19 Best fiction books like The Bloody Key: A Bluebeard Retelling by L.J. Thomas

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The Bloody Key: A Bluebeard Retelling

By: L.J. Thomas

4.27

Format: 265 pages, ebook

Fifteen-year-old Anne tends goats while daydreaming of fairy tales—until the day she finds herself …

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1. Hedda Gabler

By: Henrik Ibsen , William Archer

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hedda Gabler, the daughter of a deceased General, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of… read more

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  • fiction

2. Belle: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast

By: Cameron Dokey

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

Belle is convinced she has the wrong name, as she lacks her sisters' awe-inspiring beauty. So she w… read more

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3. The Private Lives of the Tudors

By: Tracy Borman

4.11

Format: 70 pages, Hardcover

'I do not live in a corner. A thousand eyes see all I do.' Elizabeth I The Tudor monarchs were cons… read more

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4. Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of The Little Mermaid

By: Debbie Viguié

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

"ONCE UPON A TIME" IS TIMELESS In a quiet fishing village seventeen years ago, one lone fisherman r… read more

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5. Lying in the Deep

By: Diana Urban

3.61

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A juicy mystery of jealousy, love, and betrayal set on a Semester at Sea-inspired cruise ship, with… read more

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  • fiction
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6. Charlotte and the Cozy Cottage

By: Abigail Manning

4.44

Format: 117 pages, Kindle Edition

She’s a con artist who’s ready to start fresh. He’s her last target before she’s placed under house… read more

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  • retellings
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. My Darling Dreadful Thing

By: Johanna van Veen

3.89

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

In a world where the dead can wake and walk among us, what is truly real? Roos Beckman has a spi… read more

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  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"The question everyone wants answered is this: Was I or was I not actually possessed? But it is not so simple as that."

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"There’s a reason the word ‘haunting’ is rarely used in a positive way. To never be free of someone, well, that’s not always a comfort."

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a perso…"

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"I was never a happy child. I think that, if I had been, things would have gone very differently with me. For one, I don’t think Ruth would have become my constant companion. Spirits like her are not …"

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

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8. The Poisons We Drink

By: Bethany Baptiste

3.75

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

In a country divided between humans and witchers, Venus Stoneheart hustles as a brewer making illeg… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. The Weaver and the Witch Queen

By: Genevieve Gornichec

3.88

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

The lives of two women—one desperate only to save her missing sister, the other a witch destined to… read more

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  • retellings
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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10. A Haunting in the Arctic

By: C.J. Cooke

3.78

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

1901-ben ​járunk. A fiatal nőt, Nickyt megtámadják, majd egy bálnavadász hajó, az Ormen fedélzetén … read more

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  • gothic
  • fiction
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11. What the Dead Know (Into Shadow, #4)

By: Nghi Vo

3.63

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman posing as a medium who can channel the spirit world comes face to face with the truth in th… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"She tried to lie back down, but her heart took a while to slow, and when it did, she found herself lying awake. She was exhausted, but her body was restless, humming like the wires that webbed the sk…"

-Nghi Vo, What the Dead Know (Into Shadow, #4)

"He looked disheveled, still in his clothes, and there was a packet of papers in his hands. She moved to the side of the hall, giving him ample room to pass to the earth closet, but he was still watch…"

-Nghi Vo, What the Dead Know (Into Shadow, #4)

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12. The Captain's Choice (Sapphic Seas #1)

By: Wren Taylor

3.71

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Mona Lloyd is desperate to escape a wedding and a future with a man she doesn’t love. When she stow… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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13. Slaying the Frost King

By: Candace Robinson

3.03

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

He’s the Frost King. She’s his sacrifice. A cold world creates cold hearts. Morozko is king of t… read more

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  • fantasy
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14. 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

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  • 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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15. The Ladies Rewrite the Rules

By: Suzanne Allain

3.61

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From the author of Mr. Malcolm's List comes a delightful romantic comedy set in Regency England abo… read more

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  • fiction
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16. The Cruel Dark

By: Bea Northwick

4.18

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

Millicent Foxboro is haunted. Not by ghosts but by the anguish of her past and the uncertainty o… read more

Similar categories in Bea Northwick's The Cruel Dark book and L.J. Thomas's The Bloody Key: A Bluebeard Retelling

  • gothic
  • fantasy
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17. Fairhaven Falls

By: M.T. O'Neill

4.29

Format: 457 pages, ebook

Two men – separated by time but bonded by blood – fight for a brighter future in this tense, dark, … read more

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"Something about this place rots people. It rots people from the inside."

