50 Books like The Lies We Conjure

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 92%

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

A Spell to Wake the Dead

by Nicole Lesperance • 2025

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

3.66

1k+

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

A Spell to Wake the Dead 94%

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

by Nicole Lesperance 2025

3.66

1k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

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 94%

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 Bell Witches

by Lindsey Kelk • 2024

Her father dead, she inherits a Savannah mansion, a witch's legacy, and a werewolf's heart.

3.58

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📜 Generational Magic 🧙 Witch Ancestry 💫 Fated Lovers 🔮 Hidden Powers

The Bell Witches 94%

Her father dead, she inherits a Savannah mansion, a witch's legacy, and a werewolf's heart.

by Lindsey Kelk 2024

3.58

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 📜 Generational Magic 🧙 Witch Ancestry 💫 Fated Lovers 🔮 Hidden Powers

Beautiful Creatures

by Kami Garcia • 2009

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

3.78

623k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Fated Connection

Beautiful Creatures 93%

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

by Kami Garcia 2009

3.78

623k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Fated Connection

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

House of Marionne

by J. Elle • 2023

Hiding outlawed magic in a deadly academy, she’s paired with an assassin who hunts her kind.

3.63

8k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏰 Magical Boarding School 🔥 Forbidden Magic 💗 Slow Burn Romance 🌒 Gothic Atmosphere

House of Marionne 93%

Hiding outlawed magic in a deadly academy, she’s paired with an assassin who hunts her kind.

by J. Elle 2023

3.63

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏰 Magical Boarding School 🔥 Forbidden Magic 💗 Slow Burn Romance 🌒 Gothic Atmosphere

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 93%

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

The Invocations

by Krystal Sutherland • 2024

Three desperate women hunt a serial killer who carves spells from the bodies of witches.

4.06

13k+

🕯️ Occult Murder Mystery 📚 Dark Witch Academia 🖤 Found Family Coven ☠️ Necromancy Quest 🌙 Sapphic Dark Fantasy

The Invocations 93%

Three desperate women hunt a serial killer who carves spells from the bodies of witches.

by Krystal Sutherland 2024

4.06

13k+ ratings

🕯️ Occult Murder Mystery 📚 Dark Witch Academia 🖤 Found Family Coven ☠️ Necromancy Quest 🌙 Sapphic Dark Fantasy

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 93%

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

Gallant

by V.E. Schwab • 2022

A mute orphan inherits a crumbling manor where a garden wall barely holds back the dark.

3.70

150k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🕯️ Family Curse 👻 Ghostly Allies

Gallant 93%

A mute orphan inherits a crumbling manor where a garden wall barely holds back the dark.

by V.E. Schwab 2022

3.70

150k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🕯️ Family Curse 👻 Ghostly Allies

Bitten

by Kelley Armstrong • 2001

A rogue werewolf's attacks force the only female werewolf back to her pack and possessive ex.

4.02

106k+

🐺 Werewolf Pack Politics 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌕 Reluctant Werewolf 💞 Fated Mates 🖤 Alpha Hero

Bitten 93%

A rogue werewolf's attacks force the only female werewolf back to her pack and possessive ex.

by Kelley Armstrong 2001

4.02

106k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Pack Politics 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌕 Reluctant Werewolf 💞 Fated Mates 🖤 Alpha Hero

House of Hearts

by Skyla Arndt • 2025

At a cursed gothic academy, an outsider hunts her best friend's killer among a secret society.

3.65

2k+

🔮 Dark Academia 🏰 Gothic Boarding School 💀 Generational Curse 🃏 Secret Society ❤️ Enemies To Lovers

House of Hearts 93%

At a cursed gothic academy, an outsider hunts her best friend's killer among a secret society.

by Skyla Arndt 2025

3.65

2k+ ratings

🔮 Dark Academia 🏰 Gothic Boarding School 💀 Generational Curse 🃏 Secret Society ❤️ Enemies To Lovers

The House of Quiet

by Kiersten White • 2025

To save her sister, a maid infiltrates a gothic house that harvests psychic children.

