Recommendations based on The Winner's Kissby Marie Rutkoski

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  1. The Winner's Crime

    by Marie Rutkoski
    A high-stakes game of political intrigue and deception, where every move could be the difference between life and death.

    Book two of the dazzling Winner's Trilogy is a fight to the death as Kestrel risks betrayal of country for love. The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria’s crown prince means one celebration after ... (Goodreads)

  2. The Winner's Curse

    by Marie Rutkoski
    A fantasy romance set in a world of warring empires, as two people from opposing sides fall in love.

    Winning what you want may cost you everything you love... As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she ... (Goodreads)

  3. An Ember in the Ashes

    by Sabaa Tahir
    A young woman's fight for freedom in a world of tyranny and oppression.

    A Scholar girl by the name of Laia lives in the Martial Empire with her grandparents and brother Darin in the city of Serra. Their existence is a grueling one as they are seen as second-class ... (Wikipedia)

  4. Crooked Kingdom

    by Leigh Bardugo
    A gang of criminals must band together to take down a powerful adversary.

    In the prologue, a Grisha man named Emil Retvenko is kidnapped by a winged Shu man. The book commences in a gambling parlor known as Club Cumulus where Jesper and Nina keep Jan Van Eck's lawyer, ... (Wikipedia)

  5. Heir of Fire

    by Sarah J. Maas
    A young woman discovers her magical powers and embarks on an epic quest to fight evil.

    Celaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak-but at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth . . . a truth about her heritage that could ... (Goodreads)

  6. Empire of Storms

    by Sarah J. Maas
    Epic fantasy adventure as a young queen fights to reclaim her throne amidst a war-torn kingdom.

    Kingdoms collide in Sarah J. Maas's epic fifth installment in the, New York Times, bestselling Throne of Glass series. The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties ... (Barnes & Noble)

  7. The Wrath and the Dawn

    by Renée Ahdieh
    A thrilling adventure of love and revenge in a mystical, ancient land.

    One Life to One Dawn. In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new ... (Goodreads)

  8. Queen of Shadows

    by Sarah J. Maas
    A young woman's quest for power and identity in a magical kingdom.

    Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she’s at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past… She ... (Goodreads)

  9. Illuminae

    by Amie Kaufman
    Two teens fight for survival amidst a galactic war, set against a backdrop of espionage and deception.

    This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival mega-corporations are at war over a ... (Goodreads)

  10. Rebel of the Sands

    by Alwyn Hamilton
    A young girl's quest for freedom and self-discovery, set in a mystical desert land.

    Sixteen-year-old gunslinger and sharpshooter Amani Al'Hiza has the elemental power to control the sands of the desert. An orphan, she itches to leave Dustwalk her dead end home town, the small town ... (Wikipedia)

  11. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

    by Becky Albertalli
    A teenager's struggle to come to terms with his sexual identity while keeping a secret from his family and friends.

    Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the ... (Goodreads)

  12. Truthwitch

    by Susan Dennard
    Two friends on a mission to protect their kingdom from an ancient power.

    Two best friends use their magic to save the world from war and corruption in Susan Dennard's New York Times bestselling YA fantasy, Truthwitch. On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born ... (Barnes & Noble)

  13. The Dream Thieves

    by Maggie Stiefvater
    A thrilling supernatural adventure where a group of teenagers must protect the magical power of dreams.

    Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams ... (Goodreads)

  14. Silver Shadows

    by Richelle Mead
    A vampire-human hybrid's battle to save the ones she loves and uncover the mysteries of the past.

    The novel starts with Sydney Sage in re-education, still in her dark cell, called reflection time by the Alchemists. She is still resisting their mind games, holding onto Adrian's love for her, until ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Ruin and Rising

    by Leigh Bardugo
    A young woman's epic quest to save her world from dark forces.

    ▶, Alternative Cover Edition #1, The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the ... (Goodreads)

  16. Siege and Storm

    by Leigh Bardugo
    A fantasy adventure of a young woman's fight to reclaim her kingdom and freedom.

