50 Books like We Are All So Good at Smiling

Girl in Pieces

by Kathleen Glasgow

Charlie leaves a psych ward with scars, silence, and a bus ticket to nowhere she knows.

3.93

274k+

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🤝 Found Family 🎨 Art As Survival 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💔 Brutal And Tender

Girl in Pieces 90%

Charlie leaves a psych ward with scars, silence, and a bus ticket to nowhere she knows.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2016

3.93

274k+ ratings

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🤝 Found Family 🎨 Art As Survival 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💔 Brutal And Tender

Impulse

by Ellen Hopkins • 2007

Three suicide survivors in a wilderness program must confront the pain that drove them to the edge.

4.25

83k+

🖋️ Verse Novel 🏥 Psychiatric Facility 🖤 Suicide Survival 🤝 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers

Impulse 93%

Three suicide survivors in a wilderness program must confront the pain that drove them to the edge.

by Ellen Hopkins 2007

4.25

83k+ ratings

🖋️ Verse Novel 🏥 Psychiatric Facility 🖤 Suicide Survival 🤝 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers

Hécate la sorcière

by Nikita Gill • 2025

An outcast goddess in the Underworld masters forbidden necromancy the gods will someday beg for.

4.11

14k+

📜 Novel In Verse ✨ Feminist Mythology 💜 Found Family 🦴 Necromancy 🌑 Underworld

Hécate la sorcière 91%

An outcast goddess in the Underworld masters forbidden necromancy the gods will someday beg for.

by Nikita Gill 2025

4.11

14k+ ratings

📜 Novel In Verse ✨ Feminist Mythology 💜 Found Family 🦴 Necromancy 🌑 Underworld

All the Bright Places

by Jennifer Niven • 2015

A grieving girl meets a troubled boy on a ledge. Wandering Indiana, they fall in love.

4.11

633k+

🖤 Tragic Teen Love 💔 Mental Health Romance 🧠 Bipolar Representation 💧 Grief And Guilt 🏘️ Midwest Small Town

All the Bright Places 91%

A grieving girl meets a troubled boy on a ledge. Wandering Indiana, they fall in love.

by Jennifer Niven 2015

4.11

633k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Teen Love 💔 Mental Health Romance 🧠 Bipolar Representation 💧 Grief And Guilt 🏘️ Midwest Small Town

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness • 2011

A yew tree monster visits a boy at midnight, demanding the truth about his dying mother.

4.34

292k+

📖 Modern Fable 🖤 Parental Loss 💔 Terminal Illness 🧒 Outsider Protagonist 📚 Power Of Storytelling

A Monster Calls 91%

A yew tree monster visits a boy at midnight, demanding the truth about his dying mother.

by Patrick Ness 2011

4.34

292k+ ratings

📖 Modern Fable 🖤 Parental Loss 💔 Terminal Illness 🧒 Outsider Protagonist 📚 Power Of Storytelling

A Blade So Black

by L.L. McKinney • 2018

Her father's death reveals Wonderland is real, a realm of fear-made monsters she must hunt.

3.73

9k+

🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🗡️ Monster Hunting 🚪 Hidden Magical World 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Whimsy

A Blade So Black 90%

Her father's death reveals Wonderland is real, a realm of fear-made monsters she must hunt.

by L.L. McKinney 2018

3.73

9k+ ratings

🐇 Wonderland Retelling 🗡️ Monster Hunting 🚪 Hidden Magical World 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Whimsy

Furthermore

by Tahereh Mafi • 2016

A colorless girl follows a secret-reading boy into a hungry otherworld to find her missing father.

