50 Books like Clockwork Angel

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 93%

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 Infernal Devices

by Cassandra Clare • 2012

An American girl in Victorian London is kidnapped and forced to shapeshift to rescue her brother.

4.22

16k+

🕰️ Gaslamp Fantasy 💔 Love Triangle 🔮 Hidden Powers 🗡️ Family Betrayal 🏠 Found Family

The Infernal Devices 96%

An American girl in Victorian London is kidnapped and forced to shapeshift to rescue her brother.

by Cassandra Clare 2012

4.22

16k+ ratings

🕰️ Gaslamp Fantasy 💔 Love Triangle 🔮 Hidden Powers 🗡️ Family Betrayal 🏠 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 94%

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

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds

by G.P. Taylor • 2007

Guests combust at his hotel. A golden-fingered boy races a secret society for cursed diamonds.

3.99

197

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Plot 💎 Cursed Treasure Quest ⚡ Apprentice Magician 🌊 Gothic Seaside

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds Summary

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds 93%

Guests combust at his hotel. A golden-fingered boy races a secret society for cursed diamonds.

by G.P. Taylor 2007

3.99

197 ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Plot 💎 Cursed Treasure Quest ⚡ Apprentice Magician 🌊 Gothic Seaside

Anatomy

by Dana Schwartz • 2022

She needs corpses for anatomy. He digs them up. Their love exposes a surgeon's immortality secret.

3.84

110k+

🖤 Dark Academia ⚰️ Body Snatching 🥀 Gothic Romance 🎭 Disguised As A Boy 🔬 Women In Science

Anatomy 93%

She needs corpses for anatomy. He digs them up. Their love exposes a surgeon's immortality secret.

by Dana Schwartz 2022

3.84

110k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia ⚰️ Body Snatching 🥀 Gothic Romance 🎭 Disguised As A Boy 🔬 Women In Science

Daughter of Shades

by Sylvia Mercedes • 2019

Wolf-possessed huntress and scarred rival face a sentient wood that devours its hunters.

3.88

3k+

🗡️ Demon Hunter 🐺 Inner Beast 👤 Hidden Origins ❤️‍🔥 Rivals To Lovers 🌲 Cursed Forest

Daughter of Shades 93%

Wolf-possessed huntress and scarred rival face a sentient wood that devours its hunters.

by Sylvia Mercedes 2019

3.88

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Demon Hunter 🐺 Inner Beast 👤 Hidden Origins ❤️‍🔥 Rivals To Lovers 🌲 Cursed Forest

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 92%

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

The Bride Wore Constant White

by Shelley Adina • 2018

Two sisters hunt a killer in the steampunk West when their mail-order bride friend is murdered.

4.09

351

🤠 Steampunk Western 👰 Mail-Order Bride 👥 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Clues ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Bride Wore Constant White 92%

Two sisters hunt a killer in the steampunk West when their mail-order bride friend is murdered.

by Shelley Adina 2018

4.09

351 ratings

🤠 Steampunk Western 👰 Mail-Order Bride 👥 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Clues ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

The Invisible College

by Jeff Wheeler • 2024

A deaf woman's sorcerer tutor becomes her love, while ancient enemies hide in human faces.

4.21

5k+

🔥 Gaslamp Fantasy 🕯️ Secret Magical Society 🦻 Deaf Heroine 🎓 Teacher Student Bond 🎭 Imposter Paranoia

The Invisible College 92%

A deaf woman's sorcerer tutor becomes her love, while ancient enemies hide in human faces.

by Jeff Wheeler 2024

4.21

5k+ ratings

🔥 Gaslamp Fantasy 🕯️ Secret Magical Society 🦻 Deaf Heroine 🎓 Teacher Student Bond 🎭 Imposter Paranoia

Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools

by G.P. Taylor • 2009

A teen agent boards a doomed steamship, hunted by assassins and haunted by the dead.

