9 Top fantasy books like The Looking Glass by Janet McNally

Cover of The Looking Glass by Janet McNally

The Looking Glass

By: Janet McNally

3.72

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

GIRLS IN TROUBLE. That’s what Sylvie Blake’s older sister Julia renamed their favorite fairy tal…

"Gravity is a cruel bitch."

-Janet McNally, The Looking Glass

"Gravity is a cruel bitch."

-Janet McNally, The Looking Glass

"Gravity is a cruel bitch."

-Janet McNally, The Looking Glass

"How do you come back to the real world when you've fallen out for a bit?"

-Janet McNally, The Looking Glass

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Looking Glass by Janet McNally , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A.J. Steiger

1. When My Heart Joins the Thousand

By: A.J. Steiger

4.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Obviously I’m not what most people would describe as happy. But that has nothing to do with anythin… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Steiger's When My Heart Joins the Thousand book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of Riverkeep by Martin  Stewart

2. Riverkeep

By: Martin Stewart

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The Danek is a wild, treacherous river, and the Fobisher family has tended it for generations--clea… read more

Similar categories in Martin Stewart's Riverkeep book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti

3. The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

By: Hannah Tinti

4.10

Format: 668 pages, Hardcover

A father protects his daughter from the legacy of his past and the truth about her mother's death i… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Tinti's The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of It's Not Like It's a Secret by Misa Sugiura

4. It's Not Like It's a Secret

By: Misa Sugiura

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

Sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara has too many secrets. Some are small, like how it bothers her when h… read more

Similar categories in Misa Sugiura's It's Not Like It's a Secret book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
Cover of In Mercy, Rain (Wayward Children, #7.5) by Seanan McGuire

5. In Mercy, Rain (Wayward Children, #7.5)

By: Seanan McGuire

3.92

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

Jack Wolcott was only twelve years old when she and her twin sister Jill, descended the impossible … read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's In Mercy, Rain (Wayward Children, #7.5) book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Unfamiliar, Vol. 2 (Unfamiliar, #2) by Haley Newsome

6. Unfamiliar, Vol. 2 (Unfamiliar, #2)

By: Haley Newsome

4.09

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Based on the hit webcomic, Unfamiliar Volume 2  continues the exciting witchy adventures of Planche… read more

Similar categories in Haley Newsome's Unfamiliar, Vol. 2 (Unfamiliar, #2) book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Unfamiliar, Vol. 1 (Unfamiliar, #1) by Haley Newsome

7. Unfamiliar, Vol. 1 (Unfamiliar, #1)

By: Haley Newsome

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Based on the wildly popular webcomic from Tapas, Unfamiliar is an endearing and whimsical story ful… read more

Similar categories in Haley Newsome's Unfamiliar, Vol. 1 (Unfamiliar, #1) book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

8. Instructions for Dancing

By: Nicola Yoon

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

In this romantic page-turner from the author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, … read more

Similar categories in Nicola Yoon's Instructions for Dancing book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
"Let's Taco Bout It"

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"With those outfits, you two do not deserve music."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"One of the hazards of having friends, especially long time ones, is just how well they know you."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

"The fifth thing I notice is that I'm noticing a lot of things. So I stop. ... I notice him some more."

-Nicola Yoon, Instructions for Dancing

Cover of Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott

9. Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

By: Rachael Lippincott

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

What if you found a once-in-a-lifetime love…just not in your lifetime? Audrey Cameron has lost h… read more

Similar categories in Rachael Lippincott's Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard

10. She's Too Pretty to Burn

By: Wendy Heard

3.63

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An electric romance set against a rebel art scene sparks lethal danger for two girls in She's Too P… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Heard's She's Too Pretty to Burn book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • mystery
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"The photo already had its hooks in me."

-Wendy Heard, She's Too Pretty to Burn

Cover of All That’s Left to Say by Emery Lord

11. All That’s Left to Say

By: Emery Lord

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and powerful story of a grieving girl willing to risk everything, perfect for fans of Ro… read more

Similar categories in Emery Lord's All That’s Left to Say book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • family
Cover of Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela  Chen

12. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

By: Angela Chen

4.36

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attra… read more

Similar categories in Angela Chen's Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

"Representation not only reflects, but actually changes reality."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"It is a failure of society if anyone needs to say “I have a partner"

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"Loving another person should never mean forfeiting bodily autonomy."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

"Aces aren't a puzzle with a missing piece. Everyone is their own full puzzle."

-Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

Cover of Royals (Royals, #1) by Rachel Hawkins

13. Royals (Royals, #1)

By: Rachel Hawkins

3.75

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Meet Daisy Winters. She’s an offbeat sixteen-year-old Floridian with mermaid-red hair; a part time … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Hawkins's Royals (Royals, #1) book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I met a queen once,"

-Rachel Hawkins, Royals (Royals, #1)

"Are you saying I’m better than a sword to the eye?"

