30 Books like Anatomy

L’efecte Frankenstein

by Elia Barceló • 2019

Trapped in 1790, a medical student falls for the man Victor Frankenstein stitched back to life.

3.50

1k+

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling ⏳ Time Travel Romance 🏰 Gothic Romance 🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 📚 Dark Academia

L’efecte Frankenstein 95%

Trapped in 1790, a medical student falls for the man Victor Frankenstein stitched back to life.

by Elia Barceló 2019

3.50

1k+ ratings

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling ⏳ Time Travel Romance 🏰 Gothic Romance 🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 📚 Dark Academia

Marina

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón • 1999

A Barcelona boy follows a cemetery mourner to a greenhouse of puppets hiding an undying monster.

4.14

98k+

🧪 Mad Scientist 🦴 Body Horror 🧬 Forbidden Science 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

Marina 94%

A Barcelona boy follows a cemetery mourner to a greenhouse of puppets hiding an undying monster.

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 1999

4.14

98k+ ratings

🧪 Mad Scientist 🦴 Body Horror 🧬 Forbidden Science 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

A Study in Drowning

by Ava Reid • 2023

At a crumbling manor, a student learns her idol's masterpiece was stolen from a woman he silenced.

3.70

106k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 🏚️ Gothic Manor 📖 Literary Mystery ❤️ Allies To Lovers ✍️ Hidden Authorship

A Study in Drowning 93%

At a crumbling manor, a student learns her idol's masterpiece was stolen from a woman he silenced.

by Ava Reid 2023

3.70

106k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 🏚️ Gothic Manor 📖 Literary Mystery ❤️ Allies To Lovers ✍️ Hidden Authorship

A Great and Terrible Beauty

by Libba Bray • 2003

Visions of death send Gemma to finishing school, where a hidden diary reveals a magical realm.

3.80

226k+

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔮 Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Hidden Magical Realm 👁️ Psychic Visions

A Great and Terrible Beauty 93%

Visions of death send Gemma to finishing school, where a hidden diary reveals a magical realm.

by Libba Bray 2003

3.80

226k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🔮 Secret Magical Society 🗝️ Hidden Magical Realm 👁️ Psychic Visions

The Madman's Daughter

by Megan Shepherd • 2013

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

3.68

25k+

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

The Madman's Daughter 93%

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

by Megan Shepherd 2013

3.68

25k+ ratings

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

Stalking Jack the Ripper

by Kerri Maniscalco • 2016

In Victorian London, a forensic student hunts the Ripper, and the evidence points to her family.

3.92

183k+

🔎 Forensic Investigation 🕰️ Victorian Gothic Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Duo 🔐 Family Secrets 🧪 Macabre Experiments

Stalking Jack the Ripper 93%

In Victorian London, a forensic student hunts the Ripper, and the evidence points to her family.

by Kerri Maniscalco 2016

3.92

183k+ ratings

🔎 Forensic Investigation 🕰️ Victorian Gothic Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Duo 🔐 Family Secrets 🧪 Macabre Experiments

Im Schatten der Wahrheit

by Merit Niemeitz • 2023

A Cambridge student falls for an immortal body thief while investigating his deadly secret society.

3.79

1k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🕯️ Secret Society 🐦 Body Hopping 💫 Immortal Love Interest 🌑 Morally Grey Love Interest

Im Schatten der Wahrheit 93%

A Cambridge student falls for an immortal body thief while investigating his deadly secret society.

by Merit Niemeitz 2023

3.79

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🕯️ Secret Society 🐦 Body Hopping 💫 Immortal Love Interest 🌑 Morally Grey Love Interest

Olivia Twist

by Lorie Langdon • 2018

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

3.88

4k+

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

Olivia Twist 92%

She survived as Oliver Twist. Now a society lady, the thief who knew her secret is back.

by Lorie Langdon 2018

3.88

4k+ ratings

🌀 Gender-Swapped Retelling 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🗡️ Rogue With A Heart

House of Marionne

by J. Elle • 2023

Hiding outlawed magic in a deadly academy, she’s paired with an assassin who hunts her kind.

