50 Books like The Gifts

The Sirens

by Emilia Hart

She wakes mid-strangle, flees to a coast where violent men drown and her sister's trail ends.

3.70

72k+

🧜‍♀️ Feminist Myth 🏚️ Coastal Gothic 🩸 Ancestral Memory 🔥 Female Rage ☘️ Irish Folklore

The Sirens 91%

She wakes mid-strangle, flees to a coast where violent men drown and her sister's trail ends.

by Emilia Hart 2025

3.70

72k+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Feminist Myth 🏚️ Coastal Gothic 🩸 Ancestral Memory 🔥 Female Rage ☘️ Irish Folklore

Poor Things

by Alasdair Gray • 1992

A drowned woman, rebuilt with an infant's brain, awakens to a world trying to own her.

3.92

43k+

📜 Victorian Pastiche ✊ Feminist Revision 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Competing Narratives ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

Poor Things 92%

A drowned woman, rebuilt with an infant's brain, awakens to a world trying to own her.

by Alasdair Gray 1992

3.92

43k+ ratings

📜 Victorian Pastiche ✊ Feminist Revision 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Competing Narratives ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

The Silence Factory

by Bridget Collins • 2024

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

3.41

5k+

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

The Silence Factory 91%

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

by Bridget Collins 2024

3.41

5k+ ratings

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

A Botanical Daughter

by Noah Medlock • 2024

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

3.58

7k+

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

A Botanical Daughter 91%

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

by Noah Medlock 2024

3.58

7k+ ratings

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

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 91%

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

Six Wild Crowns

by Holly Race • 2025

A new queen's rebellion against stolen magic hinges on the spy sent to poison her.

3.62

2k+

👑 Tudor Fantasy ✊ Feminist Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Court Intrigue ⚡ Stolen Divine Power

Six Wild Crowns 91%

A new queen's rebellion against stolen magic hinges on the spy sent to poison her.

by Holly Race 2025

3.62

2k+ ratings

👑 Tudor Fantasy ✊ Feminist Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Court Intrigue ⚡ Stolen Divine Power

The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt

by Chelsea Iversen • 2024

Her garden feels her moods, but a missing father brings an inspector who sees only madness.

3.56

3k+

🪴 Sentient Garden 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🔥 Female Rage 💍 Gaslighting Husband 🏚️ Asylum Threat

The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt Summary

The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt 91%

Her garden feels her moods, but a missing father brings an inspector who sees only madness.

by Chelsea Iversen 2024

3.56

3k+ ratings

🪴 Sentient Garden 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🔥 Female Rage 💍 Gaslighting Husband 🏚️ Asylum Threat

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 91%

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

Anima Rising

by Christopher Moore • 2025

Frankenstein's bride washes up in Vienna with no memory and becomes Klimt's most dangerous muse.

4.05

6k+

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🕰️ Immortal Woman 🎨 Artist And Muse 💛 Found Family 😈 Darkly Comic

Anima Rising 91%

Frankenstein's bride washes up in Vienna with no memory and becomes Klimt's most dangerous muse.

by Christopher Moore 2025

4.05

6k+ ratings

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🕰️ Immortal Woman 🎨 Artist And Muse 💛 Found Family 😈 Darkly Comic

The Last Witch

by C.J. Cooke • 2025

1485: A noblewoman defies an inquisitor. In her cell, women are already summoning a goddess.

4.06

3k+

🖤 Witch Trial Horror 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity 💪 Defiant Heroine 🌫️ Gothic Dread 🔥 Female Rage

The Last Witch 91%

1485: A noblewoman defies an inquisitor. In her cell, women are already summoning a goddess.

by C.J. Cooke 2025

4.06

3k+ ratings

🖤 Witch Trial Horror 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity 💪 Defiant Heroine 🌫️ Gothic Dread 🔥 Female Rage

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 Silk Weaver

by Liz Trenow • 2017

His silk loom, her secret sketches: forbidden love in Georgian London that could ruin them both.

3.88

2k+

💘 Forbidden Romance 🧵 Artisan Craft 🎨 Creative Partnership 👩‍🎨 Female Artist ✊ Workers' Struggle

The Silk Weaver 90%

His silk loom, her secret sketches: forbidden love in Georgian London that could ruin them both.

by Liz Trenow 2017

3.88

2k+ ratings

💘 Forbidden Romance 🧵 Artisan Craft 🎨 Creative Partnership 👩‍🎨 Female Artist ✊ Workers' Struggle

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish

by Paula Brackston • 2024

A ghost-seeing Victorian librarian discovers her cathedral's crypt broken open and the dead walking.

