Books like 'The Bane'
Readers who enjoyed The Bane by Keary Taylor also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
futuristic science fiction urban fantasy paranormal fantasy dystopian mystery love triangle other-man-woman
-
FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsSince the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror...Categorized as:
dystopian mystery science fiction anthologies fantasy urban fantasy paranormal suspense -
The Immortal Crown by Richelle Mead
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodline series returns with the second installment in her acclaimed Age of X series. Gameboard of the Gods introduced religious investigator Justin March and Mae Koskinen, the beautiful supersoldier assigned to protect him... -
Love and Decay, Volume Two by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. A lot has changed for Reagan in the few months since she stumbled upon the Parker family. She has given up her isolated vagabond lifestyle and along with her best friend Haley, made a permanent home with the brothers and their sweet, little sister...Categorized as:
dystopian science fiction fantasy paranormal urban fantasy futuristic horror length-medium -
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
The Carls just appeared.Roaming through New York City at three AM, twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor—April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life... -
-
Dante by Faith Gibson
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 3 is an adventure full of passion, secrets, action, and hot sex. When one enemy is taken out, another rises up. One who is hell bent on destroying The Stone Society. Dante Di Pietro is the New Atlanta Medical Examiner. Over 500 years old, Dante has resigned to living his life alone until he finds his mate, the pretty doctor he is working closely with at the prison...Categorized as:
dystopian science fiction fantasy urban fantasy paranormal futuristic fated-mates length-medium -
Death Rejoices by A.J. Aalto
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMarnie Baranuik is back, and this time, the Great White Shark of psychic investigations has “people skills” and a new assistant who seems to harbor an unhealthy curiosity about Harry, her revenant companion. Together, they’ve got a whole lot of questions that need answering...Categorized as:
love triangle mystery other-man-woman fantasy urban fantasy science fiction vampires paranormal -
Sixx by Faith Gibson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Michael “Sixx” Gentry lost control of the beast inside, he walked away from the best thing to happen to him in 500 years. Twenty-four years later, someone points out that Sixx has a doppelgänger. When he hears the man’s name, Sixx realizes twenty-four years too late that the best thing to ever happen to him had been pregnant with his son when he walked away...Categorized as:
dystopian science fiction fantasy urban fantasy paranormal futuristic fated-mates length-medium -
From the Ashes by Angela White
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIt has been six months since the world ended Adrian will now discover if the choices he’s made have cost him a son. Even Angie can’t be sure. Neither can the others like her who he's been gathering. The abilities of the descendants are growing, and so is Safe Haven's awareness of having magic in their midst. Angela is no longer the only witch in camp... If she ever was...Categorized as:
dystopian urban fantasy fantasy science fiction paranormal psychics futuristic length-long -
Degrees of Wrong by Anna Scarlett
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis time, the straight-and-narrow path could be the road to ruin. Dr. Elyse Morgan’s mission: find the cure to the HTN4 virus. The compensation, courtesy of the United Nations: a lab stocked with hi-tech goodies, limitless resources and enough chocolate to make her rear look like a cellulite farm. Bonus: she gets to live...Categorized as:
love triangle dystopian other-man-woman science fiction urban fantasy futuristic paranormal fantasy -
Wormwood Echoes by Laken Cane
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter all she's been through, Rune Alexander thinks she can handle anything life may throw at her. But when a mysterious disease begins to destroy the River County Others, she must gear up for trouble unlike any she's ever seen. Trouble that may force her to leave her world for an unfamiliar, hostile place inhabited by a terrifying enemy. A world in which Damascus holds the power...Categorized as:
dystopian science fiction fantasy paranormal futuristic vampires urban fantasy length-short -
Nikolas by Faith Gibson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNikolas Stone might not have the most exciting job in the Stone Society, but it is one of the most important. As archivist, he is the keeper of all things Gargoyle. When Nik uncovers the truth about Gargoyles being able to mate with humans, he not only saves his species, he also stumbles upon his own mate...Categorized as:
dystopian science fiction fantasy urban fantasy paranormal futuristic fated-mates length-medium -
Carved in Stone by Angela White
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s their first attempt Safe Haven is going to try making a permanent settlement in the mountains of Georgia and every soul there is ready for the break. They’ve traveled for more than nine months, with few stops. Now, they can finally quit living from trucks and try to rebuild what they’ve lost. Except… Bad things are coming...Categorized as:
