8 Top retellings books like Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

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Lady Macbeth

By: Ava Reid

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare…

"Nakedness, even among women in private, is still uncommon, uncouth. Bodies are meant to be guarded like gold. The flash of a bare ankle is like dropping a pendant, so that everyone can see it clatter to the ground and know that you hold its richness and likely more. What else are you hiding in your stores, against your breast? How easily might it be stolen? You cannot blame a man for snatching something which has been taunted in front of him like meat before a dog."

-Ava Reid, Lady Macbeth

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1. The Familiar

By: Leigh Bardugo

3.84

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishavers… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Bardugo's The Familiar book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"There was nothing more dangerous than a woman witha pen in her hand."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"She was allowed to want more for herself. And even if she wasn't, she would find a way to get it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

"And you're not afraid...of the devil? Of his minions? "Fear men, Luzia," he said. "Fear their ambition and the crimes they commit in its service. But don't fear magic or what you may do with it."

-Leigh Bardugo, The Familiar

Cover of Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) by S.T. Gibson

2. Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

By: S.T. Gibson

3.66

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov. As a teen, David Aristarkhov was a psychic prodig… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1) book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • gothic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"He looked as he always did: slightly underfed, terminally scholastic, and two weeks overdue for a haircut."

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

"She didn't quite share her husband's passion for antiquarian books, but she understood it. She understood that if you cracked Rhys open, he would probably have paperback pages inside him instead of o…"

-S.T. Gibson, Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

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3. Where the Dark Stands Still

By: A.B. Poranek

4.12

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Raised in a small village near the spirit-wood, Liska Radost knows that Magic is monstrous, and its… read more

Similar categories in A.B. Poranek's Where the Dark Stands Still book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"We kissed, you incorrigible antlered tradgedy!"

-A.B. Poranek, Where the Dark Stands Still

"His eyebrows tilt up, firelight reflecting in his eyes. "It was always to be my fate." "Fate," she scoffs. "What is fate but an excuse to surrender responsibility? No, Eliasz, we cannot think of that…"

-A.B. Poranek, Where the Dark Stands Still

"Please," she begs. "Surely there must be some spell—there must be something, anything. Please, Eliasz, please. Tell me how to save you." "Liska, Liseczka. Oj, lisku." He raises her hand to his lips, …"

-A.B. Poranek, Where the Dark Stands Still

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4. The Honey Witch

By: Sydney J. Shields

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Honey Witch of Innisfree can never find true love. That is her curse to bear. But when a young … read more

Similar categories in Sydney J. Shields's The Honey Witch book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"But what happens when the girl keeps living, when she ages proudly and defiantly, without abandoning imagination, or stories, or that secret wish to find magic wherever it hides? Well, then the poets…"

-Sydney J. Shields, The Honey Witch

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5. Hera

By: Jennifer Saint

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronos, helped her brother Zeus to overthr… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Saint's Hera book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • retellings
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"She has been alone for a very long time."

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

"All she knows is that he leaves a trail of broken women in his wake, and she is the most broken of them all."

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

"But as he looms over her, blocking out the sky, it seems that he is everything in the world, that he is bigger than that sky. He is too immense and too strong. There is nothing that Hera, the warrior…"

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

"She can be anyone. Vengeful Hera, wrathful Hera, the queen of the heavens, most long-suffering of wives and cruellest of punishers, will continue without her. She can slip away from the tethers of wh…"

-Jennifer Saint, Hera

Cover of An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson

6. An Education in Malice

By: S.T. Gibson

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insat… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's An Education in Malice book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Right and Wrong don't exist. They're fairy tales made up by priests and parents"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"I wasn't in the habit of confessing my sapphic proclivities as a sin, since I didn't consider them to be one, but my idolatry of Carmilla definitely counted as something worth confessing."

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"She kissed me with a martyr’s agonized desperation, like I was the only sword she ever wanted to fall on. I kissed her right back like the cutting edge of a blade, trying to inflict as much damage as…"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

"I was, I knew full well, a creature composed of strange desires. They'd always been with me, these hungers. As a child I played villain in every game of 'capture the princess,' tying my pretty playma…"

-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice

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7. When Among Crows

By: Veronica Roth

3.73

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Roth's When Among Crows book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I don't find it painful to be ordinary."

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

"He pinches one of the petals and breaks it away from the flower. It doesn't feel like it's as powerful as it is, but maybe that's just how powerful things are- like the zmory, like Baba Jaga herself,…"

-Veronica Roth, When Among Crows

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8. Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

By: Sarah Rees Brennan

3.96

Format: 435 pages, Paperback

A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN… When her whole life collapsed, Rae still… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Rees Brennan's Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1) book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Is my mother right?"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"I love you as a knife loves a throat,"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"An anti-hero was just a villain with good PR"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"Key shrugged. “If you ask me, she’s too good for him."

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

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9. 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 Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Mistress of Lies (The Age of Blood, #1) by K.M.  Enright

10. Mistress of Lies (The Age of Blood, #1)

By: K.M. Enright

3.66

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

FATE IS A CRUEL MISTRESS The daughter of a powerful but disgraced Blood Worker, Shan LeClaire ha… read more

Similar categories in K.M. Enright's Mistress of Lies (The Age of Blood, #1) book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
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11. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
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12. The Spellshop

By: Sarah Beth Durst

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbo… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Beth Durst's The Spellshop book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"We can only control what we do and hope that other people make the right choice."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"She was lonely, and she wanted someone to love. She made me out of love, and the empire destroyed her for it."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"There was something so very beautiful about a notebook without a single note in it. It felt like touching pure potential."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"I hope you know what you're doing" Caz said as he returned. "I absolutely do not know what I'm doing. I thought that was clear?"

