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Six Wild Crowns

by Holly Race • 2025

A new queen's rebellion against stolen magic hinges on the spy sent to poison her.

3.62

2k+

👑 Tudor Fantasy ✊ Feminist Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Six Wild Crowns 92%

A new queen's rebellion against stolen magic hinges on the spy sent to poison her.

by Holly Race 2025

3.62

2k+ ratings

👑 Tudor Fantasy ✊ Feminist Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

The Inverts

by Crystal Jeans • 2021

Childhood friends, both queer, seal a marriage pact in the 1920s that will cost them everything.

3.22

864

📜 Queer Historical Fiction 💍 Lavender Marriage 🌸 Sapphic Awakening

The Inverts 92%

Childhood friends, both queer, seal a marriage pact in the 1920s that will cost them everything.

by Crystal Jeans 2021

3.22

864 ratings

📜 Queer Historical Fiction 💍 Lavender Marriage 🌸 Sapphic Awakening

Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble

by Amie McNee • 2022

Her birthmark brands a Tudor bride a witch, exiling her to wisewomen, magic, and danger at court.

3.90

2k+

🧙 Tudor Witch Fantasy 🏠 Found Family 👑 Court Intrigue

Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble Summary

Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble 92%

Her birthmark brands a Tudor bride a witch, exiling her to wisewomen, magic, and danger at court.

by Amie McNee 2022

3.90

2k+ ratings

🧙 Tudor Witch Fantasy 🏠 Found Family 👑 Court Intrigue

The Weaver and the Witch Queen

by Genevieve Gornichec • 2023

After a Viking raid enslaves her sister, a healer strikes a deadly bargain with a witch-queen.

3.84

10k+

🪓 Viking Fantasy 📜 Mythic Retelling 🤝 Sworn Sisters

The Weaver and the Witch Queen 92%

After a Viking raid enslaves her sister, a healer strikes a deadly bargain with a witch-queen.

by Genevieve Gornichec 2023

3.84

10k+ ratings

🪓 Viking Fantasy 📜 Mythic Retelling 🤝 Sworn Sisters

The Lost Queen

by Signe Pike • 2018

Twin to the man who becomes Merlin, a forgotten queen fights to save her fading world.

4.16

17k+

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 👥 Twin Bond 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Lost Queen 92%

Twin to the man who becomes Merlin, a forgotten queen fights to save her fading world.

by Signe Pike 2018

4.16

17k+ ratings

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 👥 Twin Bond 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Persian Boy

by Mary Renault • 1972

A Persian noble boy, gelded and sold into slavery, becomes the lover of Alexander the Great.

4.18

11k+

🏛️ Ancient World Fiction 👁️ Outsider At Court 👑 Royal Favorite

The Persian Boy 92%

A Persian noble boy, gelded and sold into slavery, becomes the lover of Alexander the Great.

by Mary Renault 1972

4.18

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient World Fiction 👁️ Outsider At Court 👑 Royal Favorite

Canticle

by Janet Rich Edwards • 2025

Medieval Bruges: a merchant's daughter reads forbidden texts, finds God, and challenges the Church.

3.87

7k+

🕯️ Medieval Mysticism ⚖️ Heresy And Inquisition 📜 Women And Scripture

Canticle 91%

Medieval Bruges: a merchant's daughter reads forbidden texts, finds God, and challenges the Church.

by Janet Rich Edwards 2025

3.87

7k+ ratings

🕯️ Medieval Mysticism ⚖️ Heresy And Inquisition 📜 Women And Scripture

Boudicca's Daughter

by Elodie Harper • 2025

Boudicca's revolt is crushed. Her daughter lives now as a captive in the Roman general's house.

4.18

4k+

🏛️ Roman Britain 📖 Mythic Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers

Boudicca's Daughter 91%

Boudicca's revolt is crushed. Her daughter lives now as a captive in the Roman general's house.

by Elodie Harper 2025

4.18

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Roman Britain 📖 Mythic Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers

Tell It to the Bees

by Fiona Shaw • 2009

Through a boy's bees, his mother falls for a woman doctor, scandalizing a small postwar town.

4.10

4k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💌 Clandestine Love 🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor

Tell It to the Bees 91%

Through a boy's bees, his mother falls for a woman doctor, scandalizing a small postwar town.

by Fiona Shaw 2009

4.10

4k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💌 Clandestine Love 🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor

When Christ and His Saints Slept

by Sharon Kay Penman • 1994

When England's heir drowns, his sister must battle their cousin for a throne that scorns women.

