50 Books like The Medici Manuscript

Evergreen Academy

by Heather Schneider

Under her microscope, plant cells pulse with hidden life. A secret academy opens its gate.

4.14

3k+

🌿 Botanical Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚡ Zero To Powerful 📜 Hidden Lineage 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

Evergreen Academy 92%

Under her microscope, plant cells pulse with hidden life. A secret academy opens its gate.

by Heather Schneider 2024

4.14

3k+ ratings

🌿 Botanical Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚡ Zero To Powerful 📜 Hidden Lineage 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

The Society of Unknowable Objects

by Gareth Brown • 2025

Magic is real, hidden in a London bookshop. A killer knows, and he's coming for it.

3.84

15k+

🕵️ Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Magical Artifacts 📚 Book About Books ☕ Cozy Bookshop Energy 🧵 Living Artifact

The Society of Unknowable Objects Summary

The Society of Unknowable Objects 95%

Magic is real, hidden in a London bookshop. A killer knows, and he's coming for it.

by Gareth Brown 2025

3.84

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Magical Artifacts 📚 Book About Books ☕ Cozy Bookshop Energy 🧵 Living Artifact

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 94%

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

The Gilded Wolves

by Roshani Chokshi • 2019

His birthright stolen, a thief and his outcast crew hunt a forbidden artifact through magical Paris.

3.70

52k+

🏦 Found Family Heist 🗼 Belle ÉPoque Paris 🕯️ Secret Societies 💔 Slow Burn Romance 🌍 Colonial Wounds

The Gilded Wolves 93%

His birthright stolen, a thief and his outcast crew hunt a forbidden artifact through magical Paris.

by Roshani Chokshi 2019

3.70

52k+ ratings

🏦 Found Family Heist 🗼 Belle ÉPoque Paris 🕯️ Secret Societies 💔 Slow Burn Romance 🌍 Colonial Wounds

Rewitched

by Lucy Jane Wood • 2024

A bookshop witch who hid her magic must prove her worth by thirty, or lose it.

3.73

32k+

🧙 Cozy Witch Fantasy 📚 Magical Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance ☺️ Feel-Good Fantasy

Rewitched 92%

A bookshop witch who hid her magic must prove her worth by thirty, or lose it.

by Lucy Jane Wood 2024

3.73

32k+ ratings

🧙 Cozy Witch Fantasy 📚 Magical Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance ☺️ Feel-Good Fantasy

The Booklover's Library

by Madeline Martin • 2024

A young widow in 1939 Nottingham hides her motherhood to work in a subscription library.

3.97

25k+

🏠 Wartime Home Front 📚 Books About Libraries 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Booklover's Library 92%

A young widow in 1939 Nottingham hides her motherhood to work in a subscription library.

by Madeline Martin 2024

3.97

25k+ ratings

🏠 Wartime Home Front 📚 Books About Libraries 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Library of Shadows

by Mikkel Birkegaard • 2010

His father's death reveals a secret: the family bookshop shelters readers who can influence minds.

3.38

4k+

🖤 Bookish Fantasy 🔍 Secret Society 📚 Antiquarian Bookshop ✨ Reading As Magic 🕯️ Dark Conspiracy

The Library of Shadows 92%

His father's death reveals a secret: the family bookshop shelters readers who can influence minds.

by Mikkel Birkegaard 2010

3.38

4k+ ratings

🖤 Bookish Fantasy 🔍 Secret Society 📚 Antiquarian Bookshop ✨ Reading As Magic 🕯️ Dark Conspiracy

The Lord of Stariel

by A.J. Lancaster • 2018

A stage illusionist wins a magical estate in a rigged ceremony. Her faerie butler knows why.

3.93

10k+

🏡 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧚 Secret Fae Identity 👑 Reluctant Heir 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Lord of Stariel 92%

A stage illusionist wins a magical estate in a rigged ceremony. Her faerie butler knows why.

by A.J. Lancaster 2018

3.93

10k+ ratings

🏡 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧚 Secret Fae Identity 👑 Reluctant Heir 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Play of Shadows

by Sebastien de Castell • 2024

Fleeing a duelist, a failed actor takes refuge in a theater where the dead speak.