dystopian urban fantasy fantasy science fiction paranormal psychics futuristic length-epic -
Where We Stand by Angela White
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe soldiers are coming for Adrian... and everyone else like him. Safe Haven has grown too powerful to be ignored any longer and the surviving government wants these dangerous Descendants secured for their own use or eliminated. And they couldn't have chosen a better time to reemerge. Safe Haven has a new leader and XO, and a thick wall of fresh challenges to overcome...Categorized as:
dystopian urban fantasy fantasy science fiction paranormal psychics futuristic length-epic -
The Price We Pay by Angela White
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill Controlled Chaos Be Enough To Free Them? Angela has moved Safe Haven to the Mountains of Georgia to make their stand. She has put a plan in motion that will free them all or get them all killed. For her, everything since the apocalypse has come down to this moment. It’s what she’s been training for, what her men have tried to prepare her for, but only fate knows if it will be enough...Categorized as:
dystopian urban fantasy fantasy science fiction paranormal psychics futuristic length-epic -
-
Dawn of Eden by Julie Kagawa, Thérèse Plummer
Before The Immortal Rules, there was Red Lung a relentless virus determined to take out all in its path. For Kylie, the miracle of her survival is also her burden-as a doctor at one of the clinics for the infected she is forced to witness endless suffering...Categorized as:
dystopian mystery science fiction fantasy urban fantasy paranormal vampires futuristic -
Plague Nation by Dana Fredsti
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSequel to the thrilling zombie novel PLAGUE TOWN . Ashley Parker was a ordinary woman who was also a “wild card,” immune to the emerging zombie plague, drawn unwillingly into a shadowy paramilitary organization. Having been ambushed in San Francisco, which is now fully engulfed in the zombie plague, Ashley and the wild cards must pursue the enemy to San Diego...Categorized as:
dystopian science fiction military fantasy paranormal urban fantasy futuristic length-medium -
Christmas Moon by J.R. Rain
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Seven years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire...Categorized as:
mystery science fiction fantasy urban fantasy vampires paranormal futuristic length-epic -
The Vanishing Girl by Laura Thalassa
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsEvery night after Ember Pierce falls asleep, she disappears. She can teleport anywhere in the world—London, Paris, her crush’s bedroom—wherever her dreams lead her. Ten minutes is all she gets, and once time’s up, she returns to her bed. It's a secret she’s successfully kept for the last five years. But now someone knows...Categorized as:
dystopian mystery science fiction military paranormal futuristic fantasy virgin heroine -
Sharp by Alex Hughes
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHISTORY HAS A WAY OF REPEATING ITSELF, EVEN FOR TELEPATHS.… As a Level Eight telepath, I am the best police interrogator in the department. But I’m not a cop—I never will be—and my only friend on the force, Homicide Detective Isabella Cherabino, is avoiding me because of a telepathic link I created by accident. And I might not even be an interrogator for much longer...Categorized as:
dystopian mystery science fiction paranormal urban fantasy fantasy futuristic male-pov -
Life After War by Angela White
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis edition contains the EXACT text from books one, two, and three. It does not contain new material. It does include the free first chapter of book four, Adrian's Eagles. "This is Safe Haven Refugee Camp...Categorized as:
dystopian urban fantasy fantasy science fiction paranormal psychics futuristic length-epic -
On the Road by Angela White
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 21 ratings2012 was the end of the world. All society and civilizations fell, leaving the survivors to fend for themselves. Few made it. In Book One Samantha: After being taken from her Seattle office at gunpoint during the apocalypse, Samantha's chopper crashes and she is taken hostage by the Cruz brothers...Categorized as:
dystopian urban fantasy fantasy science fiction paranormal psychics futuristic length-long -
Fallen by Traci L. Slatton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the world ends, all that is left is love.... As chaos descends on a crippled Earth, survivors are tormented by strange psychic gifts. In this time of apocalyptic despair, love is put to the test. One woman with mysterious healing power guides seven children to safety. Charismatic Arthur offers her a haven. Slowly Emma falls for him... -
Dark Horizons by Krystle Jones
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings***Librarians note: This edition only features a new cover. ASIN is B00AGC6DQ2.*** She will risk everything to save his life. When seventeen-year-old vampire hunter Sloane McAllister went into the Red Sector to look for her brother, she never expected to meet vampire commander Aden Knight. She definitely never meant to fall in love with him...Categorized as:
