Books like…

Books Like The Host

by Stephenie Meyer · about this book

Loved The Host by Stephenie Meyer? If its first person narrator, female lead and alien pov hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Reckless, Catching Fire and Skyward. 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 The Host: First Person Narrator · Female Lead · Alien POV · Science Fiction · Love Triangle

1. 

   Reckless

   Lauren Roberts

   Desert · Love Triangle · Forbidden Love · Rebels and Resistance · First Person Narrator

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   Catching Fire

   Suzanne Collins

   Love Triangle · Rebels and Resistance · Science Fiction · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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   Skyward

   Brandon Sanderson

   Alien Invasion · Science Fiction · Found Family · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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4. 

   Something Borrowed

   Emily Giffin

   Love Triangle · Forbidden Love · Self-Discovery · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven

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5. 

   I Who Have Never Known Men

   Jacqueline Harpman

   Science Fiction · First Person Narrator · Self-Discovery · Emotional · Desert

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6. 

   Ruin and Rising

   Leigh Bardugo

   Love Triangle · Rebels and Resistance · First Person Narrator · Found Family · Female Lead

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7. 

   The Mask Falling

   Samantha Shannon

   Rebels and Resistance · First Person Narrator · Forbidden Love · Science Fiction · Female Lead

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8. 

   Flock

   Kate Stewart

   Love Triangle · Forbidden Love · First Person Narrator · Emotional · Rebels and Resistance

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9. 

   Silver Elite

   Dani Francis

   Rebels and Resistance · Forbidden Love · Science Fiction · First Person Narrator · Romance

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10. 

    Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Matt Dinniman

    Alien Invasion · Science Fiction · First Person Narrator · Found Family · Series

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11. 

    An Ember in the Ashes

    Sabaa Tahir

    Desert · Rebels and Resistance · Love Triangle · First Person Narrator · Emotional

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12. 

    Atmosphere: A Love Story

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Forbidden Love · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven · Emotional · Female Lead

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13. 

    The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

    Mark Lawrence

    Desert · Science Fiction · Forbidden Love · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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14. 

    Ash Princess

    Laura Sebastian

    Love Triangle · Rebels and Resistance · Forbidden Love · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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15. 

    Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Bronte

    First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Emotional · Forbidden Love · Self-Discovery

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16. 

    The Winter Sea

    Susanna Kearsley

    Rebels and Resistance · Forbidden Love · Character-Driven · Female Lead · Emotional

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17. 

    Parable of the Sower

    Octavia E. Butler

    Science Fiction · Found Family · First Person Narrator · Female Lead · Series

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18. 

    City of Bones

    Cassandra Clare

    Love Triangle · Forbidden Love · Self-Discovery · Romance · Female Lead

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19. 

    Never Let Me Go

    Kazuo Ishiguro

    Science Fiction · Love Triangle · First Person Narrator · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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20. 

    Eona

    Alison Goodman

    Love Triangle · Rebels and Resistance · First Person Narrator · Female Lead · Romance

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