50 Books like Amongst Our Weapons

The Tainted Cup

by Robert Jackson Bennett

Trees erupt from a corpse. A blindfolded detective tracks the spores to a dynasty's buried atrocity.

4.29

96k+

🧬 Biopunk Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🦠 Engineered Contagion 💰 Corrupt Gentry 🏛️ Living Architecture

The Tainted Cup 92%

Trees erupt from a corpse. A blindfolded detective tracks the spores to a dynasty's buried atrocity.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2024

4.29

96k+ ratings

🧬 Biopunk Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🦠 Engineered Contagion 💰 Corrupt Gentry 🏛️ Living Architecture

Storm Front

by Jim Butcher • 2000

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

3.97

383k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir 🕯️ Demon Summoning 🧛 Vampire Politics

Storm Front 95%

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

by Jim Butcher 2000

3.97

383k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir 🕯️ Demon Summoning 🧛 Vampire Politics

Fated

by Benedict Jacka • 2012

A diviner's quiet shop life shatters when dark mages hunt his friend for a reality-altering relic.

3.90

32k+

🏙️ London Urban Fantasy 👤 Reluctant Mentor 🍀 Cursed Heroine 🖤 Found Family 🏛️ Mage Politics

Fated 94%

A diviner's quiet shop life shatters when dark mages hunt his friend for a reality-altering relic.

by Benedict Jacka 2012

3.90

32k+ ratings

🏙️ London Urban Fantasy 👤 Reluctant Mentor 🍀 Cursed Heroine 🖤 Found Family 🏛️ Mage Politics

Priceless

by Shannon Mayer • 2012

A magic-immune tracker hunts a missing girl as an FBI agent hunts her for it.

4.07

20k+

🔍 Supernatural Detective 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Reluctant Partners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌃 Hidden World

Priceless 93%

A magic-immune tracker hunts a missing girl as an FBI agent hunts her for it.

by Shannon Mayer 2012

4.07

20k+ ratings

🔍 Supernatural Detective 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Reluctant Partners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌃 Hidden World

Rosemary and Rue

by Seanan McGuire • 2009

A dying faerie's curse binds a changeling PI to find her killer or die.

3.78

40k+

🖤 Urban Fantasy Noir 🔍 Fae Mystery 🌓 Changeling Protagonist 👑 Fae Politics 🌿 Hidden Fae World

Rosemary and Rue 93%

A dying faerie's curse binds a changeling PI to find her killer or die.

by Seanan McGuire 2009

3.78

40k+ ratings

🖤 Urban Fantasy Noir 🔍 Fae Mystery 🌓 Changeling Protagonist 👑 Fae Politics 🌿 Hidden Fae World

Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors

by Annette Marie • 2020

A psychic con man caught by magic police must help an agent track his empath ex-friend.

4.22

7k+

👮 Magic Police 🎭 Con Artist Hero 🤝 Reluctant Partners 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🏦 Magical Heist

Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors Summary

Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors 93%

A psychic con man caught by magic police must help an agent track his empath ex-friend.

by Annette Marie 2020

4.22

7k+ ratings

👮 Magic Police 🎭 Con Artist Hero 🤝 Reluctant Partners 💕 Slow-Burn Romance 🏦 Magical Heist

Burn for Me

by Ilona Andrews • 2014

Hunting a pyrokinetic killer to save her family, a PI must trust a telekinetic war criminal.

4.29

76k+

🔍 Magical Detective 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero ⚡ Hidden Powers Awakening 👑 Magical Aristocracy

Burn for Me 92%

Hunting a pyrokinetic killer to save her family, a PI must trust a telekinetic war criminal.

by Ilona Andrews 2014

4.29

76k+ ratings

🔍 Magical Detective 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero ⚡ Hidden Powers Awakening 👑 Magical Aristocracy

The Society of Unknowable Objects

by Gareth Brown • 2025

Magic is real, hidden in a London bookshop. A killer knows, and he's coming for it.

3.84

15k+

🕵️ Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Magical Artifacts 📚 Book About Books ☕ Cozy Bookshop Energy 🧵 Living Artifact

The Society of Unknowable Objects Summary

The Society of Unknowable Objects 92%

Magic is real, hidden in a London bookshop. A killer knows, and he's coming for it.

by Gareth Brown 2025

3.84

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Magical Artifacts 📚 Book About Books ☕ Cozy Bookshop Energy 🧵 Living Artifact

Dead Witch Walking

by Kim Harrison • 2004

A witch quits the force, gets marked for death, and must take down a crime lord.

