Recommended Reads for Fans of Shadow and Bone

Posted on 22 March 2023

If you’re loving the new series of Shadow and Bone on Netflix then you’ll love our selection of fantasy books even more! From ancient fairy worlds to post-apocalyptic societies, these magical books are perfect for any fan of the Grishaverse.


The Girl With No Soul

The Girl With No Soul by Morgan Owen

How can you find your soul mate, when you don’t have a soul? Iris lives in a world ruled by The Order. Inspectors police the population by keeping careful watch over people’s souls. But Iris has a deadly secret … she is a hollow, a person with no soul. When she’s sent to steal a ring said to hold the memory of a soul’s destruction, she is reunited with her Spark – one of the five parts that make up her own missing soul. Now she must rely on the help of a young scholar named Evander Mountebank to track down the other four missing pieces of her soul, all the while evading The Order. Will she be able to protect her heart as well as find her soul?.

A swooning love story and intoxicating world delivered in one glorious package from a bright new talent in YA fiction.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that eighteen-year-old Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuvre his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute in the Games. When he is given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, their fates become completely intertwined – every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favour or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute… and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

Soon to be a major motion picture, this is the thrilling prequel to the worldwide phenomenon, The Hunger Games.

The Girl Who Broke the Sea

The Girl Who Broke the Sea by A. Connors

After Lily gets kicked out of school for her destructive behaviour, she agrees to join her mum at Deephaven; an experimental deep-sea mining rig and research station located at the bottom of the ocean. Lily instantly regrets her decision: claustrophobic and isolated, it’s hardly her idea of home. Turns out, Deephaven has problems of its own. The head scientist has disappeared – just as he was on the brink of a shocking discovery. In the darkness of the deep, something is stirring … something dangerous. And it’s calling out to Lily.

An edge-of-your-seat deep sea thriller – part disaster movie, part psychological thriller, part alien encounter.

The Hobbit

The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien

Bilbo hates adventures. But one day a knock at the door tugs him into a crazy quest, and before long Bilbo is on the road to danger! Whisked from his snug hobbit-hole by Gandalf the wizard and his dwarves, Bilbo is caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent – a large and very dangerous dragon…

A timeless classic full of magic and adventure, perfect for any fantasy lover’s bookcase.

This Woven Kingdom

This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight. The crown prince, Kamran, has heard the prophecies foretelling the death of his king. But he could never have imagined that the servant girl with the strange eyes, the girl he can’t put out of his mind, would one day soon uproot his kingdom – and the world.

An epic, romantic fantasy series full of magic and revolution, inspired by Persian mythology

Northern Lights

His Dark Materials #1: Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world…

Now a critically acclaimed BBC/HBO series, this is an epic fantasy novel from one of the best-loved series of all time.

Children of Blood and Bone

Legacy of Orisha #1: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Zelie remembers when the soil of Orisha hummed with magic. When different clans ruled – Burners igniting flames, Tiders beckoning waves, and Zelie’s Reaper mother summoning forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, anyone with powers was targeted and killed. Now Zelie has a chance to bring back magic to her people and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, she must learn to harness her powers and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good.

Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut.

The Witchery

The Witchery by Sophie Isabelle

Logan, a young witch struggling to control her powers, arrives at Mesmortes Coven Academy and is taken under the wing of the infamous Red Three. As the Haunting Season approaches, humans and witches must work together to protect the town, despite the fear and prejudice that still exists between them. Old dangers lie in wait for these young witches and the cost of breaking the town’s curse may be greater than any human or witch could have imagined.

A thrilling and atmospheric hosts a brilliantly diverse cast of BIPOC and LQBTQ+ characters, as well as having themes of female friendship at its heart.

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