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24 alternatives to Blood and Salt

Romeo and Juliet meets Children of the Corn

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Blood and Salt launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Harry Potter Series▲70
Another classic fantasy series
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
Tipping the Velvet ▲67
A saucy, sensuous and multi-layered historical romance
2015 · sarahwaters.com · its alternatives →
3
Haline▲76
Hunger Games meets Climate Change
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe▲65
A classic from C.S. Lewis
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
A Little Life▲71
An epic about love + friendship in the 21st century
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Salt▲62
The strange and colorful history of a mineral
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
BookGPTs:Interactive Literary Adventures▲95
Experience classics anew with AI driven narratives
2023 · book-gpts.com · its alternatives →
8
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West ▲67
An epic of the violence and depravity of Manifest Destiny
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
Youngblood▲71
The moral complexity of war & its psychological toll
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Modern Romance▲92
The pleasures and perils of modern relationships
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
The Tales of Beedle the Bard▲11
J. K. Rowling
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Just Mercy▲55
A story of justice and redemption
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
The Fault in Our Stars▲65
A raw, moving story about teenagers living with cancer
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Ender's Game▲93
The enemy's gate is down
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings▲65
Classic Fantasy Series
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
Once Upon a Nativity▲78
Teaching kids about the true meaning of Christmas
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
17
Homeland▲53
The bigger and bolder follow up to Little Brother
2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →
18
The Little Brother▲54
Novel about the contradictions of society, family, & desire
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
In the Garden of Beasts▲59
Love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Lord of the Flies▲63
Some call it the "Hunger Games before Hunger Games"
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
Gutshot: Stories▲128
Isolation and coupling are pushed to their dark edges
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
22
Fire and Blood▲3
George R. R. Martin
2018 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
A Gap in Time▲54
Jeanette Winterson’s retelling of Shakespeares Winter’s Tale
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
24
The Story of the Lost Child: Neopolitan Novels, Book 4▲55
The conclusion to the story of Lila and Elena
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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