Books like Shadow and Bone

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo · 2012

• Fantasy
• Magic
• Ability
• Monsters

Top match: Red Queen

Last checked: November 7, 2026

• Red QueenVictoria Aveyard

  Red Queen

  Victoria Aveyard · 2015 · Young adult

  about 430 pages

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  Why: Both are young adult fantasy books about ability.

  • Young adult
  • Fantasy
  • Ability
  What both books share

  • young adult
    Shadow and Bone: "young adult" (WD intended public)
    Red Queen: "young adult fiction" (WD genre); "young adult" (WD intended public)
  • fantasy
    Shadow and Bone: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
    Red Queen: "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "FICTION / Fantasy / Epic" (OL subject)
  • ability
    Shadow and Bone: "Ability" (OL subject); "Ability -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
    Red Queen: "Ability" (OL subject); "Ability -- Juvenile fiction" (LoC 650)

  From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Shadow and Bone; Open Library and Wikidata for Red Queen, read September 24, 2026.
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• The Cruel PrinceHolly Black

  The Cruel Prince

  Holly Black · 2018 · Young adult

  about 370 pages

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  Why: Both are fantasy books about orphans.

  • Fantasy
  • Orphans
  What both books share

  • fantasy
    Shadow and Bone: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
    The Cruel Prince: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Young adult fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy" (OL subject)
  • orphans
    Shadow and Bone: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans, fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
    The Cruel Prince: "Orphans--Fiction." (OL subject); "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans, fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction" (LoC 650)

  From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Shadow and Bone; Open Library and Wikidata for The Cruel Prince, read September 24, 2026.
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• Skulduggery PleasantDerek Landy

  Skulduggery Pleasant

  Derek Landy · Young adult

  about 370 pages

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  Why: Both are fantasy books about magic.

  • Fantasy
  • Magic
  What both books share

  • fantasy
    Shadow and Bone: "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)
  • magic
    Shadow and Bone: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
    Skulduggery Pleasant: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction." (LoC 650)

  From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Shadow and Bone; Open Library and Wikidata for Skulduggery Pleasant, read September 24, 2026.
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• A Great and Terrible BeautyLibba Bray

  A Great and Terrible Beauty

  Libba Bray · 2003 · Young adult

  about 400 pages

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  Why: Both are fantasy books about magic.

  • Fantasy
  • Magic
  What both books share

  • fantasy
    Shadow and Bone: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
    A Great and Terrible Beauty: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
  • magic
    Shadow and Bone: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
    A Great and Terrible Beauty: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction." (LoC 650)

  From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Shadow and Bone; Open Library and Wikidata for A Great and Terrible Beauty, read November 6, 2026.
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• The Night GardenerJonathan Auxier

  The Night Gardener

  Jonathan Auxier · 2014 · Children's

  about 380 pages

  Why: Both are fantasy books about orphans.

  • Fantasy
  • Orphans
  What both books share

  • fantasy
    Shadow and Bone: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
    The Night Gardener: "JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject); "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
  • orphans
    Shadow and Bone: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans, fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
    The Night Gardener: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans, fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction" (LoC 650)

  From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Shadow and Bone; Open Library and Wikidata for The Night Gardener, read October 9, 2026.
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• The Red PyramidRick Riordan

  The Red Pyramid

  Rick Riordan · 2010 · Young adult

  about 530 pages

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  Why: Both are young adult fantasy books about magic.

  • Young adult
  • Fantasy
  • Magic
  What both books share

  • young adult
    Shadow and Bone: "young adult" (WD intended public)
    The Red Pyramid: "young adult fiction" (WD genre)
  • fantasy
    Shadow and Bone: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
    The Red Pyramid: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
  • magic
    Shadow and Bone: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
    The Red Pyramid: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction" (LoC 650)

  From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Shadow and Bone; Open Library and Wikidata for The Red Pyramid, read October 12, 2026.
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• The Night CircusErin Morgenstern

  The Night Circus Adult

  Erin Morgenstern · 2011

  about 510 pages

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  Why: Both are fantasy books about magic.

  • Fantasy
  • Magic
  What both books share

  • fantasy
    Shadow and Bone: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
    The Night Circus: "Fiction, romance, fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, historical" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
  • magic
    Shadow and Bone: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
    The Night Circus: "Magic" (OL subject); "magic" (WD main subject)

  From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Shadow and Bone; Open Library and Wikidata for The Night Circus, read September 24, 2026.
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• The Lies of Locke LamoraScott Lynch

  The Lies of Locke Lamora Adult

  Scott Lynch

  about 540 pages

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  Why: Both are fantasy books about orphans.

  • Fantasy
  • Orphans
  What both books share

  • fantasy
    Shadow and Bone: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
    The Lies of Locke Lamora: "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction - Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy - Epic" (OL subject)
  • orphans
    Shadow and Bone: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans, fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
    The Lies of Locke Lamora: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction" (LoC 650)

  From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Shadow and Bone; Open Library and Wikidata for The Lies of Locke Lamora, read September 24, 2026.
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• A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin

  A Wizard of Earthsea

  Ursula K. Le Guin · 1968 · Young adult

  about 200 pages

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  Why: Both are fantasy books about magic.

  • Fantasy
  • Magic
  What both books share

  • fantasy
    Shadow and Bone: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
    A Wizard of Earthsea: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
  • magic
    Shadow and Bone: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
    A Wizard of Earthsea: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic in fiction" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction." (LoC 650)

  From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Shadow and Bone; Open Library and Wikidata for A Wizard of Earthsea, read September 24, 2026.
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• Storm FrontJim Butcher

  Storm Front Adult

  Jim Butcher · 2000

  about 350 pages

  See books like Storm Front

  Why: Both are fantasy books about magic.

  • Fantasy
  • Magic
  What both books share

  • fantasy
    Shadow and Bone: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy." (LoC 650)
    Storm Front: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, contemporary" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, urban" (OL subject)
  • magic
    Shadow and Bone: "Magic" (OL subject); "Magic, fiction" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
    Storm Front: "magic" (OL subject); "Magic -- Fiction" (LoC 650)

  From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Shadow and Bone; Open Library and Wikidata for Storm Front, read September 24, 2026.
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