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Books like Starling House

12 books with a reading profile close to Starling House by Alix E. Harrow. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

  1. 1 The Girl Who Chased the Moon

    The Girl Who Chased the Moon

    by Sarah Addison Allen

    romance, narrative

    Emily Benedict, a seventeen-year-old, moves to Mullaby, North Carolina, to live with the grandfather she never knew after her mother's death.

  2. 2 A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

    A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

    by Tia Williams

    romance, narrative

    Set against the backdrop of modern-day Harlem, the story follows Ricki Wilde, a free-spirited florist and the black sheep of a prominent, wealthy family.

  3. 3 The Ten Thousand Doors of January

    The Ten Thousand Doors of January

    by Alix E. Harrow

    romance, narrative

    Set in the early 1900s, January Scaller lives as a ward in the sprawling mansion of Mr.

  4. 4 Spinning Silver

    Spinning Silver

    by Naomi Novik

    romance, narrative

    Miryem is a moneylender’s daughter in a frozen village who gains a reputation for turning silver into gold.

  5. 5 Drums of Autumn

    Drums of Autumn

    by Diana Gabaldon, Geraldine James

    romance, narrative

    Claire and Jamie Fraser begin a new life in the North Carolina colony during the mid-eighteenth century.

  6. 6 Light from Uncommon Stars

    Light from Uncommon Stars

    by Ryka Aoki

    romance, narrative

    In California’s San Gabriel Valley, Shizuka Satomi has struck a deal with a demon to escape eternal damnation by delivering the souls of seven violin prodigies.

  7. 7 Dragonfly in Amber

    Dragonfly in Amber

    by Diana Gabaldon

    romance, narrative

    In 1968, Claire Randall returns to Scotland with her daughter, Brianna, to reveal the truth of her biological father.

  8. 8 The Song of Achilles

    The Song of Achilles

    by Madeline Miller

    romance, narrative

    In this reimagining of the Trojan War, the awkward prince Patroclus is exiled to the court of King Peleus, where he forms an unlikely friendship with the golden demi-god Achilles.

  9. 9 The Night Circus

    The Night Circus

    by Erin Morgenstern

    romance, narrative

    Celia Bowen and Marco Alisdair are two young illusionists tethered to Le Cirque des Rêves, a traveling venue of monochrome tents that appears without warning and opens only at night.

  10. 10 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

    The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

    by V.E. Schwab

    romance, narrative

    In 1714, a young French woman named Adeline LaRue strikes a deal with a god of darkness to escape a forced marriage and live without belonging to anyone.

  11. 11 The Unmaking of June Farrow

    The Unmaking of June Farrow

    by Adrienne Young

    romance, narrative

    In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow belongs to a lineage of women plagued by hereditary hallucinations and sudden disappearances.

  12. 12 Circe

    Circe

    by Madeline Miller

    romance, narrative

    On the island of Aiaia, the exiled nymph Circe transforms from a rejected daughter of the sun god Helios into a formidable witch.

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