3.56

1k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Corrupt Institution 👯 Sisterly Bond

The House of Quiet 93%

To save her sister, a maid infiltrates a gothic house that harvests psychic children.

by Kiersten White 2025

3.56

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Corrupt Institution 👯 Sisterly Bond

Tidespeaker

by Sadie Turner • 2026

Where her best friend drowned, a water mage finds a coded letter from the dead.

3.64

489

🌊 Elemental Magic 🖤 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 👯 Female Friendship 💜 Found Family

Tidespeaker 93%

Where her best friend drowned, a water mage finds a coded letter from the dead.

by Sadie Turner 2026

3.64

489 ratings

🌊 Elemental Magic 🖤 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 👯 Female Friendship 💜 Found Family

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 93%

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

The Witches of Scotland

by Steven P. Aitchison • 2022

His magic locked away at birth. A witch hunt is coming, and silence won't protect him.

3.94

8k+

🟣 Crystal Magic 🏫 Witch Academy 🔮 Hidden Powers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Inheritance

The Witches of Scotland 93%

His magic locked away at birth. A witch hunt is coming, and silence won't protect him.

by Steven P. Aitchison 2022

3.94

8k+ ratings

🟣 Crystal Magic 🏫 Witch Academy 🔮 Hidden Powers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Inheritance

Serpent & Dove

by Shelby Mahurin • 2019

A captive thief marries a witch hunter. She hides her magic; he burns witches.

3.97

348k+

💍 Forced Marriage 🗡️ Witch Hunter Romance 🧹 Hidden Witch 👑 Witch Queen 🇫🇷 French Inspired Fantasy

Serpent & Dove 93%

A captive thief marries a witch hunter. She hides her magic; he burns witches.

by Shelby Mahurin 2019

3.97

348k+ ratings

💍 Forced Marriage 🗡️ Witch Hunter Romance 🧹 Hidden Witch 👑 Witch Queen 🇫🇷 French Inspired Fantasy

Horrid

by Katrina Leno • 2020

A girl moves into the family's crumbling manor, where a dead sister watches from the mirrors.

3.54

16k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Secret Sister 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread

Horrid 93%

A girl moves into the family's crumbling manor, where a dead sister watches from the mirrors.

by Katrina Leno 2020

3.54

16k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Secret Sister 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread

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 93%

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

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

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

by Michelle Hodkin • 2011

The accident killed her friends and spared her. Now Mara Dyer's worst thoughts are becoming reality.

4.01

191k+

📖 Unreliable Narrator 👻 Psychological Paranormal 🩹 Trauma And Powers 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Paranormal Murder Mystery

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer 92%

The accident killed her friends and spared her. Now Mara Dyer's worst thoughts are becoming reality.

by Michelle Hodkin 2011

4.01

191k+ ratings

📖 Unreliable Narrator 👻 Psychological Paranormal 🩹 Trauma And Powers 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Paranormal Murder Mystery

The Library After Dark

by Ande Pliego • 2026

A locked gothic library, a blizzard, and dark fairy tales that have started killing the guests.

3.59

2k+

🔒 Gothic Locked Room 🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 🔑 Family Secrets 👧 Orphaned Heroine 👯 Sisters Divided

The Library After Dark 92%

A locked gothic library, a blizzard, and dark fairy tales that have started killing the guests.

by Ande Pliego 2026

3.59

2k+ ratings

🔒 Gothic Locked Room 🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 🔑 Family Secrets 👧 Orphaned Heroine 👯 Sisters Divided

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 94%

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

Every Gift a Curse

by Caroline O'Donoghue • 2023

Losing herself to a vengeful spirit, a teen witch races to stop a cult's ritual sacrifice.

4.27

3k+

☘️ Irish Fantasy 🔮 Teen Witches 🫂 Found Family ⛓️ Inherited Curse 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Ensemble

Every Gift a Curse 94%

Losing herself to a vengeful spirit, a teen witch races to stop a cult's ritual sacrifice.

by Caroline O'Donoghue 2023

4.27

3k+ ratings

☘️ Irish Fantasy 🔮 Teen Witches 🫂 Found Family ⛓️ Inherited Curse 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Ensemble

The Inheritance Games

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

A broke teen inherits stranger's fortune and must survive four grandsons in a puzzle-filled mansion.

