23 must-read fantasy books like Defiance (Defiance, #1) by C.J. Redwine

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Defiance (Defiance, #1)

By: C.J. Redwine

3.67

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

While the other girls in the walled city-state of Baalboden learn to sew and dance, Rachel Adams le…

"Mind over matter. Reason over pain."

-C.J. Redwine, Defiance (Defiance, #1)

"His knives are nice. Mine is better."

-C.J. Redwine, Defiance (Defiance, #1)

"Please tell me you're not that stupid. Rachel to Melkin"

-C.J. Redwine, Defiance (Defiance, #1)

"Losing your head in a crisis is a good way to become the crisis."

-C.J. Redwine, Defiance (Defiance, #1)

If you liked the fantasy plot in Defiance (Defiance, #1) by C.J. Redwine , here is a list of 23 books like this:

Cover of The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1) by Megan Shepherd

1. The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)

By: Megan Shepherd

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself in London — working as a maid, attendin… read more

Similar categories in Megan Shepherd's The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1) book and C.J. Redwine's Defiance (Defiance, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"He was a survivor, like me"

-Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)

"Apparently profanity had a way of making men listen."

-Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)

"The ways of men and women are such a puzzle. And I could barely decipher my own feelings, let along anyone else's."

-Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)

"Dead flesh and sharpened scalpels didn't bother me. I was my father's daughter, after all. My nightmares were made of darker things."

-Megan Shepherd, The Madman's Daughter (The Madman's Daughter, #1)

Cover of Fragile Eternity (Wicked Lovely, #3) by Melissa Marr

2. Fragile Eternity (Wicked Lovely, #3)

By: Melissa Marr

3.84

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

Seth never expected he would want to settle down with anyone - but that was before Aislinn. She is … read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
"Do you like it?"

-Melissa Marr, Fragile Eternity (Wicked Lovely, #3)

"Sometimes being human sucks."

-Melissa Marr, Fragile Eternity (Wicked Lovely, #3)

"The touch of chaos in the order - art required that."

-Melissa Marr, Fragile Eternity (Wicked Lovely, #3)

"Tell me i'm not losing more of you to him every fucking day. -Seth"

-Melissa Marr, Fragile Eternity (Wicked Lovely, #3)

Cover of Defiance (Defiance, #1) by C.J. Redwine

3. Defiance (Defiance, #1)

By: C.J. Redwine

3.67

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

While the other girls in the walled city-state of Baalboden learn to sew and dance, Rachel Adams le… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Redwine's Defiance (Defiance, #1) book and C.J. Redwine's Defiance (Defiance, #1)

  • romance
  • post apocalyptic
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
  • paranormal
"Mind over matter. Reason over pain."

-C.J. Redwine, Defiance (Defiance, #1)

"His knives are nice. Mine is better."

-C.J. Redwine, Defiance (Defiance, #1)

"Please tell me you're not that stupid. Rachel to Melkin"

-C.J. Redwine, Defiance (Defiance, #1)

"Losing your head in a crisis is a good way to become the crisis."

-C.J. Redwine, Defiance (Defiance, #1)

Cover of Rebel Spring (Falling Kingdoms, #2) by Michelle Rowen, Morgan Rhodes

4. Rebel Spring (Falling Kingdoms, #2)

By: Michelle Rowen , Morgan Rhodes

4.07

Format: 401 pages, Hardcover

The road to power... is paved with blood and magic. Cleo is now a prisoner in her own palace, fo… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Rowen's Rebel Spring (Falling Kingdoms, #2) book and C.J. Redwine's Defiance (Defiance, #1)

  • romance
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Hope. Hope is for fools."

-Michelle Rowen, Rebel Spring (Falling Kingdoms, #2)

"What? Who are you marrying?"

-Michelle Rowen, Rebel Spring (Falling Kingdoms, #2)

"Darkness became her world..."

-Michelle Rowen, Rebel Spring (Falling Kingdoms, #2)

"There was no hope in death, only an end."

-Michelle Rowen, Rebel Spring (Falling Kingdoms, #2)

Cover of Article 5 (Article 5, #1) by Kristen Simmons

5. Article 5 (Article 5, #1)

By: Kristen Simmons

3.76

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned. The Bill of Rights has been re… read more

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  • romance
  • post apocalyptic
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Sleep easy, Ember."

