50 Books like Almost Surely Dead

Ask for Andrea

by Noelle W. Ihli

Murdered by one man, three women find each other as ghosts and haunt him together.

4.08

242k+

🪦 Vengeful Ghosts 👻 Dead Protagonists 🔪 Serial Predator 🏔️ Mountain Wilderness 📋 True Crime Energy

Ask for Andrea 92%

Murdered by one man, three women find each other as ghosts and haunt him together.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2022

4.08

242k+ ratings

🪦 Vengeful Ghosts 👻 Dead Protagonists 🔪 Serial Predator 🏔️ Mountain Wilderness 📋 True Crime Energy

Tell Me What You Did

by Carter Wilson • 2025

A stalker invades her podcast. He wants one confession: the murder she got away with.

3.71

93k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Thriller 🤔 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🐈 Cat And Mouse

Tell Me What You Did 93%

A stalker invades her podcast. He wants one confession: the murder she got away with.

by Carter Wilson 2025

3.71

93k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎙️ Podcast Thriller 🤔 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🐈 Cat And Mouse

The Last Guest House

by Caroline Mitchell • 2024

A snowbound inn, a girl in the walls, and guests who are not what they seem.

3.77

4k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌫️ Scottish Gothic 🕯️ Cult Thriller 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🚪 Secret Passages

The Last Guest House 92%

A snowbound inn, a girl in the walls, and guests who are not what they seem.

by Caroline Mitchell 2024

3.77

4k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌫️ Scottish Gothic 🕯️ Cult Thriller 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🚪 Secret Passages

The Book of Cold Cases

by Simone St. James • 2022

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

3.78

132k+

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

The Book of Cold Cases 92%

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

by Simone St. James 2022

3.78

132k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

Bald-Faced Liar

by Victoria Helen Stone • 2025

A woman who reinvented herself to escape a childhood scandal is hunted by a stalker who remembers.

3.76

8k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Stalker Thriller 💔 Trauma Survivor 😈 Satanic Panic 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Bald-Faced Liar 92%

A woman who reinvented herself to escape a childhood scandal is hunted by a stalker who remembers.

by Victoria Helen Stone 2025

3.76

8k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Stalker Thriller 💔 Trauma Survivor 😈 Satanic Panic 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

by Stephen Graham Jones • 2021

A horror-obsessed teen outcast sees a slasher cycle devour her Idaho town while adults look away.

3.50

54k+

🪓 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎬 Meta Horror

My Heart Is a Chainsaw 92%

A horror-obsessed teen outcast sees a slasher cycle devour her Idaho town while adults look away.

by Stephen Graham Jones 2021

3.50

54k+ ratings

🪓 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎬 Meta Horror

Vanishing Daughters

by Cynthia Pelayo • 2025

Grief leads Briar home to a Chicago greystone where a family curse and a killer await.

3.34

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧚‍♀️ Fairy Tale Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🔪 Supernatural Serial Killer 👻 Urban Legend Retelling

Vanishing Daughters 92%

Grief leads Briar home to a Chicago greystone where a family curse and a killer await.

by Cynthia Pelayo 2025

3.34

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧚‍♀️ Fairy Tale Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🔪 Supernatural Serial Killer 👻 Urban Legend Retelling

The First Husband

by McGarvey Black • 2020

To reclaim a family heirloom, she marries a Kashmiri stranger who follows her across continents.

4.03

4k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💍 Cursed Heirloom 🖤 Love Turned Obsession 🎭 Reinvented Identity ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

The First Husband 92%

To reclaim a family heirloom, she marries a Kashmiri stranger who follows her across continents.

by McGarvey Black 2020

4.03

4k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💍 Cursed Heirloom 🖤 Love Turned Obsession 🎭 Reinvented Identity ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Wicked Ways

by Lisa Jackson • 2014

A widow fears her thoughts kill, as a stalker turns her grudges into a body count.

3.93

4k+

🧠 Psychic Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Stalker Reveal 👶 Stolen Child 🔮 Psychic Lineage

Wicked Ways 92%

A widow fears her thoughts kill, as a stalker turns her grudges into a body count.

by Lisa Jackson 2014

3.93

4k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Stalker Reveal 👶 Stolen Child 🔮 Psychic Lineage

Night Film

by Marisha Pessl • 2013

A cult director's daughter dies, a ruined reporter digs, and the horror films start coming true.

