35 Books like Hemlock & Silver

The Crimson Crown

by Heather Walter

Her failed ascension summons dark power. She infiltrates the kingdom that burns witches to undo it.

3.83

3k+

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🔮 Sapphic Witches 💔 Second Chance Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Shadow Magic

The Crimson Crown 95%

Her failed ascension summons dark power. She infiltrates the kingdom that burns witches to undo it.

by Heather Walter 2024

3.83

3k+ ratings

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🔮 Sapphic Witches 💔 Second Chance Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Shadow Magic

Kingdom of Ash and Briars

by Hannah West • 2016

An immortal shapeshifter hides a cursed princess from the dark sorceress who mentored her.

3.63

3k+

🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Curse 👑 Rags To Power 🖤 Dark Mentor Figure 💕 Hidden Identity Romance

Kingdom of Ash and Briars 94%

An immortal shapeshifter hides a cursed princess from the dark sorceress who mentored her.

by Hannah West 2016

3.63

3k+ ratings

🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Curse 👑 Rags To Power 🖤 Dark Mentor Figure 💕 Hidden Identity Romance

Sleep Like Death

by Kalynn Bayron • 2024

Her mother's cursed bargain is coming due, and the huntress princess is the payment.

3.44

4k+

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌙 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Cursed Bargains 🦊 Animal Companion 🏰 Hidden Princess

Sleep Like Death 94%

Her mother's cursed bargain is coming due, and the huntress princess is the payment.

by Kalynn Bayron 2024

3.44

4k+ ratings

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌙 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Cursed Bargains 🦊 Animal Companion 🏰 Hidden Princess

The Thirteenth Child

by Erin A. Craig • 2024

Claimed by the god of death, a healer cures the sick but sees who must die.

4.03

25k+

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 🧚‍♀️ Dark Fairytale 💀 Chosen By Death 👁️ Death's Mark ❤️‍🔥 Star Crossed Lovers

The Thirteenth Child 92%

Claimed by the god of death, a healer cures the sick but sees who must die.

by Erin A. Craig 2024

4.03

25k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 🧚‍♀️ Dark Fairytale 💀 Chosen By Death 👁️ Death's Mark ❤️‍🔥 Star Crossed Lovers

The Sleeper and the Spindle

by Neil Gaiman • 2013

A queen abandons her wedding, dons armor, and rides toward a sleeping plague that devours kingdoms.

3.87

54k+

🖤 Fairy Tale Subversion 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Warrior Queen 🛌 Cursed Sleep 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Sleeper and the Spindle 92%

A queen abandons her wedding, dons armor, and rides toward a sleeping plague that devours kingdoms.

by Neil Gaiman 2013

3.87

54k+ ratings

🖤 Fairy Tale Subversion 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Warrior Queen 🛌 Cursed Sleep 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Cruel Beauty

by Rosamund Hodge • 2014

She marries a demon lord to kill him, but his shifting house steals her hatred first.

3.64

94k+

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👰 Sacrificial Bride

Cruel Beauty 92%

She marries a demon lord to kill him, but his shifting house steals her hatred first.

by Rosamund Hodge 2014

3.64

94k+ ratings

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👰 Sacrificial Bride

Fairest

by Gail Carson Levine • 2006

Blackmailed by the envious queen, a girl with a magic voice must deceive a kingdom of singers.

3.89

69k+

👸 Snow White Retelling 🦢 Ugly Duckling 🎤 Magic Voice 👤 Secret Heritage 🪞 Mirror Magic

Fairest 92%

Blackmailed by the envious queen, a girl with a magic voice must deceive a kingdom of singers.

by Gail Carson Levine 2006

3.89

69k+ ratings

👸 Snow White Retelling 🦢 Ugly Duckling 🎤 Magic Voice 👤 Secret Heritage 🪞 Mirror Magic

Juniper & Thorn

by Ava Reid • 2022

A young witch, captive to her father's hunger, risks it all for a wounded ballet dancer.

