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Finished City of Glass? Meet your next match.

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

by Cassandra Clare

YA Fantasy ❄️ 0/5 EpicRomanticDark

Finished City of Glass and immediately needed more? Same. The epic pull of this book doesn't come around every day, but we've spent hours finding reads that capture exactly what made Cassandra Clare'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 City of Glass

Grouped by the elements that made City of Glass unforgettable.

More dark energy

97%
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Steelstriker
by Marie Lu
❄️ 0/5 · 368p · YA Fantasy
Matched on mood, spice, and that specific thing you can't explain but need.
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94%
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We Free the Stars
by Hafsah Faizal
❄️ 0/5 · 528p · YA Fantasy, Arabian Fantasy
The book equivalent of finding someone who also cried at City of Glass.
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91%
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Allegiant
by Veronica Roth
❄️ 0/5 · 526p · YA Dystopian
Your BookTok FYP is about to thank you for this one.
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More romance energy

89%
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Smoke in the Sun
by Renée Ahdieh
❄️ 0/5 · 401p · YA Fantasy
If you one-clicked City of Glass, your thumb is about to do it again.
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86%
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The Fates Divide
by Veronica Roth
❄️ 0/5 · 448p · YA Science Fiction
The book that City of Glass fans keep recommending to each other at 2 AM.
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84%
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The Heart Forger
by Rin Chupeco
❄️ 0/5 · 464p · YA Fantasy
94% compatibility match. The epic hits different here.
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Matches that share City of Glass's spicy energy

81%
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Eidolon
by Grace Draven
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 406p · Fantasy Romance
Shares City of Glass's epic DNA — same rush, different story.
It’s a match — get it →
79%
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King of Sword and Sky
by C.L. Wilson
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 528p · Fantasy Romance
528 pages of exactly what you're craving right now.
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76%
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A Fire in the Flesh
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5 · 640p · Romantasy
If City of Glass left a void, A Fire in the Flesh fills it — then digs a new one.
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Your ya fantasy matches

74%
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Champion
by Marie Lu
❄️ 0/5 · 369p · YA Dystopian
The ya fantasy you didn't know you needed after City of Glass. Trust us.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

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

Smoke in the Sun by Renée Ahdieh — ❄️ 0/5 spice, 401 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 City of Glass include Smoke in the Sun, The Fates Divide, Eidolon. Each matches on specific elements like epic and romantic that made City of Glass resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with Smoke in the Sun by Renée Ahdieh — it shares City of Glass's core Epic energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

City of Glass is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

City of Glass has a spice level of 0/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

City of Glass is already a low-spice read (0/5). 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.