50 Books like When To Fear The Living

Liminal

by Marie Mistry

A ghost librarian hasn't felt a touch in five centuries. Six heirs are cracking her apart.

4.53

4k+

🏚️ Sentient Library 👻 Ghost Romance 💔 Cursed Touch 🔗 Fated Mates 🖤 Enemies To Lovers

Liminal 92%

A ghost librarian hasn't felt a touch in five centuries. Six heirs are cracking her apart.

by Marie Mistry 2024

4.53

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient Library 👻 Ghost Romance 💔 Cursed Touch 🔗 Fated Mates 🖤 Enemies To Lovers

Shadowland

by Jenny Carroll • 2000

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

4.04

71k+

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💅 Snarky Heroine

Shadowland 95%

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

by Jenny Carroll 2000

4.04

71k+ ratings

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💅 Snarky Heroine

The Summoning

by Kelley Armstrong • 2008

Chloe sees ghosts. Her diagnosis: schizophrenia. Her new home: a prison for supernaturals.

4.03

177k+

💀 Necromancer Heroine 🏚️ Paranormal Group Home 👻 Ghost Communication 🐺 Werewolf Protector 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Summoning 94%

Chloe sees ghosts. Her diagnosis: schizophrenia. Her new home: a prison for supernaturals.

by Kelley Armstrong 2008

4.03

177k+ ratings

💀 Necromancer Heroine 🏚️ Paranormal Group Home 👻 Ghost Communication 🐺 Werewolf Protector 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

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 94%

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

Existence

by Abbi Glines • 2004

She sees souls. He is Death. Their love breaks the rules, and the price is her life or his.

3.92

63k+

🖤 Death As Love Interest 👻 Sees Dead People 💔 Paranormal Love Triangle 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🥀 Early 2000s Paranormal

Existence 94%

She sees souls. He is Death. Their love breaks the rules, and the price is her life or his.

by Abbi Glines 2004

3.92

63k+ ratings

🖤 Death As Love Interest 👻 Sees Dead People 💔 Paranormal Love Triangle 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🥀 Early 2000s Paranormal

Soul Searching

by Lyla Sage • 2025

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

3.65

45k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Wounded Healers 🫂 Found Family

Soul Searching 94%

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

by Lyla Sage 2025

3.65

45k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Wounded Healers 🫂 Found Family

The Hollow

by Jessica Verday • 2009

After her best friend drowns in Sleepy Hollow, her only comfort is a ghost who cannot love.

3.74

21k+

👻 Ghost Boyfriend 🌫️ Small Town Gothic 🖤 Grieving A Friend 📖 Best Friend's Secret 🍂 Autumnal Atmosphere

The Hollow 93%

After her best friend drowns in Sleepy Hollow, her only comfort is a ghost who cannot love.

by Jessica Verday 2009

3.74

21k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Boyfriend 🌫️ Small Town Gothic 🖤 Grieving A Friend 📖 Best Friend's Secret 🍂 Autumnal Atmosphere

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 93%

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

Wayward Souls

by Devon Monk • 2020

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

4.02

754

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏜️ Paranormal Americana

Wayward Souls 93%

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

by Devon Monk 2020

4.02

754 ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏜️ Paranormal Americana

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 93%

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

The Candidates

by Inara Scott • 2010

A girl with a secret, dangerous power is recruited into a school that monitors the extraordinary.

3.60

4k+

🏫 Paranormal Academy 🔮 Hidden Powers 💔 Love Triangle 🦸 Reluctant Heroine 🎥 Surveillance

The Candidates 93%

A girl with a secret, dangerous power is recruited into a school that monitors the extraordinary.

by Inara Scott 2010

3.60

4k+ ratings

🏫 Paranormal Academy 🔮 Hidden Powers 💔 Love Triangle 🦸 Reluctant Heroine 🎥 Surveillance

Evermore

by Alyson Noel • 2009

A psychic teen finds silence in an immortal boy whose ex has murdered her across lifetimes.

3.60

299k+

🖤 Immortal Soulmates 🏫 Paranormal High School 🔮 Psychic Heroine 👻 Ghostly Visits 💞 Fated Mates

Evermore 93%

A psychic teen finds silence in an immortal boy whose ex has murdered her across lifetimes.

by Alyson Noel 2009

3.60

299k+ ratings

🖤 Immortal Soulmates 🏫 Paranormal High School 🔮 Psychic Heroine 👻 Ghostly Visits 💞 Fated Mates

We All Fall Down

by Natalie D. Richards • 2017

His punch shattered her. Now the haunted bridge where it happened is calling them both back.

