50 Books like The Red Winter

The Starving Saints

by Caitlin Starling

A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.

3.58

23k+

🏰 Medieval Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⛪ Religious Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🏚️ Besieged Castle

The Starving Saints 91%

A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.

by Caitlin Starling 2025

3.58

23k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⛪ Religious Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🏚️ Besieged Castle

Interview with the Vampire

by Anne Rice • 1976

A vampire recounts his life: from 1791 Louisiana to Parisian vampire theater, an eternity of sorrow.

4.02

656k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🎙️ Framed Narrative 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 👧 Eternal Child 🥀 Immortal Melancholy

Interview with the Vampire 95%

A vampire recounts his life: from 1791 Louisiana to Parisian vampire theater, an eternity of sorrow.

by Anne Rice 1976

4.02

656k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🎙️ Framed Narrative 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 👧 Eternal Child 🥀 Immortal Melancholy

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

by V.E. Schwab • 2025

Three women, five centuries, one vampire's promise: you are mine forever, and forever is a cage.

3.88

218k+

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🦇 Vampire Gothic 💔 Toxic Immortal Love 🏚️ Vampire Found Family 🌑 Lyrical Gothic

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil Summary

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil 92%

Three women, five centuries, one vampire's promise: you are mine forever, and forever is a cage.

by V.E. Schwab 2025

3.88

218k+ ratings

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🦇 Vampire Gothic 💔 Toxic Immortal Love 🏚️ Vampire Found Family 🌑 Lyrical Gothic

The God of Endings

by Jacqueline Holland • 2023

An immortal teacher cages her hunger behind a preschool until a dying boy needs her darkest self.

3.81

13k+

🧛 Literary Vampire 🩸 Reluctant Monster 👧 Immortal Guardian ⏳ Weight Of Immortality 🖤 Lyrical Gothic

The God of Endings 91%

An immortal teacher cages her hunger behind a preschool until a dying boy needs her darkest self.

by Jacqueline Holland 2023

3.81

13k+ ratings

🧛 Literary Vampire 🩸 Reluctant Monster 👧 Immortal Guardian ⏳ Weight Of Immortality 🖤 Lyrical Gothic

The Silence Factory

by Bridget Collins • 2024

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

3.42

4k+

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

The Silence Factory 91%

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

by Bridget Collins 2024

3.42

4k+ ratings

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

House of Hunger

by Alexis Henderson • 2022

Marion sells her blood to a northern countess, but the gothic estate hungers for far more.

3.63

25k+

🩸 Sapphic Gothic Horror 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Dark Sapphic Romance 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Sensual Horror

House of Hunger 91%

Marion sells her blood to a northern countess, but the gothic estate hungers for far more.

by Alexis Henderson 2022

3.63

25k+ ratings

🩸 Sapphic Gothic Horror 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Dark Sapphic Romance 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Sensual Horror

A Botanical Daughter

by Noah Medlock • 2024

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

3.58

7k+

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

A Botanical Daughter 91%

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

by Noah Medlock 2024

3.58

7k+ ratings

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

Lucy Undying

by Kiersten White • 2024

A vampire who survived Dracula and a trapped heiress connect through a century-old journal.

3.69

7k+

🧛 Vampire Retelling 🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🖤 Gothic Romance ⏳ Dual Timelines 🏙️ Victorian London

Lucy Undying 91%

A vampire who survived Dracula and a trapped heiress connect through a century-old journal.

by Kiersten White 2024

3.69

7k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Retelling 🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🖤 Gothic Romance ⏳ Dual Timelines 🏙️ Victorian London

Dark Rise

by C.S. Pacat • 2021

A London dockworker discovers he is the Dark King reborn, with doomed knights his only pursuers.

4.15

42k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Chosen One 🛡️ Doomed Knightly Order 🎩 Regency London Docks 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Dark Rise 91%

A London dockworker discovers he is the Dark King reborn, with doomed knights his only pursuers.

by C.S. Pacat 2021

4.15

42k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Chosen One 🛡️ Doomed Knightly Order 🎩 Regency London Docks 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle

by Neil Blackmore • 2020

On the Grand Tour, Benjamin Bowen meets a dazzling rebel who becomes his lover and his undoing.

