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You're not looking for just any book. You want that exact dark feeling again. We compatibility-checked 12 books and found your matches.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

YA Fantasy 🌶️ 1/5 DarkEpicIntense

Finished Apollyon and immediately needed more? Same. The dark pull of this book doesn't come around every day, but we've spent hours finding reads that capture exactly what made Jennifer L. Armentrout's writing hit so hard. Not surface-level genre matches — we're talking mood, trope, and vibe alignment. The kind of books that actually fill the void.

YOUR MATCHES

12 Books Matched to Apollyon

Grouped by the elements that made Apollyon unforgettable.

Matches that share Apollyon's dark energy

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The Merciless Ones
by Namina Forna
❄️ 0/5 · 496p · YA Fantasy
Think of this as Apollyon's dating profile match — same interests, compatible chemistry.
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94%
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House of Always
by Jenn Lyons
🌶️ 1/5 · 592p · Epic Fantasy
The book equivalent of finding someone who also cried at Apollyon.
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91%
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Siege and Storm
by Leigh Bardugo
🌶️ 1/5 · 435p
If Apollyon was your type, Siege and Storm is its hot friend.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

Based on mood alignment, spice compatibility, and trope DNA.

The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna — ❄️ 0/5 spice, 496 pages

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BEFORE YOU COMMIT

Quick answers before your next match

Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to Apollyon include The Merciless Ones, House of Always, Siege and Storm. Each matches on specific elements like dark and epic that made Apollyon resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna — it shares Apollyon's core Dark energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

Apollyon is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

Apollyon has a spice level of 1/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

Apollyon is already a low-spice read (1/5). Most similar books on this page have comparable heat levels.

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Every Sort By Cravings profile is written after a full read-through — not scraped from publisher blurbs. We cross-reference BookTok discussions, Goodreads reviews, and 500+ reader reactions before publishing any mood tag, spice rating, or compatibility note. Read our editorial standards.