5 Top magic books like Orfeia by Joanne M. Harris

Cover of Orfeia by Joanne M. Harris

Orfeia

By: Joanne M. Harris

3.76

Format: 153 pages, ebook

So begins a beautiful and tragic quest as a heartbroken mother sets out to save her lost daughter, …

"While her mother struggled with grief, Disy was coming to terms with death in a way she could control."

-Joanne M. Harris, Orfeia

"While her mother struggled with grief, Disy was coming to terms with death in a way she could control."

-Joanne M. Harris, Orfeia

If you liked the magic plot in Orfeia by Joanne M. Harris , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Amity & Sorrow by Peggy Riley

1. Amity & Sorrow

By: Peggy Riley

3.69

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Amity & Sorrow is a story about God, sex, and farming. It's an unforgettable journey into the horro… read more

Similar categories in Peggy Riley's Amity & Sorrow book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • adult
  • fiction
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2. The Wanderer in Unknown Realms

By: John Connolly

3.45

Format: 304 pages, ebook

"Books alter men, and men, in their turn, alter worlds." Soter is a man who has been haunted by Wor… read more

Similar categories in John Connolly's The Wanderer in Unknown Realms book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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3. The Travelling Bag: And Other Ghostly Stories

By: Susan Hill

4.10

Format: 224 pages,

From the foggy streets of Victorian London to the eerie perfection of 1950s suburbia, the everyday … read more

Similar categories in Susan Hill's The Travelling Bag: And Other Ghostly Stories book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • fiction

4. Adam & Eve

By: Sena Jeter Naslund

3.72

Format: 272 pages,

What Happened To Eden? The New York Timesbestselling author of Ahab's Wife, Four Spirits, and Abund… read more

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5. Doctor Who: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller

By: Joanne Harris

4.04

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

Struggling to get back to UNIT HQ, his body being destroyed by radiation, the Third Doctor arrives … read more

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6. Six-Gun Snow White

By: Catherynne M. Valente

4.67

Format: 107 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestselling author offers a brilliant reinvention of one of the best-known fairy t… read more

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7. The Falcons of Fire and Ice

By: Karen Maitland

3.87

Format: None pages, ebook

The year is 1539 and the Portuguese Inquisition ushers in an era of torture and murder. When the Ro… read more

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8. Ember and the Ice Dragons

By: Heather Fawcett

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Ember St. George is a dragon. At least she was before her adoptive father—a powerful but accident-p… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Ember and the Ice Dragons book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
"This far north, the wind was woven with frost even at midsummer."

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

"Half the size of Lionel's palm, it glittered with a color richer than rubies, deeper than amber, and threaded with veins like fired gold."

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

"Half the size of Lionel's palm, it glittered with a coloraturas richer than rubies, deeper than amber, and threaded with veins like fired gold."

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

"The wood was her favourite place, for it was also where you could find foxes and hares and slowworms and at least ten species of birds. She could sit for hours in the treetops, observing owls chasing…"

-Heather Fawcett, Ember and the Ice Dragons

Cover of Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1) by Lavie Tidhar

9. Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1)

By: Lavie Tidhar

4.02

Format: 32 pages, ebook

No vampire is ever innocent… The wandering Judge Dee serves as judge, jury, and executioner for … read more

Similar categories in Lavie Tidhar's Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1) book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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10. Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3)

By: Richard Coles

3.87

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery whe… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3) book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • fiction
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11. The Necessary Arthur

By: Garth Nix

3.75

Format: 41 pages, ebook

The Necessary Arthur, a Tor.com Original, is a delightful science fantasy novelette from internatio… read more

Similar categories in Garth Nix's The Necessary Arthur book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • retellings
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of Maiden, Mother, Crone: A Collection by Joanne Harris

12. Maiden, Mother, Crone: A Collection

By: Joanne Harris

4.19

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Turn the page, and step into a stunning, evocative world where nature, magic and fate are inextrica… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Harris's Maiden, Mother, Crone: A Collection book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. For He Can Creep

