Read-alikes

Books Like The Gilded Ones

The Gilded Ones is chosen one, found family & rebellion — 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.

In the West African-inspired kingdom of Otera, sixteen-year-old Deka bleeds gold during the mandatory purity ritual — marking her as 'impure' and destined for death. A mysterious woman offers her escape: join the Alaki, an army of similarly cursed near-immortal girls, and fight the monstrous deathshrieks threatening the empire. As Deka trains and battles, she begins to uncover the true, world-upending origins of her power.