50 Books like The Antidote

The Unmaking of June Farrow

by Adrienne Young

June Farrow steps through a door into 1951, into a marriage, and into a murder charge.

4.11

198k+

🧬 Inherited Magic ⏳ Time Travel Romance 💍 Second Chance Romance 🔍 Small Town Mystery 🌫️ Southern Gothic

The Unmaking of June Farrow 92%

June Farrow steps through a door into 1951, into a marriage, and into a murder charge.

by Adrienne Young 2023

4.11

198k+ ratings

🧬 Inherited Magic ⏳ Time Travel Romance 💍 Second Chance Romance 🔍 Small Town Mystery 🌫️ Southern Gothic

Magic Lessons

by Alice Hoffman • 2020

Trained in secret magic, Maria curses her bloodline after the magistrate she loves betrays her.

4.22

70k+

🧹 Witch Trials 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🌳 Generational Saga 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚖️ Colonial Salem

Magic Lessons 92%

Trained in secret magic, Maria curses her bloodline after the magistrate she loves betrays her.

by Alice Hoffman 2020

4.22

70k+ ratings

🧹 Witch Trials 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🌳 Generational Saga 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚖️ Colonial Salem

Weyward

by Emilia Hart • 2023

One family. Three centuries. Three women who discover the natural world is on their side.

4.05

415k+

🕯️ Witch Trials 🌿 Nature Magic ⏳ Triple Timeline 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 📜 Hidden Family History

Weyward 92%

One family. Three centuries. Three women who discover the natural world is on their side.

by Emilia Hart 2023

4.05

415k+ ratings

🕯️ Witch Trials 🌿 Nature Magic ⏳ Triple Timeline 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 📜 Hidden Family History

My Evil Mother

by Margaret Atwood • 2022

Her mother is either a witch or a liar. Growing up means figuring out which.

3.86

92k+

✨ Domestic Magical Realism 🏚️ Suburban Gothic 🔮 Ambiguous Witchcraft 🌿 Eccentric Mother 🧬 Maternal Legacy

My Evil Mother 91%

Her mother is either a witch or a liar. Growing up means figuring out which.

by Margaret Atwood 2022

3.86

92k+ ratings

✨ Domestic Magical Realism 🏚️ Suburban Gothic 🔮 Ambiguous Witchcraft 🌿 Eccentric Mother 🧬 Maternal Legacy

The Vanishing Bookstore

by Helen Phifer • 2026

Before thirty-five, the witch hunter always kills her. Dora has one lifetime to end the curse.

3.88

4k+

🖤 Generational Witch Curse ⏳ Dual Timeline Witches 💫 Reincarnated Lovers 🌿 Herbal Healing Magic ✨ Sisterhood Magic

The Vanishing Bookstore 91%

Before thirty-five, the witch hunter always kills her. Dora has one lifetime to end the curse.

by Helen Phifer 2026

3.88

4k+ ratings

🖤 Generational Witch Curse ⏳ Dual Timeline Witches 💫 Reincarnated Lovers 🌿 Herbal Healing Magic ✨ Sisterhood Magic

A Resistance of Witches

by Morgan Ryan • 2025

A young witch in the Blitz must find a sentient grimoire before the Nazi coven does.

4.07

19k+

🏛️ Secret Magical Order ⚔️ Wartime Witchcraft 💔 Mentor Betrayal 🕯️ Mother's Sacrifice 🔗 War-Forged Bonds

A Resistance of Witches 91%

A young witch in the Blitz must find a sentient grimoire before the Nazi coven does.

by Morgan Ryan 2025

4.07

19k+ ratings

🏛️ Secret Magical Order ⚔️ Wartime Witchcraft 💔 Mentor Betrayal 🕯️ Mother's Sacrifice 🔗 War-Forged Bonds

The Near Witch

by Victoria Schwab • 2011

Children vanish on the moor. The stranger is blamed, and Lexi alone believes he is innocent.

