10 must-read magical realism books like Feathertide by Beth Cartwright

Cover of Feathertide by Beth Cartwright

Feathertide

By: Beth Cartwright

3.80

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A girl. A secret. A life-changing journey. Born covered in the feathers of a bird, and kept hi…

"In my rage, I has destroyed what I loved most and, in doing so, the only person I had punished was myself."

-Beth Cartwright, Feathertide

"In my rage, I has destroyed what I loved most and, in doing so, the only person I had punished was myself."

-Beth Cartwright, Feathertide

"The world stood - watchful, whispering, wonderful - counting down the minutes to the end of something frayed and worn at the edges, and to the start of something woven with promise and hope. The old unravelling into the new, when another year was safely tucked into the warm folds of memory"

-Beth Cartwright, Feathertide

"The world stood - watchful, whispering, wonderful - counting down the minutes to the end of something frayed and worn at the edges, and to the start of something woven with promise and hope. The old unravelling into the new, when another year was safely tucked into the warm folds of memory"

-Beth Cartwright, Feathertide

If you liked the magical realism plot in Feathertide by Beth Cartwright , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Holy Fools

By: Joanne Harris

3.60

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the year 1605 a young woman, hiding from her past, takes up the veil becoming Soeur Auguste. Fiv… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Harris's Holy Fools book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • magical realism
  • fiction
"Love not often, but forever."

-Joanne Harris, Holy Fools

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2. Tomorrow

By: Damian Dibben

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A wise old dog travels through the courts and battlefields of Europe and through the centuries in s… read more

Similar categories in Damian Dibben's Tomorrow book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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3. A Song for the Dying (Ash Henderson, #2)

By: Stuart MacBride

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

He's back... Eight years ago, 'The Inside Man' murdered four women and left three more in critical … read more

Similar categories in Stuart MacBride's A Song for the Dying (Ash Henderson, #2) book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Winter Garden

By: Alexandra Bell

3.96

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the Winter Gardens of Half Moon House. Please do not mishandle the exhibits. (The owners… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Bell's The Winter Garden book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • magical realism
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"...a man could not possibly compare with the fascination of a mushroom."

-Alexandra Bell, The Winter Garden

"Some things - some mistakes ... Well, we just have to live with them, that's all. And there's no shortcut or magical solution that will undo them."

-Alexandra Bell, The Winter Garden

"How much more straightforward it was to bear a physical illness or malady. You need not do anything but rest, and the body simply healed itself. Miseries of the mind, however, were quite another matt…"

-Alexandra Bell, The Winter Garden

"After one whole year, the only thing she knew for sure was that motherhood was exhausting, terrifying and nerve-racking, and every day seemed to force her to learn anew what she must do. Yet it was a…"

-Alexandra Bell, The Winter Garden

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5. The Gloaming

By: Kirsty Logan

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Mara’s island is one of stories and magic. She knows she’ll eventually end her days atop the cliff,… read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Logan's The Gloaming book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • mermaids
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • queer
"We can't carry our whole lives with us everywhere we go. Memories have weight, and no one can lift them all at once. We have to leave some of them behind."

-Kirsty Logan, The Gloaming

"Why would you think that I would only like you when you’re nice? I like you like this,’ she said, ‘and I like you not like this, and I like you every way you can possibly be."

-Kirsty Logan, The Gloaming

"When I was a child, sadness was the islands- rocky, yes, but small and containable, easy to leave. Now sadness was the sea. So I went in... I knew the water was cold, but to me it felt warm. No-that'…"

-Kirsty Logan, The Gloaming

"What bothered her most was how mundane it all was. This terrible thing had happened - this huge, life-changing thing that meant the world would never be the same. But outside their house, whose life …"

-Kirsty Logan, The Gloaming

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6. The Book of Beginnings

By: Sally Page

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Keeper of Stories, comes the next uplifting story … read more

Similar categories in Sally Page's The Book of Beginnings book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. The Snow Song

By: Sally Gardner

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Women imprisoned by superstition, chained by guilt. Perched on a mountain in a land of ancient … read more

Similar categories in Sally Gardner's The Snow Song book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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8. Threadneedle (The Language of Magic, #1)

By: Cari Thomas

3.97

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

Within the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic. … read more

Similar categories in Cari Thomas's Threadneedle (The Language of Magic, #1) book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"She wasn't sure what to do next. They were so close. The room so hot. Their anger alive and temporarily frozen like the sparks of only moments ago; Attis's breath fast and heavy and the scent of him …"

