38 Books like The Last Word

The Apartment Across the Hall

by Jack Dane

Bloody laundry, hidden cell: Salem knows her neighbor is dangerous. She's hunting the wrong monster.

3.55

13k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👀 Suspicious Neighbor 🚪 Hidden Room 🔄 Role Reversal 🔎 Misguided Investigation

The Apartment Across the Hall 93%

Bloody laundry, hidden cell: Salem knows her neighbor is dangerous. She's hunting the wrong monster.

by Jack Dane 2025

3.55

13k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👀 Suspicious Neighbor 🚪 Hidden Room 🔄 Role Reversal 🔎 Misguided Investigation

Good Girls Don’t Die

by Christina Henry • 2023

Her family is fake, her town is a set, and unseen cameras watch her every move.

3.46

10k+

🩸 Feminist Horror 🎬 Meta Horror 🎮 Deadly Game 🔪 Final Girl 🔥 Female Rage

Good Girls Don’t Die 94%

Her family is fake, her town is a set, and unseen cameras watch her every move.

by Christina Henry 2023

3.46

10k+ ratings

🩸 Feminist Horror 🎬 Meta Horror 🎮 Deadly Game 🔪 Final Girl 🔥 Female Rage

You Shouldn't Have Come Here

by Jeneva Rose • 2023

A New Yorker's remote ranch retreat turns sinister when she learns the last guest never left.

3.36

307k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Isolated Setting 😈 Charming Predator 🎯 Cat And Mouse 🏕️ Vacation Gone Wrong

You Shouldn't Have Come Here 94%

A New Yorker's remote ranch retreat turns sinister when she learns the last guest never left.

by Jeneva Rose 2023

3.36

307k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Isolated Setting 😈 Charming Predator 🎯 Cat And Mouse 🏕️ Vacation Gone Wrong

She Started It

by Sian Gilbert • 2023

Four women are lured to an island hen party by the classmate whose life they ruined.

3.57

58k+

🔒 Locked Room Thriller 🏝️ Remote Island 🎭 Fake Identity 🖤 Shared Dark Past 💅 Mean Girl Reckoning

She Started It 92%

Four women are lured to an island hen party by the classmate whose life they ruined.

by Sian Gilbert 2023

3.57

58k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Thriller 🏝️ Remote Island 🎭 Fake Identity 🖤 Shared Dark Past 💅 Mean Girl Reckoning

Final Girls

by Riley Sager • 2017

When another massacre survivor is murdered, a stranger at Quincy's door warns she's the next target.

3.82

268k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Final Girl Trope 💭 Repressed Memories 🌲 Cabin In The Woods 🩸 Serial Killer

Final Girls 92%

When another massacre survivor is murdered, a stranger at Quincy's door warns she's the next target.

by Riley Sager 2017

3.82

268k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Final Girl Trope 💭 Repressed Memories 🌲 Cabin In The Woods 🩸 Serial Killer

You Are Fatally Invited

by Ande Pliego • 2025

A private island retreat for thriller writers turns deadly when murders copy their own novels.

3.56

21k+

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🪞 Meta Thriller 🏝️ Isolated Island ✍️ Writers Retreat 🌫️ Creeping Dread

You Are Fatally Invited 94%

A private island retreat for thriller writers turns deadly when murders copy their own novels.

by Ande Pliego 2025

3.56

21k+ ratings

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🪞 Meta Thriller 🏝️ Isolated Island ✍️ Writers Retreat 🌫️ Creeping Dread

The Island

by Adrian McKinty • 2022

An accident on a private Australian island traps a family in a brutal clan's grip.

3.76

43k+

🩸 Survival Horror 🏝️ Remote Island 🔪 Final Girl 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🌐 Insular Community

The Island 94%

An accident on a private Australian island traps a family in a brutal clan's grip.

by Adrian McKinty 2022

3.76

43k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 🏝️ Remote Island 🔪 Final Girl 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🌐 Insular Community

No Exit

by Taylor Adams

Snowbound with four strangers, a student finds a kidnapped girl outside. The kidnapper waits inside.

3.98

219k+

❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🚪 Closed Circle 🚨 Child In Peril 🎭 Hidden Villain 💪 Final Girl

No Exit 93%

Snowbound with four strangers, a student finds a kidnapped girl outside. The kidnapper waits inside.

by Taylor Adams 2017

3.98

219k+ ratings

❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🚪 Closed Circle 🚨 Child In Peril 🎭 Hidden Villain 💪 Final Girl

Olivia

by John Hunt • 2022

A travel blogger survives a wilderness killer then teams with his other survivor to end him.

