50 Books like A Dream So Dark

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

His grandfather's dying words reveal a time loop where extraordinary children relive 1940.

3.92

1.4M+

🕰️ Time Loop Fantasy 🏚️ Gothic Children's Home 👁️ Invisible Monsters ⚔️ Wartime Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Summary

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 91%

His grandfather's dying words reveal a time loop where extraordinary children relive 1940.

by Ransom Riggs 2011

3.92

1.4M+ ratings

🕰️ Time Loop Fantasy 🏚️ Gothic Children's Home 👁️ Invisible Monsters ⚔️ Wartime Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

The Looking Glass Wars

by Frank Beddor • 2004

A princess falls from Wonderland into Victorian London, and her queendom's enemies are closing in.

3.92

47k+

🐇 Alice Retelling 🪞 Portal Fantasy ♟️ Lost Heir Returns ⚔️ Revenge Quest ✨ Imagination As Power

The Looking Glass Wars 94%

A princess falls from Wonderland into Victorian London, and her queendom's enemies are closing in.

by Frank Beddor 2004

3.92

47k+ ratings

🐇 Alice Retelling 🪞 Portal Fantasy ♟️ Lost Heir Returns ⚔️ Revenge Quest ✨ Imagination As Power

The Wonderland Trials

by Sara Ella • 2022

An unmagical orphan is chosen for a deadly competition in a hidden Wonderland ruled by fear.

4.11

2k+

🎩 Wonderland Retelling 🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 💛 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Wonderland Trials 94%

An unmagical orphan is chosen for a deadly competition in a hidden Wonderland ruled by fear.

by Sara Ella 2022

4.11

2k+ ratings

🎩 Wonderland Retelling 🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 💛 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Akarnae

by Lynette Noni • 2015

Through a hidden door, a teen finds a magic school where a sentient library chose her.

4.20

15k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Boarding School 🫂 Found Family 😤 Reluctant Heroine 👑 Hidden Princess

Akarnae 92%

Through a hidden door, a teen finds a magic school where a sentient library chose her.

by Lynette Noni 2015

4.20

15k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Boarding School 🫂 Found Family 😤 Reluctant Heroine 👑 Hidden Princess

Silver in the Bone

by Alexandra Bracken • 2023

A magicless scavenger braves dying Avalon to break her brother's curse, where death wears a crown.

3.87

13k+

⚔️ Arthurian Retelling 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Non Magical Heroine

Silver in the Bone 92%

A magicless scavenger braves dying Avalon to break her brother's curse, where death wears a crown.

by Alexandra Bracken 2023

3.87

13k+ ratings

⚔️ Arthurian Retelling 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🧠 Non Magical Heroine

The Prophecy of the Stones

by Flavia Bujor • 2002

Three girls share one prophecy and three stones. To save the realm, enemies must become allies.

3.51

7k+

🪨 Prophecy Quest 👩‍👩‍👩 Trio Of Heroines 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔥 Redemption Arc ✨ Whimsical Adventure

The Prophecy of the Stones 92%

Three girls share one prophecy and three stones. To save the realm, enemies must become allies.

by Flavia Bujor 2002

3.51

7k+ ratings

🪨 Prophecy Quest 👩‍👩‍👩 Trio Of Heroines 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔥 Redemption Arc ✨ Whimsical Adventure

The Isle of the Lost

by Melissa de la Cruz • 2015

Four villain kids hunt a cursed scepter across a prison island to win their parents' respect.

3.80

28k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🦹 Villain Perspective 💚 Found Family 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🗺️ Quest Adventure

The Isle of the Lost 92%

Four villain kids hunt a cursed scepter across a prison island to win their parents' respect.

by Melissa de la Cruz 2015

3.80

28k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🦹 Villain Perspective 💚 Found Family 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🗺️ Quest Adventure

The Hazel Wood

by Melissa Albert • 2018

Alice enters her grandmother's dark fairy tales hunting her mother and finds she belongs to them.

3.55

103k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 📖 Stories Come Alive 🚪 Portal Fantasy 😤 Angry Protagonist 🔀 Fairy Tale Subversion

The Hazel Wood 92%

Alice enters her grandmother's dark fairy tales hunting her mother and finds she belongs to them.

by Melissa Albert 2018

3.55

103k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 📖 Stories Come Alive 🚪 Portal Fantasy 😤 Angry Protagonist 🔀 Fairy Tale Subversion

After Alice

by Gregory Maguire • 2015

Bound in an iron corset, a Victorian girl pursues Alice into a Wonderland rotting from within.

