19 Books like City of Bones

Afterlife

by Stephanie Hudson

She fled a killer's basement. The half-demon who owns the nightclub says she is his.

4.02

14k+

🖤 Fated Mates 😈 Demon Hero 🔥 Possessive Hero 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

Afterlife 93%

She fled a killer's basement. The half-demon who owns the nightclub says she is his.

by Stephanie Hudson 2012

4.02

14k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 😈 Demon Hero 🔥 Possessive Hero 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

White Hot Kiss

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2014

Half-demon Layla's touch steals souls. The new demon at school is dangerously immune.

4.16

91k+

🖤 Demon Romance 💔 Love Triangle ✋ Forbidden Touch 😈 Half-Demon Heroine 🔥 Bad Boy Demon

White Hot Kiss 95%

Half-demon Layla's touch steals souls. The new demon at school is dangerously immune.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2014

4.16

91k+ ratings

🖤 Demon Romance 💔 Love Triangle ✋ Forbidden Touch 😈 Half-Demon Heroine 🔥 Bad Boy Demon

Chase the Dark

by Annette Marie • 2014

Framed for a massacre, a magicless apprentice runs with two daemons she's falling for.

4.17

14k+

🪄 Magicless Heroine 💕 Love Triangle 🫂 Found Family 🏃 Framed For A Crime 🌑 Daemon Underworld

Chase the Dark 95%

Framed for a massacre, a magicless apprentice runs with two daemons she's falling for.

by Annette Marie 2014

4.17

14k+ ratings

🪄 Magicless Heroine 💕 Love Triangle 🫂 Found Family 🏃 Framed For A Crime 🌑 Daemon Underworld

Dead Witch Walking

by Kim Harrison • 2004

A witch quits the force, gets marked for death, and must take down a crime lord.

4.04

130k+

🧙‍♀️ Witch Protagonist 💕 Found Family 🧛 Vampire Partner 😏 Snarky Narrator 🎯 Bounty Hunter

Dead Witch Walking 94%

A witch quits the force, gets marked for death, and must take down a crime lord.

by Kim Harrison 2004

4.04

130k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witch Protagonist 💕 Found Family 🧛 Vampire Partner 😏 Snarky Narrator 🎯 Bounty Hunter

The Candidates

by Inara Scott • 2010

A girl with a secret, dangerous power is recruited into a school that monitors the extraordinary.

3.60

4k+

🏫 Paranormal Academy 🔮 Hidden Powers 💔 Love Triangle 🦸 Reluctant Heroine 🎥 Surveillance

The Candidates 94%

A girl with a secret, dangerous power is recruited into a school that monitors the extraordinary.

by Inara Scott 2010

3.60

4k+ ratings

🏫 Paranormal Academy 🔮 Hidden Powers 💔 Love Triangle 🦸 Reluctant Heroine 🎥 Surveillance

Blue Bloods

by Melissa de la Cruz • 2006

An outcast teen discovers she's a fallen-angel vampire as a killer targets the city's secret elite.

3.70

144k+

🖤 Fallen Angel Lore 👑 Elite Vampire Society ♾️ Reincarnation Cycle 🌃 Manhattan Elite 🏛️ Old Money Secrets

Blue Bloods 94%

An outcast teen discovers she's a fallen-angel vampire as a killer targets the city's secret elite.

by Melissa de la Cruz 2006

3.70

144k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen Angel Lore 👑 Elite Vampire Society ♾️ Reincarnation Cycle 🌃 Manhattan Elite 🏛️ Old Money Secrets

Hush, Hush

by Becca Fitzpatrick • 2009

A high school seating change pairs Nora with a fallen angel who knows exactly what she is.

3.92

747k+

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance 🔮 Telepathic Bond 🧬 Supernatural Heritage 🏫 Paranormal High School 🌲 Small Town Secrets

Hush, Hush 93%

A high school seating change pairs Nora with a fallen angel who knows exactly what she is.

by Becca Fitzpatrick 2009

3.92

747k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance 🔮 Telepathic Bond 🧬 Supernatural Heritage 🏫 Paranormal High School 🌲 Small Town Secrets

Fallen Academy

by Leia Stone • 2018

Sold to demons, she awakens black Celestial wings and is thrust into an angelic war college.

4.01

27k+

🏫 Paranormal Academy ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔮 Chosen One Prophecy 🖤 Dark Heritage 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Fallen Academy 93%

Sold to demons, she awakens black Celestial wings and is thrust into an angelic war college.

by Leia Stone 2018

4.01

27k+ ratings

🏫 Paranormal Academy ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔮 Chosen One Prophecy 🖤 Dark Heritage 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Storm and Fury

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2019

A half-angel hiding among gargoyle shifters falls for the one guardian who could expose her secret.

4.03

72k+

🐺 Shifter Romance 😇 Angel-Demon Conflict 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💫 Fated Mates

Storm and Fury 93%

A half-angel hiding among gargoyle shifters falls for the one guardian who could expose her secret.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2019

4.03

72k+ ratings

🐺 Shifter Romance 😇 Angel-Demon Conflict 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💫 Fated Mates

Marked

by P.C. Cast • 2007

A vampyre brands Zoey, sending her to a school where her strange tattoo sets her apart.

