14 must-read magic books like Gilded (Gilded, #1) by Marissa Meyer

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Gilded (Gilded, #1)

By: Marissa Meyer

3.89

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning st…

If you liked the magic plot in Gilded (Gilded, #1) by Marissa Meyer , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Gilded (Gilded, #1)

By: Marissa Meyer

3.89

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning st… read more

Similar categories in Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • fairy tale retellings
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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2. Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

By: Rebecca Ross

4.20

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Ross's Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Let us make our names exactly what we want them to be."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"I never told you that I love you. And I regret that, most of all."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"I don’t want to wake up when I’m seventy-four only to realize I haven’t lived. -Thea Attwood"

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

"Keep writing. You will find the words you need to share. They are already within you, even in the shadows, hiding like jewels."

-Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

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3. Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

By: Rebecca Ross

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Ross's Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Write me a story where there is no ending, Kitt."

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"Keep writing. You will find the words you need to share. They are already within you, even in the shadows hiding like jewels."

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"You are capable of far more than you know. Why do you think I look at you now and marvel? Why do you think I draw close to your kind? I have sung many of you to eternal rest after death, and I have f…"

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

"In all my years I have discovered that the most precious of things are often taken for granted and that we tend to let time wheel forward at such a pace that we cannot catch every detail that makes t…"

-Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

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4. A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

By: Ava Reid

3.78

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood… read more

Similar categories in Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The only enemy is the sea."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"No one owns the right to tell a story."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"I find you very charming underneath all the smugness."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"The sea is treacherous, but women are even more treacherous."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

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5. Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)

By: Adalyn Grace

4.00

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

The  New York Times  bestselling author of  All the Stars and Teeth  brings to life a highly romant… read more

Similar categories in Adalyn Grace's Belladonna (Belladonna, #1) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Perhaps,"

-Adalyn Grace, Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)

"Careful,"

-Adalyn Grace, Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)

"But death did not need to be seen; he was to be felt."

-Adalyn Grace, Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)

"With him, Signa no longer wanted to wonder. She wanted to know."

-Adalyn Grace, Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)

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6. A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.13

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after. Evangeline Fox ventured to t… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"My turn again."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"Being yours does not make you mine."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"You could never look awful,' he said faintly."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"His heart was racing again, and now so was hers."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

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7. Foxglove (Belladonna, #2)

By: Adalyn Grace

4.16

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

This Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition features an alternate jacket and a unique hardcover case and … read more

Similar categories in Adalyn Grace's Foxglove (Belladonna, #2) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Look at me."

-Adalyn Grace, Foxglove (Belladonna, #2)

"You are mine."

-Adalyn Grace, Foxglove (Belladonna, #2)

"For as long as you’ll have me, you are mine, Signa Farrow. I will burn this world to cinders before I let anyone take you from me"

-Adalyn Grace, Foxglove (Belladonna, #2)

"After all she’d overcome, boiling her choices down to Fate made her success feel unearned. Like he somehow had a hand in all her hardest decisions and her biggest triumphs."

-Adalyn Grace, Foxglove (Belladonna, #2)

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8. The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)

By: Lynette Noni

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan has spent the last ten years fighting for survival in the notorious… read more

Similar categories in Lynette Noni's The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Mother is dead. I'm on my way to Vallenia. It's time to reclaim our kingdom."

-Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)

"Never apologize for loving someone. Even when it hurts. Especially when it hurts."

-Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)

"I know for a fact that they’d live it all over again, even the ending, as long as it meant they could keep their beginning"

-Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)

"So you’re right, you don’t need me fighting your battles. But if you’ll let me, I’d like to be standing beside you as you fight them."

-Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer, #1)

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9. The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

By: Holly Black

3.91

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

An imprisoned prince. A vengeful queen. And a battle that will determine the future of Elfhame.   … read more

Similar categories in Holly Black's The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Some broken things stay broken"

-Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

"Pain is better than being dead."

-Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

"Would you consider actually marrying me?"

-Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

"Felicitations on the murder of your mother."

-Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne (The Stolen Heir Duology, #2)

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10. Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)

By: Vanessa Len

3.87

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

It should have been the perfect summer. Sent to stay with her late mother’s eccentric family in Lon… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Len's Only a Monster (Monsters, #1) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"What am I?"

-Vanessa Len, Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)

"Don't look at them. Look at me." -Aaron Oliver"

-Vanessa Len, Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)

"A Hunt and an Oliver together? How very Romeo and Juliet."

-Vanessa Len, Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)

"You're a hero and I'm a monster. There's only one way that story ever ends."

-Vanessa Len, Only a Monster (Monsters, #1)

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11. A Fragile Enchantment

By: Allison Saft

3.53

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

In this romantic fantasy of manners from New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft, a magical … read more

Similar categories in Allison Saft's A Fragile Enchantment book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You're like a pint-sized hurricane of earnestness and good cheer."

-Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

"it's not meaningful to kill yourself little by little to make people happy!"

-Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

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12. Twin Crowns (Twin Crowns, #1)

By: Catherine Doyle

3.94

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she would steal her sister's place in the palace. Trai… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Doyle's Twin Crowns (Twin Crowns, #1) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"He's your guardian. The way he treats you matters."

-Catherine Doyle, Twin Crowns (Twin Crowns, #1)

"Calm your heart, anxious one. Let me heal what is broken."

-Catherine Doyle, Twin Crowns (Twin Crowns, #1)

"my name is rose,' said rose, wryly. 'i know my way around thorns."

