50 Books like The Hounding

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

The Last Witch

by C.J. Cooke • 2025

1485: A noblewoman defies an inquisitor. In her cell, women are already summoning a goddess.

4.07

3k+

🖤 Witch Trial Horror 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity 💪 Defiant Heroine 🌫️ Gothic Dread 🔥 Female Rage

The Last Witch 95%

1485: A noblewoman defies an inquisitor. In her cell, women are already summoning a goddess.

by C.J. Cooke 2025

4.07

3k+ ratings

🖤 Witch Trial Horror 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity 💪 Defiant Heroine 🌫️ Gothic Dread 🔥 Female Rage

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 94%

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

Weyward

by Emilia Hart • 2023

One family. Three centuries. Three women who discover the natural world is on their side.

4.05

415k+

🕯️ Witch Trials 🌿 Nature Magic ⏳ Triple Timeline 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 📜 Hidden Family History

Weyward 93%

One family. Three centuries. Three women who discover the natural world is on their side.

by Emilia Hart 2023

4.05

415k+ ratings

🕯️ Witch Trials 🌿 Nature Magic ⏳ Triple Timeline 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 📜 Hidden Family History

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

by Grady Hendrix • 2025

A 1960s home strips pregnant girls of names and babies. A hidden spellbook gives them teeth.

3.89

143k+

🖤 Feminist Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🧹 Witch Coven 🤝 Found Sisterhood 🤰 Reproductive Horror

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls 93%

A 1960s home strips pregnant girls of names and babies. A hidden spellbook gives them teeth.

by Grady Hendrix 2025

3.89

143k+ ratings

🖤 Feminist Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🧹 Witch Coven 🤝 Found Sisterhood 🤰 Reproductive Horror

House of Splinters

by Laura Purcell • 2025

A pregnant wife inherits a desolate manor where wooden figures creep, and an old curse stirs.

4.06

3k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Possessed Child 🔥 Witch Trials 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

House of Splinters 93%

A pregnant wife inherits a desolate manor where wooden figures creep, and an old curse stirs.

by Laura Purcell 2025

4.06

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Possessed Child 🔥 Witch Trials 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Women of Wild Hill

by Kirsten Miller • 2025

Estranged witch sisters return to Wild Hill, where a prophecy demands they end the world men built.

4.15

9k+

🧙 Witch Family Saga 💔 Estranged Sisters 🕯️ Ancestral Magic 🗡️ Feminist Revenge 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

The Women of Wild Hill 93%

Estranged witch sisters return to Wild Hill, where a prophecy demands they end the world men built.

by Kirsten Miller 2025

4.15

9k+ ratings

🧙 Witch Family Saga 💔 Estranged Sisters 🕯️ Ancestral Magic 🗡️ Feminist Revenge 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

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

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 93%

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

The Temptation of Charlotte North

by Camilla Bruce • 2026

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

3.57

267

🖤 Feminist Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage 💔 Forbidden Desire 👻 Demonic Possession

The Temptation of Charlotte North Summary

The Temptation of Charlotte North 92%

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

by Camilla Bruce 2026

3.57

267 ratings

🖤 Feminist Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage 💔 Forbidden Desire 👻 Demonic Possession

Magic Lessons

by Alice Hoffman • 2020

Trained in secret magic, Maria curses her bloodline after the magistrate she loves betrays her.

4.22

70k+

🧹 Witch Trials 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🌳 Generational Saga 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚖️ Colonial Salem

Magic Lessons 92%

Trained in secret magic, Maria curses her bloodline after the magistrate she loves betrays her.

by Alice Hoffman 2020

4.22

70k+ ratings

🧹 Witch Trials 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🌳 Generational Saga 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚖️ Colonial Salem

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

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 93%

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

Mexican Gothic

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2020

A socialite follows a desperate letter into a decaying mansion where a fungal mind binds the family.

3.66

449k+

🍄 Fungal Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 👁️ Gothic Heroine 💀 Colonial Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Mexican Gothic 92%

A socialite follows a desperate letter into a decaying mansion where a fungal mind binds the family.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020

3.66

449k+ ratings

🍄 Fungal Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 👁️ Gothic Heroine 💀 Colonial Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

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

Let Him In

by William Friend • 2022

Twin girls describe a sinister friend after their mother dies. Their father begins to believe.

3.25

9k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Gothic Family Drama 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Grieving Widower 👯 Twin Dynamics

Let Him In 92%

Twin girls describe a sinister friend after their mother dies. Their father begins to believe.

by William Friend 2022

3.25

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Gothic Family Drama 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Grieving Widower 👯 Twin Dynamics

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 92%

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

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

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

Juniper & Thorn

by Ava Reid • 2022

A young witch, captive to her father's hunger, risks it all for a wounded ballet dancer.

3.62

29k+

🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters 🩸 Body Horror 🔒 Captive Protagonist 🐺 Monstrous Transformation

Juniper & Thorn 92%

A young witch, captive to her father's hunger, risks it all for a wounded ballet dancer.

by Ava Reid 2022

3.62

29k+ ratings

🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters 🩸 Body Horror 🔒 Captive Protagonist 🐺 Monstrous Transformation

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 92%

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

The Last Goddess

by Kateřina Tučková • 2022

An ethnographer mines secret police files to learn why the state destroyed her folk-healer aunt.

4.02

9k+

🔮 Folk Healing 📜 Archival Mystery 🐍 Family Curse Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Folk Horror Atmosphere

The Last Goddess 92%

An ethnographer mines secret police files to learn why the state destroyed her folk-healer aunt.

by Kateřina Tučková 2022

4.02

9k+ ratings

🔮 Folk Healing 📜 Archival Mystery 🐍 Family Curse Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Folk Horror Atmosphere

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 92%

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

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

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

Chime

by Franny Billingsley • 2011

She believes she is a witch who destroyed her twin. The swamp knows a darker truth.