4.28

1k+

🎭 Theatrical Fantasy ✨ Performance Magic 👥 Found Family 🐇 Reluctant Hero 🖤 Slow-Burn Romance

Play of Shadows 92%

Fleeing a duelist, a failed actor takes refuge in a theater where the dead speak.

by Sebastien de Castell 2024

4.28

1k+ ratings

🎭 Theatrical Fantasy ✨ Performance Magic 👥 Found Family 🐇 Reluctant Hero 🖤 Slow-Burn Romance

Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel

by Elizabeth Everett • 2026

A magical hotel is dying, and only a widowed mother's hope can keep its world alive.

3.53

1k+

🏠 Found Family Fantasy 🏨 Sentient Magical Home 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Battle-Scarred Hero

Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel Summary

Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel 92%

A magical hotel is dying, and only a widowed mother's hope can keep its world alive.

by Elizabeth Everett 2026

3.53

1k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family Fantasy 🏨 Sentient Magical Home 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Battle-Scarred Hero

The Conductors

by Nicole Glover • 2021

A star-cursed corpse. A seamstress hunting a killer in magical Reconstruction-era Philadelphia.

3.69

4k+

⭐ Celestial Magic System 🔍 Historical Mystery 👫 Married Investigators 🫂 Found Family 📜 Reconstruction Era

The Conductors 92%

A star-cursed corpse. A seamstress hunting a killer in magical Reconstruction-era Philadelphia.

by Nicole Glover 2021

3.69

4k+ ratings

⭐ Celestial Magic System 🔍 Historical Mystery 👫 Married Investigators 🫂 Found Family 📜 Reconstruction Era

Evergreen Conservatory

by Heather Schneider • 2025

A powerless magical botanist and a founder's heir form a secret society to save their academy.

4.28

1k+

🏫 Magical Academy 🌿 Plant Magic 🗝️ Secret Society 💕 Forbidden Romance ✨ Hidden Powers

Evergreen Conservatory 92%

A powerless magical botanist and a founder's heir form a secret society to save their academy.

by Heather Schneider 2025

4.28

1k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Academy 🌿 Plant Magic 🗝️ Secret Society 💕 Forbidden Romance ✨ Hidden Powers

The Book of Lost Hours

by Hayley Gelfuso • 2025

Escaping the Nazis, a girl enters a library where history is rewritten by erasing memories.

4.07

27k+

🕯️ Liminal Library 🧠 Memory Erasure 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🌳 Intergenerational Saga ✡️ Jewish Heritage

The Book of Lost Hours 92%

Escaping the Nazis, a girl enters a library where history is rewritten by erasing memories.

by Hayley Gelfuso 2025

4.07

27k+ ratings

🕯️ Liminal Library 🧠 Memory Erasure 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🌳 Intergenerational Saga ✡️ Jewish Heritage

The Spellshop

by Sarah Beth Durst • 2024

Fleeing revolution, a librarian's island jam shop hides forbidden magic and a chance to start over.

4.00

170k+

🏡 Small Town Fantasy 📚 Librarian Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🪄 Secret Magic Shop

The Spellshop 93%

Fleeing revolution, a librarian's island jam shop hides forbidden magic and a chance to start over.

by Sarah Beth Durst 2024

4.00

170k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Fantasy 📚 Librarian Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🪄 Secret Magic Shop

The Book Witch

by Meg Shaffer • 2026

A story guardian enters a vanishing detective noir to save it, falls for its hero, forbidden.

4.05

25k+

📖 Portal Fantasy 🪄 Book Magic ☕ Cozy Fantasy Vibes 🪞 Metafiction 🏠 Found Family

The Book Witch 93%

A story guardian enters a vanishing detective noir to save it, falls for its hero, forbidden.

by Meg Shaffer 2026

4.05

25k+ ratings

📖 Portal Fantasy 🪄 Book Magic ☕ Cozy Fantasy Vibes 🪞 Metafiction 🏠 Found Family

The Midnight Bookshop

by Amanda James

Three strangers find a midnight bookshop where the right book can rewrite a life.

4.02

15k+

📚 Magical Bookshop 👥 Found Family 🚪 Books As Portals 📖 Bibliotherapy ✨ Quiet Magic

The Midnight Bookshop 92%

Three strangers find a midnight bookshop where the right book can rewrite a life.

by Amanda James 2025

4.02

15k+ ratings

📚 Magical Bookshop 👥 Found Family 🚪 Books As Portals 📖 Bibliotherapy ✨ Quiet Magic

Blaze of Glory

by Michael Pryor • 2006

A half-dead young magician, a royal hunting party, and a conspiracy to assassinate the Crown Prince.

