Recommended Reads for Fans of Wednesday

Posted on 12 January 2023

Just finished watching Tim Burton’s Wednesday, and searching for your next dark academia obsession? Read on for our recommendations on all things dark, twisted, and supernatural!


Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

When Jacob finds the crumbling ruins of a Home for Peculiar Children, it becomes clear that these kids were more than slightly off-the-wall. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for a good reason. And – however impossible it seems – they might still be alive…

Inspiring the smash-hit Tim Burton film, this bestselling series is fantastical, haunting, and wonderfully strange.

The Honeys

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

When Mars loses his sister Caroline under horrific circumstances, it propels him to attend the prestigious Aspen Conservancy Summer Academy in her place. Mars seeks out his sister’s old friends: a group of girls dubbed the Honeys. They are beautiful and terrifying – and Mars is certain they’re connected to Caroline’s death.

This twisted and tantalizing YA horror will keep you on the edge of your seat and leave you wanting more.

Dracula

Dracula by Bram Stoker

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries in his client’s castle.

This timeless story and keystone of the Gothic genre is a true masterpiece of Victorian horror, and a must-read for any fan of the supernatural.

School for Good and Evil

The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

Two best friends have been chosen to be students at the fabled School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy-tale heroes and villains. One will train for Good, one will become Evil’s new hope.

Now a major Netflix film, this modern twist on the fairy-tale is dark, mysterious, and enchanting.

Sixteen Souls

Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot

Someone is stripping Europe’s most haunted city of its spirits. When self-destructive, 16-year-old seer, Charlie Frith, realises that one of his own ghostly friends has gone missing, he must put aside his own safety – and reclusive existence – if he is to find them. Charlie reluctantly teams up with Sam Harrow – the new seer in town – and a rag-tag group of ghosts, to save their friends from a fate literally worse than death.

This spooky debut has everything you’d expect from a YA novel: thrills, twists, and romance!

City of Ghosts

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

Ever since Cass almost drowned (okay, she did drown, but she doesn’t like to think about it), she can pull back the Veil that separates the living from the dead… and enter the world of spirits.

The first in the frighteningly addictive series from Victoria Schwab, this book is perfect for any fan of history, mysteries, and of course, ghosts.

The Trials of Morrigan Crow

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she’s blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks – and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears.

Nevermoor is mysterious, exciting, and endlessly imaginative – the ideal novel to kickstart a lifelong love of the magical and macabre!

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