9 Books Like “Twilight” to Read Once You’ve Devoured the Saga

Explore nine captivating books like Twilight that will satisfy your craving for supernatural romance.

At the end of yet another day, when the lights of the street lighten up your room and the surrounding world becomes one big cozy couch, you seem to want something else. You have just finished reading the Twilight series, the story of love, danger, and the supernatural, and now you find yourself craving for more stories like this. So what is a reader to do when the world of vampires and werewolves is still out there? 

Craving More Twilight? Discover These Vampire and Werewolf Novels

To many people, the Twilight wasn’t only a set of books. It was the doorway to the world where the heart ached in tune with eternal love and the supernatural. The saga’s vampires, werewolves with their savage enmity, and the romantic tragedies that befit the star-crossed lovers provided the sort of excitement that could only be quenched by reading more of the forbidden and the other worldly. However, when the very last page comes into sight, a question is to be asked – what is the next step? What can then perhaps satisfy this newly awakened hunger for the other side? 

In this highly selected list, we are taken through nine novels that recreate the gothic theme and the supernatural aspect that made Twilight so famous. If you are looking for vampire romance novels that bring you into the middle of a war that has been going on for centuries or werewolf stories that delve into the basic concept of love and the bond of loyalty, then these books are for you. From the grumpy anti-heroes to the powerful heroines, every story reimagines the concepts you have learned to appreciate with the perfect balance between suspense, passion, and the allure of the unexplored. Get ready for your next book, boys and girls.

“On Your Knees, Alpha Chase!” by Elfrida Obada

“On Your Knees, Alpha Chase!” by Elfrida Obada is a thrilling contribution to the werewolf genre that resembles Twilight and transports the audience into the world of power struggles and animal instincts. It is Lavana, an omega who has been tortured and left lonely throughout her life and her journey from suffering to healing. The novel is well written with elements of suspense and mystery as Lavana starts hearing voices about a hidden power that lies within her namely power to change the world. It is in the later parts of the show that the theme of a ‘Fated Mate’, a source of light in her otherwise dark life, intensifies the emotions. However, just when the reader gets a glimmer of hope of Lavana’s redemption, she is betrayed in the worst way possible, which turns her from a girl into a woman. For those who enjoy reading Twilight, Lavana’s struggle for love and vengeance as well as for her place in the werewolves’ hierarchy, will provide an engaging read that will make you want more.

“A Fatal Kiss of the Vampire” by Anna Shannel Lin

With ‘A Fatal Kiss of the Vampire’ by Anna Shannel Lin the reader is drawn into the world of paranormal romance and presented with a story that can entice anyone who has enjoyed reading Twilight. Thus, the plot focuses on Ethan Parker, an alpha vampire with some human traits, who on the worst day of his life met a girl he has not forgotten. Ten years later the story continues and Ethan has become a very powerful man whose actions are motivated by the events of that fateful encounter. But when he meets Kylie Finch, a B-list actress who has been beaten down by life and its often cruel turns, she has no recollection of him or the bond that they had. Life has been quite cruel to Kylie and she loses her mentor and friend to betrayal and then an opportunity for a new life comes her way in form of marriage from a stranger. When she marries this dangerous man, she feels that he has many hidden aspects that could ruin her life. The narrative that Lin has written is full of tension and desire and will surely entice the audience into the story as in the case of Twilight, while also providing a unique and engaging plot and character development.

“The Alpha's Slave” by LustreOkengwu

Just like the Twilight series, The Alpha’s Slave by LustreOkengwu presents a story that is as mysterious and as mysterious as it is chilling. Arayah Whitlock’s life is a story of a girl who has suffered many losses and triumphs, who is a princess, and a girl with a fated destiny. After the violent siege that massacres her family and the entire Vampire clan she belongs to, she becomes the prisoner of the Malreux Wolf Pack, where she is used in inhuman experiments to use her unique breed. But Arayah is not an ordinary captive; she is a survivor who escapes her torture at the age of fifteen and seeks shelter in a werewolf family. For five years, she lives in the shadows until the announcement of the werewolf prince seeking for a bride. She feels a desire for freedom. Arayah disregards the lessons and the ominous sayings she has been told in her life and follows her heart into the unknown and to the possibilities of freedom or, potentially to her demise. LustreOkengwu creates a world where danger and passion are intertwined and this is a perfect read for those who seek for such feelings and mysterious themes like Twilight.

“His Sinful Desire” by Heaven Hell

His Sinful Desire is a book written by Heaven Hell that comes into a world where power and love are intertwined, and the readers will be swept off their feet by the dark and passionate story that resembles Twilight. Diamond Fletcher is the main character of this story and he is a mysterious and dangerous man who is associated with the sin of pride; his just being in the city of Cabrine is enough to make people tremble in their bones. It is for this reason that Diamond is a vampire by birthright and alpha by choice and thus stands as the king of a world that is ruled by supernatural beings and is also a five-star general in the human world. However, there is a man of passion hidden behind the façade of a rational man who doesn’t let himself be ruled by his emotions, and it is an entirely different story when a young madam is lying half-naked in his bed unconscious. It is more of an electric charge that fills the air as he stands over her, his touch a mix of a ferocious claim and an almost tortured desire. Heaven Hell builds a story that pulsates with passion of the forbidden and the strength of a monster who gets what he wants and gives readers exactly what they crave. If you want to read more about love that borders on obsession after watching Twilight, His Sinful Desire will give you everything you want.

