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Books like The Once and Future Witches

12 books with a reading profile close to The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

  1. 1 A Secret History of Witches

    A Secret History of Witches

    by Louisa Morgan

    narrative, fantasy

    Louisa Morgan follows three women from one family of witches over several centuries.

  2. 2 The Change

    The Change

    by Kirsten Miller

    narrative, fantasy

    Set in the wealthy enclave of Mattauk, New York, this novel follows three women whose bodies begin to manifest supernatural abilities as they enter menopause.

  3. 3 Gods of Jade and Shadow

    Gods of Jade and Shadow

    by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    narrative, fantasy

    Set in 1920s Mexico, the story follows Casiopea Tun, a young woman living a life of servitude in her grandfather’s house.

  4. 4 Clytemnestra

    Clytemnestra

    by Costanza Casati

    narrative, fantasy

    Born as a Spartan princess and sister to Helen, Clytemnestra navigates a world where men settle disputes through conquest and blood.

  5. 5 The Emperor's Soul

    The Emperor's Soul

    by Brandon Sanderson

    narrative, fantasy

    Shai is a Forger, a practitioner of magic who can rewrite an object’s history to alter its physical form.

  6. 6 Dreams and Dust

    Dreams and Dust

    by George R. R. Martin

    narrative, fantasy

    Dreams and Dust comprises the second half of A Dance with Dragons, the fifth novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.

  7. 7 Things in Jars

    Things in Jars

    by Jess Kidd

    narrative, fantasy

    In 1863 London, Bridie Devine is a female detective, brusque and skilled, who is hired to find a kidnapped girl named Christabel Berwick, a child who is not like others and who may have supernatural abilities.

  8. 8 Juniper & Thorn

    Juniper & Thorn

    by Ava Reid

    narrative, fantasy

    Set in a fictionalized nineteenth-century Odessa, this gothic fairy tale follows Marlinchen, the youngest of three sisters who live under the suffocating control of their father, a wizard named Zmey.

  9. 9 The Sword of Kaigen

    The Sword of Kaigen

    by M.L. Wang

    narrative, fantasy

    On the frozen Takayubi peninsula, the Matsuda clan serves as the Shirojima Empire’s defensive shield, using hereditary water-manipulation techniques to crystallize moisture into lethal ice blades.

  10. 10 Kingkiller Chronicle Patrick Rothfuss Collection 3 Books Set

    Kingkiller Chronicle Patrick Rothfuss Collection 3 Books Set

    by Patrick Rothfuss

    narrative, fantasy

    This set follows Kvothe, an orphan who survives life as a beggar in Tarbean before gaining entry to the University to study sympathy, a logic-based system of magic.

  11. 11 The Tombs of Atuan

    The Tombs of Atuan

    by Ursula K. Le Guin

    narrative, fantasy

    Tenar is chosen as a young girl to be the new high priestess of the Nameless Ones, a set of ancient powers worshipped in the desert of Atuan.

  12. 12 The Girl Who Drank the Moon

    The Girl Who Drank the Moon

    by Kelly Barnhill

    narrative, fantasy

    In the Protectorate, the Council of Elders leaves a baby in the forest every year as a sacrifice to appease a misunderstood witch.

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