3.65

49k+

🖤 Atmospheric Gothic 🧙 Witch Folklore 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Persecuted Outsider 🏘️ Isolated Village

The Near Witch 91%

Children vanish on the moor. The stranger is blamed, and Lexi alone believes he is innocent.

by Victoria Schwab 2011

3.65

49k+ ratings

🖤 Atmospheric Gothic 🧙 Witch Folklore 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Persecuted Outsider 🏘️ Isolated Village

Strange Folk

by Alli Dyer • 2024

Lee brings her children home to Appalachia, but the magic she fled waits in the woods.

3.64

2k+

🏔️ Appalachian Folk Magic 📖 Family Grimoire 🔮 Ancestral Magic 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift 🌿 Reluctant Witch

Strange Folk 92%

Lee brings her children home to Appalachia, but the magic she fled waits in the woods.

by Alli Dyer 2024

3.64

2k+ ratings

🏔️ Appalachian Folk Magic 📖 Family Grimoire 🔮 Ancestral Magic 💔 Mother-Daughter Rift 🌿 Reluctant Witch

Recognition

by Susan Greenwood • 2022

A cunning woman dies in 1725. Her visions and her enemies will reach across three centuries.

4.46

1k+

🔮 Cunning Folk Tradition 🌳 Generational Saga 🏠 Found Family 👭 Female Friendship 🌿 Healer Protagonist

Recognition 92%

A cunning woman dies in 1725. Her visions and her enemies will reach across three centuries.

by Susan Greenwood 2022

4.46

1k+ ratings

🔮 Cunning Folk Tradition 🌳 Generational Saga 🏠 Found Family 👭 Female Friendship 🌿 Healer Protagonist

The Amalfi Curse

by Sarah Penner

To save her village, a sea witch sinks a pirate brig. Her lover was aboard.

3.81

59k+

🌊 Sea Witches ⚓ Maritime Fantasy ⏳ Dual Timeline 📜 Archival Mystery 🧬 Hidden Magic Lineage

The Amalfi Curse 91%

To save her village, a sea witch sinks a pirate brig. Her lover was aboard.

by Sarah Penner 2025

3.81

59k+ ratings

🌊 Sea Witches ⚓ Maritime Fantasy ⏳ Dual Timeline 📜 Archival Mystery 🧬 Hidden Magic Lineage

The Moonflowers

by Abigail Rose-Marie • 2024

A painter memorializes her grandfather in an Appalachian town where his killer waits in the asylum.

4.32

24k+

🌑 Southern Gothic 🌿 Underground Midwifery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma ⛰️ Appalachian Mountains

The Moonflowers 91%

A painter memorializes her grandfather in an Appalachian town where his killer waits in the asylum.

by Abigail Rose-Marie 2024

4.32

24k+ ratings

🌑 Southern Gothic 🌿 Underground Midwifery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma ⛰️ Appalachian Mountains

When Women Were Dragons

by Kelly Barnhill • 2022

In 1955, hundreds of thousands of women become dragons and disappear. One girl refuses to forget.

3.81

74k+

🗡️ Feminist Fantasy 🇺🇸 Midcentury America 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🏡 Found Family 🔥 Women's Rage

When Women Were Dragons 91%

In 1955, hundreds of thousands of women become dragons and disappear. One girl refuses to forget.

by Kelly Barnhill 2022

3.81

74k+ ratings

🗡️ Feminist Fantasy 🇺🇸 Midcentury America 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🏡 Found Family 🔥 Women's Rage

The Book of Speculation

by Erika Swyler • 2015

A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.

3.61

39k+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🎪 Circus Misfits 🔮 Tarot Lore 👥 Sibling Caretakers 💧 Drowning Motif

The Book of Speculation 91%

A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.

by Erika Swyler 2015

3.61

39k+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🎪 Circus Misfits 🔮 Tarot Lore 👥 Sibling Caretakers 💧 Drowning Motif

The Heretic's Daughter

by Kathleen Kent • 2008

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

3.79

38k+

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🔗 Coerced Confession 🩹 Generational Trauma

The Heretic's Daughter 91%

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

by Kathleen Kent 2008

3.79

38k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🔗 Coerced Confession 🩹 Generational Trauma

The Lost Bookshop

by Evie Woods

A vanished bookshop leaves a lost Brontë novel for the bruised woman hiding in its basement.