2.82

13k+

🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🎩 Victorian Fantasy ♿ Disabled Protagonist 🪞 Parallel Worlds 🔍 Side Character Story

After Alice 92%

Bound in an iron corset, a Victorian girl pursues Alice into a Wonderland rotting from within.

by Gregory Maguire 2015

2.82

13k+ ratings

🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🎩 Victorian Fantasy ♿ Disabled Protagonist 🪞 Parallel Worlds 🔍 Side Character Story

A Darker Shade of Magic

by V.E. Schwab • 2015

Kell crosses four parallel Londons. A dead world's darkness hides in the stone he brought home.

4.03

441k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌍 Parallel Worlds 🩸 Blood Magic 🗡️ Thief Heroine 🫂 Found Family

A Darker Shade of Magic 91%

Kell crosses four parallel Londons. A dead world's darkness hides in the stone he brought home.

by V.E. Schwab 2015

4.03

441k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌍 Parallel Worlds 🩸 Blood Magic 🗡️ Thief Heroine 🫂 Found Family

Storm Glass

by Jeff Wheeler • 2018

An orphan who sees ghosts is taken into a sky manor, but the housekeeper wants her dead.

4.21

19k+

⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Class Divided World 👻 Supernatural Haunting

Storm Glass 91%

An orphan who sees ghosts is taken into a sky manor, but the housekeeper wants her dead.

by Jeff Wheeler 2018

4.21

19k+ ratings

⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Class Divided World 👻 Supernatural Haunting

Heartless

by Marissa Meyer • 2016

Cath bakes magic into tarts, but a king wants her hand, a joker her heart.

4.08

277k+

📖 Villain Origin Story 🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🌹 Dark Fairytale 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🎪 Dark Whimsy

Heartless 91%

Cath bakes magic into tarts, but a king wants her hand, a joker her heart.

by Marissa Meyer 2016

4.08

277k+ ratings

📖 Villain Origin Story 🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🌹 Dark Fairytale 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🎪 Dark Whimsy

What Once Was Mine

by Liz Braswell • 2021

Her silver hair kills. Locked away, she must flee before her guardian sells her magic.

3.9

19k+

🌙 Moon Magic 🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤝 Found Family ☠️ Deadly Touch 😔 Abusive Guardian

What Once Was Mine 91%

Her silver hair kills. Locked away, she must flee before her guardian sells her magic.

by Liz Braswell 2021

3.9

19k+ ratings

🌙 Moon Magic 🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤝 Found Family ☠️ Deadly Touch 😔 Abusive Guardian

Furthermore

by Tahereh Mafi • 2016

A colorless girl follows a secret-reading boy into a hungry otherworld to find her missing father.

3.89

16k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚠️ Dangerous Wonderland 🤝 Enemies To Friends 🦊 Trickster Companion 🔍 Missing Parent Quest

Furthermore 91%

A colorless girl follows a secret-reading boy into a hungry otherworld to find her missing father.

by Tahereh Mafi 2016

3.89

16k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚠️ Dangerous Wonderland 🤝 Enemies To Friends 🦊 Trickster Companion 🔍 Missing Parent Quest

The Merchant of Death

by D.J. MacHale • 2002

His uncle drags him through a portal to a world where an uprising could destroy everyone.

3.97

53k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 😰 Reluctant Chosen One 💔 Mentor Sacrifice 🤝 Unlikely Allies ✊ Oppressed Uprising

The Merchant of Death 91%

His uncle drags him through a portal to a world where an uprising could destroy everyone.

by D.J. MacHale 2002

3.97

53k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 😰 Reluctant Chosen One 💔 Mentor Sacrifice 🤝 Unlikely Allies ✊ Oppressed Uprising

Tree of Ages

by Sara C. Roethle • 2015

An oak turned woman seeks her origins. A fae war stirs, and it knows her.

