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Finished The Beautiful Quartet? Meet your next match.

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

by Renée Ahdieh

YA FantasyGothic 🌶️ 1/5 GothicDarkAtmospheric

The The Beautiful Quartet book hangover is real, and scrolling through "readers also enjoyed" lists isn't going to cut it. We read The Beautiful Quartet, tagged every mood and trope that made it click, and hunted down books that match on the things you actually cared about — not just "it's also YA Fantasy." Gothic energy? Check. Vampires? Check. That can't-stop-reading pacing? We've got you.

YOUR MATCHES

12 Books Matched to The Beautiful Quartet

Grouped by the elements that made The Beautiful Quartet unforgettable.

More dark energy

97%
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An Education in Malice
by S.T. Gibson
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 352p · Dark Academia, Gothic
352 pages of exactly what you're craving right now.
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94%
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Winterwood
by Shea Ernshaw
❄️ 0/5 · 320p · YA Fantasy, Gothic
Shea Ernshaw writes like Renée Ahdieh's cooler cousin. Same energy, fresh take.
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91%
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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
🌶️ 1/5 · 320p · Gothic Fiction, Science Fiction
Your TBR just found its soulmate.
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Compatible reads for gothic lovers

89%
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Gallant
by V.E. Schwab
❄️ 0/5 · 352p · YA Fantasy, Gothic
If The Beautiful Quartet left a void, Gallant fills it — then digs a new one.
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86%
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House of Salt and Sorrows
by Erin A. Craig
🌶️ 1/5 · 416p · YA Fantasy, Gothic Fantasy
If you one-clicked The Beautiful Quartet, your thumb is about to do it again.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

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

An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson — 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 spice, 352 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 The Beautiful Quartet include An Education in Malice, Winterwood, Gallant. Each matches on specific elements like gothic and dark that made The Beautiful Quartet resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson — it shares The Beautiful Quartet's core Gothic energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

The Beautiful Quartet is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

The Beautiful Quartet 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.

The Beautiful Quartet 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.