10 Top mystery books like The Witches of Bellinas by J. Nicole Jones

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The Witches of Bellinas

By: J. Nicole Jones

3.08

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A dreamy California Gothic about a woman who moves to the mysterious town of Bellinas to save her m…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Witches of Bellinas by J. Nicole Jones , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Diavola

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Diavola book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Worry

By: Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Frances Ha meets No One Is Talking About This in a debut that follows two twenty-something siblings… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Tanner's Worry book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. My Darling Dreadful Thing

By: Johanna van Veen

3.89

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

In a world where the dead can wake and walk among us, what is truly real? Roos Beckman has a spi… read more

Similar categories in Johanna van Veen's My Darling Dreadful Thing book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
"The question everyone wants answered is this: Was I or was I not actually possessed? But it is not so simple as that."

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"There’s a reason the word ‘haunting’ is rarely used in a positive way. To never be free of someone, well, that’s not always a comfort."

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a perso…"

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"I was never a happy child. I think that, if I had been, things would have gone very differently with me. For one, I don’t think Ruth would have become my constant companion. Spirits like her are not …"

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

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4. Butcher

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women’… read more

Similar categories in Joyce Carol Oates's Butcher book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
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5. We Were the Universe

By: Kimberly King Parsons

3.68

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desir… read more

Similar categories in Kimberly King Parsons's We Were the Universe book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It’s an unusual question, though not as unusual as you might think amongst women who have had children. Once you’ve been slit open by a surgeon or taken a shit in a birthing tub, a whole glittering w…"

-Kimberly King Parsons, We Were the Universe

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6. Fruit of the Dead

By: Rachel Lyon

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of o… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lyon's Fruit of the Dead book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • adult
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7. youthjuice

By: E.K. Sathue

3.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

American Psycho meets The Devil Wears Prada: outrageous body horror for the goop generation A 29… read more

Similar categories in E.K. Sathue's youthjuice book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Night Guest

By: Hildur Knútsdóttir

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Hildur Knutsdottir's The Night Guest is an eerie and ensnaring story set in contemporary Reykjavík … read more

Similar categories in Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. The Garden

By: Clare Beams

3.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a secret garden with unknown powers fuels this page-turning and psychologically th… read more

Similar categories in Clare Beams's The Garden book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
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10. In Universes

By: Emet North

3.95

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Raffi works in an observational cosmology lab, searching for dark matter and trying to hide how lit… read more

Similar categories in Emet North's In Universes book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil

By: Ananda Lima

3.52

Format: 181 pages, Hardcover

At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughou… read more

Similar categories in Ananda Lima's Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Mood Swings

By: Frankie Barnet

3.73

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In a pre-apocalyptic world not unlike our own, a young Instagram poet starts an affair with a Calif… read more

Similar categories in Frankie Barnet's Mood Swings book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • literary fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. So Thirsty

By: Rachel Harrison

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A woman must learn to take life by the throat after a night out leads to irrevocable changes in thi… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Harrison's So Thirsty book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. The Eyes Are the Best Part

By: Monika Kim

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of mu… read more

Similar categories in Monika Kim's The Eyes Are the Best Part book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. The Witches of Bellinas

By: J. Nicole Jones

3.08

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A dreamy California Gothic about a woman who moves to the mysterious town of Bellinas to save her m… read more

Similar categories in J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • gothic
  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • witches
  • horror
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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16. The Red Grove

By: Tessa Fontaine

3.58

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When her mother goes missing, a young woman uncovers the secrets beneath her protected community. … read more

Similar categories in Tessa Fontaine's The Red Grove book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
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17. Ghostroots: Stories

By: 'Pemi Aguda

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A debut collection of stories set in a hauntingly reimagined Lagos where characters vie for freedom… read more

Similar categories in 'Pemi Aguda's Ghostroots: Stories book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • fiction
  • horror
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18. Devil Is Fine

By: John Vercher

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Still reeling from a sudden tragedy, our biracial narrator receives a letter from an attorney: he h… read more

Similar categories in John Vercher's Devil Is Fine book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"No way I'd let myself feel again like I felt that morning. Of course, I wouldn't. I didn't have to tell her any of that. When it's that easy to lie to yourself, lying to someone else is light work. […"

-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine

"Among the many things unknown before becoming a parent is how to handle when the child becomes the teacher. They proffer up parental pearls dispensed to them, and while thinking they'd fallen on deaf…"

-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine

Cover of Please Stop Trying to Leave Me by Alana Saab

19. Please Stop Trying to Leave Me

By: Alana Saab

4.06

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A debut novel about love, family, queerness, and losing your mind in the modern world marks the arr… read more

Similar categories in Alana Saab's Please Stop Trying to Leave Me book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
"Today, if someone asked me what, if not a bird, if not fire, is love to me, I would most likely say, surrender."

-Alana Saab, Please Stop Trying to Leave Me

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20. So Witches We Became

By: Jill Baguchinsky

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

If boys will be boys, girls will fight back. For high school senior Nell and her friends, a vaca… read more

Similar categories in Jill Baguchinsky's So Witches We Became book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • fiction
  • horror
  • witches
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. We Love the Nightlife

By: Rachel Koller Croft

3.59

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Locked in a toxic female friendship, two vampires careen toward catastrophe in this dark and dazzli… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Koller Croft's We Love the Nightlife book and J. Nicole Jones's The Witches of Bellinas

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror

21 Top fiction books like The Witches of Bellinas by J. Nicole Jones

Transform Your Habits

Diavola

Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Worry

Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Transform Your Habits

My Darling Dreadful Thing

Johanna van Veen

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Butcher

Joyce Carol Oates

3.81

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21 must-read fiction books like We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft

Transform Your Habits

House of Glass

Sarah Pekkanen

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Night Guest

Hildur Knútsdóttir

3.67

Transform Your Habits

So Thirsty

Rachel Harrison

4.03

Transform Your Habits

American Rapture

C.J. Leede

4.51

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