50 Books like Echoes

Empire of the Vampire

by Jay Kristoff

The sun has gone dark. A half-vampire and a street thief hold the world's last light.

4.33

82k+

⚔️ Grimdark Epic 🧛 Vampire Hunters 🤝 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Romance 🕯️ Chosen One Sacrifice

Empire of the Vampire 92%

The sun has gone dark. A half-vampire and a street thief hold the world's last light.

by Jay Kristoff 2021

4.33

82k+ ratings

⚔️ Grimdark Epic 🧛 Vampire Hunters 🤝 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Romance 🕯️ Chosen One Sacrifice

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

by Michelle Hodkin • 2011

The accident killed her friends and spared her. Now Mara Dyer's worst thoughts are becoming reality.

4.01

191k+

📖 Unreliable Narrator 👻 Psychological Paranormal 🩹 Trauma And Powers 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Paranormal Murder Mystery

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer 93%

The accident killed her friends and spared her. Now Mara Dyer's worst thoughts are becoming reality.

by Michelle Hodkin 2011

4.01

191k+ ratings

📖 Unreliable Narrator 👻 Psychological Paranormal 🩹 Trauma And Powers 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Paranormal Murder Mystery

The Murder House

by James Patterson • 2015

A detective returns to a cursed mansion crime scene; the house remembers the childhood she buried.

4.06

51k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Generational Curse 🧠 Repressed Memories ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

The Murder House 92%

A detective returns to a cursed mansion crime scene; the house remembers the childhood she buried.

by James Patterson 2015

4.06

51k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Generational Curse 🧠 Repressed Memories ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction

Sleep Tight

by J.H. Markert • 2024

A detective's daughter is abducted, forcing her to hunt a killer who mirrors her own buried past.

3.64

26k+

🕯️ Cult Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Multiple Personalities 🧠 Repressed Trauma 🖤 Generational Trauma

Sleep Tight 91%

A detective's daughter is abducted, forcing her to hunt a killer who mirrors her own buried past.

by J.H. Markert 2024

3.64

26k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Multiple Personalities 🧠 Repressed Trauma 🖤 Generational Trauma

Sanguine Summer

by Abe Moss • 2025

A vampire checks into a motel, trapping three strangers in a nightmare of blood and control.

4.03

712

🩸 Vampire Gothic 🏨 Roadside Motel 💉 Blood Addiction 🧠 Vampire's Thrall 🔗 Reluctant Accomplice

Sanguine Summer 91%

A vampire checks into a motel, trapping three strangers in a nightmare of blood and control.

by Abe Moss 2025

4.03

712 ratings

🩸 Vampire Gothic 🏨 Roadside Motel 💉 Blood Addiction 🧠 Vampire's Thrall 🔗 Reluctant Accomplice

Haunted

by James Herbert • 1988

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

3.78

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Haunted 91%

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

by James Herbert 1988

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

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

Fiend

by Alma Katsu • 2025

A demon guards their empire. Three siblings fight for control. The demon is choosing the winner.

3.38

3k+

🩸 Generational Curse 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 🏙️ Modern Gothic 📖 Literary Horror

Fiend 92%

A demon guards their empire. Three siblings fight for control. The demon is choosing the winner.

by Alma Katsu 2025

3.38

3k+ ratings

🩸 Generational Curse 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 🏙️ Modern Gothic 📖 Literary Horror

The Truth Is a Lie

by CherAnn Wright • 2025

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

4.22

235

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

The Truth Is a Lie 92%

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

by CherAnn Wright 2025

4.22

235 ratings

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

The Children

by Melissa Albert

Raised inside their mother's fantasy novels, two siblings inherit her haunting and her hunger.

3.54

7k+

🖤 Gothic Family Curse 📖 Meta Horror Fiction 👥 Sibling Trauma Bond 🎭 Cursed Artists 🏚️ Magical House

The Children 92%

Raised inside their mother's fantasy novels, two siblings inherit her haunting and her hunger.

by Melissa Albert 2026

3.54

7k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Family Curse 📖 Meta Horror Fiction 👥 Sibling Trauma Bond 🎭 Cursed Artists 🏚️ Magical House

Wicked Walking

by Claudia Cain • 2022

A witch hunts a possessing entity that can wear the face of anyone she loves.

