5 must-read magic books like Watch Hollow by Gregory Funaro

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Watch Hollow

By: Gregory Funaro

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Deep within the enchanted woods in the town of Watch Hollow stands the once-grand Blackford House, …

If you liked the magic plot in Watch Hollow by Gregory Funaro , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Night Gardener

By: Jonathan Auxier

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This much-anticipated follow-up to Jonathan Auxier's exceptional debut, Peter Nimble and His Fantas… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Auxier's The Night Gardener book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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2. The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street

By: Lindsay Currie

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A girl unravels a centuries-old mystery after moving into a haunted house in this deliciously suspe… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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3. Spirit Hunters

By: Ellen Oh

4.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

We Need Diverse Books founder Ellen Oh returns with Spirit Hunters, a high-stakes middle grade myst… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's Spirit Hunters book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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4. The Whispering Trees (The Thickety #2)

By: Andrea Offermann , J.A. White

3.97

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

The second book in J. A. White's critically acclaimed middle grade fantasy series continues the fan… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Offermann's The Whispering Trees (The Thickety #2) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • horror

5. A Path Begins (The Thickety #1)

By: Andrea Offermann , J.A. White

4.02

Format: 982 pages, Hardcover

A dark, forbidden forest. Vicious beasts. Deadly plants. An evil spellbook. Secrets. Mysteries. Wit… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Offermann's A Path Begins (The Thickety #1) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

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6. Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

By: Katherine Arden

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debu… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You might get to know characters in books, Ollie thought, but getting to know a human was an entirely different thing."

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

"You don't waste October sunshine. Soon the old autumn sun would bed down in cloud blankets and there would be weeks of gray rain before it finally decided to snow."

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

"Other than her homework, Ollie was carrying Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, a broken-spined paperback that she'd dug out of he dad's bookshelves. She mostly liked it. Peter Blood outsmarted everyon…"

-Katherine Arden, Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

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7. Long Lost

By: Jacqueline West

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Fiona has just read a book that doesn’t exist. When Fiona’s family moves to be … read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline West's Long Lost book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. Thirteens (Thirteens, #1)

By: Kate Alice Marshall

3.97

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

A sleepy town with a dark secret--and the three kids brave enough to uncover it. Twelve-year-old… read more

Similar categories in Kate Alice Marshall's Thirteens (Thirteens, #1) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. Too Bright to See

By: Kyle Lukoff

4.13

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

A haunting ghost story about navigating grief, growing up, and growing into a new gender identity … read more

Similar categories in Kyle Lukoff's Too Bright to See book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"I've only known what that truth is for a morning, but can't imagine waiting another second to start the rest of my life as myself."

-Kyle Lukoff, Too Bright to See

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10. Empty Smiles (Small Spaces, #4)

By: Katherine Arden

3.79

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Katherine thrills once again in the finale to the critically accl… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Empty Smiles (Small Spaces, #4) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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11. Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3)

By: Katherine Arden

3.79

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adven… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Dark Waters (Small Spaces, #3) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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12. The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

By: Lora Senf

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces , this “delightfully eerie” (Erin A. Craig, New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Lora Senf's The Clackity (Blight Harbor) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Time made the missing different, but it didn't make it go away."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

"I'd gotten so close, so close to being the hero of my own story..."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

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13. Dead Voices (Small Spaces, #2)

By: Katherine Arden

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Katherine Arden returns with another creepy, spine-tingling adventure in this fo… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's Dead Voices (Small Spaces, #2) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It will be dark in a few hours. Ghosts are stronger in the dark."

-Katherine Arden, Dead Voices (Small Spaces, #2)

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14. Watch Hollow

By: Gregory Funaro

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Deep within the enchanted woods in the town of Watch Hollow stands the once-grand Blackford House, … read more

Similar categories in Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • gothic
  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1) by Phil Hickes

15. The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1)

By: Phil Hickes

4.13

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when sh… read more

Similar categories in Phil Hickes's The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane (Black Hollow Lane, #1) by Julia Nobel

16. The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane (Black Hollow Lane, #1)

By: Julia Nobel

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Emmy's dad disappeared years ago, and with her mother too busy to parent, she's shipped off to Well… read more

