Books Like A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Thorns and Roses set the template for the modern romantasy boom: a mortal girl pulled into a dangerous fae world, a Beauty and the Beast retelling with teeth, and a love interest who is more threat than comfort. If ACOTAR is your benchmark, these picks will feel familiar in the best way.
The ACOTAR formula: lush world-building, a heroine who grows into her power, fae courts with politics and danger, and romance that is slow, complicated, and absolutely worth it. The books below share that DNA.
Not sure? Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses itself first, then come back here.
24 books found
Gabriel's Rapture
Sylvain Reynard
★ 5.0
Age Gap · Forbidden Love
Clockwork Princess
Cassandra Clare
★ 4.4
Angst · Fantasy
God of Fury
Rina Kent
★ 4.4
Dark Romance · Forbidden Love
Reminders of Him
Colleen Hoover
★ 4.3
Angst · Forbidden Love
The Bronze Horseman
Paullina Simons
★ 4.3
Angst · Forbidden Love
Outlander
Diana Gabaldon
★ 4.3
Enemies To Lovers · Fantasy
Hothouse Flower
Krista & Becca Ritchie
★ 4.2
Enemies to Lovers · Slow Burn
The Girl in the Tower
Katherine Arden
★ 4.2
Angst · Chosen One
Hopeless
Colleen Hoover
★ 4.2
Angst · Bad Boy
Onyx Storm
Rebecca Yarros
★ 4.2
Angst · Enemies To Lovers
City of Glass
Cassandra Clare
★ 4.2
Fantasy · Forbidden Love
City of Bones
Cassandra Clare
★ 4.2
Fantasy · Forbidden Love
House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas
★ 4.2
Fantasy · Forbidden Love
The Queen of Nothing
Holly Black
★ 4.2
Enemies To Lovers · Fantasy
Shadow Kiss
Richelle Mead
★ 4.2
Angst · Forbidden Love
Vampire Academy
Richelle Mead
★ 4.1
Bodyguard · Forbidden Love
The Wicked King
Holly Black
★ 4.1
Dark Romance · Enemies To Lovers
One Dark Window
Rachel Gillig
★ 4.1
Forbidden Love · Gothic Fantasy
City of Heavenly Fire
Cassandra Clare
★ 4.1
Angst · Chosen One
Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon
★ 4.1
Enemies To Lovers · Fantasy
A Reaper at the Gates
Sabaa Tahir
★ 4.1
Angst · Chosen One
Red White & Royal Blue
Casey Mcquiston
★ 4.0
Enemies To Lovers · Forbidden Love
Kiss the Sky
Krista & Becca Ritchie
★ 4.0
Enemies to Lovers · Fake Dating
Sorcery of Thorns
Margaret Rogerson
★ 4.0
Enemies To Lovers · Fantasy
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