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Books Like Vicious

If you loved Vicious by L. J. Shen, these 12 books share its tropes (age gap, bully, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance) and sit at a similar heat and darkness (it rates 4/5 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. Destroyed By The Bully, Book 5: A Steamy Dark Mafia Age-Gap Romance Where Friends with Benefits Become Forever (Dark Cravings)

   Nadia Aidan

   Shares age gap, bully, enemies to lovers; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   2. Killer Daddy (So Dangerous It’s Funny Book 1)

   Kelani Knox

   Shares age gap, bully, forbidden romance; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 3/5.

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   3. My Bully Quarterback: A dark high school taboo bully romance (Bullies Suck Book 1)

   Sadie Smith

   Shares age gap, bully, enemies to lovers; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   4. Sweet Little Obsession: A Dark Stepbrother Romance (Love So Cruel Book 1)

   Teresa Wolf

   Shares age gap, bully, forbidden romance; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   5. Trapped With My Ex’s Mafia Uncle: A Forced Proximity Age Gap Secret Baby One Night Stand Billionaires Mafia Romance (Billionaire Pakhan Book 1)

   Ava R. Reign

   Shares age gap, bully, forbidden romance; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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   6. Kidnapped By Three Daddies

   Ellie Rowe

   Shares age gap, bully, possessive-obsessive MC; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 3/5.

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   7. Untouchable (Empire High Book 1)

   Ivy Smoak

   Shares bully, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 3/5.

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   8. The Wildflower: Oakmount Elite, Book 2

   J.L. Beck

   Shares bully, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 3/5.

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   9. Savage Fae (Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac Book 2)

   Caroline Peckham

   Shares bully, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    10. The Wallflower : A Dark New Adult Bully Romance (Oakmount Elite Book 1)

    J.L. Beck

    Shares bully, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    11. Dirty Little Secrets: A Dark Bully Romance (Kings of Bolten, Book 1)

    K.G. Reuss

    Shares bully, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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    12. Pretty Little Sins: A Dark Bully Romance (Kings of Bolten, Book 2)

    K.G. Reuss

    Shares bully, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance; also Bully Romance; spice 4/5, darkness 4/5.

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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