3.49

2k+

🖤 Tragic Gay Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🎭 Concealed Heritage 🚶 Outsider Protagonist

The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle 91%

On the Grand Tour, Benjamin Bowen meets a dazzling rebel who becomes his lover and his undoing.

by Neil Blackmore 2020

3.49

2k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Gay Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🎭 Concealed Heritage 🚶 Outsider Protagonist

Silver in the Wood

by Emily Tesh • 2019

An ancient forest guardian falls for a folklore scholar, but the equinox stirs a hungry spirit.

3.98

24k+

🌳 Mythic Woodland 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌙 Lyrical Fantasy ⏳ Immortal Protagonist 👻 Folk Horror

Silver in the Wood 91%

An ancient forest guardian falls for a folklore scholar, but the equinox stirs a hungry spirit.

by Emily Tesh 2019

3.98

24k+ ratings

🌳 Mythic Woodland 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌙 Lyrical Fantasy ⏳ Immortal Protagonist 👻 Folk Horror

La hija de la noche

by Laura Gallego García • 2004

Her cellar holds a vampire. Her blood is his leash. The village wants them dead.

3.46

4k+

🩸 Gothic Vampire Romance 💔 Cursed Lover 🔥 Small Town Hysteria 🇫🇷 19th Century France 🏚️ Isolated Mansion

La hija de la noche 92%

Her cellar holds a vampire. Her blood is his leash. The village wants them dead.

by Laura Gallego García 2004

3.46

4k+ ratings

🩸 Gothic Vampire Romance 💔 Cursed Lover 🔥 Small Town Hysteria 🇫🇷 19th Century France 🏚️ Isolated Mansion

Cry to Heaven

by Anne Rice • 1982

Betrayed and castrated, a Venetian noble becomes a castrato singer to seek revenge.

3.89

22k+

🇮🇹 18th-Century Italy 🎭 Opera World 🩸 Body Horror ⚧ Gender Ambiguity 🎓 Student-Teacher Love

Cry to Heaven 92%

Betrayed and castrated, a Venetian noble becomes a castrato singer to seek revenge.

by Anne Rice 1982

3.89

22k+ ratings

🇮🇹 18th-Century Italy 🎭 Opera World 🩸 Body Horror ⚧ Gender Ambiguity 🎓 Student-Teacher Love

Empire of the Vampire

by Jay Kristoff

The sun has gone dark. A half-vampire and a street thief hold the world's last light.

4.33

82k+

⚔️ Grimdark Epic 🧛 Vampire Hunters 🤝 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Romance 🕯️ Chosen One Sacrifice

Empire of the Vampire 91%

The sun has gone dark. A half-vampire and a street thief hold the world's last light.

by Jay Kristoff 2021

4.33

82k+ ratings

⚔️ Grimdark Epic 🧛 Vampire Hunters 🤝 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Romance 🕯️ Chosen One Sacrifice

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by V.E. Schwab • 2020

For three hundred years, no one remembers her. Then a stranger says her name.

4.16

1.5M+

🖤 Faustian Bargain 🌑 Dark God Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse ⏳ Immortal Protagonist 💫 Centuries-Spanning Love

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Summary

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 91%

For three hundred years, no one remembers her. Then a stranger says her name.

by V.E. Schwab 2020

4.16

1.5M+ ratings

🖤 Faustian Bargain 🌑 Dark God Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse ⏳ Immortal Protagonist 💫 Centuries-Spanning Love

But Not Too Bold

by Hache Pueyo • 2022

She inherited the keys, the spiders, and a mistress whose brides all end up dead.

3.63

4k+

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🕷️ Monster Romance 💕 Sapphic Romance 🥀 Beauty And The Beast 🏰 Gothic Mansion

But Not Too Bold 91%

She inherited the keys, the spiders, and a mistress whose brides all end up dead.

by Hache Pueyo 2022

3.63

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🕷️ Monster Romance 💕 Sapphic Romance 🥀 Beauty And The Beast 🏰 Gothic Mansion

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

Shadow's Claim

by Kresley Cole • 2012

A vampire assassin competes for a demon princess who loves the friend he must kill.