3.78

96k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌀 Postmodern Mystery 📰 Investigative Journalism 🔮 Occult Investigation 🎬 Cursed Film

Night Film 92%

A cult director's daughter dies, a ruined reporter digs, and the horror films start coming true.

by Marisha Pessl 2013

3.78

96k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌀 Postmodern Mystery 📰 Investigative Journalism 🔮 Occult Investigation 🎬 Cursed Film

The Final Girl Support Group

by Grady Hendrix • 2021

After years of therapy, six massacre survivors realize someone is hunting them down, one by one.

3.50

190k+

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔪 Final Girls 🫂 Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Final Girl Support Group 92%

After years of therapy, six massacre survivors realize someone is hunting them down, one by one.

by Grady Hendrix 2021

3.50

190k+ ratings

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔪 Final Girls 🫂 Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

13 Months Haunted

by Jimmy Juliano • 2025

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

3.63

3k+

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

13 Months Haunted 92%

A small-town librarian opens a bullied student's lethal file and must never be alone.

by Jimmy Juliano 2025

3.63

3k+ ratings

💻 Tech Horror 🎬 Cursed Media 🦠 Viral Curse 🕯️ Isolated Outcast 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

Hidden Pictures

by Jason Rekulak • 2022

A nanny fresh from rehab discovers the child's drawings are messages from a murdered woman.

4.14

623k+

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 🚼 Nanny In Peril 🎨 Creepy Child Drawings 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense 🔥 Slow-Burn Dread

Hidden Pictures 92%

A nanny fresh from rehab discovers the child's drawings are messages from a murdered woman.

by Jason Rekulak 2022

4.14

623k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 🚼 Nanny In Peril 🎨 Creepy Child Drawings 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense 🔥 Slow-Burn Dread

What Lies in the Woods

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2023

After her attacker dies, a photographer returns to the woods where a skeleton hid the truth.

3.94

206k+

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Cold Case Thriller 🔪 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Manipulative Friend

What Lies in the Woods 92%

After her attacker dies, a photographer returns to the woods where a skeleton hid the truth.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2023

3.94

206k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🔍 Cold Case Thriller 🔪 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Manipulative Friend

None of This Is True

by Lisa Jewell • 2023

A podcaster takes in a stranger with the same birthday. Her stories of abuse grow darker.

4.07

1.1M+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person 🎙️ Podcast Investigation

None of This Is True 92%

A podcaster takes in a stranger with the same birthday. Her stories of abuse grow darker.

by Lisa Jewell 2023

4.07

1.1M+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Missing Person 🎙️ Podcast Investigation

Behind Her Eyes

by Sarah Pinborough

A single mother's affair with her boss ensnares her in his wife's dangerous friendship.

3.79

215k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Noir 🔄 Body Swap 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 👻 Paranormal Suspense

Behind Her Eyes 91%

A single mother's affair with her boss ensnares her in his wife's dangerous friendship.

by Sarah Pinborough 2017

3.79

215k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Noir 🔄 Body Swap 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 👻 Paranormal Suspense

You

by Caroline Kepnes • 2014

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

3.96

295k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

You 92%

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

by Caroline Kepnes 2014

3.96

295k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

The Tradwife's Lie

by Bella Ellwood-Clayton • 2026

A former attorney joins a tradwife community, but curated perfection can't conceal a murder.

3.79

582

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💔 Forbidden Affair ⚠️ Cult Dynamics

The Tradwife's Lie 92%

A former attorney joins a tradwife community, but curated perfection can't conceal a murder.

by Bella Ellwood-Clayton 2026

3.79

582 ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💔 Forbidden Affair ⚠️ Cult Dynamics

The Haunting of Leigh Harker

by Darcy Coates • 2021

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

3.92

8k+

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Hidden Killer 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

The Haunting of Leigh Harker 92%

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

by Darcy Coates 2021

3.92

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Hidden Killer 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

These Familiar Walls

by C.J. Dotson • 2026

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

3.59

527

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

These Familiar Walls 91%

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

by C.J. Dotson 2026

3.59

527 ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

Penpal

by Dathan Auerbach • 2012

A classroom balloon release yields only blurry photos of a boy, each showing him being watched.

3.86

63k+

👹 Creepypasta 👁️ Nosleep Horror 📸 Eerie Photographs 🔍 Missing Friend 🕵️ Childhood Stalker

Penpal 91%

A classroom balloon release yields only blurry photos of a boy, each showing him being watched.

by Dathan Auerbach 2012

3.86

63k+ ratings

👹 Creepypasta 👁️ Nosleep Horror 📸 Eerie Photographs 🔍 Missing Friend 🕵️ Childhood Stalker

The New Couple in 5B

by Lisa Unger • 2024

Inheriting a haunted apartment traps a writer between a death and a husband she can't trust.