3.95

3k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏕️ Survival Horror 🩸 Final Girl Revenge 🖇️ Trauma Bond 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Olivia 92%

A travel blogger survives a wilderness killer then teams with his other survivor to end him.

by John Hunt 2022

3.95

3k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏕️ Survival Horror 🩸 Final Girl Revenge 🖇️ Trauma Bond 👁️ Killer's Perspective

How to Survive a Horror Story

by Mallory Arnold • 2025

A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.

3.62

13k+

🪞 Meta Horror 🔪 Survival Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🎲 Deadly Game 🏠 Sentient House

How to Survive a Horror Story 92%

A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.

by Mallory Arnold 2025

3.62

13k+ ratings

🪞 Meta Horror 🔪 Survival Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🎲 Deadly Game 🏠 Sentient House

Someone in the Attic

by Andrea Mara

Viral videos show a masked man living in her attic. Police call it a civil matter.

3.72

28k+

🏚️ Home Invasion Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Gated Community Secrets 💔 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Old Tragedy Resurfaces

Someone in the Attic 92%

Viral videos show a masked man living in her attic. Police call it a civil matter.

by Andrea Mara 2024

3.72

28k+ ratings

🏚️ Home Invasion Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Gated Community Secrets 💔 Toxic Friend Group 👻 Old Tragedy Resurfaces

Night Watcher

by Daphne Woolsoncroft • 2025

She survived a masked killer as a child. Now a caller dies on her radio show.

3.70

15k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🔪 Final Girl 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets 😷 Masked Killer

Night Watcher 94%

She survived a masked killer as a child. Now a caller dies on her radio show.

by Daphne Woolsoncroft 2025

3.70

15k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 🔪 Final Girl 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets 😷 Masked Killer

Nightwatching

by Tracy Sierra • 2024

During a blizzard, a mother hides her children from an intruder who knows their names.

3.79

48k+

🏠 Home Invasion ❄️ Blizzard 🚪 Secret Room 👹 Nightmare Made Real 👮‍♀️ Police Doubt

Nightwatching 94%

During a blizzard, a mother hides her children from an intruder who knows their names.

by Tracy Sierra 2024

3.79

48k+ ratings

🏠 Home Invasion ❄️ Blizzard 🚪 Secret Room 👹 Nightmare Made Real 👮‍♀️ Police Doubt

Run on Red

by Noelle W. Ihli • 2022

At a remote toga party, a freshman accepts a drink and wakes tied in the dark.

3.72

103k+

🎓 College Party Horror 😈 Predator In Plain Sight 🏃 Survival Horror 🌲 Remote Setting Danger 🏛️ Sorority Life

Run on Red 92%

At a remote toga party, a freshman accepts a drink and wakes tied in the dark.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2022

3.72

103k+ ratings

🎓 College Party Horror 😈 Predator In Plain Sight 🏃 Survival Horror 🌲 Remote Setting Danger 🏛️ Sorority Life

The New Husband

by Brian R. O'Rourke • 2023

Mary's husband returns from a retreat feeling like a stranger. And the man stalking her knows why.

4.02

5k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👯 Evil Twin 🕯️ Gaslighting 👪 Family Conspiracy

The New Husband 92%

Mary's husband returns from a retreat feeling like a stranger. And the man stalking her knows why.

by Brian R. O'Rourke 2023

4.02

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👯 Evil Twin 🕯️ Gaslighting 👪 Family Conspiracy

How Bad Things Can Get

by Darcy Coates • 2025

She survived a cult massacre. The island festival she's trapped in is its reenactment.

3.71

11k+

💀 Cult Horror 🩸 Survival Horror 🎯 Deadly Game 🏝️ Remote Island 👁️ Prophetic Visions

How Bad Things Can Get 93%

She survived a cult massacre. The island festival she's trapped in is its reenactment.

by Darcy Coates 2025

3.71

11k+ ratings

💀 Cult Horror 🩸 Survival Horror 🎯 Deadly Game 🏝️ Remote Island 👁️ Prophetic Visions

The Woman in the Cabin

by Becca Day • 2024

A remote cabin. A controlling husband. The letters from his first wife are her escape plan.

3.97

50k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Marriage As Prison 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Unlikely Allies

The Woman in the Cabin 93%

A remote cabin. A controlling husband. The letters from his first wife are her escape plan.

by Becca Day 2024

3.97

50k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Marriage As Prison 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Unlikely Allies

The Island

by Natasha Preston

A true-crime vlogger joins five influencers on a remote island. Then the murders begin.