3.92

118

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🎪 Circus Of Horrors 👻 Supernatural Suspense 🗡️ Assassin Aboard

Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools Summary

Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools 92%

A teen agent boards a doomed steamship, hunted by assassins and haunted by the dead.

by G.P. Taylor 2009

3.92

118 ratings

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🎪 Circus Of Horrors 👻 Supernatural Suspense 🗡️ Assassin Aboard

Sorcery of Thorns

by Margaret Rogerson • 2019

Framed for murder, a library apprentice must trust a sorcerer and the demon who raised him.

4.04

161k+

📚 Sentient Libraries 💕 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 👹 Demon Companion 🤝 Demon Bargains

Sorcery of Thorns 92%

Framed for murder, a library apprentice must trust a sorcerer and the demon who raised him.

by Margaret Rogerson 2019

4.04

161k+ ratings

📚 Sentient Libraries 💕 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 👹 Demon Companion 🤝 Demon Bargains

The Vampire Diaries, Volumes 1-4

by L.J. Smith • 1991

In Victorian London, a vampire hunts the real Ripper to save his brother from the gallows.

3.96

6k+

🩸 Historical Vampires 👬 Vampire Brothers 🔪 Jack The Ripper 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Vampire Guilt

The Vampire Diaries, Volumes 1-4 Summary

The Vampire Diaries, Volumes 1-4 92%

In Victorian London, a vampire hunts the real Ripper to save his brother from the gallows.

by L.J. Smith 1991

3.96

6k+ ratings

🩸 Historical Vampires 👬 Vampire Brothers 🔪 Jack The Ripper 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Vampire Guilt

Marked

by P.C. Cast • 2007

A vampyre brands Zoey, sending her to a school where her strange tattoo sets her apart.

3.82

527k+

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🔥 Elemental Magic 💅 Mean Girl Rival 🫂 Found Family ⭐ Chosen One Destiny

Marked 92%

A vampyre brands Zoey, sending her to a school where her strange tattoo sets her apart.

by P.C. Cast 2007

3.82

527k+ ratings

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🔥 Elemental Magic 💅 Mean Girl Rival 🫂 Found Family ⭐ Chosen One Destiny

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 94%

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

El vals de la bruja

by Belén Martínez Sánchez • 2021

A disgraced witch enters Victorian high society as a killer drains the magic from London's outcasts.

4.21

9k+

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🔪 Murder Mystery 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Forbidden Romance

El vals de la bruja 94%

A disgraced witch enters Victorian high society as a killer drains the magic from London's outcasts.

by Belén Martínez Sánchez 2021

4.21

9k+ ratings

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🔪 Murder Mystery 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Forbidden Romance

Half City

by Kate Golden

A hunter falls for her demon recruiter at a secret academy where a spell kills students.

4.05

23k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏰 Magical College ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🗝️ Hidden Heritage

Half City 92%

A hunter falls for her demon recruiter at a secret academy where a spell kills students.

by Kate Golden 2026

4.05

23k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏰 Magical College ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🗝️ Hidden Heritage

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 92%

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

Shadowmancer

by G.P. Taylor • 2002

A shipwrecked priest and two orphans defy a shadow-wielding vicar to reclaim a sacred relic.

2.83

3k+

🕊️ Christian Fantasy 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🤝 Found Family ⛪ Corrupted Priest

Shadowmancer 92%

A shipwrecked priest and two orphans defy a shadow-wielding vicar to reclaim a sacred relic.

by G.P. Taylor 2002

2.83

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Fantasy 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🤝 Found Family ⛪ Corrupted Priest

Grimm Curiosities

by Sharon Lynn Fisher • 2024

A baron's son and a curiosity shopkeeper hunt the curse that stole both their mothers' voices.

4.20

6k+

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🖤 Cozy Gothic 🗝️ Curiosity Shop 🚪 Hidden Portal 💕 Cross-Class Romance

Grimm Curiosities 92%

A baron's son and a curiosity shopkeeper hunt the curse that stole both their mothers' voices.

by Sharon Lynn Fisher 2024

4.20

6k+ ratings

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🖤 Cozy Gothic 🗝️ Curiosity Shop 🚪 Hidden Portal 💕 Cross-Class Romance

La hija de la noche

by Laura Gallego García • 2004

Her cellar holds a vampire. Her blood is his leash. The village wants them dead.

