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Books like A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses, often called ACOTAR, follows a young huntress taken to a land of faeries who falls for her captor. These six books bring more fantasy romance, deadly stakes and dangerous courts.

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  • Throne of Glass

    Sarah J. Maas

    A young assassin is pulled out of a prison mine to compete for a place as the king's champion, in a fast young adult fantasy by the same author.

  • The Cruel Prince

    Holly Black

    Jude, a human raised among the fey, wants to belong at the High Court, but its cruelest prince is determined to stop her, in a sharp young adult tale of faerie politics.

  • Serpent & Dove

    Shelby Mahurin

    A witch in hiding is forced into marriage with a witch hunter, in a young adult fantasy with a romance at its heart, sexual content and dark themes.

  • Fourth Wing

    Rebecca Yarros

    A frail young woman is forced into a war college for dragon riders, where cadets bond with a dragon or die, in a fast, violent romance for adults.

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  • From Blood and Ash

    Jennifer L. Armentrout

    A young woman chosen from birth to serve as the Maiden is guarded by a golden-eyed protector, in an adult fantasy with a great deal of sexual content and violence.

  • Beauty

    Robin McKinley

    A bookish young woman agrees to live with the Beast in his enchanted castle to save her father, in a quiet retelling for younger readers of one of the tales behind ACOTAR.

How to choose

ACOTAR mixes romance, danger and sexual content, so decide how far you want to follow it. Throne of Glass, The Cruel Prince and Serpent & Dove are young adult and a good first step, though Serpent & Dove has more mature content than most. Fourth Wing and From Blood and Ash are for adults: Fourth Wing adds dragons, graphic violence and sex scenes, while From Blood and Ash is very sexual and violent, so check content notes first. Beauty is a gentle retelling of Beauty and the Beast, one of the fairy tales that inspired ACOTAR, and the one to pick for a younger reader. Several of these start series, so one favorite can lead to many more.

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