dystopian science fiction urban fantasy vampires futuristic fantasy paranormal length-medium -
Rebirth by Sophie Littlefield
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe end of the world was just the beginning Civilization has fallen, leaving California an unforgiving, decimated place. But Cass Dollar beat terrible odds to get her missing daughter back—she and Ruthie will be happy. Yet with the first winter, Cass is reminded that happiness is fleeting in Aftertime. Ruthie retreats into silence. Flesh—eating Beaters still dominate the landscape...Categorized as:
dystopian contemporary fantasy futuristic urban fantasy paranormal science fiction length-long -
-
Lexicon by Max Barry
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsAt an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren't taught history, geography, or mathematics--at least not in the usual ways. Instead, they are taught to persuade. Here the art of coercion has been raised to a science...Categorized as:
dystopian mystery science fiction paranormal urban fantasy suspense futuristic fantasy -
One by LeighAnn Kopans
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen having two powers makes you a Super and having none makes you a Normal, having only one makes you a sad half-superpowered freak. It makes you a One. Sixteen-year-old Merrin Grey would love to be able to fly – too bad all she can do is hover. If she could just land an internship at the Biotech Hub, she might finally figure out how to fix herself...Categorized as:
dystopian science fiction futuristic fantasy superheroes urban fantasy paranormal length-medium -
Sideswiped by Kim Harrison
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDon’t miss this thrilling first look into the elite world of Peri Reed, government agency operative extraordinaire, and catch more of her character in The Drafter , the first book in the all-new suspense trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison, out September 1. Every hero, even the accidental ones, have a beginning...Categorized as:
mystery urban fantasy fantasy science fiction futuristic paranormal time travel length-novella -
Out of Darkness by Jason D. Morrow
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNineteen-year-old Mora is on a mission to save her village from the relentless greyskins, and there is only one man that can help her, Jeremiah of Screven. As she travels the wastelands, she discovers a power within herself, a power she believes no other human possesses. That is, until she meets others like her – the ones who call themselves the Starborn...Categorized as:
dystopian science fiction urban fantasy paranormal futuristic fantasy horror length-long -
'Til the World Ends (Blood of Eden 0.5 - Dawn of Eden) by Julie Kagawa, Ann Aguirre
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDawn of Eden by Julie Kagawa Before The Immortal Rules, there was the Red Lung, a relentless virus determined to take out all in its path. For Kylie, the miracle of her survival is also her burden-as a doctor at one of the clinics for the infected, she is forced to witness endless suffering...Categorized as:
dystopian science fiction fantasy urban fantasy paranormal vampires futuristic length-medium -
Born to Darkness by Suzanne Brockmann
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFighting Destiny series # 1 Reissue originally published 2012 Set in a dark and crumbling near-future... Navy SEAL LT Shane Laughlin was dishonorably discharged and blacklisted—for being too honorable. Desperate for work and down to his last ten bucks, he takes a job as a test subject—a human guinea pig—at Boston’s Obermeyer Institute, a fringe scientific research facility...Categorized as:
dystopian mystery paranormal science fiction urban fantasy suspense futuristic military -
Wanted and Wired by Vivien Jackson
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA rip-roarin' new snarky, sexy sci-fi paranormal romance series with the perfect balance of humor, heat, and heart. Now that Texas has seceded and the world is spiraling into chaos, good guys come in unlikely packages and love sprouts in the most inconvenient places... Rogue scientist • technologically enhanced • deliciously attractive Heron Farad should be dead... -
Dark Bayou by Nancy K. Duplechain
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn this supernatural page-turner, Leigh Benoit is beckoned home to Louisiana by her grandmother to take care of her orphaned niece, Lyla. Deep in the mysterious waterways of Cajun Country, lies the secret of a Dark force that threatens Leigh's family...Categorized as:
mystery science fiction fantasy urban fantasy suspense paranormal futuristic length-short -
The Hero Strikes Back by Moira J. Moore
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn a realm beset by natural disasters, only the magical abilities of the bonded Pairs—Source and Shield—make the land habitable and keep the citizenry safe. The ties that bind them are far beyond the relationships between lovers or kin—and last their entire lives… Whether they like it or not. The weather in the city of High Scape is off the charts...Categorized as:
mystery fantasy science fiction paranormal urban fantasy magic futuristic length-medium -
Desire by Kailin Gow
