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Cursed Daughters

New · Fiction, Fantasy, Magical Realism

Cursed Daughters

by Oyinkan Braithwaite

2025 · 364 pages · Fiction

42 New ★ 4.02 on Goodreads · 32K ratings

≈ 9 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Goodreads Choice (fiction) finalist (2025). 4.02★ from 32K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

42Must-Read Score

Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
Readers46 out of 100 · counts 50%+26
Buzz72 out of 100 · counts 15%+12

Where it ranks

#88 of the 161 fantasy books we rank
#368 of the 730 new books we rank
#825 of the 1,344 books we rank

Shortlisted

Goodreads Choice (fiction) finalist (2025)

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