18 Best fantasy books like Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

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Girls of Paper and Fire

By: Natasha Ngan

3.64

Format: None pages,

"Inspired by Asian mythology, it follows Lei, a girl who is taken from her remote village to serve …

If you liked the fantasy plot in Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1) by Audrey Coulthurst

1. Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1)

By: Audrey Coulthurst

3.76

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her fu… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Coulthurst's Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1) book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"And if time was kind, I’d find something to live for besides the memory of her."

-Audrey Coulthurst, Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1)

"Rock was slow to change, but it would in time. Even the most difficult things become easier to bear."

-Audrey Coulthurst, Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1)

"Worse, I knew that given the chance to do everything over again, I would willingly make the same mistakes twenty times over."

-Audrey Coulthurst, Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1)

"For the love of the Six, don't call me that. Just Mare. Yes, like a horse. Stupid, I know, but I can't stand Amaranthine. What a ridiculously overlong and pretentious collections of syllables."

-Audrey Coulthurst, Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1)

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2. Untitled

By: Marie Rutkoski

3.55

Format: 199 pages, Hardcover

New YA fantasy project planned for 2018. read more

Similar categories in Marie Rutkoski's Untitled book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

3. Girls of Paper and Fire

By: Natasha Ngan

3.64

Format: None pages,

"Inspired by Asian mythology, it follows Lei, a girl who is taken from her remote village to serve … read more

Similar categories in Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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4. We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)

By: Tehlor Kay Mejia

3.76

Format: 384 pages, ebook

At the Medio School for Girls, distinguished young women are trained for one of two roles in their … read more

Similar categories in Tehlor Kay Mejia's We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1) book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"If we're not all free, none of us are free."

-Tehlor Kay Mejia, We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)

"Think about all the crimes your precious government condones, not just the ones they punish. Then you can talk to me about who the real criminals are. If we're not all free, none of us are free. You …"

-Tehlor Kay Mejia, We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)

"From up here, you couldn't see that people were starving. Couldn't see the ancient wall with the armed sentries stationed along it. Couldn't see the mothers' hands reaching, begging for a scrap of so…"

-Tehlor Kay Mejia, We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)

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5. Crier's War (Crier's War, #1)

By: Nina Varela

4.12

Format: 464 pages, ebook

Impossible love between two girls —one human, one Made. A love that could birth a revolution. … read more

Similar categories in Nina Varela's Crier's War (Crier's War, #1) book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
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6. Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

By: Heather Walter

3.95

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

A princess isn’t supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this darkly magical retelling of “S… read more

Similar categories in Heather Walter's Malice (Malice Duology, #1) book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"There's nothing for me here. I'm tired of being a villain." "Magic is everywhere...even humans carry a spark of it in their fragile, fickle souls. All you need to do is reach out and find it."

-Heather Walter, Malice (Malice Duology, #1)

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7. Girl, Serpent, Thorn

By: Melissa Bashardoust

3.65

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

A captivating and utterly original fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch, and… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Bashardoust's Girl, Serpent, Thorn book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"I have nothing else to lose now—except for you."

-Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

"What if there was a loneliness even deeper than the one she felt now?"

-Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

"You’re my favourite story. I feel like I’ve known you for a long time."

-Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

"To anyone who has ever felt poisonous or monstrous or bristling with thorns."

-Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

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8. The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

By: Tasha Suri

4.34

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

"Alluring, action-packed, and gut-wrenching," (Publishers Weekly, starred review), The Oleander Swo… read more

Similar categories in Tasha Suri's The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2) book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Malini, she wanted to say. Wanted to shape that name in her mouth."

-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

"How can you trust me not to ruin everything? Who else do I have to trust but you, Pri?"

-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

"You are like ink, Malini thought hopelessly. Ink, and all I want is to make poetry of you."

-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

"I miss you, she thought, speaking to nothing in the quiet of her heart. I will always miss you."

-Tasha Suri, The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

Cover of The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1) by Tasha Suri

9. The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

By: Tasha Suri

4.13

Format: 533 pages, Paperback

Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy … read more

Similar categories in Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1) book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Malini laughed—a glorious laugh like the sound of a blade unsheathed."

-Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

"Be careful with your tears," her mother added, in a voice of cultivated restraint. "They're blood of the spirit. Weep too much, and it will wear you thin, until your soul is like a bruised flower." H…"

-Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

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10. Cinderella Is Dead

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.68

Format: 400 pages, ebook

It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now re… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's Cinderella Is Dead book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Do not be silent. Raise your voice. Be a light in the dark."

-Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

"People wear masks so that they can fit in and stay safe. Can you blame them?"

-Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

"it feel like another part of me is being changed to fit someone else's vision of what is pretty."

-Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

"I'm lost in the tide of her breathing, the sweet smell of her skin, the push and pull of our bodies against each other..."

-Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

Cover of The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1) by Samantha    Shannon

11. The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

By: Samantha Shannon

4.19

Format: 848 pages, Kindle Edition

A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.The House of Berethnet has ru… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1) book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Margret,"

-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

"I am not your queen, but I am yours."

-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

"In darkness, we are naked. Our truest selves"

-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

"My heart knows your song, as yours knows mine."

-Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

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12. Her Royal Highness (Royals, #2)

By: Rachel Hawkins

3.74

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Millie Quint is devastated when she discovers that her sort-of-best friend/sort-of-girlfriend has b… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hawkins's Her Royal Highness (Royals, #2) book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
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13. She Gets the Girl

By: Rachael Lippincott

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

She’s All That meets What If It’s Us in this swoon-worthy hate-to-love YA romantic comedy from #1 N… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lippincott's She Gets the Girl book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Money's not as important as doing what you love."

