If You Enjoyed This Novel…

All the books on this list fall under the genres of fantasy and fiction, and most have the sub-genre of historical – fantasy. Key themes in Addie LaRue that can be found in other books as described below include time and mortality, love and loneliness, memory and the act of being remembered, magic and witches, and artistic creation.

Time and Mortality

  • Shades of Magic series (2016) – V.E. Schwab
  • How to Stop Time (2018) – Matt Haig
  • Life after Life (2013) – Kate Atkinson
  • Piranesi (2020) – Susanna Clarke
  • The Time Travelers Wife (2003) – Audrey Niffenegger
  • The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019) – Alix E. Harrow
  • The Midnight Library (2020) – Matt Haig
  • The Bear and the Nightingale (2017) – Katherine Arden

Love and Loneliness

  • A Discovery of Witches series (2011) – Deborah E. Harkness
  • Life after Life (2013) – Kate Atkinson
  • The Buried Giant (2015) – Kazuo Ishiguro
  • The Midnight Library (2020) – Matt Haig
  • The Night Circus (2011) – Erin Morgenstern
  • The Time Travelers Wife (2003) – Audrey Niffenegger
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    • The House in the Cerulean Sea (2020) – T.J. Klune
    • The Starless Sea (2019) – Erin Morgenstern
    • Witchmark (2018) – C.L. Polk

Memory and the Act of Being Remembered

  • Piranesi (2020) – Susanna Clarke
  • The Buried Giant (2015) – Kazuo Ishiguro
  • The Midnight Library (2020) – Matt Haig
  • The Sudden Appearance of Hope (2016) – Claire North

Magic and Witches

  • Shades of Magic series (2016) – V.E. Schwab 
  • Spinning Silver (2018) – Naomi Novik
  • The Buried Giant (2015) – Kazuo Ishiguro
  • The House in the Cerulean Sea (2020) – T.J. Klune
  • The Midnight Library (2020) – Matt Haig
  • The Night Circus (2011) – Erin Morgenstern
  • The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013) – Neil Gaiman
  • The Starless Sea (2019) – Erin Morgenstern
  • The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019) – Alix E. Harrow
  • A Discovery of Witches series (2011) – Deborah E. Harkness
  • The Once and Future Witches (2020) – Alix E. Harrow
  • The Witch’s Daughter (2011) – Paula Brackston
  • Witchmark (2018) – C.L. Polk

Artistic Creation

  • The Night Circus (2011) – Erin Morgenstern
  • The Ten Thousand Doors of January (2019) – Alix E. Harrow
  • Under the Poppy (2010) – Kathe Koja