33 Books like Fablehaven

A Path Begins

by J.A. White • 2014

After finding a spellbook, an outcast girl must protect her sick brother from a rival witch.

3.97

6k+

🔥 Witch Hunt 📖 Forbidden Spellbook 💉 Addictive Magic 👧 Protective Sister ⛪ Puritan Village

A Path Begins 95%

After finding a spellbook, an outcast girl must protect her sick brother from a rival witch.

by J.A. White 2014

3.97

6k+ ratings

🔥 Witch Hunt 📖 Forbidden Spellbook 💉 Addictive Magic 👧 Protective Sister ⛪ Puritan Village

A Tale of Magic...

by Chris Colfer • 2019

A self-taught reader discovers she is a fairy in a kingdom that burns witches.

4.26

28k+

🏰 Magical Academy 💛 Found Family ✨ Hidden Magic 🌟 Magical Outcasts 📚 Secret Library

A Tale of Magic... 93%

A self-taught reader discovers she is a fairy in a kingdom that burns witches.

by Chris Colfer 2019

4.26

28k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Academy 💛 Found Family ✨ Hidden Magic 🌟 Magical Outcasts 📚 Secret Library

The Book of Lost Things

by John Connolly • 2006

A boy follows his dead mother's voice into a dark fairy-tale world where bargains demand betrayal.

3.96

86k+

🖤 Twisted Fairy Tales 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌒 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Sibling Betrayal ⚡ Dangerous Bargains

The Book of Lost Things 93%

A boy follows his dead mother's voice into a dark fairy-tale world where bargains demand betrayal.

by John Connolly 2006

3.96

86k+ ratings

🖤 Twisted Fairy Tales 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌒 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Sibling Betrayal ⚡ Dangerous Bargains

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 93%

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

Mirror Magic

by Linda Chapman • 2018

A grieving girl's magical fox reveals a dark spirit trapped in her sister's mirror.

4.27

885

🦊 Magical Animal Bonds 🪞 Cursed Object 🌲 Woodland Magic 🌿 Cozy Fantasy Energy 💚 Overcoming Grief

Mirror Magic 93%

A grieving girl's magical fox reveals a dark spirit trapped in her sister's mirror.

by Linda Chapman 2018

4.27

885 ratings

🦊 Magical Animal Bonds 🪞 Cursed Object 🌲 Woodland Magic 🌿 Cozy Fantasy Energy 💚 Overcoming Grief

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 93%

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

An Author's Odyssey

by Chris Colfer • 2016

Villains conquer the fairy-tale world; a boy's only army waits inside his own short stories.

4.41

50k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Fairy Tale Mashup 👫 Sibling Duo ✍️ Metafictional Adventure 🖤 Cursed Hero

An Author's Odyssey 93%

Villains conquer the fairy-tale world; a boy's only army waits inside his own short stories.

by Chris Colfer 2016

4.41

50k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Fairy Tale Mashup 👫 Sibling Duo ✍️ Metafictional Adventure 🖤 Cursed Hero

The Fowl Twins

by Eoin Colfer • 2019

One Fowl twin has the brains, the other speaks to animals. A hunted troll needs both.

4.04

6k+

🫥 Hidden Magical World 👥 Opposite Twins 🐾 Creature Bonding 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🫂 Found Family

The Fowl Twins 92%

One Fowl twin has the brains, the other speaks to animals. A hunted troll needs both.

by Eoin Colfer 2019

4.04

6k+ ratings

🫥 Hidden Magical World 👥 Opposite Twins 🐾 Creature Bonding 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🫂 Found Family

Shadow Forest

by Matt Haig • 2007

After their parents die, two siblings enter a Norwegian forest where shadows are stolen.

3.97

2k+

✨ Modern Fairy Tale 🌲 Norse Folklore Fantasy 👫 Orphaned Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Tragic Villain

Shadow Forest 92%

After their parents die, two siblings enter a Norwegian forest where shadows are stolen.

by Matt Haig 2007

3.97

2k+ ratings

✨ Modern Fairy Tale 🌲 Norse Folklore Fantasy 👫 Orphaned Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Tragic Villain

The Enchanted Wood

by Enid Blyton • 1939

Three siblings discover a giant magic tree whose top opens onto a new land every day.