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"That's how I knew you were lying that night. I know the real you. Just like you know the real me."

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"There's something reassuring in books and stories older than you are. Still talked about long after they've been written and long after their writers die. When the world around you is on fire, there'…"

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

"And… all at once I see the truth. She never wanted to listen to me. Never was really there for me. She just wanted to control me. This isn’t love. The fighting. The lack of trust. Feeling like I’m wa…"

-Rachael Lippincott, She Gets the Girl

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14. Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

By: Nina Varela

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

For too long, Automae have lorded over the kingdom of Rabu, oppressing its human citizens. But the … read more

Similar categories in Nina Varela's Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2) book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You are newbuilt,"

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

"Cruelty was wasted on the kind."

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

"I told you once I’m not a book to be read,"

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

"Strength isn’t measured by the ability to cause harm."

-Nina Varela, Iron Heart (Crier's War, #2)

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15. The Dark Tide

By: Alicia Jasinska

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, dark enemies-to-lovers LGBTQ+ YA fantasy about two girls who must choose between saving… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Jasinska's The Dark Tide book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Betrayal cut so much deeper when you loved the hand that held the knife."

-Alicia Jasinska, The Dark Tide

"Do you have to stare at me like that?" "Like what?" Like you're planning to eat me."

-Alicia Jasinska, The Dark Tide

"The Witch Queen comes on wings of night. The Witch Queen has your heart's delight. Hold him, hold him, hold on tight. Hide him, hide him, out of sight."

-Alicia Jasinska, The Dark Tide

"People claimed witches were nightmares, dreams, but Eva felt they were closer to plants; wild magic grew inside of each of them, waiting to be harvested in the strands of their hair, their salt tears…"

-Alicia Jasinska, The Dark Tide

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16. Misrule (Malice Duology, #2)

By: Heather Walter

3.77

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

Does true love break curses or begin them? The dark sorceress of “Sleeping Beauty” reclaims her sto… read more

Similar categories in Heather Walter's Misrule (Malice Duology, #2) book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Tragedy teaches us things about ourselves and about others. Sometimes we do not like what we see, but we have to look anyway. We have to know."

-Heather Walter, Misrule (Malice Duology, #2)

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17. The Midnight Girls

By: Alicia Jasinska

3.79

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

The Wicked Deep meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this new standalone YA fantasy set in a snow-clo… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Jasinska's The Midnight Girls book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"You don’t notice the bars of the cage,"

-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

"Where would you even go if you were free?"

-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

"I’ve tasted freedom. I’ve tasted hearts and it’s changed me."

-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

"It is not a fairy tale. And monsters like us don’t get happy endings."

-Alicia Jasinska, The Midnight Girls

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18. Sweet & Bitter Magic

By: Adrienne Tooley

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this debut fantasy, a witch cursed to never love meets a girl hiding her own dangerous magic, an… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Tooley's Sweet & Bitter Magic book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"She was enchanted by the witch's lips."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

"Now Tamsin was nothing but bitter and dark and cold—always so impossibly cold."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

"Never learn to love someone untouchable. They'll only disappoint you in the end."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

"Tamsin had quite preferred the child when he was quiet, but the mother seemed pleased."

-Adrienne Tooley, Sweet & Bitter Magic

Cover of Of Ice and Shadows (Of Fire and Stars, #2) by Audrey Coulthurst

19. Of Ice and Shadows (Of Fire and Stars, #2)

By: Audrey Coulthurst

3.78

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Princesses Denna and Mare are in love and together at last--only to face a new set of dangers. M… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Coulthurst's Of Ice and Shadows (Of Fire and Stars, #2) book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

20. She Drives Me Crazy

By: Kelly Quindlen

3.96

Format: 288 pages, ebook

High school nemeses fall in love in this queer YA rom com perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and … read more

Similar categories in Kelly Quindlen's She Drives Me Crazy book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • queer
"Because before you can worry about who’s in your passenger seat, you have to learn to drive yourself."

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

"People break our hearts, but they create more room in them first, and that room makes it possible for us to become more ourselves."

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

"She lays her hand along my jaw and kisses me like she means it, and I am breathless and weightless and dizzy at the very fact of her. Lips and tongue and teeth, her hair and her skin and her perfume,…"

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

"I’ve been where you are, Scottie. That kind of crazy, flesh-eating pain that consumes every part of you. I understand wanting to get back at them. Wanting their attention, even if it’s in a negative …"

-Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

Cover of Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1) by Zoe Hana Mikuta

21. Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

By: Zoe Hana Mikuta

3.88

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

Two girls on opposite sides of a war discover they're fighting for a common purpose--and falling fo… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Hana Mikuta's Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1) book and Natasha Ngan's Girls of Paper and Fire

  • romance
  • lesbian
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Because I am miserable and so viciously in love with her, I eat the soup."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

"I could hate you, but it would kill me, and that is not how I am dying for you."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

"The whole world can rot.' Eris whispers. 'Let's just sit here and watch it happen."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

"It's not who I want to be. I want to be soft, and I don't want to take shit from any-one."

-Zoe Hana Mikuta, Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)

20 must-read fiction books like Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

Transform Your Habits

Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1)

Audrey Coulthurst

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Girls of Paper and Fire

Natasha Ngan

3.64

Transform Your Habits

We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)

Tehlor Kay Mejia

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Crier's War (Crier's War, #1)

Nina Varela

4.12

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19 Best fiction books like We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1) by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Transform Your Habits

Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1)

Audrey Coulthurst

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Girls of Paper and Fire

Natasha Ngan

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

Sara Pascoe

4.30

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