10 Best Books Like Gifted & Talented

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When tech mogul Thayer Wren dies, his three telepathically gifted children—a biotech CEO hiding a dark secret, a struggling congressman, and a former prima ballerina turned corporate executive—find themselves locked in a ruthless battle for their father's fortune and approval. Each sibling believes they deserve the Wrenfare empire, but their dangerous abilities and festering rivalries threaten to destroy them all in their quest to prove who was truly the favorite child.

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Jade City

Green Bone Saga #1 (works standalone)

by Fonda Lee

02017

Why you'll love it:

This fantasy shares a brutal but intimate tone that will resonate with Gifted & Talented fans.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What books are most similar to Gifted & Talented?

The most similar books to Gifted & Talented are The Poppy War, A Game of Thrones, Jade City.

What should I read after Gifted & Talented?

After finishing Gifted & Talented, readers most commonly pick up The Poppy War next.

Who writes books like Olivie Blake?

Authors similar to Olivie Blake include Gillian Flynn, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Tana French.

What genre is Gifted & Talented?

Gifted & Talented is a Fantasy novel by Olivie Blake, published in 2025.

How long is Gifted & Talented?

Gifted & Talented is 512 pages long.

About Gifted & Talented

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes the story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their long-festering rivalries, dangerous abilities, and the crushing weight of all their unrealized adolescent potential.Where there’s a will, there’s a war.Thayer Wren, the brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech and so-called father of modern technology, is dead. Any one of his three telepathically and electrokinetically gifted children would be a plausible inheritor to the Wrenfare throne.Or at least, so they like to think.Meredith, textbook accomplished eldest daughter and the head of her own groundbreaking biotech company, has recently cured mental illness. You're welcome! If only her father's fortune wasn't her last hope for keeping her journalist ex-boyfriend from exposing what she really is: a total fraud.Arthur, second-youngest congressman in history, fights the good fight every day of his life. And yet, his wife might be leaving him, and he's losing his re-election campaign. But his dead father’s approval in the form of a seat on the Wrenfare throne might just turn his sinking ship around.Eilidh, once the world's most famous ballerina, has spent the last five years as a run-of-the-mill marketing executive at her father’s company after a life-altering injury put an end to her prodigious career. She might be lacking in accolades compared to her siblings, but if her father left her everything, it would finally validate her worth―by confirming she'd been his favorite all along.On the pipeline of gifted kid to clinically depressed adult, nobody wins―but which Wren will come out on top?