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Better than the Prom (Better than the Movies, #1.5) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • short stories
  • young adult
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18. Basketball Night (Better than the Movies, #1.3)

By: Lynn Painter

4.50

Format: 23 pages, ebook

This is Wes's POV of the events that happened at the basketball, their following trip to the ER, an… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Basketball Night (Better than the Movies, #1.3) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • short stories
  • young adult
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19. Wes Bennett's Vivid Dream (Better than the Movies, #1.4)

By: Lynn Painter

4.25

Format: 6 pages, ebook

Wes has a dream about Liz coming to him in her prom dress, telling him he is the one she wants. But… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Wes Bennett's Vivid Dream (Better than the Movies, #1.4) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • short stories
  • young adult
Cover of The Priest and the Shepherd (Foul Lady Fortune, #0.5) by Chloe Gong

20. The Priest and the Shepherd (Foul Lady Fortune, #0.5)

By: Chloe Gong

4.03

Format: 50 pages, ebook

Initially released as a bonus short story in the B&N/Indigo Exclusive Edition of Foul Lady Fortune,… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Gong's The Priest and the Shepherd (Foul Lady Fortune, #0.5) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • young adult
  • short stories
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Last Violent Call (Secret Shanghai, #3.5) by Chloe Gong

21. Last Violent Call (Secret Shanghai, #3.5)

By: Chloe Gong

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes two captivating new novellas surrounding… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Gong's Last Violent Call (Secret Shanghai, #3.5) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
Cover of Second First Date (Rowan & Neil, #1.5) by Rachel Lynn Solomon

22. Second First Date (Rowan & Neil, #1.5)

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

4.13

Format: 36 pages, ebook

Graduation has come and gone, and there’s one major milestone Rowan and Neil haven’t yet hit in the… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lynn Solomon's Second First Date (Rowan & Neil, #1.5) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • short stories
  • young adult
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23. Delicious Monsters

By: Liselle Sambury

4.05

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The Haunting of Hill House meets Sadie in this evocative and mind-bending psychological thriller fo… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Delicious Monsters book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • fantasy
  • young adult
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24. A River of Golden Bones (The Golden Court, #1)

By: A.K. Mulford

3.65

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

A sleeping curse. A fallen court. A secret twin. Twins Calla and Briar have spent their entire … read more

Similar categories in A.K. Mulford's A River of Golden Bones (The Golden Court, #1) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • fantasy
"The moon knew we needed each other, better than I ever understood, and now I know I was meant to be yours just as you were meant to be mine."

-A.K. Mulford, A River of Golden Bones (The Golden Court, #1)

Cover of Liz’s Proposal (Better than the Movies, #1.1) by Lynn Painter

25. Liz’s Proposal (Better than the Movies, #1.1)

By: Lynn Painter

4.41

Format: 15 pages, ebook

This is Wes's POV of the scene where Liz comes to his house to ask him if he can help her get close… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Liz’s Proposal (Better than the Movies, #1.1) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • short stories
  • young adult
Cover of Games Untold: An Inheritance Games Collection by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

26. Games Untold: An Inheritance Games Collection

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.57

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Romance, luxury, and secrets abound in this thrilling new collection that take readers deeper into … read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Games Untold: An Inheritance Games Collection book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Better Than Before (Betting on You, #0.5; Better than the Movies, #0.5) by Lynn Painter

27. Better Than Before (Betting on You, #0.5; Better than the Movies, #0.5)

By: Lynn Painter

4.19

Format: 42 pages, ebook

Lynn Painter’s Better Than the Movies collides with Betting on You when, after meeting the annoying… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Better Than Before (Betting on You, #0.5; Better than the Movies, #0.5) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • short stories
  • young adult
"A laugh I'd recognize anywhere"

-Lynn Painter, Better Than Before (Betting on You, #0.5; Better than the Movies, #0.5)

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28. Bad Things Happen Here

By: Rebecca Barrow

3.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

I Killed Zoe Spanos meets The Cheerleaders in this haunting mystery about an island town with a his… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Barrow's Bad Things Happen Here book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • young adult
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29. We Grant You a Merry Christmas

By: Morgan Matson

4.16

Format: 110 pages, ebook

A new story set in the world of Save the Date! It’s Christmas of Charlie Grant’s sophomore year … read more

Similar categories in Morgan Matson's We Grant You a Merry Christmas book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • short stories
  • young adult
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30. The Thief

By: Jessica Brody

3.83

Format: 63 pages, ebook

Growing up as the daughter of con artists, Chatine has always known a life of hardship. But once up… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Brody's The Thief book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • short stories
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of These Precious Scars (This Mortal Coil #0.5) by Emily Suvada

31. These Precious Scars (This Mortal Coil #0.5)

By: Emily Suvada

3.80

Format: 47 pages, ebook

A free YA short story - what would you pay for the chance to escape?Jun Bei, Cole, Anna, Leoben, Zi… read more

Similar categories in Emily Suvada's These Precious Scars (This Mortal Coil #0.5) book and Jessica Brody's The Thief

  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • short stories
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

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Seanan McGuire

3.85

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Ibi Zoboi

4.41

Transform Your Habits

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Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Party (Better than the Movies, #1.2)

Lynn Painter

4.52

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Joe Hill

3.77

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Ankle Snatcher

Grady Hendrix

3.74

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Chandler Baker

3.77

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Jason Mott

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