4.25

31k+

🍵 Cozy Fantasy 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔎 Sibling Adventurers 🌳 Woodland Magic 🎭 Eccentric Characters

The Enchanted Wood 92%

Three siblings discover a giant magic tree whose top opens onto a new land every day.

by Enid Blyton 1939

4.25

31k+ ratings

🍵 Cozy Fantasy 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔎 Sibling Adventurers 🌳 Woodland Magic 🎭 Eccentric Characters

Howl’s Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones • 1986

Cursed into a crone, Sophie bargains with a fire demon inside the wizard Howl's wandering castle.

4.28

455k+

🧚 Fairy Tale Subversion 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Found Family 🧙 Cursed By A Witch 🔥 Deal With A Demon

Howl’s Moving Castle 92%

Cursed into a crone, Sophie bargains with a fire demon inside the wizard Howl's wandering castle.

by Diana Wynne Jones 1986

4.28

455k+ ratings

🧚 Fairy Tale Subversion 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Found Family 🧙 Cursed By A Witch 🔥 Deal With A Demon

The Forbidden Library

by Django Wexler • 2014

To learn the truth about her father, Alice must enter magical books that imprison deadly creatures.

3.83

6k+

📖 Portal Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 🐈 Talking Cat Companion 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🪄 Magical Apprenticeship

The Forbidden Library 92%

To learn the truth about her father, Alice must enter magical books that imprison deadly creatures.

by Django Wexler 2014

3.83

6k+ ratings

📖 Portal Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 🐈 Talking Cat Companion 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🪄 Magical Apprenticeship

Lovely, Dark and Deep

by Claudia Cain • 2021

A young witch follows missing children through an iron gate into a realm of hungry monsters.

4.18

273

🏘️ Witchy Small Town 🌲 Fae Horror 🧙 Reluctant Witch 🗡️ Fae Love Interest ⚖️ Magic With A Cost

Lovely, Dark and Deep 92%

A young witch follows missing children through an iron gate into a realm of hungry monsters.

by Claudia Cain 2021

4.18

273 ratings

🏘️ Witchy Small Town 🌲 Fae Horror 🧙 Reluctant Witch 🗡️ Fae Love Interest ⚖️ Magic With A Cost

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 92%

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

Magyk

by Angie Sage • 2005

A secret princess and a numbered army boy flee a dark wizard's assassin through marshes and magic.

3.86

125k+

🛋️ Cozy Fantasy Adventure 👑 Hidden Royalty ❤️ Found Family 🖤 Dark Wizard 📜 Ancient Magic

Magyk 92%

A secret princess and a numbered army boy flee a dark wizard's assassin through marshes and magic.

by Angie Sage 2005

3.86

125k+ ratings

🛋️ Cozy Fantasy Adventure 👑 Hidden Royalty ❤️ Found Family 🖤 Dark Wizard 📜 Ancient Magic

Artemis Fowl

by Eoin Colfer • 2001

A twelve-year-old genius kidnaps a fairy and demands gold. Her people have hours to pay.

3.86

563k+

🏦 Heist Fantasy 🧠 Child Genius ⚔️ Antihero Protagonist 🌿 Fairy Underworld ⚡ Tech Meets Magic

Artemis Fowl 92%

A twelve-year-old genius kidnaps a fairy and demands gold. Her people have hours to pay.

by Eoin Colfer 2001

3.86

563k+ ratings

🏦 Heist Fantasy 🧠 Child Genius ⚔️ Antihero Protagonist 🌿 Fairy Underworld ⚡ Tech Meets Magic

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

by Kelly Barnhill • 2016

A witch feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, igniting a magic too wild to contain.