3.61

67k+

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Apartment ✍️ True-Crime Writer Mc 🏚️ Toxic Inheritance 👥 Neighbors With Secrets

The New Couple in 5B 91%

Inheriting a haunted apartment traps a writer between a death and a husband she can't trust.

by Lisa Unger 2024

3.61

67k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Apartment ✍️ True-Crime Writer Mc 🏚️ Toxic Inheritance 👥 Neighbors With Secrets

The Nothing Man

by Catherine Ryan Howard • 2020

A retired killer finds himself inside a survivor's memoir, and every page brings her closer.

4.07

45k+

📖 Fictional True Crime 🖤 Sole Survivor 🔪 Killer's Perspective 👀 Hiding In Plain Sight 🎯 Survivor Turns Hunter

The Nothing Man 91%

A retired killer finds himself inside a survivor's memoir, and every page brings her closer.

by Catherine Ryan Howard 2020

4.07

45k+ ratings

📖 Fictional True Crime 🖤 Sole Survivor 🔪 Killer's Perspective 👀 Hiding In Plain Sight 🎯 Survivor Turns Hunter

The Farmhouse

by Chelsea Conradt • 2025

Grieving her mother, she buys a remote Nebraska farmhouse. Then the barn starts leaving teeth.

3.26

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Farmhouse 🌾 Rural Horror 🤐 Gaslit Protagonist 👻 Ghostly Warnings ⛓️ Generational Violence

The Farmhouse 91%

Grieving her mother, she buys a remote Nebraska farmhouse. Then the barn starts leaving teeth.

by Chelsea Conradt 2025

3.26

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Farmhouse 🌾 Rural Horror 🤐 Gaslit Protagonist 👻 Ghostly Warnings ⛓️ Generational Violence

Before She Knew Him

by Peter Swanson • 2019

An artist suspects her neighbor is a killer. Her bipolar past means no one believes her.

3.85

70k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Witness 🚪 Killer Next Door 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Before She Knew Him 91%

An artist suspects her neighbor is a killer. Her bipolar past means no one believes her.

by Peter Swanson 2019

3.85

70k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Witness 🚪 Killer Next Door 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Stillhouse Lake

by Rachel Caine • 2017

She fled her serial-killer husband's crimes and built a new life. Then a body surfaces in her lake.

4.10

196k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 📋 Copycat Killer 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Stillhouse Lake 91%

She fled her serial-killer husband's crimes and built a new life. Then a body surfaces in her lake.

by Rachel Caine 2017

4.10

196k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 📋 Copycat Killer 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Outsider

by Stephen King

Forensic proof: a coach killed a boy. Video proof: he was miles away. Both are undeniable.

4.01

387k+

🔪 Supernatural Crime 👤 Shape-Shifter Horror ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔍 Procedural Dread 🏘️ Small Town Horror

The Outsider 91%

Forensic proof: a coach killed a boy. Video proof: he was miles away. Both are undeniable.

by Stephen King 2018

4.01

387k+ ratings

🔪 Supernatural Crime 👤 Shape-Shifter Horror ⚖️ Framed For Murder 🔍 Procedural Dread 🏘️ Small Town Horror

Pretty Little Wife

by Darby Kane • 2020

A wife kills her predator husband. The body vanishes. Police close in. Someone else is watching.

3.91

76k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔒 Hidden Past ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Pretty Little Wife 92%

A wife kills her predator husband. The body vanishes. Police close in. Someone else is watching.

by Darby Kane 2020

3.91

76k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🔒 Hidden Past ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Night Watcher

by Daphne Woolsoncroft • 2025

She survived a masked killer as a child. Now a caller dies on her radio show.

3.70

15k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🔪 Final Girl 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets 😷 Masked Killer

Night Watcher 92%

She survived a masked killer as a child. Now a caller dies on her radio show.

by Daphne Woolsoncroft 2025

3.70

15k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🔪 Final Girl 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets 😷 Masked Killer

The Body

by Bethany C. Morrow • 2026

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

2.86

2k+

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Possession Horror 💔 Marriage Under Siege

The Body 91%

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

by Bethany C. Morrow 2026

2.86

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Possession Horror 💔 Marriage Under Siege

Murder Road

by Simone St. James • 2024

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

3.68

60k+

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Murder Road 91%

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

by Simone St. James 2024

3.68

60k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

The Last Housewife

by Ashley Winstead • 2022

A housewife goes undercover in a cult of powerful men after her best friend's suspicious suicide.

