What to read next
10 books like The Sirens
Lucy's fear, Jess's disappearance, historical women, and coastal folklore give bodily change a family history rather than treating it as an isolated supernatural event. The picks below take that appeal in different directions.
Read our review of The Sirens by Emilia Hart.
Best matches
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Best overall
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Where to start
For the fastest read
The Da Vinci Code
FastFor the darkest read
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
DarkFor minimal romance
The Forest on the Edge of Time
MinimalFor the easiest entry
The Calamity Club
AccessibleThe full shortlist
Why each book belongs here
See what each pick shares with The Sirens, and where it goes in a different direction.
1
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
- Pace
- Balanced
- Darkness
- Dark
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Accessible
Why this matches
- Different because
- Bury Our Bones is darker, more erotic, and explicitly vampiric; The Sirens is gentler and organizes female transformation around sisters, ancestry, and water.
2
The Forest on the Edge of Time
- Pace
- Balanced
- Darkness
- Moderate
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Accessible
Why this matches
- Different because
- The Forest on the Edge of Time also links family inheritance to a living landscape, but through climate and time travel rather than marine folklore.
3
The Night Circus
- Pace
- Balanced
- Darkness
- Gentle
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Accessible
Why this matches
- Different because
- The Night Circus offers denser spectacle and romantic enchantment; The Sirens is quieter, more domestic, and shaped by unease along one coast.
4
The Calamity Club
- Pace
- Balanced
- Darkness
- Gentle
- Romance
- Light subplot
- Difficulty
- Accessible
5
Dragon Teeth
- Pace
- Brisk
- Darkness
- Moderate
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Accessible
6
The Da Vinci Code
- Pace
- Fast
- Darkness
- Moderate
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Accessible
7
Timeline
- Pace
- Brisk
- Darkness
- Moderate
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Accessible
8
Inferno
- Pace
- Brisk
- Darkness
- Moderate
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Accessible
9
Pirate Latitudes
- Pace
- Brisk
- Darkness
- Moderate
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Accessible
10
The Lost Symbol
- Pace
- Brisk
- Darkness
- Moderate
- Romance
- Minimal
- Difficulty
- Accessible
Side-by-side
Pace, darkness, romance, and difficulty
| Book | Pace | Darkness | Romance | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sirens | Balanced | Moderate | Light subplot | Accessible |
| Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil | Balanced | Dark | Minimal | Accessible |
| The Forest on the Edge of Time | Balanced | Moderate | Minimal | Accessible |
| The Night Circus | Balanced | Gentle | Minimal | Accessible |
| The Calamity Club | Balanced | Gentle | Light subplot | Accessible |
| Dragon Teeth | Brisk | Moderate | Minimal | Accessible |
| The Da Vinci Code | Fast | Moderate | Minimal | Accessible |
| Timeline | Brisk | Moderate | Minimal | Accessible |
| Inferno | Brisk | Moderate | Minimal | Accessible |
| Pirate Latitudes | Brisk | Moderate | Minimal | Accessible |
| The Lost Symbol | Brisk | Moderate | Minimal | Accessible |
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