37 Books like Heart-Shaped Box

Mean Spirited

by Nick Roberts

A teacher adopts a stray Labrador. The dog carries vengeful spirits, and his son is next.

4.23

9k+

🧟 Possession Horror 🏔️ Appalachian Horror 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🍺 Addiction Horror 🦴 Body Horror

Mean Spirited 93%

A teacher adopts a stray Labrador. The dog carries vengeful spirits, and his son is next.

by Nick Roberts 2024

4.23

9k+ ratings

🧟 Possession Horror 🏔️ Appalachian Horror 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🍺 Addiction Horror 🦴 Body Horror

The Amulet

by Michael McDowell • 1979

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

3.92

3k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

The Amulet 94%

A cursed amulet circulates through a dying Alabama factory town, leaving violent death in its wake.

by Michael McDowell 1979

3.92

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🏘️ Small Town Horror 💎 Cursed Object 🩸 Family Curse 🏠 Domestic Horror

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

by Delilah S. Dawson • 2024

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

3.65

2k+

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment 94%

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

by Delilah S. Dawson 2024

3.65

2k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

I'll Watch Your Baby

by Neena Viel • 2026

In 1970s Chicago, a woman steals and sells babies until the flies start following her home.

3.52

595

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Haunted House 👁️ Possession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

I'll Watch Your Baby 94%

In 1970s Chicago, a woman steals and sells babies until the flies start following her home.

by Neena Viel 2026

3.52

595 ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Haunted House 👁️ Possession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

How to Sell a Haunted House

by Grady Hendrix • 2023

Her dead parents' house is stuffed with puppets. And her mother's favorite, Pupkin, has woken up.

3.63

172k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🎭 Evil Dolls And Puppets 👥 Sibling Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Darkly Comic Horror

How to Sell a Haunted House 93%

Her dead parents' house is stuffed with puppets. And her mother's favorite, Pupkin, has woken up.

by Grady Hendrix 2023

3.63

172k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🎭 Evil Dolls And Puppets 👥 Sibling Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Darkly Comic Horror

Los elementales

by Michael McDowell • 1981

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

3.98

24k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Generational Curse 🧿 Folk Magic

Los elementales 93%

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

by Michael McDowell 1981

3.98

24k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Generational Curse 🧿 Folk Magic

Diavola

by Jennifer Marie Thorne • 2024

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

3.80

43k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

Diavola 93%

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

by Jennifer Marie Thorne 2024

3.80

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

It Was Her House First

by Cherie Priest • 2025

She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.

3.69

2k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Contemporary Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Vengeful Female Ghost 🔥 Female Rage

It Was Her House First 93%

She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.

by Cherie Priest 2025

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Contemporary Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Vengeful Female Ghost 🔥 Female Rage

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 93%

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

Cold Moon Over Babylon

by Michael McDowell • 1980

A girl vanishes from a bridge. Her family's grief awakens the drowned dead of the Styx.

3.97

7k+

🖤 Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🕯️ Family Curse 🏚️ Small-Town Corruption 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Cold Moon Over Babylon 93%

A girl vanishes from a bridge. Her family's grief awakens the drowned dead of the Styx.

by Michael McDowell 1980

3.97

7k+ ratings

🖤 Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🕯️ Family Curse 🏚️ Small-Town Corruption 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

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 93%

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

The Reformatory

by Tananarive Due • 2023

A Black boy's defiance sends him to a haunted Jim Crow reformatory where dead boys seek justice.

4.43

79k+

🏚️ Haunted Institution 🔗 Jim Crow South 🛡️ Sibling Protector 👻 Ghosts As Witnesses 📜 Historical Horror

The Reformatory 93%

A Black boy's defiance sends him to a haunted Jim Crow reformatory where dead boys seek justice.

by Tananarive Due 2023

4.43

79k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Institution 🔗 Jim Crow South 🛡️ Sibling Protector 👻 Ghosts As Witnesses 📜 Historical Horror

A Box Full of Darkness

by Simone St. James • 2026

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

3.74

20k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist 👥 Siblings Reuniting 💔 Generational Trauma

A Box Full of Darkness 93%

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

by Simone St. James 2026

3.74

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist 👥 Siblings Reuniting 💔 Generational Trauma

Lyla, In The Flesh

by Nick Roberts • 2026

An Italian castle writing retreat. The ghost needs a body. She's the final draft.