4.25

30k+

🔮 Fated Mates 👑 Marriage Tournament 🖤 Possessive Hero 😈 Demon Realm 💪 Survivor Heroine

Shadow's Claim 91%

A vampire assassin competes for a demon princess who loves the friend he must kill.

by Kresley Cole 2012

4.25

30k+ ratings

🔮 Fated Mates 👑 Marriage Tournament 🖤 Possessive Hero 😈 Demon Realm 💪 Survivor Heroine

Ordinary Monsters

by J.M. Miro • 2022

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

3.77

23k+

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

Ordinary Monsters 91%

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

by J.M. Miro 2022

3.77

23k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

The Familiar

by Leigh Bardugo • 2024

A scullion's secret magic earns her a patron, a deadly competition, and the Inquisition's gaze.

3.74

144k+

🕯️ Historical Fantasy ⛪ Spanish Inquisition 🏆 Magical Competition 🦂 Cursed Immortal 🌑 Gothic Romance Energy

The Familiar 91%

A scullion's secret magic earns her a patron, a deadly competition, and the Inquisition's gaze.

by Leigh Bardugo 2024

3.74

144k+ ratings

🕯️ Historical Fantasy ⛪ Spanish Inquisition 🏆 Magical Competition 🦂 Cursed Immortal 🌑 Gothic Romance Energy

Dracul

by Dacre Stoker • 2018

Before he wrote Dracula, Bram Stoker was saved by a nanny who slept in earth.

4.14

19k+

🏚️ Irish Gothic 📜 Epistolary Horror 🩸 Tragic Vampire 🤝 Immortal Pact 🧬 Cursed Bloodline

Dracul 91%

Before he wrote Dracula, Bram Stoker was saved by a nanny who slept in earth.

by Dacre Stoker 2018

4.14

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Irish Gothic 📜 Epistolary Horror 🩸 Tragic Vampire 🤝 Immortal Pact 🧬 Cursed Bloodline

Anatomy

by Dana Schwartz • 2022

She needs corpses for anatomy. He digs them up. Their love exposes a surgeon's immortality secret.

3.84

110k+

🖤 Dark Academia ⚰️ Body Snatching 🥀 Gothic Romance 🎭 Disguised As A Boy 🔬 Women In Science

Anatomy 91%

She needs corpses for anatomy. He digs them up. Their love exposes a surgeon's immortality secret.

by Dana Schwartz 2022

3.84

110k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia ⚰️ Body Snatching 🥀 Gothic Romance 🎭 Disguised As A Boy 🔬 Women In Science

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 91%

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

The Obsidian Tower

by Melissa Caruso • 2020

Her killing touch and a sealed door: a visitor's betrayal opens it, unleashing ancient evil.

3.79

4k+

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 💀 Cursed Touch 👹 Demonic Possession 🃏 Political Intrigue

The Obsidian Tower 92%

Her killing touch and a sealed door: a visitor's betrayal opens it, unleashing ancient evil.

by Melissa Caruso 2020

3.79

4k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 💀 Cursed Touch 👹 Demonic Possession 🃏 Political Intrigue

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

My Darling Dreadful Thing

by Johanna van Veen • 2024

A medium escapes to a widow's decaying estate, where love and the dead both prove insatiable.

3.85

21k+

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 🏚️ Haunted Estate 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror

My Darling Dreadful Thing 91%

A medium escapes to a widow's decaying estate, where love and the dead both prove insatiable.

by Johanna van Veen 2024

3.85

21k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 🏚️ Haunted Estate 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror

What Moves the Dead

by T. Kingfisher • 2022

A soldier returns to a decaying manor: her friends are dying, and the lake is learning.

