This Dark Descent: Similar series
Letters of Enchantment
by Rebecca Ross
4.15 · 940 ratings
competent heroine · m-f · monsters · fantasy · magic · death · tortured hero · class difference · sweet heroine · slow burn · strong heroine · dual-pov · sweet-hero · war · new adult · forbidden love · working class heroine · abuse · teenage-fmc · paranormal
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The Infernal Devices
by Cassandra Clare
4.25 · 1098 ratings
vampires · urban fantasy · werewolves · magic · shapeshifters · paranormal · young adult · m-f · war · british-isles · united-kingdom · victorian · angst · friends to lovers · third-person-pov · slow burn · strong heroine · dual-pov · europe · male-pov
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The Raven Cycle
by Maggie Stiefvater
4.07 · 1049 ratings
urban fantasy · magic · fantasy · paranormal · young adult · contemporary · audiobook · found-family · queer · legends & fairy tales · glimpses-kisses · north-america · usa · virginia · length-long · mystery · humor · m-m · dark · third-person-pov
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An Ember in the Ashes
by Sabaa Tahir
4.17 · 797 ratings
high fantasy · dystopian · fantasy · young adult · war · magic · male-pov · paranormal · competent heroine · dark · military · strong heroine · dual-pov · class difference · angst · historical · length-long · mystery · political-intrigue · suspense
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Chronicles of The One
by Nora Roberts
4.03 · 209 ratings
futuristic · witches · fantasy · open-door · magic · length-long · dystopian · fae · science fiction · paranormal · suspense · young adult · m-f · contemporary · audiobook · urban fantasy · mystery · death · war · demons
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The Crucible
by Abigail Owen
4.02 · 169 ratings
paranormal · magic · fantasy · competent heroine · strong heroine · political-intrigue · young adult · m-f · california · contemporary · audiobook · betrayal · outlaw-heroine · royalty · non-human-hero · first-person-pov · length-long · possessive hero · non-trad-hea · cold hero
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The Halfling Saga
by Melissa Blair
4.03 · 202 ratings
strong heroine · tortured hero · disabilities and marks · high fantasy · non-human-hero · graphic-violence · warrior-heroine · open-door · past-abuse · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · war · paranormal · m-f · audiobook · non-human-heroine · fae · magic · death · fantasy
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Mousai
by E.J. Mellow
4.07 · 141 ratings
fantasy · independent heroine · historical · magic · gifted heroine · new adult · audiobook · m-f · competent heroine · young adult · political-intrigue · cold hero · high fantasy · tortured hero · dual-pov · third-person-pov · strong heroine · male-pov · alcoholism · standalone-first
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Valdemar: Owl Mage Trilogy
by Mercedes Lackey
4.13 · 129 ratings
audiobook · magic · historical · urban fantasy · paranormal · young adult · high fantasy · medieval · fantasy · military · length-long · queer · m-f · standalone-first · first-in-series · length-medium · behind-doors · dystopian · mystery · humor
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DFZ
by Rachel Aaron
4.36 · 124 ratings
audiobook · urban fantasy · magic · paranormal · young adult · science fiction · dystopian · fantasy · witches · futuristic · shapeshifters · m-f · length-long · behind-doors · new adult · standalone-first · first-in-series · east-asian-mc · length-medium · dragon shifter
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Snow Like Ashes
by Sara Raasch
3.78 · 205 ratings
dystopian · high fantasy · young adult · paranormal · magic · fantasy · war · strong heroine · survival · warrior-heroine · vengeance · torture-mcs · graphic-violence · fighters · military · political-intrigue · competent heroine · audiobook · m-f · royalty
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Tales of an Extraordinary Girl
by Gena Showalter
4.09 · 114 ratings
fantasy · vampires · shapeshifters · magic · urban fantasy · audiobook · contemporary · paranormal · sassy heroine · humor · science fiction · m-f · superheroes · young adult · length-long · suspense · explicit-open-door · length-medium · mystery · new adult
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Entangled with Fae
by Tessonja Odette
3.98 · 228 ratings