3.96

8k+

🦌 Celtic Fantasy 🍂 Forest Magic 💀 Fae War 🧚 Faerie Bargains 🔮 Prophetic Visions

Tree of Ages 91%

An oak turned woman seeks her origins. A fae war stirs, and it knows her.

by Sara C. Roethle 2015

3.96

8k+ ratings

🦌 Celtic Fantasy 🍂 Forest Magic 💀 Fae War 🧚 Faerie Bargains 🔮 Prophetic Visions

Heart of Mist

by Helen Scheuerer • 2017

A mind-reading outcast is snatched from the noose by all-female warriors that want her power.

4.03

6k+

🧠 Mind Reader ⚔️ Warrior Sisterhood 🍷 Alcoholic Protagonist 🗡️ Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

Heart of Mist 91%

A mind-reading outcast is snatched from the noose by all-female warriors that want her power.

by Helen Scheuerer 2017

4.03

6k+ ratings

🧠 Mind Reader ⚔️ Warrior Sisterhood 🍷 Alcoholic Protagonist 🗡️ Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

Realm Breaker

by Victoria Aveyard • 2021

A pirate's daughter rallies outcasts to close the ancient portals tearing the realm apart.

3.57

43k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Reluctant Hero 🎭 Ragtag Band 🔪 Exiled Assassin

Realm Breaker 91%

A pirate's daughter rallies outcasts to close the ancient portals tearing the realm apart.

by Victoria Aveyard 2021

3.57

43k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Reluctant Hero 🎭 Ragtag Band 🔪 Exiled Assassin

The Crowns of Croswald

by D.E. Night • 2017

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

3.79

4k+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

The Crowns of Croswald 91%

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

by D.E. Night 2017

3.79

4k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

The Last of the Firedrakes

by Farah Oomerbhoy • 2015

An orphan sold into a fae realm discovers she's the lost princess her tyrant aunt fears.

3.86

4k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Academy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Hidden Royal Heritage 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Last of the Firedrakes 91%

An orphan sold into a fae realm discovers she's the lost princess her tyrant aunt fears.

by Farah Oomerbhoy 2015

3.86

4k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏫 Magical Academy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Hidden Royal Heritage 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Finisher

by David Baldacci • 2013

A walled village outcast must survive a deadly tournament to follow the map she found.

3.83

19k+

🏘️ Oppressive Village ⚔️ Deadly Tournament ✨ Hidden Magical Powers 🤝 Loyal Friendship 🧱 Escape The Walls

The Finisher 91%

A walled village outcast must survive a deadly tournament to follow the map she found.

by David Baldacci 2013

3.83

19k+ ratings

🏘️ Oppressive Village ⚔️ Deadly Tournament ✨ Hidden Magical Powers 🤝 Loyal Friendship 🧱 Escape The Walls

Sabriel

by Garth Nix • 1995

A student necromancer searches for her father in Death, carrying his seven bells across the wall.

4.16

219k+

💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🚪 Portal Fantasy 👑 Reluctant Heir 🐱 Talking Cat 🫂 Found Family

Sabriel 91%

A student necromancer searches for her father in Death, carrying his seven bells across the wall.

by Garth Nix 1995

4.16

219k+ ratings

💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🚪 Portal Fantasy 👑 Reluctant Heir 🐱 Talking Cat 🫂 Found Family

House of Blades

by Will Wight • 2013

After his village is burned, a boy enters a cursed mansion where every gift comes with chains.

4.07

18k+

🦸 Reluctant Hero 🥋 Brutal Training ⚖️ Cost Of Power 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔮 Subverted Prophecy

House of Blades 91%

After his village is burned, a boy enters a cursed mansion where every gift comes with chains.

by Will Wight 2013

4.07

18k+ ratings

🦸 Reluctant Hero 🥋 Brutal Training ⚖️ Cost Of Power 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔮 Subverted Prophecy

A Spindle Splintered

by Alix E. Harrow • 2021

A spindle prick sends a dying girl into a fairy tale. The princess has other plans.

3.58

42k+

🧵 Fractured Fairy Tale 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💔 Terminally Ill Protagonist 🌌 Multiverse Adventure ✊ Feminist Retelling

A Spindle Splintered 91%

A spindle prick sends a dying girl into a fairy tale. The princess has other plans.

by Alix E. Harrow 2021

3.58

42k+ ratings

🧵 Fractured Fairy Tale 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💔 Terminally Ill Protagonist 🌌 Multiverse Adventure ✊ Feminist Retelling

The Gilded Ones

by Namina Forna • 2020

Deka's blood is gold. Cast out, she joins immortal girls fighting the empire's creatures.

