50 Books like What the Woods Took

The Grace Year

by Kim Liggett

Thirty-three girls are sent to the woods to purge their magic. The well is poison.

4.13

250k+

🗳️ Feminist Dystopia 🌲 Wilderness Exile ⚔️ Enemies To Protectors 👑 Reluctant Leader 🤝 Found Family

The Grace Year 91%

Thirty-three girls are sent to the woods to purge their magic. The well is poison.

by Kim Liggett 2019

4.13

250k+ ratings

🗳️ Feminist Dystopia 🌲 Wilderness Exile ⚔️ Enemies To Protectors 👑 Reluctant Leader 🤝 Found Family

Lost Girls of Hollow Lake

by Rebekah Faubion • 2026

Five girls survived Dead Refuge Island. Then a body surfaces, and the island calls them back.

3.60

505

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏝️ Isolated Island Horror 🔪 Final Girl Energy 🤐 Pact Of Silence 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Lost Girls of Hollow Lake 94%

Five girls survived Dead Refuge Island. Then a body surfaces, and the island calls them back.

by Rebekah Faubion 2026

3.60

505 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏝️ Isolated Island Horror 🔪 Final Girl Energy 🤐 Pact Of Silence 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Wilder Girls

by Rory Power • 2019

A quarantined school mutates its girls. When a friend vanishes, a survivor digs for answers.

3.45

101k+

🩸 Body Horror 🚫 Quarantine Horror 💘 Sapphic Slow Burn 🏝️ Isolated Island 🃏 Adult Betrayal

Wilder Girls 94%

A quarantined school mutates its girls. When a friend vanishes, a survivor digs for answers.

by Rory Power 2019

3.45

101k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🚫 Quarantine Horror 💘 Sapphic Slow Burn 🏝️ Isolated Island 🃏 Adult Betrayal

Our Last Echoes

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2021

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

3.49

4k+

👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother 🏔️ Remote Alaska 🔬 Supernatural Research

Our Last Echoes 92%

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2021

3.49

4k+ ratings

👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother 🏔️ Remote Alaska 🔬 Supernatural Research

We Call Them Witches

by India-Rose Bower • 2026

The world ended. A girl guards her family with folk magic, but survival steals her soul.

3.37

1k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 💕 Sapphic Romance 🫂 Found Family 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🌾 Rural Apocalypse

We Call Them Witches 92%

The world ended. A girl guards her family with folk magic, but survival steals her soul.

by India-Rose Bower 2026

3.37

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 💕 Sapphic Romance 🫂 Found Family 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🌾 Rural Apocalypse

Where Echoes Die

by Courtney Gould • 2023

A grieving sister traces her mother's obsession to a desert town whose miracle cure devours memory.

3.57

2k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Eerie Small Town 💔 Grieving Sisters 🧩 Erased Memories 🔥 Sapphic Romance

Where Echoes Die 92%

A grieving sister traces her mother's obsession to a desert town whose miracle cure devours memory.

by Courtney Gould 2023

3.57

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Eerie Small Town 💔 Grieving Sisters 🧩 Erased Memories 🔥 Sapphic Romance

Hielo negro

by Becca Fitzpatrick • 2014

A spring blizzard forces Britt into a remote cabin that already holds two fugitives.

3.87

35k+

🔪 Romantic Suspense ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🏔️ Survival Thriller 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity

Hielo negro 92%

A spring blizzard forces Britt into a remote cabin that already holds two fugitives.

by Becca Fitzpatrick 2014

3.87

35k+ ratings

🔪 Romantic Suspense ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🏔️ Survival Thriller 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity

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

Fable for the End of the World

by Ava Reid • 2025

A teenage taxidermist, chosen as prey for a televised hunt, discovers her killer is as trapped.