2.94

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Small Town 🧠 Psychological Haunting 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma And Healing ⚖️ Guilt And Redemption

We All Fall Down 93%

His punch shattered her. Now the haunted bridge where it happened is calling them both back.

by Natalie D. Richards 2017

2.94

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Small Town 🧠 Psychological Haunting 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma And Healing ⚖️ Guilt And Redemption

Storm

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2012

Rescuing a classmate entangles her with four elemental brothers and the enforcer hunting them.

3.94

27k+

🧊 Elemental Magic 🕶️ Hidden Paranormal World 🤝 Brotherhood Dynamics 🎯 Hunted By Authority 🏠 Chosen Family

Storm 93%

Rescuing a classmate entangles her with four elemental brothers and the enforcer hunting them.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2012

3.94

27k+ ratings

🧊 Elemental Magic 🕶️ Hidden Paranormal World 🤝 Brotherhood Dynamics 🎯 Hunted By Authority 🏠 Chosen Family

Apartment 2B

by K. Webster • 2014

An abuse survivor moves into a crumbling apartment and falls for the neighbor the cold follows.

3.82

2k+

🖤 Ghost Love Interest 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family 🖐️ Fear Of Touch 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Apartment 2B 93%

An abuse survivor moves into a crumbling apartment and falls for the neighbor the cold follows.

by K. Webster 2014

3.82

2k+ ratings

🖤 Ghost Love Interest 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family 🖐️ Fear Of Touch 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Academy of the Fateful

by Eva Chase • 2020

A cursed college's dying roses and vengeful ghosts force her to confront her darkest sins.

4.03

431

🖤 Dark Academia 👻 Paranormal Academy 💕 Found Family 🥀 Ancestral Curse 💔 Trauma Recovery

Academy of the Fateful 93%

A cursed college's dying roses and vengeful ghosts force her to confront her darkest sins.

by Eva Chase 2020

4.03

431 ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 👻 Paranormal Academy 💕 Found Family 🥀 Ancestral Curse 💔 Trauma Recovery

The Coven's Secret

by Alicia Rades • 2021

A haunted warlock falls for a witch whose light could lift his curse or cost her life.

3.89

2k+

🏰 Magical Academy 💀 Death-Touch Hero 💔 Curse-Bound Lovers ⚰️ Ancestral Curse 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

The Coven's Secret 93%

A haunted warlock falls for a witch whose light could lift his curse or cost her life.

by Alicia Rades 2021

3.89

2k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Academy 💀 Death-Touch Hero 💔 Curse-Bound Lovers ⚰️ Ancestral Curse 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

The Bone Witch

by Ivy Asher • 2020

Bound to an immortal, a bone witch's volatile power could save his brother or ruin them.

4.13

13k+

💀 Bone Magic 🔗 Forced Magical Bond 😤 Reluctant Witch 🖤 Immortal Love Interest 😏 Snarky Narrator

The Bone Witch 93%

Bound to an immortal, a bone witch's volatile power could save his brother or ruin them.

by Ivy Asher 2020

4.13

13k+ ratings

💀 Bone Magic 🔗 Forced Magical Bond 😤 Reluctant Witch 🖤 Immortal Love Interest 😏 Snarky Narrator

The Law of Moses

by Amy Harmon • 2014

A vet's daughter pursues a haunted outcast whose paintings of missing girls stir a killer.

4.34

39k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 👻 Visions Of The Dead 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Tortured Hero 🎨 Art As Healing

The Law of Moses 93%

A vet's daughter pursues a haunted outcast whose paintings of missing girls stir a killer.

by Amy Harmon 2014

4.34

39k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 👻 Visions Of The Dead 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Tortured Hero 🎨 Art As Healing

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 93%

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

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

Raven's Cry

by Charlie Nottingham • 2022

A witch and her three lovers must reclaim her brother's soul from a demon.

4.33

1k+

🫂 Found Family 💕 Why Choose 💀 Necromancer Hero 👻 Ghostly Hauntings 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere

Raven's Cry 93%

A witch and her three lovers must reclaim her brother's soul from a demon.

by Charlie Nottingham 2022

4.33

1k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 Why Choose 💀 Necromancer Hero 👻 Ghostly Hauntings 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere

When Stars Come Out

by Scarlett St. Clair • 2018

She can trap souls in coins. The raven shifters policing her boarding school want her silenced.