3.98

56k+

🌍 West African Fantasy ⛓️ Purity Culture Critique ✨ Hidden Powers Awakening 🤝 Found Family In Training 🛡️ Female Soldiers

The Gilded Ones 91%

Deka's blood is gold. Cast out, she joins immortal girls fighting the empire's creatures.

by Namina Forna 2020

3.98

56k+ ratings

🌍 West African Fantasy ⛓️ Purity Culture Critique ✨ Hidden Powers Awakening 🤝 Found Family In Training 🛡️ Female Soldiers

Poor Unfortunate Soul

by Serena Valentino • 2016

A sea witch, three grieving sisters, and a pact of hate that will drown them all.

3.57

30k+

🦑 Villain Origin Story 💔 Sibling Betrayal 🌊 Magical Bargains 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisterhood 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Poor Unfortunate Soul 93%

A sea witch, three grieving sisters, and a pact of hate that will drown them all.

by Serena Valentino 2016

3.57

30k+ ratings

🦑 Villain Origin Story 💔 Sibling Betrayal 🌊 Magical Bargains 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisterhood 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Legendborn

by Tracy Deonn • 2020

A grieving Black teen infiltrates a secret Arthurian order and discovers her ancestral magic.

4.29

195k+

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 🕯️ Secret Society Fantasy 🌳 Ancestral Magic 🔮 Hidden Magical Heritage 🏛️ College Campus Setting

Legendborn 93%

A grieving Black teen infiltrates a secret Arthurian order and discovers her ancestral magic.

by Tracy Deonn 2020

4.29

195k+ ratings

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 🕯️ Secret Society Fantasy 🌳 Ancestral Magic 🔮 Hidden Magical Heritage 🏛️ College Campus Setting

We Hunt the Flame

by Hafsah Faizal

Seeking lost magic on a cursed island, a huntress travels with the assassin ordered to kill her.

3.86

111k+

🕌 Arabian-Inspired Fantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🗡️ Assassin Prince 🎭 Hidden Identity

We Hunt the Flame 91%

Seeking lost magic on a cursed island, a huntress travels with the assassin ordered to kill her.

by Hafsah Faizal 2019

3.86

111k+ ratings

🕌 Arabian-Inspired Fantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🗡️ Assassin Prince 🎭 Hidden Identity

Dark & Darker Still

by Nikki St. Crowe • 2025

She hears the dead and is bound to two monster brothers. A political marriage spells catastrophe.

4.16

5k+

🃏 Wonderland Retelling 🥀 Toxic Monster Romance 🖤 Toxic Love Triangle 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💀 Necromancer Heroine

Dark & Darker Still 91%

She hears the dead and is bound to two monster brothers. A political marriage spells catastrophe.

by Nikki St. Crowe 2025

4.16

5k+ ratings

🃏 Wonderland Retelling 🥀 Toxic Monster Romance 🖤 Toxic Love Triangle 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💀 Necromancer Heroine

Before the Broken Star

by Emily R. King • 2019

Exiled to a cursed penal colony, a girl with a mechanical heart faces her family's murderer.

3.92

6k+

🕰️ Clockwork Fantasy 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Revenge Quest 👥 Found Family 🌑 Dark Fairytale

Before the Broken Star 91%

Exiled to a cursed penal colony, a girl with a mechanical heart faces her family's murderer.

by Emily R. King 2019

3.92

6k+ ratings

🕰️ Clockwork Fantasy 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Revenge Quest 👥 Found Family 🌑 Dark Fairytale

Keeper of the Lost Cities

by Shannon Messenger • 2012

A telepath enters a hidden elven academy and learns her DNA was engineered by conspirators.

4.39

113k+

🏫 Magical Boarding School 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧠 Telepathic Protagonist 🌍 Hidden Magical World 🔍 Mysterious Origins

Keeper of the Lost Cities 91%

A telepath enters a hidden elven academy and learns her DNA was engineered by conspirators.

by Shannon Messenger 2012

4.39

113k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Boarding School 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧠 Telepathic Protagonist 🌍 Hidden Magical World 🔍 Mysterious Origins

The Dark That Hides Us

by Andy Darcy Theo • 2025

Four young Elementals, one prophecy: save the world, and one of you must kill another.