4.12

1.1M+

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 💰 Wealthy Family Secrets 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🐟 Fish Out Of Water

The Inheritance Games 92%

A broke teen inherits stranger's fortune and must survive four grandsons in a puzzle-filled mansion.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2020

4.12

1.1M+ ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 💰 Wealthy Family Secrets 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🐟 Fish Out Of Water

Darkly

by Marisha Pessl • 2024

Seven teens on a dead game designer's island: find the missing boy, survive the game.

3.66

8k+

🎲 Deadly Game 🏝️ Gothic Island 🫂 Found Family 💕 Rivals To Lovers 😱 Creeping Dread

Darkly 92%

Seven teens on a dead game designer's island: find the missing boy, survive the game.

by Marisha Pessl 2024

3.66

8k+ ratings

🎲 Deadly Game 🏝️ Gothic Island 🫂 Found Family 💕 Rivals To Lovers 😱 Creeping Dread

Bone Smith

by Nicki Pau Preto • 2023

A disgraced bonesmith must trust an ironsmith enemy to save a prince from the haunted Breachlands.

4.16

11k+

🦴 Bone Magic 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Hidden Lineage 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🚫 Forbidden Magic

Bone Smith 92%

A disgraced bonesmith must trust an ironsmith enemy to save a prince from the haunted Breachlands.

by Nicki Pau Preto 2023

4.16

11k+ ratings

🦴 Bone Magic 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Hidden Lineage 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🚫 Forbidden Magic

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

The Cousins

by Karen M. McManus • 2020

Three estranged cousins are summoned to their grandmother's island, but she never invited them.

3.77

147k+

🕵️ Family Secrets 💔 Estranged Family 🎭 False Identity 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏝️ Isolated Island

The Cousins 92%

Three estranged cousins are summoned to their grandmother's island, but she never invited them.

by Karen M. McManus 2020

3.77

147k+ ratings

🕵️ Family Secrets 💔 Estranged Family 🎭 False Identity 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏝️ Isolated Island

Blood Magic

by Tessa Gratton • 2011

Her dead father's spell book teaches Silla to cast with blood. An immortal witch hunts her.

3.65

11k+

🩸 Sacrificial Magic 👻 Body Possession 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🪦 Graveyard Magic 📜 Inherited Magic

Blood Magic 92%

Her dead father's spell book teaches Silla to cast with blood. An immortal witch hunts her.

by Tessa Gratton 2011

3.65

11k+ ratings

🩸 Sacrificial Magic 👻 Body Possession 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🪦 Graveyard Magic 📜 Inherited Magic

The Bone Witch

by Rin Chupeco • 2017

Raising her brother from the dead exiles a girl into a glittering sisterhood of dark magic.

3.68

52k+

🦴 Necromantic Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚠️ Corrupted Magic System 🏯 Asian Fantasy World 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Bone Witch 92%

Raising her brother from the dead exiles a girl into a glittering sisterhood of dark magic.

by Rin Chupeco 2017

3.68

52k+ ratings

🦴 Necromantic Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚠️ Corrupted Magic System 🏯 Asian Fantasy World 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

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 92%

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

Thicker Than Water

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2015

His mother murdered, a town needs a killer. The cop's daughter is the only one listening.

3.59

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Atmospheric Gothic ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔮 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Forbidden Romance

Thicker Than Water 92%

His mother murdered, a town needs a killer. The cop's daughter is the only one listening.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2015

3.59

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Atmospheric Gothic ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔮 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Forbidden Romance

Night School

by C.J. Daugherty • 2012

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

4.07

29k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Night School 92%

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

by C.J. Daugherty 2012

4.07

29k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

King Sorrow

by Joe Hill • 2025

College friends, trapped by blackmail, summon a dragon that demands a sacrifice every year.