3.63

8k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏰 Magical Boarding School 🔥 Forbidden Magic 💗 Slow Burn Romance 🌒 Gothic Atmosphere

House of Marionne 92%

Hiding outlawed magic in a deadly academy, she’s paired with an assassin who hunts her kind.

by J. Elle 2023

3.63

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏰 Magical Boarding School 🔥 Forbidden Magic 💗 Slow Burn Romance 🌒 Gothic Atmosphere

Rules for Ruin

by Mimi Matthews • 2025

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

3.96

6k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

Rules for Ruin 92%

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

by Mimi Matthews 2025

3.96

6k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

The Witch Haven

by Sasha Peyton Smith • 2021

Her hidden magic kills a predator. Sent to a witch academy, she hunts for her brother's murderer.

3.62

14k+

🏫 Magical Boarding School 📜 Historical Witches 💔 Betrayed By Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔮 Sisterhood Of Witches

The Witch Haven 92%

Her hidden magic kills a predator. Sent to a witch academy, she hunts for her brother's murderer.

by Sasha Peyton Smith 2021

3.62

14k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Boarding School 📜 Historical Witches 💔 Betrayed By Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔮 Sisterhood Of Witches

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

Im Glanz der Ewigkeit

by Merit Niemeitz • 2024

At Cambridge, a grieving immortal meets a student whose rare energy could save his dying community.

4.03

400

📚 Dark Academia 🔄 Body Swapping 🕯️ Secret Society 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Love After Loss

Im Glanz der Ewigkeit 92%

At Cambridge, a grieving immortal meets a student whose rare energy could save his dying community.

by Merit Niemeitz 2024

4.03

400 ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🔄 Body Swapping 🕯️ Secret Society 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Love After Loss

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 91%

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

Down Comes the Night

by Allison Saft • 2021

At a snowbound manor, an exiled healer's only patient is the enemy's most feared killer.

3.77

10k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Gothic Fantasy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 💉 Healer Heroine 🏛️ Post-War Fantasy

Down Comes the Night 91%

At a snowbound manor, an exiled healer's only patient is the enemy's most feared killer.

by Allison Saft 2021

3.77

10k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Gothic Fantasy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 💉 Healer Heroine 🏛️ Post-War Fantasy

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door

by H.G. Parry • 2024

A magical university hides a forbidden faerie door; a scholarship student is about to open it.

4.10

7k+

🖤 Dark Academia Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💫 Found Family 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🏛️ Magical University

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door Summary

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door 91%

A magical university hides a forbidden faerie door; a scholarship student is about to open it.

by H.G. Parry 2024

4.10

7k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💫 Found Family 🔮 Forbidden Magic 🏛️ Magical University

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 91%

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

Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match

by Sally Thorne • 2022

An heiress stitches together a husband from corpses, but his forgotten past is the real monster.

3.33

16k+

⚡ Frankenstein Retelling 🏰 Gothic Romance 😂 Historical Rom-Com 🧠 Amnesia 🔻 Love Triangle

Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match Summary

Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match 91%

An heiress stitches together a husband from corpses, but his forgotten past is the real monster.

by Sally Thorne 2022

3.33

16k+ ratings

⚡ Frankenstein Retelling 🏰 Gothic Romance 😂 Historical Rom-Com 🧠 Amnesia 🔻 Love Triangle

The Infernal Devices

by Cassandra Clare • 2012

An American girl in Victorian London is kidnapped and forced to shapeshift to rescue her brother.

4.22

16k+

🕰️ Gaslamp Fantasy 💔 Love Triangle 🔮 Hidden Powers 🗡️ Family Betrayal 🏠 Found Family

The Infernal Devices 91%

An American girl in Victorian London is kidnapped and forced to shapeshift to rescue her brother.

by Cassandra Clare 2012

4.22

16k+ ratings

🕰️ Gaslamp Fantasy 💔 Love Triangle 🔮 Hidden Powers 🗡️ Family Betrayal 🏠 Found Family

Clockwork Angel

by Cassandra Clare • 2010

Seized in Victorian London, Tessa Gray discovers a shapeshifting gift dark forces want to weaponize.

4.30

881k+

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy ⚔️ Demon Hunters 💔 Love Triangle 🎩 Victorian London ✨ Hidden Powers

Clockwork Angel 91%

Seized in Victorian London, Tessa Gray discovers a shapeshifting gift dark forces want to weaponize.

by Cassandra Clare 2010

4.30

881k+ ratings

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy ⚔️ Demon Hunters 💔 Love Triangle 🎩 Victorian London ✨ Hidden Powers

El vals de la bruja

by Belén Martínez Sánchez • 2021

A disgraced witch enters Victorian high society as a killer drains the magic from London's outcasts.