4.07

438

🔥 Elemental Magic 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🌑 Dark Prophecy 🧠 Mental Health Rep

The Dark That Hides Us 91%

Four young Elementals, one prophecy: save the world, and one of you must kill another.

by Andy Darcy Theo 2025

4.07

438 ratings

🔥 Elemental Magic 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🌑 Dark Prophecy 🧠 Mental Health Rep

The Rogue Knight

by Brandon Mull • 2014

A boy from Arizona scours a magical kingdom of living illusions to rescue his captive friends.

4.37

15k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🏃 Rescue Mission 🎭 Hidden Identity ✨ Illusion Magic

The Rogue Knight 91%

A boy from Arizona scours a magical kingdom of living illusions to rescue his captive friends.

by Brandon Mull 2014

4.37

15k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🏃 Rescue Mission 🎭 Hidden Identity ✨ Illusion Magic

The Wishing Spell

by Chris Colfer • 2012

A magical book pulls twins into a fairy-tale world. They must find storybook relics to get home.

4.26

161k+

🌌 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fractured Fairy Tales 👯 Twin Protagonists 🗝️ Magical Scavenger Hunt 🔍 Hidden Lineage

The Wishing Spell 91%

A magical book pulls twins into a fairy-tale world. They must find storybook relics to get home.

by Chris Colfer 2012

4.26

161k+ ratings

🌌 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fractured Fairy Tales 👯 Twin Protagonists 🗝️ Magical Scavenger Hunt 🔍 Hidden Lineage

The Guardians of Dreamdark

by Laini Taylor • 2007

A faerie and her crows must trap the devouring dark the Djinn locked away eons ago.

4.06

6k+

🧚 Faerie Adventure 🔥 Djinn Mythology 🐦 Found Family ⭐ Chosen One 🌑 Dark Whimsy

The Guardians of Dreamdark 91%

A faerie and her crows must trap the devouring dark the Djinn locked away eons ago.

by Laini Taylor 2007

4.06

6k+ ratings

🧚 Faerie Adventure 🔥 Djinn Mythology 🐦 Found Family ⭐ Chosen One 🌑 Dark Whimsy

Send Me Their Souls

by Sara Wolf • 2020

An immortal girl fights to heal a world tree's wound before its fury consumes all she loves.

3.85

4k+

🫂 Found Family 😏 Snarky Heroine 🔄 Redemption Arc ⏳ Immortal Protagonist 🐉 Monster Ally

Send Me Their Souls 91%

An immortal girl fights to heal a world tree's wound before its fury consumes all she loves.

by Sara Wolf 2020

3.85

4k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 😏 Snarky Heroine 🔄 Redemption Arc ⏳ Immortal Protagonist 🐉 Monster Ally

The Bell Between Worlds

by Ian Johnstone • 2013

A boy follows a phantom bell into a mirror world to uncover his mother's fate.

3.77

511

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🧒 Orphaned Hero ⭐ Chosen One Prophecy 🗝️ Hidden Magical World

The Bell Between Worlds 91%

A boy follows a phantom bell into a mirror world to uncover his mother's fate.

by Ian Johnstone 2013

3.77

511 ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🧒 Orphaned Hero ⭐ Chosen One Prophecy 🗝️ Hidden Magical World

Way of the Argosi

by Sebastien de Castell • 2021

Cursed to spoil every kindness, an orphan thief steals toward a freedom no mage controls.

4.25

2k+

🧙 Mage Society 🪢 Magical Curse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Crew 💔 Trauma Healing

Way of the Argosi 91%

Cursed to spoil every kindness, an orphan thief steals toward a freedom no mage controls.

by Sebastien de Castell 2021

4.25

2k+ ratings

🧙 Mage Society 🪢 Magical Curse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Crew 💔 Trauma Healing

Inkheart

by Cornelia Funke • 2003

Her father reads book characters to life. The villain he freed will do anything to stay real.

3.93

444k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🪞 Metafiction 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🦸 Reluctant Hero 📚 Bookish Protagonist

Inkheart 91%

Her father reads book characters to life. The villain he freed will do anything to stay real.

by Cornelia Funke 2003

3.93

444k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🪞 Metafiction 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🦸 Reluctant Hero 📚 Bookish Protagonist

Neverthorn

by Shannon Mayer • 2025

A lost princess tumbles through fairy tales into a dark Oz ruled by her witch aunt.