4.11

116k+

🧹 Benevolent Witch 🌙 Moon Magic 🐉 Tiny Dragon 🏘️ Isolated Village 👪 Found Family

The Girl Who Drank the Moon 92%

A witch feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, igniting a magic too wild to contain.

by Kelly Barnhill 2016

4.11

116k+ ratings

🧹 Benevolent Witch 🌙 Moon Magic 🐉 Tiny Dragon 🏘️ Isolated Village 👪 Found Family

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 92%

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

Even the Darkest Stars

by Heather Fawcett • 2017

An apprentice shaman climbs the highest peak as guide to an explorer her sister just betrayed.

3.82

5k+

🏔️ Climbing Expedition 👭 Sister Rivalry 👑 Hidden Royalty 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🔥 Demon Familiar

Even the Darkest Stars 92%

An apprentice shaman climbs the highest peak as guide to an explorer her sister just betrayed.

by Heather Fawcett 2017

3.82

5k+ ratings

🏔️ Climbing Expedition 👭 Sister Rivalry 👑 Hidden Royalty 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🔥 Demon Familiar

Ein Mädchen namens Willow

by Sabine Bohlmann • 2020

Four young witches follow ancestral riddles to a secret forest treasure, racing a cunning magician.

4.23

990

🔥 Elemental Magic 🦊 Animal Companions 🫂 Found Family 🗺️ Treasure Hunt 🔄 Rivals To Allies

Ein Mädchen namens Willow 92%

Four young witches follow ancestral riddles to a secret forest treasure, racing a cunning magician.

by Sabine Bohlmann 2020

4.23

990 ratings

🔥 Elemental Magic 🦊 Animal Companions 🫂 Found Family 🗺️ Treasure Hunt 🔄 Rivals To Allies

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

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 92%

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

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

Piper Prince

by Amber Argyle • 2019

A bride escapes into a cursed forest where wraiths hunt the magic she never knew she possessed.

4.09

547

🎭 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Women Warriors 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🌲 Haunted Forest 🔮 Magic Returns

Piper Prince 92%

A bride escapes into a cursed forest where wraiths hunt the magic she never knew she possessed.

by Amber Argyle 2019

4.09

547 ratings

🎭 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Women Warriors 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🌲 Haunted Forest 🔮 Magic Returns

The Darkest Part of the Forest

by Holly Black • 2015

A horned boy wakes from a glass coffin. Two siblings chase him into the faerie-haunted woods.

3.86

89k+

🧚 Modern Faerie Tale 👑 Faerie Court Intrigue 🤝 Faerie Bargain 🌙 Secret Double Life 🦋 Changeling Identity

The Darkest Part of the Forest 92%

A horned boy wakes from a glass coffin. Two siblings chase him into the faerie-haunted woods.

by Holly Black 2015

3.86

89k+ ratings

🧚 Modern Faerie Tale 👑 Faerie Court Intrigue 🤝 Faerie Bargain 🌙 Secret Double Life 🦋 Changeling Identity

The Spook's Apprentice

by Joseph Delaney • 2004

A witch hunter's seventh-son apprentice makes one promise and releases an imprisoned evil.

4.02

54k+

🏚️ Folk Horror Fantasy 📚 Mentor And Apprentice 🌙 Seventh Son Destiny 👻 Spooky Middle Grade 🚪 Gateway Horror

The Spook's Apprentice 92%

A witch hunter's seventh-son apprentice makes one promise and releases an imprisoned evil.

by Joseph Delaney 2004

4.02

54k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror Fantasy 📚 Mentor And Apprentice 🌙 Seventh Son Destiny 👻 Spooky Middle Grade 🚪 Gateway Horror

A Dark Forgetting

by Kristen Ciccarelli • 2022

A singer whose voice wakes wild magic enters fae woods to bargain for her stolen grandfather.