3.46

4k+

🩸 Gothic Vampire Romance 💔 Cursed Lover 🔥 Small Town Hysteria 🇫🇷 19th Century France 🏚️ Isolated Mansion

La hija de la noche 92%

Her cellar holds a vampire. Her blood is his leash. The village wants them dead.

by Laura Gallego García 2004

3.46

4k+ ratings

🩸 Gothic Vampire Romance 💔 Cursed Lover 🔥 Small Town Hysteria 🇫🇷 19th Century France 🏚️ Isolated Mansion

The Midas Box

by G.P. Taylor • 2008

At a gothic seaside hotel, an orphan discovers every boy hired before him has disappeared.

3.46

706

🚂 Steampunk Fantasy 🏨 Gothic Hotel 🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🎭 Uncanny Doubles 🕰️ Victorian Fantasy

The Midas Box 92%

At a gothic seaside hotel, an orphan discovers every boy hired before him has disappeared.

by G.P. Taylor 2008

3.46

706 ratings

🚂 Steampunk Fantasy 🏨 Gothic Hotel 🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🎭 Uncanny Doubles 🕰️ Victorian Fantasy

A Far Wilder Magic

by Allison Saft • 2022

A guarded sharpshooter and a charming alchemist hunt a mythical fox and risk their hearts.

3.81

26k+

⚗️ Alchemy Fantasy 🦊 Mythical Hunt 🏚️ Gothic Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

A Far Wilder Magic 92%

A guarded sharpshooter and a charming alchemist hunt a mythical fox and risk their hearts.

by Allison Saft 2022

3.81

26k+ ratings

⚗️ Alchemy Fantasy 🦊 Mythical Hunt 🏚️ Gothic Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

The Ordeals

by Rachel Greenlaw • 2025

A magical blood contract holds her captive. A dark academy's deadly trials could set her free.

3.90

4k+

🏛️ Dark Academia Fantasy ⚔️ Deadly Magical Trials 🖤 Found Family 🧬 Hidden Heritage 💕 Allies To Lovers

The Ordeals 92%

A magical blood contract holds her captive. A dark academy's deadly trials could set her free.

by Rachel Greenlaw 2025

3.90

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia Fantasy ⚔️ Deadly Magical Trials 🖤 Found Family 🧬 Hidden Heritage 💕 Allies To Lovers

Only a Monster

by Vanessa Len • 2022

She steals time from the living. The boy she loves kills her kind.

3.86

32k+

🕰️ Time Travel Fantasy 🌃 Dark Urban Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity

Only a Monster 92%

She steals time from the living. The boy she loves kills her kind.

by Vanessa Len 2022

3.86

32k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Fantasy 🌃 Dark Urban Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity

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 92%

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

Hallowed Games

by C.N. Crawford • 2023

Betrayed witch versus vampire captor: their forbidden hunger could destroy them both.

3.86

5k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💀 Deadly Touch ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Forced Proximity Trials 🧛 Witch And Vampire

Hallowed Games 92%

Betrayed witch versus vampire captor: their forbidden hunger could destroy them both.

by C.N. Crawford 2023

3.86

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💀 Deadly Touch ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Forced Proximity Trials 🧛 Witch And Vampire

The Rose Bargain

by Sasha Peyton Smith

To save her family, Ivy enters a fae prince's bride contest but wants his rebel stepbrother.

3.94

69k+

🧚 Faerie Bargains 👑 Marriage Competition 💔 Love Triangle ⚔️ Deadly Faerie Court 👯 Sister Devotion

The Rose Bargain 92%

To save her family, Ivy enters a fae prince's bride contest but wants his rebel stepbrother.

by Sasha Peyton Smith 2025

3.94

69k+ ratings

🧚 Faerie Bargains 👑 Marriage Competition 💔 Love Triangle ⚔️ Deadly Faerie Court 👯 Sister Devotion

Geist

by Philippa Ballantine • 2010

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

3.64

4k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond 👑 Cursed Royalty 🤝 Found Family

Geist 94%

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

by Philippa Ballantine 2010

3.64

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond 👑 Cursed Royalty 🤝 Found Family

Soulless

by Gail Carriger • 2009

A soulless spinster's parasol kills a vampire. The werewolf on the case is smitten.

