Books like Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

If you liked Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Cress

    Marissa Meyer · 2014 · The Lunar Chronicles #3

    Because shares tags: fantasy, retelling.

    Imprisoned hacker Cress joins Cinder Scarlet Wolf Thorne to stop Levana's wedding to Kai.

  2. A Touch of Darkness

    Scarlett St. Clair · 2020 · Hades and Persephone #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, retelling.

    Persephone bargains with Hades in New Athens nightclub deal.

  3. Scarlet

    Marissa Meyer · 2013 · The Lunar Chronicles #2

    Because shares tags: fantasy, retelling.

    Scarlet searches for her grandmother with Wolf while escaped Cinder fights Levana in the Lunar Chronicles sequel.

  4. Ella Enchanted

    Gail Carson Levine · 1997 · Ella Enchanted #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, retelling.

    Cursed to obey, Ella fights for freedom and love in a Cinderella retelling.

  5. A Discovery of Witches

    Deborah Harkness · 2011 · All Souls #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, witches.

    Historian Diana Bishop calls up a lost alchemical manuscript in Oxford's Bodleian Library and draws vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont,…

  6. Circe

    Madeline Miller · 2018

    Because shares tags: fantasy, retelling.

    Exiled witch Circe masters plant magic on Aiaia, faces gods and monsters, loves Odysseus, and chooses a mortal life.

  7. Cinder

    Marissa Meyer · 2012 · The Lunar Chronicles #1

    Because shares tags: fantasy, retelling.

    Cyborg mechanic Cinder discovers she is Lunar royalty while plague and Queen Levana threaten New Beijing.

  8. Words of Radiance

    Brandon Sanderson · 2014 · The Stormlight Archive #2

    Because shares tag: fantasy.

    Kaladin guards Dalinar, Shallan hunts Urithiru, and the Everstorm gathers.

  9. The Raven Boys

    Maggie Stiefvater · 2012 · The Raven Cycle #1

    Because shares tag: fantasy.

    Blue Sargent joins four Aglionby boys hunting a Welsh king on a Virginia ley line.

  10. The Master and Margarita

    Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967

    Because shares tag: fantasy.

    Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.

  11. The Last Wish

    Andrzej Sapkowski · 1993 · The Witcher #1

    Because shares tag: fantasy.

    Geralt hunts strigas genies and golden dragons while Law of Surprise binds Ciri.

  12. The Horse and His Boy

    C. S. Lewis · 1954 · Chronicles of Narnia #5

    Because shares tag: fantasy.

    Shasta and Bree flee Calormen to Narnia with Aravis and Hwin.

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