You liked how Liza grows up under a harsh ban on magic, then flees into a forest where every vine and shadow can kill. In The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Mary also starts in a rigid, fearful village and escapes into a perilous wood full of Unconsecrated, racing along fenced paths much like Liza’s desperate trek through hostile terrain. If the tension of survival after a world-shattering war gripped you, Mary’s flight through the ever-encroaching forest will feel hauntingly familiar.

In Bones of Faerie, the aftermath of the War turned the natural world into an enemy—trees with thorns, grasses that cut, a landscape that punishes every misstep. The Fifth Season takes that feeling and magnifies it: quakes and ashfall rule the land, and Essun’s fight to protect her family mirrors Liza’s struggle after her father’s violence and her sister’s death. If the idea of survival and love set against a wrathful, living world spoke to you, this will hit just as hard.

Liza’s journey—from hiding what she is to wielding power in spite of her village’s fear—echoes in Uprooted. Agnieszka is taken by the Dragon to learn magic, then faces the corrupted Wood, a forest as insidious as the thorns and glass-sharp plants that stalk Liza. If you loved watching Liza claim herself while braving a treacherous wilderness to find her mother, Agnieszka’s transformation and battle against the Wood will feel like the next step on that path.

If Liza’s resolve in defying her father’s fear and stepping into a world where magic can kill drew you in, Sabriel will resonate. Sabriel crosses the Wall to find her missing father and confronts necromancy with only her wits, bells, and a dangerous feline ally. The way Liza learns to navigate perilous, half-understood forces finds a kindred spirit in Sabriel’s courage and competence against death-magic that refuses to play by tidy rules.

The magic in Bones of Faerie feels wild and unknowable—Liza senses it in the wind and the woods, and it’s as likely to harm as to help. The Near Witch leans into that same uncanny vibe: in the village of Near, children vanish on the moor, whispers ride the night, and the old stories aren’t safely contained in books. If you were compelled by Liza’s encounters with elusive powers and dangerous rumors, Lexi’s hunt through wind and legend will enchant you.