3.66

15k+

🎯 Televised Death Match 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🌈 Forbidden Queer Love 🧠 Erased Memories

Fable for the End of the World 92%

A teenage taxidermist, chosen as prey for a televised hunt, discovers her killer is as trapped.

by Ava Reid 2025

3.66

15k+ ratings

🎯 Televised Death Match 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🌈 Forbidden Queer Love 🧠 Erased Memories

Two Sides to Every Murder

by Danielle Valentine • 2024

Twin strangers meet at a reopened camp as a masked killer resumes a long-ago massacre.

3.68

12k+

🔥 Summer Camp Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🎭 Masked Killer 💰 Inheritance Feud 🏡 Small Town Mystery

Two Sides to Every Murder 92%

Twin strangers meet at a reopened camp as a masked killer resumes a long-ago massacre.

by Danielle Valentine 2024

3.68

12k+ ratings

🔥 Summer Camp Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🎭 Masked Killer 💰 Inheritance Feud 🏡 Small Town Mystery

Morsel

by Carter Keane • 2026

A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.

3.58

2k+

🫀 Body Horror 🌲 Folk Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 💼 Corporate Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist

Morsel 92%

A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.

by Carter Keane 2026

3.58

2k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🌲 Folk Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 💼 Corporate Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist

Hide

by Kiersten White • 2022

Fourteen strangers play hide-and-seek in a derelict amusement park. The park is the seeker.

3.31

44k+

🎮 Death Game 🐺 Creature Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Horror 💕 Found Family 🔮 Generational Curse

Hide 93%

Fourteen strangers play hide-and-seek in a derelict amusement park. The park is the seeker.

by Kiersten White 2022

3.31

44k+ ratings

🎮 Death Game 🐺 Creature Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Horror 💕 Found Family 🔮 Generational Curse

The Honeys

by Ryan La Sala • 2022

When his twin attacks him and dies, Mars infiltrates the camp clique that claimed her.

3.79

21k+

🏕️ Camp Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror ✨ Genderfluid Lead 💔 Twin Grief 🐝 Secretive Clique

The Honeys 93%

When his twin attacks him and dies, Mars infiltrates the camp clique that claimed her.

by Ryan La Sala 2022

3.79

21k+ ratings

🏕️ Camp Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror ✨ Genderfluid Lead 💔 Twin Grief 🐝 Secretive Clique

The Lamb

by Lucy Rose

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

3.75

51k+

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

The Lamb 91%

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

by Lucy Rose 2025

3.75

51k+ ratings

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

A Lesson in Vengeance

by Victoria Lee • 2021

At Dalloway, a grieving Felicity is pulled into a charismatic new student's occult reenactments.

3.51

24k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Boarding School 💕 Sapphic Relationship ☠️ Toxic Relationship 🎭 Female Manipulator

A Lesson in Vengeance 92%

At Dalloway, a grieving Felicity is pulled into a charismatic new student's occult reenactments.

by Victoria Lee 2021

3.51

24k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Boarding School 💕 Sapphic Relationship ☠️ Toxic Relationship 🎭 Female Manipulator

The New Girl

by R.L. Stine • 1989

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

3.57

10k+

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Dead Girl Mystery 👯 Sister Rivalry

The New Girl 92%

Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.

by R.L. Stine 1989

3.57

10k+ ratings

🔪 High School Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔍 Dead Girl Mystery 👯 Sister Rivalry

Girl in the Creek

by Wendy N. Wagner • 2025

In Faraday, women vanish. A travel writer hunts for her missing brother in the hungry woods.

3.20

2k+

🍄 Fungal Horror 🌱 Eco Horror 🔍 Missing Women 🫂 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance

Girl in the Creek 91%

In Faraday, women vanish. A travel writer hunts for her missing brother in the hungry woods.

by Wendy N. Wagner 2025

3.20

2k+ ratings

🍄 Fungal Horror 🌱 Eco Horror 🔍 Missing Women 🫂 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance

The Tournament

by Rebecca Barrow • 2025

Three girls at an elite boarding school are torn by a legendary tournament that turns fatal.