4.42

161

🔮 Small Town Witchcraft 👁️ Possession Horror 🧙 Family Of Witches 🔑 Hidden Family Secrets 🧠 Altered Memories

Wicked Walking 91%

A witch hunts a possessing entity that can wear the face of anyone she loves.

by Claudia Cain 2022

4.42

161 ratings

🔮 Small Town Witchcraft 👁️ Possession Horror 🧙 Family Of Witches 🔑 Hidden Family Secrets 🧠 Altered Memories

The Reaping

by Bernard Taylor • 1980

An artist's retreat to a crumbling manor becomes a trap when the household's true purpose surfaces.

3.57

915

🐐 Folk Horror 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🕯️ Secret Cult 🕰️ Immortality Ritual 🎭 Hidden Identities

The Reaping 91%

An artist's retreat to a crumbling manor becomes a trap when the household's true purpose surfaces.

by Bernard Taylor 1980

3.57

915 ratings

🐐 Folk Horror 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🕯️ Secret Cult 🕰️ Immortality Ritual 🎭 Hidden Identities

What Big Teeth

by Rose Szabo • 2021

Eleanor returns to her family's isolated mansion to find monsters and an even darker matriarch.

3.36

7k+

🐺 Werewolf Family 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Isolated Mansion 🕯️ Dark Family Secret 🕸️ Manipulative Matriarch

What Big Teeth 91%

Eleanor returns to her family's isolated mansion to find monsters and an even darker matriarch.

by Rose Szabo 2021

3.36

7k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Family 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Isolated Mansion 🕯️ Dark Family Secret 🕸️ Manipulative Matriarch

The Witching Hour

by Anne Rice • 1990

A surgeon is the last witch her family's dark spirit needs to be reborn.

4.10

125k+

🧹 Generational Witches 📜 Secret Society 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👹 Demonic Rebirth 🏚️ Haunted Mansion

The Witching Hour 91%

A surgeon is the last witch her family's dark spirit needs to be reborn.

by Anne Rice 1990

4.10

125k+ ratings

🧹 Generational Witches 📜 Secret Society 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👹 Demonic Rebirth 🏚️ Haunted Mansion

Fledgling

by Octavia E. Butler

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

3.79

40k+

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

Fledgling 91%

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

by Octavia E. Butler 2005

3.79

40k+ ratings

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

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

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

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer

by Jennifer Lynch • 1990

A murdered homecoming queen's diary reveals the shadow that stalked her from childhood.

3.82

16k+

📖 Diary Novel 🏚️ Small Town Horror 🎭 Secret Double Life 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Dreamlike Dread

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer Summary

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer 91%

A murdered homecoming queen's diary reveals the shadow that stalked her from childhood.

by Jennifer Lynch 1990

3.82

16k+ ratings

📖 Diary Novel 🏚️ Small Town Horror 🎭 Secret Double Life 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Dreamlike Dread

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

by Jeneva Rose • 2024

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

3.80

321k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Home Is Where the Bodies Are 91%

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

by Jeneva Rose 2024

3.80

321k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Daphne

by Josh Malerman • 2022

Think of her, you die. A basketball star with severe anxiety can't control her thoughts.

3.37

6k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌃 Urban Legend 😰 Anxiety As Horror 💀 Fear Made Flesh 🏚️ Small-Town Secrets

Daphne 91%

Think of her, you die. A basketball star with severe anxiety can't control her thoughts.

by Josh Malerman 2022

3.37

6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌃 Urban Legend 😰 Anxiety As Horror 💀 Fear Made Flesh 🏚️ Small-Town Secrets

Violet

by Scott Thomas • 2019

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

3.54

3k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Violet 91%

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

by Scott Thomas 2019

3.54

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

Gaslit

by R.R. Haywood

A disgraced detective tending a gothic manor discovers two missing maids and a house that watches.