Similar categories in Julia Nobel's The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane (Black Hollow Lane, #1) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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17. What Lives in the Woods

By: Lindsay Currie

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the decrepit Woodmoor Manor…where something in the woods is always watching. From the au… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's What Lives in the Woods book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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18. Camp Scare

By: Delilah S. Dawson

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An eerie, twisty ghost story about twelve-year-old Parker, who only wanted a summer of fun and new … read more

Similar categories in Delilah S. Dawson's Camp Scare book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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19. The Bellwoods Game

By: Celia Krampien

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Doll Bones and Hocus Pocus , this “beautifully creepy” ( Kirkus Reviews ), high… read more

Similar categories in Celia Krampien's The Bellwoods Game book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Nightbooks (Nightbooks, #1) by J.A. White

20. Nightbooks (Nightbooks, #1)

By: J.A. White

4.00

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A boy is imprisoned by a witch and must tell her a new scary story each night to stay alive. This t… read more

Similar categories in J.A. White's Nightbooks (Nightbooks, #1) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"And now I realize---so what if I write scary stories? I might hurt someone with nouns and adjectives, but I would never hurt someone for real."

-J.A. White, Nightbooks (Nightbooks, #1)

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21. Scritch Scratch

By: Lindsay Currie

3.92

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A ghost story about a malevolent spirit, an unlucky girl, and a haunting mystery that will tie the … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's Scritch Scratch book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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22. Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1)

By: Kiersten White

3.75

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

A middle-grade mystery series that's spooky, creepy, and filled with gothic twists! Meet the Sinist… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of This Appearing House by Ally Malinenko

23. This Appearing House

By: Ally Malinenko

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Ghost Girl comes another standalone spooky middle grade for fans of Nightbooks a… read more

Similar categories in Ally Malinenko's This Appearing House book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1) by Michelle Harrison

24. A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.07

Format: 368 pages, ebook

A spellbinding middle grade fantasy about three sisters--adventurous Betty, curious Charlie, and pr… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Harrison's A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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25. Gravebooks (Nightbooks, #2)

By: J.A. White

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Return to the world of Nightbooks . . . if you dare. Dead stories—and dead witches—are back to haun… read more

Similar categories in J.A. White's Gravebooks (Nightbooks, #2) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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26. Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1)

By: Kalyn Josephson

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

One magical inn, two kids with supernatural powers, and an ancient Celtic creature trying to destro… read more

Similar categories in Kalyn Josephson's Ravenfall (Ravenfall #1) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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27. Field of Screams

By: Wendy Parris

3.77

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A new pulse-pounding supernatural mystery about twelve-year-old Rebecca, who has always wanted to h… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Parris's Field of Screams book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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28. The Girl in White

By: Lindsay Currie

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sweet Molly once lived in Eastport Sweet Molly once loved the sea Sweet Molly lost Liam to the sh… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Girl in White book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"Life doesn't always give us the choices we want. All we can do is make the best of things."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

"Speaking up for people who don’t have a voice is important...It's the right thing to do, even if it's hard."

-Lindsay Currie, The Girl in White

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29. The Secret of White Stone Gate (Black Hollow Lane, #2)

By: Julia Nobel

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this exciting sequel to The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane, Emmy's adventures continue as she deal… read more

Similar categories in Julia Nobel's The Secret of White Stone Gate (Black Hollow Lane, #2) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of This Spell Can't Last (These Witches Don't Burn, #0.5) by Isabel Sterling

30. This Spell Can't Last (These Witches Don't Burn, #0.5)

By: Isabel Sterling

3.77

Format: 96 pages, ebook

Hannah and Veronica battle a Blood Witch in the thrilling, heartbreaking e-novella prequel to These… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Sterling's This Spell Can't Last (These Witches Don't Burn, #0.5) book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"But until then, I will grieve the ones we lost and love the ones who are left as hard as I can."

-Isabel Sterling, This Spell Can't Last (These Witches Don't Burn, #0.5)

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31. Finch House

By: Ciera Burch

3.79

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

Encanto meets Coraline in this spooky middle grade story that deals with family ties, fear of chang… read more

Similar categories in Ciera Burch's Finch House book and Gregory Funaro's Watch Hollow

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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