50 Books like Frankenstien (4)

William

by Mason Coile

An agoraphobic man's AI traps his pregnant wife in a house that kills on Halloween.

3.48

18k+

🖥️ AI Horror ⚡ Creator Vs Creation 🏠 Trapped In A House 🧠 Fabricated Memories 👻 Possession Horror

William 89%

An agoraphobic man's AI traps his pregnant wife in a house that kills on Halloween.

by Mason Coile 2024

3.48

18k+ ratings

🖥️ AI Horror ⚡ Creator Vs Creation 🏠 Trapped In A House 🧠 Fabricated Memories 👻 Possession Horror

Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley • 2025

A scientist creates life, then recoils. Abandoned, his creature demands a companion or revenge.

4.19

504

🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🧬 Playing God ❄️ Arctic Isolation 💔 Tragic Villain 👁️ Monster Perspective

Frankenstein 98%

A scientist creates life, then recoils. Abandoned, his creature demands a companion or revenge.

by Mary Shelley 2025

4.19

504 ratings

🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🧬 Playing God ❄️ Arctic Isolation 💔 Tragic Villain 👁️ Monster Perspective

The Island of Doctor Moreau

by H.G. Wells • 1896

A castaway lands on an island of beasts carved into men by a surgeon playing god.

3.73

136k+

🧪 Mad Scientist 🩸 Body Horror ⚡ Man Playing God 🐺 The Beast Within 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Island of Doctor Moreau 95%

A castaway lands on an island of beasts carved into men by a surgeon playing god.

by H.G. Wells 1896

3.73

136k+ ratings

🧪 Mad Scientist 🩸 Body Horror ⚡ Man Playing God 🐺 The Beast Within 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Vathek

by William Beckford • 1786

An impious caliph sells his soul for a demon's promise of a subterranean palace of fire.

3.23

7k+

🏰 Early Gothic 🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🤝 Faustian Bargain 📜 Forbidden Knowledge 🕯️ Decadent Gothic

Vathek 90%

An impious caliph sells his soul for a demon's promise of a subterranean palace of fire.

by William Beckford 1786

3.23

7k+ ratings

🏰 Early Gothic 🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🤝 Faustian Bargain 📜 Forbidden Knowledge 🕯️ Decadent Gothic

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 1886

A respectable doctor's strange will leaves everything to a violent man his lawyer has never met.

3.91

147k+

🧠 Split Personality 🧪 Mad Scientist 🏙️ Victorian London ✉️ Epistolary Horror 😰 Creeping Dread

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror Summary

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror 90%

A respectable doctor's strange will leaves everything to a violent man his lawyer has never met.

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886

3.91

147k+ ratings

🧠 Split Personality 🧪 Mad Scientist 🏙️ Victorian London ✉️ Epistolary Horror 😰 Creeping Dread

Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hide

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 1886

A lawyer uncovers a horrifying secret linking his friend Dr. Jekyll to a brutish criminal.

3.83

674k+

🧠 Split Personality 🔬 Victorian Science 👥 Evil Double 🧪 Scientific Hubris 🎩 Repressed Gentleman

Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hide 90%

A lawyer uncovers a horrifying secret linking his friend Dr. Jekyll to a brutish criminal.

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886

3.83

674k+ ratings

🧠 Split Personality 🔬 Victorian Science 👥 Evil Double 🧪 Scientific Hubris 🎩 Repressed Gentleman

The Invisible Man

by H.G. Wells • 1897

Mad and invisible, a scientist terrorizes a village that must hunt what it cannot see.

3.63

219k+

🧪 Mad Scientist 👻 Gothic Dread 👁️ Unseen Predator 🔮 Invisibility ⚗️ Experiment Gone Wrong

The Invisible Man 90%

Mad and invisible, a scientist terrorizes a village that must hunt what it cannot see.

by H.G. Wells 1897

3.63

219k+ ratings

🧪 Mad Scientist 👻 Gothic Dread 👁️ Unseen Predator 🔮 Invisibility ⚗️ Experiment Gone Wrong

Grendel

by John Gardner • 1971

Deathless and despised, a monster wages war on the hall whose stories made him evil.

