Tarot novels.

[Libra 58]

I have just bought these two books and now I'm wondering if you know about other authors that write about tarot in their

novels?

 

https://daisywaugh.com/e-v-harte/

[Whisper]

I have just bought these two books and now I'm wondering if you know about other authors that write about tarot in their

novels?

 

https://daisywaugh.com/e-v-harte/

 

Thank you for bringing this series to my attention, Libra. [emoji4] I know Tim Power's Last Call and Eileen Cook has a book for young adults called The Hanging Girl. I know there are others, but these two are the ones that come to mind at the moment.

[AJ-ish/Sharyn]

Hockensmith has three out, a mystery series. The first was excellent the second was pretty good, the third was a waste of paper.

I have another series, it is on my ipad, will look it up in a few.

If I remember correctly it is in the weird western genre

[Saturn Celeste]

I have just bought these two books and now I'm wondering if you know about other authors that write about tarot in their

novels?

 

https://daisywaugh.com/e-v-harte/

I highly recommend this book written by a friend of mine. I was her consultant on both books in her series:

https://www.amazon.com/Eyes-March-MANTIC-Book-ebook/dp/B01MZHXXI0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1527439175&sr=8-2&keywords=jocelynn+babcock

https://www.amazon.com/SEMANTIC-Collection-Wyrd-Sister-Stories-ebook/dp/B071W5C2D8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1527439228&sr=8-3&keywords=jocelynn+babcock

I even read the tarot for her characters and a few stumbling spots she had.  The books are amazing and read very fast. 

 

I have also been a consultant for 2 other books which aren't published yet.  One of them I used the Sola Busca to work up a spread for his tarot reader in the story.  I can't wait to read it when it comes out!

[Libra 58]

Thank you all for your suggestions, I will look into these books and see if I can buy them. :)

[AJ-ish/Sharyn]

RS Belcher has a couple,  thinking back they really aren't about reading cards, but a card and seeing the big picture.

 

https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_sc_1_7/134-7499595-1149446?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=rs+belcher&sprefix=r+s+bel%2Caps%2C805&crid=WCNLGAPRUGSI

[EmpyreanKnight]

I bought a copy of The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack from when it was all the rage. I haven't read it yet tho, but it has garnered great reviews so I slipped it in my TBR pile, just in case. :)

[katrinka]

Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham is far and away the best I've found.

 

More info here (warning, contains spoilers) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare_Alley

[aleatoryEpiphany]

I have just bought these two books and now I'm wondering if you know about other authors that write about tarot in their

novels?

 

https://daisywaugh.com/e-v-harte/

I highly recommend this book written by a friend of mine. I was her consultant on both books in her series:

https://www.amazon.com/Eyes-March-MANTIC-Book-ebook/dp/B01MZHXXI0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1527439175&sr=8-2&keywords=jocelynn+babcock

https://www.amazon.com/SEMANTIC-Collection-Wyrd-Sister-Stories-ebook/dp/B071W5C2D8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1527439228&sr=8-3&keywords=jocelynn+babcock

I even read the tarot for her characters and a few stumbling spots she had.  The books are amazing and read very fast. 

 

I have also been a consultant for 2 other books which aren't published yet.  One of them I used the Sola Busca to work up a spread for his tarot reader in the story.  I can't wait to read it when it comes out!

 

Oooh those are definitely affordable! I'll be reading them when I get in a reading new things mood. :D

 

I remember a story once about this supernatural world with like vampires and such, and the main character was, I believe, a psychic. It had some amazing tarot mentions in it, and I loved it and read it a lot when I had it.

 

Dangit, I really wish I could remember the name of the book/series. This is going to bug me until I remember it now. =_=

[Ix Chel]

I bought a copy of The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack from when it was all the rage. I haven't read it yet tho, but it has garnered great reviews so I slipped it in my TBR pile, just in case. :)

 

I loved this book. It was such an interesting story. It is more an archaeological mystery detective.  It is also very interesting for people who have nothing with Tarot.

 

[PathWalker]

'The Five of Cups' Wendy Mewes  :)

 

http://www.wendymewes.com/fiction.htm

[PageOfCups]

I bought a copy of The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack from when it was all the rage. I haven't read it yet tho, but it has garnered great reviews so I slipped it in my TBR pile, just in case. :)

 

I loved this book. It was such an interesting story. It is more an archaeological mystery detective.  It is also very interesting for people who have nothing with Tarot.

