50 Books like The Levee

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

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 98%

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

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 96%

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 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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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 Toll

by Cherie Priest • 2019

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

3.41

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Toll 94%

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

by Cherie Priest 2019

3.41

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

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 94%

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

Pay the Piper

by George A. Romero • 2024

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

3.58

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

Pay the Piper 93%

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

by George A. Romero 2024

3.58

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror 💀 Generational Curse 👧 Child Protagonist

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

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

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

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 93%

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

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

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

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 93%

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

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

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

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 93%

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

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

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 93%

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

The Book of Speculation

by Erika Swyler • 2015

A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.

3.61

39k+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🎪 Circus Misfits 🔮 Tarot Lore 👥 Sibling Caretakers 💧 Drowning Motif

The Book of Speculation 93%

A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.

by Erika Swyler 2015

3.61

39k+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🎪 Circus Misfits 🔮 Tarot Lore 👥 Sibling Caretakers 💧 Drowning Motif

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

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 93%

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

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 95%

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

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 94%

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

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

Starling House

by Alix E. Harrow • 2023

A desperate woman takes a job inside a sentient house. Below the floors, old nightmares stir.

3.78

169k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛰️ Appalachian Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🩸 Generational Trauma 🤝 Found Family

Starling House 93%

A desperate woman takes a job inside a sentient house. Below the floors, old nightmares stir.

by Alix E. Harrow 2023

3.78

169k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛰️ Appalachian Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🩸 Generational Trauma 🤝 Found Family

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

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

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

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

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

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 93%

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 House That Held Her

by Ellis Hart • 2025

Sixteen skulls dug up, then gone. A town sworn to silence. Someone living inside the walls.

3.78

881

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔍 Gothic Mystery 🚪 Secret Passages 🪞 Gaslighting 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The House That Held Her 93%

Sixteen skulls dug up, then gone. A town sworn to silence. Someone living inside the walls.

by Ellis Hart 2025

3.78

881 ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔍 Gothic Mystery 🚪 Secret Passages 🪞 Gaslighting 🤫 Small Town Secrets

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

The Witching Hour

by Anne Rice • 1990

A surgeon is the last witch her family's dark spirit needs to be reborn.

4.10

125k+

🧹 Generational Witches 📜 Secret Society 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👹 Demonic Rebirth 🏚️ Haunted Mansion

The Witching Hour 93%

A surgeon is the last witch her family's dark spirit needs to be reborn.

by Anne Rice 1990

4.10

125k+ ratings

🧹 Generational Witches 📜 Secret Society 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👹 Demonic Rebirth 🏚️ Haunted Mansion

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

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 92%

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

The Silent Companions

by Laura Purcell • 2017

A pregnant widow inherits a crumbling estate where wooden figures with painted eyes appear to move.

3.87

46k+

🪆 Haunted Dolls 🔁 Generational Curse 🤐 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🏚️ Crumbling Estate

The Silent Companions 92%

A pregnant widow inherits a crumbling estate where wooden figures with painted eyes appear to move.

by Laura Purcell 2017

3.87

46k+ ratings

🪆 Haunted Dolls 🔁 Generational Curse 🤐 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🏚️ Crumbling Estate

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

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 92%

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

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

Ring Shout

by P. Djèlí Clark • 2020

1922 Georgia: a Black monster hunter faces the Klan's ritual to summon a god of hate.

3.93

61k+

🌿 Gullah Rootwork 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🕯️ Folk Horror ⚔️ Monster Hunting

Ring Shout 92%

1922 Georgia: a Black monster hunter faces the Klan's ritual to summon a god of hate.

by P. Djèlí Clark 2020

3.93

61k+ ratings

🌿 Gullah Rootwork 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🕯️ Folk Horror ⚔️ Monster Hunting

You Did Nothing Wrong

by C.G. Drews • 2026

A young mother's Victorian house is alive. Her son knows it. Her husband calls her crazy.

3.63

10k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👦 Motherhood Horror

You Did Nothing Wrong 92%

A young mother's Victorian house is alive. Her son knows it. Her husband calls her crazy.

by C.G. Drews 2026

3.63

10k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👦 Motherhood Horror

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