4.04

130k+

🧙‍♀️ Witch Protagonist 💕 Found Family 🧛 Vampire Partner 😏 Snarky Narrator 🎯 Bounty Hunter

Dead Witch Walking 92%

A witch quits the force, gets marked for death, and must take down a crime lord.

by Kim Harrison 2004

4.04

130k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witch Protagonist 💕 Found Family 🧛 Vampire Partner 😏 Snarky Narrator 🎯 Bounty Hunter

An Instruction in Shadow

by Benedict Jacka • 2024

Searching for his father, a broke mage battles a secret society and a hostile noble family.

4.12

3k+

🌃 Magical Underworld 💰 Magical Economy 🔍 Secret Society 🔎 Missing Parent Quest ❤️ Found Family

An Instruction in Shadow 92%

Searching for his father, a broke mage battles a secret society and a hostile noble family.

by Benedict Jacka 2024

4.12

3k+ ratings

🌃 Magical Underworld 💰 Magical Economy 🔍 Secret Society 🔎 Missing Parent Quest ❤️ Found Family

City of Stairs

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2014

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

4.10

41k+

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City ✨ Divine Artifacts ⚔️ Rebel Insurgency

City of Stairs 92%

A spy investigates a murdered historian in a city where dead gods are reawakening.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2014

4.10

41k+ ratings

🏚️ Fallen Gods 🌍 Post-Colonial Fantasy 🚪 Hidden City ✨ Divine Artifacts ⚔️ Rebel Insurgency

The Flaw in All Magic

by Ben S. Dobson • 2017

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

4.11

3k+

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤝 Reluctant Partners

The Flaw in All Magic 92%

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

by Ben S. Dobson 2017

4.11

3k+ ratings

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤝 Reluctant Partners

Three Mages and a Margarita

by Annette Marie • 2018

A fiery waitress stumbles into a bartending job at a magical guild where humans are forbidden.

4.13

25k+

🏰 Magical Guild 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🍺 Magical Pub 👤 Human In Magical World 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Three Mages and a Margarita 92%

A fiery waitress stumbles into a bartending job at a magical guild where humans are forbidden.

by Annette Marie 2018

4.13

25k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Guild 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🍺 Magical Pub 👤 Human In Magical World 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Something from the Nightside

by Simon R. Green • 2003

A PI chases a runaway into hidden London's endless night, where old enemies wait.

3.78

26k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🏙️ Hidden Magical London 💡 Neon Noir 🤫 Client With Secrets 🥃 Damaged Detective

Something from the Nightside 94%

A PI chases a runaway into hidden London's endless night, where old enemies wait.

by Simon R. Green 2003

3.78

26k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🏙️ Hidden Magical London 💡 Neon Noir 🤫 Client With Secrets 🥃 Damaged Detective

Kraken

by China Miéville • 2010

His stolen giant squid drags a museum curator into London's hidden war over gods and reality.

3.62

29k+

🏙️ Hidden Magical London 🦑 Lovecraftian Fantasy 🔮 Doomsday Cult 🎪 Absurdist Horror 📋 Magical Bureaucracy

Kraken 94%

His stolen giant squid drags a museum curator into London's hidden war over gods and reality.

by China Miéville 2010

3.62

29k+ ratings

🏙️ Hidden Magical London 🦑 Lovecraftian Fantasy 🔮 Doomsday Cult 🎪 Absurdist Horror 📋 Magical Bureaucracy

Weaveworld

by Clive Barker

A Liverpool clerk discovers a magical world inside a carpet as an ancient destroyer closes in.

4.13

34k+

🗺️ Hidden Magical World 🌹 Grotesque Beauty 🌫️ Mythic Melancholy 🤝 Found Family 💭 Imagination As Power

Weaveworld 91%

A Liverpool clerk discovers a magical world inside a carpet as an ancient destroyer closes in.

by Clive Barker 1987

4.13

34k+ ratings

🗺️ Hidden Magical World 🌹 Grotesque Beauty 🌫️ Mythic Melancholy 🤝 Found Family 💭 Imagination As Power

An Inheritance of Magic

by Benedict Jacka • 2023

An outsider's hidden magical talent makes him a pawn in a ruthless family's war for supremacy.