-Cari Thomas, Threadneedle (The Language of Magic, #1)

"She could feel his breath on her neck, the heat of him. Her legs were stuck to the floor. The dress hung on her, open. She turned around slowly. It was like losing her free will again, only this time…"

-Cari Thomas, Threadneedle (The Language of Magic, #1)

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9. The Ward Witch (Unholy Island #1)

By: Sarah Painter

4.18

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Mysterious, magical, and a little bit deadly… Welcome to Unholy Island. Esme Gray runs the guest… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Painter's The Ward Witch (Unholy Island #1) book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • magical realism
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. The Book Keeper (Unholy Island, #2)

By: Sarah Painter

4.43

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Mysterious, magical, and a little bit deadly... Welcome to Unholy Island. Luke Taylor was search… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Painter's The Book Keeper (Unholy Island, #2) book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Quantum Curators and the Great Deceiver (The Quantum Curators #5)

By: Eva St. John

4.50

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Death, dishonour or duty. Time is running out and someone is going to die. Trapped on Beta Earth, … read more

Similar categories in Eva St. John's The Quantum Curators and the Great Deceiver (The Quantum Curators #5) book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • fantasy
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12. The Blue Salt Road

By: Joanne M. Harris

3.90

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

An earthly nourris sits and sings And aye she sings, "Ba lilly wean, Little ken I my bairn's fath… read more

Similar categories in Joanne M. Harris's The Blue Salt Road book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • mermaids
  • mythology
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. The Quickening

By: Rhiannon Ward

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Feminist gothic fiction set between the late 19th century and the early 20th century - an era of bu… read more

Similar categories in Rhiannon Ward's The Quickening book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • fiction
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14. The Clockwork Girl

By: Anna Mazzola

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A intoxicating and darkly immersive story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom, from the… read more

Similar categories in Anna Mazzola's The Clockwork Girl book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Hedge Witch: A Threadneedle Novella (Threadneedle) by Cari Thomas

15. The Hedge Witch: A Threadneedle Novella (Threadneedle)

By: Cari Thomas

3.69

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

An enchanting new novella set in the magical world of Sunday Times bestseller Threadneedle.Rowan is… read more

Similar categories in Cari Thomas's The Hedge Witch: A Threadneedle Novella (Threadneedle) book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. Spirited

By: Julie Cohen

3.98

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A moving and gripping story about three women who keep unspeakable truths, from the Richard & Judy … read more

Similar categories in Julie Cohen's Spirited book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • fiction
  • lgbt
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17. Into the Sunken City

By: Dinesh Thiru

3.68

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

In the slowly sinking city of Coconino, Arizona, the days are long, the money is tight, and the rai… read more

Similar categories in Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"The bravest of us always admit to being scared."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

"You see all the ways people lie to you, but none of the ways they care."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

"I grab her hands and say the words I so desperately want to believe. “We’re gonna be okay, Thara. I promise you—we’re gonna be okay."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

Cover of Feathertide by Beth Cartwright

18. Feathertide

By: Beth Cartwright

3.80

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A girl. A secret. A life-changing journey. Born covered in the feathers of a bird, and kept hi… read more

Similar categories in Beth Cartwright's Feathertide book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • audiobook
  • magical realism
  • lgbt
  • mermaids
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • queer
"In my rage, I has destroyed what I loved most and, in doing so, the only person I had punished was myself."

-Beth Cartwright, Feathertide

"The world stood - watchful, whispering, wonderful - counting down the minutes to the end of something frayed and worn at the edges, and to the start of something woven with promise and hope. The old …"

-Beth Cartwright, Feathertide

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19. The Nightingale's Castle

By: Sonia Velton

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In the vein of riveting historical novels such as Hamnet and Circe—with a touch of Dracula—a propul… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Velton's The Nightingale's Castle book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Seawomen

By: Chloe Timms

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Esta has known nothing but Eden's Isle her whole life. Raised by her grandmother, after a fire clai… read more

Similar categories in Chloe Timms's The Seawomen book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

  • magical realism
  • mermaids
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
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21. The Secrets of Flowers

By: Sally Page

4.33

Format: 432 pages, ebook

From the author of the phenomenal bestsellers The Keeper of Stories and The Book of Beginnings come… read more

Similar categories in Sally Page's The Secrets of Flowers book and Beth Cartwright's Feathertide

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