50 Books like The Whistling

The September House

by Carissa Orlando

Margaret obeys her haunted house. Her daughter, arriving to find her missing father, does not.

3.86

101k+

👻 Haunted House Horror 🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👶 Ghost Children 💀 Murderous Ghost 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

The September House 92%

Margaret obeys her haunted house. Her daughter, arriving to find her missing father, does not.

by Carissa Orlando 2023

3.86

101k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House Horror 🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👶 Ghost Children 💀 Murderous Ghost 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

A House of Bells

by J.T. Croft • 2021

Disgraced, a governess saves a mute child from poison and ghosts in a manor of bells.

3.82

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👩‍🏫 Traumatized Governess 👻 Ghostly Child Guide 💕 Found Family 😱 Atmospheric Dread

A House of Bells 95%

Disgraced, a governess saves a mute child from poison and ghosts in a manor of bells.

by J.T. Croft 2021

3.82

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 👩‍🏫 Traumatized Governess 👻 Ghostly Child Guide 💕 Found Family 😱 Atmospheric Dread

The Turn of the Key

by Ruth Ware • 2019

At a remote Highlands smart home, a nanny discovers the cameras see everything except the killer.

3.90

332k+

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👶 Nanny In Peril 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Toxic Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

The Turn of the Key 94%

At a remote Highlands smart home, a nanny discovers the cameras see everything except the killer.

by Ruth Ware 2019

3.90

332k+ ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👶 Nanny In Peril 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Toxic Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Haunted

by James Herbert • 1988

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

3.78

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Haunted 93%

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

by James Herbert 1988

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

The Lighthouse Witches

by C.J. Cooke • 2021

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

3.93

32k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 👧 Uncanny Child

The Lighthouse Witches 92%

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

by C.J. Cooke 2021

3.93

32k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 👧 Uncanny Child

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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

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

The Little Stranger

by Sarah Waters • 2009

A country doctor called to a decaying manor finds the house destroying the family from within.

3.57

60k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Class Anxiety 🥀 Gothic Decay 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

The Little Stranger 92%

A country doctor called to a decaying manor finds the house destroying the family from within.

by Sarah Waters 2009

3.57

60k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Class Anxiety 🥀 Gothic Decay 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

Gallant

by V.E. Schwab • 2022

A mute orphan inherits a crumbling manor where a garden wall barely holds back the dark.

3.70

150k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🕯️ Family Curse 👻 Ghostly Allies

Gallant 92%

A mute orphan inherits a crumbling manor where a garden wall barely holds back the dark.

by V.E. Schwab 2022

3.70

150k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🕯️ Family Curse 👻 Ghostly Allies

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

The Nesting

by C.J. Cooke • 2020

Desperate, she steals a nanny's identity and flees to Norway, to a house already haunted.

3.57

8k+

🌲 Ecological Horror 📖 Dead Wife's Secrets 🚪 Nanny In Peril 🎭 Impostor Protagonist 🧌 Scandinavian Folklore

The Nesting 92%

Desperate, she steals a nanny's identity and flees to Norway, to a house already haunted.

by C.J. Cooke 2020

3.57

8k+ ratings

🌲 Ecological Horror 📖 Dead Wife's Secrets 🚪 Nanny In Peril 🎭 Impostor Protagonist 🧌 Scandinavian Folklore

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

The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James • 1898

A governess at a remote estate finds the children charmed by ghosts only she can see.

3.38

182k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 👧 Creepy Children 🏚️ Haunted Estate 🕯️ Victorian Gothic

The Turn of the Screw 92%

A governess at a remote estate finds the children charmed by ghosts only she can see.

by Henry James 1898

3.38

182k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 👧 Creepy Children 🏚️ Haunted Estate 🕯️ Victorian Gothic

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

Hidden Pictures

by Jason Rekulak • 2022

A nanny fresh from rehab discovers the child's drawings are messages from a murdered woman.