4.04

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🕵️ Undercover Detective 💋 Femme Fatale 🏘️ Village Conspiracy 🏰 Architectural Horror

Gaslit 91%

A disgraced detective tending a gothic manor discovers two missing maids and a house that watches.

by R.R. Haywood 2024

4.04

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🕵️ Undercover Detective 💋 Femme Fatale 🏘️ Village Conspiracy 🏰 Architectural Horror

Floating Dragon

by Peter Straub • 2003

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

3.82

13k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

Floating Dragon 91%

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

by Peter Straub 2003

3.82

13k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay • 2004

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

3.90

221k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

Darkly Dreaming Dexter 91%

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

by Jeff Lindsay 2004

3.90

221k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

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

The Library After Dark

by Ande Pliego • 2026

A locked gothic library, a blizzard, and dark fairy tales that have started killing the guests.

3.59

2k+

🔒 Gothic Locked Room 🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 🔑 Family Secrets 👧 Orphaned Heroine 👯 Sisters Divided

The Library After Dark 91%

A locked gothic library, a blizzard, and dark fairy tales that have started killing the guests.

by Ande Pliego 2026

3.59

2k+ ratings

🔒 Gothic Locked Room 🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 🔑 Family Secrets 👧 Orphaned Heroine 👯 Sisters Divided

Flowers in the Attic

by V.C. Andrews

Four siblings locked in an attic for years discover their mother chose money over their lives.

3.86

241k+

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 💔 Mother As Villain 👩‍👦 Sibling Caretakers ☠️ Arsenic Poisoning 🔥 Forbidden Desire

Flowers in the Attic 91%

Four siblings locked in an attic for years discover their mother chose money over their lives.

by V.C. Andrews 1979

3.86

241k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 💔 Mother As Villain 👩‍👦 Sibling Caretakers ☠️ Arsenic Poisoning 🔥 Forbidden Desire

Black Sheep

by Rachel Harrison • 2023

She fled her Satanic family years ago. A wedding invitation won't let her stay gone.

3.58

38k+

🩸 Cult Horror 🏚️ Family Secrets 🏃 Cult Escape ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 👩‍👧 Maternal Wounds

Black Sheep 92%

She fled her Satanic family years ago. A wedding invitation won't let her stay gone.

by Rachel Harrison 2023

3.58

38k+ ratings

🩸 Cult Horror 🏚️ Family Secrets 🏃 Cult Escape ⚡ Reluctant Chosen One 👩‍👧 Maternal Wounds

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays

by H.R. Mason • 2019

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

3.85

272

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Doomed Lovers 👀 Small Town Suspicion

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays 92%

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

by H.R. Mason 2019

3.85

272 ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Doomed Lovers 👀 Small Town Suspicion

Blood Like Mine

by Stuart Neville • 2024

To feed her vampire daughter, a mother hunts predators across backroads as the FBI closes in.

3.61

4k+

🧛 Vampire Thriller 👧 Child Vampire 🔍 Supernatural Crime ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ FBI Manhunt

Blood Like Mine 91%

To feed her vampire daughter, a mother hunts predators across backroads as the FBI closes in.

by Stuart Neville 2024

3.61

4k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Thriller 👧 Child Vampire 🔍 Supernatural Crime ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🕵️ FBI Manhunt

Senseless

by Ronald Malfi • 2025

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

3.83

3k+

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object 💔 Grieving Detective 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

Senseless 91%

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

by Ronald Malfi 2025

3.83

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object 💔 Grieving Detective 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

Thicker Than Water

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2015

His mother murdered, a town needs a killer. The cop's daughter is the only one listening.

3.59

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Atmospheric Gothic ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔮 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Forbidden Romance

Thicker Than Water 91%

His mother murdered, a town needs a killer. The cop's daughter is the only one listening.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2015

3.59

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Atmospheric Gothic ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔮 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Binding Season

by Claudia Cain • 2023

A broken witch must stop a fae plague as her family's dark secrets surface.

4.46

125

⚡ Unstable Magic 🏘️ Small Town Witch 🧚 Fae Romance 🔒 Family Secrets 🩸 Forbidden Magic

The Binding Season 91%

A broken witch must stop a fae plague as her family's dark secrets surface.

by Claudia Cain 2023

4.46

125 ratings

⚡ Unstable Magic 🏘️ Small Town Witch 🧚 Fae Romance 🔒 Family Secrets 🩸 Forbidden Magic

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

Portrait of a Nuclear Family

by J.P. Behrens • 2022

She finds her son's dissection journals. Her perfect family will be preserved, body by body.

