SCPL Reads: Pretty Book Covers

By St. Catharines Public Library - May 25, 2026

Reading lists

They say to never just a book by its cover. With these titles, however, we think you should make an exception. Discover the beautiful stories inside these books to match their stunningly illustrated covers.

The Pōhaku

Jasmin 'Iolani Hakes

A historical fiction with a dash of magic realism about generations of women tasked with protecting the history and place that made them.

Borrow The Pōhaku

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

Emma Knight

A witty, warm, and brilliantly told debut that is at once a love story, a story of female friendship and motherhood, and an irresistible mystery.

Borrow The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

The Hazel Wood

Melissa Albert

When the scary, magical world in her grandmother's book of dark feminist fairy tales becomes real, seventeen-year-old Alice, partnered with Ellery, an obsessed fan of the fairy tales, must enter the world to rescue Alice's kidnapped mother.

Borrow The Hazel Wood

The River Has Roots

Amal El-Mohtar

A modern fable about the undying love between sisters told in enchanting prose.

Borrow The River Has Roots

The Spellshop

Sarah Beth Durst

When the Great Library of Alyssium goes up in flames, introverted librarian Kiela and her sentient spider plant flee to the faraway island of her childhood where she opens a spell shop to restore the island's power, coming out of her shell to make a new life for herself.

Borrow The Spellshop

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