50 Books like The Unmaking of June Farrow

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

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 95%

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 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 94%

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 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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Old Magic

by Marianne Curley • 2000

A teen witch and a cursed boy travel to the Middle Ages to break his family's curse.

3.95

11k+

🕯️ Ancestral Curse ⏳ Time Travel Romance 🔮 Hidden Powers 🌟 Chosen One 🌫️ Atmospheric Fantasy

Old Magic 92%

A teen witch and a cursed boy travel to the Middle Ages to break his family's curse.

by Marianne Curley 2000

3.95

11k+ ratings

🕯️ Ancestral Curse ⏳ Time Travel Romance 🔮 Hidden Powers 🌟 Chosen One 🌫️ Atmospheric Fantasy

The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

by Lynda Cohen Loigman • 2024

Sixty years after a love elixir failed, a retired pharmacist finds her first love next door.

4.05

28k+

🌿 Folk Healing Traditions 🏥 Generational Healing 🔄 Second Chance Romance 💝 Late Life Love ✨ Cozy Magical Realism

The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern Summary

The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern 92%

Sixty years after a love elixir failed, a retired pharmacist finds her first love next door.

by Lynda Cohen Loigman 2024

4.05

28k+ ratings

🌿 Folk Healing Traditions 🏥 Generational Healing 🔄 Second Chance Romance 💝 Late Life Love ✨ Cozy Magical Realism

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 92%

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

Time Loops & Meet Cutes

by Jackie Lau • 2025

An engineer trapped on the same Friday falls for a brewery owner who forgets her by morning.

3.60

7k+

🔄 Time Loop Romance 🥟 Magical Food 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔧 Stem Heroine

Time Loops & Meet Cutes 92%

An engineer trapped on the same Friday falls for a brewery owner who forgets her by morning.

by Jackie Lau 2025

3.60

7k+ ratings

🔄 Time Loop Romance 🥟 Magical Food 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔧 Stem Heroine

Starling House

by Alix E. Harrow • 2023

A desperate woman takes a job inside a sentient house. Below the floors, old nightmares stir.

3.78

169k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛰️ Appalachian Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🩸 Generational Trauma 🤝 Found Family

Starling House 92%

A desperate woman takes a job inside a sentient house. Below the floors, old nightmares stir.

by Alix E. Harrow 2023

3.78

169k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛰️ Appalachian Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🩸 Generational Trauma 🤝 Found Family

What the Wind Knows

by Amy Harmon • 2019

A writer tumbles into 1921 Ireland, mistaken for her ancestor, and falls for a rebel doctor.

4.36

114k+

🕰️ Time Slip Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Independence 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

What the Wind Knows 92%

A writer tumbles into 1921 Ireland, mistaken for her ancestor, and falls for a rebel doctor.

by Amy Harmon 2019

4.36

114k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Slip Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Independence 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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 92%

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 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 92%

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

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

The Sugar Queen

by Sarah Addison Allen • 2008

Josey Cirrini hides candy and dreams in a secret closet until a runaway waitress moves in.

3.99

58k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👻 Ghostly Visitor

The Sugar Queen 92%

Josey Cirrini hides candy and dreams in a secret closet until a runaway waitress moves in.

by Sarah Addison Allen 2008

3.99

58k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👻 Ghostly Visitor

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 92%

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

Hieroglyphics

by Jill McCorkle • 2020

An old man’s visits to his childhood home unravel a single mother’s fragile new life.

3.31

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👪 Intergenerational Saga 🔒 Family Secrets 🏡 Childhood Home 🍂 Elegiac Tone

Hieroglyphics 92%

An old man’s visits to his childhood home unravel a single mother’s fragile new life.

by Jill McCorkle 2020

3.31

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👪 Intergenerational Saga 🔒 Family Secrets 🏡 Childhood Home 🍂 Elegiac Tone

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 94%

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

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 94%

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 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 92%

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

Lirio rojo

by Nora Roberts • 2005

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

4.11

44k+

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse 🌿 Gentle Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Lirio rojo 92%

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

by Nora Roberts 2005

4.11

44k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse 🌿 Gentle Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

Small Town, Big Magic

by Hazel Beck • 2022

A small-town bookseller discovers magic is real, her memories stolen, and an ancient evil waking.

3.32

17k+

🏘️ Witchy Small Town ☕ Cozy Fantasy Romance 🪄 Hidden Magic Identity 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🧹 Found Family Coven

Small Town, Big Magic 92%

A small-town bookseller discovers magic is real, her memories stolen, and an ancient evil waking.

by Hazel Beck 2022

3.32

17k+ ratings

🏘️ Witchy Small Town ☕ Cozy Fantasy Romance 🪄 Hidden Magic Identity 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🧹 Found Family Coven

The Bookmaker

by Chris Fraser • 2011

A broke bookmaker writes a dying man's memoirs. The man claims he assassinated JFK.

3.74

613

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Alternate History 🎯 Political Conspiracy 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

The Bookmaker 92%

A broke bookmaker writes a dying man's memoirs. The man claims he assassinated JFK.

by Chris Fraser 2011

3.74

613 ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Alternate History 🎯 Political Conspiracy 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

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 92%

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

Wait for Me

by Amy Jo Burns • 2026

A meteor strike resurrects a folk singer's past and the daughter she abandoned in the mountains.