3.24

234

🏫 Boarding School Thriller 🌑 Dark Academia 🏆 Deadly Competition 💔 Friends To Enemies 🔥 Love Triangle

The Tournament 91%

Three girls at an elite boarding school are torn by a legendary tournament that turns fatal.

by Rebecca Barrow 2025

3.24

234 ratings

🏫 Boarding School Thriller 🌑 Dark Academia 🏆 Deadly Competition 💔 Friends To Enemies 🔥 Love Triangle

Let's Split Up

by Bill Wood • 2024

A ghost-hunting dare ends in death. Four teens must find the killer hiding behind the legend.

3.56

10k+

🔪 Teen Slasher Mystery 🌲 Small Town Horror 👻 Urban Legend Horror 🎭 Masked Killer 💕 Friends To Lovers

Let's Split Up 91%

A ghost-hunting dare ends in death. Four teens must find the killer hiding behind the legend.

by Bill Wood 2024

3.56

10k+ ratings

🔪 Teen Slasher Mystery 🌲 Small Town Horror 👻 Urban Legend Horror 🎭 Masked Killer 💕 Friends To Lovers

I'm the Girl

by Courtney Summers • 2022

Georgia finds a murdered girl near Aspera, where beauty buys protection and silence costs lives.

3.38

5k+

🖤 Dark Ya Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

I'm the Girl 91%

Georgia finds a murdered girl near Aspera, where beauty buys protection and silence costs lives.

by Courtney Summers 2022

3.38

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Ya Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Itch!

by Gemma Amor • 2025

An ant infestation after finding a corpse forces her to confront her family's secrets and a ritual.

3.71

3k+

🌾 Folk Horror 🤢 Body Horror 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Horror 🔥 Feminine Rage 🔄 Unreliable Narrator

Itch! 91%

An ant infestation after finding a corpse forces her to confront her family's secrets and a ritual.

by Gemma Amor 2025

3.71

3k+ ratings

🌾 Folk Horror 🤢 Body Horror 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Sapphic Horror 🔥 Feminine Rage 🔄 Unreliable Narrator

As I Descended

by Robin Talley • 2016

A boarding school séance promises two girlfriends their rival's ruin. The spirits want a price.

3.48

4k+

🎭 Macbeth Retelling 🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic

As I Descended 91%

A boarding school séance promises two girlfriends their rival's ruin. The spirits want a price.

by Robin Talley 2016

3.48

4k+ ratings

🎭 Macbeth Retelling 🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic

Don't Let the Forest In

by C.G. Drews

When his best friend's drawings begin hunting the woods, the forest demands a heart.

4.05

60k+

🌑 Monsters As Grief 🖤 Asexual Love Story 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🏰 Gothic Fantasy 📖 Literary Horror

Don't Let the Forest In 91%

When his best friend's drawings begin hunting the woods, the forest demands a heart.

by C.G. Drews 2024

4.05

60k+ ratings

🌑 Monsters As Grief 🖤 Asexual Love Story 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🏰 Gothic Fantasy 📖 Literary Horror

The Blonde Dies First

by Joelle Wellington • 2024

A séance summons a demon that picks off a Brooklyn friend group in horror-movie kill order.

3.56

4k+

🎬 Meta Horror 🔪 Supernatural Slasher 👯 Twin Sisters 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 💕 Sapphic Romance

The Blonde Dies First 93%

A séance summons a demon that picks off a Brooklyn friend group in horror-movie kill order.

by Joelle Wellington 2024

3.56

4k+ ratings

🎬 Meta Horror 🔪 Supernatural Slasher 👯 Twin Sisters 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 💕 Sapphic Romance

One Was Lost

by Natalie D. Richards • 2016

Four teens wake up drugged and marked in a flooded forest. Someone is hunting them.

3.78

9k+

🏕️ Survival Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 🪓 Hidden Killer 🌲 Appalachian Wilderness 🔒 Trapped Together

One Was Lost 93%

Four teens wake up drugged and marked in a flooded forest. Someone is hunting them.

by Natalie D. Richards 2016

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏕️ Survival Thriller 🧠 Psychological Horror 🪓 Hidden Killer 🌲 Appalachian Wilderness 🔒 Trapped Together

172 Hours on the Moon

by Johan Harstad • 2008

Three teens reach a secret moon base. The last crew stayed behind to take their place.

