13 must-read fiction books like A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) by Libba Bray

Cover of A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) by Libba Bray

A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

By: Libba Bray

3.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this debut gothic novel mysterious visions, dark family secrets and a long-lost diary thrust Gem…

If you liked the fiction plot in A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) by Libba Bray , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1) by Melissa Marr

1. Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1)

By: Melissa Marr

2.90

Format: 96 pages,

Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries. Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous,… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1) book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Bewitching Season (Leland Sisters, #1) by Marissa Doyle

2. Bewitching Season (Leland Sisters, #1)

By: Marissa Doyle

4.08

Format: 31 pages,

In 1837 London, young daughters of viscounts pined for handsome, titled husbands, not careers. And … read more

Similar categories in Marissa Doyle's Bewitching Season (Leland Sisters, #1) book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) by Libba Bray

3. A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

By: Libba Bray

3.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this debut gothic novel mysterious visions, dark family secrets and a long-lost diary thrust Gem… read more

Similar categories in Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara Pascoe

4. 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

Similar categories in Sara Pascoe's Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"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 Born of Illusion (Born of Illusion, #1) by Teri Brown

5. Born of Illusion (Born of Illusion, #1)

By: Teri Brown

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Anna Van Housen has a secret. A gifted illusionist, Anna assists her mother, the renowned medium Ma… read more

Similar categories in Teri Brown's Born of Illusion (Born of Illusion, #1) book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • historical fiction
  • paranormal

6. My Bonny Light Horseman: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War (Bloody Jack, #6)

By: L.A. Meyer

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Hardcover

The infamous pirate, riverboat seductress, master of disguise, and street-urchin-turned-sailor Jack… read more

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7. Ella Enchanted

By: Gail Carson Levine

4.61

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]  At birth, Ella is inadvertently cursed by… read more

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8. The Luxe (Luxe, #1)

By: Anna Godbersen

3.64

Format: 320 pages,

Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn. Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and … read more

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9. Fire (Graceling Realm, #2)

By: Kristin Cashore

4.40

Format: 205 pages,

It is not a peaceful time in the Dells. The young King Nash clings to his throne while rebel lords … read more

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10. The Three Witches and The Master

By: Max Nowaz

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more

Similar categories in Max Nowaz's The Three Witches and The Master book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Where’s my uncle?"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "

-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master

Cover of From Manchester to the Arctic by Sheena  Billett

11. From Manchester to the Arctic

By: Sheena Billett

4.31

Format: 261 pages, ebook

In the challenging but rapidly changing 1970s, Connie Sanders, a broken-hearted nurse, flees to the… read more

Similar categories in Sheena Billett's From Manchester to the Arctic book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"The first wave of homesickness caught Connie by surprise. She had not heard or felt its approach until it hit her hard, knocking her to the ground."

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"As she was putting her boots on Daisy threw a barb over her shoulder that struck Connie right in the middle of her chest. ‘Grow up, Connie! This place is not for faint-hearted romantics!"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day,’ Connie said. ‘I want to soak up every single moment, so that I can remember it when I’m old. Remember that I…we, did this. I want to have stories to tell whe…"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"It was almost 3 a.m. before Connie got into bed. Sipping cocoa in the cold daylight and listening to the silence, only punctuated by the distant barking of dogs, she began to wonder what she had done…"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

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12. The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

By: J.B. Lion

4.32

Format: 365 pages, Paperback

epic fantasy graphic fiction novel with mythologic and spiritual themes. read more

Similar categories in J.B. Lion's The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Monster? Monster, you say?"

-J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

"The Order? Here inside such a weak soul?"

-J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

"Continue your search for the truth but remember one thing--all things are possible."

-J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

"Everyone is so enamored with the puppet; they never notice the man pulling the strings."

-J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity

Cover of Taming Flame by Therisa Peimer

13. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

Similar categories in Therisa Peimer's Taming Flame book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

Cover of Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece by Yvonne Korshak

14. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Korshak's Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

Cover of Burned Out by Dean Mafako

15. Burned Out

By: Dean Mafako

4.30

Format: 526 pages, Paperback

Eric Philson came to the Children's Hospital of Biloxi with a goal ― to build the cardiac intensive… read more

Similar categories in Dean Mafako's Burned Out book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • fiction
"The entire belief was insulting to many of us, but nonetheless, the term “top trained,"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"The hypocrisy was too much to bear, the institution was paying over a million dollars for Mr. Hyde to perform “values training"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"When I arrived, I did the job of six people and worked over one hundred hours per week for more than a year until I collapsed in my yard and nearly died!"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"One of the greatest realizations that I clumsily stumbled upon during this process, was that these people didn’t need someone like me to tell them what to do; they needed someone like me to show them…"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

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16. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • historical
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

Cover of The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1) by Robert         Reid

17. The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

By: Robert Reid

4.30

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

In the early 16th century in the city of Mora, capital of Kermin, a cruel new ruler has come to pow… read more

Similar categories in Robert Reid's The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1) book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Raimund, we must promise each other that if one of us leaves Mora it must be both. We must leave together."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

"At seventeen the young woman had worked out how to improve her future prospects; she would seduce the Prince."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

"Rafe smiled again. “I think Aleana can teach you how to work in a team and maybe you can teach her to be less reckless."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

"Audun, there is something I must now explain to you. You are the illegitimate son of Alberon, who now calls himself Emperor of the North."

-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)

Cover of Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven by William Kely McClung

18. Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

By: William Kely McClung

4.37

Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition

Heroes, Like Swords, Are Forged In Blood! From the steaming jungles of Southeast Asia, to the n… read more

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"Afraid to live, too cowardly to die."

-William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

"And supernatural? Only science not yet understood."

-William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

"Yeah, nerdship could be inherited as surely as any knighthood"

-William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

"Of course it didn’t make sense… knowledge was finite, imagination was not."

-William Kely McClung, Super Ninja: The Sword of Heaven

Cover of Victor's Blessing by Barbara Sontheimer

19. Victor's Blessing

By: Barbara Sontheimer

4.34

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Sontheimer's Victor's Blessing book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet,  wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid.  Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her.  He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

Cover of Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1) by Tamora Pierce

20. Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)

By: Tamora Pierce

4.26

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Alianne is the teenage daughter of the famed Alanna, the first lady knight in Tortall. Young Aly fo… read more

Similar categories in Tamora Pierce's Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1) book and Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Curiosity killed the cat,"

-Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)

"My dear, why send Aly to wait on us?"

-Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)

"Why, I’m just as true and honest as dirt. And I’m even more charming than dirt."

-Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)

"We build up pretty pictures of men, when we want to be in love. We hate to have them ruined."

-Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, #1)

Cover of Army Combat Medics in the Vietnam War: Nine Personal Accounts by Harry Spiller

21. Army Combat Medics in the Vietnam War: Nine Personal Accounts

By: Harry Spiller

3.67

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

In this book, nine U.S. Army combat medics share their experiences during the Vietnam War, in their… read more

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Melissa Marr

2.90

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Marissa Doyle

4.08

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Libba Bray

3.15

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

Sara Pascoe

4.30

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J.B.: A Play in Verse

Archibald MacLeish

3.69

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The Playboy of the Western World & Riders to the Sea

J.M. Synge

2.70

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Wendy Wasserstein

5.00

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Henrik Ibsen , Rolf Fjelde

3.93

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