50 Books like An Instruction in Shadow

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 93%

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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

False Value

by Ben Aaronovitch • 2020

A suspended police wizard goes undercover at a tech firm and finds the code is haunted.

4.10

27k+

🕵️ Magical Detective 🕶️ Undercover Mission 👻 Haunted Technology 🫂 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

False Value 93%

A suspended police wizard goes undercover at a tech firm and finds the code is haunted.

by Ben Aaronovitch 2020

4.10

27k+ ratings

🕵️ Magical Detective 🕶️ Undercover Mission 👻 Haunted Technology 🫂 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

The Ambassador's Mission

by Trudi Canavan • 2010

To learn forbidden magic, a magician's son follows an ambassador into a slave-holding land.

3.93

23k+

📚 Magical Academia 🏛️ Political Fantasy 👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bond 🗝️ Secret Magical Society 🔍 Murder Investigation

The Ambassador's Mission 93%

To learn forbidden magic, a magician's son follows an ambassador into a slave-holding land.

by Trudi Canavan 2010

3.93

23k+ ratings

📚 Magical Academia 🏛️ Political Fantasy 👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bond 🗝️ Secret Magical Society 🔍 Murder Investigation

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

The Courting of Bristol Keats

by Mary E. Pearson • 2024

Lured by a fae gift, a woman is bound to a scarred king's hunt for a hidden portal.

3.66

22k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 👑 Fae Court Intrigue 🤝 Fae Bargain 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔒 Suppressed Power

The Courting of Bristol Keats 93%

Lured by a fae gift, a woman is bound to a scarred king's hunt for a hidden portal.

by Mary E. Pearson 2024

3.66

22k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 👑 Fae Court Intrigue 🤝 Fae Bargain 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔒 Suppressed Power

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

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 93%

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 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 93%

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

Blaze of Glory

by Michael Pryor • 2006

A half-dead young magician, a royal hunting party, and a conspiracy to assassinate the Crown Prince.

3.79

1k+

🛠️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧪 Magic As Science 💀 Death Magic 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Blaze of Glory 93%

A half-dead young magician, a royal hunting party, and a conspiracy to assassinate the Crown Prince.

by Michael Pryor 2006

3.79

1k+ ratings

🛠️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧪 Magic As Science 💀 Death Magic 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

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

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

The Imposter's Inheritance

by C.J. Archer • 2020

When a magical coronet disappears, a watch magician follows the clues into London's secret trade.

4.04

8k+

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔍 Married Sleuths 💎 Magical Heist 🫂 Found Family 👑 Secret Heir

The Imposter's Inheritance 93%

When a magical coronet disappears, a watch magician follows the clues into London's secret trade.

by C.J. Archer 2020

4.04

8k+ ratings

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔍 Married Sleuths 💎 Magical Heist 🫂 Found Family 👑 Secret Heir

Agent of Enchantment

by C.N. Crawford • 2017

An FBI profiler tracking ritual murders in London discovers the killer is fae, and so is she.

4.01

7k+

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 🧬 Hidden Fae Heritage 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic London 👑 Fae Court Intrigue

Agent of Enchantment 92%

An FBI profiler tracking ritual murders in London discovers the killer is fae, and so is she.

by C.N. Crawford 2017

4.01

7k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 🧬 Hidden Fae Heritage 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic London 👑 Fae Court Intrigue

Inked

by Rachel Rener • 2022

Forbidden ink animates a Miami tattooist's work, and the fae realm comes for her blood.

4.18

6k+

🌐 Portal Fantasy 🧝 Fae Realm 🖋️ Magical Tattoos 💋 Incubus Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Inked 92%

Forbidden ink animates a Miami tattooist's work, and the fae realm comes for her blood.

by Rachel Rener 2022

4.18

6k+ ratings

🌐 Portal Fantasy 🧝 Fae Realm 🖋️ Magical Tattoos 💋 Incubus Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Cartographers

by Peng Shepherd • 2022

Her father's map hides a town drawn into existence. He died keeping that secret.

3.63

81k+

🗺️ Secret Geography 📚 Academic Mystery 💔 Father-Daughter Rift 🫂 Found Family 🗄️ Obsessive Collector

The Cartographers 92%

Her father's map hides a town drawn into existence. He died keeping that secret.

by Peng Shepherd 2022

3.63

81k+ ratings

🗺️ Secret Geography 📚 Academic Mystery 💔 Father-Daughter Rift 🫂 Found Family 🗄️ Obsessive Collector

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

The Atlas Six

by Olivie Blake

Six magicians earn a place in a secret society, then learn that initiation requires murder.

3.54

285k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🔮 Secret Magical Society 💀 Deadly Initiation 🧠 Psychological Warfare ⚔️ Rivals To Allies

The Atlas Six 92%

Six magicians earn a place in a secret society, then learn that initiation requires murder.

by Olivie Blake 2020

3.54

285k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔮 Secret Magical Society 💀 Deadly Initiation 🧠 Psychological Warfare ⚔️ Rivals To Allies

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

The Book of Doors

by Gareth Brown • 2024

A bookseller's inherited book opens doors to anywhere, but a deadly collector wants it for herself.

4.03

111k+

📚 Magical Books 🚪 Portal Magic 📖 Bookstore Life 👥 Found Family ✨ Everyday Magic

The Book of Doors 92%

A bookseller's inherited book opens doors to anywhere, but a deadly collector wants it for herself.

by Gareth Brown 2024

4.03

111k+ ratings

📚 Magical Books 🚪 Portal Magic 📖 Bookstore Life 👥 Found Family ✨ Everyday Magic

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 92%

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 Bone Season

by Samantha Shannon • 2013

A clairvoyant fugitive is shipped to a secret prison where immortal beings feed on her kind.