3.89

16k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚠️ Dangerous Wonderland 🤝 Enemies To Friends 🦊 Trickster Companion 🔍 Missing Parent Quest

Furthermore 90%

A colorless girl follows a secret-reading boy into a hungry otherworld to find her missing father.

by Tahereh Mafi 2016

3.89

16k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚠️ Dangerous Wonderland 🤝 Enemies To Friends 🦊 Trickster Companion 🔍 Missing Parent Quest

Crank

by Ellen Hopkins • 2004

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

4.16

156k+

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

Crank 90%

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

by Ellen Hopkins 2004

4.16

156k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

Strange the Dreamer

by Laini Taylor • 2017

An orphan librarian chases a lost city, finds it, and falls for the nightmare girl above it.

4.27

138k+

💖 Romantic Fantasy 🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🌌 Star-Crossed Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💔 Cycle Of Revenge

Strange the Dreamer 90%

An orphan librarian chases a lost city, finds it, and falls for the nightmare girl above it.

by Laini Taylor 2017

4.27

138k+ ratings

💖 Romantic Fantasy 🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🌌 Star-Crossed Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💔 Cycle Of Revenge

Toda la felicidad del universo

by César Brandon Ndjocu • 2018

A son pieces together a childhood of violence, searching poetry for the words his family buried.

3.82

411

🖋️ Prose Poetry 🔀 Fragmentary Narrative 💔 Family Trauma 🫂 Chosen Family 🩹 Healing Journey

Toda la felicidad del universo 90%

A son pieces together a childhood of violence, searching poetry for the words his family buried.

by César Brandon Ndjocu 2018

3.82

411 ratings

🖋️ Prose Poetry 🔀 Fragmentary Narrative 💔 Family Trauma 🫂 Chosen Family 🩹 Healing Journey

Miles Morales Suspended

by Jason Reynolds • 2023

Suspended for defying a racist teacher, Miles discovers his school is devouring its own stories.

3.81

1k+

📜 Verse Novel ✊ Student Resistance 📚 Book Censorship 🕷️ Black Superhero ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline

Miles Morales Suspended 90%

Suspended for defying a racist teacher, Miles discovers his school is devouring its own stories.

by Jason Reynolds 2023

3.81

1k+ ratings

📜 Verse Novel ✊ Student Resistance 📚 Book Censorship 🕷️ Black Superhero ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline

Clap When You Land

by Elizabeth Acevedo • 2020

After a plane crash kills their father, two girls on opposite shores learn they are sisters.

4.22

110k+

📖 Novel In Verse 🫂 Secret Siblings 🇩🇴 Dominican Diaspora 🤫 Family Secrets 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood

Clap When You Land 90%

After a plane crash kills their father, two girls on opposite shores learn they are sisters.

by Elizabeth Acevedo 2020

4.22

110k+ ratings

📖 Novel In Verse 🫂 Secret Siblings 🇩🇴 Dominican Diaspora 🤫 Family Secrets 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood

Shark Girl

by Kelly Bingham • 2007

A shark takes her drawing arm. Now she must learn who she is without it.

3.85

4k+

🖋️ Novel In Verse 🦾 Acquired Disability 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Quiet And Lyrical

Shark Girl 90%

A shark takes her drawing arm. Now she must learn who she is without it.

by Kelly Bingham 2007

3.85

4k+ ratings

🖋️ Novel In Verse 🦾 Acquired Disability 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Quiet And Lyrical

Sing, Unburied, Sing

by Jesmyn Ward • 2017

A boy and his addicted mother drive to Parchman prison. The dead ride with them.

4.00

150k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic ✨ Magical Realism 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma 👦 Parentified Child 👻 Restless Spirits

Sing, Unburied, Sing 90%

A boy and his addicted mother drive to Parchman prison. The dead ride with them.

by Jesmyn Ward 2017

4.00

150k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic ✨ Magical Realism 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma 👦 Parentified Child 👻 Restless Spirits

How to Make Friends with the Dark

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2019

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

4.07

43k+

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👭 Sister Bond 🤝 Found Family

How to Make Friends with the Dark Summary

How to Make Friends with the Dark 90%

After her mother dies, a teen in foster care must trust a half-sister she's never met.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2019

4.07

43k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Foster Care 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👭 Sister Bond 🤝 Found Family

Wishing Season

by Anica Mrose Rissi • 2023

She finds a secret place where her dead twin still waits, but the place is shrinking.