3.98

364k+

⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 📜 Lost Manuscripts 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌿 Healing After Abuse 🔒 Asylum Narrative

The Lost Bookshop 91%

A vanished bookshop leaves a lost Brontë novel for the bruised woman hiding in its basement.

by Evie Woods 2023

3.98

364k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 📜 Lost Manuscripts 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌿 Healing After Abuse 🔒 Asylum Narrative

Chime

by Franny Billingsley • 2011

She believes she is a witch who destroyed her twin. The swamp knows a darker truth.

3.62

13k+

🐊 Swamp Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Witch Trial Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Chime 92%

She believes she is a witch who destroyed her twin. The swamp knows a darker truth.

by Franny Billingsley 2011

3.62

13k+ ratings

🐊 Swamp Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Witch Trial Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells

by Rachel Greenlaw • 2024

Carrie Morgan inherits a spell book and mountains' bargain: a lover who vanishes with the thaw.

3.63

3k+

🔮 Generational Magic 🌲 Small Town Folklore 🏡 Homecoming And Healing 🤝 Mended Friendship ❄️ Otherworldly Lover

The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells Summary

The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells 92%

Carrie Morgan inherits a spell book and mountains' bargain: a lover who vanishes with the thaw.

by Rachel Greenlaw 2024

3.63

3k+ ratings

🔮 Generational Magic 🌲 Small Town Folklore 🏡 Homecoming And Healing 🤝 Mended Friendship ❄️ Otherworldly Lover

Nonesuch

by Francis Spufford • 2026

A London secretary's impulsive spell awakens magic that could let someone rewrite history.

3.88

3k+

🏙️ Historical Fantasy 💣 Blitz London 🔮 Hidden Magical World 👩‍💼 Working Class Heroine 💔 Bittersweet

Nonesuch 91%

A London secretary's impulsive spell awakens magic that could let someone rewrite history.

by Francis Spufford 2026

3.88

3k+ ratings

🏙️ Historical Fantasy 💣 Blitz London 🔮 Hidden Magical World 👩‍💼 Working Class Heroine 💔 Bittersweet

The Women of Wild Hill

by Kirsten Miller • 2025

Estranged witch sisters return to Wild Hill, where a prophecy demands they end the world men built.

4.15

9k+

🧙 Witch Family Saga 💔 Estranged Sisters 🕯️ Ancestral Magic 🗡️ Feminist Revenge 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

The Women of Wild Hill 90%

Estranged witch sisters return to Wild Hill, where a prophecy demands they end the world men built.

by Kirsten Miller 2025

4.15

9k+ ratings

🧙 Witch Family Saga 💔 Estranged Sisters 🕯️ Ancestral Magic 🗡️ Feminist Revenge 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

The Wax Child

by Olga Ravn • 2023

In a Danish village, a wax doll watches women whose healing magic draws the witch hunters.

3.61

8k+

🕯️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🔥 Witch Trials 💕 Queer Desire ✨ Folk Magic

The Wax Child 90%

In a Danish village, a wax doll watches women whose healing magic draws the witch hunters.

by Olga Ravn 2023

3.61

8k+ ratings

🕯️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🔥 Witch Trials 💕 Queer Desire ✨ Folk Magic

Daughters of the Sea

by H.R. Mason • 2021

A crumbling Oregon manor calls to a fragile woman with whispers only she can hear.

4.20

131

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🧹 Witch Family Saga 🏰 Haunted Manor 👯 Long-Lost Twin 📖 Family Grimoire

Daughters of the Sea 90%

A crumbling Oregon manor calls to a fragile woman with whispers only she can hear.

by H.R. Mason 2021

4.20

131 ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🧹 Witch Family Saga 🏰 Haunted Manor 👯 Long-Lost Twin 📖 Family Grimoire

The Last Goddess

by Kateřina Tučková • 2022

An ethnographer mines secret police files to learn why the state destroyed her folk-healer aunt.