4.26

18k+

⚔️ Dynastic Civil War 👑 Woman Claiming Crown 💍 Political Marriage

When Christ and His Saints Slept Summary

When Christ and His Saints Slept 91%

When England's heir drowns, his sister must battle their cousin for a throne that scorns women.

by Sharon Kay Penman 1994

4.26

18k+ ratings

⚔️ Dynastic Civil War 👑 Woman Claiming Crown 💍 Political Marriage

I Am You

by Victoria Redel • 2025

To survive, she passed as a boy. Then a painter saw through it and claimed her.

3.88

2k+

🖼️ Dutch Golden Age 🎭 Gender Disguise 💔 Forbidden Queer Love

I Am You 91%

To survive, she passed as a boy. Then a painter saw through it and claimed her.

by Victoria Redel 2025

3.88

2k+ ratings

🖼️ Dutch Golden Age 🎭 Gender Disguise 💔 Forbidden Queer Love

A Family Matter

by Claire Lynch • 2025

1982: a lesbian mother is stripped of custody. Now, her daughter digs up the buried truth.

3.77

40k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Fiction 📜 Generational Saga 💔 Lost Mother

A Family Matter 91%

1982: a lesbian mother is stripped of custody. Now, her daughter digs up the buried truth.

by Claire Lynch 2025

3.77

40k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical Fiction 📜 Generational Saga 💔 Lost Mother

Circle of Days

by Ken Follett • 2025

Fire destroys the sacred circle. A priestess and a builder vow to raise one that endures.

3.87

37k+

🏛️ Ancient Britain 🪨 Monument Building 🫂 Found Family

Circle of Days 91%

Fire destroys the sacred circle. A priestess and a builder vow to raise one that endures.

by Ken Follett 2025

3.87

37k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Britain 🪨 Monument Building 🫂 Found Family

The Once and Future Witches

by Alix E. Harrow • 2020

Three sisters reunite in a city that burns witches and summon a lost magic tower, hunted.

4.02

108k+

🕰️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧙 Generational Magic 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy

The Once and Future Witches 91%

Three sisters reunite in a city that burns witches and summon a lost magic tower, hunted.

by Alix E. Harrow 2020

4.02

108k+ ratings

🕰️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧙 Generational Magic 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy

A Day of Fallen Night

by Samantha Shannon • 2023

Three women across a world of dragons and dynasties battle to survive ancient fire's return.

4.31

58k+

🐉 Dragon Riders 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers

A Day of Fallen Night 91%

Three women across a world of dragons and dynasties battle to survive ancient fire's return.

by Samantha Shannon 2023

4.31

58k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Riders 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers

The Irish Princess

by Elizabeth Chadwick • 2019

Exiled and bartered to a Norman invader, an Irish princess turns marriage into power and survival.

4.14

3k+

🏰 Medieval Ireland 🤝 Political Marriage 👑 Women In History

The Irish Princess 91%

Exiled and bartered to a Norman invader, an Irish princess turns marriage into power and survival.

by Elizabeth Chadwick 2019

4.14

3k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Ireland 🤝 Political Marriage 👑 Women In History

A Language of Limbs

by Dylin Hardcastle • 2024

Two girls caught loving each other in 1972: one exiled, one silent, both haunted for decades.

4.29

8k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 👥 Parallel Lives 🏠 Chosen Family

A Language of Limbs 91%

Two girls caught loving each other in 1972: one exiled, one silent, both haunted for decades.

by Dylin Hardcastle 2024

4.29

8k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 👥 Parallel Lives 🏠 Chosen Family

That Green Eyed Girl

by Julie Owen Moylan • 2022

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

3.87

2k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📚 Sapphic Historical 💔 Forbidden Love

That Green Eyed Girl 91%

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

by Julie Owen Moylan 2022

3.87

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📚 Sapphic Historical 💔 Forbidden Love

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

by Sarah Waters • 2006

In postwar London, queer citizens carry forbidden loves and the weight of wartime secrets.

3.71

33k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 💔 Forbidden Love ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters 91%

In postwar London, queer citizens carry forbidden loves and the weight of wartime secrets.

by Sarah Waters 2006

3.71

33k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 💔 Forbidden Love ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Book of Longings

by Sue Monk Kidd • 2020

In ancient Galilee, a scribe's daughter with a forbidden voice marries a radical carpenter, Jesus.

4.23

145k+

📜 Biblical Reimagining 🏺 Ancient World Feminism ✍️ Woman As Writer

The Book of Longings 91%

In ancient Galilee, a scribe's daughter with a forbidden voice marries a radical carpenter, Jesus.

by Sue Monk Kidd 2020

4.23

145k+ ratings

📜 Biblical Reimagining 🏺 Ancient World Feminism ✍️ Woman As Writer

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend

by Emma R. Alban • 2024

In Victorian London, a debutante dreads marrying a lord after she falls for an ungovernable heiress.