3.86

4k+

🏫 Paranormal Boarding School 💫 Fated Mates ✨ Hidden Powers 👑 Reluctant Chosen One 🗝️ Secret Society

When Stars Come Out 93%

She can trap souls in coins. The raven shifters policing her boarding school want her silenced.

by Scarlett St. Clair 2018

3.86

4k+ ratings

🏫 Paranormal Boarding School 💫 Fated Mates ✨ Hidden Powers 👑 Reluctant Chosen One 🗝️ Secret Society

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Vampire Academy

by Richelle Mead • 2007

A dhampir and her vampire are forced back into their academy, where plots hunt the princess.

4.10

683k+

🧛‍♀️ Vampire Boarding School 🔗 Psychic Bond 💘 Forbidden Mentor Romance 🏰 Vampire Royalty 🖤 Outcast Romance

Vampire Academy 92%

A dhampir and her vampire are forced back into their academy, where plots hunt the princess.

by Richelle Mead 2007

4.10

683k+ ratings

🧛‍♀️ Vampire Boarding School 🔗 Psychic Bond 💘 Forbidden Mentor Romance 🏰 Vampire Royalty 🖤 Outcast Romance

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 92%

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

Creation's Captive

by Melody Joanne • 2024

She sees ghosts. He is a Destroyer. The bond that ties them demands everything.

3.60

6k+

🖤 Fated Mates 🖤 Possessive Antihero ⚡ Hidden Powers 👻 Contemporary Supernatural 😶 Isolated Heroine

Creation's Captive 92%

She sees ghosts. He is a Destroyer. The bond that ties them demands everything.

by Melody Joanne 2024

3.60

6k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 🖤 Possessive Antihero ⚡ Hidden Powers 👻 Contemporary Supernatural 😶 Isolated Heroine

The Dead Romantics

by Ashley Poston • 2022

A romance ghostwriter who has stopped believing in love meets the ghost of her handsome editor.

3.91

268k+

👻 Ghost Romance ⚰️ Funeral Home Setting ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🏡 Small Town Return 🎪 Eccentric Family

The Dead Romantics 92%

A romance ghostwriter who has stopped believing in love meets the ghost of her handsome editor.

by Ashley Poston 2022

3.91

268k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance ⚰️ Funeral Home Setting ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🏡 Small Town Return 🎪 Eccentric Family

Chain of Gold

by Cassandra Clare • 2020

Demon-plagued London. Cordelia's sham marriage to James Herondale buys one year to win his heart.

4.36

123k+

🕰️ Edwardian Fantasy 🦠 Supernatural Plague 💍 Sham Engagement 💔 Unrequited Love 👥 Found Family

Chain of Gold 92%

Demon-plagued London. Cordelia's sham marriage to James Herondale buys one year to win his heart.

by Cassandra Clare 2020

4.36

123k+ ratings

🕰️ Edwardian Fantasy 🦠 Supernatural Plague 💍 Sham Engagement 💔 Unrequited Love 👥 Found Family

Death's Obsession

by Avina St. Graves • 2023

Death should have taken her in the crash. Instead he fell in love with her.

3.50

64k+

🖤 Death As Love Interest 👁️ Supernatural Stalker ✉️ Letters From Beyond 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌙 Dreamlike Surreal

Death's Obsession 92%

Death should have taken her in the crash. Instead he fell in love with her.

by Avina St. Graves 2023

3.50

64k+ ratings

🖤 Death As Love Interest 👁️ Supernatural Stalker ✉️ Letters From Beyond 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌙 Dreamlike Surreal

Crave

by Tracy Wolff • 2020

An Alaskan castle school, a vampire's warning, and a girl who falls anyway.

3.76

259k+

🏰 Paranormal Boarding School 🩸 Vampire Romance 🖤 Brooding Vampire Hero 💔 Love Triangle 💫 Fated Mates

Crave 92%

An Alaskan castle school, a vampire's warning, and a girl who falls anyway.

by Tracy Wolff 2020

3.76

259k+ ratings

🏰 Paranormal Boarding School 🩸 Vampire Romance 🖤 Brooding Vampire Hero 💔 Love Triangle 💫 Fated Mates

Academy of the Forsaken

by Eva Chase • 2020

Repeating semester at a cursed college: she remembers this time, and she will tear it down.