4.36

29k+

📚 Dark Academia 🖤 Found Family 🕯️ Ritual Magic 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

King Sorrow 92%

College friends, trapped by blackmail, summon a dragon that demands a sacrifice every year.

by Joe Hill 2025

4.36

29k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🖤 Found Family 🕯️ Ritual Magic 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

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

The Witching Hour

by Anne Rice • 1990

A surgeon is the last witch her family's dark spirit needs to be reborn.

4.10

125k+

🧹 Generational Witches 📜 Secret Society 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👹 Demonic Rebirth 🏚️ Haunted Mansion

The Witching Hour 92%

A surgeon is the last witch her family's dark spirit needs to be reborn.

by Anne Rice 1990

4.10

125k+ ratings

🧹 Generational Witches 📜 Secret Society 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👹 Demonic Rebirth 🏚️ Haunted Mansion

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

The Last Witch

by M.J. Lawrie • 2019

Imprisoned for two years, a witch is freed by a coven that intends to weaponize her power.

3.99

3k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🧙 Witch Coven 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero

The Last Witch 92%

Imprisoned for two years, a witch is freed by a coven that intends to weaponize her power.

by M.J. Lawrie 2019

3.99

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🧙 Witch Coven 💔 Traumatized Heroine 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero

Truly, Devious

by Maureen Johnson • 2018

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

3.88

184k+

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 💛 Found Family

Truly, Devious 92%

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

by Maureen Johnson 2018

3.88

184k+ ratings

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 💛 Found Family

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

Served Him Right

by Lisa Unger • 2026

A coven of herbalists turns on each other when their friend's abuser is found poisoned.

3.41

10k+

🕯️ Modern Gothic 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Thriller 👯‍♀️ Sisters And Secrets 🌳 Inherited Trauma 🌙 Women's Secret Society

Served Him Right 92%

A coven of herbalists turns on each other when their friend's abuser is found poisoned.

by Lisa Unger 2026

3.41

10k+ ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Thriller 👯‍♀️ Sisters And Secrets 🌳 Inherited Trauma 🌙 Women's Secret Society

Half Lies

by Sally Green • 2014

A teenage witch in hiding loves a boy from the enemy faction, risking everything.

3.79

3k+

🏙️ Urban Witch Society 📝 Epistolary Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Love 👫 Sibling Bond 🔪 Betrayal

Half Lies 92%

A teenage witch in hiding loves a boy from the enemy faction, risking everything.

by Sally Green 2014

3.79

3k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Witch Society 📝 Epistolary Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Love 👫 Sibling Bond 🔪 Betrayal

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

The Rebel Mages

by Laurie Forest • 2019

An outcast mage survives a purge with forbidden fire, then is bound in a magical marriage.

4.38

2k+

🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Resistance Movement 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Rebel Mages 92%

An outcast mage survives a purge with forbidden fire, then is bound in a magical marriage.

by Laurie Forest 2019

4.38

2k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Resistance Movement 🎭 Hidden Identity

What Big Teeth

by Rose Szabo • 2021

Eleanor returns to her family's isolated mansion to find monsters and an even darker matriarch.

3.36

7k+

🐺 Werewolf Family 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Isolated Mansion 🕯️ Dark Family Secret 🕸️ Manipulative Matriarch

What Big Teeth 92%

Eleanor returns to her family's isolated mansion to find monsters and an even darker matriarch.

by Rose Szabo 2021

3.36

7k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Family 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Isolated Mansion 🕯️ Dark Family Secret 🕸️ Manipulative Matriarch

A Discovery of Witches

by Deborah Harkness • 2011

A reluctant witch opens a hidden manuscript and meets an ancient vampire. Their bond is forbidden.

4.02

562k+

📖 Academic Fantasy 🔮 Reluctant Witch 💫 Fated Mates 🧛 Vampire Protector ⚖️ Supernatural Politics

A Discovery of Witches 92%

A reluctant witch opens a hidden manuscript and meets an ancient vampire. Their bond is forbidden.

by Deborah Harkness 2011

4.02

562k+ ratings

📖 Academic Fantasy 🔮 Reluctant Witch 💫 Fated Mates 🧛 Vampire Protector ⚖️ Supernatural Politics

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