3.76

22k+

👑 Victorian Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend Summary

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend 91%

In Victorian London, a debutante dreads marrying a lord after she falls for an ungovernable heiress.

by Emma R. Alban 2024

3.76

22k+ ratings

👑 Victorian Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance

Morgan Is My Name

by Sophie Keetch • 2022

Her father slain, her mother the king's prize, Morgan of Tintagel turns to forbidden knowledge.

4.15

13k+

🏰 Feminist Arthurian 🖤 Villain Origin Story 💔 Forbidden Courtly Love

Morgan Is My Name 91%

Her father slain, her mother the king's prize, Morgan of Tintagel turns to forbidden knowledge.

by Sophie Keetch 2022

4.15

13k+ ratings

🏰 Feminist Arthurian 🖤 Villain Origin Story 💔 Forbidden Courtly Love

The Heart's Invisible Furies

by John Boyne • 2017

Adopted into a family that calls him stranger, a gay man searches a lifetime for belonging.

4.51

217k+

🕰️ Epic Historical Saga ☘️ Mid-Century Ireland ✝️ Catholic Guilt

The Heart's Invisible Furies 91%

Adopted into a family that calls him stranger, a gay man searches a lifetime for belonging.

by John Boyne 2017

4.51

217k+ ratings

🕰️ Epic Historical Saga ☘️ Mid-Century Ireland ✝️ Catholic Guilt

The Royal Game

by Anne O'Brien • 2021

An heiress's letters become the weapon her family wields through siege, prison, and civil war.

3.73

891

🏰 Medieval Family Saga ⚔️ Wars Of The Roses 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

The Royal Game 91%

An heiress's letters become the weapon her family wields through siege, prison, and civil war.

by Anne O'Brien 2021

3.73

891 ratings

🏰 Medieval Family Saga ⚔️ Wars Of The Roses 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

The Gilded Crown

by Marianne Gordon • 2023

To raise the dead, she pays in flesh. The princess she saves demands her heart.

3.69

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🩸 Cost Of Magic

The Gilded Crown 91%

To raise the dead, she pays in flesh. The princess she saves demands her heart.

by Marianne Gordon 2023

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🩸 Cost Of Magic

Idolfire

by Grace Curtis • 2025

A village outcast and a disgraced royal cross a dying empire to free a stolen goddess.

3.61

918

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 💕 Found Family

Idolfire 91%

A village outcast and a disgraced royal cross a dying empire to free a stolen goddess.

by Grace Curtis 2025

3.61

918 ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 💕 Found Family

The Last Goddess

by Kateřina Tučková • 2022

An ethnographer mines secret police files to learn why the state destroyed her folk-healer aunt.

4.02

9k+

🔮 Folk Healing 📜 Archival Mystery 🐍 Family Curse Saga

The Last Goddess 91%

An ethnographer mines secret police files to learn why the state destroyed her folk-healer aunt.

by Kateřina Tučková 2022

4.02

9k+ ratings

🔮 Folk Healing 📜 Archival Mystery 🐍 Family Curse Saga

Stonehenge

by Bernard Cornwell • 1999

Prehistoric Britain: strange gold divides three brothers as a prophet dreams of a stone temple.

3.70

14k+

🗿 Prehistoric Fiction 🌾 Ancient Britain ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Stonehenge 91%

Prehistoric Britain: strange gold divides three brothers as a prophet dreams of a stone temple.

by Bernard Cornwell 1999

3.70

14k+ ratings

🗿 Prehistoric Fiction 🌾 Ancient Britain ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

The Wax Child

by Olga Ravn • 2023

In a Danish village, a wax doll watches women whose healing magic draws the witch hunters.

3.61

8k+

🕯️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🔥 Witch Trials

The Wax Child 91%

In a Danish village, a wax doll watches women whose healing magic draws the witch hunters.

by Olga Ravn 2023

3.61

8k+ ratings

🕯️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🔥 Witch Trials

The Pillars of the Earth

by Ken Follett • 1989

A cathedral rises stone by stone while kings and bishops tear England apart around it.

4.35

839k+

⛪ Church Politics 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Saga 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

The Pillars of the Earth 91%

A cathedral rises stone by stone while kings and bishops tear England apart around it.

by Ken Follett 1989

4.35

839k+ ratings

⛪ Church Politics 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Saga 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

The Curse of Penryth Hall

by Jess Armstrong • 2023

An exile delivers books to a cursed Cornish manor and finds her lost love's husband dead.