4.03

493

🖤 Reverse Harem 📚 Dark Academia 🔄 Time Loop 💔 Cursed Romance 🏫 Supernatural College

Academy of the Forsaken 92%

Repeating semester at a cursed college: she remembers this time, and she will tear it down.

by Eva Chase 2020

4.03

493 ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem 📚 Dark Academia 🔄 Time Loop 💔 Cursed Romance 🏫 Supernatural College

The Smallest Part

by Amy Harmon • 2018

Ghosts and secrets complicate a hairdresser's devotion to her dead best friend's husband and child.

4.16

14k+

🐌 Slow Burn 🏡 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Father 👻 Ghostly Visitations 💔 Heartbreak And Hope

The Smallest Part 92%

Ghosts and secrets complicate a hairdresser's devotion to her dead best friend's husband and child.

by Amy Harmon 2018

4.16

14k+ ratings

🐌 Slow Burn 🏡 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Father 👻 Ghostly Visitations 💔 Heartbreak And Hope

The Thrashers

by Julie Soto • 2025

A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.

4.01

18k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Ghostly Haunting 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Thrashers 92%

A popular clique faces her journal, her vengeful sister, and her ghost after a classmate's suicide.

by Julie Soto 2025

4.01

18k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🐍 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Ghostly Haunting 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Storm and Fury

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2019

A half-angel hiding among gargoyle shifters falls for the one guardian who could expose her secret.

4.03

72k+

🐺 Shifter Romance 😇 Angel-Demon Conflict 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💫 Fated Mates

Storm and Fury 92%

A half-angel hiding among gargoyle shifters falls for the one guardian who could expose her secret.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2019

4.03

72k+ ratings

🐺 Shifter Romance 😇 Angel-Demon Conflict 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💫 Fated Mates

Wicked Onyx

by Debbie Cassidy • 2026

She enters a deadly academy to reclaim her magic, but the law plans to execute her.

4.03

4k+

🩸 Cursed Bloodline 👻 Dead Girl Mystery 🤝 Found Family 🌑 Morally Grey Romance 🌫️ Oppressive Atmosphere

Wicked Onyx 92%

She enters a deadly academy to reclaim her magic, but the law plans to execute her.

by Debbie Cassidy 2026

4.03

4k+ ratings

🩸 Cursed Bloodline 👻 Dead Girl Mystery 🤝 Found Family 🌑 Morally Grey Romance 🌫️ Oppressive Atmosphere

Love & Curse Making

by Kelly St. Clare • 2022

A cupid matchmaker cursed never to be touched falls for the detective investigating her.

4.21

4k+

🎭 Paranormal Rom-Com 💔 Love Curse 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🕵️ Detective Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Love & Curse Making 92%

A cupid matchmaker cursed never to be touched falls for the detective investigating her.

by Kelly St. Clare 2022

4.21

4k+ ratings

🎭 Paranormal Rom-Com 💔 Love Curse 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🕵️ Detective Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

When He’s Dark

by Suzanne Wright • 2020

Marked for a sadistic killer, she finds her protector in a wolverine who has already lost one mate.

4.04

13k+

🖤 Fated Mates 💔 Rejected Mate 🦁 Shifter Pride 🐱 Omega Heroine 🖤 Brooding Protector

When He’s Dark 92%

Marked for a sadistic killer, she finds her protector in a wolverine who has already lost one mate.

by Suzanne Wright 2020

4.04

13k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 💔 Rejected Mate 🦁 Shifter Pride 🐱 Omega Heroine 🖤 Brooding Protector

Lady Midnight

by Cassandra Clare • 2016

When ritual murders hit Los Angeles, a Shadowhunter risks her forbidden love to find the killer.

4.35

247k+

🔪 Occult Murders 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Grief-Driven Revenge 🧚 Faerie Bargains 🏠 Found Family

Lady Midnight 92%

When ritual murders hit Los Angeles, a Shadowhunter risks her forbidden love to find the killer.

by Cassandra Clare 2016

4.35

247k+ ratings

🔪 Occult Murders 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Grief-Driven Revenge 🧚 Faerie Bargains 🏠 Found Family

Small Blue Thing

by S.C. Ransom • 2011

A Thames bracelet binds a London teen to a ghost who steals memories and her heart.

3.69

1k+

🖤 Ghost Romance 🧠 Memory Theft 👻 Tragic Ghost 🌃 Supernatural London 💭 Lost Memories

Small Blue Thing 92%

A Thames bracelet binds a London teen to a ghost who steals memories and her heart.

by S.C. Ransom 2011

3.69

1k+ ratings

🖤 Ghost Romance 🧠 Memory Theft 👻 Tragic Ghost 🌃 Supernatural London 💭 Lost Memories

A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

by K.M. Moronova • 2024

In purgatory, a dead artist falls for a phantom dancer, chasing a bucket list toward healing.