3.69

43k+

🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 👹 Monster Protagonist 📖 Literary Retelling 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Outsider Narrator

Grendel 90%

Deathless and despised, a monster wages war on the hall whose stories made him evil.

by John Gardner 1971

3.69

43k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 👹 Monster Protagonist 📖 Literary Retelling 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Outsider Narrator

Faust, First Part

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • 1808

A scholar bets his soul he will never find a moment worth keeping; the devil gives him Gretchen.

3.83

87k+

📜 Faustian Bargain 📚 Forbidden Knowledge 🥀 Seduction And Ruin 👰 Tragic Heroine ✝️ Religious Redemption

Faust, First Part 89%

A scholar bets his soul he will never find a moment worth keeping; the devil gives him Gretchen.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808

3.83

87k+ ratings

📜 Faustian Bargain 📚 Forbidden Knowledge 🥀 Seduction And Ruin 👰 Tragic Heroine ✝️ Religious Redemption

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1999

A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.

3.5

15k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚢 Gothic Seafaring ⚓ Mutiny At Sea 🍖 Survival Cannibalism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Summary

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket 89%

A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1999

3.5

15k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚢 Gothic Seafaring ⚓ Mutiny At Sea 🍖 Survival Cannibalism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Cold Skin

by Albert Sánchez Piñol • 2007

On an Antarctic island, sea creatures rise nightly, and the lighthouse keeper hides a dark secret.

3.66

10k+

🦑 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Siege Survival 🔦 Isolated Lighthouse ❄️ Antarctic Isolation 🖤 Taboo Obsession

Cold Skin 89%

On an Antarctic island, sea creatures rise nightly, and the lighthouse keeper hides a dark secret.

by Albert Sánchez Piñol 2007

3.66

10k+ ratings

🦑 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Siege Survival 🔦 Isolated Lighthouse ❄️ Antarctic Isolation 🖤 Taboo Obsession

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Ian Edginton • 2008

Dorian Gray stays young while his portrait ages: a supernatural bargain that devours his soul.

4.17

60k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🌟 Wish Gone Wrong 💀 Moral Corruption 🎭 Corrupting Influence ⏳ Eternal Youth

The Picture of Dorian Gray 89%

Dorian Gray stays young while his portrait ages: a supernatural bargain that devours his soul.

by Ian Edginton 2008

4.17

60k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🌟 Wish Gone Wrong 💀 Moral Corruption 🎭 Corrupting Influence ⏳ Eternal Youth

L’efecte Frankenstein

by Elia Barceló • 2019

Trapped in 1790, a medical student falls for the man Victor Frankenstein stitched back to life.

3.50

1k+

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling ⏳ Time Travel Romance 🏰 Gothic Romance 🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 📚 Dark Academia

L’efecte Frankenstein 89%

Trapped in 1790, a medical student falls for the man Victor Frankenstein stitched back to life.

by Elia Barceló 2019

3.50

1k+ ratings

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling ⏳ Time Travel Romance 🏰 Gothic Romance 🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 📚 Dark Academia

At the Mountains of Madness

by H.P. Lovecraft • 1936

An Antarctic expedition uncovers a dead alien city. The cause of death is still there.

3.78

65k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 👾 Weird Fiction 🧊 Polar Horror 🛸 Ancient Aliens 🔬 Scientific Hubris

At the Mountains of Madness 89%

An Antarctic expedition uncovers a dead alien city. The cause of death is still there.

by H.P. Lovecraft 1936

3.78

65k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 👾 Weird Fiction 🧊 Polar Horror 🛸 Ancient Aliens 🔬 Scientific Hubris

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 89%

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

A Botanical Daughter

by Noah Medlock • 2024

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

3.58

7k+

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

A Botanical Daughter 89%

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

by Noah Medlock 2024

3.58

7k+ ratings

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

The Shadow of the Torturer

by Gene Wolfe • 1980

An apprentice torturer's act of mercy exiles him into a dying world haunted by miracles.