4.14

623k+

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 🚼 Nanny In Peril 🎨 Creepy Child Drawings 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense 🔥 Slow-Burn Dread

Hidden Pictures 93%

A nanny fresh from rehab discovers the child's drawings are messages from a murdered woman.

by Jason Rekulak 2022

4.14

623k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 🚼 Nanny In Peril 🎨 Creepy Child Drawings 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense 🔥 Slow-Burn Dread

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 93%

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

Victorian Psycho

by Virginia Feito

A governess arrives at a Gothic manor with her father's razor and a family to destroy.

3.53

55k+

🕰️ Historical Horror 👻 Gothic Governess 🔪 Female Serial Killer ⚔️ Class Revenge 🎭 Satirical Horror

Victorian Psycho 91%

A governess arrives at a Gothic manor with her father's razor and a family to destroy.

by Virginia Feito 2025

3.53

55k+ ratings

🕰️ Historical Horror 👻 Gothic Governess 🔪 Female Serial Killer ⚔️ Class Revenge 🎭 Satirical Horror

The Ghost Woods

by C.J. Cooke • 2022

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

3.91

9k+

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

The Ghost Woods 92%

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

by C.J. Cooke 2022

3.91

9k+ ratings

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

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 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

Dearest

by Jacquie Walters • 2024

Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.

3.50

15k+

🖤 Postpartum Horror 🔗 Generational Curse 👶 Haunted Motherhood 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Domestic

Dearest 92%

Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.

by Jacquie Walters 2024

3.50

15k+ ratings

🖤 Postpartum Horror 🔗 Generational Curse 👶 Haunted Motherhood 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Domestic

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson • 1959

A fragile woman seeks home in a wrong-angled mansion that decides she can never leave.

3.81

404k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🏰 Isolated Mansion 🌫️ Creeping Dread

The Haunting of Hill House 92%

A fragile woman seeks home in a wrong-angled mansion that decides she can never leave.

by Shirley Jackson 1959

3.81

404k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🏰 Isolated Mansion 🌫️ Creeping Dread

The Broken Girls

by Simone St. James • 2018

A skeleton in a boarding school well sends a journalist back to her sister's unsolved death.

4.05

131k+

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 📰 Journalist Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Corruption

The Broken Girls 92%

A skeleton in a boarding school well sends a journalist back to her sister's unsolved death.

by Simone St. James 2018

4.05

131k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 📰 Journalist Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Corruption

The Staircase in the Woods

by Chuck Wendig • 2025

A dying man hustles his gang back to the woods where a staircase swallowed a friend.

3.54

25k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🩸 Trauma Horror 👥 Friend Reunion Horror 🔍 Missing Person Mystery 🌀 Living House Horror

The Staircase in the Woods 92%

A dying man hustles his gang back to the woods where a staircase swallowed a friend.

by Chuck Wendig 2025

3.54

25k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🩸 Trauma Horror 👥 Friend Reunion Horror 🔍 Missing Person Mystery 🌀 Living House Horror

Shadows in the Moonlight

by Santa Montefiore • 2024

A psychic relives a Victorian tragedy to free a mother's ghost from a Cornish manor.

4.30

5k+

🖤 Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted Manor ⏳ Timeslip Romance 🔮 Psychic Investigator 📜 Governess Gothic

Shadows in the Moonlight 92%

A psychic relives a Victorian tragedy to free a mother's ghost from a Cornish manor.

by Santa Montefiore 2024

4.30

5k+ ratings

🖤 Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted Manor ⏳ Timeslip Romance 🔮 Psychic Investigator 📜 Governess Gothic

The Truth Is a Lie

by CherAnn Wright • 2025

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

4.22

235

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

The Truth Is a Lie 92%

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

by CherAnn Wright 2025

4.22

235 ratings

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

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 Minotaur

by Barbara Vine • 2005

At a decaying manor, a Swedish nurse cares for a hidden man. The house hides a killer.