4.32

273

🖤 Grieving A Sibling 👥 Twin Bond 👻 Ghostly Visits ☀️ Summer Of Healing 🏝️ Island Life

Wishing Season 90%

She finds a secret place where her dead twin still waits, but the place is shrinking.

by Anica Mrose Rissi 2023

4.32

273 ratings

🖤 Grieving A Sibling 👥 Twin Bond 👻 Ghostly Visits ☀️ Summer Of Healing 🏝️ Island Life

Rebound

by Kwame Alexander • 2018

His father dies. Sent to his grandparents, a boy discovers basketball and a path through loss.

4.30

14k+

📖 Novel In Verse 🏀 Sports Fiction 👴 Grandparent Summer 🕊️ Loss Of A Parent 🖤 Black Boyhood

Rebound 90%

His father dies. Sent to his grandparents, a boy discovers basketball and a path through loss.

by Kwame Alexander 2018

4.30

14k+ ratings

📖 Novel In Verse 🏀 Sports Fiction 👴 Grandparent Summer 🕊️ Loss Of A Parent 🖤 Black Boyhood

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 90%

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

Burned

by Ellen Hopkins • 2006

Banished to a ranch, a Mormon teen tastes a freedom her brutal father would kill for.

4.25

71k+

📝 Verse Novel ⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Forbidden First Love 👿 Abusive Patriarch 🌅 Questioning Faith

Burned 90%

Banished to a ranch, a Mormon teen tastes a freedom her brutal father would kill for.

by Ellen Hopkins 2006

4.25

71k+ ratings

📝 Verse Novel ⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Forbidden First Love 👿 Abusive Patriarch 🌅 Questioning Faith

The Hazel Wood

by Melissa Albert • 2018

Alice enters her grandmother's dark fairy tales hunting her mother and finds she belongs to them.

3.55

103k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 📖 Stories Come Alive 🚪 Portal Fantasy 😤 Angry Protagonist 🔀 Fairy Tale Subversion

The Hazel Wood 90%

Alice enters her grandmother's dark fairy tales hunting her mother and finds she belongs to them.

by Melissa Albert 2018

3.55

103k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 📖 Stories Come Alive 🚪 Portal Fantasy 😤 Angry Protagonist 🔀 Fairy Tale Subversion

Before the Ever After

by Jacqueline Woodson • 2020

When his NFL-star father's memory fails, ZJ must discover who he is without the legend.

4.17

16k+

📜 Novels In Verse 💔 Parental Illness 🤝 Loyal Friend Group 🍂 Bittersweet 👦🏾 Black Boyhood

Before the Ever After 90%

When his NFL-star father's memory fails, ZJ must discover who he is without the legend.

by Jacqueline Woodson 2020

4.17

16k+ ratings

📜 Novels In Verse 💔 Parental Illness 🤝 Loyal Friend Group 🍂 Bittersweet 👦🏾 Black Boyhood

The Thirteenth Child

by Erin A. Craig • 2024

Claimed by the god of death, a healer cures the sick but sees who must die.

4.03

25k+

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 🧚‍♀️ Dark Fairytale 💀 Chosen By Death 👁️ Death's Mark ❤️‍🔥 Star Crossed Lovers

The Thirteenth Child 90%

Claimed by the god of death, a healer cures the sick but sees who must die.

by Erin A. Craig 2024

4.03

25k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 🧚‍♀️ Dark Fairytale 💀 Chosen By Death 👁️ Death's Mark ❤️‍🔥 Star Crossed Lovers

My Heart and Other Black Holes

by Jasmine Warga • 2015

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

3.95

63k+

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief 💕 Healing Romance 👪 Dysfunctional Family

My Heart and Other Black Holes 90%

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

by Jasmine Warga 2015

3.95

63k+ ratings

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief 💕 Healing Romance 👪 Dysfunctional Family

The Losting Fountain

by Lora Senf • 2024

Across three eras, lost teens are drawn to a shifting realm where monsters are breaking free.