3.48

39k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 🎭 Hidden Identity Killer 🎬 True Crime Protagonist 💔 Betrayal By Friend

The Island 92%

A true-crime vlogger joins five influencers on a remote island. Then the murders begin.

by Natasha Preston 2023

3.48

39k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 🎭 Hidden Identity Killer 🎬 True Crime Protagonist 💔 Betrayal By Friend

Reckless Girls

by Rachel Hawkins • 2022

A remote island traps six strangers with deadly secrets and a history of cannibalism.

3.55

159k+

🏝️ Remote Island 🌴 Tropical Gothic 🔒 Closed-Circle Mystery 🏹 Survival Thriller ☀️ Sun-Drenched Horror

Reckless Girls 92%

A remote island traps six strangers with deadly secrets and a history of cannibalism.

by Rachel Hawkins 2022

3.55

159k+ ratings

🏝️ Remote Island 🌴 Tropical Gothic 🔒 Closed-Circle Mystery 🏹 Survival Thriller ☀️ Sun-Drenched Horror

You

by Caroline Kepnes • 2014

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

3.96

295k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

You 92%

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

by Caroline Kepnes 2014

3.96

295k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

The Butterfly Garden

by Dot Hutchison

The Gardener gave her butterfly wings. At twenty-one, he seals her in glass.

4.09

294k+

🧠 Psychological Horror ⛓️ Captivity Narrative 🦋 Collector Villain 🎙️ Survivor Testimony 🤝 Found Family

The Butterfly Garden 92%

The Gardener gave her butterfly wings. At twenty-one, he seals her in glass.

by Dot Hutchison 2016

4.09

294k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror ⛓️ Captivity Narrative 🦋 Collector Villain 🎙️ Survivor Testimony 🤝 Found Family

The Quiet Tenant

by Clémence Michallon • 2023

A widower brings his captive into his home, telling his daughter she's the new tenant.

3.81

150k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Thriller 🎭 Hidden Predator 🤝 Unlikely Ally 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

The Quiet Tenant 93%

A widower brings his captive into his home, telling his daughter she's the new tenant.

by Clémence Michallon 2023

3.81

150k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Thriller 🎭 Hidden Predator 🤝 Unlikely Ally 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

The Last One

by Will Dean • 2023

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

3.55

41k+

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌊 Horror At Sea 📺 Deadly Game Show

The Last One 93%

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

by Will Dean 2023

3.55

41k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌊 Horror At Sea 📺 Deadly Game Show

Before She Knew Him

by Peter Swanson • 2019

An artist suspects her neighbor is a killer. Her bipolar past means no one believes her.

3.85

70k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Witness 🚪 Killer Next Door 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Before She Knew Him 92%

An artist suspects her neighbor is a killer. Her bipolar past means no one believes her.

by Peter Swanson 2019

3.85

70k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Witness 🚪 Killer Next Door 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Keep The Doctor Away

by James Caine • 2024

Her surgeon husband's island clinic. One death. Too many lies. And no way out.

3.85

5k+

🏥 Medical Thriller 🏝️ Isolated Island 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Gaslighting 🫀 Organ Harvesting

Keep The Doctor Away 92%

Her surgeon husband's island clinic. One death. Too many lies. And no way out.

by James Caine 2024

3.85

5k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Thriller 🏝️ Isolated Island 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🔍 Gaslighting 🫀 Organ Harvesting

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

Ours Is a Tale of Murder

by Nora Murphy • 2026

A lawyer's fast marriage becomes a gilded cage from which only murder can set her free.

3.55

4k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💍 Gaslighting Spouse 👀 Stalker Neighbor 📖 Metafictional Twist 😨 Claustrophobic Tension

Ours Is a Tale of Murder 92%

A lawyer's fast marriage becomes a gilded cage from which only murder can set her free.

by Nora Murphy 2026

3.55

4k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💍 Gaslighting Spouse 👀 Stalker Neighbor 📖 Metafictional Twist 😨 Claustrophobic Tension

The Ending Writes Itself

by Evelyn Clarke

Seven writers compete to finish a dead author's novel. The prize is millions; the cost is murder.

3.47

28k+

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery ✒️ Writers As Suspects 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Island 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 📚 Publishing Satire

The Ending Writes Itself 92%

Seven writers compete to finish a dead author's novel. The prize is millions; the cost is murder.

by Evelyn Clarke 2026

3.47

28k+ ratings

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery ✒️ Writers As Suspects 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Island 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 📚 Publishing Satire

It's Behind You

by Kathryn Foxfield • 2021

A reality show traps five teens in haunted caves where the body count isn't scripted.