4.09

5k+

🪙 Magical Economics 🧥 Outsider Hero 👑 Family Power Plays 🐈 Cat Companion 🇬🇧 London Fantasy

An Inheritance of Magic 92%

An outsider's hidden magical talent makes him a pawn in a ruthless family's war for supremacy.

by Benedict Jacka 2023

4.09

5k+ ratings

🪙 Magical Economics 🧥 Outsider Hero 👑 Family Power Plays 🐈 Cat Companion 🇬🇧 London Fantasy

The Witches of Scotland

by Steven P. Aitchison • 2022

His magic locked away at birth. A witch hunt is coming, and silence won't protect him.

3.94

8k+

🟣 Crystal Magic 🏫 Witch Academy 🔮 Hidden Powers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Inheritance

The Witches of Scotland 92%

His magic locked away at birth. A witch hunt is coming, and silence won't protect him.

by Steven P. Aitchison 2022

3.94

8k+ ratings

🟣 Crystal Magic 🏫 Witch Academy 🔮 Hidden Powers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Inheritance

Burn for Me

by Ilona Andrews • 2014

Hunting a pyrokinetic killer to save her family, a PI must trust a telekinetic war criminal.

4.29

76k+

🔍 Magical Detective 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero ⚡ Hidden Powers Awakening 👑 Magical Aristocracy

Burn for Me 92%

Hunting a pyrokinetic killer to save her family, a PI must trust a telekinetic war criminal.

by Ilona Andrews 2014

4.29

76k+ ratings

🔍 Magical Detective 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero ⚡ Hidden Powers Awakening 👑 Magical Aristocracy

Terrier

by Tamora Pierce • 2006

A shy guard-trainee hears dead souls. Her first case: a kidnapper stalking the city's poorest ward.

4.16

70k+

🔍 Fantasy Mystery 🛡️ City Guard Fantasy 👮 Rookie Cop 💀 Necromantic Gift 🐱 Cat Companion

Terrier 92%

A shy guard-trainee hears dead souls. Her first case: a kidnapper stalking the city's poorest ward.

by Tamora Pierce 2006

4.16

70k+ ratings

🔍 Fantasy Mystery 🛡️ City Guard Fantasy 👮 Rookie Cop 💀 Necromantic Gift 🐱 Cat Companion

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 92%

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

Hounded

by Kevin Hearne • 2011

A Druid hid in Arizona for centuries with a god's stolen sword. The hiding just ended.

4.10

93k+

🍀 Celtic Mythology 🕰️ Hidden Immortal 🐺 Talking Animal Sidekick ⚔️ Magical Sword ⚡ Godly Vendetta

Hounded 92%

A Druid hid in Arizona for centuries with a god's stolen sword. The hiding just ended.

by Kevin Hearne 2011

4.10

93k+ ratings

🍀 Celtic Mythology 🕰️ Hidden Immortal 🐺 Talking Animal Sidekick ⚔️ Magical Sword ⚡ Godly Vendetta

Three Kinds of Lucky

by Kim Harrison • 2024

Magic's waste awakens as a sentient shadow. Only the cleaner who handles it can stop it.

3.90

5k+

🏭 Arcane Infrastructure 🧬 Hidden Heritage 🐕 Shadow Companion ⚖️ Class Divide 🗡️ Friend Turned Foe

Three Kinds of Lucky 92%

Magic's waste awakens as a sentient shadow. Only the cleaner who handles it can stop it.

by Kim Harrison 2024

3.90

5k+ ratings

🏭 Arcane Infrastructure 🧬 Hidden Heritage 🐕 Shadow Companion ⚖️ Class Divide 🗡️ Friend Turned Foe

Magic Bites

by Ilona Andrews • 2007

Her guardian murdered, a mercenary hunts a vampiric creature through an Atlanta ruled by magic.

4.05

136k+

🕵️ Magic Detective 🐺 Shapechanger Pack 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🧛 Vampire Necromancy 👹 Ancient Monsters

Magic Bites 92%

Her guardian murdered, a mercenary hunts a vampiric creature through an Atlanta ruled by magic.

by Ilona Andrews 2007

4.05

136k+ ratings

🕵️ Magic Detective 🐺 Shapechanger Pack 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🧛 Vampire Necromancy 👹 Ancient Monsters

Junkyard Druid

by M.D. Massey • 2016

Blackmailed by the fae, a cursed druid must retrieve a stolen weapon that could kill gods.