4.02

9k+

🔮 Folk Healing 📜 Archival Mystery 🐍 Family Curse Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Folk Horror Atmosphere

The Last Goddess 92%

An ethnographer mines secret police files to learn why the state destroyed her folk-healer aunt.

by Kateřina Tučková 2022

4.02

9k+ ratings

🔮 Folk Healing 📜 Archival Mystery 🐍 Family Curse Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Folk Horror Atmosphere

The Forget-Me-Not Library

by Heather Webber • 2025

A grief-stricken nurse breaks down in a town where a library cat returns what tragedy stole.

4.09

9k+

🏘️ Small Town Magical Realism 📚 Bookish Magic 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🕊️ Healing From Loss

The Forget-Me-Not Library 91%

A grief-stricken nurse breaks down in a town where a library cat returns what tragedy stole.

by Heather Webber 2025

4.09

9k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Magical Realism 📚 Bookish Magic 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🕊️ Healing From Loss

The Calamity Club

by Kathryn Stockett

A churchgoing spinster opens a brothel to rescue an orphan from a eugenics asylum.

4.60

120k+

🏚️ Southern Fiction ✊ Feminist Historical 🤝 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Women Outcasts 👩‍🦳 Spinster Heroine

The Calamity Club 90%

A churchgoing spinster opens a brothel to rescue an orphan from a eugenics asylum.

by Kathryn Stockett 2026

4.60

120k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Fiction ✊ Feminist Historical 🤝 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Women Outcasts 👩‍🦳 Spinster Heroine

Du thé pour les fantômes

by Chris Vuklisevic • 2023

In a Nice tea salon, a ghost medium and her poisonous twin unravel their mother's shattered past.

3.80

4k+

🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters 💔 Estranged Sisters 👻 Ghost Medium 🍵 Magical Tea Shop 🔍 Family Secrets

Du thé pour les fantômes 90%

In a Nice tea salon, a ghost medium and her poisonous twin unravel their mother's shattered past.

by Chris Vuklisevic 2023

3.80

4k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters 💔 Estranged Sisters 👻 Ghost Medium 🍵 Magical Tea Shop 🔍 Family Secrets

The Once and Future Witches

by Alix E. Harrow • 2020

Three sisters reunite in a city that burns witches and summon a lost magic tower, hunted.

4.02

108k+

🕰️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧙 Generational Magic 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 📚 Hidden Library 🕮 Folkloric Fantasy

The Once and Future Witches 90%

Three sisters reunite in a city that burns witches and summon a lost magic tower, hunted.

by Alix E. Harrow 2020

4.02

108k+ ratings

🕰️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧙 Generational Magic 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 📚 Hidden Library 🕮 Folkloric Fantasy

Mother of Pearl

by Melinda Haynes • 1999

A Black orphan and a white girl, both abandoned, search for home in 1956 Mississippi.

3.70

21k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🛑 Jim Crow South 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma

Mother of Pearl 90%

A Black orphan and a white girl, both abandoned, search for home in 1956 Mississippi.

by Melinda Haynes 1999

3.70

21k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🛑 Jim Crow South 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris

by Evie Woods • 2014

A grieving Irishwoman lands at a haunted French bakery where the bread stirs lost memories.

4.05

55k+

🍞 Culinary Magic 📜 Dual Timeline 🏘️ Small Town France 👻 Benevolent Haunting 📖 Secret Family History

The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris Summary

The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris 90%

A grieving Irishwoman lands at a haunted French bakery where the bread stirs lost memories.

by Evie Woods 2014

4.05

55k+ ratings

🍞 Culinary Magic 📜 Dual Timeline 🏘️ Small Town France 👻 Benevolent Haunting 📖 Secret Family History

Go as a River

by Shelley Read

When her drifter vanishes, a seventeen-year-old farm girl leaves their baby on a stranger's car.