By: Siobhan Carroll

4.22

Format: 30 pages, ebook

Nineteenth century poet Christopher Smart has been committed to St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics be… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Carroll's For He Can Creep book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • novella
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Orfeia by Joanne M. Harris

14. Orfeia

By: Joanne M. Harris

3.76

Format: 153 pages, ebook

So begins a beautiful and tragic quest as a heartbroken mother sets out to save her lost daughter, … read more

Similar categories in Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • magical realism
  • novella
  • magic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • fae
"While her mother struggled with grief, Disy was coming to terms with death in a way she could control."

-Joanne M. Harris, Orfeia

Cover of In the Shadow of Queens: Tales from the Tudor Court by Alison Weir

15. In the Shadow of Queens: Tales from the Tudor Court

By: Alison Weir

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Behind every great king stands a queen. And behind every queen, the whole court watches on... Ov… read more

Similar categories in Alison Weir's In the Shadow of Queens: Tales from the Tudor Court book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • fiction
Cover of The Lights Go Out in Lychford (Lychford, #4) by Paul Cornell

16. The Lights Go Out in Lychford (Lychford, #4)

By: Paul Cornell

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

Be careful what you wish for… The continuing tale in the award-nominated Witches of Lychford ser… read more

Similar categories in Paul Cornell's The Lights Go Out in Lychford (Lychford, #4) book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • fantasy
  • novella
  • magic
  • fiction
"...with a look on her face that said she had a lot of plates to juggle, but as long as you were prepared to be spun, everything would be fine."

-Paul Cornell, The Lights Go Out in Lychford (Lychford, #4)

Cover of The Moonlight Market by Joanne Harris

17. The Moonlight Market

By: Joanne Harris

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Joanne Harris comes a richly imagined and captivating novel … read more

Similar categories in Joanne Harris's The Moonlight Market book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • fairy tales
  • magical realism
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
" Love never ends--- but it changes. In some cases, it grows like a tree, stronger and more fruitful. In others, it changes nature, like chrysalis to butterfly. "

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"And, at that, picking up his parcel of books, Spider began to walk purposefully down the road, a river of light at his ragged heels, his spindly shadow beside him."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"He was close to her now, close enough to smell her scent, which was like bluebells in the rain, and the aroma of a forest in spring, and the peppery sweetness of petrichor."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"There's daylight names and midnight names. Daylight names are safe enough. A spider brings good luck before midnight, but bad luck after. And you look to me like the kind of young man who needs good …"

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

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18. Psykhe

By: Kate Forsyth

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Kate Forsyth gives voice, power and agency to Psykhe telling this much loved myth from the perspect… read more

Similar categories in Kate Forsyth's Psykhe book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of Timeskip by Charles de Lint

19. Timeskip

By: Charles de Lint

4.40

Format: None pages, ebook

Its opening sentence, "Every time it rains a ghost comes walking," is the perfect start to this bea… read more

Similar categories in Charles de Lint's Timeskip book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) by Ben Aaronovitch

20. The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - … read more

Similar categories in Ben Aaronovitch's The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • fantasy
  • novella
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood

21. Rewitched

By: Lucy Jane Wood

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Belladonna Blackthorn hasn’t lost her magical spark . . . but she hasn’t seen it in a while, either… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Jane Wood's Rewitched book and Joanne M. Harris's Orfeia

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction

17 Best fiction books like Orfeia by Joanne M. Harris

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Amity & Sorrow

Peggy Riley

3.69

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The Wanderer in Unknown Realms

John Connolly

3.45

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The Travelling Bag: And Other Ghostly Stories

Susan Hill

4.10

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Ember and the Ice Dragons

Heather Fawcett

4.08

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Red as Blood and White as Bone

Theodora Goss

3.54

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Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (Judge Dee, #1)

Lavie Tidhar

4.02

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Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels (Judge Dee, #2)

Lavie Tidhar

3.89

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C.L. Polk

3.86

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