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A darkly glittering, snark-fueled fairytale about a fiercely guarded girl learning she is worth more than what she can steal. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Little Thieves.

  • darkly enchanting
  • glittering
  • tense
  • gothic-tinged
  1. 01

    Tithe

    Holly Black

    A grungy, intoxicating plunge into a hidden world where magic is sharp, dangerous, and smells like rust and stale beer.

    Feels:
    • grungy
    • dangerous
    • intoxicating
  2. 02

    The orphan queen

    Jodi Meadows

    A tense, shadowy fantasy of espionage and forbidden magic, where a dispossessed princess must navigate a court of enemies and a world consumed by toxic power.

    Shares:
    • tense
  3. 03

    Mask of Shadows

    Linsey Miller

    A deadly competition meets a journey of self-discovery in a high-stakes, shadow-drenched fantasy world.

    Feels:
    • dangerous
    • shadowy
    • high-stakes
  4. 04

    The Bone Witch

    Rin Chupeco

    A lush, darkly enchanting tale of necromancy and ritual that unfolds like a slow, deliberate dance.

    Feels:
    • macabre
    • lush
    • haunting
  5. 05

    Dance of thieves

    Mary E. Pearson

    A sweeping, high-stakes dance of deception where duty and desire collide in the heart of an outlaw empire.

    Shares:
    • tense
  6. 06

    Museum of thieves (The Keepers #1)

    Lian Tanner

    A rebellious escape into a shifting, shadowy world where breaking the rules is the only way to survive.

    Feels:
    • mysterious
    • unpredictable
    • shadowy
  7. 07

    Ash Princess

    Laura Sebastian

    A tense, simmering tale of a captive girl learning to turn her trauma into a weapon of courtly destruction.

    Shares:
    • tense
  8. 08

    Story Thieves (Story Thieves #1)

    James Riley

    A clever, fast-paced love letter to reading that playfully shatters the boundary between the real world and the written word.

    Feels:
    • imaginative
    • chaotic
    • wondrous
  9. 09

    The Stolen Heir

    Holly Black

    A frostbitten, feral fairy tale where trust is a liability and romance is as sharp as a knife.

    Feels:
    • frostbitten
    • feral
    • treacherous
  10. 10

    Poison

    Chris Wooding

    A dark, meta-fictional fairy tale where a prickly heroine marches into a deadly, whimsical realm to rewrite her own story.

    Shares:
    • wry
  11. 11

    An enchantment of ravens

    Margaret Rogerson

    A lush, autumnal fairy tale where the sharpest weapon is a paintbrush and love is a dangerous rebellion.

    Shares:
    • wry
  12. 12

    Alphabet of thorn

    Patricia A. McKillip

    A quiet, magical mystery about the transformative power of words and the secrets hidden within a royal library.

    Feels:
    • enchanting
    • scholarly
    • secretive

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