3.66

8k+

📖 Appalachian Fiction 🎸 Nashville Music Scene 💔 Missing Mother 🎵 Stolen Music 🎨 Healing Through Art

Wait for Me 92%

A meteor strike resurrects a folk singer's past and the daughter she abandoned in the mountains.

by Amy Jo Burns 2026

3.66

8k+ ratings

📖 Appalachian Fiction 🎸 Nashville Music Scene 💔 Missing Mother 🎵 Stolen Music 🎨 Healing Through Art

The Fountain

by Casey Scieszka • 2026

An immortal woman, exhausted by centuries, returns to her valley home hoping to finally die.

3.84

2k+

🧬 Immortal Protagonist 📖 Literary Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🍂 Quiet Melancholy

The Fountain 92%

An immortal woman, exhausted by centuries, returns to her valley home hoping to finally die.

by Casey Scieszka 2026

3.84

2k+ ratings

🧬 Immortal Protagonist 📖 Literary Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🍂 Quiet Melancholy

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

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

The Other Valley

by Scott Alexander Howard • 2024

Odile guards the border between her valley and the past. Her oldest friend is trying to cross.

3.87

26k+

🕰️ Literary Time Travel 🌫️ Quiet Speculative Fiction 🏔️ Isolated Valley Town 💔 Maternal Expectations 🕯️ Grief And Closure

The Other Valley 91%

Odile guards the border between her valley and the past. Her oldest friend is trying to cross.

by Scott Alexander Howard 2024

3.87

26k+ ratings

🕰️ Literary Time Travel 🌫️ Quiet Speculative Fiction 🏔️ Isolated Valley Town 💔 Maternal Expectations 🕯️ Grief And Closure

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.

4.17

15k+

🚪 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

4.17

15k+ ratings

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

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 Antidote

by Karen Russell

Bankrupted by a dust storm, a memory witch and motherless girl fake pasts for a town.

3.86

19k+

🌪️ Dust Bowl Era 🧠 Memory Magic 🧙‍♀️ Witch And Apprentice 🪦 Buried Guilt 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Antidote 91%

Bankrupted by a dust storm, a memory witch and motherless girl fake pasts for a town.

by Karen Russell 2025

3.86

19k+ ratings

🌪️ Dust Bowl Era 🧠 Memory Magic 🧙‍♀️ Witch And Apprentice 🪦 Buried Guilt 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

The Rumble and the Glory

by J.A. Huss • 2024

A former Marine comes home to find his high school sweetheart living in his childhood house.

4.25

988

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Rumble and the Glory 91%

A former Marine comes home to find his high school sweetheart living in his childhood house.

by J.A. Huss 2024

4.25

988 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

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 91%

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

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

An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating

by Cecilia Edward • 2025

Flung from 1690 to today, a lonely witch navigates dating apps and the quiet veterinarian next door.

3.65

6k+

🧹 Cozy Witch Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐱 Animal Familiar 💔 Dating App Disasters ⚡ Opposites Attract

An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating Summary

An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating 91%

Flung from 1690 to today, a lonely witch navigates dating apps and the quiet veterinarian next door.

by Cecilia Edward 2025

3.65

6k+ ratings

🧹 Cozy Witch Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐱 Animal Familiar 💔 Dating App Disasters ⚡ Opposites Attract

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

Sounds Like Love

by Ashley Poston • 2025

One kiss leaves a songwriter and a former boy band star trapped inside each other's heads.

3.84

70k+

🎤 Celebrity Romance 🏡 Small Town Homecoming 🧠 Telepathic Connection 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bonds 💔 Grief And Healing

Sounds Like Love 91%

One kiss leaves a songwriter and a former boy band star trapped inside each other's heads.

by Ashley Poston 2025

3.84

70k+ ratings

🎤 Celebrity Romance 🏡 Small Town Homecoming 🧠 Telepathic Connection 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bonds 💔 Grief And Healing

The Summer of Serendipity

by Ali McNamara • 2017

Sent to find an Irish dream home, a guarded woman discovers a house that finds people.

3.90

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ✨ Magical Realism Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Setting 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Cozy Mystery Energy

The Summer of Serendipity 91%

Sent to find an Irish dream home, a guarded woman discovers a house that finds people.

by Ali McNamara 2017

3.90

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ✨ Magical Realism Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Setting 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Cozy Mystery Energy

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 91%

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 Promise of Tomorrow

by Mary Ellen Taylor • 2024

She returned to Virginia for a divorce. A mysterious stone and an old flame changed everything.

4.29

18k+

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The Invited 91%

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3.80

45k+ ratings

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4.05

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4.05

25k+ ratings

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3.68

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The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall Summary

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall 91%

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3.68

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A perfect day, a broken promise, ten years of silence. Now he's at her mother's resort.

3.68

376k+

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Meet Me at the Lake 91%

A perfect day, a broken promise, ten years of silence. Now he's at her mother's resort.

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3.68

376k+ ratings

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