3.90

114k+

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🗣️ Witty Banter 👒 Spinster Heroine 🧛 Vampire Politics

Soulless 93%

A soulless spinster's parasol kills a vampire. The werewolf on the case is smitten.

by Gail Carriger 2009

3.90

114k+ ratings

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🗣️ Witty Banter 👒 Spinster Heroine 🧛 Vampire Politics

Down Comes the Night

by Allison Saft • 2021

At a snowbound manor, an exiled healer's only patient is the enemy's most feared killer.

3.77

10k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Gothic Fantasy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 💉 Healer Heroine 🏛️ Post-War Fantasy

Down Comes the Night 92%

At a snowbound manor, an exiled healer's only patient is the enemy's most feared killer.

by Allison Saft 2021

3.77

10k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Gothic Fantasy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 💉 Healer Heroine 🏛️ Post-War Fantasy

Belladonna

by Adalyn Grace • 2022

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

3.94

182k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified ☠️ Poison Mystery 👻 Spirit Communication

Belladonna 92%

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

by Adalyn Grace 2022

3.94

182k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified ☠️ Poison Mystery 👻 Spirit Communication

Dark Rise

by C.S. Pacat • 2021

A London dockworker discovers he is the Dark King reborn, with doomed knights his only pursuers.

4.15

42k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Chosen One 🛡️ Doomed Knightly Order 🎩 Regency London Docks 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Dark Rise 92%

A London dockworker discovers he is the Dark King reborn, with doomed knights his only pursuers.

by C.S. Pacat 2021

4.15

42k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Chosen One 🛡️ Doomed Knightly Order 🎩 Regency London Docks 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Wormwood

by G.P. Taylor • 2004

When a comet fractures London, a servant's stolen prophecy book may be the city's only salvation.

3.10

2k+

🏛️ Biblical Fantasy ⚔️ Angelic Warfare 🌫️ Gothic London 😇 Fallen Angel 📖 Forbidden Tome

Wormwood 92%

When a comet fractures London, a servant's stolen prophecy book may be the city's only salvation.

by G.P. Taylor 2004

3.10

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Biblical Fantasy ⚔️ Angelic Warfare 🌫️ Gothic London 😇 Fallen Angel 📖 Forbidden Tome

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

Stalking Jack the Ripper

by Kerri Maniscalco • 2016

In Victorian London, a forensic student hunts the Ripper, and the evidence points to her family.

3.92

183k+

🔎 Forensic Investigation 🕰️ Victorian Gothic Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Duo 🔐 Family Secrets 🧪 Macabre Experiments

Stalking Jack the Ripper 91%

In Victorian London, a forensic student hunts the Ripper, and the evidence points to her family.

by Kerri Maniscalco 2016

3.92

183k+ ratings

🔎 Forensic Investigation 🕰️ Victorian Gothic Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Duo 🔐 Family Secrets 🧪 Macabre Experiments

White Hot Kiss

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2014

Half-demon Layla's touch steals souls. The new demon at school is dangerously immune.

4.16

91k+

🖤 Demon Romance 💔 Love Triangle ✋ Forbidden Touch 😈 Half-Demon Heroine 🔥 Bad Boy Demon

White Hot Kiss 91%

Half-demon Layla's touch steals souls. The new demon at school is dangerously immune.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2014

4.16

91k+ ratings

🖤 Demon Romance 💔 Love Triangle ✋ Forbidden Touch 😈 Half-Demon Heroine 🔥 Bad Boy Demon

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

The Lord Sorcier

by Olivia Atwater • 2020

When a surgeon's faerie comrade unleashes his magic, Napoleon's deadliest sorcerer takes notice.

3.55

7k+

🗡️ Napoleonic Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Folklore 🖤 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship ⚔️ Magical Duel

The Lord Sorcier 91%

When a surgeon's faerie comrade unleashes his magic, Napoleon's deadliest sorcerer takes notice.

by Olivia Atwater 2020

3.55

7k+ ratings

🗡️ Napoleonic Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Folklore 🖤 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship ⚔️ Magical Duel

Weavingshaw

by Heba Al-Wasity • 2026

To save her brother, a refugee ghost-seer sells her darkest secret to a curse-bound confessor.