3.75

2k+

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 📜 Historical Fantasy 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine 💔 Doomed Romance 🗺️ Magical Map

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish Summary

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish 90%

A ghost-seeing Victorian librarian discovers her cathedral's crypt broken open and the dead walking.

by Paula Brackston 2024

3.75

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 📜 Historical Fantasy 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine 💔 Doomed Romance 🗺️ Magical Map

Morgan Is My Name

by Sophie Keetch • 2022

Her father slain, her mother the king's prize, Morgan of Tintagel turns to forbidden knowledge.

4.15

13k+

🏰 Feminist Arthurian 🖤 Villain Origin Story 💔 Forbidden Courtly Love 👑 Political Marriage 💜 Chosen Family

Morgan Is My Name 90%

Her father slain, her mother the king's prize, Morgan of Tintagel turns to forbidden knowledge.

by Sophie Keetch 2022

4.15

13k+ ratings

🏰 Feminist Arthurian 🖤 Villain Origin Story 💔 Forbidden Courtly Love 👑 Political Marriage 💜 Chosen Family

The Midnight Witch

by Paula Brackston • 2014

A young duchess inherits a necromantic coven, loves an outsider, and a rival order closes in.

3.57

7k+

🦴 Necromancy 🎩 Edwardian London 🌙 Coven Politics 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 💕 Witch Romance

The Midnight Witch 90%

A young duchess inherits a necromantic coven, loves an outsider, and a rival order closes in.

by Paula Brackston 2014

3.57

7k+ ratings

🦴 Necromancy 🎩 Edwardian London 🌙 Coven Politics 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 💕 Witch Romance

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 90%

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

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 90%

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 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 91%

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

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 Secret Book Society

by Madeline Martin

A secret book society shields repressed Victorian women until an asylum swallows one of them.

4.07

32k+

🏙️ Victorian London 📚 Secret Book Club 🤝 Female Solidarity 📖 Reading As Resistance 💔 Abusive Marriage

The Secret Book Society 91%

A secret book society shields repressed Victorian women until an asylum swallows one of them.

by Madeline Martin 2025

4.07

32k+ ratings

🏙️ Victorian London 📚 Secret Book Club 🤝 Female Solidarity 📖 Reading As Resistance 💔 Abusive Marriage

Empire of Shadows

by Jacquelyn Benson • 2024

A Victorian archivist pursues a lost city with a stolen map and a maddening surveyor.

4.15

10k+

🏛️ Archaeological Adventure 🗺️ Lost City Quest 🤝 Reluctant Partners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✊ Defiant Heroine

Empire of Shadows 90%

A Victorian archivist pursues a lost city with a stolen map and a maddening surveyor.

by Jacquelyn Benson 2024

4.15

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Archaeological Adventure 🗺️ Lost City Quest 🤝 Reluctant Partners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ✊ Defiant Heroine

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2022

Carlota Moreau grew up among animal hybrids in the jungle. She never knew she was one.

3.57

41k+

🧬 Gothic Science Fiction ✨ Feminist Retelling 🧪 Mad Scientist 💚 Chosen Family 🐆 Animal-Human Hybrids

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau 90%

Carlota Moreau grew up among animal hybrids in the jungle. She never knew she was one.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2022

3.57

41k+ ratings

🧬 Gothic Science Fiction ✨ Feminist Retelling 🧪 Mad Scientist 💚 Chosen Family 🐆 Animal-Human Hybrids

Bone China

by Laura Purcell • 2019

A lady's maid hides in a cliffside house where china keeps secrets and fairies are feared.

3.65

8k+

🌊 Seaside Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Obsessive Love

Bone China 90%

A lady's maid hides in a cliffside house where china keeps secrets and fairies are feared.

by Laura Purcell 2019

3.65

8k+ ratings

🌊 Seaside Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Obsessive Love

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 90%

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

Rules for Ruin

by Mimi Matthews • 2025

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

3.95

6k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

Rules for Ruin 90%

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

by Mimi Matthews 2025

3.95

6k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

A Study in Drowning

by Ava Reid • 2023

At a crumbling manor, a student learns her idol's masterpiece was stolen from a woman he silenced.

3.70

106k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 🏚️ Gothic Manor 📖 Literary Mystery ❤️ Allies To Lovers ✍️ Hidden Authorship

A Study in Drowning 90%

At a crumbling manor, a student learns her idol's masterpiece was stolen from a woman he silenced.

by Ava Reid 2023

3.70

106k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 🏚️ Gothic Manor 📖 Literary Mystery ❤️ Allies To Lovers ✍️ Hidden Authorship

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 90%

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

Les marins ne savent pas nager

by Dominique Scali • 2022

An orphan who can swim defies a rigged citizenship lottery on the walled island of Ys.

