Books like The archived by V. E. Schwab

Bod is the lone living child in a graveyard, raised by ghosts, werewolves and other spectral inhabitants. As he learns their ancient customs and the ability to Fade, he confronts the mysteries of both living and dead worlds.

Six of Crows is a fantasy novel in the Grishaverse that follows a crew of thieves in the city of Ketterdam, a Dutch‑inspired port, told through the third‑person viewpoints of seven characters.

In the unforgettable Le Cirque des Rêves, two young magicians, Celia and Marco, are locked in a nocturnal duel of wonder and will—an impossible game where love and magic collide on a stage of breathtaking spectacle.

In a mid‑future dystopian world, a young clairvoyant named Paige rebels against a powerful security force and is captured by an otherworldly race that turns her into a supernatural fighter.

Caseworker Linus travels to a remote orphanage to investigate ragged kids and their enigmatic caretaker Arthur, only to discover that the island’s magical children—and his own heart—are part of something larger than he imagined.

Isobel, a gifted portrait artist, sells favors to dangerous fair folk whose fascination with human craft threatens their power. When a spring prince commissions her, her art puts both of them in peril, forcing them to ally against the immortal courts.

In the fractured realm of Inys, Queen Sabran the Ninth must secure her dynasty, while the hidden mage Ead watches over her and dragonrider Tané faces a fateful challenge—tension rises as ancient threats stir and eastern and western forces clash.

A vivid continuation of Daughter of Smoke and Bone, where Karou confronts her identity and the lengths she will go to seek vengeance.

A sixteen-year-old girl, Alyssa Gardner, fears she is mentally ill and discovers a fantastical Wonderland, where fixing mistakes from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland can save her family from a curse.

In Paris 1889, treasure hunter Séverin Montagnet‑Alarie is drawn into a quest by the secretive Order of Babel. Together with a diverse group—a debt‑bound engineer, a banished historian, a dancer haunted by the past—they pursue an ancient artifact that could reshape history.

Clara Gardner discovers she is destined to protect her town from supernatural threats—while navigating first love, family secrets, and an ominous fallen angel.

Pierce Oliviera, a 17-year-old girl in the Underworld, finds herself trapped and pursued by the Furies, ancient Greek goddesses of vengeance, while her father and brother must navigate their own struggles in a world where death is not permanent and love is forbidden by the gods of the Underworld. Pierce must use her wit and quick thinking to escape the Furies and prevent her family from meeting a similar fate, while uncovering the truth behind her imprisonment and the dark secrets that lie beneath the surface of the Underworld. A thrilling tale of love, fate, and the battle between good and evil, set against the backdrop of ancient Greek mythology, with elements of supernatural horror and family drama. Pierce is determined to prove her innocence and reclaim her place in the world, while her loved ones struggle to find their way out of the chaos and confusion caused by her imprisonment. Pierce's journey to freedom is fraught with danger, but her determination to fight for her loved ones is matched only by her courage and wit, as she fights against the forces of darkness and the gods of the Underworld. In a world where death is not the only option, Pierce finds herself not only facing supernatural threats but also confronting her own past and the consequences of her actions, as she navigates a treacherous landscape of deceit, lies, and forbidden love, with the fate of her family hanging in the balance. Pierce's story is one of hope and determination, as she fights for her loved ones and proves that love is stronger than any obstacle.

In a world where the dead are kept as books, Mackenzie Bishop guards the Archive, learning to navigate a fragile boundary between life, love, and the haunting duties of a Keeper.

Twin sisters Ashyn and Moria are drawn into a perilous adventure as the spirits she protects turn hostile, forcing them to confront hidden powers in an uncertain landscape of magic.

A teen librarian's job to keep restless dead—called Histories—within the Archive turns deadly when new disappearances point to her, forcing her to confront unseen horrors and her own memories.

Hee Jun arrives in West Virginia from Korea and struggles to fit in—until a friendship and a familiar flower help him plant a piece of home in his new garden.

A tale of courage, love, and betrayal as the Salamancan hunters must fight to save humanity from the rise of the Cursed Ones.

Eden, a powerful Sider caught between life and death, must navigate a war between Heaven and Hell while protecting Gabriel, Kristen, and Az and preventing a deadly poison from spreading to mortals.

A Victorian–era orphan, Carly grapples with a mysterious second personality and possible demonic possession after her parents’ death, as she navigates the intrigues of Elmbridge High School.

Two teens investigate the abandoned Waterman Mansion on Halloween, chasing the mystery of Mr. Waterman’s disappearance and his missing million dollars while confronting eerie whispers and a rumored ghost.

At seventeen, technically dead Madison Avery must master her role as Dark Timekeeper and navigate the conflict between light and dark reapers, all while defining her place in a world where death and fate intertwine.

Eighteen‑year‑old Liz Valchar unravels the mystery of her own death by weaving through memories of family and friends left behind, discovering how her life ended beside the Long Island Sound.

Teenager Helen Hamilton must lock away the out‑of‑control Greek gods she accidentally released, battling her friends, saving her loved ones, and deciding between love and duty before the divine wrath spills into the world.

A thrilling paranormal romance in Paris, where Kate and Vincent's love story is threatened by a new and deadly enemy, and the immortal Vincent's future is in jeopardy, with a cliffhanger ending that leaves fans eager for the next book in the series.

Two best friends and a terrifying villain in the land of the dead

Vasilisa, a Russian village girl, defends her family’s ancient rituals and the protective spirits of her homeland when her stepmother threatens their way of life.

"Exploring life writing from a variety of cultural contexts, Haunted Narratives provides new insights into how individuals and communities across time and space deal with traumatic experiences and haunting memories. From the perspectives of trauma theory, memory studies, gender studies, literary studies, philosophy, and post-colonial studies, the volume stresses the lingering, haunting presence of the past in the present. The contributors focus on the psychological, ethical, and representational difficulties involved in narrative negotiations of traumatic memories. Haunted Narratives focuses on life writing in the broadest sense of the term: biographies and autobiographies that deal with traumatic experiences, autobiographically inspired fictions on loss and trauma, and limit-cases that transcend clear-cut distinctions between the factual and the fictional. In discussing texts as diverse as Toni Morrison's Beloved, Vikram Seth's Two Lives, deportation narratives of Baltic women, Christa Wolf's Kindheitsmuster, Joy Kogawa's Obasan, and Ene Mihkelson's Ahasveeruse uni, the contributors add significantly to current debates on life writing, trauma, and memory; the contested notion of 'cultural trauma'; and the transferability of clinical-psychological notions to the study of literature and culture."--Publisher's description.

Twin sisters Ashyn and Moria, separated while saving their village’s children, must use all their powers to confront legendary foes and prevent war in their empire.