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If You Liked Netflix's Wednesday...

Are you a fan of the gothic, apathetic, yet secretly adorable Wednesday Addams? Inspired by Wednesday's iconic deadpan wit and morbid aesthetic, we've put together a list of books that will let you live in the spooky world of Nevermore for a little bit longer (or at least until Season 2 is out).

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  • This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki blends dark humour, outsider perspectives, and eerie urban settings -- much like Netflix’s Wednesday. Fans of moody teen protagonists, gothic tones, and layered explorations of identity will appreciate the…
    Graphic Novel, 2025New York : Abrams Fanfare, 2025. — Y FIC Tamak
  • Blue Sargent has no psychic powers -- just a life surrounded by people who do. But when four Raven Boys pull her into a quest for a sleeping Welsh king, she finally steps into real magic. A good fit if you like Wednesday’s blend of school and occult…
    Graphic Novel, 2025New York : Viking, 2025. — Y FIC Willi
  • Fans of Wednesday will love The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette's for its eerie boarding school setting, feminist undertones, and a mystery steeped in supernatural hysteria, dark secrets, and a sharp, rebellious heroine uncovering the truth.
    Book, 2024New York : Salaam Reads, 2024. — Y FIC Hanna
  • Check out All That Consumes Us for its eerie gothic college setting, creeping supernatural tension, and a diverse, queer-leaning cast navigating dark academia secrets -- a perfect blend of ambition, mystery, and chilling atmosphere.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : HarperTeen, 2023. — Y FIC Water
  • The Narrow features an atmospheric boarding‑school setting, a ghostly mystery woven into school rituals, and a sapphic romance between two strong teen girls uncovering dark secrets -- perfectly blending gothic suspense, LGBTQ+ representation, and…
    Book, 2023New York : Viking, 2023. — Y FIC Marsh
  • Check out this book if you're into the gothic vibes of Wednesday. Nineteen-year-old orphan Signa Farrow confronts Death -- and her own deathly powers -- when she investigates the mysterious murder of a relative at the Thorn Grove estate.
    Book, 2022New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022. — Y FIC Grace
  • Another title to check out if you like the gothic vibes of Wednesday. Olivia Prior has grown up at the grim Merilance School for Girls with no past except for her one treasure, her mother's journal, so when a letter arrives inviting her to come home…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, 2022. — Y FIC Schwa
  • When her best friend disappears in the days leading up to Samhain, white witch Abby, a student at Younwity Hidden Institute of Witchcraft, is determined to find her and uncover the truth behind the school’s legend of a demon in the woods. Readers…
    Graphic Novel, 2022New York, NY : HarperAlley, 2022. — Y FIC Boo
  • Outcasts, Check. Creepy monsters, Check. This one covers a lot of bases of beasties from Nevermore Academy.
    Book, 2022Hoboken : Levine Querido, 2022. — Y FIC Roger
  • Not wanting to follow in your mother's footsteps and rightfully so? Ivy has that in common with Wednesday. Also, creepy haunting ghosts both make appearances with life altering effect.
    Book, 2022New York : Flatiron Books, 2022. — Y FIC Alber
  • A book about two girls that are transported into an alternate version of their favorite gothic romance where everything is upside down and replaced with unspeakable horrors sounds like Wednesday's personal fantasy.
    Book, 2022New York : Quill Tree Books, 2022. — Y FIC Roux
  • Nevermore Academy is atmospheric, making you want to get lost in the halls. Victoria Lee channels similar vibes in this book where queer students, mental health, and mystery meet for a dark and moody tale.
    Book, 2021New York : Delacorte Press, 2021. — Y FIC Lee
  • Both Wednesday and White Smoke feature some atmospheric, spooky small towns, with protagonists who aren't the most socially adept.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, 2021. — Y FIC Jacks
  • Some times you just need to call on some hereditary magic to help survive some monsters. Wednesday knows all too well. Join Hunter and Mercy, two twin witches, as they avenge the death of their mother and tangle with some mythical monsters that plan…
    Book, 2021New York : Wednesday Books, 2021. — Y FIC Cast
  • Kitty and Wednesday aren't squeamish around the dead, while both looking for a possible serial killer.
    Book, 2021New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2021. — Y FIC Herrm
  • The sirens in the Netflix series were no joke, especially their leader Bianca Barclay. Throughout the series, we learn just how powerful sirens can be. This New York Times bestseller combines Black diaspora with epic fantasy storytelling about a…
    Book, 2021New York : Random House Children's Books, 2021. — Y FIC Bowen
  • If you're also a fan of Enid (and you should be), this book features a werewolf girl who doesn't fit in her with family returning home from boarding school after eight years away. Once there, she realizes she must find a way to save them,…
    Book, 2021New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2021. — Y FIC Szabo
  • You know that scene in the first episode when Wednesday discovers Pugsley is being bullied? Yeah. Very much the vibes here. Mix high school drama with monsters, spooky elements, and underlying themes of belonging and you have Squad.
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021. — Y FIC Tokud
  • Wednesday can't pass up anything related to the occult so this "bring your family member back from the dead" trope would be a quick pick for Wednesday herself.
    Book, 2017Don Mills, Ontario : Harlequin Teen, [2017] — Y FIC Lukav
  • Take a trip to a dilapidated orphanage on a secluded island near Wales. Readers will meet 16-year-old Jacob, who discovers a collection of eerie photographs among the orphanage ruins and sets out to unravel the mystery surrounding the previous…
    Book, 2013Philadelphia : Quirk Books, 2013, c2011. — Y FIC Riggs