18 books like Remember the Tarantella

What to read after Remember the Tarantella — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Night Off

The Night Off Meghan O'Brien · 2012 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Emily Parker has a busy life over which she maintains iron-clad control. Raised by drug-addicted parents, she’s used to taking care of the people around her, to the exclusion of her own needs. But not tonight. After years of celibacy, she’s ready to pay for exactly what she wants: to surrender control, by having it taken away. Having worked as a high-priced escort for years, Nat Swayne not only… Shares Lesbians

The curse of the wise woman Lord Dunsany · 1933 · 326p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A lyrical tale of an Irish teenager's adventures set against the Rising of 1916 and the last light of sunset. The supernatural element is muted. There is a long set piece of a fox hunt that is a jewel of its kind. Shares Witches

Heart's Surrender

Heart's Surrender Emma Weimann · 2014 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Lesbians with this book.

Lizzie Dripping Helen Cresswell · 1973 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Shares Witches with this book.

Les chansons de Bilitis Pierre Louÿs · 1894 · 175p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares Lesbians with this book.

The boy with two shadows Margaret Mahy · 1971 · ★ 3.6 · 26p · ≈ 52m · Moderate When a witch decides to go on holiday she looks for someone to look after her shadow. But having two shadows to look after, especially when one belongs to a witch, is a big job, as a little boy is about to find out." Shares Witches

Hunter's Way

Hunter's Way Gerri Hill · 2005 · 366p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Homicide detective Tori Hunter was used to doing things her way. But even after having six different partners in seven years, Tori isn't prepared when she's forced to team up with the hot-tempered Samantha Kennedy. [snip] A serial killer and drug deals gone bad; the two detectives struggle with their feelings, trying to maintain their professional relationship while keeping their nearly flammable… Shares Lesbians

Little Broomstick Mary Stewart · 1971 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate A black cat that needs to rescue its brother from a witch's spell enlists the help of a lonely ten-year-old Mary Smith. It is Tib the black cat who leads Mary to the strange flower in the woods. When she discovers a little broomstick shortly afterwards, she is astonished to feel it jump in to action. Before she can gather her wits, it is whisking her over the treetops, above the clouds, and in… Shares Witches

Wizard of Washington Square Jane Yolen · 1969 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Moderate David and Leilah are delighted to meet the wizard who lives in the park until he accidently turns David's dog into a statue and the statue is stolen. Shares Witches

Thirteen Kelley Armstrong · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 472p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares Witches with this book.

Wicked deeds on a winter's night (Immortals After Dark Book 4) Kresley Cole · 2007 · ★ 4.5 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Kresley Cole’s scorching tale about a jaded werewolf and a captivating young witch in the third novel in the Immortals After Dark series is “one for the keeper shelf” (RT Book Reviews)! Bowen MacRieve of the Lykae clan was nearly destroyed when he lost the one woman meant for him. The ruthless warrior grew even colder, never taking another to his… Shares Witches

Pirate's fortune Gun Brooke · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 285p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Pirate and mercenary Weiss Kyakh works as a reluctant double agent for the Supreme Constellations. Her mission is to infiltrate a cutthroat band of space pirates along with a sentient bio-android, Madisyn Pimm. Pimm's sole purpose is to bring pirates to justice. Weiss soon realises that Madisyn has her own secrets. Shares Lesbians

Proxima Five Missouri Vaun · 2018 · 266p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Geologist Dr. Leah Warren wakes after extended cryogenic hibernation to discover she’s crash-landed on a foreign planet. The sole survivor of her crew, she struggles to piece together what went wrong. Leah ventures from the ship in search of signs of life only to be captured by desert raiders. Keegan, a clan warrior, discovers Leah, weak and barely alive. Her kindness and affection for Leah… Shares Lesbians

Harrow the Ninth Tamsyn Muir · 2020 · ★ 4.3 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate "She answered the Emperor's call. She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend. In victory, her world has turned to ash. After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth, a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the… Shares Lesbians, Witches

Of blood and bone Nora Roberts · 2018 · ★ 4.3 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate "They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed. Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday, barely knows the world that existed before -- the city where her parents lived, now in ruins and reclaimed by nature since the Doom sickened and killed billions. Traveling anywhere is a… Shares Witches

Sidonia the sorceress Wilhelm Meinhold · 1800 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares Witches with this book.

Feathertop Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1996 · 36p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Witches with this book.

The Once and Future Witches Alix E. Harrow · 2020 · ★ 4.5 · 528p · ≈ 17h · Moderate In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sisters―James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna―join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to… Shares Witches

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