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Books Like Beastly

by Alex Flinn · about this book

Loved Beastly by Alex Flinn? If its fairy tale retelling, curses and young adult hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Six Crimson Cranes, The School for Good and Evil and Hunted. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Beastly: Fairy Tale Retelling · Curses · Young Adult · Teen Protagonist · Series

1. 

   Six Crimson Cranes

   Elizabeth Lim

   Fairy Tale Retelling · Curses · Young Adult · Teen Protagonist · Witches & Witchcraft

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   The School for Good and Evil

   Soman Chainani

   Fairy Tale Retelling · Boarding School · Body Image · Teen Protagonist · Self-Discovery

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3. 

   Hunted

   Meagan Spooner

   Fairy Tale Retelling · Captor and Captive · Curses · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult

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4. 

   Marked

   P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast

   Boarding School · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Bullying · Fantasy

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5. 

   The Black Witch

   Laurie Forest

   Bullying · Young Adult · Self-Discovery · Witches & Witchcraft · First Person Narrator

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6. 

   Threadneedle

   Cari Thomas

   Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Self-Discovery · Witches & Witchcraft · Series

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7. 

   Silver in the Bone

   Alexandra Bracken

   Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Curses · Witches & Witchcraft · Series

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8. 

   The Raven King

   Maggie Stiefvater

   Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Boarding School · Curses · Multiple POV

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9. 

   The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

   Axie Oh

   Fairy Tale Retelling · Young Adult · Curses · Teen Protagonist · First Person Narrator

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10. 

    To Kill a Kingdom

    Alexandra Christo

    Fairy Tale Retelling · Young Adult · Curses · Male Lead · Romance

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11. 

    Hooked

    Emily McIntire

    Fairy Tale Retelling · Wealthy Families · Series · Series Starter · Multiple POV

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12. 

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    J.K. Rowling

    Teen Protagonist · Bullying · Witches & Witchcraft · Boarding School · Young Adult

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13. 

    City of Bones

    Cassandra Clare

    Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Self-Discovery · New York City · Romance

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14. 

    Gleam

    Raven Kennedy

    Captor and Captive · Fairy Tale Retelling · Self-Discovery · Romance · Series

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15. 

    The Demon King

    Cinda Williams Chima

    Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Witches & Witchcraft · Male Lead · Series

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16. 

    The Never King

    Nikki St. Crowe

    Fairy Tale Retelling · Captor and Captive · Romance · Curses · Fantasy

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17. 

    Howl's Moving Castle

    Diana Wynne Jones

    Curses · Witches & Witchcraft · Self-Discovery · Fairy Tale Retelling · Young Adult

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18. 

    Lightlark

    Alex Aster

    Curses · Young Adult · Teen Protagonist · Series · Romance

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19. 

    Talking to Dragons

    Patricia C. Wrede

    Witches & Witchcraft · Teen Protagonist · Male Lead · Fairy Tale Retelling · Series

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20. 

    The Cruel Prince

    Holly Black

    Bullying · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Romance · Series

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