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

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13. Graveyard Shift

By: M.L. Rio

3.49

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Author of sales sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story about a ragtag group of night sh… read more

Similar categories in M.L. Rio's Graveyard Shift book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • gothic
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

14. Lady Macbeth

By: Ava Reid

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare… read more

Similar categories in Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • gothic
  • retellings
  • historical fantasy
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Nakedness, even among women in private, is still uncommon, uncouth. Bodies are meant to be guarded like gold. The flash of a bare ankle is like dropping a pendant, so that everyone can see it clatter…"

-Ava Reid, Lady Macbeth

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15. An Academy for Liars

By: Alexis Henderson

4.01

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A student will find that the hardest lessons sometimes come outside the classroom in this stunning … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Henderson's An Academy for Liars book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
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16. Heir (Heir Duology, #1)

By: Sabaa Tahir

4.47

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Prepare for the action-packed, ruthless, and romantic new fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestse… read more

Similar categories in Sabaa Tahir's Heir (Heir Duology, #1) book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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17. This Fatal Kiss

By: Alicia Jasinska

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Spirit away with a whimsical fantasy filled with dark magic and flirty, polyamorous romance. Cur… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Jasinska's This Fatal Kiss book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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18. A Dark and Drowning Tide

By: Allison Saft

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A sharp-tongued folklorist must pair up with her academic rival to solve their mentor's murder in t… read more

Similar categories in Allison Saft's A Dark and Drowning Tide book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • gothic
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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19. Lucy Undying

By: Kiersten White

3.67

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this epic and seductive gothic fantasy, a vampire escapes the thrall of Dracula and embarks on h… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Lucy Undying book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • gothic
  • retellings
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
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20. Our Wicked Histories

By: Amy Goldsmith

3.95

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl’s attempt to make amends with her former friend group takes a sinister turn during a we… read more

Similar categories in Amy Goldsmith's Our Wicked Histories book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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21. The Phoenix Keeper

By: S.A. MacLean

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Set in a magical zoo teeming with mythical beasts from dragons and unicorns to kelpies and krakens,… read more

Similar categories in S.A. MacLean's The Phoenix Keeper book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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22. The Girl with No Reflection

By: Keshe Chow

3.44

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman chosen as the crown prince’s bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new hu… read more

Similar categories in Keshe Chow's The Girl with No Reflection book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • retellings
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

23. The Seventh Veil of Salome

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine — but the real drama … read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Seventh Veil of Salome book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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24. The Temptation of Magic

By: Megan Scott

3.95

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Nicole Palmer has needed to study the supernatural art in a local Cornish manor for years. Encoded … read more

Similar categories in Megan Scott's The Temptation of Magic book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"And she wondered: if he were a painting, could she read him better?"

-Megan Scott, The Temptation of Magic

"He wanted her more than he'd wanted anything. And he knew that if - when? - he had her - gods, he couldn't think about being inside her without his body lurching to attention - he'd unleash the hunge…"

-Megan Scott, The Temptation of Magic

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25. Immortal Dark

By: Tigest Girma

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The Cruel Prince meets Ninth House in this dangerously romantic dark academia fantasy, where a lost… read more

Similar categories in Tigest Girma's Immortal Dark book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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26. Wisteria (Belladonna, #3)

By: Adalyn Grace

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Adalyn Grace delivers a sensational conclusion to the deathly… read more

Similar categories in Adalyn Grace's Wisteria (Belladonna, #3) book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • gothic
  • fantasy
"Burn as brightly as the sun if you wish, Aris, but I will not look away."

-Adalyn Grace, Wisteria (Belladonna, #3)

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27. The Thirteenth Child

By: Erin A. Craig

4.32

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of Hazel, a young healer navigating a ruthless court to save the life of the king… read more

Similar categories in Erin A. Craig's The Thirteenth Child book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • gothic
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
Cover of Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal by Olivie Blake

28. Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal

By: Olivie Blake

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Januaries is a collection of new and iconic short stories and novellas from New York Times bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Olivie Blake's Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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29. Gentlest of Wild Things

By: Sarah Underwood

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

On the island of Zakynthos, nothing is more powerful than Desire―love itself, bottled and sold to t… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Underwood's Gentlest of Wild Things book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • retellings
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Odd Spirits (The Summoner's Circle, #0.5) by S.T. Gibson

30. Odd Spirits (The Summoner's Circle, #0.5)

By: S.T. Gibson

3.60

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Learn more about the characters from The Sunday Times bestselling author S.T. Gibson's Evocation in… read more

Similar categories in S.T. Gibson's Odd Spirits (The Summoner's Circle, #0.5) book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Vilest Things (Flesh and False Gods, #2) by Chloe Gong

31. Vilest Things (Flesh and False Gods, #2)

By: Chloe Gong

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes the thrilling sequel to Immortal Longing… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Gong's Vilest Things (Flesh and False Gods, #2) book and Ava Reid's Lady Macbeth

  • romance
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy

29 Best fiction books like Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

Transform Your Habits

The Familiar

Leigh Bardugo

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Evocation (The Summoner’s Circle, #1)

S.T. Gibson

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Where the Dark Stands Still

A.B. Poranek

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Honey Witch

Sydney J. Shields

3.66

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24 Top fiction books like Odd Spirits (The Summoner's Circle, #0.5) by S.T. Gibson

Transform Your Habits

Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

Sarah Rees Brennan

3.96

Transform Your Habits

For She Is Wrath

Emily Varga

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Swordcrossed

Freya Marske

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Mistress of Lies (The Age of Blood, #1)

K.M. Enright

3.66

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