4.25

198k+

🌾 Rural Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🤱 Motherhood Sacrifice 🏜️ American West 🌿 Nature Writing

Go as a River 90%

When her drifter vanishes, a seventeen-year-old farm girl leaves their baby on a stranger's car.

by Shelley Read 2023

4.25

198k+ ratings

🌾 Rural Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🤱 Motherhood Sacrifice 🏜️ American West 🌿 Nature Writing

The Invited

by Jennifer McMahon • 2019

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

3.80

45k+

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Invited 91%

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

by Jennifer McMahon 2019

3.80

45k+ ratings

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Witch's Daughter

by Paula Brackston • 2008

Her neighbor is a four-hundred-year-old witch. And the warlock who made her has returned.

3.66

44k+

🖤 Immortal Witch 🪵 Witch Trials 🌿 Healing Magic 💫 Mother Daughter Bond 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Witch's Daughter 91%

Her neighbor is a four-hundred-year-old witch. And the warlock who made her has returned.

by Paula Brackston 2008

3.66

44k+ ratings

🖤 Immortal Witch 🪵 Witch Trials 🌿 Healing Magic 💫 Mother Daughter Bond 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

by Breanne Randall • 2023

A kitchen witch's curse ties her magic to heartbreak, and her first love just came home.

3.19

49k+

🧙‍♀️ Small Town Witches 🥧 Culinary Magic 💞 Second Chance Romance 🪄 Family Curse ☕️ Cozy Magical Realism

The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic Summary

The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic 90%

A kitchen witch's curse ties her magic to heartbreak, and her first love just came home.

by Breanne Randall 2023

3.19

49k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Small Town Witches 🥧 Culinary Magic 💞 Second Chance Romance 🪄 Family Curse ☕️ Cozy Magical Realism

The Four Winds

by Kristin Hannah • 2021

A mother loses her Texas farm to dust and drives west toward California's broken promise.

4.30

1.0M+

🏜️ Dust Bowl Fiction 🇺🇸 1930s America ✊ Labor Organizing 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 💗 Mother's Sacrifice

The Four Winds 90%

A mother loses her Texas farm to dust and drives west toward California's broken promise.

by Kristin Hannah 2021

4.30

1.0M+ ratings

🏜️ Dust Bowl Fiction 🇺🇸 1930s America ✊ Labor Organizing 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 💗 Mother's Sacrifice

The Phoenix Pencil Company

by Allison King • 2025

A granddaughter's search for a lost cousin uncovers a magical family secret hidden in pencils.

3.49

21k+

✨ Magical Historical Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline 💕 Sapphic Slow Burn 🔍 Family Secrets 🌿 Inherited Magic

The Phoenix Pencil Company 90%

A granddaughter's search for a lost cousin uncovers a magical family secret hidden in pencils.

by Allison King 2025

3.49

21k+ ratings

✨ Magical Historical Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline 💕 Sapphic Slow Burn 🔍 Family Secrets 🌿 Inherited Magic

The Witch Haven

by Sasha Peyton Smith • 2021

Her hidden magic kills a predator. Sent to a witch academy, she hunts for her brother's murderer.

3.62

14k+

🏫 Magical Boarding School 📜 Historical Witches 💔 Betrayed By Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔮 Sisterhood Of Witches

The Witch Haven 90%

Her hidden magic kills a predator. Sent to a witch academy, she hunts for her brother's murderer.

by Sasha Peyton Smith 2021

3.62

14k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Boarding School 📜 Historical Witches 💔 Betrayed By Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔮 Sisterhood Of Witches

South of the Buttonwood Tree

by Heather Webber • 2020

An outcast finds a baby under a magical tree; claiming her exposes hidden family pasts.