3.73

7k+

🖤 Dark Fae Court 🎵 Song Magic 💔 Forgotten Love 👪 Family Curse 🌲 Cursed Forest

A Dark Forgetting 92%

A singer whose voice wakes wild magic enters fae woods to bargain for her stolen grandfather.

by Kristen Ciccarelli 2022

3.73

7k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fae Court 🎵 Song Magic 💔 Forgotten Love 👪 Family Curse 🌲 Cursed Forest

The Night Gardener

by Jonathan Auxier • 2014

Two orphans take work at a crumbling manor where a wish-granting tree extracts a terrible price.

4.05

22k+

👻 Middle Grade Horror 🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🪵 Cursed Wishes 🐺 Dark Fairy Tale 🕯️ Cursed Estate

The Night Gardener 92%

Two orphans take work at a crumbling manor where a wish-granting tree extracts a terrible price.

by Jonathan Auxier 2014

4.05

22k+ ratings

👻 Middle Grade Horror 🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🪵 Cursed Wishes 🐺 Dark Fairy Tale 🕯️ Cursed Estate

The Gingerbread Queen

by Carrie Anne Noble • 2024

Gretel, branded a witch, flees to the gingerbread cottage, where dark magic awaits its new queen.

4.13

243

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🌲 Enchanted Forest 🏠 Found Family 🔮 Reluctant Witch 🦢 Cursed Animal Form

The Gingerbread Queen 92%

Gretel, branded a witch, flees to the gingerbread cottage, where dark magic awaits its new queen.

by Carrie Anne Noble 2024

4.13

243 ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🌲 Enchanted Forest 🏠 Found Family 🔮 Reluctant Witch 🦢 Cursed Animal Form

Green Rider

by Kristen Britain • 1998

A suspended student must deliver a dying messenger's warning before a conspiracy topples a king.

4.09

41k+

🏹 Reluctant Heroine 🔮 Magical Artifact 🕵️ Court Conspiracy 🏃‍♀️ Relentless Pursuit 🌱 Coming Of Age

Green Rider 92%

A suspended student must deliver a dying messenger's warning before a conspiracy topples a king.

by Kristen Britain 1998

4.09

41k+ ratings

🏹 Reluctant Heroine 🔮 Magical Artifact 🕵️ Court Conspiracy 🏃‍♀️ Relentless Pursuit 🌱 Coming Of Age

Fireblood

by Jeff Wheeler • 2013

Twins with fire magic join their uncle's quest into cursed lands to end a spreading plague.

4.08

9k+

🗡️ Cursed Artifact 🌿 Spirit Magic 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Dangerous Innate Magic 🏛️ Secretive Mentor

Fireblood 92%

Twins with fire magic join their uncle's quest into cursed lands to end a spreading plague.

by Jeff Wheeler 2013

4.08

9k+ ratings

🗡️ Cursed Artifact 🌿 Spirit Magic 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Dangerous Innate Magic 🏛️ Secretive Mentor

The Lake of Tears

by Emily Rodda • 2000

To save their homeland, three companions seek a ruby in a lake cursed by a sorceress.

3.98

12k+

💎 Artifact Quest 🐉 Cursed Guardian 🧙‍♀️ Evil Sorceress 🧩 Riddle Trials 🦅 Animal Companions

The Lake of Tears 92%

To save their homeland, three companions seek a ruby in a lake cursed by a sorceress.

by Emily Rodda 2000

3.98

12k+ ratings

💎 Artifact Quest 🐉 Cursed Guardian 🧙‍♀️ Evil Sorceress 🧩 Riddle Trials 🦅 Animal Companions

The Binding Season

by Claudia Cain • 2023

A broken witch must stop a fae plague as her family's dark secrets surface.

4.46

125

⚡ Unstable Magic 🏘️ Small Town Witch 🧚 Fae Romance 🔒 Family Secrets 🩸 Forbidden Magic

The Binding Season 92%

A broken witch must stop a fae plague as her family's dark secrets surface.

by Claudia Cain 2023

4.46

125 ratings

⚡ Unstable Magic 🏘️ Small Town Witch 🧚 Fae Romance 🔒 Family Secrets 🩸 Forbidden Magic

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