3.84

36k+

🌑 Dying Earth ⚗️ Science Fantasy 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖋️ Baroque Prose 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy

The Shadow of the Torturer 89%

An apprentice torturer's act of mercy exiles him into a dying world haunted by miracles.

by Gene Wolfe 1980

3.84

36k+ ratings

🌑 Dying Earth ⚗️ Science Fantasy 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖋️ Baroque Prose 🤔 Philosophical Fantasy

The Madman's Daughter

by Megan Shepherd • 2013

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

3.68

25k+

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

The Madman's Daughter 92%

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

by Megan Shepherd 2013

3.68

25k+ ratings

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

Marina

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón • 1999

A Barcelona boy follows a cemetery mourner to a greenhouse of puppets hiding an undying monster.

4.14

98k+

🧪 Mad Scientist 🦴 Body Horror 🧬 Forbidden Science 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

Marina 91%

A Barcelona boy follows a cemetery mourner to a greenhouse of puppets hiding an undying monster.

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 1999

4.14

98k+ ratings

🧪 Mad Scientist 🦴 Body Horror 🧬 Forbidden Science 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

The Red Winter

by Cameron Sullivan

An immortal magician hunts the Beast that stole his lover and now curses their son.

3.95

9k+

🖤 Doomed Queer Love 🔥 Inner Demon 🐺 Monstrous Transformation 🌊 Fey Bargains ⛪ Religious Corruption

The Red Winter 88%

An immortal magician hunts the Beast that stole his lover and now curses their son.

by Cameron Sullivan 2026

3.95

9k+ ratings

🖤 Doomed Queer Love 🔥 Inner Demon 🐺 Monstrous Transformation 🌊 Fey Bargains ⛪ Religious Corruption

The Great God Pan

by Arthur Machen • 1890

A forbidden brain experiment yields a child who grows into a woman of inhuman, ruinous beauty.

3.67

17k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction ⚗️ Forbidden Experiment 🌹 Inhuman Beauty 🔗 Contagious Evil

The Great God Pan 89%

A forbidden brain experiment yields a child who grows into a woman of inhuman, ruinous beauty.

by Arthur Machen 1890

3.67

17k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction ⚗️ Forbidden Experiment 🌹 Inhuman Beauty 🔗 Contagious Evil

The Terror

by Dan Simmons • 2007

A doomed Arctic expedition. A predator on the ice. The long, dark winter has only begun.

4.09

75k+

🧊 Arctic Horror ⚓ Historical Horror 🩸 Survival Horror 💀 Doomed Expedition 👹 Monster In The Ice

The Terror 89%

A doomed Arctic expedition. A predator on the ice. The long, dark winter has only begun.

by Dan Simmons 2007

4.09

75k+ ratings

🧊 Arctic Horror ⚓ Historical Horror 🩸 Survival Horror 💀 Doomed Expedition 👹 Monster In The Ice

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2022

Carlota Moreau grew up among animal hybrids in the jungle. She never knew she was one.

3.57

41k+

🧬 Gothic Science Fiction ✨ Feminist Retelling 🧪 Mad Scientist 💚 Chosen Family 🐆 Animal-Human Hybrids

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau 89%

Carlota Moreau grew up among animal hybrids in the jungle. She never knew she was one.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2022

3.57

41k+ ratings

🧬 Gothic Science Fiction ✨ Feminist Retelling 🧪 Mad Scientist 💚 Chosen Family 🐆 Animal-Human Hybrids

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood

by James Malcolm Rymer • 1845

A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.

