Books Like Graceling

Loved Graceling by Kristin Cashore? If its fantasy, female lead and young adult hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Throne of Glass, Shadow and Bone and The Unspoken Name. 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 Graceling: Fantasy · Female Lead · Young Adult · Series · Self-Discovery

Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas

High Fantasy · Medieval Kingdom · Young Adult · Princes and Princesses · Royal Court

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Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo

High Fantasy · Young Adult · Self-Discovery · Teen Protagonist · Fantasy

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The Unspoken Name
A.K. Larkwood

Identity Formation · Self-Discovery · Assassins · Fantasy · Series Starter

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The Wolf of Oren-yaro
K.S. Villoso

Assassins · High Fantasy · Fantasy · Princes and Princesses · Feminism

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Arrow's Flight
Mercedes Lackey

High Fantasy · Coming of Age · Self-Discovery · Fantasy · Teen Protagonist

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The Demon King
Cinda Williams Chima

High Fantasy · Young Adult · Princes and Princesses · Fantasy · Royal Court

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Taran Wanderer
Lloyd Alexander

High Fantasy · Medieval Kingdom · Identity Formation · Teen Protagonist · Self-Discovery

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The School for Good and Evil
Soman Chainani

Identity Formation · Princes and Princesses · Self-Discovery · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult

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Way of the Argosi
Sebastien de Castell

Identity Formation · Self-Discovery · Coming of Age · Young Adult · Teen Protagonist

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Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb

Medieval Kingdom · High Fantasy · Fantasy · Coming of Age · Royal Court

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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
Roseanne A. Brown

Young Adult · Princes and Princesses · Assassins · Royal Court · Teen Protagonist

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The Black Witch
Laurie Forest

Identity Formation · Young Adult · Self-Discovery · High Fantasy · Fantasy

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Powerless
Lauren Roberts

Young Adult · Superpowers · Princes and Princesses · Royal Court · Fantasy

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The Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon

High Fantasy · Assassins · Feminism · Princes and Princesses · Fantasy

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Castles in Their Bones
Laura Sebastian

Assassins · Teen Protagonist · Young Adult · Fantasy · Princes and Princesses

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Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Sue Lynn Tan

Princes and Princesses · Royal Court · Coming of Age · Fantasy · Series Starter

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Blade Breaker
Victoria Aveyard

High Fantasy · Teen Protagonist · Assassins · Young Adult · Fantasy

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Tess of the Road
Rachel Hartman

Young Adult · Coming of Age · High Fantasy · Self-Discovery · Feminism

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Threadneedle
Cari Thomas

Young Adult · Self-Discovery · Coming of Age · Teen Protagonist · Fantasy

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Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare

High Fantasy · Princes and Princesses · Fantasy · Assassins · Royal Court

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