3.84

104k+

🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 🇬🇧 Alternate London ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔮 Psychic Abilities

The Bone Season 92%

A clairvoyant fugitive is shipped to a secret prison where immortal beings feed on her kind.

by Samantha Shannon 2013

3.84

104k+ ratings

🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 🇬🇧 Alternate London ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔮 Psychic Abilities

Taming Demons for Beginners

by Annette Marie • 2019

A bookish orphan bakes for a captive demon king, sealing a contract that brands them outlaws.

4.30

20k+

🔥 Demon Summoning 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🤝 Enemies To Allies 🏠 Found Family 🌃 Hidden Magical World

Taming Demons for Beginners 92%

A bookish orphan bakes for a captive demon king, sealing a contract that brands them outlaws.

by Annette Marie 2019

4.30

20k+ ratings

🔥 Demon Summoning 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🤝 Enemies To Allies 🏠 Found Family 🌃 Hidden Magical World

Infinity Son

by Adam Silvera • 2020

His phoenix fire goes viral. Now both sides of a magical war want his blood.

3.30

14k+

🛡️ Found Family Vigilantes 👥 Sibling Rivalry Fantasy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Slow Burn 📱 Social Media Fame Costs ⚖️ Morally Gray Cast

Infinity Son 92%

His phoenix fire goes viral. Now both sides of a magical war want his blood.

by Adam Silvera 2020

3.30

14k+ ratings

🛡️ Found Family Vigilantes 👥 Sibling Rivalry Fantasy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Slow Burn 📱 Social Media Fame Costs ⚖️ Morally Gray Cast

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 92%

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

Quiver of Cobras

by Helen Harper • 2018

An amnesiac faery guards a dragon sphere her ex-lover needs to drown the world in magic.

4.00

2k+

🧝 Faery Politics 💭 Memory Loss 💔 Former Lovers 🗡️ Magical Artifact 🎭 Hidden Identity

Quiver of Cobras 92%

An amnesiac faery guards a dragon sphere her ex-lover needs to drown the world in magic.

by Helen Harper 2018

4.00

2k+ ratings

🧝 Faery Politics 💭 Memory Loss 💔 Former Lovers 🗡️ Magical Artifact 🎭 Hidden Identity

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

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 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 92%

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

Chase the Dark

by Annette Marie • 2014

Framed for a massacre, a magicless apprentice runs with two daemons she's falling for.

4.17

14k+

🪄 Magicless Heroine 💕 Love Triangle 🫂 Found Family 🏃 Framed For A Crime 🌑 Daemon Underworld

Chase the Dark 92%

Framed for a massacre, a magicless apprentice runs with two daemons she's falling for.

by Annette Marie 2014

4.17

14k+ ratings

🪄 Magicless Heroine 💕 Love Triangle 🫂 Found Family 🏃 Framed For A Crime 🌑 Daemon Underworld

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

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 92%

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

The Alchemyst

by Michael Scott • 2007

Twins' summer job with an immortal alchemist turns deadly when his life-preserving book is stolen.

3.86

168k+

🏛️ Modern Mythology 🗺️ Hidden Magical World 👥 Prophesied Twins 🧙 Immortal Mentor 💨 Elemental Magic

The Alchemyst 92%

Twins' summer job with an immortal alchemist turns deadly when his life-preserving book is stolen.

by Michael Scott 2007

3.86

168k+ ratings

🏛️ Modern Mythology 🗺️ Hidden Magical World 👥 Prophesied Twins 🧙 Immortal Mentor 💨 Elemental Magic

Pawn

by Karen Lynch • 2020

After her parents vanish, a Brooklyn girl turns fae bounty hunter, entering a prince's deadly game.

4.49

5k+

🏹 Bounty Hunter Heroine 👑 Fae Court Intrigue 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🤴 Hidden Royalty 💔 Betrayal By Lover

Pawn 92%

After her parents vanish, a Brooklyn girl turns fae bounty hunter, entering a prince's deadly game.

by Karen Lynch 2020

4.49

5k+ ratings

🏹 Bounty Hunter Heroine 👑 Fae Court Intrigue 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🤴 Hidden Royalty 💔 Betrayal By Lover

Magical Academy for Delinquents

by Ann Denton • 2020

A witch deliberately gets expelled to a magic reform school to recruit a heist crew.

4.22

2k+

💰 Magical Heist ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🏫 Dangerous Magic School 🔪 Damaged Heroine

Magical Academy for Delinquents 92%

A witch deliberately gets expelled to a magic reform school to recruit a heist crew.

by Ann Denton 2020

4.22

2k+ ratings

💰 Magical Heist ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🏫 Dangerous Magic School 🔪 Damaged Heroine

Play of Shadows

by Sebastien de Castell • 2024

Fleeing a duelist, a failed actor takes refuge in a theater where the dead speak.

4.28

1k+

🎭 Theatrical Fantasy ✨ Performance Magic 👥 Found Family 🐇 Reluctant Hero 🖤 Slow-Burn Romance

Play of Shadows 92%

Fleeing a duelist, a failed actor takes refuge in a theater where the dead speak.

by Sebastien de Castell 2024

4.28

1k+ ratings

🎭 Theatrical Fantasy ✨ Performance Magic 👥 Found Family 🐇 Reluctant Hero 🖤 Slow-Burn Romance

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+

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3.89

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4.25

65k+ ratings

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4.07

2k+ ratings

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