3.58

7k+

🏚️ Postwar Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror Mystery 💔 Forbidden Queer Love

The Curse of Penryth Hall 91%

An exile delivers books to a cursed Cornish manor and finds her lost love's husband dead.

by Jess Armstrong 2023

3.58

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Postwar Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror Mystery 💔 Forbidden Queer Love

The Last Kingdom

by Bernard Cornwell • 2006

King Alfred is dead; a Saxon warrior must defend the realm from Viking invaders, royal treachery.

4.27

115k+

🛡️ Viking Age Britain ⚖️ Dual Loyalties 🔀 Shifting Allegiances

The Last Kingdom 91%

King Alfred is dead; a Saxon warrior must defend the realm from Viking invaders, royal treachery.

by Bernard Cornwell 2006

4.27

115k+ ratings

🛡️ Viking Age Britain ⚖️ Dual Loyalties 🔀 Shifting Allegiances

The Air You Breathe

by Frances de Pontes Peebles • 2018

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

3.88

9k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator

The Air You Breathe 91%

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

by Frances de Pontes Peebles 2018

3.88

9k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator

The Safekeep

by Yael van der Wouden • 2024

She guards her mother's house like a fortress. Her brother's girlfriend slips through every wall.

4.06

138k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Safekeep 91%

She guards her mother's house like a fortress. Her brother's girlfriend slips through every wall.

by Yael van der Wouden 2024

4.06

138k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Children of Gods and Fighting Men

by Shauna Lawless • 2022

A Fomorian widow hides fire magic to scheme her son onto the throne of Viking Dublin.

4.08

7k+

🍀 Celtic Mythology ⚔️ Viking Ireland 👑 Morally Grey Heroine

The Children of Gods and Fighting Men Summary

The Children of Gods and Fighting Men 91%

A Fomorian widow hides fire magic to scheme her son onto the throne of Viking Dublin.

by Shauna Lawless 2022

4.08

7k+ ratings

🍀 Celtic Mythology ⚔️ Viking Ireland 👑 Morally Grey Heroine

The Companion

by E.E. Ottoman • 2021

A trans writer becomes a reclusive novelist's companion, then falls for him and his fierce neighbor.

3.64

2k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Romance 💕 Polyamory 🏡 Chosen Family

The Companion 91%

A trans writer becomes a reclusive novelist's companion, then falls for him and his fierce neighbor.

by E.E. Ottoman 2021

3.64

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Romance 💕 Polyamory 🏡 Chosen Family

A Lady for All Seasons

by T.J. Alexander • 2026

She weds a tailor to survive, but a genderfluid poet threatens her scheme and her heart.

3.89

1k+

🎩 Queer Regency Romance 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Historical 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

A Lady for All Seasons 91%

She weds a tailor to survive, but a genderfluid poet threatens her scheme and her heart.

by T.J. Alexander 2026

3.89

1k+ ratings

🎩 Queer Regency Romance 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Historical 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

The White Queen

by Philippa Gregory • 2009

A widow marries a king in secret and must outmaneuver England's most powerful lords to survive.

3.96

184k+

🏰 Plantagenet England 👑 Royal Court Intrigue 💍 Secret Marriage

The White Queen 91%

A widow marries a king in secret and must outmaneuver England's most powerful lords to survive.

by Philippa Gregory 2009

3.96

184k+ ratings

🏰 Plantagenet England 👑 Royal Court Intrigue 💍 Secret Marriage

Boleyn Traitor

by Philippa Gregory • 2025

A lady-in-waiting spies for five Tudor queens, and her silence becomes her death warrant.

4.18

14k+

🏰 Tudor England 👑 Court Intrigue 🕵️ Spy At Court

Boleyn Traitor 91%

A lady-in-waiting spies for five Tudor queens, and her silence becomes her death warrant.

by Philippa Gregory 2025

4.18

14k+ ratings

🏰 Tudor England 👑 Court Intrigue 🕵️ Spy At Court

The Valley of Horses

by Jean M. Auel • 1982

An Ice Age outcast tames wild horses, but a wounded stranger tests her hard-won solitude.

4.05

97k+

🏺 Prehistoric Fiction ❄️ Ice Age Europe 🏕️ Wilderness Survival

The Valley of Horses 91%

An Ice Age outcast tames wild horses, but a wounded stranger tests her hard-won solitude.

by Jean M. Auel 1982

4.05

97k+ ratings

🏺 Prehistoric Fiction ❄️ Ice Age Europe 🏕️ Wilderness Survival

The Blackthorn Queen

by Melanie Karsak • 2023

Her father poisoned, a Celtic princess hunts the killer among the suitors circling her throne.

