After Twilight
In this case, I refer to the book by Stephenie Meyer, not the time of day.
There are hundreds of websites/blogs you can go to for ideas on what to read after Twilight. I have read several of them for the same reason (probably) that you are reading this and that is because I absolutely adored the Twilight series. What is it about them that makes me want to dive in again and again? Certainly not the writing, but I have no issue with how well, or not, it is written as it has addressed the primary premise for a fiction book: to capture the reader’s attention, to engage them wholly and to entertain.
For me, the obsessive romantic aspect is the real draw and while many spout such an obsession as unhealthy, to me it is as deliciously pleasurable as chocolate eclairs, only less fattening. I felt the same pull with Fifty Shades but when I went to find ‘more books like FSOG’, I was presented with lists of books on BDSM. Not what I wanted at all. With the ‘after Twilight’ websites, I found more vampire novels. Again, I’m looking for obsession and romance and twists and HEA. So, I have decided to put together my own list for those of you who adored the same sappy, romantic aspects of Twilight, imbued with a little action to stop it becoming too wet.
The list is in no particular order and I only mention the first book if it’s a series.
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
Immortal Cityl by Scott Speer
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Magician’s Guild by Trudi canavan
Finding Sky by Joss Stirling
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine (very long series and I stopped at book 9!)
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Angelfall by Susan Ee
Need by Carrie Jones
Fire and Flood by Victoria Scott
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Firelight by Sophie Jordan
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Obsidian By Jennifer Armentrout
Half-Blood by Jennifer Armentrout
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Legend by Marie Lu
Real by Katy Evans (18+)
The Collector by Victoria Scott
Davy Harwood by Tijan
Bright Side by Kim Holden
Eternal Eden by Nicole Williams
Fissure by Nicole Williams
Significance by Shelly Crane
Relentless by Karen Lynch
Thirst by Claire Farrell
Slammed by Colleen Hoover (18+)
Becoming Calder by Mia Sheridan
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Fallen Crest by Tijan
This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas (18+)
Introductions by C.L. Stone (reverse harem)
Angelic by L.P. Swalheim (unfinished series and the writing style makes you wince)
Knight’s Mistress by C.C. Gibbs (18+)
Soulmates by Holly Bourne
Violet Eden by Jessica Shirvington
Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins (16+)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Reason to Breathe by Rebecca Donovan (the series is let down by book 3)
Release Me by J. Kenner (18+)
Hope(less) by Melissa Haag
Relentless by Karen lynch
City In Embers by Stacey Marie Brown (18+)
Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan (18+)
Books/series that are touted as being Twilightesque, but I really didn’t like/didn’t work:
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (enjoyed first book only)
Fallen by Lauren Kate (enjoyed the first book only)
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia (tried to read this four times!)
Evermore by Alyson Noel (The heroine drove me up the wall)
A Shade Of Vampire – nothing like Twilight.
My Soul To Take by Rachel Vincent – enjoyed the first book but it quickly went downhill.
Matched by Ally Condie – enjoyed the first book
Delirium by Lauren Oliver – enjoyed the first book
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
Waiting to Read (because they’ve been on ‘after Twilight’ lists):
I’d tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Uglies by Scott Westerfield
Gone by Michael Grant
Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
Angel Evolution by David estes
Sookie Stackhouse series – I’m put off by the sheer number of books
Shiver & Lament by Maggie Stiefvater
House of Night by P.C. Cast
Pure by Julianna Baggott
Breathe by Sarah Crossan
Other books I’ve loved but don’t necessarily follow the Twilight obsessive romance:
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Fallen Crest High by Tijan (18+)
Lovely Vicious by Sara Wolf
The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey
Supernaturals by Kelly Oram
Stolen Songbird by Danielle L Jensen
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
Deception by C.J. Redwine
Runaway Mortal by Komal Kant
Uninvited by Sophie Jordan
Eon by Alison Goodman
Books on Twilight lists I probably won’t read:
Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith – it’s the love triangle I can’t deal with
Thoughtless by S C Stephens – ditto
There you have it. I may revisit and add to these lists from time to time, but it is a testament to the enduring appeal of Twilight, that I have compiled this list years after Twilight first appeared on our shelves. It may interest you to know that I re-read the series only last year (2016) and the film is still one of my favourites to iron to. Although, I’m not sure I ought to admit to that particular vice as the films are a whole different ballgame.
Happy reading.
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