3.62

29k+

🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters 🩸 Body Horror 🔒 Captive Protagonist 🐺 Monstrous Transformation

Juniper & Thorn 92%

A young witch, captive to her father's hunger, risks it all for a wounded ballet dancer.

by Ava Reid 2022

3.62

29k+ ratings

🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters 🩸 Body Horror 🔒 Captive Protagonist 🐺 Monstrous Transformation

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 92%

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

Nettle & Bone

by T. Kingfisher • 2022

Three impossible tasks. One bone dog. A princess who refuses to let another sister die.

4.07

147k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 💕 Sisterly Devotion 👥 Found Family 🧙 Grumpy Mentor 🦴 Magical Companion

Nettle & Bone 93%

Three impossible tasks. One bone dog. A princess who refuses to let another sister die.

by T. Kingfisher 2022

4.07

147k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 💕 Sisterly Devotion 👥 Found Family 🧙 Grumpy Mentor 🦴 Magical Companion

Twisted Pages

by Elle Madison • 2023

To save her sisters, she marries a cursed beast-king in a frozen castle built on secrets.

4.64

320

📖 Fairy Tale Reimagining 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 👑 Cursed King

Twisted Pages 93%

To save her sisters, she marries a cursed beast-king in a frozen castle built on secrets.

by Elle Madison 2023

4.64

320 ratings

📖 Fairy Tale Reimagining 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 👑 Cursed King

Lady Tremaine

by Rachel Hochhauser

A widow poaches rabbits and schemes at court, but the true predator wears the crown.

4.16

66k+

🖤 Villain Backstory 🥿 Cinderella Retelling 💕 Enemies To Lovers ⚖️ Morally Gray Heroine 🦅 Fierce Motherhood

Lady Tremaine 92%

A widow poaches rabbits and schemes at court, but the true predator wears the crown.

by Rachel Hochhauser 2026

4.16

66k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Backstory 🥿 Cinderella Retelling 💕 Enemies To Lovers ⚖️ Morally Gray Heroine 🦅 Fierce Motherhood

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

A Harvest of Hearts

by Andrea Eames • 2025

Ensnared by a sorcerer's gaze, a butcher's daughter enters his shifting house to reclaim her heart.

3.57

9k+

🌑 Dark Fairytale 💔 Costly Magic 💪 Plain Heroine 🏚️ Magical House 🐈‍⬛ Talking Cat

A Harvest of Hearts 92%

Ensnared by a sorcerer's gaze, a butcher's daughter enters his shifting house to reclaim her heart.

by Andrea Eames 2025

3.57

9k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Fairytale 💔 Costly Magic 💪 Plain Heroine 🏚️ Magical House 🐈‍⬛ Talking Cat

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

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 92%

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

House of Salt and Sorrows

by Erin A. Craig • 2019

After four sisters die, Annaleigh discovers enchanted balls where death dances closer each night.

3.89

114k+

🏚️ Gothic Seaside 👻 Fairy Tale Horror 💃 Dancing Princesses 🕯️ Gothic Family Curse ✨ Beguiling Magic

House of Salt and Sorrows 92%

After four sisters die, Annaleigh discovers enchanted balls where death dances closer each night.

by Erin A. Craig 2019

3.89

114k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Seaside 👻 Fairy Tale Horror 💃 Dancing Princesses 🕯️ Gothic Family Curse ✨ Beguiling Magic

Malice

by Heather Walter • 2021

Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.

3.91

34k+

🖤 Villain Origin Story 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💕 Forbidden Romance 🦇 Monstrous Protagonist 🏰 Fairy Tale Court

Malice 92%

Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.

by Heather Walter 2021

3.91

34k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Origin Story 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💕 Forbidden Romance 🦇 Monstrous Protagonist 🏰 Fairy Tale Court

The House Saphir

by Marissa Meyer

A pretend medium faces the demon she summoned at seven inside a wife-killer's ancestral chateau.