3.73

1k+

🏝️ Fictional Island 🫂 Found Family 👨‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor 📜 Generational Saga 🗣️ Polyphonic Voices

Les marins ne savent pas nager 90%

An orphan who can swim defies a rigged citizenship lottery on the walled island of Ys.

by Dominique Scali 2022

3.73

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Fictional Island 🫂 Found Family 👨‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor 📜 Generational Saga 🗣️ Polyphonic Voices

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke • 2006

Two rival magicians revive English magic while a fae lord's bargain entraps those they love.

3.88

260k+

🎩 Magical Regency ⚔️ Rival Magicians 🧚 Faerie Bargain 🚫 Forbidden Magic 🌫️ Atmospheric And Eerie

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 90%

Two rival magicians revive English magic while a fae lord's bargain entraps those they love.

by Susanna Clarke 2006

3.88

260k+ ratings

🎩 Magical Regency ⚔️ Rival Magicians 🧚 Faerie Bargain 🚫 Forbidden Magic 🌫️ Atmospheric And Eerie

Siren Queen

by Nghi Vo • 2022

Hollywood is a faerie court. A Chinese-American girl trades pieces of herself to become its queen.

3.67

13k+

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💋 Sapphic Romance 🐉 Monstrous Women ⭐ Price Of Fame

Siren Queen 90%

Hollywood is a faerie court. A Chinese-American girl trades pieces of herself to become its queen.

by Nghi Vo 2022

3.67

13k+ ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💋 Sapphic Romance 🐉 Monstrous Women ⭐ Price Of Fame

After Alice

by Gregory Maguire • 2015

Bound in an iron corset, a Victorian girl pursues Alice into a Wonderland rotting from within.

2.82

13k+

🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🎩 Victorian Fantasy ♿ Disabled Protagonist 🪞 Parallel Worlds 🔍 Side Character Story

After Alice 90%

Bound in an iron corset, a Victorian girl pursues Alice into a Wonderland rotting from within.

by Gregory Maguire 2015

2.82

13k+ ratings

🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🎩 Victorian Fantasy ♿ Disabled Protagonist 🪞 Parallel Worlds 🔍 Side Character Story

Ordinary Monsters

by J.M. Miro • 2022

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

3.77

23k+

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

Ordinary Monsters 90%

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

by J.M. Miro 2022

3.77

23k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

The Phoenix Crown

by Kate Quinn • 2024

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

3.86

51k+

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Female Friendship 🕰️ Edwardian Era

The Phoenix Crown 90%

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

by Kate Quinn 2024

3.86

51k+ ratings

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Female Friendship 🕰️ Edwardian Era

The Miniaturist

by Jessie Burton • 2014

Newly married in Amsterdam, she fills a dollhouse whose tiny figures predict the household's ruin.

3.62

155k+

🏙️ Dutch Golden Age 🕯️ Gothic Domestic Suspense 💍 Arranged Marriage 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Family Secrets

The Miniaturist 90%

Newly married in Amsterdam, she fills a dollhouse whose tiny figures predict the household's ruin.

by Jessie Burton 2014

3.62

155k+ ratings

🏙️ Dutch Golden Age 🕯️ Gothic Domestic Suspense 💍 Arranged Marriage 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Family Secrets

Isola

by Allegra Goodman

Her guardian stole her inheritance and left her on a granite island to die.

4.00

120k+

📜 Feminist Historical 🏝️ Island Survival 🙏 Faith Tested 🖤 Bleak Beauty 🌿 Quiet Resilience

Isola 90%

Her guardian stole her inheritance and left her on a granite island to die.

by Allegra Goodman 2025

4.00

120k+ ratings

📜 Feminist Historical 🏝️ Island Survival 🙏 Faith Tested 🖤 Bleak Beauty 🌿 Quiet Resilience

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 91%

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 Lost Apothecary

by Sarah Penner • 2021

Her solo trip uncovers a hidden 1791 apothecary and its secret: poisons for women's revenge.

3.76

508k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🗡️ Women's Revenge 🤝 Found Family 👩‍🏫 Mentor-Protege

The Lost Apothecary 91%

Her solo trip uncovers a hidden 1791 apothecary and its secret: poisons for women's revenge.

by Sarah Penner 2021

3.76

508k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🗡️ Women's Revenge 🤝 Found Family 👩‍🏫 Mentor-Protege

Bog Queen

by Anna North • 2025

A forensic anthropologist arrives to identify a missing woman. The bog holds an Iron Age murder.

