18 books like The Calling

What to read after The Calling — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Gone Girl Gillian Flynn · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Gone Girl is a 2012 crime thriller novel by American writer Gillian Flynn. It was published by Crown Publishing Group in June 2012. The novel became popular and made the New York Times Best Seller list. The sense of suspense in the novel comes from whether or not Nick Dunne is involved in the disappearance of his wife Amy. ---------- Also contained in: Les apparences suvi de la novella Nous… Shares: Community pick

Dark Magick Gabrielle Charbonnet · 2001 · ★ 4.3 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Evil forces are after Morgan, forces connected with a dark wave of magick. And she knows something is wrong with the way Cal is acting, although she can't put her finger on it. Cal is definitely hiding something, but is he out to hurt her, as Hunter says? Shares: Occult, Occultism, Witchcraft, Teenagers

Spellbound Gabrielle Charbonnet · 2001 · ★ 3.6 · 191p · ≈ 6h · Moderate La fête de Yule approche; le jour le plus joyeux de l'année. Ma magye grandit en force chaque jour. Mes amitiés sont florissantes.Je devrais être heureuse. Mais un choix se dresse devant moi. Je dois prendre une décision qui pourrait changer mon monde à jamais. Suis-je assez forte pour suivre la bonne voie? Shares: Occult, Occultism, Witchcraft, Witches

Awakening Gabrielle Charbonnet · 2001 · ★ 4.2 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate For now, Morgan is safe from the dark wave that has been attacking witches. Betrayed by her first love, she is trying to come to grips with her Woodbane heritage and with Wicca—its thorn and its rose. Shares: Occult, Occultism, Witchcraft, Teenagers

Book of Shadows Gabrielle Charbonnet · 2001 · ★ 3.9 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Morgan and her best friend, Bree, are introduced to Wicca when a gorgeous senior named Cal invites them to join his new coven. Morgan falls for Cal immediately— and discovers that she has strong,inexplicable powers. Shares: Occult, Occultism, Witchcraft, Teenagers

The Haunting Hour - Chills in the Dead of Night Robert Lawrence Stine · 2001 · ★ 3.9 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Ten terrifying tales that will haunt you forever..."Some stories are too terrifying to tell," says R. L. Stine. "They are the ones that live in the darkest corners of my mind. The ones that give me chills in the dead of night. The ones that I must tell you now –– or they will haunt me forever!"Read the spine–chilling story of a baby–sitter who loves evil tricks...the terrifying tale of a boy who… Shares: Occult, Occultism, Paranormal, Children's fiction

Night's Child Gabrielle Charbonnet · 2003 · ★ 3.7 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Twenty years ago, Morgan Rowlands was the most powerful young blood witch to come around in generations, making magical discoveries, facing and conquering unimaginable evil, and surviving a devastating betrayal. Her daughter, fifteen-year-old Moira, knows there's more to her mother's past than she's been told. And the secrets that lie in Morgan's heart could destroy Moira's entire world. When… Shares: Occultism, Witchcraft, Teenagers, Witches

A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch (The Worst Witch #3) Jill Murphy · 1982 · ★ 4.1 · 127p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Although her second year at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches starts off better than her first, Mildred Hubble soon regains her reputation as the worst witch in the school when she and Ethel Hallow resume feuding. Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, Paranormal, Children's fiction

Summer of fear Lois Duncan · 1976 · ★ 3.8 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A teen suspects her orphaned cousin may be a witch in this YA horror classic by the bestselling author of I Know What You Did Last Summer.The basis for the 1978 Wes Craven film."Filled with suspense and questions about the nature of evil in the world around us, Summer of Fear will cast a spell over both teens and adults." —School Library JournalFrom the moment Rachel's family takes in her… Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, Paranormal, Children's fiction

The Worst Witch Strikes Again (The Worst Witch #2) Jill Murphy · 1979 · ★ 4.2 · 91p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Disaster-prone Mildred Hubble finds that despite her best efforts she still manages to get into trouble at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, especially after she is put in charge of the new girl, the seemingly placid Enid Nightshade. Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, Children's fiction

The Magic Bed-Knob (Bedknobs and Broomsticks #1) Mary Norton · 1943 · ★ 4.0 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Challenging With the powers they acquire from a spinster who is studying to be a witch, three English children have a series of exciting and perilous adventures traveling on a flying bed that takes them to a London police station, a tropical island, and back in time to the seventeenth century. Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, Children's fiction

Heckedy Peg Audrey Wood · 1987 · ★ 4.3 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food. Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, Children's fiction

Initiation Lisa Jane Smith · 1992 · ★ 4.3 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Cassie is initiated into her hometown's coven of witches but her love for the coven leader's boyfriend could prove deadly. Shares: Teenagers, Witches, Paranormal, Children's fiction

Half wild Sally Green · 2015 · ★ 4.0 · 398p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "You will have a powerful Gift, but it s how you use it that will show you to be good or bad." In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, seventeen-year-old Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world's most powerful and violent witch. Nathan is hunted from all sides: nowhere is safe and no one can be trusted. Now, Nathan has come into his… Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, Paranormal, Children's fiction

Ring of Light Michael Thomas Ford · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Here within the healing circle, Bathe in the light and pain dispel, All that sickens, all that troubles, Wash away and be made well. Disillusioned, Cooper abandons the Wiccan circle and Kate and Annie are left without her. But when an illness threatens someone close to one of them, Cooper returns. Can the circle, once broken, ever be restored? Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, Paranormal, Children's fiction

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth E. L. Konigsburg · 1967 · ★ 4.5 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Two fifth-grade girls, one of whom is the first black child in a middle-income suburb, play at being apprentice witches. Shares: Witchcraft, Witches, Children's fiction

Lizzie Dripping Helen Cresswell · 1973 · ★ 4.0 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Moderate A sumptuous collection of favourite tales by renowned author Helen Cresswell, with exquisite illustrations by Siân Bailey.Open this book and enter the magical world of fairy tales, a land of mystery and enchantment, alive with handsome princes, wicked queens and beautiful heroines.This classically beautiful collection brings together twelve popular fairy tales, retold by well-known author Helen… Shares: Witches, Children's fiction

Merry Meet Michael Thomas Ford · 2001 · ★ 3.2 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Joined together hand in hand our circle gathers round, to work our magic, weave the web, and dance on sacred ground. By the goddess we are called, witch to witch and friend to friend, to merry meet, and merry part, and merry meet again. A book of spells brought Kate, Cooper, and Annie together. The three are compelled to learn more, and the door is opened with the stirring ritual of the… Shares: Occult, Witches, Children's fiction

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