3.69

65k+

🕯️ Cult Thriller 🔪 Feminist Suspense 🏛️ Dark Academia 🎙️ Podcast Investigation ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous

The Last Housewife 91%

A housewife goes undercover in a cult of powerful men after her best friend's suspicious suicide.

by Ashley Winstead 2022

3.69

65k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Thriller 🔪 Feminist Suspense 🏛️ Dark Academia 🎙️ Podcast Investigation ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous

We Are Watching

by Alison Gaylin • 2025

A widow's teenage novel sparked an online cult that now demands her family's death on camera.

3.45

6k+

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 👁️ Surveillance Paranoia 🕯️ Cult Infiltration 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Survival 😰 Mounting Dread

We Are Watching 91%

A widow's teenage novel sparked an online cult that now demands her family's death on camera.

by Alison Gaylin 2025

3.45

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 👁️ Surveillance Paranoia 🕯️ Cult Infiltration 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Survival 😰 Mounting Dread

The Last Word

by Taylor Adams • 2023

A widow's one-star review draws a dangerous author to her isolated home to demand a retraction.

3.67

83k+

🏚️ Home Invasion Horror 🐀 Cat And Mouse Thriller 📚 Meta Thriller 🔪 Final Girl Survival 🏠 Isolated Protagonist

The Last Word 91%

A widow's one-star review draws a dangerous author to her isolated home to demand a retraction.

by Taylor Adams 2023

3.67

83k+ ratings

🏚️ Home Invasion Horror 🐀 Cat And Mouse Thriller 📚 Meta Thriller 🔪 Final Girl Survival 🏠 Isolated Protagonist

The Watchers

by A.M. Shine • 2021

An artist trapped in a mirrored bunker must survive the nightly watch of changeling creatures.

3.87

37k+

🌲 Folk Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 👤 Changeling Lore 👁️ Surveillance Horror 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Watchers 91%

An artist trapped in a mirrored bunker must survive the nightly watch of changeling creatures.

by A.M. Shine 2021

3.87

37k+ ratings

🌲 Folk Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 👤 Changeling Lore 👁️ Surveillance Horror 🎭 Hidden Identity

Roses of May

by Dot Hutchison • 2017

Her sister's killer left flowers on every body. Now bouquets are arriving at Priya's door.

3.9

65k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 💐 Ritualistic Murder 🫂 Found Family ♟️ Intergenerational Bonds 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Roses of May 91%

Her sister's killer left flowers on every body. Now bouquets are arriving at Priya's door.

by Dot Hutchison 2017

3.9

65k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 💐 Ritualistic Murder 🫂 Found Family ♟️ Intergenerational Bonds 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Beneath the Stairs

by Jennifer Fawcett • 2022

She returns to a haunted house after a friend's suicide attempt to face the basement they buried.

3.55

5k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔗 Generational Trauma 😰 Creeping Dread ⏳ Dual Timeline

Beneath the Stairs 91%

She returns to a haunted house after a friend's suicide attempt to face the basement they buried.

by Jennifer Fawcett 2022

3.55

5k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔗 Generational Trauma 😰 Creeping Dread ⏳ Dual Timeline

Whispers of Dead Girls

by Marlee Bush • 2025

Returning to her dead sister's high school to teach, she finds a predator among the faculty.

3.56

3k+

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Modern Gothic 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Predator In Plain Sight 🏫 Institutional Cover-Up

Whispers of Dead Girls 91%

Returning to her dead sister's high school to teach, she finds a predator among the faculty.

by Marlee Bush 2025

3.56

3k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Modern Gothic 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Predator In Plain Sight 🏫 Institutional Cover-Up

Experimental Film

by Gemma Files • 2015

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

3.52

4k+

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

Experimental Film 91%

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

by Gemma Files 2015

3.52

4k+ ratings

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

The Sun Down Motel

by Simone St. James • 2020

A haunted motel swallowed her aunt. She takes the night shift, and the ghosts know why.

3.99

195k+

🕯️ Supernatural Mystery 🚺 Feminist Horror 🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📋 Unsolved Disappearance

The Sun Down Motel 92%

A haunted motel swallowed her aunt. She takes the night shift, and the ghosts know why.

by Simone St. James 2020

3.99

195k+ ratings

🕯️ Supernatural Mystery 🚺 Feminist Horror 🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📋 Unsolved Disappearance

Theme Music

by T. Marie Vandelly • 2019

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

3.74

17k+

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

Theme Music 92%

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

by T. Marie Vandelly 2019

3.74

17k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

by Shailee Thompson

A slasher scholar’s speed-dating night turns into a serial killer’s bloody courtship.