3.62

13k+

🐊 Swamp Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Witch Trial Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Chime 93%

She believes she is a witch who destroyed her twin. The swamp knows a darker truth.

by Franny Billingsley 2011

3.62

13k+ ratings

🐊 Swamp Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Witch Trial Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

The Heretic's Daughter

by Kathleen Kent • 2008

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

3.79

38k+

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🔗 Coerced Confession 🩹 Generational Trauma

The Heretic's Daughter 92%

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

by Kathleen Kent 2008

3.79

38k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🔗 Coerced Confession 🩹 Generational Trauma

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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! 92%

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

The Empusium

by Olga Tokarczuk • 2022

A frail student checks into a remote sanatorium where the men's circle hides a sacrificial rite.

3.75

25k+

🏚️ Folk Horror ⛰️ Mountain Gothic 👗 Gender Disguise 🔪 Sacrificial Ritual 🍄 Unreliable Perception

The Empusium 92%

A frail student checks into a remote sanatorium where the men's circle hides a sacrificial rite.

by Olga Tokarczuk 2022

3.75

25k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror ⛰️ Mountain Gothic 👗 Gender Disguise 🔪 Sacrificial Ritual 🍄 Unreliable Perception

The Winter People

by Jennifer McMahon • 2014

Two sisters find a century-old diary after their mother vanishes: instructions for raising the dead.

3.81

100k+

🧵 Folk Horror 🏚️ Rural Gothic 🪦 Grief Horror 📖 Hidden Diary 💔 Mother Daughter Grief

The Winter People 92%

Two sisters find a century-old diary after their mother vanishes: instructions for raising the dead.

by Jennifer McMahon 2014

3.81

100k+ ratings

🧵 Folk Horror 🏚️ Rural Gothic 🪦 Grief Horror 📖 Hidden Diary 💔 Mother Daughter Grief

Blackwater I

by Michael McDowell • 1983

A flood strands a strange woman with an Alabama lumber family. She belongs to the river.

3.69

84k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌊 Aquatic Horror 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror 🎭 Secret Identity

Blackwater I 92%

A flood strands a strange woman with an Alabama lumber family. She belongs to the river.

by Michael McDowell 1983

3.69

84k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌊 Aquatic Horror 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror 🎭 Secret Identity

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 92%

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

A Land So Wide

by Erin A. Craig • 2025

To rescue her sacrificed love, a mapmaker must become the monster her settlement fears most.

3.57

5k+

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 🌾 Folk Horror 🩸 Hidden Heritage 🦴 Supernatural Transformation 💔 Forbidden Romance

A Land So Wide 93%

To rescue her sacrificed love, a mapmaker must become the monster her settlement fears most.

by Erin A. Craig 2025

3.57

5k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 🌾 Folk Horror 🩸 Hidden Heritage 🦴 Supernatural Transformation 💔 Forbidden Romance

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson • 1962

After arsenic killed their family, two sisters guard their decaying mansion with spells and silence.

3.91

303k+

🏚️ American Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👭 Devoted Sisters 🏠 Isolated Mansion

We Have Always Lived in the Castle Summary

We Have Always Lived in the Castle 92%

After arsenic killed their family, two sisters guard their decaying mansion with spells and silence.

by Shirley Jackson 1962

3.91

303k+ ratings

🏚️ American Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👭 Devoted Sisters 🏠 Isolated Mansion

The Drowning House

by Cherie Priest • 2024

A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.

3.39

2k+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🪄 Norse Folklore 🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Generational Curse 👁️ Psychic Medium

The Drowning House 92%

A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.

by Cherie Priest 2024

3.39

2k+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🪄 Norse Folklore 🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Generational Curse 👁️ Psychic Medium

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

Cackle

by Rachel Harrison • 2021

Her boyfriend left. The small town is lonely. Then the town witch decides she's worth protecting.

3.71

55k+

🏘️ Small Town Witchcraft 🦇 Gothic Witch Fiction 🖤 Dark Female Friendship 🧙‍♀️ Witch Mentor ✨ Magical Awakening

Cackle 92%

Her boyfriend left. The small town is lonely. Then the town witch decides she's worth protecting.

by Rachel Harrison 2021

3.71

55k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Witchcraft 🦇 Gothic Witch Fiction 🖤 Dark Female Friendship 🧙‍♀️ Witch Mentor ✨ Magical Awakening

The Curse of Penryth Hall

by Jess Armstrong • 2023

An exile delivers books to a cursed Cornish manor and finds her lost love's husband dead.

3.58

7k+

🏚️ Postwar Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror Mystery 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 🤫 Village Secrets ⛓️ Abusive Marriage

The Curse of Penryth Hall 92%

An exile delivers books to a cursed Cornish manor and finds her lost love's husband dead.

by Jess Armstrong 2023

3.58

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Postwar Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror Mystery 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 🤫 Village Secrets ⛓️ Abusive Marriage

The Godsend

by Bernard Taylor • 1976

A family's kindness to a pregnant stranger yields a baby and a tally of dead siblings.

3.77

690

🧠 Psychological Horror 👧 Evil Child 👶 Sinister Foundling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Grief Horror

The Godsend 92%

A family's kindness to a pregnant stranger yields a baby and a tally of dead siblings.

by Bernard Taylor 1976

3.77

690 ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 👧 Evil Child 👶 Sinister Foundling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Grief Horror

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

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