4.2

7k+

👑 Fractured Fairytale 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💛 Found Family 🧙 Dark Oz Reimagining

Neverthorn 91%

A lost princess tumbles through fairy tales into a dark Oz ruled by her witch aunt.

by Shannon Mayer 2025

4.2

7k+ ratings

👑 Fractured Fairytale 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💛 Found Family 🧙 Dark Oz Reimagining

Neverwhere

by Neil Gaiman • 1996

A Londoner's kindness erases his life, stranding him in a magical, deadly city beneath the streets.

4.16

564k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏙️ Hidden London 🦸 Unlikely Hero 🤝 Found Family 😇 Fallen Angel

Neverwhere 91%

A Londoner's kindness erases his life, stranding him in a magical, deadly city beneath the streets.

by Neil Gaiman 1996

4.16

564k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏙️ Hidden London 🦸 Unlikely Hero 🤝 Found Family 😇 Fallen Angel

Mistress of All Evil

by Serena Valentino • 2017

The dark fairy's curse was not evil. It was a mother's last act of protection.

3.97

20k+

🦹 Villain Origin Story 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Tragic Villain 🧝 Magical Outcast 🫂 Found Family

Mistress of All Evil 91%

The dark fairy's curse was not evil. It was a mother's last act of protection.

by Serena Valentino 2017

3.97

20k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Origin Story 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Tragic Villain 🧝 Magical Outcast 🫂 Found Family

Smoke & Summons

by Charlie N. Holmberg • 2019

A spirit-possessed slave steals a thief's amulet and must trust him to survive her master's hunt.

3.89

15k+

👻 Spirit Possession 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔄 Redemption Arc 💘 Romantic Tension 🏭 Industrial City

Smoke & Summons 91%

A spirit-possessed slave steals a thief's amulet and must trust him to survive her master's hunt.

by Charlie N. Holmberg 2019

3.89

15k+ ratings

👻 Spirit Possession 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔄 Redemption Arc 💘 Romantic Tension 🏭 Industrial City

The Goose Girl

by Shannon Hale • 2003

Betrayed on her wedding journey, a princess who speaks to animals hides among the palace geese.

4.15

149k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🦢 Animal Magic 🫥 Hidden Identity 🌿 Nature Magic 💕 Gentle Romance

The Goose Girl 91%

Betrayed on her wedding journey, a princess who speaks to animals hides among the palace geese.

by Shannon Hale 2003

4.15

149k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🦢 Animal Magic 🫥 Hidden Identity 🌿 Nature Magic 💕 Gentle Romance

You Must Not Miss

by Katrina Leno • 2019

A teenage outcast's imaginary world becomes real. She uses it to make people disappear.

3.39

3k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔥 Revenge Fantasy ⚠️ Magic With A Cost 💔 Toxic Friendship 🖤 Psychological Horror

You Must Not Miss 91%

A teenage outcast's imaginary world becomes real. She uses it to make people disappear.

by Katrina Leno 2019

3.39

3k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔥 Revenge Fantasy ⚠️ Magic With A Cost 💔 Toxic Friendship 🖤 Psychological Horror

She Who Rides the Storm

by Caitlin Sangster • 2021

A healer and a fugitive plunder a shapeshifter king's tomb to catch a soul-stealing killer.

3.74

675

🏛️ Tomb Raiding Fantasy 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Cursed Sword 💀 Soul Magic 🌿 Healer Protagonist

She Who Rides the Storm 91%

A healer and a fugitive plunder a shapeshifter king's tomb to catch a soul-stealing killer.

by Caitlin Sangster 2021

3.74

675 ratings

🏛️ Tomb Raiding Fantasy 🤝 Found Family ⚔️ Cursed Sword 💀 Soul Magic 🌿 Healer Protagonist

The Excalibur Curse

by Kiersten White • 2021

A captive queen discovers she's a magical copy, and the truth could destroy her.

3.60

5k+

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 👑 Feminist Fantasy 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🌙 Dream Magic 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Knight

The Excalibur Curse 91%

A captive queen discovers she's a magical copy, and the truth could destroy her.

by Kiersten White 2021

3.60

5k+ ratings

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The Faraway Inn 91%

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4.17

15k+ ratings

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The Young Elites 91%

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by Marie Lu 2014

3.86

143k+ ratings

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3.90

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Fated 90%

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3.90

32k+ ratings

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