
Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo · Alex Stern #1
Shares dark magic, morally grey & chosen one. Same author, too.
Read-alikes
Shadow and Bone is chosen one, villain love interest & dark magic — sweet (1/5), first-person, ending on a hard-won happy ending. These 12 romantasy read-alikes are ranked by how much they share with it, closest first — each one explained.
Alina Starkov is an orphaned soldier in the war-torn kingdom of Ravka, split in two by the Shadow Fold — a vast stretch of living darkness swarming with flesh-eating monsters. When she manifests an extraordinary and long-dormant power as a Sun Summoner, she is torn from her best friend and sent to train with the Grisha, Ravka's magical elite, under the command of their brilliant and enigmatic leader, the Darkling. As Alina discovers the depth of her own power, she begins to uncover darker truths about the Darkling's intentions — and about the Fold itself.
Share the most of what makes Shadow and Bone work.

Leigh Bardugo · Alex Stern #1
Shares dark magic, morally grey & chosen one. Same author, too.

Tracy Deonn · The Legendborn Cycle #2
Shares chosen one, love triangle & dark magic.

Stephanie Garber · Caraval #2
Shares love triangle, villain love interest & morally grey.

Shares dark magic, love triangle & chosen one.

Heather Walter · Malice Duology #1
Shares villain love interest, dark magic & chosen one.

Kresley Cole · The Arcana Chronicles #1
Shares chosen one, love triangle & morally grey.

Hannah Whitten · Wilderwood #2
Shares morally grey, villain love interest & dark magic.

Rin Chupeco · The Bone Witch #1
Shares dark magic, chosen one & morally grey.

Heather Walter · Malice Duology #2
Shares villain love interest, dark magic & morally grey.

Hannah Whitten · The Nightshade Crown #1
Shares love triangle, morally grey & dark magic.

Victoria Aveyard · Red Queen #2
Shares chosen one, morally grey & love triangle.

Tahereh Mafi · Shatter Me #1
Shares villain love interest, love triangle & chosen one.