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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorStormswept
Helen Dunmore · 299 pages
Atmospheric and beautifully written novel from the award-winning author of INGO. Morveren lives with her parents and twin sister Jenna on an island off the coast of Cornwall, circled by the sea except at low tide. Morveren lives with her twin sister Jenna on an island off the coast of Cornwall, circled by the sea except at low tide. One day, Morveren finds a beguiling teenage boy in the rock pool
The Mermaid's Sister
Carrie Anne Noble
Daughter of the Pirate King
Tricia Levenseller · 336 pages
A 17-year-old pirate captain intentionally allows herself to get captured by enemy pirates in this thrilling YA adventure.
To Kill a Kingdom
Alexandra Christo · 344 pages
Tempest Rising
Tracy Deebs · 344 pages
Fish Girl
Donna Jo Napoli · 187 pages
"Fish Girl, a young mermaid living in a boardwalk aquarium, has never interacted with anyone beyond the walls of her tank until a chance encounter with an ordinary girl, Livia. Their growing friendship inspires Fish Girl's longing for freedom, independence, and a life beyond the aquarium tank"--
Of Poseidon
Anna Banks · 331 pages
Galen, prince of the Syrena, is sent to land to find a girl he's heard can communicate with fish. He finds Emma and after several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, Galen becomes convinced Emma holds the key to his kingdom. Galen, the prince of Syrena, is sent to land to find a girl who communicates with fish. He finds Emma and after several encounters, including a deadly one wit
Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings
Helene Boudreau
Prophecy of the Sisters
Michelle Zink · 343 pages
An ancient prophecy divides two sisters-One good...One evil...Who will prevail?Twin sisters Lia and Alice Milthorpe have just become orphans. They have also become enemies. As they discover their roles in a prophecy that has turned generations of sisters against each other, the girls find themselves entangled in a mystery that involves a tattoo-like mark, their parents' deaths, a boy, a book, and
The Mermaid's Mirror
L.K. Madigan · 320 pages
Lena has lived her whole life near the beach, walking the shore, breathing the salty air, swimming in the cold water, and watching the surfers rule the waves. As her sixteenth birthday approaches, Lena vows to learn to surf. Her father forbids it. But something Lena can’t identify at first—an ancient, powerful magic—keeps drawing her to the water. One day, she finally catches sight of it: a beauti
Tangled Tides
Karen Amanda Hooper · 324 pages
Tidal
Amanda Hocking · 347 pages
With Penn and Lexi determined to kill Gemma and replace her with another siren, Gemma, aided by Harper and Daniel, must delve into her enemies' mythical past and darkest secrets in a last-ditch effort to protect all that she holds dear. With Penn and Lexi determined to kill her, Gemma must delve into her enemies' mythical past and darkest secrets in a last-ditch effort to protect all that she h
Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of The Little Mermaid
Debbie Viguie · 198 pages
Fathomless
Jackson Pearce
Celia, who shares mental powers with her triplet sisters, finds competition for a handsome boy with Lo, a sea monster who must persuade a mortal to love her and steal his soul to earn back her humanity.
Monstrous Beauty
Elizabeth Fama
In alternating chapters, tells of the mermaid Syrenka's love for Ezra in 1872 that leads to a series of horrific murders, and present-day Hester's encounter with Ezra's ghost that reveals her connection to the murders and to Syrenka.
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Liz Kessler · 208 pages
For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has seemed anxious to keep her away from the water. But when Mom finally agrees to let her take swimming lessons, Emily makes a startling discovery - about her own identity, the mysterious father she's never met, and the thrilling possibilities and perils shimmering
Between the Sea and Sky
Jaclyn Dolamore
Esmerine, a mermaid, grows close to her childhood playmate Alander, a winged man, when they join forces to find her sister Dosia, who has reportedly eloped with a human despite the sisters' vow to always keep the sea and its people first in their hearts.
Lucy
Kathryn Lasky
When seventeen-year-old Lucy's father, a minister, gets a prestigious summer position in Bar Harbor, Maine, her mother determines to find a rich husband for her daughter but Lucy is fascinated by the sea and a handsome ship-builder.
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe
Raquel Vasquez Gilliland · 432 pages
Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits
Robin McKinley · 269 pages
What magical beings inhabit earth’s waters? Some are as almost-familiar as the mer-people; some as strange as the thing glimpsed only as a golden eye in a pool at the edge of Damar’s Great Desert Kalarsham, where the mad god Geljdreth rules; or as majestic as the unknowable, immense Kraken, dark beyond the darkness of the deepest ocean, who will one day rise and rule the world. These six tales fr