10 books for fans of Demon in the Wood
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Crooked Kingdom
Six of Crows • Book 2
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Betrayed and broken after their heist, Kaz's crew faces enemies from all sides while planning their most impossible con yet. Bardugo's finale delivers emotional payoffs and explosive action sequences.
★ 4.57 Goodreads (779.9K ratings) - 2
Six of Crows
Six of Crows • Book 1
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Seventeen-year-old crime boss Kaz Brekker recruits five dangerous outcasts for a heist that could make them rich—or get them killed in Ketterdam's magic-soaked underworld.
★ 4.46 Goodreads (1.2M ratings) - 3
Hell Bent
Alex Stern • Book 2
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Alex Stern defies Yale's Lethe Society to mount a rescue mission into hell itself, determined to save Darlington from purgatory. Bardugo's sequel dives deeper into occult academia with higher stakes and bloodier consequences.
★ 4.10 Goodreads (183.8K ratings) - 4
Ninth House
Alex Stern • Book 1
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Yale's secret societies practice actual occult rituals, and Alex Stern—sole survivor of a multiple homicide—monitors them for the university. Bardugo crafts a dark academia where privilege literally costs blood.
★ 4.00 Goodreads (407.3K ratings) - 5
Ruin and Rising
Shadow and Bone • Book 3
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Hiding in underground caverns, a weakened Sun Summoner must choose between zealots who worship her as a saint and a broken nation under shadow rule. Bardugo sticks the landing on her complex magic system.
★ 3.97 Goodreads (595.9K ratings) - 6
Shadow and Bone
Shadow and Bone • Book 1
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When cartographer Alina Starkov manifests rare light-summoning powers crossing the monster-infested Shadow Fold, she becomes both Ravka's salvation and its most valuable prisoner.
★ 3.91 Goodreads (1.1M ratings) - 7
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Heroic Hearts
Alpha & Omega #6.5 Dating Terrors
by Jim Butcher, Kerrie L. Hughes, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, Anne Bishop, Annie Bellet, Kevin Hearne, R.R. Virdi, Chloe Neill, Nancy Holder, Jennifer Brozek
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Butcher, Briggs, Harris, and other urban fantasy heavyweights explore what happens when regular people run toward danger instead of away in these tales of reluctant heroism.
★ 4.15 Goodreads (4.1K ratings) - 9
A Court of Mist and Fury (Part 2 of 2)
A Court of Thorns and Roses [Dramatized Adaptation] #2, Part 2 • Book 2
by Sarah J. Maas, Melody Muze, Anthony Palmini, Amanda Forstrom, Nora Achrati
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Feyre's new High Fae powers can't heal her psychological wounds from the first book's events, leading to revelations that completely transform everything readers thought they knew.
★ 4.77 Goodreads (15.8K ratings) - 10
Words of Radiance
The Stormlight Archive • Book 2
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Three protagonists navigate political intrigue and magical awakening as an ancient enemy stirs on storm-ravaged Roshar. Sanderson expands his world-building while deepening character development across 1,000 pages.
★ 4.76 Goodreads (498.0K ratings)