20 must-read fiction books like A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1) by Bethany C. Morrow

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A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

By: Bethany C. Morrow

3.74

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Tavia is already at odds with the world, forced to keep her siren identity under wraps in a society…

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1. The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

By: Namina Forna

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered … read more

Similar categories in Namina Forna's The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"She herself threw other girls on the metaphorical and even physical pyre. I should be used to it now, the way women sometimes betray other women, the way they align themselves with men, if only to gu…"

-Namina Forna, The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

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2. Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1)

By: Liselle Sambury

3.97

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An urban fantasy debut following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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3. Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

By: Jordan Ifueko

4.33

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, … read more

Similar categories in Jordan Ifueko's Raybearer (Raybearer, #1) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Didn't I tell you a bath would help?"

-Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

"Some demons could not be soothed by any lullaby."

-Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

"You have never worried me, daughter. You have only disappointed."

-Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

"And the more I learn, the farther I feel. I don’t know where home is anymore."

-Jordan Ifueko, Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)

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4. Redemptor (Raybearer, #2)

By: Jordan Ifueko

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

For the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar's throne. To appease the sinister spirits … read more

Similar categories in Jordan Ifueko's Redemptor (Raybearer, #2) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I clenched my fists. Not all pain was worthless. Sometimes, pain could write a story."

-Jordan Ifueko, Redemptor (Raybearer, #2)

"Do not confuse guilt with conviction. Guilt is self-centered, and leads only to destructive obsession. But conviction brings balance—a sense of purpose beyond oneself."

-Jordan Ifueko, Redemptor (Raybearer, #2)

"I want to live," I said, replacing Ye Eun's lily behind my ear, "because life is . . . life is worth it. Because as long as we can imagine a better world, we should stick around to see it. Even if it…"

-Jordan Ifueko, Redemptor (Raybearer, #2)

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5. This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2)

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

How much would you risk to save the ones you love? Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate? … read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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6. This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)

By: Kalynn Bayron

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a … read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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7. Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

3.83

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greates… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Maybe that's it," he says. "Art is the meaning of life."

-Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

"The meaning of life. What a fucking joke. I barely understand the shit that goes on in mine."

-Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)

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8. White Smoke

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

3.82

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

The Haunting of Hill House meets Get Out in this chilling YA psychological thriller and modern take… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany D. Jackson's White Smoke book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

By: Natasha Bowen

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A way to survive.A way to serve.A way to save. Simi prayed to the gods, once. Now she serves the… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • mermaids
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"Do not be ashamed of who you are."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

"When you pull back the skin of the sea, you never know what you will find."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

"Simidele. Listen to me. I know you will make things right. What is done is done. We cannot change the past, only learn from it. What happens next is up to you."

-Natasha Bowen, Skin of the Sea (Skin of the Sea, #1)

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10. We Are All So Good at Smiling

By: Amber McBride

3.88

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's We Are All So Good at Smiling book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Sorrow is no one's fault."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"The only way out is through."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

Cover of A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1) by Bethany C. Morrow

11. A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

By: Bethany C. Morrow

3.74

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Tavia is already at odds with the world, forced to keep her siren identity under wraps in a society… read more

Similar categories in Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • magical realism
  • mermaids
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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12. A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

By: L.L. McKinney

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A Blade So Black delivers an irresistible urban fantasy retelling of Alice in Wonderland... but it'… read more

Similar categories in L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Breathe, Baby Moon."

-L.L. McKinney, A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

"And Hatta was a lying liar who lies!"

-L.L. McKinney, A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

"But for what it's worth, you're my hero."

-L.L. McKinney, A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

"He was going to find this kitten had claws."

-L.L. McKinney, A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse #1)

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13. Gone Wolf

By: Amber McBride

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, in this… read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's Gone Wolf book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3) by Namina Forna

14. The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3)

By: Namina Forna

3.94

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl … read more

Similar categories in Namina Forna's The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. Soul of the Deep (Skin of the Sea, #2)

By: Natasha Bowen

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller Skin of the Sea, in which the world … read more

Similar categories in Natasha Bowen's Soul of the Deep (Skin of the Sea, #2) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • mermaids
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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16. The Black Girl Survives in This One

By: Desiree S. Evans

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one. Celebrating a new generation of bes… read more

Similar categories in Desiree S. Evans's The Black Girl Survives in This One book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) by Terry J. Benton-Walker

17. Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2)

By: Terry J. Benton-Walker

4.33

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Cristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice. They took back their family’… read more

Similar categories in Terry J. Benton-Walker's Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • urban fantasy
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. The Bookshop Sisterhood

By: Michelle Lindo-Rice

3.42

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

“ This drama-packed page turner will warm your heart!” —Eliza Knight, USA Today bestselling author … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Lindo-Rice's The Bookshop Sisterhood book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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19. An Outbreak of Witchcraft: A Graphic Novel of the Salem Witch Trials

By: Deborah Noyes

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping tale of paranoia at its worst, An Outbreak of Witchcraft visually imagines the haunting … read more

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20. Blood Like Fate (Blood Like Magic, #2)

By: Liselle Sambury

4.31

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Voya fights to save her witch community from a terrible future.Voya Thomas may have passed her Call… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Blood Like Fate (Blood Like Magic, #2) book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. Not About a Boy

By: Myah Hollis

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Euphoria meets Girl in Pieces in this coming-of-age story of a girl trying to put a grief-stricken … read more

Similar categories in Myah Hollis's Not About a Boy book and Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

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