4.12

9k+

🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains 🕯️ Haunted Estate 🧳 Refugee Protagonist

Weavingshaw 91%

To save her brother, a refugee ghost-seer sells her darkest secret to a curse-bound confessor.

by Heba Al-Wasity 2026

4.12

9k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains 🕯️ Haunted Estate 🧳 Refugee Protagonist

A Great and Terrible Beauty

by Libba Bray • 2003

Visions of death send Gemma to finishing school, where a hidden diary reveals a magical realm.

3.80

226k+

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔮 Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Hidden Magical Realm 👁️ Psychic Visions

A Great and Terrible Beauty 93%

Visions of death send Gemma to finishing school, where a hidden diary reveals a magical realm.

by Libba Bray 2003

3.80

226k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔮 Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Hidden Magical Realm 👁️ Psychic Visions

A Winter's Promise

by Christelle Dabos • 2013

Arranged marriage ships a girl who reads objects' pasts to an ark where illusions kill.

4.01

126k+

🏰 Court Intrigue 💍 Arranged Marriage 🎭 Disguised Identity 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere ✨ Dreamlike World

A Winter's Promise 93%

Arranged marriage ships a girl who reads objects' pasts to an ark where illusions kill.

by Christelle Dabos 2013

4.01

126k+ ratings

🏰 Court Intrigue 💍 Arranged Marriage 🎭 Disguised Identity 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere ✨ Dreamlike World

The Poisoner

by I.V. Ophelia

A Victorian poisoner returns home to find a vampire leaving bodies carved in her image.

3.71

23k+

🧪 Poisoner Heroine 🖤 Gothic Vampire Romance 🦇 Predator To Protector 🎭 Hidden Identity Betrayal 🩸 Sensual Horror

The Poisoner 91%

A Victorian poisoner returns home to find a vampire leaving bodies carved in her image.

by I.V. Ophelia 2024

3.71

23k+ ratings

🧪 Poisoner Heroine 🖤 Gothic Vampire Romance 🦇 Predator To Protector 🎭 Hidden Identity Betrayal 🩸 Sensual Horror

The Invisible Library

by Genevieve Cogman • 2014

A librarian-spy hunts a Grimm manuscript through an alternate London where fae magic warps reality.

3.74

66k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 📜 Rare Book Quest 🧚 Fae Bargains 🐉 Dragon Shifter

The Invisible Library 91%

A librarian-spy hunts a Grimm manuscript through an alternate London where fae magic warps reality.

by Genevieve Cogman 2014

3.74

66k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 📜 Rare Book Quest 🧚 Fae Bargains 🐉 Dragon Shifter

Bloodlines

by Richelle Mead • 2011

A human Alchemist guards a vampire princess at a boarding school where allies become threats.

4.20

191k+

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🌙 Hidden Vampire World 🩸 Human Among Vampires 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔍 Boarding School Secrets

Bloodlines 91%

A human Alchemist guards a vampire princess at a boarding school where allies become threats.

by Richelle Mead 2011

4.20

191k+ ratings

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🌙 Hidden Vampire World 🩸 Human Among Vampires 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔍 Boarding School Secrets

Crave

by Tracy Wolff • 2020

An Alaskan castle school, a vampire's warning, and a girl who falls anyway.

3.76

259k+

🏰 Paranormal Boarding School 🩸 Vampire Romance 🖤 Brooding Vampire Hero 💔 Love Triangle 💫 Fated Mates

Crave 91%

An Alaskan castle school, a vampire's warning, and a girl who falls anyway.

by Tracy Wolff 2020

3.76

259k+ ratings

🏰 Paranormal Boarding School 🩸 Vampire Romance 🖤 Brooding Vampire Hero 💔 Love Triangle 💫 Fated Mates

House of Bane and Blood

by Alexis L. Menard • 2023

One stolen night of freedom ties an heiress to the stranger who crashes her wedding.

3.95

23k+

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3.84

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3.77

23k+ ratings

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Vampire Academy 91%

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4.10

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3.83

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The Librarian of Crooked Lane 91%

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3.83

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