3.80

15k+

🖤 Gothic Fantasy 📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 👻 Ghost Seeing Heroine 🏚️ Haunted Manor ✨ Stolen Magic

The House Saphir 92%

A pretend medium faces the demon she summoned at seven inside a wife-killer's ancestral chateau.

by Marissa Meyer 2025

3.80

15k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Fantasy 📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 👻 Ghost Seeing Heroine 🏚️ Haunted Manor ✨ Stolen Magic

Fairest of All

by Serena Valentino • 2009

Her stepdaughter's beauty haunts her. So does the voice inside her father's old mirror.

3.81

56k+

🎭 Villain Origin Story 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👑 Wicked Stepmother 🕯️ Trapped Soul 🥀 Tragic Descent

Fairest of All 93%

Her stepdaughter's beauty haunts her. So does the voice inside her father's old mirror.

by Serena Valentino 2009

3.81

56k+ ratings

🎭 Villain Origin Story 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👑 Wicked Stepmother 🕯️ Trapped Soul 🥀 Tragic Descent

Thornhedge

by T. Kingfisher • 2023

A fairy's centuries-long vigil: the princess in the tower must never wake.

3.92

65k+

🧚 Subverted Fairy Tale 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 🐸 Changeling Protagonist 🏰 Lonely Guardian 🦷 Monster Family

Thornhedge 93%

A fairy's centuries-long vigil: the princess in the tower must never wake.

by T. Kingfisher 2023

3.92

65k+ ratings

🧚 Subverted Fairy Tale 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 🐸 Changeling Protagonist 🏰 Lonely Guardian 🦷 Monster Family

A Ship of Bones and Teeth

by Karina Halle • 2023

She traded her tail for a cage. The pirate who chains her next wears matching scars.

3.74

22k+

🌑 Dark Retelling ⛓️ Captive Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🧜‍♀️ Monstrous Heroine 🏴‍☠️ Found Family

A Ship of Bones and Teeth 92%

She traded her tail for a cage. The pirate who chains her next wears matching scars.

by Karina Halle 2023

3.74

22k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Retelling ⛓️ Captive Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🧜‍♀️ Monstrous Heroine 🏴‍☠️ Found Family

Of Wolves and Wardens

by Sylvia Mercedes • 2021

Trapped by one witch, a huntress and a werewolf gamble everything on each other.

3.97

1k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🐺 Cursed Werewolf Love Interest 🔗 Magical Compulsion

Of Wolves and Wardens 92%

Trapped by one witch, a huntress and a werewolf gamble everything on each other.

by Sylvia Mercedes 2021

3.97

1k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🐺 Cursed Werewolf Love Interest 🔗 Magical Compulsion

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 92%

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

The Tangleroot Palace

by Marjorie M. Liu • 2021

A princess flees a warlord into a cursed forest where a sleeping queen deals in dreams.

3.96

2k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 👑 Reluctant Princess 🎭 Disguised Identity 🌳 Enchanted Forest 🫂 Found Family

The Tangleroot Palace 92%

A princess flees a warlord into a cursed forest where a sleeping queen deals in dreams.

by Marjorie M. Liu 2021

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 👑 Reluctant Princess 🎭 Disguised Identity 🌳 Enchanted Forest 🫂 Found Family

House of the Beast

by Michelle Wong • 2025

A slum girl gives her arm to a god and wakes a shadow lover hellbent on revenge.

3.84

6k+

🏰 Gothic Romantasy 🌹 Beauty And The Beast Retelling ⚔️ God-Touched Heroine 🖤 Possessive Shadow Lover 🩸 Body Horror Sacrifice

House of the Beast 92%

A slum girl gives her arm to a god and wakes a shadow lover hellbent on revenge.

by Michelle Wong 2025

3.84

6k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Romantasy 🌹 Beauty And The Beast Retelling ⚔️ God-Touched Heroine 🖤 Possessive Shadow Lover 🩸 Body Horror Sacrifice

Cuentos desde Interior

by Melissa Albert • 2021

Dark fairy tales where blood opens doors, Death collects brides, and every wish leaves a scar.