3.71

30k+

🩸 Slasher Horror 💘 Horror Rom-Com 🌹 Serial Killer Courtship 🎬 Meta Slasher 💪 Final Girl

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates 91%

A slasher scholar’s speed-dating night turns into a serial killer’s bloody courtship.

by Shailee Thompson 2026

3.71

30k+ ratings

🩸 Slasher Horror 💘 Horror Rom-Com 🌹 Serial Killer Courtship 🎬 Meta Slasher 💪 Final Girl

The New Girl

by R.L. Stine • 1989

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

3.57

10k+

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Dead Girl Mystery 👯 Sister Rivalry

The New Girl 91%

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

by R.L. Stine 1989

3.57

10k+ ratings

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Dead Girl Mystery 👯 Sister Rivalry

Kill For You

by Lisa Regan • 2013

An FBI profiler tracks a serial killer whose every victim is someone from her own life.

4.36

5k+

🔪 Psychological Thriller 🕵️ Fbi Profiling 🏠 Killer Next Door 👁️ Protective Stalker 👯 Dead Twin Mystery

Kill For You 91%

An FBI profiler tracks a serial killer whose every victim is someone from her own life.

by Lisa Regan 2013

4.36

5k+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 🕵️ Fbi Profiling 🏠 Killer Next Door 👁️ Protective Stalker 👯 Dead Twin Mystery

Ours Is a Tale of Murder

by Nora Murphy • 2026

A lawyer's fast marriage becomes a gilded cage from which only murder can set her free.

3.55

4k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💍 Gaslighting Spouse 👀 Stalker Neighbor 📖 Metafictional Twist 😨 Claustrophobic Tension

Ours Is a Tale of Murder 91%

A lawyer's fast marriage becomes a gilded cage from which only murder can set her free.

by Nora Murphy 2026

3.55

4k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💍 Gaslighting Spouse 👀 Stalker Neighbor 📖 Metafictional Twist 😨 Claustrophobic Tension

When She Was Me

by Marlee Bush • 2024

After a teen vanishes from their campground, a sleepwalking twin fears she might be the killer.

3.32

16k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌿 Southern Gothic 👯 Twin Sisters 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Codependent Siblings

When She Was Me 91%

After a teen vanishes from their campground, a sleepwalking twin fears she might be the killer.

by Marlee Bush 2024

3.32

16k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌿 Southern Gothic 👯 Twin Sisters 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Codependent Siblings

Insomnia

by Sarah Pinborough • 2022

A lawyer nears forty sleepless, terrified she'll inherit the madness that destroyed her mother.

3.69

36k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔄 Generational Trauma 👯 Estranged Sisters 👩 Motherhood And Madness

Insomnia 91%

A lawyer nears forty sleepless, terrified she'll inherit the madness that destroyed her mother.

by Sarah Pinborough 2022

3.69

36k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔄 Generational Trauma 👯 Estranged Sisters 👩 Motherhood And Madness

Dragon Tears

by Dean Koontz • 1993

A cop receives a countdown to his death, then watches the world begin to break.

3.78

24k+

🔮 Supernatural Thriller 👮 Police Vs Paranormal 👥 Partner Detectives 🌀 Reality Unraveling 🏠 Found Family

Dragon Tears 91%

A cop receives a countdown to his death, then watches the world begin to break.

by Dean Koontz 1993

3.78

24k+ ratings

🔮 Supernatural Thriller 👮 Police Vs Paranormal 👥 Partner Detectives 🌀 Reality Unraveling 🏠 Found Family

This Book Will Bury Me

by Ashley Winstead • 2025

Grieving her father, a student joins online sleuths to catch a serial killer in small-town Idaho.

3.63

31k+

🎬 True Crime Fiction 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 💻 Digital Vigilantism 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Charismatic Villain

This Book Will Bury Me 91%

Grieving her father, a student joins online sleuths to catch a serial killer in small-town Idaho.

by Ashley Winstead 2025

3.63

31k+ ratings

🎬 True Crime Fiction 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 💻 Digital Vigilantism 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Charismatic Villain

Silverskin

by Caitee Cooper • 2023

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

4.26

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding

Silverskin 91%

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

by Caitee Cooper 2023

4.26

97 ratings

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding

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