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10 books like Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
María, Charlotte, and Alice make immortality mean something different in each century, allowing desire, reinvention, predation, and loneliness to echo without collapsing into one moral. The picks below take that appeal in different directions.
Read our review of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab.
Best matches
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Best overall
Fastest read
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Where to start
For the fastest read
The Hollow Places
BalancedFor the darkest read
The Curse of Hester Gardens
Very darkFor the strongest romance
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
CentralFor the easiest entry
The Sirens
AccessibleThe full shortlist
Why each book belongs here
See what each pick shares with Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, and where it goes in a different direction.
1
Dracula
- Pace
- Slow burn
- Darkness
- Dark
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Moderate
Why this matches
- Different because
- Dracula treats the vampire as an external invasive threat through documents and pursuit; Schwab centers the women who become hungry and lets desire shape the history.
2
The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Pace
- Balanced
- Darkness
- Dark
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Moderate
Why this matches
- Different because
- Dorian Gray is shorter and sharper about beauty, influence, and hidden corruption; Bury Our Bones gives immortality a wider female and historical range.
3
The Sirens
- Pace
- Balanced
- Darkness
- Moderate
- Romance
- Light subplot
- Difficulty
- Accessible
Why this matches
- Different because
- The Sirens also links women across time through bodily folklore, but favors family mystery and the sea over predation and erotic hunger.
4
The Curse of Hester Gardens
- Pace
- Balanced
- Darkness
- Very dark
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Accessible
5
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
- Pace
- Balanced
- Darkness
- Dark
- Romance
- Central
- Difficulty
- Accessible
6
A Christmas Carol
- Pace
- Balanced
- Darkness
- Gentle
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Moderate
7
Beren and Lúthien
- Pace
- Balanced
- Darkness
- Gentle
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Moderate
8
Alchemised
- Pace
- Balanced
- Darkness
- Dark
- Romance
- Significant
- Difficulty
- Accessible
9
The Hollow Places
- Pace
- Balanced
- Darkness
- Dark
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Accessible
10
The Twisted Ones
- Pace
- Balanced
- Darkness
- Dark
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Accessible
Side-by-side
Pace, darkness, romance, and difficulty
| Book | Pace | Darkness | Romance | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil | Balanced | Dark | Minimal | Accessible |
| Dracula | Slow burn | Dark | Minimal | Moderate |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Balanced | Dark | Minimal | Moderate |
| The Sirens | Balanced | Moderate | Light subplot | Accessible |
| The Curse of Hester Gardens | Balanced | Very dark | Minimal | Accessible |
| Someone You Can Build a Nest In | Balanced | Dark | Central | Accessible |
| A Christmas Carol | Balanced | Gentle | Minimal | Moderate |
| Beren and Lúthien | Balanced | Gentle | Minimal | Moderate |
| Alchemised | Balanced | Dark | Significant | Accessible |
| The Hollow Places | Balanced | Dark | Minimal | Accessible |
| The Twisted Ones | Balanced | Dark | Minimal | Accessible |
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