3.53

15k+

🚀 Space Horror 🌙 Secret Moon Base 👥 DoppelgäNger Threat 👩‍🚀 Teens In Space 😱 Paranoid Horror

172 Hours on the Moon 91%

Three teens reach a secret moon base. The last crew stayed behind to take their place.

by Johan Harstad 2008

3.53

15k+ ratings

🚀 Space Horror 🌙 Secret Moon Base 👥 DoppelgäNger Threat 👩‍🚀 Teens In Space 😱 Paranoid Horror

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 91%

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

Silverskin

by Caitee Cooper • 2023

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

4.26

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding

Silverskin 91%

A ghostly attack in Alaska tears open a gate, releasing demons that feast on human despair.

by Caitee Cooper 2023

4.26

97 ratings

🌲 Folk Horror 🏔️ Wilderness Horror 🖤 Grief Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Bonding

Darkly

by Marisha Pessl • 2024

Seven teens on a dead game designer's island: find the missing boy, survive the game.

3.66

8k+

🎲 Deadly Game 🏝️ Gothic Island 🫂 Found Family 💕 Rivals To Lovers 😱 Creeping Dread

Darkly 91%

Seven teens on a dead game designer's island: find the missing boy, survive the game.

by Marisha Pessl 2024

3.66

8k+ ratings

🎲 Deadly Game 🏝️ Gothic Island 🫂 Found Family 💕 Rivals To Lovers 😱 Creeping Dread

Burn Down, Rise Up

by Vincent Tirado • 2022

Mother in a coma, friend missing: a Bronx teen enters a subway game where history kills.

3.72

3k+

👻 Deadly Urban Legend 🚇 Supernatural Subway 🖤 Creeping Dread 💕 Friends To Lovers 📜 Historical Trauma

Burn Down, Rise Up 91%

Mother in a coma, friend missing: a Bronx teen enters a subway game where history kills.

by Vincent Tirado 2022

3.72

3k+ ratings

👻 Deadly Urban Legend 🚇 Supernatural Subway 🖤 Creeping Dread 💕 Friends To Lovers 📜 Historical Trauma

Our Wives Under the Sea

by Julia Armfield • 2022

Her wife made it back from the ocean floor, but something else surfaced with her.

3.68

134k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 💧 Grief As Horror 💔 Doomed Lovers 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Our Wives Under the Sea 91%

Her wife made it back from the ocean floor, but something else surfaced with her.

by Julia Armfield 2022

3.68

134k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 💧 Grief As Horror 💔 Doomed Lovers 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Kill Creatures

by Rory Power • 2025

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

3.49

5k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Kill Creatures 93%

When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.

by Rory Power 2025

3.49

5k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Friendship 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Writing Retreat

by Julia Bartz • 2023

An exclusive writing retreat in a remote mansion becomes a paranoid, drug-fueled fight for survival.

3.41

76k+

✒️ Writing Retreat 👁️ Toxic Mentorship 📜 Stolen Manuscript ⚔️ Sapphic Rivalry 🩸 Survival Horror

The Writing Retreat 93%

An exclusive writing retreat in a remote mansion becomes a paranoid, drug-fueled fight for survival.

by Julia Bartz 2023

3.41

76k+ ratings

✒️ Writing Retreat 👁️ Toxic Mentorship 📜 Stolen Manuscript ⚔️ Sapphic Rivalry 🩸 Survival Horror

Where He Can't Find You

by Darcy Coates

Something beneath this town has been taking people for a century. Now it has her sister.