3.89

5k+

🍀 Celtic Urban Fantasy 👑 Faerie Court Politics 🔮 Cursed Protagonist 😤 Berserker Rage 🫂 Found Family

Junkyard Druid 91%

Blackmailed by the fae, a cursed druid must retrieve a stolen weapon that could kill gods.

by M.D. Massey 2016

3.89

5k+ ratings

🍀 Celtic Urban Fantasy 👑 Faerie Court Politics 🔮 Cursed Protagonist 😤 Berserker Rage 🫂 Found Family

Bitten

by Kelley Armstrong • 2001

A rogue werewolf's attacks force the only female werewolf back to her pack and possessive ex.

4.02

106k+

🐺 Werewolf Pack Politics 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌕 Reluctant Werewolf 💞 Fated Mates 🖤 Alpha Hero

Bitten 91%

A rogue werewolf's attacks force the only female werewolf back to her pack and possessive ex.

by Kelley Armstrong 2001

4.02

106k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Pack Politics 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌕 Reluctant Werewolf 💞 Fated Mates 🖤 Alpha Hero

He Who Fights with Monsters

by Shirtaloon

A gamer is pulled into a world of floating screens and cannibals, his only way home: level up.

4.36

42k+

🔢 LitRPG 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Antihero Protagonist 😈 Dark Humor

He Who Fights with Monsters 91%

A gamer is pulled into a world of floating screens and cannibals, his only way home: level up.

by Shirtaloon 2021

4.36

42k+ ratings

🔢 LitRPG 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Antihero Protagonist 😈 Dark Humor

Skulduggery Pleasant

by Derek Landy • 2007

A twelve-year-old inherits a skeleton detective and a secret war over an ancient relic.

4.18

73k+

🔍 Occult Detective 🗝️ Secret Magical World 🗿 Ancient Artifact Quest 💬 Witty Banter 🖤 Dark Humor

Skulduggery Pleasant 93%

A twelve-year-old inherits a skeleton detective and a secret war over an ancient relic.

by Derek Landy 2007

4.18

73k+ ratings

🔍 Occult Detective 🗝️ Secret Magical World 🗿 Ancient Artifact Quest 💬 Witty Banter 🖤 Dark Humor

The Stolen Wizard

by Peter J. Woods • 2023

Demons hunt a sleeping student. A merciless wizard trains him as the city's secret weapon.

4.30

391

🧙 Magical Mentorship 🏙️ Hidden Magical World 🧠 Psychic Abilities 🖤 Found Family 🔍 Supernatural Investigation

The Stolen Wizard 93%

Demons hunt a sleeping student. A merciless wizard trains him as the city's secret weapon.

by Peter J. Woods 2023

4.30

391 ratings

🧙 Magical Mentorship 🏙️ Hidden Magical World 🧠 Psychic Abilities 🖤 Found Family 🔍 Supernatural Investigation

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant

by Drew Hayes • 2014

A vampire who'd rather do taxes than bite necks must save his girlfriend from his sire.

3.84

18k+

🦇 Vampire Comedy 💼 Reluctant Vampire 🫂 Found Family ☕ Everyday Supernatural 📋 Supernatural Bureaucracy

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant Summary

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant 91%

A vampire who'd rather do taxes than bite necks must save his girlfriend from his sire.

by Drew Hayes 2014

3.84

18k+ ratings

🦇 Vampire Comedy 💼 Reluctant Vampire 🫂 Found Family ☕ Everyday Supernatural 📋 Supernatural Bureaucracy

Guilty Pleasures

by Laurell K. Hamilton • 1993

A necromancer hunts vampires until their master forces her to hunt their killer instead.

4.02

154k+

🕵️ Supernatural Investigator 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🩸 Vampire Politics 📜 Legalized Monsters 🤝 Uneasy Alliances

Guilty Pleasures 91%

A necromancer hunts vampires until their master forces her to hunt their killer instead.

by Laurell K. Hamilton 1993

4.02

154k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Investigator 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🩸 Vampire Politics 📜 Legalized Monsters 🤝 Uneasy Alliances

Three Mages and a Margarita

by Annette Marie • 2018

A fiery waitress stumbles into a bartending job at a magical guild where humans are forbidden.

4.13

25k+

🏰 Magical Guild 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🍺 Magical Pub 👤 Human In Magical World 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Three Mages and a Margarita 91%

A fiery waitress stumbles into a bartending job at a magical guild where humans are forbidden.

by Annette Marie 2018

4.13

25k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Guild 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🍺 Magical Pub 👤 Human In Magical World 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

White Trash Warlock

by David R. Slayton • 2020

A broke warlock must save his brother's wife from a spirit devouring Denver's magical protectors.

