50 Books like The Drowning House

The Caretaker

by Marcus Kliewer

A broke housesitter follows a dead man's rules to keep out whatever knocks at night.

3.63

35k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🔮 Unreliable Reality 💔 Grief As Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

The Caretaker 93%

A broke housesitter follows a dead man's rules to keep out whatever knocks at night.

by Marcus Kliewer 2026

3.63

35k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🔮 Unreliable Reality 💔 Grief As Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

Something I Keep Upstairs

by J.D. Barker • 2025

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

3.85

3k+

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse 🕯️ Occult Rituals 🤝 Teen Death Pact

Something I Keep Upstairs 95%

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

by J.D. Barker 2025

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse 🕯️ Occult Rituals 🤝 Teen Death Pact

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 94%

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

Horrid

by Katrina Leno • 2020

A girl moves into the family's crumbling manor, where a dead sister watches from the mirrors.

3.54

16k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Secret Sister 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread

Horrid 93%

A girl moves into the family's crumbling manor, where a dead sister watches from the mirrors.

by Katrina Leno 2020

3.54

16k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Secret Sister 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread

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

Nowhere Burning

by Catriona Ward • 2026

Fleeing abuse, a girl and her brother reach a mountain sanctuary where safety costs blood.

3.64

5k+

🕍 Gothic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🕯️ Cult Dynamics 🏕️ Survival Horror 👥 Found Family

Nowhere Burning 93%

Fleeing abuse, a girl and her brother reach a mountain sanctuary where safety costs blood.

by Catriona Ward 2026

3.64

5k+ ratings

🕍 Gothic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🕯️ Cult Dynamics 🏕️ Survival Horror 👥 Found Family

One of Us Knows

by Alyssa Cole • 2024

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

3.12

19k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

One of Us Knows 93%

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

by Alyssa Cole 2024

3.12

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

Hemlock Island

by Kelley Armstrong • 2023

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

3.44

13k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

Hemlock Island 93%

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

by Kelley Armstrong 2023

3.44

13k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island 🌲 Haunted Landscape 👻 Cursed Inheritance

A Spell to Wake the Dead

by Nicole Lesperance • 2025

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

3.66

1k+

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

A Spell to Wake the Dead 93%

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

by Nicole Lesperance 2025

3.66

1k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

The Invited

by Jennifer McMahon • 2019

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

3.80

45k+

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Invited 93%

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

by Jennifer McMahon 2019

3.80

45k+ ratings

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

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

The Daughters of Block Island

by Christa Carmen • 2023

A lawyer discovers a dead sister and a gothic mansion's secrets on a rain-lashed island.

3.79

7k+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🧩 Hidden Sibling 💔 Estranged Sisters 🕯️ Family Curse 🕳️ Generational Trauma

The Daughters of Block Island 94%

A lawyer discovers a dead sister and a gothic mansion's secrets on a rain-lashed island.

by Christa Carmen 2023

3.79

7k+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🧩 Hidden Sibling 💔 Estranged Sisters 🕯️ Family Curse 🕳️ Generational Trauma

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 94%

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

The Children

by Melissa Albert

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

3.49

12k+

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

The Children 93%

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

by Melissa Albert 2026

3.49

12k+ ratings

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

Midwinterblood

by Marcus Sedgwick • 2011

On an island without night or aging, a journalist meets a stranger he's loved for centuries.

3.71

12k+

💞 Reincarnation Romance 🌒 Folk Horror 🔄 Cyclical Narrative 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🏝️ Isolated Island

Midwinterblood 93%

On an island without night or aging, a journalist meets a stranger he's loved for centuries.

by Marcus Sedgwick 2011

3.71

12k+ ratings

💞 Reincarnation Romance 🌒 Folk Horror 🔄 Cyclical Narrative 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🏝️ Isolated Island

The Nesting

by C.J. Cooke • 2020

Desperate, she steals a nanny's identity and flees to Norway, to a house already haunted.

3.57

8k+

🌲 Ecological Horror 📖 Dead Wife's Secrets 🚪 Nanny In Peril 🎭 Impostor Protagonist 🧌 Scandinavian Folklore

The Nesting 93%

Desperate, she steals a nanny's identity and flees to Norway, to a house already haunted.

by C.J. Cooke 2020

3.57

8k+ ratings

🌲 Ecological Horror 📖 Dead Wife's Secrets 🚪 Nanny In Peril 🎭 Impostor Protagonist 🧌 Scandinavian Folklore

Hearthstone Cottage

by Frazer Lee • 2019

A witch's altar waits beneath a Highland cottage's hearth, and four graduates just arrived.