4.28

15k+

🏘️ Small Town Magic 🫂 Found Family 👶 Abandoned Baby Mystery 👯 Secret Siblings 🌿 Southern Folklore

South of the Buttonwood Tree 91%

An outcast finds a baby under a magical tree; claiming her exposes hidden family pasts.

by Heather Webber 2020

4.28

15k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Magic 🫂 Found Family 👶 Abandoned Baby Mystery 👯 Secret Siblings 🌿 Southern Folklore

Midnight at the Blackbird Café

by Heather Webber • 2019

Anna Kate must run her dead grandmother's café, where the pies deliver messages from the grave.

4.04

65k+

🏘️ Small Town Magic 🥧 Culinary Magic 🕊️ Generational Healing ⚔️ Family Feud 💛 Found Family

Midnight at the Blackbird Café 91%

Anna Kate must run her dead grandmother's café, where the pies deliver messages from the grave.

by Heather Webber 2019

4.04

65k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Magic 🥧 Culinary Magic 🕊️ Generational Healing ⚔️ Family Feud 💛 Found Family

The Hounding

by Xenobe Purvis

A ferryman's claim that five sisters turn into dogs gives a drought-parched village its witches.

3.64

24k+

🏘️ Witch Trial Hysteria 🌾 Folk Horror 👁️ Ambiguous Supernatural 🖤 Sisters As Outsiders 🏡 Rural English Village

The Hounding 90%

A ferryman's claim that five sisters turn into dogs gives a drought-parched village its witches.

by Xenobe Purvis 2025

3.64

24k+ ratings

🏘️ Witch Trial Hysteria 🌾 Folk Horror 👁️ Ambiguous Supernatural 🖤 Sisters As Outsiders 🏡 Rural English Village

Mirror Girls

by Kelly McWilliams • 2022

Biracial twins raised apart reunite in Georgia to break a curse that stole one sister's reflection.

3.95

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌾 Jim Crow South 👯 Separated Twins 🎭 Passing As White 👻 Ancestral Ghosts

Mirror Girls 90%

Biracial twins raised apart reunite in Georgia to break a curse that stole one sister's reflection.

by Kelly McWilliams 2022

3.95

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌾 Jim Crow South 👯 Separated Twins 🎭 Passing As White 👻 Ancestral Ghosts

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

by Grady Hendrix • 2025

A 1960s home strips pregnant girls of names and babies. A hidden spellbook gives them teeth.

3.89

143k+

🖤 Feminist Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🧹 Witch Coven 🤝 Found Sisterhood 🤰 Reproductive Horror

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls 90%

A 1960s home strips pregnant girls of names and babies. A hidden spellbook gives them teeth.

by Grady Hendrix 2025

3.89

143k+ ratings

🖤 Feminist Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🧹 Witch Coven 🤝 Found Sisterhood 🤰 Reproductive Horror

The German Wife

by Kelly Rimmer

A German wife, an Alabama farm girl, and the lie that keeps both of them alive.

4.37

52k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚖️ Moral Compromise 😔 Survivor Guilt 👫 Protective Sibling

The German Wife 90%

A German wife, an Alabama farm girl, and the lie that keeps both of them alive.

by Kelly Rimmer 2022

4.37

52k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚖️ Moral Compromise 😔 Survivor Guilt 👫 Protective Sibling

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

The Glass Sentence

by S.E. Grove • 2014

A time-blind girl crosses a fractured world, following maps of memory to save her kidnapped uncle.

3.82

7k+

🗺️ Magical Maps ⏳ Fractured Time 📜 Alternate History 🧠 Memory Magic 👧 Orphan Protagonist

The Glass Sentence 91%

A time-blind girl crosses a fractured world, following maps of memory to save her kidnapped uncle.

by S.E. Grove 2014

3.82

7k+ ratings

🗺️ Magical Maps ⏳ Fractured Time 📜 Alternate History 🧠 Memory Magic 👧 Orphan Protagonist

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

by Rivka Galchen • 2021

Seventy years of herbal wisdom and blunt opinions have made her a witch to her neighbors.

