50 Books like The Gathering Dark

The Bewitching

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A grad student researching a forgotten horror writer wakes a witch, and she's the next course.

3.81

46k+

🕯️ Academic Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 💔 Saphic Yearning 📜 Found Manuscript 🔮 Generational Curse

The Bewitching 93%

A grad student researching a forgotten horror writer wakes a witch, and she's the next course.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025

3.81

46k+ ratings

🕯️ Academic Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 💔 Saphic Yearning 📜 Found Manuscript 🔮 Generational Curse

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe

by Gwendolyn Kiste • 2017

Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.

4.29

600

🩸 Body Horror 🍎 Dark Fairy Tales 🐦‍⬛ Outsider Women 🫀 Queer Desire 👻 Ghostly Revenge

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe Summary

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe 94%

Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.

by Gwendolyn Kiste 2017

4.29

600 ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🍎 Dark Fairy Tales 🐦‍⬛ Outsider Women 🫀 Queer Desire 👻 Ghostly Revenge

The Beast You Are

by Paul Tremblay • 2023

An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.

3.33

3k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🐾 Dark Fable 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

The Beast You Are 94%

An animal village sacrifices a child each generation. Two survivors plot to stop the beast.

by Paul Tremblay 2023

3.33

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🐾 Dark Fable 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

Withered Hill

by David Barnett • 2024

A London woman wakes trapped in a village of masks, old rites, and no way back.

4.04

4k+

🐗 Folk Horror 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🌿 Nature's Revenge 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😰 Slow Dread

Withered Hill 93%

A London woman wakes trapped in a village of masks, old rites, and no way back.

by David Barnett 2024

4.04

4k+ ratings

🐗 Folk Horror 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🌿 Nature's Revenge 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😰 Slow Dread

Itch!

by Gemma Amor • 2025

An ant infestation after finding a corpse forces her to confront her family's secrets and a ritual.

3.71

3k+

🌾 Folk Horror 🤢 Body Horror 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Horror 🔥 Feminine Rage 🔄 Unreliable Narrator

Itch! 93%

An ant infestation after finding a corpse forces her to confront her family's secrets and a ritual.

by Gemma Amor 2025

3.71

3k+ ratings

🌾 Folk Horror 🤢 Body Horror 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Horror 🔥 Feminine Rage 🔄 Unreliable Narrator

We Call Them Witches

by India-Rose Bower • 2026

The world ended. A girl guards her family with folk magic, but survival steals her soul.

3.37

1k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 💕 Sapphic Romance 🫂 Found Family 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🌾 Rural Apocalypse

We Call Them Witches 93%

The world ended. A girl guards her family with folk magic, but survival steals her soul.

by India-Rose Bower 2026

3.37

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 💕 Sapphic Romance 🫂 Found Family 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🌾 Rural Apocalypse

Never Whistle at Night

by Shane Hawk • 2023

Whistling after dark calls spirits with long memory: Indigenous horror rooted in colonial trauma.

3.85

32k+

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🔥 Folk Horror 💔 Colonial Trauma 🕯️ Ancestral Curse 🐺 Shapeshifter Lore

Never Whistle at Night 93%

Whistling after dark calls spirits with long memory: Indigenous horror rooted in colonial trauma.

by Shane Hawk 2023

3.85

32k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🔥 Folk Horror 💔 Colonial Trauma 🕯️ Ancestral Curse 🐺 Shapeshifter Lore

Smothermoss

by Alisa Alering • 2024

Two sisters draw monsters for protection while a killer stalks their Appalachian mountain.

3.43

5k+

🏔️ Appalachian Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👭 Sisters In Peril 👾 Monsters Come Alive 💜 Queer Awakening

Smothermoss 93%

Two sisters draw monsters for protection while a killer stalks their Appalachian mountain.

by Alisa Alering 2024

3.43

5k+ ratings

🏔️ Appalachian Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👭 Sisters In Peril 👾 Monsters Come Alive 💜 Queer Awakening

Bone of My Bone

by Johanna van Veen • 2026

Bavaria, 1635: a peasant and a nun flee war with a wish-granting skull. The dead pursue.