3.63

154

🌾 Folk Horror 🏰 Scottish Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🧙 Witch's Curse

Hearthstone Cottage 93%

A witch's altar waits beneath a Highland cottage's hearth, and four graduates just arrived.

by Frazer Lee 2019

3.63

154 ratings

🌾 Folk Horror 🏰 Scottish Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🧙 Witch's Curse

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

A Good House for Children

by Kate Collins • 2023

An old cliff house collects children. A painter and her silent son move in.

3.59

4k+

👻 Haunted House Novel 🏚️ Sentient House ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Children's Ghosts

A Good House for Children 93%

An old cliff house collects children. A painter and her silent son move in.

by Kate Collins 2023

3.59

4k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House Novel 🏚️ Sentient House ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Children's Ghosts

Gills

by Abe Moss • 2020

A sister's search for a missing teenager ends on an island where mermaids hunt.

3.84

639

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 💔 Estranged Sisters

Gills 93%

A sister's search for a missing teenager ends on an island where mermaids hunt.

by Abe Moss 2020

3.84

639 ratings

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 💔 Estranged Sisters

Mister Magic

by Kiersten White • 2023

She remembers nothing of the children's show she starred in. The desert reunion has not forgotten.

3.55

30k+

📺 Haunted Media 🧠 Repressed Memories 👫 Childhood Reunion 💛 Found Family 💔 Sibling Grief

Mister Magic 93%

She remembers nothing of the children's show she starred in. The desert reunion has not forgotten.

by Kiersten White 2023

3.55

30k+ ratings

📺 Haunted Media 🧠 Repressed Memories 👫 Childhood Reunion 💛 Found Family 💔 Sibling Grief

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

Play Nice

by Rachel Harrison

Clio inherits her mother's house, and the demon in her closet has been expecting her.

3.87

63k+

👻 Haunted House 🔑 Family Secrets 👭 Dysfunctional Sisters 🎭 Gaslighting 😈 Dark Humor

Play Nice 92%

Clio inherits her mother's house, and the demon in her closet has been expecting her.

by Rachel Harrison 2025

3.87

63k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House 🔑 Family Secrets 👭 Dysfunctional Sisters 🎭 Gaslighting 😈 Dark Humor

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 94%

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

Grace

by A.M. Shine • 2026

Grace inherits a house on an Irish island whose children vanished decades ago. Now she hears them.

3.73

1k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🍀 Irish Gothic 🏝️ Haunted Island 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🩸 Generational Guilt

Grace 94%

Grace inherits a house on an Irish island whose children vanished decades ago. Now she hears them.

by A.M. Shine 2026

3.73

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🍀 Irish Gothic 🏝️ Haunted Island 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🩸 Generational Guilt

Pine

by Francine Toon • 2020

A woman in white haunts the pines, and a grieving girl hopes the dead return.

3.37

17k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👻 Grief And Ghosts 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔮 Protective Rituals

Pine 93%

A woman in white haunts the pines, and a grieving girl hopes the dead return.

by Francine Toon 2020

3.37

17k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👻 Grief And Ghosts 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔮 Protective Rituals

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

Where I End

by Sophie White • 2022

Bound to her decaying mother on a bleak island, she craves the visiting artist and her newborn.

3.83

6k+

🌊 Irish Gothic 🦴 Body Horror ✒️ Literary Horror 🖤 Toxic Motherhood 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Where I End 93%

Bound to her decaying mother on a bleak island, she craves the visiting artist and her newborn.

by Sophie White 2022

3.83

6k+ ratings

🌊 Irish Gothic 🦴 Body Horror ✒️ Literary Horror 🖤 Toxic Motherhood 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Sweetheart, Sweetheart

by Bernard Taylor • 1977

His dead twin left him a beautiful cottage. The ghost inside has killed for love before.

3.74

965

👻 Gothic Ghost Story 🌿 Pastoral Horror 🖤 Possessive Ghost 🌹 Deadly Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Sweetheart, Sweetheart 92%

His dead twin left him a beautiful cottage. The ghost inside has killed for love before.

by Bernard Taylor 1977

3.74

965 ratings

👻 Gothic Ghost Story 🌿 Pastoral Horror 🖤 Possessive Ghost 🌹 Deadly Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

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 92%

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

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall

by J. Ann Thomas • 2025

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

3.68

1k+

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 🎵 Magical Songs 🌿 Secret Lineage

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall Summary

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall 92%

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

by J. Ann Thomas 2025

3.68

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 🎵 Magical Songs 🌿 Secret Lineage

White Is for Witching

by Helen Oyeyemi • 2009

The house Miranda Silver grew up in is alive, hungry, and it has never released a daughter.

3.54

13k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🕯️ Generational Curse 👯 Twins 💕 Sapphic Love Story

White Is for Witching 94%

The house Miranda Silver grew up in is alive, hungry, and it has never released a daughter.

by Helen Oyeyemi 2009

3.54

13k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🕯️ Generational Curse 👯 Twins 💕 Sapphic Love Story

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 93%

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

Dark Is When the Devil Comes

by Daisy Pearce

A rural farmhouse. A locked cellar. And the parasitic twin she thought surgeons removed decades ago.

