👻 Spirit Possession

Whether framed as supernatural horror, anthropological inquiry, or religious experience, these books explore what it means for a self to be overtaken by forces beyond its control.

A Bride for the Winter King

by Anya J. Cosgrove

A huntress mirroring a fae king's dead wife enters his bridal pageant to save her brother.

4.07

2k+

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 👰 Bridal Competition 👻 Dead First Wife 🌑 Dark Fairytale 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

A Bride for the Winter King

A huntress mirroring a fae king's dead wife enters his bridal pageant to save her brother.

by Anya J. Cosgrove 2024

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 👰 Bridal Competition 👻 Dead First Wife 🌑 Dark Fairytale 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

Mama Lola

by Karen McCarthy Brown • 2001

A religion of survival, not sorcery: the life of a Haitian Vodou priestess in Brooklyn.

4.04

1k+

🥁 Haitian Vodou 🧳 Immigrant Religion 🌍 African Diaspora Religions 👩🏿‍🦱 Women's Spirituality 🌿 Healing Rituals

Mama Lola

A religion of survival, not sorcery: the life of a Haitian Vodou priestess in Brooklyn.

by Karen McCarthy Brown 2001

4.04

1k+ ratings

🥁 Haitian Vodou 🧳 Immigrant Religion 🌍 African Diaspora Religions 👩🏿‍🦱 Women's Spirituality 🌿 Healing Rituals

The Ghost Bride

by Yangsze Choo • 2013

A Malaccan girl betrothed to a dead man must journey through the afterlife to reclaim her life.

3.81

38k+

🐉 Chinese Folklore 🌴 Colonial Malaya 🌌 Afterlife Journey 💕 Love Triangle 🌹 Forbidden Romance

The Ghost Bride

A Malaccan girl betrothed to a dead man must journey through the afterlife to reclaim her life.

by Yangsze Choo 2013

3.81

38k+ ratings

🐉 Chinese Folklore 🌴 Colonial Malaya 🌌 Afterlife Journey 💕 Love Triangle 🌹 Forbidden Romance

In Sorcery's Shadow

by Paul Stoller • 1989

Birds defecate on an anthropologist in Niger. A sorcerer sees a sign and demands an apprenticeship.

3.98

312

🏕️ Ethnographic Memoir 🌍 West African Religion ✨ Sorcery And Magic 🧑‍🎓 Apprenticeship 👁️ Participant Observation

In Sorcery's Shadow

Birds defecate on an anthropologist in Niger. A sorcerer sees a sign and demands an apprenticeship.

by Paul Stoller 1989

3.98

312 ratings

🏕️ Ethnographic Memoir 🌍 West African Religion ✨ Sorcery And Magic 🧑‍🎓 Apprenticeship 👁️ Participant Observation

Beyond the Occult

by Colin Wilson • 1989

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

3.92

260

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena ⛰️ Peak Experiences 🌊 Altered States

Beyond the Occult

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

by Colin Wilson 1989

3.92

260 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena ⛰️ Peak Experiences 🌊 Altered States

Vespertine

by Margaret Rogerson • 2021

A scarred novice binds herself to an ancient spirit to save her convent from the dead.

4.09

26k+

🕯️ Gothic Convent Fantasy 😈 Sassy Monster Companion 💛 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⛪ Corrupted Church

Vespertine

A scarred novice binds herself to an ancient spirit to save her convent from the dead.

by Margaret Rogerson 2021

4.09

26k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Convent Fantasy 😈 Sassy Monster Companion 💛 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⛪ Corrupted Church

Geist

by Philippa Ballantine • 2010

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

3.64

4k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond 👑 Cursed Royalty 🤝 Found Family

Geist

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

by Philippa Ballantine 2010

3.64

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond 👑 Cursed Royalty 🤝 Found Family

Smoke & Summons

by Charlie N. Holmberg • 2019

A spirit-possessed slave steals a thief's amulet and must trust him to survive her master's hunt.

3.89

15k+

🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔄 Redemption Arc 💘 Romantic Tension 🏭 Industrial City 🌗 Crossover Fantasy

Smoke & Summons

A spirit-possessed slave steals a thief's amulet and must trust him to survive her master's hunt.

by Charlie N. Holmberg 2019

3.89

15k+ ratings

🤝 Reluctant Allies 🔄 Redemption Arc 💘 Romantic Tension 🏭 Industrial City 🌗 Crossover Fantasy

Myths and Mortals

by Charlie N. Holmberg • 2019

Sold to a summoner, Sandis carries a fire spirit within and a city of enemies without.

