When I said I was excited about the O.W.L.s, I wasn’t kidding at all, because apparently that is the inspiration I needed to ease back into blogging 😛
While I can not offer recommendations for every prompt (Arithmancy, Astronomy, and Divination are totally individual), I did come up with five (yes, five) books for each of the other nine classes. (At least this is kind of more productive than playing the Sims for another few hours, I guess.)
I only included books I’ve read and rated three stars or higher. A couple of them are under two categories because I only realized as I was writing this that I’d written them down twice and I’m honestly too lazy to fix it and come up with two new books 
This is going to get a bit long, so let’s jump in!
Ancient Runes (heart on cover/in title)
This one was the hardest for me to come up with, both for this list and for my own choice, but I finally got to five.
Left to right: Inkeart by Cornelia Funke | Married With Zombies by Jesse Petersen (or this could work for Herbology)| Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire | The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe (or it would also work for Potions) | Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson.
Care of Magical Creatures (creature with a beak on cover)
Left to right: The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery | Bird Box by Josh Malerman | Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater | The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw (or could be used for History of Magic) | some editions of If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio.
Charms (white cover)
Left to right: The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon | The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas | Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher | The Things She’s Seen by Ambelin Kwaymullina (originally titled Catching Teller Crow) | The Wicked + The Divine vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen.
Defense Against the Dark Arts (set at sea/coast)
Left to right: The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw | Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand | Shades of Magic vol. 1: The Steel Prince by V.E. Schwab (could instead count for Potions) | The Pearl by John Steinbeck (or it could work for Potions) | The Awakening by Kate Chopin (depending on the edition you have, this one might instead work for Potions).
Herbology (title starts with “M”)
Left to right: My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Ashton, and Brodi Meadows | My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix | Matilda by Roald Dahl | Married With Zombies by Jesse Petersen | Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur (April is National Poetry Month, btw).
History of Magic (featuring witches/wizards)
Left to Right: Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw | Storm Front by Jim Butcher | Book of Shadows by Cate Tiernan | Opal Fire by Barbra Anino | Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood.
Muggle Studies (contemporary)
Left to Right: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston | A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole (Bonus! There are also two novellas in the Reluctant Royals series that are under 150 pages that could count for Potions) | Everything Must Go by Jenny Fran Davis | The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo | Everything Leads to You by Nina Lacour.
Potions (under 150 pages)
A lot of comic trades will work for this, as well as short stories. Remember: if it’s on Goodreads, it counts. So, grab a single issue of a comic, a short story, a book of poetry, a novella, a comic trade, etc. and enjoy a short read.
Left to right: Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson | Carmilla by J. Sheridan le Fanu | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (page counts vary by edition but I think most of the longer ones have a bunch of additional content, like essays, info about Baum, etc.) | A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian.
Transfiguration (book/series that includes shapeshifting)
Left to right: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman | Nimona by Noelle Stevenson | Soulless by Gail Carriger | Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris | Dracula by Bram Stoker.
I tried to make this as varied as possible, with genres and age ranges, but sticking with only books I liked a lot–and recommend–made that harder haha.
Happy reading, and best of luck with your O.W.L.s Exams! (Or general reading, if you’re not participating!)
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