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Books Like Fourth Wing

If you loved Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, these 12 books share its tropes (enemies to lovers, forced proximity, morally grey MC) and sit at a similar heat and darkness (it rates 3/5 for spice and 3/5 for darkness). Each pick says what it has in common, so you can choose before you buy.

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   1. The Wings That Bind: Bloodwing Academy, Book 3

   Briar Boleyn

   Shares forced proximity, enemies to lovers, morally grey MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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   2. The Bond That Burns: Bloodwing Academy, Book 2

   Briar Boleyn

   Shares forced proximity, enemies to lovers, morally grey MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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   3. Quicksilver: The Fae & Alchemy Series, Book 1

   Callie Hart

   Shares forced proximity, enemies to lovers, morally grey MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 3/5.

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   4. Midnight Chase (Dark Lanes)

   Harleigh Beck

   Shares forced proximity, enemies to lovers, morally grey MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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   5. The Frost Witch

   Emberly Ash

   Shares forced proximity, enemies to lovers, morally grey MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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   6. Alchemised

   SenLinYu

   Shares forced proximity, enemies to lovers, morally grey MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   7. Zodiac Academy 3: The Reckoning

   Caroline Peckham

   Shares forced proximity, enemies to lovers, morally grey MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   8. The Wicked In Me: An addictive world awaits in this spicy fantasy romance . . .

   Suzanne Wright

   Shares forced proximity, enemies to lovers, morally grey MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 3/5.

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   9. The Serpent and the Wings of Night: Crowns of Nyaxia, Book 1

   Carissa Broadbent

   Shares forced proximity, enemies to lovers, morally grey MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    10. Reaper Academy 1: Shattered and Returned

    Meg Xuemei X

    Shares forced proximity, enemies to lovers, morally grey MC; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 4/5.

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    11. Blood & Steel: The Legends of Thezmarr, Book 1

    Helen Scheuerer

    Shares forced proximity, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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    12. A Dawn of Onyx (The Sacred Stones Book 1)

    Kate Golden

    Shares forced proximity, enemies to lovers; also Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy; spice 3/5, darkness 3/5.

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Matches are calculated from Readark’s own tags: shared tropes (rarer ones count more), subgenre, and how close the spice and darkness ratings are. Books from the same series are left out — see the reading order instead. How we rate