4.11

7k+

🔮 Summoning Magic 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Allies To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Betrayal And Redemption

Myths and Mortals

Sold to a summoner, Sandis carries a fire spirit within and a city of enemies without.

by Charlie N. Holmberg 2019

4.11

7k+ ratings

🔮 Summoning Magic 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Allies To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Betrayal And Redemption

Tears of Dust

by Sylvia Mercedes • 2020

A venatrix discovers her blood ties her to the Witch Queen she was raised to kill.

4.28

1k+

🩸 Hidden Heritage 📜 Prophecy Subversion 🗡️ Raised As A Weapon ⚖️ Duty Vs Love 🐺 Animal Bond

Tears of Dust

A venatrix discovers her blood ties her to the Witch Queen she was raised to kill.

by Sylvia Mercedes 2020

4.28

1k+ ratings

🩸 Hidden Heritage 📜 Prophecy Subversion 🗡️ Raised As A Weapon ⚖️ Duty Vs Love 🐺 Animal Bond

Paths of Malice

by Sylvia Mercedes • 2019

A feral venatrix must stop a phantom witch, with only her bitter rival as an ally.

4.20

1k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🐺 Bonded Spirit Companion 🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🔮 Prophecy Burden ⚔️ Scarred Hero

Paths of Malice

A feral venatrix must stop a phantom witch, with only her bitter rival as an ally.

by Sylvia Mercedes 2019

4.20

1k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🐺 Bonded Spirit Companion 🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🔮 Prophecy Burden ⚔️ Scarred Hero

Casi Angeles El Hombre de Las mil caras

by Leandro Calderone • 2011

When a sister vanishes into a magical clock, a found family battles a shapeshifter to save her.

4.22

792

🌀 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 👼 Angel Guardians 🎵 Healing Through Music 🔄 Villain Redemption

Casi Angeles El Hombre de Las mil caras

When a sister vanishes into a magical clock, a found family battles a shapeshifter to save her.

by Leandro Calderone 2011

4.22

792 ratings

🌀 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 👼 Angel Guardians 🎵 Healing Through Music 🔄 Villain Redemption

Criss Cross

by Jordan Castillo Price • 2006

A psychic detective's grip on the dead slips, and a killer's ghost comes for his lover.

4.06

7k+

🔮 Psychic Detective 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Paranormal 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🫂 Found Family ✖️ Ritual Killer

Criss Cross

A psychic detective's grip on the dead slips, and a killer's ghost comes for his lover.

by Jordan Castillo Price 2006

4.06

7k+ ratings

🔮 Psychic Detective 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Paranormal 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🫂 Found Family ✖️ Ritual Killer

Split Tooth

by Tanya Tagaq • 2018

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

3.88

14k+

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits 🩸 Visceral Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice

Split Tooth

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

by Tanya Tagaq 2018

3.88

14k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits 🩸 Visceral Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice

The Witches of Scotland Book 5

by Steven P. Aitchison • 2023

A witch's body hosts an entity, and her dead mother's grimoires hold the only way out.

4.27

2k+

⚔️ Magical Trials 🕯️ Found Family Coven 💔 Generational Trauma ✨ Cosmic Stakes 📜 Ancient Grimoires

The Witches of Scotland Book 5

A witch's body hosts an entity, and her dead mother's grimoires hold the only way out.

by Steven P. Aitchison 2023

4.27

2k+ ratings

⚔️ Magical Trials 🕯️ Found Family Coven 💔 Generational Trauma ✨ Cosmic Stakes 📜 Ancient Grimoires

Freeing the Captives

by Louise Ireland-Frey • 1999

Psychiatry failed them. A doctor tried spirit release, and they got better.

4.33

🕊️ Spirit Release 🔮 Hypnotherapy ⏳ Past Life Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 💀 Afterlife Studies

Freeing the Captives

Psychiatry failed them. A doctor tried spirit release, and they got better.

by Louise Ireland-Frey 1999

4.33

18 ratings

🕊️ Spirit Release 🔮 Hypnotherapy ⏳ Past Life Therapy 🧠 Transpersonal Psychology 💀 Afterlife Studies

The London Séance Society

by Sarah Penner • 2023

A skeptic joins a medium, hunting her sister's killer through a gentlemen's club of dark séances.

3.49

73k+

🕯️ Victorian Spiritualism 🏚️ Gothic Mystery 🎭 Secret Society 👻 Reluctant Medium 💕 Sapphic Romance

The London Séance Society

A skeptic joins a medium, hunting her sister's killer through a gentlemen's club of dark séances.

by Sarah Penner 2023

3.49

73k+ ratings

🕯️ Victorian Spiritualism 🏚️ Gothic Mystery 🎭 Secret Society 👻 Reluctant Medium 💕 Sapphic Romance

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