 

I'm reading this too!  <3

[EmpyreanKnight]

I just remembered that I found my old copy of The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino! It's a short book less than 150 pages, but it contains more than a dozen short tales within the novel's overarching story. On the cover are cards from the Visconti, but within the pages the card depictions are from the Marseille. I'm going to type the shortest story from the book here later. :)

[Ratty]

Piers Anthony wrote a book called Tarot, originally published as a trilogy. It's been many years since I read it, but I don't think it was his best work. IIRC it started as an SF updating of the Fool's journey on another planet, comparing and contrasting the ideas of religion in a way that was far too esoteric for anyone not into tarot already, which at the time I wasn't.

 

I vaguely recall Aleister Crowley turning up as the Thoth deck Chariot, but I may have been dreaming that. Perhaps he was The Devil. I may give it a reread.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tarot-Piers-Anthony/dp/0586206183/

 

[ayuryogini]

I bought a copy of The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack from when it was all the rage. I haven't read it yet tho, but it has garnered great reviews so I slipped it in my TBR pile, just in case. :)

 

My daughter and I both loved this book; I wish I hadn't read it, so I could read it again for the first time.

[EmpyreanKnight]

I bought a copy of The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack from when it was all the rage. I haven't read it yet tho, but it has garnered great reviews so I slipped it in my TBR pile, just in case. :)

 

I loved this book. It was such an interesting story. It is more an archaeological mystery detective.  It is also very interesting for people who have nothing with Tarot.

 

I'm reading this too!  <3

 

I bought a copy of The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack from when it was all the rage. I haven't read it yet tho, but it has garnered great reviews so I slipped it in my TBR pile, just in case. :)

 

My daughter and I both loved this book; I wish I hadn't read it, so I could read it again for the first time.

 

I love how the other members here really like this book. I forgot to say that I finally finished it earlier this month, and I highly recommend it too.

[EmpyreanKnight]

I don't know if one's allowed to post grahic novels here, but the Promethea cycle by celebrated artist Alan Moore is very much worth checking out. It's an esoteric smorgasbord that deals with the Tarot, the elements, Qabalah, etc. You can tell that Moore definitely knows his stuff, and it's no surprise since he's one of the better-known figures in magick.

[NerdyShelties]

I recently finished "The Death of Mrs. Westaway" by Ruth Ware. It's a gothic style mystery, long lost heir, spooky country estate, etc. The protagonist is a professional tarot reader. It's a good book and fun to have Tarot in the book. Just be aware she doesn't believe in psychic abilities - just that Tarot can help you figure things out. In case that is a turn off for you. I'm going to give some of these other books a shot!

[Guest libra]

The Raven Cycle series features tarot (especially on the last book) and has a deck created for it!

[Rowena]

The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Englemann is really good. It's a historical mystery set in 1700 Sweden, and tarot is a central part.

 

I'd also like to second libra's suggestion of The Raven Cycle (by Maggie Stiefvater), they're fantastic! The first one is called The Raven Boys

[Asher]

The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Englemann is really good. It's a historical mystery set in 1700 Sweden, and tarot is a central part.

 

Oh, thanks for reminding me of this! I read it several years ago and loved it! Think i’ll dig it out and re-read it! :D

[bookshop]

I came here to recommend The Death of Mrs. Westaway, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading! Only, just to pick up on what @NerdyShelties said: 

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Just be aware she doesn't believe in psychic abilities - just that Tarot can help you figure things out. 

I actually think Ruth Ware is very sly about this, because, while the main character doesn't believe in tarot — which I personally love as a skeptical reader myself — the author undermines her a bit. I noticed when I thought about the way the book ended that none of the tarot readings our heroine does for other people fully make sense for them — but as a message to her, i.e. if she were reading them as the querent, they actually perfectly align with the way events play out in the book. It's a nice sleight of hand that I don't know that everyone would automatically know or need to know, but I read it as a fictional way of wink-wink-nodding to tarot readers. 🙂

[Carla]

By far, the best that I've read is The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino. 

 

I admit though that I really love the White Magic Five and Dime novels and I will buy all of them. If they published 'Infinite Roads to Knowing' by Miss Chance as a separate book, I'd buy that, too. 🙂 

[gregory]

Andromeda Klein. WONDERFUL stuff.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Klein

[bookshop]

@gregory oh i was trying to remember the name of that book for this thread a while ago! I tried to read it over a decade ago but i never finished it — the writing style felt a bit too dry for me. But I loved the concept! Should I give it another shot?