3.79

1k+

🛠️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧪 Magic As Science 💀 Death Magic 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Blaze of Glory 91%

A half-dead young magician, a royal hunting party, and a conspiracy to assassinate the Crown Prince.

by Michael Pryor 2006

3.79

1k+ ratings

🛠️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧪 Magic As Science 💀 Death Magic 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Three Mages and a Margarita

by Annette Marie • 2018

A fiery waitress stumbles into a bartending job at a magical guild where humans are forbidden.

4.13

25k+

🏰 Magical Guild 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🍺 Magical Pub 👤 Human In Magical World 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Three Mages and a Margarita 91%

A fiery waitress stumbles into a bartending job at a magical guild where humans are forbidden.

by Annette Marie 2018

4.13

25k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Guild 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🍺 Magical Pub 👤 Human In Magical World 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Master of Djinn

by P. Djèlí Clark • 2021

A Cairo investigator must unmask the djinn-fire killer claiming to be the city's mythic liberator.

3.99

37k+

🕰️ Alternate History 🔍 Magical Investigation 🧞 Djinn Mythology 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance 🎭 Secret Identity

A Master of Djinn 91%

A Cairo investigator must unmask the djinn-fire killer claiming to be the city's mythic liberator.

by P. Djèlí Clark 2021

3.99

37k+ ratings

🕰️ Alternate History 🔍 Magical Investigation 🧞 Djinn Mythology 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance 🎭 Secret Identity

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

by Mark Lawrence • 2023

A wasteland scholar and a time-lost enemy boy break the sentient library's cycle of war.

3.96

43k+

📚 Literary Fantasy 📖 Sentient Library 🖤 Enemies To Lovers ♻️ Cyclical History 💀 Knowledge As Danger

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn 91%

A wasteland scholar and a time-lost enemy boy break the sentient library's cycle of war.

by Mark Lawrence 2023

3.96

43k+ ratings

📚 Literary Fantasy 📖 Sentient Library 🖤 Enemies To Lovers ♻️ Cyclical History 💀 Knowledge As Danger

Bookshops & Bonedust

by Travis Baldree • 2023

An injured orc warrior finds books, belonging, and a necromancer's secrets in a sleepy seaside town.

4.11

117k+

🏪 Cozy Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🩹 Healing Journey 🏘️ Seaside Village

Bookshops & Bonedust 91%

An injured orc warrior finds books, belonging, and a necromancer's secrets in a sleepy seaside town.

by Travis Baldree 2023

4.11

117k+ ratings

🏪 Cozy Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🩹 Healing Journey 🏘️ Seaside Village

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

by Sangu Mandanna • 2025

An exiled witch's enchanted inn shelters the lost, until a historian arrives with a forbidden spell.

3.93

117k+

🧹 Witchy Romance ✨ Cozy Fantasy 🦊 Magical Inn 💀 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Summary

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping 91%

An exiled witch's enchanted inn shelters the lost, until a historian arrives with a forbidden spell.

by Sangu Mandanna 2025

3.93

117k+ ratings

🧹 Witchy Romance ✨ Cozy Fantasy 🦊 Magical Inn 💀 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Faraway Inn

by Sarah Beth Durst • 2026

Reeling from heartbreak, she flees to her great-aunt's inn where closet doors open to other realms.

4.16

19k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🧙 Grumpy Mentor 🏡 Magical Small Town

The Faraway Inn 91%

Reeling from heartbreak, she flees to her great-aunt's inn where closet doors open to other realms.

by Sarah Beth Durst 2026

4.16

19k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🧙 Grumpy Mentor 🏡 Magical Small Town

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 91%

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

A Winter's Promise

by Christelle Dabos • 2013

Arranged marriage ships a girl who reads objects' pasts to an ark where illusions kill.

4.01

126k+

🏰 Court Intrigue 💍 Arranged Marriage 🎭 Disguised Identity 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere ✨ Dreamlike World

A Winter's Promise 91%

Arranged marriage ships a girl who reads objects' pasts to an ark where illusions kill.

by Christelle Dabos 2013

4.01

126k+ ratings

🏰 Court Intrigue 💍 Arranged Marriage 🎭 Disguised Identity 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere ✨ Dreamlike World

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern • 2019

A library book knows his past. Underground, a hidden world of stories and a fated romance await.