3.84

146k+

🍄 Fungal Body Horror 🏚️ Crumbling Gothic Manor 📜 Poe Retelling 🏳️‍⚧️ Non-Binary Protagonist 🔬 Amateur Investigation

What Moves the Dead 91%

A soldier returns to a decaying manor: her friends are dying, and the lake is learning.

by T. Kingfisher 2022

3.84

146k+ ratings

🍄 Fungal Body Horror 🏚️ Crumbling Gothic Manor 📜 Poe Retelling 🏳️‍⚧️ Non-Binary Protagonist 🔬 Amateur Investigation

The Lord Sorcier

by Olivia Atwater • 2020

When a surgeon's faerie comrade unleashes his magic, Napoleon's deadliest sorcerer takes notice.

3.55

7k+

🗡️ Napoleonic Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Folklore 🖤 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship ⚔️ Magical Duel

The Lord Sorcier 91%

When a surgeon's faerie comrade unleashes his magic, Napoleon's deadliest sorcerer takes notice.

by Olivia Atwater 2020

3.55

7k+ ratings

🗡️ Napoleonic Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Folklore 🖤 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship ⚔️ Magical Duel

Of Skulls of Shackles

by Kelly St. Clare • 2025

A stitched queen must conquer rival kings before the lover who sees all destroys her heart.

4.25

143

🏰 Gothic Romantasy 👑 Monster Politics ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👸 Reluctant Ruler 🖤 Monster Romance

Of Skulls of Shackles 91%

A stitched queen must conquer rival kings before the lover who sees all destroys her heart.

by Kelly St. Clare 2025

4.25

143 ratings

🏰 Gothic Romantasy 👑 Monster Politics ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👸 Reluctant Ruler 🖤 Monster Romance

La sed

by Marina Yuszczuk • 2020

Inheriting a cemetery tomb, a grieving daughter unlocks it and wakes the vampire sleeping inside.

3.44

9k+

🧛‍♀️ Female Vampire 🖤 Sapphic Horror 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere ⏳ Historical Horror 🪦 Cemetery Setting

La sed 91%

Inheriting a cemetery tomb, a grieving daughter unlocks it and wakes the vampire sleeping inside.

by Marina Yuszczuk 2020

3.44

9k+ ratings

🧛‍♀️ Female Vampire 🖤 Sapphic Horror 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere ⏳ Historical Horror 🪦 Cemetery Setting

Weavingshaw

by Heba Al-Wasity • 2026

To save her brother, a refugee ghost-seer sells her darkest secret to a curse-bound confessor.

4.12

9k+

🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains 🕯️ Haunted Estate 🧳 Refugee Protagonist

Weavingshaw 91%

To save her brother, a refugee ghost-seer sells her darkest secret to a curse-bound confessor.

by Heba Al-Wasity 2026

4.12

9k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains 🕯️ Haunted Estate 🧳 Refugee Protagonist

Black Flame

by Gretchen Felker-Martin • 2025

Restoring a cursed Nazi film, a queer archivist discovers the footage wants to inhabit her.

3.54

4k+

🎞️ Cursed Film Horror 🩸 Queer Body Horror 📼 Archival Horror 💀 Nazi Occult 📖 Literary Horror

Black Flame 92%

Restoring a cursed Nazi film, a queer archivist discovers the footage wants to inhabit her.

by Gretchen Felker-Martin 2025

3.54

4k+ ratings

🎞️ Cursed Film Horror 🩸 Queer Body Horror 📼 Archival Horror 💀 Nazi Occult 📖 Literary Horror

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 92%

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

Hazelthorn

by C.G. Drews

Locked away for seven years, he escapes to find his guardian dead, dark vines threading his throat.

4.21

21k+

🌿 Botanical Horror 🩸 Body Horror 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👹 Monster Boyfriend 💉 Medical Abuse

Hazelthorn 91%

Locked away for seven years, he escapes to find his guardian dead, dark vines threading his throat.

by C.G. Drews 2025

4.21

21k+ ratings

🌿 Botanical Horror 🩸 Body Horror 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👹 Monster Boyfriend 💉 Medical Abuse

The Last Soul Among Wolves

by Melissa Caruso • 2025

Old friends at a haunted mansion. A childhood blood oath. Only one walks out alive.