-Catherine Doyle, Twin Crowns (Twin Crowns, #1)

"I can’t kiss you without your permission. You are the princess, remember?"

-Catherine Doyle, Twin Crowns (Twin Crowns, #1)

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13. Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.06

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

How far would you go for happily ever after? For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It’s you,"

-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

"What will your help cost me?"

-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

"For finding dreams that don't exist yet."

-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

"But you have to have a working heart for it to break."

-Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)

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14. The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.51

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Not every love is meant to be. After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox sw… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Where were you?"

-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

"I swear this is what I really want."

-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

"How did I look?" "Like you would kill for her"

-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

"Ballads never end happily, everyone knows that."

-Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)

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15. These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2)

By: Tahereh Mafi

4.09

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

With the heat of a kiss, the walls between Alizeh, the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom, a… read more

Similar categories in Tahereh Mafi's These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"With all due offense, sire, please fuck off."

-Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2)

"My kingdom," he said softly. "For your hand."

-Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2)

"Don't be afraid of me, angel. I won't hurt you. I'll never hurt you."

-Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2)

"I need your help, sleepy boy. Can you do something for me? "Anything."

-Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2)

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16. This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1)

By: Tahereh Mafi

3.96

Format: 512 pages, ebook

Clashing empires, forbidden romance, and a long-forgotten queen destined to save her people—Tahereh… read more

Similar categories in Tahereh Mafi's This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Are you some kind of Diviner?"

-Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1)

"I choose you," he said simply. "I want youj."

-Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1)

"Never before had he been so consumed by the thoughts of anyone."

-Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1)

"I think I might fetch you the moon if only to spare your tears again"

-Tahereh Mafi, This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1)

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17. Defy the Night (Defy the Night, #1)

By: Brigid Kemmerer

4.13

Format: 448 pages, ebook

The kingdom of Kandala is on the brink of disaster. Rifts between sectors have only worsened since … read more

Similar categories in Brigid Kemmerer's Defy the Night (Defy the Night, #1) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Mind your mettle, Tessa."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Defy the Night (Defy the Night, #1)

"When there are calls for revolution,"

-Brigid Kemmerer, Defy the Night (Defy the Night, #1)

"I’m not a killer. I heal people; I don’t harm them."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Defy the Night (Defy the Night, #1)

"I think that very few people truly deserve what they get, Tessa."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Defy the Night (Defy the Night, #1)

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18. The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1)

By: Holly Black

3.97

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A runaway queen. A reluctant prince. And a quest that may destroy them both. Eight years have p… read more

Similar categories in Holly Black's The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Heir to Elfhame,"

-Holly Black, The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1)

"You cannot outrun fate."

-Holly Black, The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1)

"Since no one loves me, I'll go."

-Holly Black, The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1)

"It is hard to explain the savagery of hope."

-Holly Black, The Stolen Heir (The Stolen Heir Duology, #1)

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19. Defend the Dawn (Defy the Night, #2)

By: Brigid Kemmerer

4.20

Format: 496 pages, ebook

To save their kingdom, they must embark on a dangerous journey... The kingdom of Kandala narrowl… read more

Similar categories in Brigid Kemmerer's Defend the Dawn (Defy the Night, #2) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I don't think he would hurt me," I say. "I certainly won't let him."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Defend the Dawn (Defy the Night, #2)

"I don't understand, Why, would the ring get me through the gates?" "Because I'm the King, Violet. And that ring proves it."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Defend the Dawn (Defy the Night, #2)

"How did Corrick do this for so long?" I say. "How could he bear it?" He frowns. "He had Tessa. He wasn't alone" I swallow. I'm always alone."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Defend the Dawn (Defy the Night, #2)

"I expect Prince Corrick to return unharmed," he says, and there's a note in his voice I don't think I've ever heard before. The promise of vengeance hangs in every syllable."

-Brigid Kemmerer, Defend the Dawn (Defy the Night, #2)

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20. Little Thieves (Little Thieves, #1)

By: Margaret Owen

4.26

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl... Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given,… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Owen's Little Thieves (Little Thieves, #1) book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"- Sometimes you just have to throw spatzle at the wall and see what sticks. - You absolutely do not. That is how you get ruined spatzle."

-Margaret Owen, Little Thieves (Little Thieves, #1)

"-I cannot tell you how many principles of knife safety you are violating right now. -Where's your sense of adventure? -When it comes to stab wounds? On indefinite sabbatical."

-Margaret Owen, Little Thieves (Little Thieves, #1)

"There’s just so much I could be stealing right now if I didn’t have social obligations with the man who tried to poison me earlier in the week. And if it weren’t for the curse. And, I suppose, the la…"

-Margaret Owen, Little Thieves (Little Thieves, #1)

"I see myself for what I am: a scared girl, alone in a cruel world, abandoned by family and friend, who would rather turn herself to bloodstained stone than let anyone get close enough to leave anothe…"

-Margaret Owen, Little Thieves (Little Thieves, #1)

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21. Violet Made of Thorns

By: Gina Chen

3.54

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

A darkly enchanting fantasy debut about a morally gray witch, a cursed prince, and a prophecy that … read more

Similar categories in Gina Chen's Violet Made of Thorns book and Marissa Meyer's Gilded (Gilded, #1)

  • romance
  • retellings
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Don’t look at me like that."

-Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

"Sometimes you hate someone so much, you fall in love."

-Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

"A prince without the fixings, after all, is just a boy."

-Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

"If I must be a villain, I will be one of my own making."

-Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

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