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He Who Fights with Monsters 2

by Shirtaloon

An outcast adventurer assembles a misfit team for the lethal trials of a sunken assassin city.

4.53

29k+

🌱 Progression Fantasy 🎮 Litrpg Mechanics 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💬 Snarky Protagonist 😈 Dark Humor

He Who Fights with Monsters 2

An outcast adventurer assembles a misfit team for the lethal trials of a sunken assassin city.

by Shirtaloon 2021

4.53

29k+ ratings

🌱 Progression Fantasy 🎮 Litrpg Mechanics 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💬 Snarky Protagonist 😈 Dark Humor

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

by Natsu Hyuuga • 2015

Bought back to the palace, an apothecary unravels poisonings that lead to conspiracy and her past.

4.52

10k+

🏯 Palace Intrigue 💊 Medical Mystery 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔍 Reluctant Detective 👑 Imperial Harem

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

Bought back to the palace, an apothecary unravels poisonings that lead to conspiracy and her past.

by Natsu Hyuuga 2015

4.52

10k+ ratings

🏯 Palace Intrigue 💊 Medical Mystery 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔍 Reluctant Detective 👑 Imperial Harem

Company Town

by Madeline Ashby • 2016

An unaugmented bodyguard on an oil rig protects a teenage heir from a body-snatching killer.

3.50

5k+

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🧬 Bioaugmentation 🕶️ Gritty Noir

Company Town

An unaugmented bodyguard on an oil rig protects a teenage heir from a body-snatching killer.

by Madeline Ashby 2016

3.50

5k+ ratings

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🧬 Bioaugmentation 🕶️ Gritty Noir

Dating After the End of the World

by Jeneva Rose • 2025

She survived the apocalypse. Now she's stuck sharing a room with her high school bully.

3.81

43k+

🧟 Zombie Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔄 Redemption Arc 🎭 Dark Humor

Dating After the End of the World

She survived the apocalypse. Now she's stuck sharing a room with her high school bully.

by Jeneva Rose 2025

3.81

43k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔄 Redemption Arc 🎭 Dark Humor

My Blade, Your Back

by K.M. Moronova • 2025

She has no memory, a squad of killers, and a partner who's hiding what they were.

4.04

25k+

🔪 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Amnesia Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity 😩 High Angst

My Blade, Your Back

She has no memory, a squad of killers, and a partner who's hiding what they were.

by K.M. Moronova 2025

4.04

25k+ ratings

🔪 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Amnesia Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity 😩 High Angst

The Wrong Heart

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2021

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

4.41

28k+

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Wrong Heart

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2021

4.41

28k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

Prayers for Sale

by Sandra Dallas • 1997

A Colorado widow sells prayers for a penny. At her gate: a grieving young woman who cannot pay.

3.87

19k+

🪡 Quilting Fiction 👵 Mentor And Mentee ⛏️ Mining Town 🍂 Bittersweet 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters

Prayers for Sale

A Colorado widow sells prayers for a penny. At her gate: a grieving young woman who cannot pay.

by Sandra Dallas 1997

3.87

19k+ ratings

🪡 Quilting Fiction 👵 Mentor And Mentee ⛏️ Mining Town 🍂 Bittersweet 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

by Becky Chambers • 2022

A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.

4.37

89k+

☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🤖 Robot Companion 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🏞️ Quiet Adventure ☀️ Solarpunk

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.

by Becky Chambers 2022

4.37

89k+ ratings

☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🤖 Robot Companion 🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🏞️ Quiet Adventure ☀️ Solarpunk

Inkheart

by Cornelia Funke • 2003

Her father reads book characters to life. The villain he freed will do anything to stay real.

3.93

444k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🪞 Metafiction 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🦸 Reluctant Hero 📚 Bookish Protagonist

Inkheart

Her father reads book characters to life. The villain he freed will do anything to stay real.

by Cornelia Funke 2003

3.93

444k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🪞 Metafiction 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🦸 Reluctant Hero 📚 Bookish Protagonist

Warlock

by Daniel Kensington • 2025

An orphaned warlock binds scarred witches into a coven the Council wants to destroy.