3.80

856

🏠 Domestic Horror 🌀 Psychological Descent 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Family Secrets 🩸 Body Horror

Portrait of a Nuclear Family 91%

She finds her son's dissection journals. Her perfect family will be preserved, body by body.

by J.P. Behrens 2022

3.80

856 ratings

🏠 Domestic Horror 🌀 Psychological Descent 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Family Secrets 🩸 Body Horror

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

The Wicked Sister

by Karen Dionne • 2020

A woman institutionalized since childhood learns she never killed her parents. Her sister did.

3.79

10k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Toxic Sisterhood 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🌲 Isolated Wilderness

The Wicked Sister 91%

A woman institutionalized since childhood learns she never killed her parents. Her sister did.

by Karen Dionne 2020

3.79

10k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Toxic Sisterhood 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🌲 Isolated Wilderness

A History of Wild Places

by Shea Ernshaw • 2021

A psychic tracker follows a vanished author into a forest commune, and then he disappears too.

3.91

68k+

🏘️ Isolated Commune 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🔮 Psychic Detective 🎭 Hidden Identities 🌲 Eerie Woods

A History of Wild Places 91%

A psychic tracker follows a vanished author into a forest commune, and then he disappears too.

by Shea Ernshaw 2021

3.91

68k+ ratings

🏘️ Isolated Commune 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🔮 Psychic Detective 🎭 Hidden Identities 🌲 Eerie Woods

Someone Knows

by Vi Keeland

A professor opens a student manuscript and finds her own buried murder on the page.

3.87

15k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💭 Repressed Memories 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Someone Knows 91%

A professor opens a student manuscript and finds her own buried murder on the page.

by Vi Keeland 2025

3.87

15k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 💭 Repressed Memories 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Dead in the Water

by John Marrs • 2026

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

3.86

39k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind 🌊 Coastal Noir 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma

Dead in the Water 91%

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

by John Marrs 2026

3.86

39k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind 🌊 Coastal Noir 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma

The Bad Weather Friend

by Dean Koontz • 2024

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

3.88

40k+

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

The Bad Weather Friend 91%

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

by Dean Koontz 2024

3.88

40k+ ratings

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

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

The God of Endings

by Jacqueline Holland • 2023

An immortal teacher cages her hunger behind a preschool until a dying boy needs her darkest self.

3.81

13k+

🧛 Literary Vampire 🩸 Reluctant Monster 👧 Immortal Guardian ⏳ Weight Of Immortality 🖤 Lyrical Gothic

The God of Endings 91%

An immortal teacher cages her hunger behind a preschool until a dying boy needs her darkest self.

by Jacqueline Holland 2023

3.81

13k+ ratings

🧛 Literary Vampire 🩸 Reluctant Monster 👧 Immortal Guardian ⏳ Weight Of Immortality 🖤 Lyrical Gothic

Interview with the Vampire

by Anne Rice • 1976

A vampire recounts his life: from 1791 Louisiana to Parisian vampire theater, an eternity of sorrow.

4.02

656k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🎙️ Framed Narrative 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 👧 Eternal Child 🥀 Immortal Melancholy

Interview with the Vampire 91%

A vampire recounts his life: from 1791 Louisiana to Parisian vampire theater, an eternity of sorrow.

by Anne Rice 1976

4.02

656k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🎙️ Framed Narrative 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 👧 Eternal Child 🥀 Immortal Melancholy

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 91%

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

Sometimes I Lie

by Alice Feeney

Locked in a coma, Amber hears everything. Her husband's whispered apologies only deepen her dread.

3.74

352k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👯 Toxic Sisters 🏥 Coma Narrative

Sometimes I Lie 91%

Locked in a coma, Amber hears everything. Her husband's whispered apologies only deepen her dread.

by Alice Feeney 2017

3.74

352k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👯 Toxic Sisters 🏥 Coma Narrative

The Dead Husband

by Carter Wilson • 2021

A widow returns to her childhood home, and her novel risks uncovering a deadly family secret.

3.67

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry

The Dead Husband 91%

A widow returns to her childhood home, and her novel risks uncovering a deadly family secret.

by Carter Wilson 2021

3.67

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry

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

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