3.91

12k+

🛠️ Working Class Magic 💔 Estranged Siblings 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👻 Possessed Loved One 🩸 Generational Trauma

White Trash Warlock 91%

A broke warlock must save his brother's wife from a spirit devouring Denver's magical protectors.

by David R. Slayton 2020

3.91

12k+ ratings

🛠️ Working Class Magic 💔 Estranged Siblings 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👻 Possessed Loved One 🩸 Generational Trauma

Witch's Sorrow

by Taylor Aston White • 2019

A witch cop botches an arrest and uncovers the sickness killing an alpha werewolf's pack.

4.04

2k+

🕵️ Supernatural Investigation 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Survivor 🐺 Alpha Werewolf ⚖️ Supernatural Politics

Witch's Sorrow 91%

A witch cop botches an arrest and uncovers the sickness killing an alpha werewolf's pack.

by Taylor Aston White 2019

4.04

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Investigation 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Survivor 🐺 Alpha Werewolf ⚖️ Supernatural Politics

The Screaming Staircase

by Jonathan Stroud • 2013

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

4.25

76k+

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🔍 Cold Case Murder

The Screaming Staircase 91%

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

by Jonathan Stroud 2013

4.25

76k+ ratings

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🔍 Cold Case Murder

The Bad Weather Friend

by Dean Koontz • 2024

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

3.88

40k+

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

The Bad Weather Friend 91%

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

by Dean Koontz 2024

3.88

40k+ ratings

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

The Atrocity Archives

by Charles Stross • 2004

Bob Howard's IT job implodes when he's drafted to fight cosmic horrors with applied mathematics.

3.89

27k+

🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🕵️ Occult Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare 🖤 Dark Satire

The Atrocity Archives 91%

Bob Howard's IT job implodes when he's drafted to fight cosmic horrors with applied mathematics.

by Charles Stross 2004

3.89

27k+ ratings

🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🕵️ Occult Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare 🖤 Dark Satire

The Poisoner's Enemy

by Jeff Wheeler • 2018

A midwife's daughter, forged into a poisoner and spy, must decide whose crown she will save.

4.52

6k+

⚔️ Political Fantasy 🧪 Female Poisoner 👑 Court Intrigue 💔 Forbidden Love 🗡️ Reluctant Assassin

The Poisoner's Enemy 91%

A midwife's daughter, forged into a poisoner and spy, must decide whose crown she will save.

by Jeff Wheeler 2018

4.52

6k+ ratings

⚔️ Political Fantasy 🧪 Female Poisoner 👑 Court Intrigue 💔 Forbidden Love 🗡️ Reluctant Assassin

Nevermore

by Keith R.A. DeCandido • 2007

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

3.84

8k+

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🎓 Academic Villain

Nevermore 91%

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

by Keith R.A. DeCandido 2007

3.84

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🎓 Academic Villain

Ink & Sigil

by Kevin Hearne • 2020

After his seventh apprentice dies, a cursed Glasgow sigil agent uncovers a goddess trafficking Fae.

4.14

11k+

☘️ Celtic Urban Fantasy 🖤 Fae Noir 😔 Cursed Protagonist 🔍 Magical Investigation 👥 Found Family

Ink & Sigil 93%

After his seventh apprentice dies, a cursed Glasgow sigil agent uncovers a goddess trafficking Fae.

by Kevin Hearne 2020

4.14

11k+ ratings

☘️ Celtic Urban Fantasy 🖤 Fae Noir 😔 Cursed Protagonist 🔍 Magical Investigation 👥 Found Family

Dire Straits

by Helen Harper • 2014

Framed for a daemon's murder, a PI discovers escaping the vampires means becoming one.

3.84

4k+

🕵️ Noir Urban Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Politics 🏃 Framed For Murder 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 😈 Bloodlust Struggle

Dire Straits 93%

Framed for a daemon's murder, a PI discovers escaping the vampires means becoming one.

by Helen Harper 2014

3.84

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Noir Urban Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Politics 🏃 Framed For Murder 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 😈 Bloodlust Struggle

Book of Night

by Holly Black

A shredded shadow corpse spurs a thief to steal a dark book before her sister is murdered.