3.87

19k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Teen Friend Group 🚨 Rescue Mission 🔍 Missing Sister 🕯️ Contemporary Gothic

Where He Can't Find You 91%

Something beneath this town has been taking people for a century. Now it has her sister.

by Darcy Coates 2023

3.87

19k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Teen Friend Group 🚨 Rescue Mission 🔍 Missing Sister 🕯️ Contemporary Gothic

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 91%

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

The Gathering Dark

by Tori Bovalino • 2022

Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.

3.53

4k+

🌒 Folk Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌲 Vengeful Nature 🔥 Female Rage

The Gathering Dark 91%

Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.

by Tori Bovalino 2022

3.53

4k+ ratings

🌒 Folk Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌲 Vengeful Nature 🔥 Female Rage

Alone

by Cyn Balog • 2017

Trapped by snow in a murder-mystery hotel, a girl's imaginary friend starts leaving real footprints.

3.58

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Mansion ❄️ Snowbound Horror 🫥 Imaginary Friend 👥 Hidden Twin 🎯 Deadly Game

Alone 91%

Trapped by snow in a murder-mystery hotel, a girl's imaginary friend starts leaving real footprints.

by Cyn Balog 2017

3.58

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Mansion ❄️ Snowbound Horror 🫥 Imaginary Friend 👥 Hidden Twin 🎯 Deadly Game

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

Lost in the Garden

by Adam S. Leslie • 2024

The dead walk a scorched English village. When her friend vanishes into Almanby, Heather follows.

3.50

4k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌀 Surreal Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🌿 Feral Youth 🕯️ Quiet Dread

Lost in the Garden 90%

The dead walk a scorched English village. When her friend vanishes into Almanby, Heather follows.

by Adam S. Leslie 2024

3.50

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌀 Surreal Horror 💔 Sapphic Longing 🌿 Feral Youth 🕯️ Quiet Dread

The Unworthy

by Agustina Bazterrica

A servant in a torture convent falls for a stranger fire will not touch.

3.60

52k+

🛐 Religious Dystopia 🌿 Eco Horror 🖤 Sapphic Horror 🩸 Body Horror ✍️ Lyrical Horror

The Unworthy 91%

A servant in a torture convent falls for a stranger fire will not touch.

by Agustina Bazterrica 2023

3.60

52k+ ratings

🛐 Religious Dystopia 🌿 Eco Horror 🖤 Sapphic Horror 🩸 Body Horror ✍️ Lyrical Horror

Season of Fear

by Emily Cooper • 2025

A girl born fearless threatens an ancient bargain: her village's safety, paid for in women's terror.

4.03

740

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🌳 Forbidden Forest 🔥 Sapphic Slow Burn 💕 Found Family

Season of Fear 92%

A girl born fearless threatens an ancient bargain: her village's safety, paid for in women's terror.

by Emily Cooper 2025

4.03

740 ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🌳 Forbidden Forest 🔥 Sapphic Slow Burn 💕 Found Family

Withered Hill

by David Barnett • 2024

A London woman wakes trapped in a village of masks, old rites, and no way back.

4.04

4k+

🐗 Folk Horror 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🌿 Nature's Revenge 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😰 Slow Dread

Withered Hill 92%

A London woman wakes trapped in a village of masks, old rites, and no way back.

by David Barnett 2024

4.04

4k+ ratings

🐗 Folk Horror 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🌿 Nature's Revenge 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😰 Slow Dread

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

Half Lies

by Sally Green • 2014

A teenage witch in hiding loves a boy from the enemy faction, risking everything.

3.79

3k+

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Half Lies 90%

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3.79

3k+ ratings

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by Riley Sager • 2017

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3.82

268k+

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Final Girls 90%

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

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3.12

19k+

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One of Us Knows 90%

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

by Alyssa Cole 2024

3.12

19k+ ratings

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Jawbone

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A teacher kidnaps a girl. Her best friend's invented god already demands blood.

3.66

16k+

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Jawbone 90%

A teacher kidnaps a girl. Her best friend's invented god already demands blood.

by Mónica Ojeda 2022

3.66

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖥️ Creepypasta Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💋 Sapphic Obsession 👩‍👧 Maternal Horror

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