3.79

2k+

🐐 Folk Horror 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😈 Deal With The Devil 🏚️ Gothic Horror ⚔️ Thirty Years War

Bone of My Bone 93%

Bavaria, 1635: a peasant and a nun flee war with a wish-granting skull. The dead pursue.

by Johanna van Veen 2026

3.79

2k+ ratings

🐐 Folk Horror 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😈 Deal With The Devil 🏚️ Gothic Horror ⚔️ Thirty Years War

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead

by Eric LaRocca • 2025

After a massacre a boy patrols unburied corpses in a town where grief becomes ritual

3.30

2k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🐦‍⬛ Cursed Town 🩸 Body Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🔪 Small Town Cruelty

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead Summary

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead 93%

After a massacre a boy patrols unburied corpses in a town where grief becomes ritual

by Eric LaRocca 2025

3.30

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🐦‍⬛ Cursed Town 🩸 Body Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🔪 Small Town Cruelty

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

Kill Creatures

by Rory Power • 2025

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

3.49

5k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Kill Creatures 93%

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

by Rory Power 2025

3.49

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Morsel

by Carter Keane • 2026

A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.

3.58

2k+

🫀 Body Horror 🌲 Folk Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 💼 Corporate Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist

Morsel 92%

A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.

by Carter Keane 2026

3.58

2k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🌲 Folk Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 💼 Corporate Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist

Beyond the Phantom Glow

by Abe Moss • 2021

A psychic teen must destroy the cursed suitcase that returns the dead before her town vanishes.

4.45

389

👽 Cosmic Horror 💔 Grief Horror 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Cursed Object 🏘️ Small-Town Horror

Beyond the Phantom Glow 92%

A psychic teen must destroy the cursed suitcase that returns the dead before her town vanishes.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.45

389 ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 💔 Grief Horror 🫂 Found Family 🧳 Cursed Object 🏘️ Small-Town Horror

These Vengeful Wishes

by Vanessa Montalban • 2025

Family ruin exiles her to a decaying manor where a wishing well grants dreams for blood.

3.89

657

🕸️ Generational Curse 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Mother-Daughter Wounds 🎨 Art And Trauma 🕯️ Atmospheric Gothic

These Vengeful Wishes 92%

Family ruin exiles her to a decaying manor where a wishing well grants dreams for blood.

by Vanessa Montalban 2025

3.89

657 ratings

🕸️ Generational Curse 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Mother-Daughter Wounds 🎨 Art And Trauma 🕯️ Atmospheric Gothic

The Wax Child

by Olga Ravn • 2023

In a Danish village, a wax doll watches women whose healing magic draws the witch hunters.

3.61

8k+

🕯️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🔥 Witch Trials 💕 Queer Desire ✨ Folk Magic

The Wax Child 92%

In a Danish village, a wax doll watches women whose healing magic draws the witch hunters.

by Olga Ravn 2023

3.61

8k+ ratings

🕯️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🔥 Witch Trials 💕 Queer Desire ✨ Folk Magic

The Honeys

by Ryan La Sala • 2022

When his twin attacks him and dies, Mars infiltrates the camp clique that claimed her.

3.79

21k+

🏕️ Camp Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror ✨ Genderfluid Lead 💔 Twin Grief 🐝 Secretive Clique

The Honeys 92%

When his twin attacks him and dies, Mars infiltrates the camp clique that claimed her.

by Ryan La Sala 2022

3.79

21k+ ratings

🏕️ Camp Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror ✨ Genderfluid Lead 💔 Twin Grief 🐝 Secretive Clique

Season of Fear

by Emily Cooper • 2025

A girl born fearless threatens an ancient bargain: her village's safety, paid for in women's terror.

4.03

740

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🌳 Forbidden Forest 🔥 Sapphic Slow Burn 💕 Found Family

Season of Fear 94%

A girl born fearless threatens an ancient bargain: her village's safety, paid for in women's terror.

by Emily Cooper 2025

4.03

740 ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🌳 Forbidden Forest 🔥 Sapphic Slow Burn 💕 Found Family

Lost in the Garden

by Adam S. Leslie • 2024

The dead walk a scorched English village. When her friend vanishes into Almanby, Heather follows.

3.50

4k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌀 Surreal Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🌿 Feral Youth 🕯️ Quiet Dread

Lost in the Garden 94%

The dead walk a scorched English village. When her friend vanishes into Almanby, Heather follows.

by Adam S. Leslie 2024

3.50

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌀 Surreal Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🌿 Feral Youth 🕯️ Quiet Dread

Slewfoot

by Brom

A widow's pact with a horned spirit brings prosperity. Then the Puritans come with a noose.

4.20

112k+

🐐 Folk Horror 📜 Colonial Witch Trials 🔥 Vengeful Witch 🌳 Forest Spirit 🩸 Blood Pact

Slewfoot 93%

A widow's pact with a horned spirit brings prosperity. Then the Puritans come with a noose.

by Brom 2021

4.20

112k+ ratings

🐐 Folk Horror 📜 Colonial Witch Trials 🔥 Vengeful Witch 🌳 Forest Spirit 🩸 Blood Pact

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 92%

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

Things We Lost in the Fire

by Mariana Enriquez • 2016

Argentine gothic tales: women set themselves ablaze, children vanish, and the dead surface.