    ▶, Alternative Cover Edition #1, Darkness never dies. Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while ... (Goodreads)

  17. Cress

    by Marissa Meyer
    A girl's fight to reclaim her identity and save her kingdom from a tyrannical queen.

    The novel begins with an introduction to Crescent "Cress" Moon Darnel, a sixteen-year-old girl living in a satellite in space that has been her prison for most of her life. She is contacted by ... (Wikipedia)

  18. Unwind

    by Neal Shusterman
    A dystopian future world where teenagers are subjected to a “harvesting” process that splits them apart.

    Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives. The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age ... (Goodreads)

  19. The Young Elites

    by Marie Lu
    A girl with extraordinary powers joins a group of other gifted individuals to overthrow a corrupt government. But power comes with a price.

    It follows the story of Adelina Amouteru. A decade after the blood fever swept through the nation, most survivors—all of whom were children—gained strange markings during their time of illness. Those ... (Wikipedia)

  20. The Forbidden Wish

    by Jessica Khoury
    A retelling of Aladdin, where a jinni falls in love with her master and must choose between freedom and love.

    She is the most powerful Jinni of all. He is a boy from the streets. Their love will shake the world..., When Aladdin discovers Zahra's jinni lamp, Zahra is thrust back into a world she hasn't seen ... (Goodreads)

  21. Uprooted

    by Naomi Novik
    A young woman's battle to save her home from a magical force, while uncovering secrets of her past.

    “Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human ... (Goodreads)

  22. Champion

    by Marie Lu
    A teenage boy's quest to save his city from a deadly virus, while unlocking his own hidden power.

    After the events of, Prodigy, , Daniel "Day" Altan Wing now lives as a free citizen in San Francisco with his younger brother, Eden Bataar. Following several months of no communication, Day is ... (Wikipedia)

  23. November 9

    by Colleen Hoover
    Two strangers meet on November 9th and agree to meet every year on the same day, but life keeps getting in the way.

    Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life ... (Goodreads)

  24. Winter

    by Marissa Meyer
    A young girl's battle to save her kingdom from the icy grip of a powerful queen.

    Due to Princess Winter's refusal to use the Lunar gift, the ability to manipulate what others see and do, she has Lunar sickness, a state of mental illness that causes occasional hallucinations. ... (Wikipedia)

  25. A Darker Shade of Magic

    by V.E. Schwab
    A thrilling adventure through multiple parallel universes with a mysterious magical force.

    Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black. Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and ... (Goodreads)

  26. The Fixer

    by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
    Teenage girl Tess Kendrick is recruited by the FBI to solve a high-profile murder case at an elite school.

    This thriller YA is Scandal meets Veronica Mars. Sixteen-year-old Tess Kendrick has spent her entire life on her grandfather's ranch. But when her estranged sister Ivy uproots her to D.C., Tess is ... (Goodreads)

  27. A Gathering of Shadows

    by V.E. Schwab
    A combination of magic and science, as characters navigate a dangerous new world.

    From #1, New York Times, bestselling author V.E. Schwab "Addictive and immersive,, A Gathering of Shadows, cements this series as a must-read." —,Entertainment Weekly, grade A Four months have passed ... (Barnes & Noble)

  28. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

    by Mariana Zapata
    A woman unexpectedly falls in love with her brooding, NFL-star neighbor.

    Vanessa Mazur knows she's doing the right thing. She shouldn't feel bad for quitting. Being an assistant/housekeeper/fairy godmother to the top defensive end in the National Football Organization was ... (Barnes & Noble)

  29. Earth's End

    by Elise Kova
    In a world where elemental magic is dying, a young woman must navigate political intrigue and betrayal to save her people and restore balance to the world.

    A woman awoken in air, a soldier forged by fire, a weapon risen from blood. Vhalla Yarl has made it to the warfront in the North. Forged by blood and fire, she has steeled her heart for the final ... (Goodreads)

  30. Scarlet

    by Marissa Meyer
    A re-imagining of the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood set in a futuristic world.

    Scarlet Benoit is a young girl living on her grandmother's farm in Rieux, France. Her grandmother has gone missing for many weeks and Scarlet is sure that she has been kidnapped rather than left on ... (Wikipedia)