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Amie Kaufman · The Isles of the Gods #1
A sailor girl's ship is commandeered by a prince on a secret mission — and gods are about to wake.
Magic, romance, and slumbering gods clash in the start of a riveting fantasy series that spans gangsters' dens, forgotten temples, and the high seas from the New York Times bestselling author of the Aurora Cycle and the Illuminae Files.Selly has salt water in her veins. So when her father leaves her high and dry in the port of Kirkpool, she has no intention of riding out the winter at home while he sails off to adventure. But any plans to follow him are dashed when a handsome stranger with tell-tale magician's marks on his arm commandeers her ship. He is Prince Leander of Alinor and he needs to cross the Crescent Sea without detection so he can complete a ritual on the sacred Isles of the Gods. Selly has no desire to escort a spoiled prince anywhere, and no time for his entitled demands or his good looks. But what starts as a leisure cruise will lead to acts of treason and sheer terror on the high seas, bringing two countries to the brink of war, two strangers closer than they ever thought possible and stirring two dangerous gods from centuries of slumber...

Marissa Meyer · The Lunar Chronicles #1
A cyborg Cinderella mechanic falls for a prince while hiding the secret that could save — or doom — Earth.
8 tropes in common

Victoria Aveyard · Red Queen #1
A Red-blooded thief discovers impossible powers and is forced to become a Silver princess — while sparking a revolution.
7 tropes in common

Kiera Cass · The Selection #1
A girl who doesn't want the crown enters a royal competition — and falls for the prince she never expected.
5 tropes in common

Holly Black · The Folk of the Air #1
A mortal girl stolen to the Faerie Court must outmanoeuvre the cruel prince she can't stop thinking about.
6 tropes in common

Sarah J. Maas · Throne of Glass
The world's deadliest assassin risks everything — including her heart — to escape her ruthless master.
6 tropes in common

Stephenie Meyer · The Twilight Saga #1
A shy girl moves to a rainy small town and falls for a vampire who wants her blood — and her heart.
5 tropes in common

Jennifer Lynn Barnes · The Inheritance Games #1
A broke girl inherits a billionaire's fortune — and must live with his four dangerously brilliant grandsons to keep it.
6 tropes in common

Cassandra Clare · The Mortal Instruments #1
A girl discovers she's a demon-hunter — and falls for a mysterious boy who may be the worst person to love.
5 tropes in common

John Green
Two teenagers with cancer fall in love — and dare to want more than the universe is willing to give.
2 tropes in common

Leigh Bardugo · Shadow and Bone #1
A girl with untamed magic is drawn to the mysterious, dangerous leader of Ravka's magical elite.
5 tropes in common

Rainbow Rowell
Two misfit sixteen-year-olds fall into first love over comic books and mix tapes — knowing it probably won't last.
2 tropes in common

Jenny Han · To All the Boys I've Loved Before #1
When Lara Jean's secret love letters get mailed, she must fake-date one crush to hide her feelings for another.
2 tropes in common

Jenny Han
Every summer Belly loved him from afar — but this summer, the boys finally notice her back.
2 tropes in common

Tahereh Mafi · Shatter Me #1
A girl whose touch can kill is locked away as a weapon — until the boy from her past comes back.
4 tropes in common

Cassandra Clare · The Infernal Devices #1
A girl with a mysterious power is rescued by Shadowhunters in Victorian London — and falls for two of them.
6 tropes in common

William Goldman
A farm boy, a giant, and a swordsman race to rescue the world's most beautiful woman from a villainous prince.
4 tropes in common

Stephanie Garber · Caraval #1
A sheltered girl enters a magical game where the prize is her kidnapped sister — and the ringmaster has other plans.
5 tropes in common

Brigid Kemmerer · Cursebreakers #1
A street-smart girl with cerebral palsy is pulled into a cursed prince's Beauty & the Beast loop.
8 tropes in common

Kristin Cashore · Graceling Realm #1
A girl graced with killing and a mysterious outlaw prince uncover a deadly secret threatening seven kingdoms.
7 tropes in common

Mary E. Pearson · The Remnant Chronicles #1
A runaway princess falls for two strangers — not knowing one is her jilted prince and the other her assassin.
8 tropes in common