4.08

1k+

🧟 Supernatural Possession 🖋️ Deadly Writing Retreat 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💭 Literary Ambition 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

Lyla, In The Flesh 93%

An Italian castle writing retreat. The ghost needs a body. She's the final draft.

by Nick Roberts 2026

4.08

1k+ ratings

🧟 Supernatural Possession 🖋️ Deadly Writing Retreat 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💭 Literary Ambition 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

Candles Burning

by Tabitha King • 2006

Her father's murder leaves a girl with an inheritance she cannot escape: she hears the dead.

3.22

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👻 Haunted Family 👁️ Psychic Child 🔪 Parent Murdered

Candles Burning 93%

Her father's murder leaves a girl with an inheritance she cannot escape: she hears the dead.

by Tabitha King 2006

3.22

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👻 Haunted Family 👁️ Psychic Child 🔪 Parent Murdered

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 93%

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

Delicious Monsters

by Liselle Sambury • 2023

A teen medium inherits a mansion that devours pain, where forgotten girls' ghosts demand justice.

4.03

8k+

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Possession 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets ⏳ Dual Timelines

Delicious Monsters 93%

A teen medium inherits a mansion that devours pain, where forgotten girls' ghosts demand justice.

by Liselle Sambury 2023

4.03

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Possession 🧬 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets ⏳ Dual Timelines

Sweet Heart

by Peter James • 1991

A London wife's new home in Sussex remembers her from a past life. And her murder.

3.72

2k+

🌀 Past Life Regression 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Marital Infidelity 🌫️ Slow Burn Dread

Sweet Heart 93%

A London wife's new home in Sussex remembers her from a past life. And her murder.

by Peter James 1991

3.72

2k+ ratings

🌀 Past Life Regression 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Marital Infidelity 🌫️ Slow Burn Dread

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 93%

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

It Will Just Be Us

by Jo Kaplan • 2020

A faceless boy in her ancestral swamp manor presages the monster her unborn nephew will be.

3.63

2k+

🌿 Southern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🌾 Folk Horror 😈 Evil Child 🏠 Domestic Horror

It Will Just Be Us 94%

A faceless boy in her ancestral swamp manor presages the monster her unborn nephew will be.

by Jo Kaplan 2020

3.63

2k+ ratings

🌿 Southern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🌾 Folk Horror 😈 Evil Child 🏠 Domestic Horror

Schrader's Chord

by Scott Leeds • 2023

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

4.02

3k+

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

Schrader's Chord 94%

His inheritance: a record store and four cursed records. Playing them together wakes the dead.

by Scott Leeds 2023

4.02

3k+ ratings

🔮 Cursed Object 🔗 Generational Curse 👻 Grief And Haunting 🎸 Record Store ❤️ Found Family

The September House

by Carissa Orlando

Margaret obeys her haunted house. Her daughter, arriving to find her missing father, does not.

3.86

101k+

👻 Haunted House Horror 🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👶 Ghost Children 💀 Murderous Ghost 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

The September House 93%

Margaret obeys her haunted house. Her daughter, arriving to find her missing father, does not.

by Carissa Orlando 2023

3.86

101k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House Horror 🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👶 Ghost Children 💀 Murderous Ghost 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart

by Christina Henry • 2025

Her dare sends her brother into the abandoned house. He vanishes, and the house is hungry.

3.85

5k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 👁️ Cosmic Horror 🏠 Sentient House 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart Summary

The Place Where They Buried Your Heart 93%

Her dare sends her brother into the abandoned house. He vanishes, and the house is hungry.

by Christina Henry 2025

3.85

5k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 👁️ Cosmic Horror 🏠 Sentient House 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror

Such a Pretty Smile

by Kristi DeMeester • 2022

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

3.34

6k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔥 Female Rage

Such a Pretty Smile 93%

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

by Kristi DeMeester 2022

3.34

6k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔥 Female Rage

Old Country

by Matt Query • 2022

A veteran and his wife must follow cruel seasonal rituals to survive their new Idaho ranch.