3.40

2k+

🏰 Victorian Gothic 🩸 Tragic Vampire 💀 Ancestral Curse 📰 Penny Dreadful 🎭 Gothic Melodrama

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Summary

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood 88%

A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.

by James Malcolm Rymer 1845

3.40

2k+ ratings

🏰 Victorian Gothic 🩸 Tragic Vampire 💀 Ancestral Curse 📰 Penny Dreadful 🎭 Gothic Melodrama

Geist

by Philippa Ballantine • 2010

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

3.64

4k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond 👑 Cursed Royalty 🤝 Found Family

Geist 88%

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

by Philippa Ballantine 2010

3.64

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond 👑 Cursed Royalty 🤝 Found Family

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde • 1890

A vain wish grants him eternal youth; a hidden portrait rots with every sin.

4.14

1.9M+

😈 Faustian Bargain 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Double Life 🐍 Corrupting Influence 🥀 Decadent Horror

The Picture of Dorian Gray 88%

A vain wish grants him eternal youth; a hidden portrait rots with every sin.

by Oscar Wilde 1890

4.14

1.9M+ ratings

😈 Faustian Bargain 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Double Life 🐍 Corrupting Influence 🥀 Decadent Horror

Poor Things

by Alasdair Gray • 1992

A drowned woman, rebuilt with an infant's brain, awakens to a world trying to own her.

3.92

43k+

📜 Victorian Pastiche ✊ Feminist Revision 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Competing Narratives ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

Poor Things 88%

A drowned woman, rebuilt with an infant's brain, awakens to a world trying to own her.

by Alasdair Gray 1992

3.92

43k+ ratings

📜 Victorian Pastiche ✊ Feminist Revision 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Competing Narratives ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux • 1910

At the Paris Opera, a phantom’s love turns deadly when his protégée falls for a vicomte.

3.96

281k+

🖤 Gothic Romance 🌹 Beauty And The Beast 💘 Obsessive Love 🎵 Secret Mentor 🗼 Belle éPoque Paris

The Phantom of the Opera 88%

At the Paris Opera, a phantom’s love turns deadly when his protégée falls for a vicomte.

by Gaston Leroux 1910

3.96

281k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 🌹 Beauty And The Beast 💘 Obsessive Love 🎵 Secret Mentor 🗼 Belle éPoque Paris

The Time Machine / The Invisible Man

by H.G. Wells • 2007

A time traveler finds a future where humans are prey. An invisible man terrorizes Victorian England.

4.10

57k+

🧪 Mad Scientist 🥩 Human Livestock ⚠️ Cautionary Tale 🎭 Social Allegory 🦇 Gothic Sci-Fi

The Time Machine / The Invisible Man Summary

The Time Machine / The Invisible Man 88%

A time traveler finds a future where humans are prey. An invisible man terrorizes Victorian England.

by H.G. Wells 2007

4.10

57k+ ratings

🧪 Mad Scientist 🥩 Human Livestock ⚠️ Cautionary Tale 🎭 Social Allegory 🦇 Gothic Sci-Fi

Star Wars

by Joe Schreiber • 2010

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

3.46

9k+

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

Star Wars 88%

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

by Joe Schreiber 2010

3.46

9k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

El golem

by Gustav Meyrink • 1915

In Prague's ghetto, an amnesiac gem cutter discovers the Golem haunting the alleys wears his face.

3.82

9k+

🎭 Expressionist Horror 🕎 Jewish Folklore 🌫️ Unreliable Reality 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🌙 Fever Dream

El golem 88%

In Prague's ghetto, an amnesiac gem cutter discovers the Golem haunting the alleys wears his face.

by Gustav Meyrink 1915

3.82

9k+ ratings

🎭 Expressionist Horror 🕎 Jewish Folklore 🌫️ Unreliable Reality 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🌙 Fever Dream

The Philosopher's Stone

by Colin Wilson • 1969

A scientist's brain operation unlocks hidden powers and reveals ancient gods once ruled the world.