fantasy · magic · new adult · fae · from hate to love · paranormal · open-door · forced proximity · length-long · young adult · audiobook · standalone · high fantasy · standalone-first · m-f · cold hero · non-human-hero · legends & fairy tales · slow burn · independent heroine
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The Girl at Midnight
by Melissa Grey
3.70 · 131 ratings
young adult · mystery · fantasy · audiobook · contemporary · magic · urban fantasy · paranormal · queer · war · other-man-woman · love triangle · dystopian · high fantasy · standalone-first · first-in-series · length-long · length-medium · from hate to love · glimpses-kisses
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Elemental Blessings
by Sharon Shinn
3.92 · 140 ratings
paranormal · audiobook · glimpses-kisses · fantasy · mystery · young adult · length-long · magic · political-intrigue · steampunk · contemporary · m-f · urban fantasy · class difference · new adult · high fantasy · royalty · slow burn · competent heroine · strong heroine
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The Bitterbynde
by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
3.74 · 135 ratings
audiobook · fantasy · fae · length-long · glimpses-kisses · high fantasy · royalty · science fiction · paranormal · magic · tortured heroine · m-f · contemporary · mystery · young adult · plain heroine · standalone-first · disabilities and marks · war · length-epic
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Beneath Black Sails
by Clare Sager
4.09 · 116 ratings
fantasy · pirates · fae · audiobook · length-long · historical · tortured hero · sassy heroine · strong heroine · m-f · open-door · magic · new adult · from hate to love · young adult · paranormal · forced proximity · famous heroine · georgian · explicit-open-door
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Rooks and Ruin
by Melissa Caruso
4.11 · 67 ratings
first-person-pov · aristocratic heroine · glimpses-kisses · high fantasy · length-long · magic · fantasy · f-f · competent heroine · paranormal · audiobook · queer · bisexual · torture-mcs · mental-trauma · tortured heroine · strong heroine · neurodivergent · multicultural · demons
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Castles in Their Bones
by Laura Sebastian
4.06 · 66 ratings
war · graphic-violence · military · high fantasy · strong heroine · independent heroine · fantasy · arranged marriage · magic · length-long · death · m-m · queer · abuse · religious-trauma · from hate to love · fake relationship · political-intrigue · sassy heroine · young adult
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Forging Silver into Stars
by Brigid Kemmerer
4.18 · 63 ratings
from hate to love · royalty · past-child-neglect · behind-doors · working class hero · magic · first-person-pov · length-long · death · witches · male-pov · war · medieval · fantasy · paranormal · political-intrigue · young adult · m-f · found-family · dual-pov
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The Gods of Men
by Barbara Kloss
4.25 · 50 ratings
audiobook · paranormal · young adult · length-long · fantasy · dual-pov · child-death · third-person-pov · slow burn · racism · dystopian · high fantasy · sweet heroine · tortured hero · aristocratic heroine · tortured heroine · open-door · torture-mcs · dark · fighters
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Earthsinger Chronicles
by L. Penelope
3.97 · 54 ratings
fantasy · historical · audiobook · new adult · length-long · paranormal · young adult · m-f · high fantasy · open-door · magic · forced proximity · competent heroine · political-intrigue · racism · bwwm · multicultural · survival · dual-pov · class difference
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Nightstrider
by Sophia Slade
4.22 · 41 ratings
dark · audiobook · new adult · queer · high fantasy · fantasy · paranormal · horror · standalone-first · length-long · first-in-series · magic · from hate to love · young adult · found-family · male-pov · f-f · open-door · behind-doors · glimpses-kisses
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Realm of Four Kingdoms
by Jayci Lee
3.93 · 41 ratings
audiobook · fantasy · paranormal · shapeshifters · magic · young adult · m-f · found-family · urban fantasy · non-human-heroine · sweet-hero · height-difference · friends to lovers · sassy heroine · asia · north-korea · first-person-pov · east-asian-mc · non-hea · death
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