4.17

1k+

🎭 Deadly Inheritance Game 🏚️ Trapped Together Curse 👻 Gothic Haunted Mansion ✨ Gods Playing Mortals ⚡ Dark Wish Bargain

The Last Soul Among Wolves 91%

Old friends at a haunted mansion. A childhood blood oath. Only one walks out alive.

by Melissa Caruso 2025

4.17

1k+ ratings

🎭 Deadly Inheritance Game 🏚️ Trapped Together Curse 👻 Gothic Haunted Mansion ✨ Gods Playing Mortals ⚡ Dark Wish Bargain

At Dark, I Become Loathsome

by Eric LaRocca • 2025

After his son vanished, he started burying strangers alive. His last client knows what happened.

3.20

5k+

🪦 Grief Horror 🩸 Transgressive Horror 🦴 Queer Body Horror 🪞 Self-Loathing Narrator 🔩 Body Modification

At Dark, I Become Loathsome 91%

After his son vanished, he started burying strangers alive. His last client knows what happened.

by Eric LaRocca 2025

3.20

5k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Horror 🩸 Transgressive Horror 🦴 Queer Body Horror 🪞 Self-Loathing Narrator 🔩 Body Modification

Our Share of Night

by Mariana Enriquez • 2019

A death cult pursues a father and his psychic son across Argentina for the boy's body.

4.25

65k+

🕯️ Occult Secret Society 🕸️ Gothic Family Curse 👻 Mediums And Spirits 🇦🇷 Argentine Dictatorship 🩸 Generational Trauma

Our Share of Night 91%

A death cult pursues a father and his psychic son across Argentina for the boy's body.

by Mariana Enriquez 2019

4.25

65k+ ratings

🕯️ Occult Secret Society 🕸️ Gothic Family Curse 👻 Mediums And Spirits 🇦🇷 Argentine Dictatorship 🩸 Generational Trauma

Black Sun

by Rebecca Roanhorse • 2020

A blind sacrifice sails toward a holy city to unleash a god's vengeance at the eclipse.

4.17

56k+

🌺 Mesoamerican Fantasy 👤 Godly Vessel 💔 Doomed Lovers ⛪ Religious Conspiracy ⌛ Inevitable Doom

Black Sun 90%

A blind sacrifice sails toward a holy city to unleash a god's vengeance at the eclipse.

by Rebecca Roanhorse 2020

4.17

56k+ ratings

🌺 Mesoamerican Fantasy 👤 Godly Vessel 💔 Doomed Lovers ⛪ Religious Conspiracy ⌛ Inevitable Doom

Geist

by Philippa Ballantine • 2010

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

3.64

4k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond 👑 Cursed Royalty 🤝 Found Family

Geist 90%

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

by Philippa Ballantine 2010

3.64

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond 👑 Cursed Royalty 🤝 Found Family

The Monk

by Matthew Gregory Lewis • 1796

A monk revered as a saint falls into lust, murder, and a bargain with the Devil.

3.86

35k+

🖤 Gothic Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 😈 Demonic Pact ⛪ Corrupt Clergy 📉 Fall From Grace

The Monk 90%

A monk revered as a saint falls into lust, murder, and a bargain with the Devil.

by Matthew Gregory Lewis 1796

3.86

35k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 😈 Demonic Pact ⛪ Corrupt Clergy 📉 Fall From Grace

Between Two Fires

by Christopher Buehlman

A knight, a girl, and a priest cross plague-ravaged France toward Avignon, where a devil rules.

4.21

65k+

🏰 Medieval Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 👨‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚔️ Disgraced Knight 🦴 Body Horror

Between Two Fires 91%

A knight, a girl, and a priest cross plague-ravaged France toward Avignon, where a devil rules.

by Christopher Buehlman 2012

4.21

65k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 👨‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚔️ Disgraced Knight 🦴 Body Horror

Born in Blood

by Sadie Kincaid • 2024

A Victorian rake turned vampire awakens an immortal hunger that binds him to his ancient sire.