4.03

65k+

📖 Literary Horror 🏚️ Latin American Gothic 🦴 Body Horror 🔥 Women's Rage 👧 Girlhood And Danger

Things We Lost in the Fire 92%

Argentine gothic tales: women set themselves ablaze, children vanish, and the dead surface.

by Mariana Enriquez 2016

4.03

65k+ ratings

📖 Literary Horror 🏚️ Latin American Gothic 🦴 Body Horror 🔥 Women's Rage 👧 Girlhood And Danger

Lost Girls of Hollow Lake

by Rebekah Faubion • 2026

Five girls survived Dead Refuge Island. Then a body surfaces, and the island calls them back.

3.60

505

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏝️ Isolated Island Horror 🔪 Final Girl Energy 🤐 Pact Of Silence 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Lost Girls of Hollow Lake 92%

Five girls survived Dead Refuge Island. Then a body surfaces, and the island calls them back.

by Rebekah Faubion 2026

3.60

505 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏝️ Isolated Island Horror 🔪 Final Girl Energy 🤐 Pact Of Silence 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Bog Wife

by Kay Chronister • 2024

When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.

3.57

16k+

🪵 Folk Horror 🕸️ Gothic Decay 🍄 Eco Horror 🌿 Haunted Land 🩸 Family Curse

The Bog Wife 92%

When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.

by Kay Chronister 2024

3.57

16k+ ratings

🪵 Folk Horror 🕸️ Gothic Decay 🍄 Eco Horror 🌿 Haunted Land 🩸 Family Curse

Cuentos desde Interior

by Melissa Albert • 2021

Dark fairy tales where blood opens doors, Death collects brides, and every wish leaves a scar.

4.00

8k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 💪 Feminist Fairy Tales 💀 Bargains With Death 🩸 Blood Magic 🦴 Body Horror

Cuentos desde Interior 92%

Dark fairy tales where blood opens doors, Death collects brides, and every wish leaves a scar.

by Melissa Albert 2021

4.00

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 💪 Feminist Fairy Tales 💀 Bargains With Death 🩸 Blood Magic 🦴 Body Horror

North American Lake Monsters

by Nathan Ballingrud • 2013

Werewolves on a construction site, an angel in a broken home: the supernatural mirrors human grief.

3.95

7k+

🖤 Literary Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 🔧 Working Class Horror 🕯️ Supernatural Grief 🏚️ Haunted Families

North American Lake Monsters 92%

Werewolves on a construction site, an angel in a broken home: the supernatural mirrors human grief.

by Nathan Ballingrud 2013

3.95

7k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction 🔧 Working Class Horror 🕯️ Supernatural Grief 🏚️ Haunted Families

The Ghost Woods

by C.J. Cooke • 2022

A decaying Scottish manor hides unwed mothers and a curse of living rot that consumes them all.

3.91

9k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏰 Gothic Manor 🍄 Fungal Body Horror 👥 Found Family 🌈 Queer Love Story

The Ghost Woods 92%

A decaying Scottish manor hides unwed mothers and a curse of living rot that consumes them all.

by C.J. Cooke 2022

3.91

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏰 Gothic Manor 🍄 Fungal Body Horror 👥 Found Family 🌈 Queer Love Story

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 92%

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

A Lesson in Vengeance

by Victoria Lee • 2021

At Dalloway, a grieving Felicity is pulled into a charismatic new student's occult reenactments.

3.51

24k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Boarding School 💕 Sapphic Relationship ☠️ Toxic Relationship 🎭 Female Manipulator

A Lesson in Vengeance 92%

At Dalloway, a grieving Felicity is pulled into a charismatic new student's occult reenactments.

by Victoria Lee 2021

3.51

24k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Boarding School 💕 Sapphic Relationship ☠️ Toxic Relationship 🎭 Female Manipulator

Hide

by Kiersten White • 2022

Fourteen strangers play hide-and-seek in a derelict amusement park. The park is the seeker.

3.31

44k+

🎮 Death Game 🐺 Creature Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Horror 💕 Found Family 🔮 Generational Curse

Hide 92%

Fourteen strangers play hide-and-seek in a derelict amusement park. The park is the seeker.

by Kiersten White 2022

3.31

44k+ ratings

🎮 Death Game 🐺 Creature Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Horror 💕 Found Family 🔮 Generational Curse

The Black Phone

by Joe Hill • 2005

Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.