4.45

1k+

🍀 Celtic Fantasy ⚔️ Iron Age Britain 🖤 Enemies To Lovers

The Blackthorn Queen 91%

Her father poisoned, a Celtic princess hunts the killer among the suitors circling her throne.

by Melanie Karsak 2023

4.45

1k+ ratings

🍀 Celtic Fantasy ⚔️ Iron Age Britain 🖤 Enemies To Lovers

Letters from the Dead

by Isabella Valeri • 2025

An heiress must hide her family's murderous past or lose the woman she loves.

3.26

325

🏰 Gothic Family Saga 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty

Letters from the Dead 91%

An heiress must hide her family's murderous past or lose the woman she loves.

by Isabella Valeri 2025

3.26

325 ratings

🏰 Gothic Family Saga 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty

Theodora

by Stella Duffy • 2010

A Constantinople dancer must endure the Egyptian desert before she can seize the throne.

3.54

2k+

🏛️ Byzantine Empire 👑 Courtesan To Empress 🌵 Desert Mysticism

Theodora 91%

A Constantinople dancer must endure the Egyptian desert before she can seize the throne.

by Stella Duffy 2010

3.54

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Byzantine Empire 👑 Courtesan To Empress 🌵 Desert Mysticism

A Rose for the Crown

by Anne Easter Smith • 2006

A peasant girl becomes the secret mistress of Richard III, hiding their children from the crown.

4.03

5k+

🏰 Wars Of The Roses 👑 Royal Mistress 🌿 Peasant To Nobility

A Rose for the Crown 91%

A peasant girl becomes the secret mistress of Richard III, hiding their children from the crown.

by Anne Easter Smith 2006

4.03

5k+ ratings

🏰 Wars Of The Roses 👑 Royal Mistress 🌿 Peasant To Nobility

The Rain Before it Falls

by Jonathan Coe • 2007

A dead aunt's cassette tapes trace four generations of abandoned daughters to find a blind cousin.

3.71

8k+

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 👩‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family 🎙️ Oral History

The Rain Before it Falls 91%

A dead aunt's cassette tapes trace four generations of abandoned daughters to find a blind cousin.

by Jonathan Coe 2007

3.71

8k+ ratings

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 👩‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family 🎙️ Oral History

The Thousand Names

by Django Wexler • 2013

An exiled regiment follows an obsessive colonel into the desert on a hunt for world-altering magic.

4.04

21k+

🏴 Flintlock Fantasy 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 🪄 Hidden Magic

The Thousand Names 91%

An exiled regiment follows an obsessive colonel into the desert on a hunt for world-altering magic.

by Django Wexler 2013

4.04

21k+ ratings

🏴 Flintlock Fantasy 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 🪄 Hidden Magic

Peaches & Honey

by R. Raeta • 2023

A burned witch rises immortal, saved by a shapeshifting god whose love defies the creator.

4.24

14k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌿 Healer Protagonist

Peaches & Honey 91%

A burned witch rises immortal, saved by a shapeshifting god whose love defies the creator.

by R. Raeta 2023

4.24

14k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌿 Healer Protagonist

The Bewitching

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2025

A grad student researching a forgotten horror writer wakes a witch, and she's the next course.

3.81

46k+

🕯️ Academic Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 💔 Saphic Yearning

The Bewitching 90%

A grad student researching a forgotten horror writer wakes a witch, and she's the next course.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025

3.81

46k+ ratings

🕯️ Academic Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 💔 Saphic Yearning

The Witch's Heart

by Genevieve Gornichec • 2021

A witch, burned and reborn, builds a life with Loki until prophecy marks her children for death.

4.04

63k+

📜 Norse Mythology 💪 Feminist Retelling 🫂 Found Family

The Witch's Heart 90%

A witch, burned and reborn, builds a life with Loki until prophecy marks her children for death.

by Genevieve Gornichec 2021

4.04

63k+ ratings

📜 Norse Mythology 💪 Feminist Retelling 🫂 Found Family

The Mists of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley • 1982

Morgaine, Avalon's priestess, watches her brother Arthur's reign erase the Goddess she serves.

4.13

214k+

🔮 Arthurian Retelling 👑 Feminist Mythology 🌙 Priestess Protagonist

The Mists of Avalon 90%

Morgaine, Avalon's priestess, watches her brother Arthur's reign erase the Goddess she serves.

by Marion Zimmer Bradley 1982

4.13

214k+ ratings

🔮 Arthurian Retelling 👑 Feminist Mythology 🌙 Priestess Protagonist

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