-Rachel Hawkins, Royals (Royals, #1)

"...all that matters is the truth as you know it, and as the ones who love you know it."

-Rachel Hawkins, Royals (Royals, #1)

"You're looking a bit bolshy. [...] Like a Bolshevik, [...] Someone about to start a revolution."

-Rachel Hawkins, Royals (Royals, #1)

Cover of The Summer We Forgot by Caroline   George

14. The Summer We Forgot

By: Caroline George

3.64

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Caroline George once again transports readers with lush, evocative prose, leading them to ask the q… read more

Similar categories in Caroline George's The Summer We Forgot book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
"We all feel eloquence we can’t put into words."

-Caroline George, The Summer We Forgot

"Nostalgia makes hallowed ground from mundane places."

-Caroline George, The Summer We Forgot

"In the pursuit of perfection, I forgot I was already enough."

-Caroline George, The Summer We Forgot

"The people we welcome into our beginnings influence where we go"

-Caroline George, The Summer We Forgot

Cover of Kiss the Girl (Meant to Be, #3) by Zoraida Córdova

15. Kiss the Girl (Meant to Be, #3)

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.86

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

Ariel del Mar is one of the most famous singers in the world. She and her sisters—together, known a… read more

Similar categories in Zoraida Córdova's Kiss the Girl (Meant to Be, #3) book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Broken Things by Lauren Oliver

16. Broken Things

By: Lauren Oliver

3.57

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

It’s been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods. Everyone thinks Mia… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Oliver's Broken Things book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"We made it up, every last bit of it. We were bored, we were deviant, we were in love, we were out of out fucking minds"

-Lauren Oliver, Broken Things

"Just listen, okay?" He grabs my shoulders before I can move past him, and I know, I know that something huge is happening, the kind of thing that takes worlds apart and remakes them. Hurricanes and t…"

-Lauren Oliver, Broken Things

"In books, secret worlds are accessible by doors or keys or other physical objects. But Lovelorn was not such a world, and appeared at whim and only when it felt like it, with a subtle change like the…"

-Lauren Oliver, Broken Things

Cover of Well Traveled (Well Met, #4) by Jen DeLuca

17. Well Traveled (Well Met, #4)

By: Jen DeLuca

3.79

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

A high-powered attorney from a success-oriented family, Louisa "Lulu" Malone lives to work, and eve… read more

Similar categories in Jen DeLuca's Well Traveled (Well Met, #4) book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Revenant Games (The Revenant Games, #1) by Margie Fuston

18. The Revenant Games (The Revenant Games, #1)

By: Margie Fuston

3.72

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Blood is survival in Bly's world – any human can compete in the Revenant Games, an annual fight to … read more

Similar categories in Margie Fuston's The Revenant Games (The Revenant Games, #1) book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Now That I've Found You by Kristina Forest

19. Now That I've Found You

By: Kristina Forest

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Now That I've Found You is a YA novel about searching for answers, love, and your eccentric grandma… read more

Similar categories in Kristina Forest's Now That I've Found You book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of After You Vanished by E.A. Neeves

20. After You Vanished

By: E.A. Neeves

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

SADIE meets WE WERE LIARS in this heartfelt mystery, in which one girl desperately searches to find… read more

Similar categories in E.A. Neeves's After You Vanished book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • mystery
Cover of The Looking Glass by Janet McNally

21. The Looking Glass

By: Janet McNally

3.72

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

GIRLS IN TROUBLE. That’s what Sylvie Blake’s older sister Julia renamed their favorite fairy tal… read more

Similar categories in Janet McNally's The Looking Glass book and Janet McNally's The Looking Glass

  • romance
  • young adult contemporary
  • magical realism
  • teen
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • family
  • fantasy
"Gravity is a cruel bitch."

-Janet McNally, The Looking Glass

"How do you come back to the real world when you've fallen out for a bit?"

-Janet McNally, The Looking Glass

"After all, our patron saint, rock-and-roll princess Stevie Nicks, spent years hoping some guy might save her, and then she figured out that she was absolutely capable of saving herself."

-Janet McNally, The Looking Glass

"She's a picture of concern, like some kind of well, bless your heart Southern woman in an old movie. Except that my freshman-year English teacher was from Alabama, and I know what Southern people mea…"

-Janet McNally, The Looking Glass

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A.J. Steiger

4.02

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Martin Stewart

3.66

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The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

Hannah Tinti

4.10

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It's Not Like It's a Secret

Misa Sugiura

4.83

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Under This Red Rock

Mindy McGinnis

3.94

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How to Find a Missing Girl

Victoria Wlosok

3.65

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Ripley Jones

3.49

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Deb Caletti

4.02

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