3.67

2k+

🍄 Fungal Horror 💀 Body Horror 👭 Estranged Sisters 🔒 Captivity Horror 🩸 Folk Horror

Dark Is When the Devil Comes 92%

A rural farmhouse. A locked cellar. And the parasitic twin she thought surgeons removed decades ago.

by Daisy Pearce 2026

3.67

2k+ ratings

🍄 Fungal Horror 💀 Body Horror 👭 Estranged Sisters 🔒 Captivity Horror 🩸 Folk Horror

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

Widow's Point

by Richard Chizmar • 2025

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

3.74

6k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Widow's Point 92%

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

by Richard Chizmar 2025

3.74

6k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

House of Salt and Sorrows

by Erin A. Craig • 2019

After four sisters die, Annaleigh discovers enchanted balls where death dances closer each night.

3.89

114k+

🏚️ Gothic Seaside 👻 Fairy Tale Horror 💃 Dancing Princesses 🕯️ Gothic Family Curse ✨ Beguiling Magic

House of Salt and Sorrows 92%

After four sisters die, Annaleigh discovers enchanted balls where death dances closer each night.

by Erin A. Craig 2019

3.89

114k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Seaside 👻 Fairy Tale Horror 💃 Dancing Princesses 🕯️ Gothic Family Curse ✨ Beguiling Magic

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

by Neil Gaiman • 2013

A monster is his new housekeeper. Three ancient women at the lane's end are his only defense.

4.01

660k+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 👵 Ancient Magical Women 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌑 Cosmic Horror 🌫️ Nostalgic And Eerie

The Ocean at the End of the Lane Summary

The Ocean at the End of the Lane 92%

A monster is his new housekeeper. Three ancient women at the lane's end are his only defense.

by Neil Gaiman 2013

4.01

660k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 👵 Ancient Magical Women 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌑 Cosmic Horror 🌫️ Nostalgic And Eerie

The Lighthouse Witches

by C.J. Cooke • 2021

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

3.93

32k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 👧 Uncanny Child

The Lighthouse Witches 92%

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

by C.J. Cooke 2021

3.93

32k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 👧 Uncanny Child

Dearest

by Jacquie Walters • 2024

Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.

3.50

15k+

🖤 Postpartum Horror 🔗 Generational Curse 👶 Haunted Motherhood 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Domestic

Dearest 92%

Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.

by Jacquie Walters 2024

3.50

15k+ ratings

🖤 Postpartum Horror 🔗 Generational Curse 👶 Haunted Motherhood 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Domestic

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 92%

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

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 93%

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

Daughters of the Sea

by H.R. Mason • 2021

A crumbling Oregon manor calls to a fragile woman with whispers only she can hear.

4.20

131

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🧹 Witch Family Saga 🏰 Haunted Manor 👯 Long-Lost Twin 📖 Family Grimoire

Daughters of the Sea 93%

A crumbling Oregon manor calls to a fragile woman with whispers only she can hear.

by H.R. Mason 2021

4.20

131 ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🧹 Witch Family Saga 🏰 Haunted Manor 👯 Long-Lost Twin 📖 Family Grimoire

House of Hollow

by Krystal Sutherland • 2021

Three sisters came back wrong from a childhood disappearance. Now the eldest is missing.

4.00

103k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🪵 Folk Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 👁️ Changelings 👩‍👩‍👧 Sisterhood Under Strain

House of Hollow 92%

Three sisters came back wrong from a childhood disappearance. Now the eldest is missing.

by Krystal Sutherland 2021

4.00

103k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🪵 Folk Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 👁️ Changelings 👩‍👩‍👧 Sisterhood Under Strain

Apart in the Dark

by Ania Ahlborn • 2018

A timid secretary is consumed by loneliness. Her mute brother's cure is murder.

3.82

610

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Sibling Bond 🏢 Workplace Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 🕯️ Family Curse

Apart in the Dark 92%

A timid secretary is consumed by loneliness. Her mute brother's cure is murder.

by Ania Ahlborn 2018

3.82

610 ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Sibling Bond 🏢 Workplace Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 🕯️ Family Curse

Amid the Sinking Dark

by Abe Moss • 2021

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

4.36

565

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

Amid the Sinking Dark 92%

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.36

565 ratings

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

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 92%

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

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

Our Last Echoes

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2021

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

3.49

4k+

👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother 🏔️ Remote Alaska 🔬 Supernatural Research

Our Last Echoes 92%

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2021

3.49

4k+ ratings

👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother 🏔️ Remote Alaska 🔬 Supernatural Research

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 92%

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

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