Can you recommend any good books with mermaids, sirens or mythical water creatures?? I’m a little too obsessed with sirens lately andddd yeah… also, I’m notorious for leaving books half finished if they’re boring or sumn and I know that the book doesn’t have a good ending, weather it’s with kings, pirates, fairies or regular people, just whatever it’s about. I like books with good stories. I’ve been liking the daughter of the pirate king and stories like that, if that helps. Thank you ☺️
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The Salt Grows Heavy – by Cassandra Khaw – dark fantasy horror novella about what happens after the Little Mermaid and her daughters kill the prince and most of the kingdom. They flee traveling with a mysterious, murderous plague doctor.
encountering a village of bloodthirsty children.
The main quest in River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta centres around placating an angry river spirit
The Rivers of London also feature river spirits pretty prominently, as the name suggests
The Siren by Kiera Cass- this book is kinda awful but also kinda amazing
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant – a team of scientists investigate the disappearance of a research ship in the deep sea, and discover mermaids that subvert all of the “beautiful mermaids” stereotypes. Fantastic book!
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen – based on West African water spirit mythology and set during the slave trade era.
The Bone Diver by Angie Spoto – set in Scotland and based on mythology of selkies (seal people).
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S A Chakraborty – a middle aged woman returns to her former life as a pirate, and encounters all sorts of adventures.
My Sister Sif by Ruth Park. Not exactly mermaids (it’s been a while since I’ve read it) but very marine based.
A Bone in His Teeth by Kellen Graves
See my [SF/F: Supernatural Creatures (Miscellaneous)](https://www.reddit.com/r/Recommend_A_Book/comments/18by7px/sff_supernatural_creatures_miscellaneous/) list of Reddit recommendation threads (one post).