3.83

8k+

🩸 Sire Bond 🏙️ Victorian London 🎩 Rake Hero 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Born in Blood 92%

A Victorian rake turned vampire awakens an immortal hunger that binds him to his ancient sire.

by Sadie Kincaid 2024

3.83

8k+ ratings

🩸 Sire Bond 🏙️ Victorian London 🎩 Rake Hero 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Revenge Quest

The Devil's Concubine

by Ángeles Goyanes • 2011

Saved by a fallen angel, a crusade orphan discovers eternal life is a slow-motion execution.

3.82

471

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance 💀 Cursed Immortality 🔄 Soul Transfer 🥀 Tragic Romance 🌙 Gothic Confession

The Devil's Concubine 92%

Saved by a fallen angel, a crusade orphan discovers eternal life is a slow-motion execution.

by Ángeles Goyanes 2011

3.82

471 ratings

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance 💀 Cursed Immortality 🔄 Soul Transfer 🥀 Tragic Romance 🌙 Gothic Confession

The Magpie Lord

by K.J. Charles • 2013

An earl returns cursed to suicide. His only hope: a magician who despises his bloodline.

4.03

25k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Romance 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Haunted Estate ✨ Magical Inheritance

The Magpie Lord 90%

An earl returns cursed to suicide. His only hope: a magician who despises his bloodline.

by K.J. Charles 2013

4.03

25k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Romance 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Haunted Estate ✨ Magical Inheritance

Sanguine Summer

by Abe Moss • 2025

A vampire checks into a motel, trapping three strangers in a nightmare of blood and control.

4.03

712

🩸 Vampire Gothic 🏨 Roadside Motel 💉 Blood Addiction 🧠 Vampire's Thrall 🔗 Reluctant Accomplice

Sanguine Summer 90%

A vampire checks into a motel, trapping three strangers in a nightmare of blood and control.

by Abe Moss 2025

4.03

712 ratings

🩸 Vampire Gothic 🏨 Roadside Motel 💉 Blood Addiction 🧠 Vampire's Thrall 🔗 Reluctant Accomplice

Lapvona

by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2022

After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.

3.54

104k+

🏰 Medieval Horror 🤢 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🎭 Dark Fable 🏡 Gothic Manor

Lapvona 90%

After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.

by Ottessa Moshfegh 2022

3.54

104k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror 🤢 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🎭 Dark Fable 🏡 Gothic Manor

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde • 1890

A vain wish grants him eternal youth; a hidden portrait rots with every sin.

4.14

1.9M+

😈 Faustian Bargain 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Double Life 🐍 Corrupting Influence 🥀 Decadent Horror

The Picture of Dorian Gray 90%

A vain wish grants him eternal youth; a hidden portrait rots with every sin.

by Oscar Wilde 1890

4.14

1.9M+ ratings

😈 Faustian Bargain 🏙️ Victorian London 🎭 Double Life 🐍 Corrupting Influence 🥀 Decadent Horror

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Ian Edginton • 2008

Dorian Gray stays young while his portrait ages: a supernatural bargain that devours his soul.

4.17

60k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🌟 Wish Gone Wrong 💀 Moral Corruption 🎭 Corrupting Influence ⏳ Eternal Youth

The Picture of Dorian Gray 90%

Dorian Gray stays young while his portrait ages: a supernatural bargain that devours his soul.

by Ian Edginton 2008

4.17

60k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🌟 Wish Gone Wrong 💀 Moral Corruption 🎭 Corrupting Influence ⏳ Eternal Youth

Girls of Dark Divine

by E.V. Woods • 2025

Dark magic traps her dance troupe. A boy of shadow claims he can break the curse.

3.57

688

🔮 Cursed Performers 🎭 Gothic Theater 🖤 Shadow Love Interest 🔥 Costly Rebellion 💜 Found Family

Girls of Dark Divine 90%

Dark magic traps her dance troupe. A boy of shadow claims he can break the curse.

by E.V. Woods 2025

3.57

688 ratings

🔮 Cursed Performers 🎭 Gothic Theater 🖤 Shadow Love Interest 🔥 Costly Rebellion 💜 Found Family

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 90%

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

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