3.92

748

🌑 Cosmic Horror 🦑 Eldritch Gods 🧠 Consciousness Expansion 🧬 Transhuman Evolution 🔬 Scientific Mysticism

The Philosopher's Stone 88%

A scientist's brain operation unlocks hidden powers and reveals ancient gods once ruled the world.

by Colin Wilson 1969

3.92

748 ratings

🌑 Cosmic Horror 🦑 Eldritch Gods 🧠 Consciousness Expansion 🧬 Transhuman Evolution 🔬 Scientific Mysticism

Faust

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • 1808

A dissatisfied scholar bets his soul the devil cannot give him a moment worth keeping.

3.89

51k+

😈 Deal With The Devil 🥀 Innocence Corrupted 💫 Redemptive Love 🖤 Gothic Tragedy 🏛️ Classical Mythology

Faust 88%

A dissatisfied scholar bets his soul the devil cannot give him a moment worth keeping.

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808

3.89

51k+ ratings

😈 Deal With The Devil 🥀 Innocence Corrupted 💫 Redemptive Love 🖤 Gothic Tragedy 🏛️ Classical Mythology

Anima Rising

by Christopher Moore • 2025

Frankenstein's bride washes up in Vienna with no memory and becomes Klimt's most dangerous muse.

4.05

6k+

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🕰️ Immortal Woman 🎨 Artist And Muse 💛 Found Family 😈 Darkly Comic

Anima Rising 88%

Frankenstein's bride washes up in Vienna with no memory and becomes Klimt's most dangerous muse.

by Christopher Moore 2025

4.05

6k+ ratings

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🕰️ Immortal Woman 🎨 Artist And Muse 💛 Found Family 😈 Darkly Comic

Wolf Worm

by T. Kingfisher

She came to draw insects. She found a man kept alive by what was eating him.

4.08

18k+

🧬 Biological Horror 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Sympathetic Monster 🪱 Parasitic Infection 🩸 Body Horror

Wolf Worm 88%

She came to draw insects. She found a man kept alive by what was eating him.

by T. Kingfisher 2026

4.08

18k+ ratings

🧬 Biological Horror 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Sympathetic Monster 🪱 Parasitic Infection 🩸 Body Horror

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 1886

A lawyer probes the bond between a revered doctor and the brute who trampled a child.

4.00

36k+

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🎩 Victorian London 👤 Dark Alter Ego ⚗️ Scientific Hubris 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories Summary

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories 91%

A lawyer probes the bond between a revered doctor and the brute who trampled a child.

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886

4.00

36k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🎩 Victorian London 👤 Dark Alter Ego ⚗️ Scientific Hubris 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

by Kiersten White • 2018

Raised to be Victor Frankenstein's companion, Elizabeth discovers she was his experiment all along.

3.89

23k+

🖤 Feminist Retelling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Femme Rage 💔 Survivor Guilt

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein Summary

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein 90%

Raised to be Victor Frankenstein's companion, Elizabeth discovers she was his experiment all along.

by Kiersten White 2018

3.89

23k+ ratings

🖤 Feminist Retelling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Femme Rage 💔 Survivor Guilt

Dracula

by Bram Stoker • 1897

A solicitor visits a Transylvanian count and finds the doors locked and his host's reflection gone.

4.02

1.5M+

🖤 Epistolary Horror 🗡️ Vampire Hunter 🏰 Gothic Castle 🧛 Victorian Vampire 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Dracula 88%

A solicitor visits a Transylvanian count and finds the doors locked and his host's reflection gone.

by Bram Stoker 1897

4.02

1.5M+ ratings

🖤 Epistolary Horror 🗡️ Vampire Hunter 🏰 Gothic Castle 🧛 Victorian Vampire 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

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 88%

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

Midnight Rooms

by Donyae Coles • 2024

At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.

3.38

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Bartered Bride 👹 Monstrous In-Laws 🏠 House As Predator 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Midnight Rooms 88%

At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.

by Donyae Coles 2024

3.38

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Bartered Bride 👹 Monstrous In-Laws 🏠 House As Predator 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Dracul

by Dacre Stoker • 2018

Before he wrote Dracula, Bram Stoker was saved by a nanny who slept in earth.