3.67

9k+

🍂 Seasonal Horror 💔 Unresolved Guilt 🏚️ Haunted Land ⚡ Strained Marriage 🧠 Psychological Horror

Old Country 93%

A veteran and his wife must follow cruel seasonal rituals to survive their new Idaho ranch.

by Matt Query 2022

3.67

9k+ ratings

🍂 Seasonal Horror 💔 Unresolved Guilt 🏚️ Haunted Land ⚡ Strained Marriage 🧠 Psychological Horror

The Haunting of Room 904

by Erika T. Wurth • 2025

A clairvoyant investigator links a dybbuk box to the hotel curse that took her sister's life.

3.07

4k+

👻 Paranormal Investigation 🪶 Indigenous Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

The Haunting of Room 904 93%

A clairvoyant investigator links a dybbuk box to the hotel curse that took her sister's life.

by Erika T. Wurth 2025

3.07

4k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Investigation 🪶 Indigenous Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

The Curse of Hester Gardens

by Tamika Thompson • 2026

In a cursed housing project, a mother fights to save her remaining sons from the ghosts.

4.17

634

🏚️ Social Horror 🩸 Cursed Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mothers Protecting Sons 👁️ Possession Narrative

The Curse of Hester Gardens 93%

In a cursed housing project, a mother fights to save her remaining sons from the ghosts.

by Tamika Thompson 2026

4.17

634 ratings

🏚️ Social Horror 🩸 Cursed Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mothers Protecting Sons 👁️ Possession Narrative

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

The Three-Candle Prayer

by Abe Moss • 2024

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

4.02

723

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

The Three-Candle Prayer 93%

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

by Abe Moss 2024

4.02

723 ratings

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

This Cursed House

by Del Sandeen • 2024

1962: A Black woman finds family, ghosts, and a deadly curse in a crumbling New Orleans mansion.

3.60

6k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔗 Generational Curse 👁️ Seeing Ghosts 🎭 Colorism And Passing 🌳 Hidden Family Lineage

This Cursed House 93%

1962: A Black woman finds family, ghosts, and a deadly curse in a crumbling New Orleans mansion.

by Del Sandeen 2024

3.60

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔗 Generational Curse 👁️ Seeing Ghosts 🎭 Colorism And Passing 🌳 Hidden Family Lineage

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 93%

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

Whistle

by Linwood Barclay • 2025

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

3.91

10k+

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Whistle 93%

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

by Linwood Barclay 2025

3.91

10k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

The Restless Ones

by Abe Moss • 2024

A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.

3.97

2k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🎬 Documentary Horror 🖤 Toxic Sisterhood 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🌊 Gothic Seaside

The Restless Ones 93%

A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.

by Abe Moss 2024

3.97

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🎬 Documentary Horror 🖤 Toxic Sisterhood 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🌊 Gothic Seaside

Glass Girls

by Danie Shokoohi • 2025

Pregnant and in hiding, a former medium must free her brother's ghost from their decaying home.

3.88

822

🩸 Generational Curse 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👻 Reluctant Medium 🤝 Sisters In Survival 🔪 Blood Magic

Glass Girls 93%

Pregnant and in hiding, a former medium must free her brother's ghost from their decaying home.

by Danie Shokoohi 2025

3.88

822 ratings

🩸 Generational Curse 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👻 Reluctant Medium 🤝 Sisters In Survival 🔪 Blood Magic

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

The Shining

by Stephen King • 1977

A snowbound hotel's ghosts need a boy's psychic gift, so they drive his father to murder.

4.28

1.7M+

🏨 Haunted Hotel 👦 Psychic Child 🌀 Descent Into Madness ❄️ Winter Isolation 🍸 Alcoholic Writer

The Shining 92%

A snowbound hotel's ghosts need a boy's psychic gift, so they drive his father to murder.

by Stephen King 1977

4.28

1.7M+ ratings

🏨 Haunted Hotel 👦 Psychic Child 🌀 Descent Into Madness ❄️ Winter Isolation 🍸 Alcoholic Writer

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