3.89

50k+

🖤 Literary Horror 📚 Short Story Collection 👻 Haunted By The Past 🌧️ Melancholy Horror 🧸 Childhood Innocence Lost

The Black Phone 92%

Ghosts, killers, and an inflatable boy: fifteen literary horror stories about what will not let go.

by Joe Hill 2005

3.89

50k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 📚 Short Story Collection 👻 Haunted By The Past 🌧️ Melancholy Horror 🧸 Childhood Innocence Lost

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 92%

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

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

As I Descended

by Robin Talley • 2016

A boarding school séance promises two girlfriends their rival's ruin. The spirits want a price.

3.48

4k+

🎭 Macbeth Retelling 🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic

As I Descended 92%

A boarding school séance promises two girlfriends their rival's ruin. The spirits want a price.

by Robin Talley 2016

3.48

4k+ ratings

🎭 Macbeth Retelling 🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic

The Lamb

by Lucy Rose

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

3.75

51k+

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

The Lamb 92%

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

by Lucy Rose 2025

3.75

51k+ ratings

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

The Near Witch

by Victoria Schwab • 2011

Children vanish on the moor. The stranger is blamed, and Lexi alone believes he is innocent.

3.65

49k+

🖤 Atmospheric Gothic 🧙 Witch Folklore 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Persecuted Outsider 🏘️ Isolated Village

The Near Witch 93%

Children vanish on the moor. The stranger is blamed, and Lexi alone believes he is innocent.

by Victoria Schwab 2011

3.65

49k+ ratings

🖤 Atmospheric Gothic 🧙 Witch Folklore 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Persecuted Outsider 🏘️ Isolated Village

Dark Sisters

by Kristi DeMeester • 2025

In her father's megachurch, purity is law. In the woods, something older and hungrier waits.

3.81

6k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Feminist Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🗡️ Blood Magic ⛪ Purity Culture

Dark Sisters 93%

In her father's megachurch, purity is law. In the woods, something older and hungrier waits.

by Kristi DeMeester 2025

3.81

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Feminist Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🗡️ Blood Magic ⛪ Purity Culture

Every Gift a Curse

by Caroline O'Donoghue • 2023

Losing herself to a vengeful spirit, a teen witch races to stop a cult's ritual sacrifice.

4.27

3k+

☘️ Irish Fantasy 🔮 Teen Witches 🫂 Found Family ⛓️ Inherited Curse 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Ensemble

Every Gift a Curse 92%

Losing herself to a vengeful spirit, a teen witch races to stop a cult's ritual sacrifice.

by Caroline O'Donoghue 2023

4.27

3k+ ratings

☘️ Irish Fantasy 🔮 Teen Witches 🫂 Found Family ⛓️ Inherited Curse 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Ensemble

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

Portrait of a Shadow

by Meriam Metoui • 2024

Mae's sister vanished. The only clue: a white painting whose peeling corner hides something hungry.

3.27

297

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🖼️ Cursed Painting 🔍 Missing Sister 🤝 Faustian Bargain 💔 Queer Tragedy

Portrait of a Shadow 91%

Mae's sister vanished. The only clue: a white painting whose peeling corner hides something hungry.

by Meriam Metoui 2024

3.27

297 ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🖼️ Cursed Painting 🔍 Missing Sister 🤝 Faustian Bargain 💔 Queer Tragedy

Woodworm

by Layla Martínez • 2021

A granddaughter returns to a house that breathes, devours, and holds every grudge.

4.08

31k+

🏚️ Rural Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🪬 Family Curse 🔥 Female Rage 💣 Class Revenge

Woodworm 91%

A granddaughter returns to a house that breathes, devours, and holds every grudge.

by Layla Martínez 2021

4.08

31k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🪬 Family Curse 🔥 Female Rage 💣 Class Revenge

To Those Willing to Drown

by Mark Matthews • 2025

A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.

4.08

108

🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

To Those Willing to Drown 91%

A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.

by Mark Matthews 2025

4.08

108 ratings

🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Beautiful Creatures

by Kami Garcia • 2009

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

3.78

623k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Fated Connection

Beautiful Creatures 91%

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

by Kami Garcia 2009

3.78

623k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Fated Connection

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

by John Wiswell • 2024

A flesh-eating shapeshifter falls in love with the daughter of the hunters who want her dead.

3.86

24k+

👹 Monster Romance 🫀 Body Horror 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🏠 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma

Someone You Can Build a Nest In 91%

A flesh-eating shapeshifter falls in love with the daughter of the hunters who want her dead.

by John Wiswell 2024

3.86

24k+ ratings

👹 Monster Romance 🫀 Body Horror 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🏠 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma

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

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4.06

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