3.63

4k+

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📺 Reality Tv Gone Wrong 🔪 Final Girl 🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror

It's Behind You 92%

A reality show traps five teens in haunted caves where the body count isn't scripted.

by Kathryn Foxfield 2021

3.63

4k+ ratings

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📺 Reality Tv Gone Wrong 🔪 Final Girl 🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror

Swartval

by Martin Steyn • 2016

A stripper is taken to a cellar, where her kidnapper's mother is the one to fear.

4.29

135

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Survival 👁️ Stalker Obsession 🔪 Family Of Killers 😱 Claustrophobic Dread

Swartval 92%

A stripper is taken to a cellar, where her kidnapper's mother is the one to fear.

by Martin Steyn 2016

4.29

135 ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Captivity Survival 👁️ Stalker Obsession 🔪 Family Of Killers 😱 Claustrophobic Dread

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

by Shailee Thompson

A slasher scholar’s speed-dating night turns into a serial killer’s bloody courtship.

3.71

30k+

🩸 Slasher Horror 💘 Horror Rom-Com 🌹 Serial Killer Courtship 🎬 Meta Slasher 💪 Final Girl

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates 92%

A slasher scholar’s speed-dating night turns into a serial killer’s bloody courtship.

by Shailee Thompson 2026

3.71

30k+ ratings

🩸 Slasher Horror 💘 Horror Rom-Com 🌹 Serial Killer Courtship 🎬 Meta Slasher 💪 Final Girl

Perfect Girl

by Tracy Banghart • 2024

Trapped by a storm, four friends discover the real horror isn't the ghost haunting the house.

3.41

1k+

🔪 Feminist Horror 🏃 Survival Thriller 🎭 Good Girl Unraveling 👥 Friend Group In Peril 👁️ Hidden Predator

Perfect Girl 92%

Trapped by a storm, four friends discover the real horror isn't the ghost haunting the house.

by Tracy Banghart 2024

3.41

1k+ ratings

🔪 Feminist Horror 🏃 Survival Thriller 🎭 Good Girl Unraveling 👥 Friend Group In Peril 👁️ Hidden Predator

Stillhouse Lake

by Rachel Caine • 2017

She fled her serial-killer husband's crimes and built a new life. Then a body surfaces in her lake.

4.10

196k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 📋 Copycat Killer 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Stillhouse Lake 92%

She fled her serial-killer husband's crimes and built a new life. Then a body surfaces in her lake.

by Rachel Caine 2017

4.10

196k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Hidden Identity 📋 Copycat Killer 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Kill for Me, Kill for You

by Steve Cavanagh • 2023

Two grieving women meet in a support group and agree on a desperate plan: swap murders.

4.13

186k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤝 Deadly Pact 💋 Femme Fatale 🏠 Home Invasion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Kill for Me, Kill for You 92%

Two grieving women meet in a support group and agree on a desperate plan: swap murders.

by Steve Cavanagh 2023

4.13

186k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤝 Deadly Pact 💋 Femme Fatale 🏠 Home Invasion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Near the Bone

by Christina Henry • 2021

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

3.69

22k+

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔓 Reclaimed Identity

Near the Bone 92%

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

by Christina Henry 2021

3.69

22k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔓 Reclaimed Identity

The Final Girl Support Group

by Grady Hendrix • 2021

After years of therapy, six massacre survivors realize someone is hunting them down, one by one.

3.50

190k+

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔪 Final Girls 🫂 Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Final Girl Support Group 92%

After years of therapy, six massacre survivors realize someone is hunting them down, one by one.

by Grady Hendrix 2021

3.50

190k+ ratings

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔪 Final Girls 🫂 Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Beautiful Ugly

by Alice Feeney • 2025

A novelist retreats to a Scottish island after his wife vanishes. The quiet has teeth.

3.61

451k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Feminist Revenge ✍️ Writer Protagonist 📖 Book Within A Book

Beautiful Ugly 92%

A novelist retreats to a Scottish island after his wife vanishes. The quiet has teeth.

by Alice Feeney 2025

3.61

451k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Feminist Revenge ✍️ Writer Protagonist 📖 Book Within A Book

Creep

by Emma van Straaten

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

3.47

6k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

Creep 92%

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

by Emma van Straaten 2025

3.47

6k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

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