4.62

2k+

🏫 Magic School 🧙‍♀️ Witch Coven 💕 Harem Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🖤 Dark Romance

Warlock

An orphaned warlock binds scarred witches into a coven the Council wants to destroy.

by Daniel Kensington 2025

4.62

2k+ ratings

🏫 Magic School 🧙‍♀️ Witch Coven 💕 Harem Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🖤 Dark Romance

The Whistling Season

by Ivan Doig • 2006

A Montana widower hires a woman who can't cook. Her brother fills the one-room school with wonder.

4.07

22k+

🏫 One-Room Schoolhouse 🎓 Eccentric Teacher 🏔️ Rural Montana 🤫 Small-Town Secrets ✍️ Lyrical Prose

The Whistling Season

A Montana widower hires a woman who can't cook. Her brother fills the one-room school with wonder.

by Ivan Doig 2006

4.07

22k+ ratings

🏫 One-Room Schoolhouse 🎓 Eccentric Teacher 🏔️ Rural Montana 🤫 Small-Town Secrets ✍️ Lyrical Prose

Chosen

by P.C. Cast • 2008

At a vampyre boarding school, a fledgling hides her undead friend while her mentor plots war.

3.91

255k+

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🔥 Elemental Magic 💔 Love Triangle 🦋 Mean Girl Redemption 🐍 Betrayed By Mentor

Chosen

At a vampyre boarding school, a fledgling hides her undead friend while her mentor plots war.

by P.C. Cast 2008

3.91

255k+ ratings

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🔥 Elemental Magic 💔 Love Triangle 🦋 Mean Girl Redemption 🐍 Betrayed By Mentor

Homecoming

by Christie Golden • 2003

Voyager returns home after seven years. Earth blames the crew for a plague and hologram uprising.

3.92

3k+

🖖 Star Trek 🤖 Ai Personhood 🏠 Homecoming Aftermath 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 💔 Bittersweet Return

Homecoming

Voyager returns home after seven years. Earth blames the crew for a plague and hologram uprising.

by Christie Golden 2003

3.92

3k+ ratings

🖖 Star Trek 🤖 Ai Personhood 🏠 Homecoming Aftermath 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 💔 Bittersweet Return

School's Out—Forever

by James Patterson • 2006

A winged girl hides in high school: a clone wants her identity, wolf-men want her dead.

4.14

125k+

🧬 Genetic Manipulation 🏃‍♂️ Lab Escapees ✨ Reluctant Chosen One 👯 Clone Replacement 🕵️‍♂️ Shadowy Organization

School's Out—Forever

A winged girl hides in high school: a clone wants her identity, wolf-men want her dead.

by James Patterson 2006

4.14

125k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Manipulation 🏃‍♂️ Lab Escapees ✨ Reluctant Chosen One 👯 Clone Replacement 🕵️‍♂️ Shadowy Organization

The Mermaid of Black Conch

by Monique Roffey • 2020

A captured mermaid is rescued by a lonely fisherman. In his bathtub, she becomes a woman.

3.86

20k+

🧜‍♀️ Mythic Retelling 🔮 Cursed Woman 🏛️ Colonial Legacy 🤟 Deaf Representation 🌫️ Atmospheric

The Mermaid of Black Conch

A captured mermaid is rescued by a lonely fisherman. In his bathtub, she becomes a woman.

by Monique Roffey 2020

3.86

20k+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Mythic Retelling 🔮 Cursed Woman 🏛️ Colonial Legacy 🤟 Deaf Representation 🌫️ Atmospheric

Feral

by Mila Crawford • 2024

Three scarred men built an Iranian survivor a sanctuary. One betrayal could destroy it.

3.52

2k+

🔥 Why Choose Romance 💔 Scarred Heroes ⛓️ Bdsm Dynamics 🖤 Possessive Hero 🌱 Trauma Healing

Feral

Three scarred men built an Iranian survivor a sanctuary. One betrayal could destroy it.

by Mila Crawford 2024

3.52

2k+ ratings

🔥 Why Choose Romance 💔 Scarred Heroes ⛓️ Bdsm Dynamics 🖤 Possessive Hero 🌱 Trauma Healing

The Rogue Knight

by Brandon Mull • 2014

A boy from Arizona scours a magical kingdom of living illusions to rescue his captive friends.