3.58

8k+

🔬 Archaeological Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Iron Age Britain 🌫️ Atmospheric Gothic 🌿 Environmental Activism

Bog Queen 90%

A forensic anthropologist arrives to identify a missing woman. The bog holds an Iron Age murder.

by Anna North 2025

3.58

8k+ ratings

🔬 Archaeological Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Iron Age Britain 🌫️ Atmospheric Gothic 🌿 Environmental Activism

The Warm Hands of Ghosts

by Katherine Arden • 2024

Siblings separated by WWI find a fiddler whose hotel offers shelter at the cost of memory.

3.96

33k+

🏰 Historical Fantasy 🕊️ World War I Era 👫 Sibling Bond 🎖️ War Trauma 📜 Faustian Bargain

The Warm Hands of Ghosts 90%

Siblings separated by WWI find a fiddler whose hotel offers shelter at the cost of memory.

by Katherine Arden 2024

3.96

33k+ ratings

🏰 Historical Fantasy 🕊️ World War I Era 👫 Sibling Bond 🎖️ War Trauma 📜 Faustian Bargain

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 90%

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

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 90%

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 Embroidered Book

by Kate Heartfield • 2022

A spellbook of sacrifice crowns two Habsburg sisters in France and Naples while revolution brews.

3.65

3k+

🕯️ Secret History 🩸 Magic With A Cost 👑 Royal Intrigue 💍 Arranged Royal Marriage 🏴 Revolutionary France

The Embroidered Book 90%

A spellbook of sacrifice crowns two Habsburg sisters in France and Naples while revolution brews.

by Kate Heartfield 2022

3.65

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret History 🩸 Magic With A Cost 👑 Royal Intrigue 💍 Arranged Royal Marriage 🏴 Revolutionary France

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 90%

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 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 90%

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

What the River Knows

by Isabel Ibañez • 2023

After her parents' deaths in Egypt, Argentine heiress inherits a magical ring and a deadly quest.

3.83

90k+

🗝️ Magical Artifacts 🏛️ Archaeological Adventure 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔍 Family Secrets

What the River Knows 90%

After her parents' deaths in Egypt, Argentine heiress inherits a magical ring and a deadly quest.

by Isabel Ibañez 2023

3.83

90k+ ratings

🗝️ Magical Artifacts 🏛️ Archaeological Adventure 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔍 Family Secrets

Great Circle

by Maggie Shipstead • 2021

A biplane over Montana: an orphan girl decides nothing will keep her from the sky.

4.09

84k+

🛩️ Female Aviator 📖 Epic Life Saga 👯 Twin Connection 🥃 Prohibition-Era 🔄 Self-Reinvention

Great Circle 90%

A biplane over Montana: an orphan girl decides nothing will keep her from the sky.

by Maggie Shipstead 2021

4.09

84k+ ratings

🛩️ Female Aviator 📖 Epic Life Saga 👯 Twin Connection 🥃 Prohibition-Era 🔄 Self-Reinvention

The Temptation of Charlotte North

by Camilla Bruce • 2026

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

3.57

267

🖤 Feminist Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage 💔 Forbidden Desire 👻 Demonic Possession

The Temptation of Charlotte North Summary

The Temptation of Charlotte North 90%

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

by Camilla Bruce 2026

3.57

267 ratings

🖤 Feminist Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage 💔 Forbidden Desire 👻 Demonic Possession

The French Lieutenant’s Woman

by John Fowles • 1969

An engaged gentleman meets a fallen woman on the sea wall, and his Victorian world tilts.

3.88

56k+

🕰️ Neo Victorian 📖 Metafiction 💔 Fallen Woman 🎭 Class Transgression 🌊 Seaside Gothic

The French Lieutenant’s Woman 90%

An engaged gentleman meets a fallen woman on the sea wall, and his Victorian world tilts.

by John Fowles 1969

3.88

56k+ ratings

🕰️ Neo Victorian 📖 Metafiction 💔 Fallen Woman 🎭 Class Transgression 🌊 Seaside Gothic

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern • 2011

Inside a magical circus, two illusionists duel in secret, and falling in love breaks every rule.

4.00

1.1M+

🎪 Circus Fantasy ⚔️ Magical Duel 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🌫️ Atmospheric Fantasy

The Night Circus 90%

Inside a magical circus, two illusionists duel in secret, and falling in love breaks every rule.

by Erin Morgenstern 2011

4.00

1.1M+ ratings

🎪 Circus Fantasy ⚔️ Magical Duel 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🌫️ Atmospheric Fantasy

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 90%

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

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