4.19

8k+

🖤 Ghost Romance 📝 Unfinished Business 📋 Bucket List Quest 🎨 Art As Healing 🔗 Trauma Bond

A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope 92%

In purgatory, a dead artist falls for a phantom dancer, chasing a bucket list toward healing.

by K.M. Moronova 2024

4.19

8k+ ratings

🖤 Ghost Romance 📝 Unfinished Business 📋 Bucket List Quest 🎨 Art As Healing 🔗 Trauma Bond

Belladonna

by Adalyn Grace • 2022

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

3.94

182k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified ☠️ Poison Mystery 👻 Spirit Communication

Belladonna 92%

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

by Adalyn Grace 2022

3.94

182k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified ☠️ Poison Mystery 👻 Spirit Communication

Shadow Kissed

by Sarah Piper • 2018

A witch hiding death magic accidentally resurrects a girl and draws the killers hunting her kind.

3.88

7k+

🖤 Necromantic Witch 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery Arc 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💘 Forbidden Love

Shadow Kissed 92%

A witch hiding death magic accidentally resurrects a girl and draws the killers hunting her kind.

by Sarah Piper 2018

3.88

7k+ ratings

🖤 Necromantic Witch 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery Arc 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💘 Forbidden Love

Rose Petal Graves

by Olivia Wildenstein • 2016

A student returns home to bury her mother and inherits the family cemetery's ancient fae war.

3.80

4k+

🗡️ Fae Hunter Lore 🪶 Indigenous Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Fae Romance 💕 Love Triangle 🕯️ Ancestral Magic

Rose Petal Graves 92%

A student returns home to bury her mother and inherits the family cemetery's ancient fae war.

by Olivia Wildenstein 2016

3.80

4k+ ratings

🗡️ Fae Hunter Lore 🪶 Indigenous Fantasy 💔 Forbidden Fae Romance 💕 Love Triangle 🕯️ Ancestral Magic

Marked

by P.C. Cast • 2007

A vampyre brands Zoey, sending her to a school where her strange tattoo sets her apart.

3.82

527k+

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🔥 Elemental Magic 💅 Mean Girl Rival 🫂 Found Family ⭐ Chosen One Destiny

Marked 92%

A vampyre brands Zoey, sending her to a school where her strange tattoo sets her apart.

by P.C. Cast 2007

3.82

527k+ ratings

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🔥 Elemental Magic 💅 Mean Girl Rival 🫂 Found Family ⭐ Chosen One Destiny

The Protector

by Dannika Dark • 2025

A councilwoman hires a rogue shifter; magical mishap chains them together, igniting forbidden heat.

4.52

728

🔗 Forced Proximity 💔 Rejected Mate 🛡️ Protective Hero 🤫 Secret Relationship 🔥 Slow Burn

The Protector 92%

A councilwoman hires a rogue shifter; magical mishap chains them together, igniting forbidden heat.

by Dannika Dark 2025

4.52

728 ratings

🔗 Forced Proximity 💔 Rejected Mate 🛡️ Protective Hero 🤫 Secret Relationship 🔥 Slow Burn

Ghostsmith

by Nicki Pau Preto • 2024

To stop an undead army, a ghostsmith must trust the twin brother raised by their lich mother.

4.13

5k+

🦴 Bone Magic 💀 Necromancy 👥 Twin Siblings 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family

Ghostsmith 92%

To stop an undead army, a ghostsmith must trust the twin brother raised by their lich mother.

by Nicki Pau Preto 2024

4.13

5k+ ratings

🦴 Bone Magic 💀 Necromancy 👥 Twin Siblings 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family

Spiral of Need

by Suzanne Wright • 2015

A wolf-shifter Beta owes a life-debt to the Seer he swore he would never trust.

4.15

20k+

💫 Fated Mates 💔 Allies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 👁️ Seer Heroine 💭 Empathic Heroine

Spiral of Need 92%

A wolf-shifter Beta owes a life-debt to the Seer he swore he would never trust.

by Suzanne Wright 2015

4.15

20k+ ratings

💫 Fated Mates 💔 Allies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 👁️ Seer Heroine 💭 Empathic Heroine

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 92%

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

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