4.14

19k+

🏚️ Irish Gothic 📜 Epistolary Horror 🩸 Tragic Vampire 🤝 Immortal Pact 🧬 Cursed Bloodline

Dracul 88%

Before he wrote Dracula, Bram Stoker was saved by a nanny who slept in earth.

by Dacre Stoker 2018

4.14

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Irish Gothic 📜 Epistolary Horror 🩸 Tragic Vampire 🤝 Immortal Pact 🧬 Cursed Bloodline

Powers of Darkness

by Valdimar Ásmundsson • 1901

A Transylvanian castle imprisons a solicitor as its blood-drinking master schemes to rule the world.

3.63

2k+

🦇 Vampire Conspiracy 🖤 Erotic Horror 💋 Femme Fatale Vampire 🕯️ Ritual Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror

Powers of Darkness 88%

A Transylvanian castle imprisons a solicitor as its blood-drinking master schemes to rule the world.

by Valdimar Ásmundsson 1901

3.63

2k+ ratings

🦇 Vampire Conspiracy 🖤 Erotic Horror 💋 Femme Fatale Vampire 🕯️ Ritual Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror

The Red Lion

by Mária Szepes • 1946

An alchemist murders his master for immortality. The stolen elixir becomes an unending curse.

4.47

1k+

🧪 Alchemical Journey 🔄 Reincarnation Cycle ⏳ Curse Of Immortality 🎓 Master And Apprentice 👤 Shadow Self

The Red Lion 88%

An alchemist murders his master for immortality. The stolen elixir becomes an unending curse.

by Mária Szepes 1946

4.47

1k+ ratings

🧪 Alchemical Journey 🔄 Reincarnation Cycle ⏳ Curse Of Immortality 🎓 Master And Apprentice 👤 Shadow Self

Ordinary Monsters

by J.M. Miro • 2022

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

3.77

23k+

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

Ordinary Monsters 88%

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

by J.M. Miro 2022

3.77

23k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

Beneath the Rising

by Premee Mohamed • 2020

Her reactor awakens ancient cosmic entities. Only her best friend believes the world is ending.

3.44

1k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 💔 Doomed Friendship 🌑 Atmospheric Horror 🌍 Global Adventure

Beneath the Rising 88%

Her reactor awakens ancient cosmic entities. Only her best friend believes the world is ending.

by Premee Mohamed 2020

3.44

1k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 💔 Doomed Friendship 🌑 Atmospheric Horror 🌍 Global Adventure

Les Thanatonautes

by Bernard Werber • 1996

Two friends map the afterlife through clinical death, giving humanity answers it isn't ready for.

4.07

9k+

✨ Philosophical Sci-Fi 📖 Forbidden Knowledge ⚡ Science And Mystery ⚖️ Karmic Reincarnation 👼 Angelic Intervention

Les Thanatonautes 88%

Two friends map the afterlife through clinical death, giving humanity answers it isn't ready for.

by Bernard Werber 1996

4.07

9k+ ratings

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Last to Leave the Room

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A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.

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Last to Leave the Room 88%

A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.

by Caitlin Starling 2023

3.52

3k+ ratings

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The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1843

Madness, doomed beauty, and the birth of the detective: a journey into American Gothic.

4.36

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The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 87%

Madness, doomed beauty, and the birth of the detective: a journey into American Gothic.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1843

4.36

70k+ ratings

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The Monk

by Matthew Gregory Lewis • 1796

A monk revered as a saint falls into lust, murder, and a bargain with the Devil.

3.86

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The Monk 87%

A monk revered as a saint falls into lust, murder, and a bargain with the Devil.

by Matthew Gregory Lewis 1796

3.86

35k+ ratings

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A Study in Drowning

by Ava Reid • 2023

At a crumbling manor, a student learns her idol's masterpiece was stolen from a woman he silenced.

3.70

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A Study in Drowning 87%

At a crumbling manor, a student learns her idol's masterpiece was stolen from a woman he silenced.

by Ava Reid 2023

3.70

106k+ ratings

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