3.82

527k+

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🔥 Elemental Magic 💅 Mean Girl Rival 🫂 Found Family ⭐ Chosen One Destiny

Marked 94%

A vampyre brands Zoey, sending her to a school where her strange tattoo sets her apart.

by P.C. Cast 2007

3.82

527k+ ratings

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🔥 Elemental Magic 💅 Mean Girl Rival 🫂 Found Family ⭐ Chosen One Destiny

Vampire Academy

by Richelle Mead • 2007

A dhampir and her vampire are forced back into their academy, where plots hunt the princess.

4.10

683k+

🧛‍♀️ Vampire Boarding School 🔗 Psychic Bond 💘 Forbidden Mentor Romance 🏰 Vampire Royalty 🖤 Outcast Romance

Vampire Academy 94%

A dhampir and her vampire are forced back into their academy, where plots hunt the princess.

by Richelle Mead 2007

4.10

683k+ ratings

🧛‍♀️ Vampire Boarding School 🔗 Psychic Bond 💘 Forbidden Mentor Romance 🏰 Vampire Royalty 🖤 Outcast Romance

Half City

by Kate Golden

A hunter falls for her demon recruiter at a secret academy where a spell kills students.

4.05

23k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏰 Magical College ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🗝️ Hidden Heritage

Half City 93%

A hunter falls for her demon recruiter at a secret academy where a spell kills students.

by Kate Golden 2026

4.05

23k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏰 Magical College ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🗝️ Hidden Heritage

Only a Monster

by Vanessa Len • 2022

She steals time from the living. The boy she loves kills her kind.

3.86

32k+

🕰️ Time Travel Fantasy 🌃 Dark Urban Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity

Only a Monster 93%

She steals time from the living. The boy she loves kills her kind.

by Vanessa Len 2022

3.86

32k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Fantasy 🌃 Dark Urban Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity

Bloodlines

by Richelle Mead • 2011

A human Alchemist guards a vampire princess at a boarding school where allies become threats.

4.20

191k+

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🌙 Hidden Vampire World 🩸 Human Among Vampires 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔍 Boarding School Secrets

Bloodlines 93%

A human Alchemist guards a vampire princess at a boarding school where allies become threats.

by Richelle Mead 2011

4.20

191k+ ratings

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🌙 Hidden Vampire World 🩸 Human Among Vampires 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔍 Boarding School Secrets

Succubus Blues

by Richelle Mead • 2007

A succubus bookseller hides from an immortal killer while falling for her favorite author.

3.94

58k+

🖤 Demon Romance 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Forbidden Love 🔺 Love Triangle 📖 Bookish Heroine

Succubus Blues 93%

A succubus bookseller hides from an immortal killer while falling for her favorite author.

by Richelle Mead 2007

3.94

58k+ ratings

🖤 Demon Romance 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Forbidden Love 🔺 Love Triangle 📖 Bookish Heroine

Origins

by L.J. Smith • 2010

Magic made Damon human. Kitsune corrupt the town. Elena's heart is torn, and fate is listening.

4.13

99k+

🩸 Vampire Love Triangle 🏘️ Supernatural Small Town 💔 Sacrificial Death 🗡️ Hidden Hunter Legacy 🦊 Kitsune Tricksters

Origins 93%

Magic made Damon human. Kitsune corrupt the town. Elena's heart is torn, and fate is listening.

by L.J. Smith 2010

4.13

99k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Love Triangle 🏘️ Supernatural Small Town 💔 Sacrificial Death 🗡️ Hidden Hunter Legacy 🦊 Kitsune Tricksters

Crave

by Tracy Wolff • 2020

An Alaskan castle school, a vampire's warning, and a girl who falls anyway.

3.76

259k+

🏰 Paranormal Boarding School 🩸 Vampire Romance 🖤 Brooding Vampire Hero 💔 Love Triangle 💫 Fated Mates

Crave 93%

An Alaskan castle school, a vampire's warning, and a girl who falls anyway.

by Tracy Wolff 2020

3.76

259k+ ratings

🏰 Paranormal Boarding School 🩸 Vampire Romance 🖤 Brooding Vampire Hero 💔 Love Triangle 💫 Fated Mates

Three Mages and a Margarita

by Annette Marie • 2018

A fiery waitress stumbles into a bartending job at a magical guild where humans are forbidden.

4.13

25k+

🏰 Magical Guild 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🍺 Magical Pub 👤 Human In Magical World 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Three Mages and a Margarita 93%

A fiery waitress stumbles into a bartending job at a magical guild where humans are forbidden.

by Annette Marie 2018

4.13

25k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Guild 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🍺 Magical Pub 👤 Human In Magical World 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Guilty Pleasures

by Laurell K. Hamilton • 1993

A necromancer hunts vampires until their master forces her to hunt their killer instead.

4.02

154k+

🕵️ Supernatural Investigator 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🩸 Vampire Politics 📜 Legalized Monsters 🤝 Uneasy Alliances

Guilty Pleasures 93%

A necromancer hunts vampires until their master forces her to hunt their killer instead.

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1993

4.02

154k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Investigator 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🩸 Vampire Politics 📜 Legalized Monsters 🤝 Uneasy Alliances

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