Read-alikes

Books Like Uprooted

Uprooted is captive / captor, enemies to lovers & slow burn — mild (2/5), 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.

Every ten years the wizard known as the Dragon chooses a young woman from the valley to serve in his tower — and to everyone's surprise, he selects plain, clumsy Agnieszka over her radiant best friend. As Agnieszka discovers an untamed magical gift, she and the Dragon are drawn into a desperate battle against the Wood, a malevolent, corrupting forest that has threatened their kingdom for generations. A standalone fairy tale rooted in Polish folklore, it blends coming-of-age magic with a slow-burning, tension-charged romance.