"The Cursed Alpha and His Uncanny Luna" by Midnight Snow

The Cursed Alpha and His Uncanny Luna by Midnight Snow is a beautiful story that brings to life the complexity of a world where love can conquer all including even the separation of species and fate. In a world that has become a kingdom of vampires because of an apocalypse, Scarlett, a half-witch half-vampire lord’s child, learns that she is the only hope that her world needs and a curse to her existence. She is a Soul Eater, born with the ability to wield deadly power, and is suddenly thrown into a dangerous existence where she never knows if she will live to see the next day. A servant who turns into her guardian raises her in the shadows of vampires and she has no idea that she is a vampire too. Her process of getting to know herself brings her into a world of danger and forbidden love, especially with Thunder, a werewolf whose past is unknown and as dark as hers. Learning more about the prophecy that predicts the outcome of the three races’ war and her origins, Scarlett becomes an essential character in the struggle between love and death. Midnight Snow is a combination of romance, mystery, and supernatural thriller that will definitely make Twilight’s readers gasp for air. Definitely, The Cursed Alpha and His Uncanny Luna is a story that is full of great world-building and interesting characters that make the readers fall in love with the story and the characters, as well as challenge the heart and fate in a way that is both classic and exciting.

“Vampire's Pet” by Amaryllis Ravenn

Vampire’s Pet by Amaryllis Ravenn gives the readers a taste of the forbidden world where the pure meets the mysterious, something that any Twilight fan will appreciate. It is a coming-of-age story of a young woman who is an orphan and finds herself entering the Lockhart mansion’s gates and stepping into a world of secrets. She is only nineteen years old and is suddenly drawn into the world of the Lockhart brothers, handsome, charismatic, and full of enigma. It starts as a normal greeting and slowly descends into the creepy when one of the brothers bites her hand and the other licks the blood off her hand with what can only be described as relish. The twins, entertained and fascinated with their new plaything, are quite eerie and provocative and this scares her yet at the same time fascinates her. Raven’s narrative is full of tension and desire in which every look changes the power balance and there is no clear distinction between the hunter and the hunted. If you find yourself wanting more after Twilight, then you will not be able to resist Vampire’s Pet, a story in which the supernatural exists in the world around us but is hidden in plain sight, and passion and peril collide.

“Her Marriage to the Vampire King” by Yhen Amor

Her Marriage to the Vampire King by Yhen Amor is another story that has the same dark theme and romanticism that Twilight’s followers will surely love, with themes of retribution and fate thrown in the mix. And thus, we are thrown into the life of a young woman who has very recently lost her parents in a horrible massacre by the Ecleteon werewolves. With a heart full of vengeance and anger, she moves with the Vampire King of Glodeous and marries him with a promise of getting what she wants or a painful death. As she is dressed in a black veil with having black diamond on it, the whole ambiance is filled with suspense and she is also unsure of each step on the aisle. This makes the readers wonder about the identity of her groom, creating more interest to an already exciting story. Thus, Amor creates a beautiful tale of a powerful woman, deception and passion that could lead either to the destruction of the werewolves or become her prison that she never wanted to be a part of. For the lovers of the mesmerizing combination of a love story and the elements of the supernatural, the novel Her Marriage to the Vampire King presents a plot that is as passionate as it is fatal.

“Kiss of the Damned: A Vampire's Curse” by Empress Kei

Kiss of the Damned: A Vampire’s Curse by Empress Kei is another story that will leave the reader breathless with the same intensity and passion as Twilight. The plot is based on Sebastian Kensington, a vampire with the problem of betrayal who decides to escape from the pain of losing his love, and for this, he will sleep for a century. However, he is not to find peace even in his sleep, and when he wakes up, he has the same thirst for blood but now with a preference which makes him to terrorize the town of Stonewick. In a bid to save his town from the vampire, Sebastian, the desperate mayor, offers the young women of the town to the vampire in order to save the rest of the population. As soon as the city is on the verge of stabilizing, a woman named Scarlet Morgan comes into the picture and calls herself the mayor’s lost daughter. She comes back and awakens the past and the new threats that make her face the danger of the cursed vampire. Empress Kei unfolds the drama-thriller plot and the story of passion and revenge that is impossible to resist, as the main character’s decision may bring a change to an entire town. For anyone who has fallen in love with the Twilight saga with its elements of a dangerous romance of vampires and werewolves, Kiss of the Damned will provide an equally fascinating and thrilling journey into the world of vampires’ curse.

“Outcast: First Blood” by Wednesday Adaire

Outcast: First Blood by Wednesday Adaire explores the theme of power, immortality and love as forbidden as the Twilight series and will appeal to those who fell in love with the series. The novel's main character is a powerful CEO named Adrian who wants to remain in power and to achieve this, he decides to take part in a black ritual that ends up banishing him from the world he once dominated. Now it is only living blood that can support him, and thus he becomes a creature that is ruled by a curse. But then a spark of hope appears in the form of Emily, a woman with whom just being near opens a door into his real vampire self. Thus, with Emily, the only thing that Adrian fights for is survival and the chance to be a human again. Adaire’s plot work is intricate as it deals with the theme of power and weakness, which makes the reader never quite sure who the hunter and prey are. For readers who long for the emotionally charged, supernatural drama of Twilight, Outcast: The film First Blood guarantees a dizzying and alluring journey into the world of power and out-of-the-world redemption.

So, if you have read “Twilight” and are searching for your next favorite novel, the books described above are a mix of supernatural romances that you will not be able to put down. If you are into vampires, wolves, or even angels who have fallen from grace, then these books will sweep you off your feet to magnificent worlds of adventure, romance, and the unknown. Check out the following books on FictionMe and carry on reading more paranormal romance books.