10 best-selling short stories books like Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Jessica Spotswood

Cover of Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Jessica Spotswood

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

By: Jessica Spotswood

3.67

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

A young adult fiction anthology of 15 stories featuring contemporary, historical, and futuristic st…

" The moon is full, and even the stars are scared of me. "

-Jessica Spotswood, Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

"He can't fill the empty spaces in her because there are none."

-Jessica Spotswood, Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

"Nothing is yours! The world wasn't made for you. The world was made ."

-Jessica Spotswood, Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

"There are too many people in this world who would rather see a woman burn than wield power."

-Jessica Spotswood, Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

If you liked the short stories plot in Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Jessica Spotswood , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Craving Beauty (Zulheina #2)

By: Nalini Singh

3.63

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Marc was dangerous to her in the way that only a strong, sexy male could be to a woman. Even knowin… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by Jay Kristoff, Jonathan Maberry, Marie Lu, Leigh Bardugo, Carrie Ryan, Stefan Bachmann, A.G. Howard, Cat Winters, April Genevieve Tucholke, Kendare Blake, Danielle  Paige, Megan Shepherd, Nova Ren Suma, McCormick Templeman

2. Slasher Girls & Monster Boys

By: Jay Kristoff , Jonathan Maberry , Marie Lu , Leigh Bardugo , Carrie Ryan , Stefan Bachmann , A.G. Howard , Cat Winters , April Genevieve Tucholke , Kendare Blake , Danielle Paige , Megan Shepherd , Nova Ren Suma , McCormick Templeman

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

For fans of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Lois Duncan, and Daphne Du Maurier comes a powerhouse anthol… read more

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  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
"Not all monsters are filled with darkness."

-Jay Kristoff, Slasher Girls & Monster Boys

"You name drop authors like other girls drop boy bands."

-Jay Kristoff, Slasher Girls & Monster Boys

"What I think and what I actually do are two different things. That's what makes us good or evil."

-Jay Kristoff, Slasher Girls & Monster Boys

"It took strength to be quiet. It took strength to be kind. It took strength to let other people's cruelty bounce right off of you."

-Jay Kristoff, Slasher Girls & Monster Boys

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3. Winds of the Storm

By: Beverly Jenkins

4.44

Format: None pages, Paperback

Archer Le Veq owes his life to the woman who rescued him from certain death at the height of the Ci… read more

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  • fiction

4. Blood Stain, Volume 2

By: Linda Šejić

3.19

Format: None pages, Paperback

Upon arriving to her new workplace, and meeting her new boss under some rather unflattering circums… read more

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5. A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

By: Melissa de la Cruz , Aliette de Bodard , Renée Ahdieh , Cindy Pon , Alyssa Wong , Roshani Chokshi , Julie Kagawa , Rahul Kanakia , Ellen Oh , Aisha Saeed , E.C. Myers , Sona Charaipotra , Elsie Chapman , Lori M. Lee , Shveta Thakrar , Preeti Chhibber

4.07

Format: 189 pages, ebook

Star-crossed lovers, meddling immortals, feigned identities, battles of wits, and dire warnings. Th… read more

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6. Pilgrim Playwright Genie Guard

By: Heidi Heilig , Katherine Locke , Corinne Duyvis , Kody Keplinger , Dhonielle Clayton , Francisco X. Stork , Fox Benwell , Marieke Nijkamp , William Alexander , None , Kristine Wyllys , Karuna Riazi , Keah Brown

3.50

Format: None pages,

A YA Anthology of short stories featuring disabled teens, written by #OwnVoices disabled authors. T… read more

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7. Circle Unbroken (Brooklyn Brujas #2)

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

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8. Barbed Wire Heart

By: Tess Sharpe

3.44

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From a powerful new voice in suspense fiction comes the unforgettable story of a young woman facing… read more

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9. Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.55

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Eleven diverse vampire stories from YA's leading voices, including V.E. Schwab's "First Kill," soon… read more

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  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
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10. Twice Cursed

By: Marie O'Regan

3.90

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

From the fun of the fair to the depths of hell, experience sixteen more curses in this sequel to th… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
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11. The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

By: Tori Bovalino

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath… read more

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  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
"It seemed to me that a soul that preferred a cold grave to the white light of Heaven was suspect."

-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

"She could weave between peace and poison fluid as a silver fish, and both of them were true. There wasn't a fake bone in her body, but that almost made it worse."

-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

"me standing there- just standing there- looking around and thinking, God, I'm not supposed to be here, I'm supposed to be somewhere else, this is wrong, this is *wrong*."

-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

"I don't like the way he say you. Like I different. Like I didn't just see one-of-me-like-me beat until she fall. [...] But my boy doesn't see. He can't see. Can't hear, either. He never tried to mimi…"

-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

Cover of Mermaids Never Drown: Tales to Dive For by Zoraida Córdova

12. Mermaids Never Drown: Tales to Dive For

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

14 Young Adult short stories from bestselling and award-winning authors make a splash in Mermaids N… read more

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  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by Saundra Mitchell

13. All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

By: Saundra Mitchell

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Take a journey through time and genres and discover a past where queer figures live, love and shape… read more

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  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Askim,"

-Saundra Mitchell, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

"Ugh. Feelings are gross,"

-Saundra Mitchell, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

"Let go of which cannot be held."

-Saundra Mitchell, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

"Wilhelm's hands trembled. “I'll bring you only misery."

-Saundra Mitchell, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

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14. Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror Delight

By: Shelly Page

3.84

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Night of the Living Queers is a YA horror anthology that explores a night when anything is possible… read more

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  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • fantasy
Cover of Sleepless in Dubai by Sajni Patel

15. Sleepless in Dubai

By: Sajni Patel

3.61

Format: None pages, None

From the author of My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding comes this hilarious, smart, and swoon-worthy… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Hearts Still Beating by Brooke Archer

16. Hearts Still Beating

By: Brooke Archer

4.00

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Gripping, romantic, and impossible to put down, this dark and immersive post-apocalyptic debut YA n… read more

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  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of His Hideous Heart by Dahlia Adler

17. His Hideous Heart

By: Dahlia Adler

3.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and… read more

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  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Wayward Witch (Brooklyn Brujas, #3) by Zoraida Córdova

18. Wayward Witch (Brooklyn Brujas, #3)

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Rose Mortiz has always been a fixer, but lately she’s been feeling lost. She has brand-new powers s… read more

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  • lgbt
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • witches
  • fantasy
"It might seem patronizing, but revel in the moments of peace because they don't last long."

-Zoraida Córdova, Wayward Witch (Brooklyn Brujas, #3)

"I know the ingredients that will conjure luck and I can brew a potion to talk to the dead, but no one ever taught me how to speak a truth that is uncomfortable."

-Zoraida Córdova, Wayward Witch (Brooklyn Brujas, #3)

Cover of At Midnight by Dahlia Adler

19. At Midnight

By: Dahlia Adler

3.42

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Fairy tales have been spun for thousands of years and remain among our most treasured stories. Weav… read more

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  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Jessica Spotswood

20. Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

By: Jessica Spotswood

3.67

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

A young adult fiction anthology of 15 stories featuring contemporary, historical, and futuristic st… read more

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  • lgbt
  • feminism
  • magic
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • witches
  • fantasy
" The moon is full, and even the stars are scared of me. "

-Jessica Spotswood, Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

"He can't fill the empty spaces in her because there are none."

-Jessica Spotswood, Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

"Nothing is yours! The world wasn't made for you. The world was made ."

-Jessica Spotswood, Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

"There are too many people in this world who would rather see a woman burn than wield power."

-Jessica Spotswood, Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

Cover of This Train Is Being Held by Ismée Amiel Williams

21. This Train Is Being Held

By: Ismée Amiel Williams

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When private school student Isabelle Warren first meets Dominican-American Alex Rosario on the down… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"Chrissy shakes her head. “Listen, sometimes you don’t know a person’s whole story."

-Ismée Amiel Williams, This Train Is Being Held

"Alex stares out onto the empty platform. “Do you hate me? For not answering your messages?"

-Ismée Amiel Williams, This Train Is Being Held

"Because it doesn’t matter where you come from. If you work hard enough, you can do anything. Become anyone."

-Ismée Amiel Williams, This Train Is Being Held

"I always take the same car now, fifth one from the front. I pretend it's the best car, least crowded, closest to where I'm going. Even when I have to walk half a platform to get on and off. I pretend…"

-Ismée Amiel Williams, This Train Is Being Held

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