3.38

14k+

🧹 Witch Trial Fiction 📜 Based On True Events 🏘️ Small Village Secrets 🌿 Herbalist Healer 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch Summary

Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch 90%

Seventy years of herbal wisdom and blunt opinions have made her a witch to her neighbors.

by Rivka Galchen 2021

3.38

14k+ ratings

🧹 Witch Trial Fiction 📜 Based On True Events 🏘️ Small Village Secrets 🌿 Herbalist Healer 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare

All the Forgivenesses

by Elizabeth Hardinger • 2019

After her brother's drowning, a Kentucky farm girl grows up raising everyone but herself.

4.25

21k+

🌾 Rural Historical 🇺🇸 Early 1900s America 👩‍👧‍👦 Eldest Daughter Burden 😔 Childhood Guilt 🏚️ Hardscrabble Life

All the Forgivenesses 90%

After her brother's drowning, a Kentucky farm girl grows up raising everyone but herself.

by Elizabeth Hardinger 2019

4.25

21k+ ratings

🌾 Rural Historical 🇺🇸 Early 1900s America 👩‍👧‍👦 Eldest Daughter Burden 😔 Childhood Guilt 🏚️ Hardscrabble Life

The Crescent Moon Tearoom

by Stacy Sivinski • 2024

A witch council tasks three sisters with saving their tearoom, but a hidden curse could sever them.

3.60

12k+

🧙‍♀️ Cozy Witch Fantasy 👯‍♀️ Sister Witches 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🫖 Tea Magic 😢 Bittersweet Sisterhood

The Crescent Moon Tearoom 91%

A witch council tasks three sisters with saving their tearoom, but a hidden curse could sever them.

by Stacy Sivinski 2024

3.60

12k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Cozy Witch Fantasy 👯‍♀️ Sister Witches 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🫖 Tea Magic 😢 Bittersweet Sisterhood

Spells for Forgetting

by Adrienne Young • 2022

After fourteen years, August Salt returns to the island where a girl's drowning whispers his name.

3.85

73k+

🖤 Small Town Gothic 🍂 Folk Magic 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌙 Friends To Lovers 🔑 Generational Secrets

Spells for Forgetting 91%

After fourteen years, August Salt returns to the island where a girl's drowning whispers his name.

by Adrienne Young 2022

3.85

73k+ ratings

🖤 Small Town Gothic 🍂 Folk Magic 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌙 Friends To Lovers 🔑 Generational Secrets

The Sicilian Inheritance

by Jo Piazza

A bankrupt chef in Sicily digs up her great-grandmother's murder, and the village digs back.

3.98

59k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔥 Accused Of Witchcraft 🪦 Faked Death 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Saga 📜 Women's Hidden History

The Sicilian Inheritance 90%

A bankrupt chef in Sicily digs up her great-grandmother's murder, and the village digs back.

by Jo Piazza 2024

3.98

59k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔥 Accused Of Witchcraft 🪦 Faked Death 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Saga 📜 Women's Hidden History

A House Between Sea and Sky

by Beth Cato • 2025

A grieving screenwriter's magical bread awakens a sentient house that opens doors for the hungry.

4.08

7k+

🏠 Sentient House 🍞 Magical Baking 🪶 Baba Yaga Retelling 🤝 Found Family 🚪 Portal Fantasy

A House Between Sea and Sky 90%

A grieving screenwriter's magical bread awakens a sentient house that opens doors for the hungry.

by Beth Cato 2025

4.08

7k+ ratings

🏠 Sentient House 🍞 Magical Baking 🪶 Baba Yaga Retelling 🤝 Found Family 🚪 Portal Fantasy

Echo

by Pam Muñoz Ryan • 2015

A cursed harmonica travels through time, into the hands of three children fighting to belong.

4.36

48k+

🕰️ Interwoven Timelines 🪄 Magical Object 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🎶 Music As Resistance ⚫ Nazi Germany

Echo 90%

A cursed harmonica travels through time, into the hands of three children fighting to belong.

by Pam Muñoz Ryan 2015

4.36

48k+ ratings

🕰️ Interwoven Timelines 🪄 Magical Object 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🎶 Music As Resistance ⚫ Nazi Germany

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