3.68

121

🚪 Liminal Fantasy ⏳ Alternating Timelines 💔 Sibling Loss 🦴 Monstrous Transformation 🕯️ Redemptive Sacrifice

The Losting Fountain 90%

Across three eras, lost teens are drawn to a shifting realm where monsters are breaking free.

by Lora Senf 2024

3.68

121 ratings

🚪 Liminal Fantasy ⏳ Alternating Timelines 💔 Sibling Loss 🦴 Monstrous Transformation 🕯️ Redemptive Sacrifice

Lady of Shadows

by Amber Argyle • 2020

Fleeing a killer into a cursed forest, a shamed girl finds refuge with an exiled enchanter.

4.12

157

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌙 New Adult Fantasy 💔 Wounded Hero 👹 Monster As Metaphor 🌳 Enchanted Forest

Lady of Shadows 90%

Fleeing a killer into a cursed forest, a shamed girl finds refuge with an exiled enchanter.

by Amber Argyle 2020

4.12

157 ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌙 New Adult Fantasy 💔 Wounded Hero 👹 Monster As Metaphor 🌳 Enchanted Forest

It's Kind of a Funny Story

by Ned Vizzini • 2006

Craig got into the best school in Manhattan. Then his mind tried to kill him.

4.07

263k+

🏥 Teen Psychiatric Ward 🌧️ Teenage Depression 🤝 Found Family 🎨 Art As Therapy 😅 Darkly Comic

It's Kind of a Funny Story 91%

Craig got into the best school in Manhattan. Then his mind tried to kill him.

by Ned Vizzini 2006

4.07

263k+ ratings

🏥 Teen Psychiatric Ward 🌧️ Teenage Depression 🤝 Found Family 🎨 Art As Therapy 😅 Darkly Comic

You Must Not Miss

by Katrina Leno • 2019

A teenage outcast's imaginary world becomes real. She uses it to make people disappear.

3.39

3k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔥 Revenge Fantasy ⚠️ Magic With A Cost 💔 Toxic Friendship 🖤 Psychological Horror

You Must Not Miss 91%

A teenage outcast's imaginary world becomes real. She uses it to make people disappear.

by Katrina Leno 2019

3.39

3k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🔥 Revenge Fantasy ⚠️ Magic With A Cost 💔 Toxic Friendship 🖤 Psychological Horror

Suicide Notes

by Michael Thomas Ford

Waking in a psych ward, a sarcastic teen has forty-five days to admit he is gay.

3.80

56k+

🏥 Psychiatric Ward 🌈 Gay Awakening 🤝 Found Family 🖤 Dark Humor 📓 Diary Format

Suicide Notes 89%

Waking in a psych ward, a sarcastic teen has forty-five days to admit he is gay.

by Michael Thomas Ford 2008

3.80

56k+ ratings

🏥 Psychiatric Ward 🌈 Gay Awakening 🤝 Found Family 🖤 Dark Humor 📓 Diary Format

When I Was Death

by Alexis Henderson • 2026

A grieving girl accepts Death's bargain: become his reaper, learn how her sister died.

3.63

1k+

💀 Supernatural Reapers 👥 Found Family 💔 Sibling Loss 🖤 Death Personified 🌾 Midwest Gothic

When I Was Death 90%

A grieving girl accepts Death's bargain: become his reaper, learn how her sister died.

by Alexis Henderson 2026

3.63

1k+ ratings

💀 Supernatural Reapers 👥 Found Family 💔 Sibling Loss 🖤 Death Personified 🌾 Midwest Gothic

What Once Was Mine

by Liz Braswell • 2021

Her silver hair kills. Locked away, she must flee before her guardian sells her magic.