3.84

237k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Hidden Library 💫 Fated Love 🕯️ Secret Society 📖 Mysterious Book

The Starless Sea 91%

A library book knows his past. Underground, a hidden world of stories and a fated romance await.

by Erin Morgenstern 2019

3.84

237k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Hidden Library 💫 Fated Love 🕯️ Secret Society 📖 Mysterious Book

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 92%

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

The Book of Doors

by Gareth Brown • 2024

A bookseller's inherited book opens doors to anywhere, but a deadly collector wants it for herself.

4.03

111k+

📚 Magical Books 🚪 Portal Magic 📖 Bookstore Life 👥 Found Family ✨ Everyday Magic

The Book of Doors 93%

A bookseller's inherited book opens doors to anywhere, but a deadly collector wants it for herself.

by Gareth Brown 2024

4.03

111k+ ratings

📚 Magical Books 🚪 Portal Magic 📖 Bookstore Life 👥 Found Family ✨ Everyday Magic

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons

by Kate Khavari • 2022

A 1920s botanist hunts a dinner-party poisoner among cutthroat London scholars to clear her mentor.

3.52

23k+

🎓 Academic Mystery 🕰️ Historical Whodunit 🔍 Amateur Female Sleuth 🔬 Woman In Science 💕 Slow Burn Romance

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons Summary

A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons 93%

A 1920s botanist hunts a dinner-party poisoner among cutthroat London scholars to clear her mentor.

by Kate Khavari 2022

3.52

23k+ ratings

🎓 Academic Mystery 🕰️ Historical Whodunit 🔍 Amateur Female Sleuth 🔬 Woman In Science 💕 Slow Burn Romance

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

Peaches & Honey

by R. Raeta • 2023

A burned witch rises immortal, saved by a shapeshifting god whose love defies the creator.

4.24

14k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌿 Healer Protagonist 📜 Witness To History 🎭 Hidden Identity

Peaches & Honey 91%

A burned witch rises immortal, saved by a shapeshifting god whose love defies the creator.

by R. Raeta 2023

4.24

14k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌿 Healer Protagonist 📜 Witness To History 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Invisible College

by Jeff Wheeler • 2024

A deaf woman's sorcerer tutor becomes her love, while ancient enemies hide in human faces.

4.21

5k+

🔥 Gaslamp Fantasy 🕯️ Secret Magical Society 🦻 Deaf Heroine 🎓 Teacher Student Bond 🎭 Imposter Paranoia

The Invisible College 91%

A deaf woman's sorcerer tutor becomes her love, while ancient enemies hide in human faces.

by Jeff Wheeler 2024

4.21

5k+ ratings

🔥 Gaslamp Fantasy 🕯️ Secret Magical Society 🦻 Deaf Heroine 🎓 Teacher Student Bond 🎭 Imposter Paranoia

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 91%

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

The House Witch

by Delemhach • 2022

A royal cook with a secret kitchen magic falls for a viscountess trapped in a political marriage.

4.10

36k+

☕ Cozy Fantasy 🍳 Kitchen Magic 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Court Intrigue 🐈 Cat Familiar

The House Witch 91%

A royal cook with a secret kitchen magic falls for a viscountess trapped in a political marriage.

by Delemhach 2022

4.10

36k+ ratings

☕ Cozy Fantasy 🍳 Kitchen Magic 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Court Intrigue 🐈 Cat Familiar

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

by Heather Fawcett • 2026

A widow moves her cat shelter into a cursed shop where the Witch King is hiding.

3.89

32k+

🧶 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Shop Front ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter Summary

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter 91%

A widow moves her cat shelter into a cursed shop where the Witch King is hiding.

by Heather Fawcett 2026

3.89

32k+ ratings

🧶 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Shop Front ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door

by H.G. Parry • 2024

A magical university hides a forbidden faerie door; a scholarship student is about to open it.

4.10

7k+

🖤 Dark Academia Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💫 Found Family 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🏛️ Magical University

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door Summary

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door 91%

A magical university hides a forbidden faerie door; a scholarship student is about to open it.

by H.G. Parry 2024

4.10

7k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💫 Found Family 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🏛️ Magical University

The Flaw in All Magic

by Ben S. Dobson • 2017

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

4.11

3k+

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤝 Reluctant Partners

The Flaw in All Magic 91%

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

by Ben S. Dobson 2017

4.11

3k+ ratings

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤝 Reluctant Partners

The Demon King

by Cinda Williams Chima • 2009

A streetlord's amulet and a princess's escape push them toward the same wizard school.

