Weekly Book Lists from the Shadows

Welcome to We Made It to Wednesday, Growls & Grimm’s archive of themed book lists gathered for readers who prefer stories stitched with shadows, strange magic, and beautifully unhinged characters. From gothic fantasy and dark romance to eerie seasonal reads, these lists are designed to feed your ever-growing T.B.R.

  • Fantasy Books Where Old Traditions Demand a Price

    Fantasy Books Where Old Traditions Demand a Price

    Fantasy Books Where Old Traditions Demand a Price Old traditions have a way of outliving the people who created them. Sometimes everyone remembers exactly why they began. Other times, people…

  • Books About Inheritance, Secrets & What Families Leave Behind

    Books About Inheritance, Secrets & What Families Leave Behind

    Books About Inheritance, Secrets & What Families Leave Behind Inheritance isn’t always something we ask for. Sometimes it’s a gift or a source of power. Other times it’s a secret,…

  • Fantasy Books Where Home Is Complicated

    Fantasy Books Where Home Is Complicated

    Fantasy Books Where Home Is Complicated Home can mean very different things depending on how we feel when we’re there. It can be the place where we belong, the place…

  • Books About the People We Choose to Keep

    Books About the People We Choose to Keep

    Books About the People We Choose to Keep Some stories take the word family and turn it into something different, sometimes something more palatable than what the word traditionally means.…

  • Dark Books Where Surviving Was Only the Beginning Growls and Grimm

    Dark Books Where Surviving Was Only the Beginning

    Dark Books Where Surviving Was Only the Beginning There are so many stories where survival is the goal. No matter what waits for the characters or what they have to…

  • Dark Books Where Tradition Has Teeth Growls and Grimm

    Dark Books Where Tradition Has Teeth

    Dark Books Where Tradition Has Teeth Traditions are built around the things we are taught to believe. The rules we inherit. The people we’re taught to trust, fear, or follow.…