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by Leigh Bardugo

YA FantasyHeist Fantasy 🌶️ 1/5 ThrillingEmotionalDark

You just finished Crooked Kingdom and now everything else on your Kindle feels... flat. That thrilling energy? The way Leigh Bardugo made you feel things you didn't sign up for? Yeah, we get it. That's a book hangover, and the only cure is another book that hits the same way. We didn't just search "books like Crooked Kingdom" and call it a day. We broke down exactly what made this book land — the mood, the tropes, the pacing, the heat — and found books that match on the elements that actually matter.

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12 Books Matched to Crooked Kingdom

Grouped by the elements that made Crooked Kingdom unforgettable.

Matches that share Crooked Kingdom's family energy

97%
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The Golden Enclaves
by Naomi Novik
🌶️ 1/5 · 401p · Fantasy, Dark Academia
The book that Crooked Kingdom fans keep recommending to each other at 2 AM.
It’s a match — get it →
94%
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Bloodmarked
by Tracy Deonn
🌶️ 1/5 · 560p · YA Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
The book equivalent of finding someone who also cried at Crooked Kingdom.
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91%
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
by Scott Lynch
❄️ 0/5 · 499p · Fantasy, Heist Fantasy
The book that Crooked Kingdom fans keep recommending to each other at 2 AM.
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More dark energy

89%
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Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
🌶️ 1/5 · 544p
The ya fantasy you didn't know you needed after Crooked Kingdom. Trust us.
Add to your TBR →
86%
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A Sky Beyond the Storm
by Sabaa Tahir
🌶️ 1/5 · 480p
If Crooked Kingdom was your type, A Sky Beyond the Storm is its hot friend.
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Matches that share Crooked Kingdom's action energy

84%
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The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
❄️ 0/5 · 1276p · Classic Fiction, Adventure
Your TBR just found its soulmate.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

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

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik — 🌶️ 1/5 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 Crooked Kingdom include The Golden Enclaves, Bloodmarked, The Lies of Locke Lamora. Each matches on specific elements like thrilling and emotional that made Crooked Kingdom resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik — it shares Crooked Kingdom's core Thrilling energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

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

Crooked Kingdom 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.

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

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