4.15

81k+

🏫 Magical Academy 👸 Reluctant Princess 🧙‍♂️ Unlikely Wizard 🧬 Hidden Lineage 🚫 Forbidden Magic

The Demon King 91%

A streetlord's amulet and a princess's escape push them toward the same wizard school.

by Cinda Williams Chima 2009

4.15

81k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Academy 👸 Reluctant Princess 🧙‍♂️ Unlikely Wizard 🧬 Hidden Lineage 🚫 Forbidden Magic

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 91%

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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 Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

by Sangu Mandanna

An internet witch is hired to teach three magical orphans before the outside world discovers them.

4.03

390k+

🏡 Cozy Witch Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 English Seaside

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Summary

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches 91%

An internet witch is hired to teach three magical orphans before the outside world discovers them.

by Sangu Mandanna 2022

4.03

390k+ ratings

🏡 Cozy Witch Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 English Seaside

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 91%

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

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

by Alix E. Harrow • 2019

A girl's pen opens doors to other worlds, but her guardian has spent centuries destroying them.

4.01

172k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy ✍️ Writing Magic 💞 Love Across Worlds 🫂 Found Family 💔 Absent Parents

The Ten Thousand Doors of January Summary

The Ten Thousand Doors of January 91%

A girl's pen opens doors to other worlds, but her guardian has spent centuries destroying them.

by Alix E. Harrow 2019

4.01

172k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy ✍️ Writing Magic 💞 Love Across Worlds 🫂 Found Family 💔 Absent Parents

The Invisible Library

by Genevieve Cogman • 2014

A librarian-spy hunts a Grimm manuscript through an alternate London where fae magic warps reality.

3.74

66k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 📜 Rare Book Quest 🧚 Fae Bargains 🐉 Dragon Shifter

The Invisible Library 91%

A librarian-spy hunts a Grimm manuscript through an alternate London where fae magic warps reality.

by Genevieve Cogman 2014

3.74

66k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 📜 Rare Book Quest 🧚 Fae Bargains 🐉 Dragon Shifter

How to Stop Time

by Matt Haig • 2017

A 400-year-old history teacher is forbidden to love. His new colleague makes him break the rule.

3.82

225k+

🧬 Ageless Protagonist 🕵️ Secret Society ⏳💕 Love Across Time 🔍👧 Search For Daughter 🏰 Elizabethan London

How to Stop Time 91%

A 400-year-old history teacher is forbidden to love. His new colleague makes him break the rule.

by Matt Haig 2017

3.82

225k+ ratings

🧬 Ageless Protagonist 🕵️ Secret Society ⏳💕 Love Across Time 🔍👧 Search For Daughter 🏰 Elizabethan London

DallerGut Dream Department Store

by Miye Lee • 2020

At a dream department store, a self-doubting clerk learns the price of the dreams she sells.

3.64

44k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Workplace 💛 Found Family ✨ Everyday Magic 🎪 Whimsical

DallerGut Dream Department Store Summary

DallerGut Dream Department Store 91%

At a dream department store, a self-doubting clerk learns the price of the dreams she sells.

by Miye Lee 2020

3.64

44k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Workplace 💛 Found Family ✨ Everyday Magic 🎪 Whimsical

Bloomsbury Girls

by Natalie Jenner • 2022

Three bookshop women in postwar London hunt a lost novel to claim ownership of the shop.

3.85

18k+

🏪 Bookshop Fiction 🇬🇧 Postwar London 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Historical

Bloomsbury Girls 91%

Three bookshop women in postwar London hunt a lost novel to claim ownership of the shop.

by Natalie Jenner 2022

3.85

18k+ ratings

🏪 Bookshop Fiction 🇬🇧 Postwar London 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Historical

The Lord Sorcier

by Olivia Atwater • 2020

When a surgeon's faerie comrade unleashes his magic, Napoleon's deadliest sorcerer takes notice.

3.55

7k+

🗡️ Napoleonic Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Folklore 🖤 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship ⚔️ Magical Duel

The Lord Sorcier 91%

When a surgeon's faerie comrade unleashes his magic, Napoleon's deadliest sorcerer takes notice.

by Olivia Atwater 2020

3.55

7k+ ratings

🗡️ Napoleonic Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Folklore 🖤 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship ⚔️ Magical Duel

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 91%

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

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