Readalike Recs: Your Favorite Fantasy Author Edition

Hello lovelies! How are you? I hope you’re having a wonderful week! I spend a lot of time googling things like “books like the tv-show Reign” or “books with writing style like Laini Taylor’s” trying to find more books to add to my massive TBR cause I’m like that, ok. I know we all get a little annoyed when see a book being compared to Harry Potter for 394th time that week, so maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but I think using comparison titles are a really fun and effective way to recommend books. I mean just tell me a book is like Clueless meets Charmed or that the cast is like the crew from Firefly – I’ll buy it. I fall for it every single time. So I thought I’d do my own little version and recommend some books based on who your favorite fantasy author is.

• Laini Taylor is a lyrical writer who paints beautiful images with her words, Roshani Chokshi does the same thing in The Star-Touched Queen.
• Laini Taylor’s books always have richly detailed and magical world-building. In The Star Touched Queen the protagonist travels to a magical kingdom full of magical creatures and other wonders.
• Star-crossed lovers.

• Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments and Shadowshaper are both Urban Fantasy books, set in New York City.
• Teenage girls discovers a secret, magical world existing alongside our ordinary one and their own mysterious connections to it.
• Sexy, mysterious boys.

• Sarah J. Maas’s world-building is often high fantasy with an urban twist. Her characters visit coffee shops and restaurants and live in town houses, the world-building in Furyborn gave me similar vibes.
• All of Sara J. Maas’s books have a fierce female protagonist calling the shots, Furyborn has two.
• Steamy romance! (But not as steamy as SJM…)

• Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse has a complex and fascinating magical system, so does A Darker Shade of Magic.
• All of Leigh Bardugo’s books are populated with morally grey, bad ass characters, so’s A Darker Shade of Magic.
• Both Bardugo’s books and Darker Shade of Magic tales place in richly imagined, magical cities.

• Schwab’s books are full of badass anti-heroines. And anyone who loves Lila, from A Darker Shade of Magic, will love Nevernight’s vengeful assassin heroine,Mia.
• Schwab’s fantasy worlds often have a darker, edgier feel – so her characters would feel right at home with Nevernight’s dark aesthetic.
• Girls. With. Knives.

Have you ever bought a book because of a comparison? Did it live up to your expectations? Who’s your favorite fantasy author? Let me know and I’ll try to include them next time!