4.00

8k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 💪 Feminist Fairy Tales 💀 Bargains With Death 🩸 Blood Magic 🦴 Body Horror

Cuentos desde Interior 92%

Dark fairy tales where blood opens doors, Death collects brides, and every wish leaves a scar.

by Melissa Albert 2021

4.00

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 💪 Feminist Fairy Tales 💀 Bargains With Death 🩸 Blood Magic 🦴 Body Horror

Devour the Dark

by Nikki St. Crowe • 2025

Devoured by the witch he swallowed, a man's only hope is two lovers hunting a mythic cure.

4.05

12k+

🌑 Dark Retelling 🖤 Monster Romance 😈 Cursed Hero 💕 Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Devour the Dark 93%

Devoured by the witch he swallowed, a man's only hope is two lovers hunting a mythic cure.

by Nikki St. Crowe 2025

4.05

12k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Retelling 🖤 Monster Romance 😈 Cursed Hero 💕 Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

West of Wicked

by Nikki St. Crowe • 2026

Killing a witch in a dark Oz makes a Kansas woman prey for a heartless mercenary.

3.84

4k+

🌪️ Dark Oz Retelling 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💫 Amnesia Romance 🌑 Cursed World

West of Wicked 93%

Killing a witch in a dark Oz makes a Kansas woman prey for a heartless mercenary.

by Nikki St. Crowe 2026

3.84

4k+ ratings

🌪️ Dark Oz Retelling 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💫 Amnesia Romance 🌑 Cursed World

Uprooted

by Naomi Novik

The Dragon chose the wrong girl, and her wild magic is what the Wood fears most.

4.02

267k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌿 Slavic Folklore 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌱 Nature Magic 🐉 Grumpy Mentor

Uprooted 92%

The Dragon chose the wrong girl, and her wild magic is what the Wood fears most.

by Naomi Novik 2015

4.02

267k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌿 Slavic Folklore 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌱 Nature Magic 🐉 Grumpy Mentor

Rouge

by Mona Awad • 2023

Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.

3.53

51k+

🌊 Gothic Seaside 💋 Beauty Cult 🩸 Body Horror 🌀 Fractured Psyche 📖 Fairy Tale Horror

Rouge 92%

Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.

by Mona Awad 2023

3.53

51k+ ratings

🌊 Gothic Seaside 💋 Beauty Cult 🩸 Body Horror 🌀 Fractured Psyche 📖 Fairy Tale Horror

Six-Gun Snow White

by Catherynne M. Valente • 2013

Snow White's stepmother demands whiteness. She rides into the West with a gun.

3.63

5k+

🏜️ Weird Western 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👯‍♀️ Outlaw Sisterhood 🔫 Girl Gunslinger 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Western

Six-Gun Snow White 91%

Snow White's stepmother demands whiteness. She rides into the West with a gun.

by Catherynne M. Valente 2013

3.63

5k+ ratings

🏜️ Weird Western 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👯‍♀️ Outlaw Sisterhood 🔫 Girl Gunslinger 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Western

Carrion

by Amarah Calderini • 2024

She plunges from a dying world into a nightmare kingdom whose beautiful king commands death.

4.11

912

🧚 Peter Pan Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Touch Her And Die 🚪 Portal Fantasy

Carrion 91%

She plunges from a dying world into a nightmare kingdom whose beautiful king commands death.

by Amarah Calderini 2024

4.11

912 ratings

🧚 Peter Pan Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Touch Her And Die 🚪 Portal Fantasy

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 91%

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

Mountains Made of Glass

by Scarlett St. Clair • 2023

To free herself, she must speak a fae prince's true name with love in seven days.

3.51

22k+

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🗣️ True Name Magic ⚖️ Bargains And Curses 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale

Mountains Made of Glass 91%

To free herself, she must speak a fae prince's true name with love in seven days.

by Scarlett St. Clair 2023

3.51

22k+ ratings

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🗣️ True Name Magic ⚖️ Bargains And Curses 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale

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