-Kristen Simmons, Article 5 (Article 5, #1)

"Losing your family….it puts fear in a different perspective,"

-Kristen Simmons, Article 5 (Article 5, #1)

"It's them, Miller. Not us. It's the FBR that should be sorry."

-Kristen Simmons, Article 5 (Article 5, #1)

"We were safe and together, and that was all that mattered now."

-Kristen Simmons, Article 5 (Article 5, #1)

Cover of Defy (Defy, #1) by Sara B. Larson

6. Defy (Defy, #1)

By: Sara B. Larson

4.06

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Alexa Hollen is a fighter. Forced to disguise herself as a boy and serve in the king's army, Alex u… read more

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  • romance
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fantasy
Cover of The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden, #2) by Julie Kagawa

7. The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden, #2)

By: Julie Kagawa

3.10

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

In Allison Sekemoto's world, there is one rule left: Blood calls to blood She has done the unthinka… read more

Similar categories in Julie Kagawa's The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden, #2) book and C.J. Redwine's Defiance (Defiance, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of Hourglass (Hourglass, #1) by Myra McEntire

8. Hourglass (Hourglass, #1)

By: Myra McEntire

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

One hour to rewrite the past... For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn'… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
  • paranormal
Cover of Radiant Shadows (Wicked Lovely, #4) by Melissa Marr

9. Radiant Shadows (Wicked Lovely, #4)

By: Melissa Marr

5.00

Format: None pages,

Hunger for nourishment. Hunger for touch. Hunger to belong. Half-human and half-faery, Ani is drive… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Marr's Radiant Shadows (Wicked Lovely, #4) book and C.J. Redwine's Defiance (Defiance, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • paranormal
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10. Fated (Soul Seekers, #1)

By: Alyson Noel

3.67

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Until now, he's existed only in her dreams - but fate is about to bring them together. I shove… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
"Man får ikke altid de rejser man ønsker sig nieta, men du vil altid få den rejse du har brug for"

-Alyson Noel, Fated (Soul Seekers, #1)

"For the moment, I’m just Daire—a girl straddling two bloodlines. One I was given—one I must earn."

-Alyson Noel, Fated (Soul Seekers, #1)

"...aunque somos libres para elegir nuestro camino, debemos aceptar que los demas tambien son libres para hacer lo mismo."

-Alyson Noel, Fated (Soul Seekers, #1)

"There is an old and very wise Native American saying: Every time you point a finger in scorn—there are three remaining fingers pointing right back at you."

-Alyson Noel, Fated (Soul Seekers, #1)

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11. Kindred Spirits

By: Rainbow Rowell

3.86

Format: 568 pages, Mass Market Paperback

'Everybody likes everything these days. The whole world is a nerd.' 'Are you mad because other peop… read more

Similar categories in Rainbow Rowell's Kindred Spirits book and C.J. Redwine's Defiance (Defiance, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles, #1) by Kady Cross

12. The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles, #1)

By: Kady Cross

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

In 1897 England, 16-year-old Finley Jayne is convinced she's a freak. No normal Victorian girl has … read more

Similar categories in Kady Cross's The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles, #1) book and C.J. Redwine's Defiance (Defiance, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
  • paranormal
Cover of Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #1) by Jessica Day George

13. Princess of the Midnight Ball (The Princesses of Westfalin Trilogy, #1)

By: Jessica Day George

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A tale of twelve princesses doomed to dance until dawn... Galen is a young soldier returning from w… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Alienated (Alienated, #1) by Melissa Landers

14. Alienated (Alienated, #1)

By: Melissa Landers

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Two years ago, the aliens made contact. Now Cara Sweeney is going to be sharing a bathroom with one… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
  • paranormal
Cover of Revelations (Blue Bloods, #3) by Melissa de la Cruz

15. Revelations (Blue Bloods, #3)

By: Melissa de la Cruz

3.14

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Schuyler Van Alen's blood legacy has just been called into question: is the young vampire in fact a… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of Black Heart (Curse Workers, #3) by Holly Black

16. Black Heart (Curse Workers, #3)

By: Holly Black

3.72

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In a world where Magic is illegal. Cassel Sharpe has the most deadly ability of all. With one touch… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky, #3) by Veronica Rossi

17. Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky, #3)

By: Veronica Rossi

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

The race to the Still Blue has reached a stalemate. Aria and Perry are determined to find this last… read more

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  • romance
  • post apocalyptic
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Eve (Eve, #1) by Anna Carey

18. Eve (Eve, #1)

By: Anna Carey

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Where do you go when nowhere is safe? Sixteen years after a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth's … read more

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  • romance
  • post apocalyptic
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy

19. Inside Out (Insider, #1)

By: Maria V. Snyder

4.47

Format: None pages, Paperback

Keep Your Head Down. Don't Get Noticed. Or Else. I'm Trella. I'm a scrub. A nobody. One of thousand… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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20. Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

By: Sara Pascoe

4.30

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

When you’re fourteen and life has been nothing but hurt and disappointment, maybe it’s time to stri… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • adventure
"What’s “ague?"

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

"The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger."

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

"Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual."

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

"Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush."

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

Cover of Storm Siren (Storm Siren, #1) by Mary  Weber

21. Storm Siren (Storm Siren, #1)

By: Mary Weber

3.50

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

"I raise my chin as the buyers stare. Yes. Look. You don't want me. Because, eventually, accidental… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of Incarnate (Newsoul, #1) by Jodi Meadows

22. Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)

By: Jodi Meadows

3.73

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

New soul Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated ove… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
  • paranormal
"The darkness was memory."

-Jodi Meadows, Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)

"Shrikes were songbirds; he ought to know."

-Jodi Meadows, Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)

"I'll be around my whole life. That's a long time to me."

-Jodi Meadows, Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)

"I hate being a teenager." "Why?" "Hormones." With a sad half smile, he left."

-Jodi Meadows, Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)

23. Wake (Watersong #1)

By: Amanda Hocking

4.08

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Fall under the spell of Wake--the first book in an achingly beautiful new series by celebrated auth… read more

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24. Sisters Red (Fairytale Retellings, #1)

By: Jackson Pearce

3.91

Format: 2 pages, Hardcover

Scarlett March lives to hunt the Fenris -- the werewolves that took her eye when she was defending … read more

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25. Dare You To (Pushing the Limits, #2)

By: Katie McGarry

2.83

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Ryan lowers his lips to my ear. "Dance with me, Beth." "No." I whisper the reply. I hate him and I … read more

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Cover of Nevermore (Nevermore, #1) by Kelly Creagh

26. Nevermore (Nevermore, #1)

By: Kelly Creagh

3.87

Format: 543 pages, Hardcover

Cheerleader Isobel Lanley is horrified when she is paired with Varen Nethers for an English project… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
"Holy granola!"

-Kelly Creagh, Nevermore (Nevermore, #1)

"Awkward dot com."

-Kelly Creagh, Nevermore (Nevermore, #1)

"Death always wins."

-Kelly Creagh, Nevermore (Nevermore, #1)

"They know you lied."

-Kelly Creagh, Nevermore (Nevermore, #1)

27. The Orphan Queen (The Orphan Queen, #1)

By: Jodi Meadows

4.36

Format: 39 pages, Hardcover

Wilhelmina has a hundred identities. She is a princess.When the Indigo Kingdom conquered her homela… read more

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28. Crimson Bound

By: Rosamund Hodge

3.81

Format: 75 pages, Kindle Edition

When Rachelle was fifteen she was good--apprenticed to her aunt and in training to protect her vill… read more

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29. The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)

By: M.T. Anderson

3.54

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

It sounds like a fairy tale. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of cl… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"At long last, you may no longer distinguish what binds you from what is you."

-M.T. Anderson, The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)

"I went to him & put my Hand upon his Shoulder. Said he to me, “God forgive me. Her Name — I never knew her Name."

-M.T. Anderson, The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)

"Empedolces claims that in utero, our backbone is one long solid; and that through the constriction of the womb and the punishments of birth it must be snapped again and again to form our vertebrae; t…"

-M.T. Anderson, The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)

30. Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2)

By: Robin LaFevers

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

I lean forward, pushing my body out past the battlements. The wind plucks at my cloak, buffets agai… read more

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31. Winger (Winger, #1)

By: Andrew Smith

1.33

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids in the Pacific Nort… read more

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