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A cozy, darkly funny exploration of heartbreak that asks what happens when you stop playing nice and start embracing your inner monster. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Cackle.
- autumnal
- cozy-creepy
- empowering
- unsettling
- 01
Year of the Witching
Alexis Henderson
A claustrophobic, blood-soaked descent into a dark wood where female rage blooms into terrifying power.
- 02
Nightbitch
Rachel Yoder
A feral, darkly funny descent into the primal rage of modern domesticity that will make you want to bare your teeth.
- 03
Bunny
Mona Awad
A razor-sharp, blood-soaked fever dream exploring the monstrous, saccharine horrors of toxic female friendship.
- 04
The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow
A fierce, autumnal fairy tale about fractured sisters weaving forgotten magic into a revolution.
- 05
Dime Store Magic
Kelley Armstrong
A suspenseful plunge into a dark supernatural underworld where a rebellious witch must embrace a brutal legacy to survive.
- 06
What Lies in the Woods
Kate Alice Marshall
A dark, tangled exploration of childhood secrets and the devastating cost of keeping them buried.
- 07
The Black Witch
Laurie Forest
A tense, atmospheric journey through a treacherous magical university where an unmagical girl must unlearn her prejudices to survive.
- 08
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix
A sweltering, blood-soaked slice of 1970s feminist horror where desperate girls turn to dark magic to reclaim their stolen futures.
- 09
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow
A lush, defiant love letter to the magic of storytelling and the hidden thresholds that lead us to where we belong.
- 10
Malice
Heather Walter
A lush, sapphic villain origin story that asks what happens when the monster decides she would rather burn the kingdom down than lose the girl.
- 11
Magic for Liars
Sarah Gailey
A gritty, emotionally bruised noir where the real mystery is how to survive the resentment of being the ordinary sister in a magical world.
- 12
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix
A blood-spattered collision of Southern hospitality and visceral horror that weaponizes the invisible labor of housewives.
