17 Best fantasy books like It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass

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It Waits in the Forest

By: Sarah Dass

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Unlike the other residents of the small Caribbean Island of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not bel…

If you liked the fantasy plot in It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury

1. Tender Beasts

By: Liselle Sambury

3.90

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and c… read more

Similar categories in Liselle Sambury's Tender Beasts book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
Cover of Serwa Boateng's Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem (Serwa Boateng #2) by Roseanne A. Brown

2. Serwa Boateng's Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem (Serwa Boateng #2)

By: Roseanne A. Brown

4.28

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the highly anticipated sequel to Rosanne A. Brown's explo… read more

Similar categories in Roseanne A. Brown's Serwa Boateng's Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem (Serwa Boateng #2) book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • mythology
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Sometimes, when our friends make painful choices, it usually has more to do with what they're going through than any desire to hurt us."

-Roseanne A. Brown, Serwa Boateng's Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem (Serwa Boateng #2)

"Do you know what surprised me most when I came to this country? The way witches are glorified. People here dress up as us for Halloween. They fill their TV shows and social media profiles with our ae…"

-Roseanne A. Brown, Serwa Boateng's Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem (Serwa Boateng #2)

Cover of We Shall Be Monsters (We Shall be Monsters, #1) by Tara Sim

3. We Shall Be Monsters (We Shall be Monsters, #1)

By: Tara Sim

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Frankenstein meets Indian mythology in this twisty, darkly atmospheric fantasy where the horror is … read more

Similar categories in Tara Sim's We Shall Be Monsters (We Shall be Monsters, #1) book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of A Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel

4. A Drop of Venom

By: Sajni Patel

4.06

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Circe goes YA in this unapologetically feminist retelling of the Medusa myth steeped in Indian myth… read more

Similar categories in Sajni Patel's A Drop of Venom book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of Off With Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta

5. Off With Their Heads

By: Zoe Hana Mikuta

3.50

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Chloe Gong and Judy I. Lin will devour this Korean-inspired Alice in Wonderland retelling a… read more

Similar categories in Zoe Hana Mikuta's Off With Their Heads book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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6. Wander in the Dark

By: Jumata Emill

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this new pulse-pounding thriller from the author of The Black Queen, two brothers must come toge… read more

Similar categories in Jumata Emill's Wander in the Dark book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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7. 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 Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

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

8. 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 Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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9. Blood at the Root

By: LaDarrion Williams

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he nev… read more

Similar categories in LaDarrion Williams's Blood at the Root book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3) by Tomi Adeyemi

10. Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

By: Tomi Adeyemi

3.49

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

New allies rise. The Blood Moon nears. Zélie faces her final enemy. The king who hunts her heart… read more

Similar categories in Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3) book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
"Do not pray to be saved; pray to be reborn."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I like hearing your people call out to your gods- they never seem to come."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

"I teach you to be warriors in the garden, so that you may never be gardeners in a war."

-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

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11. Girls Like Her

By: Melanie Sumrow

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A raw, gripping, authentic, and boldly original novel about a fifteen-year-old Texas girl set to st… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Sumrow's Girls Like Her book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass

12. It Waits in the Forest

By: Sarah Dass

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Unlike the other residents of the small Caribbean Island of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not bel… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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13. Now, Conjurers

By: Freddie Kolsch

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

November 1999. North Dana, Massachusetts. Nesbit Nuñez discovers the partially devoured body of… read more

Similar categories in Freddie Kolsch's Now, Conjurers book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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14. The Color of a Lie

By: Kim Johnson

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In 1955, a Black family passes for white and moves to a “Whites Only” town in the suburbs. Caught b… read more

Similar categories in Kim Johnson's The Color of a Lie book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington

15. The Blonde Dies First

By: Joelle Wellington

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A group of friends fight to choose their own fates in this trope-savvy, self-referential young adul… read more

Similar categories in Joelle Wellington's The Blonde Dies First book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Sleep Like Death by Kalynn  Bayron

16. Sleep Like Death

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron returns to fairytales with a l… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's Sleep Like Death book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of The Last Rhee Witch (The Last Rhee Witch #1) by Jenna Lee-Yun

17. The Last Rhee Witch (The Last Rhee Witch #1)

By: Jenna Lee-Yun

4.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Last Fallen Star, Witchlings, and Ghost Squad, a heartfelt middle grade debut where… read more

Similar categories in Jenna Lee-Yun's The Last Rhee Witch (The Last Rhee Witch #1) book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • mystery thriller
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • mythology
Cover of The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3) by Saara El-Arifi

18. The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3)

By: Saara El-Arifi

4.35

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Rebellions are like fires—something needs to burn to make a flame. Return to the Wardens’ Empire in… read more

Similar categories in Saara El-Arifi's The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3) book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of So Witches We Became by Jill Baguchinsky

19. 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 Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • horror
Cover of The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko

20. The Maid and the Crocodile

By: Jordan Ifueko

4.51

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The smallest spark can bind two hearts . . . or start a revolution. In the magic-soaked capital … read more

Similar categories in Jordan Ifueko's The Maid and the Crocodile book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • young adult fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) by Aiden Thomas

21. Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2)

By: Aiden Thomas

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsid… read more

Similar categories in Aiden Thomas's Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2) book and Sarah Dass's It Waits in the Forest

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology

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Bethany Baptiste

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