-M.T. O'Neill, Fairhaven Falls

"Welcome to the misleadingly named, godless, putrid bog called Fairhaven Falls."

-M.T. O'Neill, Fairhaven Falls

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18. Dark Woods, Deep Water

By: Jelena Dunato

3.83

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

In the depths of a remote forest, an enchanted castle preys on unwary travellers. The servants of t… read more

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  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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19. Masquerade

By: O.O. Sangoyomi

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale ex… read more

Similar categories in O.O. Sangoyomi's Masquerade book and L.J. Thomas's The Bloody Key: A Bluebeard Retelling

  • retellings
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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20. Til Death Do Us Bard

By: Rose Black

3.55

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Marriage isn't always sunshine and unicorns... sometimes it's monsters and necromancy. It's been… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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21. The Quiet Stillness of Empty Houses

By: L.V. Russell

3.98

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

Theodora Corvus can hear the whispers of her crumbling family home. She can hear the whispers of Ki… read more

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  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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22. Haunted Ground: The Ghosts of Laskin's Farm

By: Cailyn Lloyd

4.29

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

She escaped—but she picked the wrong place to hide out. On the run from cartel enforcers, shrewd… read more

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23. The Bloodline Curse (Dark Magic #1)

By: Jamie Lee Fry

4.29

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

Magic. Witches. Curses. They Aren't Real. . . Right? Izzy Beswick is a typical high school seni… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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24. The Bloody Key: A Bluebeard Retelling

By: L.J. Thomas

4.27

Format: 265 pages, ebook

Fifteen-year-old Anne tends goats while daydreaming of fairy tales—until the day she finds herself … read more

Similar categories in L.J. Thomas's The Bloody Key: A Bluebeard Retelling book and L.J. Thomas's The Bloody Key: A Bluebeard Retelling

  • gothic
  • retellings
  • gothic horror
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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25. Bean the Stretchy Dragon: A Sally & Bean Adventure

By: Ari Stocrate

3.94

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Meet Bean—a stretchy, cheerful dragon who lives with a grumpy witch named Sally. Whether she’s solo… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
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26. Starseer

By: Katya Hernández

4.13

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

A fate traced by the stars... Fifteen-year-old Etar can see the future in the stars—a rare skill… read more

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  • fantasy
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27. Welcome to Meadowbrook

By: Cassandra L. Thompson

4.49

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

A psychiatric facility. An upscale hotel. A casino. A place for wellness. A retreat.No matter the d… read more

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  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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28. Ghost Apparent

By: Jelena Dunato

4.15

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

Betrayed, deposed and presumed dead. When her father is killed in a bloody coup and her uncle seize… read more

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  • fantasy
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29. The Inadequacy of Words

By: Amanda Shortman

4.83

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

This short collection of poetry attempts to describe life through the lens of disability, chronic i… read more

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30. A Nameless Curse (Realms Curse, #1)

By: G.W. Prouse

4.43

Format: 466 pages, Paperback

Felicity is a weapon trained to expose secrets, slit throats, and weaken realms. A Fae orphan raise… read more

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  • fantasy
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31. The High Prince's Captive (The Leugarvin Trilogy, #1)

By: Elizabeth S. Trafalgar

3.82

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

“Terrin Kasserine was the sun, and I was a flower turning towards it, desperately seeking the light… read more

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  • fantasy

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Transform Your Habits

Charlotte and the Cozy Cottage

Abigail Manning

4.44

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My Darling Dreadful Thing

Johanna van Veen

3.89

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The Poisons We Drink

Bethany Baptiste

3.75

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Genevieve Gornichec

3.88

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So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)

Kamilah Cole

3.90

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Tender Beasts

Liselle Sambury

3.90

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Hafsah Faizal

3.57

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3.75

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