3.9

19k+

🌙 Moon Magic 🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤝 Found Family ☠️ Deadly Touch 😔 Abusive Guardian

What Once Was Mine 90%

Her silver hair kills. Locked away, she must flee before her guardian sells her magic.

by Liz Braswell 2021

3.9

19k+ ratings

🌙 Moon Magic 🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤝 Found Family ☠️ Deadly Touch 😔 Abusive Guardian

An Emotion of Great Delight

by Tahereh Mafi • 2021

Numb from grief and America's scrutiny, a Muslim teen rediscovers feeling through a forbidden love.

3.66

12k+

🕌 Muslim American Life 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💔 Forbidden Romance 😢 Sibling Grief 😔 Survivor's Guilt

An Emotion of Great Delight 90%

Numb from grief and America's scrutiny, a Muslim teen rediscovers feeling through a forbidden love.

by Tahereh Mafi 2021

3.66

12k+ ratings

🕌 Muslim American Life 🏙️ Post-9/11 America 💔 Forbidden Romance 😢 Sibling Grief 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Scars Like Wings

by Erin Stewart • 2019

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

4.05

7k+

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Friendship 🏠 Chosen Family

Scars Like Wings 90%

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

by Erin Stewart 2019

4.05

7k+ ratings

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Friendship 🏠 Chosen Family

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 90%

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 Fabric of Our Souls

by K.M. Moronova • 2023

She's suicidal. He's addicted to pain. Their rehab pact: keep each other alive, or burn together.

4.09

55k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🤝 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

The Fabric of Our Souls 90%

She's suicidal. He's addicted to pain. Their rehab pact: keep each other alive, or burn together.

by K.M. Moronova 2023

4.09

55k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🤝 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌅 Bittersweet Ending

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 90%

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

Mirror Girls

by Kelly McWilliams • 2022

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

3.95

4k+

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

Mirror Girls 90%

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

by Kelly McWilliams 2022

3.95

4k+ ratings

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

In the Wild Light

by Jeff Zentner • 2021

A grieving Tennessee boy follows his best friend to boarding school and discovers poetry and love.

4.44

12k+

🏫 Boarding School ⛰️ Appalachian Fiction 💞 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💸 Class Divide

In the Wild Light 90%

A grieving Tennessee boy follows his best friend to boarding school and discovers poetry and love.

by Jeff Zentner 2021

4.44

12k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School ⛰️ Appalachian Fiction 💞 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💸 Class Divide

The Raven Boys

by Maggie Stiefvater • 2012

With a fatal kiss curse, Blue joins a doomed boy's quest for a sleeping king.

4.05

404k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh Mythology ✨ Ley Line Magic 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy 🫂 Found Family 👑 Sleeping King Quest

The Raven Boys 89%

With a fatal kiss curse, Blue joins a doomed boy's quest for a sleeping king.

by Maggie Stiefvater 2012

4.05

404k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh Mythology ✨ Ley Line Magic 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy 🫂 Found Family 👑 Sleeping King Quest

Imaginaria

by Kristopher Rodas • 2022

A bullied boy's invisible friend leads him into a dark realm where his wounds become monsters.

4.25

2k+

🧸 Imaginary Friend Horror 🌴 Latin American Gothic 🌊 Surreal Nightmare 💔 Childhood Cruelty 🩸 Trauma Made Manifest

Imaginaria 89%

A bullied boy's invisible friend leads him into a dark realm where his wounds become monsters.

by Kristopher Rodas 2022

4.25

2k+ ratings

🧸 Imaginary Friend Horror 🌴 Latin American Gothic 🌊 Surreal Nightmare 💔 Childhood Cruelty 🩸 Trauma Made Manifest

Poor Unfortunate Soul

by Serena Valentino • 2016

A sea witch, three grieving sisters, and a pact of hate that will drown them all.