4.37

15k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏃 Rescue Mission 🎭 Hidden Identity ✨ Illusion Magic 🛡️ Reluctant Hero

The Rogue Knight

A boy from Arizona scours a magical kingdom of living illusions to rescue his captive friends.

by Brandon Mull 2014

4.37

15k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏃 Rescue Mission 🎭 Hidden Identity ✨ Illusion Magic 🛡️ Reluctant Hero

Come for Me

by C.J. Sweet

Her mate is dead. Her captor, a vampire prince, says she belongs to him.

4.14

3k+

🖤 Fated Mates ⛓️ Forced Bond 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏰 Captor And Captive 🔥 Vengeance Quest

Come for Me

Her mate is dead. Her captor, a vampire prince, says she belongs to him.

by C.J. Sweet 2024

4.14

3k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates ⛓️ Forced Bond 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏰 Captor And Captive 🔥 Vengeance Quest

Hild

by Nicola Griffith • 2013

In Anglo-Saxon England, a girl sees the patterns others miss. The king calls it prophecy.

3.85

13k+

🌿 Anglo-Saxon England 👑 Court Intrigue 🖤 Sapphic Love 📜 Lyrical Historical 🔮 Seer Protagonist

Hild

In Anglo-Saxon England, a girl sees the patterns others miss. The king calls it prophecy.

by Nicola Griffith 2013

3.85

13k+ ratings

🌿 Anglo-Saxon England 👑 Court Intrigue 🖤 Sapphic Love 📜 Lyrical Historical 🔮 Seer Protagonist

Cold Mountain

by Charles Frazier • 1997

A wounded deserter walks home through a shattered land, while the woman he loves learns to survive.

3.89

251k+

🏚️ Civil War Era ⛰️ Appalachian Mountains 🏠 Soldier's Homecoming 🤝 Reluctant Partnership 🥀 Tragic Romance

Cold Mountain

A wounded deserter walks home through a shattered land, while the woman he loves learns to survive.

by Charles Frazier 1997

3.89

251k+ ratings

🏚️ Civil War Era ⛰️ Appalachian Mountains 🏠 Soldier's Homecoming 🤝 Reluctant Partnership 🥀 Tragic Romance

Hot Desk

by Laura Dickerman • 2025

A shared desk, a dead author's novel, and the rival she was supposed to hate.

3.25

4k+

💕 Enemies To Lovers 📱 Workplace Romance 📚 Publishing World ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎤 Women Reclaiming Voice

Hot Desk

A shared desk, a dead author's novel, and the rival she was supposed to hate.

by Laura Dickerman 2025

3.25

4k+ ratings

💕 Enemies To Lovers 📱 Workplace Romance 📚 Publishing World ⏳ Dual Timeline 🎤 Women Reclaiming Voice

The Lonely Londoners

by Sam Selvon • 1956

Moses Aloetta guides West Indian newcomers through a London of fog, poverty, and quiet exclusion.

3.70

14k+

🛳️ Windrush Generation 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🏙️ Postwar London 🌫️ Quiet Melancholy 😏 Wry Humor

The Lonely Londoners

Moses Aloetta guides West Indian newcomers through a London of fog, poverty, and quiet exclusion.

by Sam Selvon 1956

3.70

14k+ ratings

🛳️ Windrush Generation 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🏙️ Postwar London 🌫️ Quiet Melancholy 😏 Wry Humor

The Ghost Woods

by C.J. Cooke • 2022

A decaying Scottish manor hides unwed mothers and a curse of living rot that consumes them all.

3.91

9k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏰 Gothic Manor 🍄 Fungal Body Horror 🌈 Queer Love Story ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Ghost Woods

A decaying Scottish manor hides unwed mothers and a curse of living rot that consumes them all.

by C.J. Cooke 2022

3.91

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏰 Gothic Manor 🍄 Fungal Body Horror 🌈 Queer Love Story ⏳ Dual Timeline

Rules of Attraction

by Simone Elkeles • 2010

An arrest lands a defiant teen in his peer guide's home, where mutual annoyance catches fire.

