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by Leigh Bardugo · 2014

Book 3 of Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy)

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Legends & Lattes Adult
Travis Baldree · 2022

about 320 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books about love.
- Fantasy
- Love
What both books share
- fantasy
  Ruin and Rising: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
  Legends & Lattes: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
- love
  Ruin and Rising: "Love stories" (OL subject); "Love" (OL subject); "Love, fiction" (OL subject); "Love -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
  Legends & Lattes: "love" (WD main subject)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Ruin and Rising; Open Library and Wikidata for Legends & Lattes.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses Adult
Sarah J. Maas

about 450 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books about love.
- Fantasy
- Love
What both books share
- fantasy
  Ruin and Rising: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
  A Court of Thorns and Roses: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
- love
  Ruin and Rising: "Love stories" (OL subject); "Love" (OL subject); "Love, fiction" (OL subject); "Love -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
  A Court of Thorns and Roses: "Love" (OL subject); "Love stories" (OL subject); "Love, fiction" (OL subject); "Love -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Ruin and Rising; Open Library and Wikidata for A Court of Thorns and Roses.
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Skulduggery Pleasant
Derek Landy · Young adult

about 370 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books.
- Fantasy
What both books share
- fantasy
  Ruin and Rising: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
  Skulduggery Pleasant: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Ruin and Rising; Open Library and Wikidata for Skulduggery Pleasant.
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Book	Fantasy	Young adult	Love
Legends & Lattes	shared	not shared	shared
A Court of Thorns and Roses	shared	not shared	shared
Skulduggery Pleasant	shared	not shared	not shared
The Red Pyramid	shared	shared	not shared
City of Bones	shared	shared	not shared
Red Queen	shared	shared	not shared
The Cruel Prince	shared	not shared	not shared
An Ember in the Ashes	shared	not shared	not shared
Marked	shared	shared	not shared
Bloodlines	shared	shared	not shared

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About Leigh Bardugo

Born: Born in 1975; Wikidata lists Jerusalem, Israel, as the place of birth. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Leigh Bardugo received the Inkpot Award in 2019. Source: Wikidata, citing comic-con.org, checked November 6, 2026.

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