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A sweltering, blood-soaked slice of 1970s feminist horror where desperate girls turn to dark magic to reclaim their stolen futures. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Witchcraft for Wayward Girls.
- sweltering
- claustrophobic
- dread-soaked
- rebellious
- 01
My best friend's exorcism
Grady Hendrix
A neon-soaked, blood-spattered love letter to the fierce, terrifying, and life-or-death intensity of teenage female friendship.
- 02
How to Sell a Haunted House
Grady Hendrix
A darkly funny, puppet-infested nightmare about the horrors of real estate, grief, and the siblings you can't escape.
- 03
Year of the Witching
Alexis Henderson
A claustrophobic, blood-soaked descent into a dark wood where female rage blooms into terrifying power.
- 04
The Burning Girls
C. J. Tudor
A dread-soaked descent into a claustrophobic village where the past refuses to stay buried.
- 05
Wilder Girls
Rory Power
A visceral, dread-soaked descent into the monstrous beauty of survival and the fierce, feral bonds of girlhood.
- 06
Dime Store Magic
Kelley Armstrong
A suspenseful plunge into a dark supernatural underworld where a rebellious witch must embrace a brutal legacy to survive.
- 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
Weyward
Emilia Hart
A fierce, earthy tapestry of female resilience and the untamed magic that flows through generations of women.
- 09
The diviners
Libba Bray
A glitzy, jazz-soaked romp through the Roaring Twenties that slowly reveals a terrifying, blood-drenched underbelly.
- 10
Cackle
Rachel Harrison
A cozy, darkly funny exploration of heartbreak that asks what happens when you stop playing nice and start embracing your inner monster.
- 11
Slewfoot
Brom
A dark, gothic descent into colonial paranoia where an outcast's alliance with an ancient spirit ignites a terrifying and triumphant vengeance.
- 12
The Last House on Needless Street
Catriona Ward
A claustrophobic, deeply unsettling puzzle box that slowly shatters your assumptions to reveal a devastating core of human trauma.