4.21

9k+

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🔪 Murder Mystery 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Forbidden Romance

El vals de la bruja 91%

A disgraced witch enters Victorian high society as a killer drains the magic from London's outcasts.

by Belén Martínez Sánchez 2021

4.21

9k+ ratings

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🔪 Murder Mystery 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Forbidden Romance

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds

by G.P. Taylor • 2007

Guests combust at his hotel. A golden-fingered boy races a secret society for cursed diamonds.

3.99

197

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Plot 💎 Cursed Treasure Quest ⚡ Apprentice Magician 🌊 Gothic Seaside

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds Summary

Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds 91%

Guests combust at his hotel. A golden-fingered boy races a secret society for cursed diamonds.

by G.P. Taylor 2007

3.99

197 ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Plot 💎 Cursed Treasure Quest ⚡ Apprentice Magician 🌊 Gothic Seaside

Kelderkind

by Kristien Dieltiens • 2012

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

3.81

359

🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 👑 Lost Prince

Kelderkind 91%

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

by Kristien Dieltiens 2012

3.81

359 ratings

🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🗡️ Political Conspiracy 👑 Lost Prince

A Botanical Daughter

by Noah Medlock • 2024

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

3.58

7k+

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

A Botanical Daughter 91%

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

by Noah Medlock 2024

3.58

7k+ ratings

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

Madam

by Phoebe Wynne • 2021

A Classics teacher uncovers the sinister purpose of her elite Scottish boarding school.

3.23

8k+

🔥 Dark Academia 🏫 Gothic Boarding School 🖤 Feminist Gothic 🌀 Gaslighting 🏺 Classical Mythology

Madam 91%

A Classics teacher uncovers the sinister purpose of her elite Scottish boarding school.

by Phoebe Wynne 2021

3.23

8k+ ratings

🔥 Dark Academia 🏫 Gothic Boarding School 🖤 Feminist Gothic 🌀 Gaslighting 🏺 Classical Mythology

The Exorcism of Faeries

by J.L. Vampa • 2025

A mortician discovers a flower in a corpse and joins masked anatomists fighting a faerie plague.

3.94

4k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Gothic Romance 🧚‍♀️ Faerie Mythology 🗝️ Secret Societies

The Exorcism of Faeries 91%

A mortician discovers a flower in a corpse and joins masked anatomists fighting a faerie plague.

by J.L. Vampa 2025

3.94

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Gothic Romance 🧚‍♀️ Faerie Mythology 🗝️ Secret Societies

The Lord Sorcier

by Olivia Atwater • 2020

When a surgeon's faerie comrade unleashes his magic, Napoleon's deadliest sorcerer takes notice.

3.55

7k+

🗡️ Napoleonic Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Folklore 🖤 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship ⚔️ Magical Duel

The Lord Sorcier 91%

When a surgeon's faerie comrade unleashes his magic, Napoleon's deadliest sorcerer takes notice.

by Olivia Atwater 2020

3.55

7k+ ratings

🗡️ Napoleonic Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Folklore 🖤 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship ⚔️ Magical Duel

Blaze of Glory

by Michael Pryor • 2006

A half-dead young magician, a royal hunting party, and a conspiracy to assassinate the Crown Prince.

3.79

1k+

🛠️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧪 Magic As Science 💀 Death Magic 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Blaze of Glory 91%

A half-dead young magician, a royal hunting party, and a conspiracy to assassinate the Crown Prince.

by Michael Pryor 2006

3.79

1k+ ratings

🛠️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧪 Magic As Science 💀 Death Magic 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

The Demon Lover

by Victoria Holt • 1982

A Victorian miniaturist secretly paints a baron and becomes the prize he refuses to surrender.

3.61

2k+

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Dangerous Older Man 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🌫️ Brooding Atmosphere

The Demon Lover 91%

A Victorian miniaturist secretly paints a baron and becomes the prize he refuses to surrender.

by Victoria Holt 1982

3.61

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Dangerous Older Man 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🌫️ Brooding Atmosphere

Riot House

by Callie Hart • 2020

Sent to a gothic boarding school, a wounded girl becomes the obsession of its most dangerous boy.

3.84

28k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Riot House 91%

Sent to a gothic boarding school, a wounded girl becomes the obsession of its most dangerous boy.

by Callie Hart 2020

3.84

28k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

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