Books like The Witches

Loved The Witches by Roald Dahl? Here are 10 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.

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1Coraline
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
Echoes Dahl's sinister dread with a spine-chilling, monstrous villain disguised behind domestic pleasantries and a brave child fighting back.
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2The Thief of Always
The Thief of Always
Clive Barker
Blends dark fairy-tale whimsy, grotesque predators that prey on children, and a chilling sense of ever-present danger.
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3The Bad Beginning
The Bad Beginning
Lemony Snicket
Shares Dahl's darkly comic sensibility, grotesque adult antagonists, and resilient children forced to outwit menacing schemes.
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4The House with a Clock in Its Walls
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
John Bellairs
Matches the eerie, macabre atmosphere and eccentric, loving guardians pitted against genuinely terrifying occult villains.
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5The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Wolves #1)
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Wolves #1)
Joan Aiken
Pits resourceful children against wicked, predatory adults in a thrilling, darkly gothic tale with high stakes and sinister humor.
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6Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror
Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror
Chris Priestley
Offers the same deliciously macabre, darkly comic chills, exploring grotesque terrors that lurk just beneath ordinary life.
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7The Screaming Staircase
The Screaming Staircase
Jonathan Stroud
Combines snappy British wit, genuinely frightening supernatural threats, and spunky youngsters facing macabre danger.
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8Doll Bones
Doll Bones
Holly Black
Blends childhood adventure with spine-tingling, macabre folklore and a lingering sense of real, eerie peril.
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