3.65

3k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🤫 Family Secrets 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👪 Eccentric Family 🕰️ Slow Burn Mystery

The Minotaur 92%

At a decaying manor, a Swedish nurse cares for a hidden man. The house hides a killer.

by Barbara Vine 2005

3.65

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🤫 Family Secrets 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👪 Eccentric Family 🕰️ Slow Burn Mystery

The House of Quiet

by Kiersten White • 2025

To save her sister, a maid infiltrates a gothic house that harvests psychic children.

3.56

1k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Corrupt Institution 👯 Sisterly Bond

The House of Quiet 92%

To save her sister, a maid infiltrates a gothic house that harvests psychic children.

by Kiersten White 2025

3.56

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Corrupt Institution 👯 Sisterly Bond

Dunmoor

by London Clarke • 2021

He turned a cursed manor into an orphanage, but an ancient evil now stalks the children.

4.00

252

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Orphanage 🩸 Family Curse ⚜️ Secret Society 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

Dunmoor 92%

He turned a cursed manor into an orphanage, but an ancient evil now stalks the children.

by London Clarke 2021

4.00

252 ratings

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Orphanage 🩸 Family Curse ⚜️ Secret Society 🗡️ Ritual Sacrifice

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 92%

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 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 91%

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

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

Hearthstone Cottage

by Frazer Lee • 2019

A witch's altar waits beneath a Highland cottage's hearth, and four graduates just arrived.

3.63

154

🌾 Folk Horror 🏰 Scottish Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🧙 Witch's Curse

Hearthstone Cottage 93%

A witch's altar waits beneath a Highland cottage's hearth, and four graduates just arrived.

by Frazer Lee 2019

3.63

154 ratings

🌾 Folk Horror 🏰 Scottish Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🧙 Witch's Curse

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

The Book of Cold Cases

by Simone St. James • 2022

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

3.78

132k+

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

The Book of Cold Cases 91%

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

by Simone St. James 2022

3.78

132k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

Asylum Hotel

by Juliet Blackwell • 2025

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

3.56

2k+

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Asylum Hotel 91%

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

by Juliet Blackwell 2025

3.56

2k+ ratings

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

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 91%

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

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 91%

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 Housemaid

by Sarah A. Denzil • 2021

At a grand gothic estate, a new maid learns why the last one never left.

3.57

32k+

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🔪 Family Of Predators 👀 Servant Perspective 💰 Class Divide 🚪 Hidden Rooms

The Housemaid 91%

At a grand gothic estate, a new maid learns why the last one never left.

by Sarah A. Denzil 2021

3.57

32k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🔪 Family Of Predators 👀 Servant Perspective 💰 Class Divide 🚪 Hidden Rooms

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays

by H.R. Mason • 2019

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

3.85

272

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Doomed Lovers 👀 Small Town Suspicion

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays 91%

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

by H.R. Mason 2019

3.85

272 ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Doomed Lovers 👀 Small Town Suspicion

Violet

by Scott Thomas • 2019

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

3.54

3k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Violet 91%

A widow takes her mute daughter to a decaying lake house where a childhood friend never left.

by Scott Thomas 2019

3.54

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🪦 Grief Horror 🎭 Imaginary Friend 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Horror

Dying to Meet You

by Sarina Bowen • 2025

A single mother restoring a Gothic mansion finds her ex murdered outside. The building knows why.

3.80

8k+

🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👩‍👧 Single Mother Protagonist 💔 Generational Trauma 🧬 Hidden Parentage

Dying to Meet You 91%

A single mother restoring a Gothic mansion finds her ex murdered outside. The building knows why.

by Sarina Bowen 2025

3.80

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👩‍👧 Single Mother Protagonist 💔 Generational Trauma 🧬 Hidden Parentage

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 91%

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

Diavola

by Jennifer Marie Thorne • 2024

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

3.80

43k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

Diavola 91%

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

by Jennifer Marie Thorne 2024

3.80

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

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 91%

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

Beneath the Poet’s House

by Christa Carmen • 2024

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

3.79

2k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror

Beneath the Poet’s House 91%

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

by Christa Carmen 2024

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror

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