4.17

90k+

🖤 Bad Boy Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 😤 Angsty Romance

Rules of Attraction

An arrest lands a defiant teen in his peer guide's home, where mutual annoyance catches fire.

by Simone Elkeles 2010

4.17

90k+ ratings

🖤 Bad Boy Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 😤 Angsty Romance

Atalanta

by Jennifer Saint • 2023

Raised by bears, she joins the Argonauts. Only woman aboard. A prophecy: marry and be destroyed.

3.73

38k+

🏹 Feminist Myth Retelling 🐻 Huntress Protagonist 🏃‍♀️ Deadly Contest 🌙 Goddess And Mortal ✍️ Lyrical Prose

Atalanta

Raised by bears, she joins the Argonauts. Only woman aboard. A prophecy: marry and be destroyed.

by Jennifer Saint 2023

3.73

38k+ ratings

🏹 Feminist Myth Retelling 🐻 Huntress Protagonist 🏃‍♀️ Deadly Contest 🌙 Goddess And Mortal ✍️ Lyrical Prose

Kissed by Shadows

by Rosa Lee • 2024

Her father sold her to a crime lord; four gangsters offer protection at a price.

4.00

10k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔥 Why Choose ⛓️ Dark Captive Romance 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🌑 Morally Grey Heroes

Kissed by Shadows

Her father sold her to a crime lord; four gangsters offer protection at a price.

by Rosa Lee 2024

4.00

10k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔥 Why Choose ⛓️ Dark Captive Romance 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🌑 Morally Grey Heroes

Heart of Night and Fire

by Nisha J. Tuli • 2023

A magical captive escapes to a blighted kingdom unaware she carries the forbidden power it needs.

3.85

5k+

🕌 South Asian Fantasy 🔥 Elemental Magic 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Hidden Royalty ❤️ Slow Burn Romance

Heart of Night and Fire

A magical captive escapes to a blighted kingdom unaware she carries the forbidden power it needs.

by Nisha J. Tuli 2023

3.85

5k+ ratings

🕌 South Asian Fantasy 🔥 Elemental Magic 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Hidden Royalty ❤️ Slow Burn Romance

Rebound

by Sadie Kincaid • 2025

Her marriage is over. So why is she meeting her husband in hotel rooms?

4.13

18k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 💍 Estranged Spouses 🏛️ Wealthy Family Drama 🌧️ Infertility Grief 🖤 Angsty Romance

Rebound

Her marriage is over. So why is she meeting her husband in hotel rooms?

by Sadie Kincaid 2025

4.13

18k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 💍 Estranged Spouses 🏛️ Wealthy Family Drama 🌧️ Infertility Grief 🖤 Angsty Romance

Beyond What is Given

by Rebecca Yarros • 2015

Fleeing scandal, she falls for her rigid pilot roommate, whose girlfriend lies in a coma.

4.27

50k+

🛋️ Roommates To Lovers ✈️ Military Pilot ❤️‍🩹 Self Forgiveness 🛡️ Protective Hero 💔 Wounded Heroine

Beyond What is Given

Fleeing scandal, she falls for her rigid pilot roommate, whose girlfriend lies in a coma.

by Rebecca Yarros 2015

4.27

50k+ ratings

🛋️ Roommates To Lovers ✈️ Military Pilot ❤️‍🩹 Self Forgiveness 🛡️ Protective Hero 💔 Wounded Heroine

A Gentleman in Moscow

by Amor Towles • 2016

A count confined to a Moscow hotel for life builds a world within its halls.

4.32

679k+

🏨 Grand Hotel Drama 🇷🇺 Soviet Russia 🎩 Aristocratic Gentleman 👔 Unlikely Fatherhood 🔴 Stalin Era

A Gentleman in Moscow

A count confined to a Moscow hotel for life builds a world within its halls.

by Amor Towles 2016

4.32

679k+ ratings

🏨 Grand Hotel Drama 🇷🇺 Soviet Russia 🎩 Aristocratic Gentleman 👔 Unlikely Fatherhood 🔴 Stalin Era

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