3.57

30k+

🦑 Villain Origin Story 💔 Sibling Betrayal 🌊 Magical Bargains 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisterhood 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Poor Unfortunate Soul 89%

A sea witch, three grieving sisters, and a pact of hate that will drown them all.

by Serena Valentino 2016

3.57

30k+ ratings

🦑 Villain Origin Story 💔 Sibling Betrayal 🌊 Magical Bargains 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisterhood 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Love Letters to the Dead

by Ava Dellaira • 2014

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

3.78

93k+

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Love Letters to the Dead 89%

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

by Ava Dellaira 2014

3.78

93k+ ratings

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

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 89%

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 Book of Lost Things

by John Connolly • 2006

A boy follows his dead mother's voice into a dark fairy-tale world where bargains demand betrayal.

3.96

86k+

🖤 Twisted Fairy Tales 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌒 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Sibling Betrayal ⚡ Dangerous Bargains

The Book of Lost Things 89%

A boy follows his dead mother's voice into a dark fairy-tale world where bargains demand betrayal.

by John Connolly 2006

3.96

86k+ ratings

🖤 Twisted Fairy Tales 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🌒 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Sibling Betrayal ⚡ Dangerous Bargains

Cuentos desde Interior

by Melissa Albert • 2021

Dark fairy tales where blood opens doors, Death collects brides, and every wish leaves a scar.

4.00

8k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 💪 Feminist Fairy Tales 💀 Bargains With Death 🩸 Blood Magic 🦴 Body Horror

Cuentos desde Interior 89%

Dark fairy tales where blood opens doors, Death collects brides, and every wish leaves a scar.

by Melissa Albert 2021

4.00

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 💪 Feminist Fairy Tales 💀 Bargains With Death 🩸 Blood Magic 🦴 Body Horror

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 89%

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

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them

by Junauda Petrus • 2019

Exiled from Trinidad, Audre falls for Mabel, a girl whose love blazes brightest as her body fails.

4.24

7k+

🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age 💔 Terminal Illness Romance ✨ Magical Realism Ya 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora 👯‍♀️ Friends To Lovers

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them Summary

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them 89%

Exiled from Trinidad, Audre falls for Mabel, a girl whose love blazes brightest as her body fails.

by Junauda Petrus 2019

4.24

7k+ ratings

🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age 💔 Terminal Illness Romance ✨ Magical Realism Ya 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora 👯‍♀️ Friends To Lovers

Cut

by Patricia McCormick • 2000

A 15-year-old refuses to speak at a treatment center, hiding the reason she cuts herself.

3.76

60k+

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🏥 Residential Treatment 👥 Girls' Group Therapy 💔 Parental Neglect 🤝 Found Family

Cut 89%

A 15-year-old refuses to speak at a treatment center, hiding the reason she cuts herself.

by Patricia McCormick 2000

3.76

60k+ ratings

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🏥 Residential Treatment 👥 Girls' Group Therapy 💔 Parental Neglect 🤝 Found Family

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 89%

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

Shadow Forest

by Matt Haig • 2007

After their parents die, two siblings enter a Norwegian forest where shadows are stolen.

3.97

2k+

✨ Modern Fairy Tale 🌲 Norse Folklore Fantasy 👫 Orphaned Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Tragic Villain

Shadow Forest 89%

After their parents die, two siblings enter a Norwegian forest where shadows are stolen.

by Matt Haig 2007

3.97

2k+ ratings

✨ Modern Fairy Tale 🌲 Norse Folklore Fantasy 👫 Orphaned Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Tragic Villain

Mindfulness for Teachers

by Tish Jennings • 2015

To save her mermaid-sister, a girl must outwit a dark carnival and reach the ocean.

3.99

416

🕯️ Historical Fantasy 👭 Sister Bond 🫂 Found Family 🎪 Sinister Carnival 🐉 Animal Companions

Mindfulness for Teachers 89%

To save her mermaid-sister, a girl must outwit a dark carnival and reach the ocean.

by Tish Jennings 2015

3.99

416 ratings

🕯️ Historical Fantasy 👭 Sister Bond 🫂 Found Family 🎪 Sinister Carnival 🐉 Animal Companions

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