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Books like Beastly
A modern, angsty spin on a classic fairy tale that trades castle walls for a New York City brownstone and explores the painful, beautiful process of learning to look past the surface. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Beastly.
- urban gothic
- isolated
- romantic
- melancholic
- 01
The Beast Within
Serena Valentino
A dark, gothic descent into the vanity and cruelty that forged a classic fairy-tale monster.
- 02
Beauty and the Beast
Jan Brett
A timeless tale of magic and compassion where true love breaks the darkest of spells.
- 03
Cruel beauty
Rosamund Hodge
A dark, labyrinthine fairy tale where the heroine's sharpest weapon is her own wicked heart.
- 04
Bookish and the Beast
Ashley Poston
A playful, modern twist on a classic tale that celebrates the magic of being a reader.
- 05
Beauty and the Beast
Max Eilenberg
A lush, shadowy descent into an enchanted castle where fear slowly softens into profound, transformative love.
- 06
Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
A high-stakes hoverboard ride through a sleek, deceptive utopia where perfection comes at a terrifying cost.
- 07
Fairest
Gail Carson Levine · 2006
A melodic, heartfelt fairy tale that strips away the illusion of physical beauty to celebrate the power of finding your own voice.
- 09
Beauty
Robin McKinley · 1978
A warm, bookish embrace of a fairy tale that feels like drinking spiced tea in a magical, fire-lit library.
- 10
North of beautiful
Justina Chen
A tender, map-making journey of a girl learning to navigate past her deepest insecurities to find a beauty entirely her own.
- 11
This Savage Song
V. E. Schwab
A dark, rhythmic descent into a crumbling city where violence breeds literal monsters and humanity is a fragile choice.
- 12
The School for Good and Evil
Soman Chainani
A wickedly clever subversion of fairy-tale tropes wrapped in a glittering, gothic-tinged exploration of friendship.