3.54

89k+

🖤 Shadow Magic 🃏 Con Artist Heroine 🗝️ Heist And Caper 🌑 Monstrous Love Interest 🕯️ Gothic Noir Energy

Book of Night 91%

A shredded shadow corpse spurs a thief to steal a dark book before her sister is murdered.

by Holly Black 2022

3.54

89k+ ratings

🖤 Shadow Magic 🃏 Con Artist Heroine 🗝️ Heist And Caper 🌑 Monstrous Love Interest 🕯️ Gothic Noir Energy

The Librarian of Crooked Lane

by C.J. Archer • 2022

A librarian seeking magical roots lands in an enchanted art heist beside a haunted war hero.

3.83

26k+

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🧳 Orphaned Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 📚 Magical Library

The Librarian of Crooked Lane 91%

A librarian seeking magical roots lands in an enchanted art heist beside a haunted war hero.

by C.J. Archer 2022

3.83

26k+ ratings

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🧳 Orphaned Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 📚 Magical Library

Monster Hunter International

by Larry Correia • 2009

An accountant kills his werewolf boss and gets recruited by monster hunters to stop the apocalypse.

4.07

30k+

🔫 Guns And Monsters 📚 Pulp Urban Fantasy 🔮 Chosen One Subverted 💭 Prophetic Dreams 👥 Ragtag Monster Hunters

Monster Hunter International 91%

An accountant kills his werewolf boss and gets recruited by monster hunters to stop the apocalypse.

by Larry Correia 2009

4.07

30k+ ratings

🔫 Guns And Monsters 📚 Pulp Urban Fantasy 🔮 Chosen One Subverted 💭 Prophetic Dreams 👥 Ragtag Monster Hunters

The Bone Witch

by Ivy Asher • 2020

Bound to an immortal, a bone witch's volatile power could save his brother or ruin them.

4.13

13k+

💀 Bone Magic 🔗 Forced Magical Bond 😤 Reluctant Witch 🖤 Immortal Love Interest 😏 Snarky Narrator

The Bone Witch 91%

Bound to an immortal, a bone witch's volatile power could save his brother or ruin them.

by Ivy Asher 2020

4.13

13k+ ratings

💀 Bone Magic 🔗 Forced Magical Bond 😤 Reluctant Witch 🖤 Immortal Love Interest 😏 Snarky Narrator

Death and Other Occupational Hazards

by Veronika Dapunt • 2025

Death takes a sabbatical as a London paralegal, only to discover deaths outside the cosmic plan.

3.77

4k+

📋 Cosmic Bureaucracy 💀 Personified Death 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Rivalry 💫 Immortal Becomes Mortal 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

Death and Other Occupational Hazards Summary

Death and Other Occupational Hazards 91%

Death takes a sabbatical as a London paralegal, only to discover deaths outside the cosmic plan.

by Veronika Dapunt 2025

3.77

4k+ ratings

📋 Cosmic Bureaucracy 💀 Personified Death 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Rivalry 💫 Immortal Becomes Mortal 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

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Bungo Stray Dogs Light Novels, Vol. 1 91%

A by-the-book detective vets a death-obsessed partner as a shadowy bomber threatens Yokohama.

by Kafka Asagiri 2014

4.34

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Detectives 🤝 Odd Couple Partners 💔 Tragic Antagonist 🎭 Hidden Mastermind 🖤 Dark Humor

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A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

3.90

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The City & the City 91%

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

by China Miéville 2009

3.90

80k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities 🕳️ Hidden City 🏺 Artifact Smuggling

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Three desperate women hunt a serial killer who carves spells from the bodies of witches.

4.06

13k+

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The Invocations 91%

Three desperate women hunt a serial killer who carves spells from the bodies of witches.

by Krystal Sutherland 2024

4.06

13k+ ratings

🕯️ Occult Murder Mystery 📚 Dark Witch Academia 🖤 Found Family Coven ☠️ Necromancy Quest 🌙 Sapphic Dark Fantasy

Lady Midnight

by Cassandra Clare • 2016

When ritual murders hit Los Angeles, a Shadowhunter risks her forbidden love to find the killer.

4.35

247k+

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Lady Midnight 91%

When ritual murders hit Los Angeles, a Shadowhunter risks her forbidden love to find the killer.

by Cassandra Clare 2016

4.35

247k+ ratings

🔪 Occult Murders 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Grief-Driven Revenge 🧚 Faerie Bargains 🏠 Found Family

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