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Dystopian world where everyone's future is planned out for them at age 18...whether it is what a person desires or not. Kama is about to turn 18 and she thinks her Life s Plan will turn out like her boyfriend's and friend's as they desired. But when she glimpse a young man who can communicate with her with his thoughts and knows her name..Categorized as:
dystopian love triangle other-man-woman science fiction fantasy urban fantasy paranormal magic -
-
Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsOne girl and a griffin against an empire. Griffins are supposed to be extinct. So when Yukiko and her warrior father Masaru are sent to capture one for the Shõgun, they fear that their lives are over – everyone knows what happens to those who fail the Lord of the Shima Isles. But the mission proves less impossible and more deadly than anyone expects... -
A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsLondon, April 4, 1888 ~ Evelina Cooper, niece of Sherlock Holmes, is ready for her first London Season - except for a murderer, missing automatons, a sorcerer, and a talking mouse. In a Victorian era ruled by a ruthless steam baron council, mechanical power is the real monarch, and sorcery the demon enemy of the empire. Evelina has secretly mastered a coveted weapon - magic that can run machines...Categorized as:
love triangle mystery other-man-woman paranormal science fiction steampunk urban fantasy fantasy -
Foundation by Ann Aguirre
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn Ann Aguirre’s award-winning novel, Enclave, humans have taken refuge in colonies below ground. Here is the story of what drove them there, told through the eyes of a teen who would later have vast influence over the fate of many, and who gave his heart to the one person who needed him most...Categorized as:
dystopian science fiction paranormal urban fantasy futuristic fantasy length-novella -
The Drafter by Kim Harrison
Detroit 2030. Double-crossed by the person she loved and betrayed by the covert government organization that trained her to use her body as a weapon, Peri Reed is a renegade on the run. Don’t forgive and never forget has always been Peri’s creed...Categorized as:
mystery dystopian fantasy urban fantasy suspense paranormal science fiction time travel -
Heroes Return by Moira J. Moore
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsView our feature on Moria Moore's Heroes Return Being a hero is a recession-proof job—from the author of Heroes at Risk. The Emperor has personally selected Shield Lee Mallorough and Source Shintaro Karish to protect the duchy of Westsea-Taro's ancestral lands. But Westsea is suffering from deadly earthquakes that resist Lee and Taro's magic and political unrest that is stoked by their arrival...Categorized as:
mystery science fiction fantasy urban fantasy magic futuristic paranormal length-medium -
The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsPerfect for fans of Jane Austen, this engrossing debut novel offers an unusual twist on the legacy of one of the world's most celebrated and beloved authors: Two researchers from the future are sent back in time to meet Jane and recover a suspected unpublished novel...Categorized as:
mystery dystopian time travel science fiction fantasy historical regency contemporary -
Tomorrow Land by Mari Mancusi
Rated: 3.53 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCan true love survive the zombie apocalypse? Nineteen-year-old Peyton Anderson will never forget the day she was forced to make a choice--between her family--and Chris Parker, the boy she’d given her heart. Now four years later, as she steps out from the fallout shelter and into a zombie-infested world, he’s the only thing on her mind...Categorized as:
dystopian science fiction futuristic urban fantasy paranormal fantasy horror length-medium -
Aftertime by Sophie Littlefield
Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAwakening in a bleak landscape as scarred as her body, Cass Dollar vaguely recalls surviving something terrible. Having no idea how many weeks have passed, she slowly realizes the horrifying truth: Ruthie has vanished. And with her, nearly all of civilization...Categorized as:
dystopian science fiction fantasy futuristic urban fantasy paranormal horror length-long -
The Line by Teri Hall
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAn invisible, uncrossable physical barrier encloses the United States. The Line is the part of the border that lopped off part of the country, dooming the inhabitants to an unknown fate when the enemy used a banned weapon. It's said that bizarre creatures and superhumans live on the other side, in Away. Nobody except tough old Ms. Moore would ever live next to the Line...Categorized as:
dystopian mystery science fiction urban fantasy futuristic paranormal fantasy length-short -
Wildalone by Krassi Zourkova
Rated: 3.28 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this darkly imaginative debut novel full of myth, magic, romance, and mystery, a Princeton freshman is drawn into a love triangle with two enigmatic brothers, and discovers terrifying secrets about her family and herself—a bewitching blend of Twilight, The Secret History, Jane Eyre , and A Discovery of Witches...Categorized as:
love triangle mystery other-man-woman legends & fairy tales science fiction new adult fantasy magic -
Find out more about romance.io.
Get recommendations by genres & tropes
Use the romance book finder to mix and match over 100 content keywords to find the books that match your preferences

Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.