The Last Heir to Blackwood Library
By: Hester Fox
3.36
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful sec…
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1. The Last Heir to Blackwood Library
By: Hester Fox
3.36
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful sec… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- horror
- paranormal
- books about books
- audiobook
2. A House with Good Bones
By: T. Kingfisher
3.69
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explor… read more
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- gothic
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- fantasy
- paranormal
- audiobook
"Like many family dynamics, it didn't have to be healthy, it just had to work."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
"He's got an alibi. People with alibis in the first half of the show are always suspicious."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
"I could research it. I am a champion researcher. It's why they pay me the meager academic bucks."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
"I understood Grand Mae then, I think. I could not pity the adult she had become, but I could pity the girl she had been."-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones
3. The Librarian of Crooked Lane (Glass Library, #1)
By: C.J. Archer
3.84
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
A librarian with a mysterious past, a war hero with a secret, and the heist of a magic painting. TH… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- books about books
- audiobook
4. The Medici Manuscript (Glass Library, #2)
By: C.J. Archer
4.03
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
One book can change your life. Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- books about books
- audiobook
5. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
By: Katie Lumsden
3.67
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
A gripping and atmospheric debut that is at once a chilling gothic mystery and a love letter to Vic… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
"But I did not want the future he had planned for me. I did not want a future chosen by anyone but myself."-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
"I said nothing. Too many reasons, too many sins. But he was right. It did not feel wrong. It felt less wrong than anything had in a long time."-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
6. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
By: Heather Fawcett
4.02
Format: 317 pages, Hardcover
A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and dis… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"How was it that I suddenly had faerie kings, plural, demanding to marry me?"-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
"I could not tell if he was terrible at drawing cats or if he simply had a terrible cat."-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
"Shadow padded up to me and put his head on my knee, all forgiven, as it always is with dogs. If I frightened my cat as I had Shadow, she'd ignore me for days, or possibly put a curse on me, but then …"-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
"And you shall shut yourself away forever in those old stones with your books and your mysteries like a dragon with her hoard, having as little association with the living as possible and emerging onl…"-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
7. The Invisible Hour
By: Alice Hoffman
3.61
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The latest New York Times bestseller from beloved author Alice Hoffman celebrates the enduring magi… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- books about books
- audiobook
"A book doesn't live when it's written. It lives when it's read."-Alice Hoffman, The Invisible Hour
"Mia now understood that Joel was well aware that once a girl walked into a library she could never be controlled again."-Alice Hoffman, The Invisible Hour
8. Weyward
By: Emilia Hart
4.07
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackl… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- paranormal
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
" Altha . A strange name. Soft and yet powerful. Like an incantation."-Emilia Hart, Weyward
"It took skill, Violet thought, to make even your handwriting look angry"-Emilia Hart, Weyward
"She named me Altha, after all. Not Alice, meaning noble woman, nor Agnes, lamb of God. Altha. Healer."-Emilia Hart, Weyward
"I thought he loved me for myself. But you were right. To him I am but an animal, like those he hunts and puts on display"-Emilia Hart, Weyward
9. The Secret Book of Flora Lea
By: Patti Callahan Henry
4.07
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- books about books
- audiobook
"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea
"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea
10. Starling House
By: Alix E. Harrow
3.83
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that ca… read more
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- gothic
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- fantasy
- paranormal
- audiobook
"You’re a pretty good liar"-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House
"Survival is a hard habit to break."-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House
"Maybe the truth is always messy that way."-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House
"the Bible only got it half right: there were demons aplenty, but no fire at all"-Alix E. Harrow, Starling House
11. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
By: Heather Fawcett
4.32
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wi… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"One of the guiding principles of dryadology,"-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
"I may not be a miller's daughter, but you are not so different from the Folk as you think, Your Highness." I lifted her wineglass and dashed the remainder against her face, spilling it across her mou…"-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
"I brushed the hair from his face. It is very soft--- ludicrously so, in fact, more like rabbit down or dandelion seed than human hair--- and I found I could not stop stroking it. He murmured somethin…"-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
"Dr. Farris Rose has served as Department Head for over a decade, taking over from Letitia Barrister, who was abducted by a bogle in the Hebrides and returned several weeks later aged to approximately…"-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
12. The Housekeepers
By: Alex Hay
3.34
Format: 365 pages, Hardcover
On the night of London's grandest ball, a bold group of women launches a daring revenge heist again… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
13. The Book of Doors
By: Gareth Brown
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie An… read more
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- fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- books about books
- audiobook
"It's not the number of books that matters, is it? It's what one does with them."-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors
"One does not look at a dog and assume it is the only animal to exist. ~ Edmund Fox"-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors
14. The Untitled Books (Glass Library, #3)
By: C.J. Archer
4.12
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
A curated collection of magic…and murder.When a set of bound manuscripts written on magician-made p… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- books about books
- audiobook
15. The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1)
By: Jess Armstrong
3.56
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
An atmospheric gothic mystery that beautifully brings the ancient Cornish countryside to life, Arms… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- audiobook
"The only creatures in my whole dismal life who never once failed me were an overly fluffy black house cat and an eccentric Scottish bookseller."-Jess Armstrong, The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1)
16. The London Séance Society
By: Sarah Penner
3.48
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding tale about two daring women who hunt for truth and justice in the perilous art of co… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- paranormal
- audiobook
17. A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality (Saffron Everleigh Mystery, #2)
By: Kate Khavari
3.78
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
1920s London isn’t the ideal place for a brilliant woman with lofty ambitions. But research assista… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
18. The Dead Letter Delivery (Glass Library, #4)
By: C.J. Archer
4.10
Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition
The discovery of long-lost mail delivers a marriage proposal, a missing person, and a magical myste… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- paranormal
- audiobook
19. Ink Blood Sister Scribe
By: Emma Törzs
4.03
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In this spellbinding debut novel, two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's li… read more
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- audiobook
- fantasy
- fiction
- books about books
"Cold was easier to bear when you'd never been warm."-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe
"Secrets were currency and Isabel intended to stay rich."-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe
"Nothing could be worse than being stared at by his own eye."-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe
"...the closet of her sexual subconscious was full of petticoats."-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe
20. The Unmaking of June Farrow
By: Adrienne Young
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A woman risks everything to end her family’s centuries-old curse, solve her mother’s disappearance,… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- fantasy
- audiobook
"[He] was the kind of handsome that was carved from forests and rivers. He had the look of someone who'd spent his life in the sun, hands in the dirt. Every color, curve, and angle of him was shaped w…"-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow
"I didn't care that this crossed the line of keeping my distance or confusing boundaries. In that moment, I needed there to be no space between the three of us. I needed to feel us together, with no b…"-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow
"My eyes focused on the chart that hung on the wall behind him. It was a diagram of the human heart, with detailed renderings of the muscle and tissue, and I immediately thought how fortunate I would …"-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow
21. The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill
By: Rowenna Miller
3.64
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
"A warm-hearted yet fierce fairy tale."―H. G. Parry In the early 1900s, two sisters must navigat… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Mama, is that Aunt Eula’s chicken recipe?"-Rowenna Miller, The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill
" Where flowers bloom And leaves are ever green Fortune’s winds are shifting By fairy touch unseen —Folk song"-Rowenna Miller, The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill
" Set the table, china fine Acorn cup and dewdrop wine Crumbs of cake, berries wild High tea for Fae beguiled --- Children's rhyme"-Rowenna Miller, The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill
" Here's to thee, old apple-tree, To buds in the spring and roots in the loam, To the Fae who brings the apples home. ---Wassail song"-Rowenna Miller, The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill
