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Gothic

Dark corridors and haunted mansions set the stage for tales of psychological torment, forbidden desires, and supernatural terror in Victorian-era Britain and beyond. Brooding antiheroes, cursed artifacts, and family secrets intertwine with themes of morality, science, and social decay in these atmospheric works that birthed horror literature as we know it.

Gothic Book Summaries

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
5k+
🏚️ Southern Gothic🔗 Generational Curse👁️ Seeing Ghosts🎭 Colorism And Passing🌳 Hidden Family Lineage
This Cursed House Summary
This Cursed House
1962: A Black woman finds family, ghosts, and a deadly curse in a crumbling New Orleans mansion.
by Del Sandeen 2024 384 pages
3.60
5k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Gothic🔗 Generational Curse👁️ Seeing Ghosts🎭 Colorism And Passing🌳 Hidden Family Lineage
The Revelator
by Daryl Gregory • 2021
A moonshiner's return home becomes a battle to rescue her cousin from the family's subterranean god.
3.95
7k+
⛰️ Appalachian Gothic🩸 Family Curse⛪ Religious Horror🕳️ Cave Entity🔗 Generational Trauma
The Revelator Summary
The Revelator
A moonshiner's return home becomes a battle to rescue her cousin from the family's subterranean god.
by Daryl Gregory 2021 294 pages
3.95
7k+ ratings
⛰️ Appalachian Gothic🩸 Family Curse⛪ Religious Horror🕳️ Cave Entity🔗 Generational Trauma
Juniper & Thorn
by Ava Reid • 2022
A young witch, captive to her father's hunger, risks it all for a wounded ballet dancer.
3.62
29k+
🌲 Dark Fairy Tale🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters🩸 Body Horror🔒 Captive Protagonist🐺 Monstrous Transformation
Juniper & Thorn Summary
Juniper & Thorn
A young witch, captive to her father's hunger, risks it all for a wounded ballet dancer.
by Ava Reid 2022 368 pages
3.62
29k+ ratings
🌲 Dark Fairy Tale🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters🩸 Body Horror🔒 Captive Protagonist🐺 Monstrous Transformation
Eat the Ones You Love
by Sarah Maria Griffin • 2025
Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.
3.46
8k+
🪴 Botanical Horror🫀 Body Horror🖤 Queer Horror🌿 Sentient Plant💔 Toxic Sapphic Love
Eat the Ones You Love Summary
Eat the Ones You Love
Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.
by Sarah Maria Griffin 2025 288 pages
3.46
8k+ ratings
🪴 Botanical Horror🫀 Body Horror🖤 Queer Horror🌿 Sentient Plant💔 Toxic Sapphic Love
All of Us Murderers
by K.J. Charles • 2025
Trapped in a Dartmoor mansion: his ex-lover, a bride contest, and no way out.
3.70
9k+
🏚️ Country House Murder💔 Second Chance Romance🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical🕯️ Gothic Mystery🔪 Servant Revenge
All of Us Murderers Summary
All of Us Murderers
Trapped in a Dartmoor mansion: his ex-lover, a bride contest, and no way out.
by K.J. Charles 2025 343 pages
3.70
9k+ ratings
🏚️ Country House Murder💔 Second Chance Romance🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical🕯️ Gothic Mystery🔪 Servant Revenge
The Last Valentine
by Felix Alexander • 2017
A bloodstained letter draws two friends into a secret labyrinth of love, murder, and family curses.
4.08
408
🖤 Unrequited Love💔 Forbidden Romance✉️ Love Letters🌀 Magical Labyrinth🥀 Gothic Romance
The Last Valentine Summary
The Last Valentine
A bloodstained letter draws two friends into a secret labyrinth of love, murder, and family curses.
by Felix Alexander 2017 241 pages
4.08
408 ratings
🖤 Unrequited Love💔 Forbidden Romance✉️ Love Letters🌀 Magical Labyrinth🥀 Gothic Romance
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 Summary
Kill Creatures
When three friends vanish, only Nan knows why. Then one returns alive, remembering nothing.
by Rory Power 2025 281 pages
3.49
5k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Horror🌀 Unreliable Narrator💔 Toxic Friendship🏚️ Small Town Secrets🌫️ Atmospheric Dread
Ruby Tears
by Pepper Winters • 2024
He buys a woman to infiltrate a trafficking ring, becoming her nightmare to save her.
4.08
1k+
🖤 Dark Captive Romance⛓️ Human Trafficking🎭 Hidden Identity⚔️ Morally Grey Hero💔 Trauma Bonding
Ruby Tears Summary
Ruby Tears
He buys a woman to infiltrate a trafficking ring, becoming her nightmare to save her.
by Pepper Winters 2024 450 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Captive Romance⛓️ Human Trafficking🎭 Hidden Identity⚔️ Morally Grey Hero💔 Trauma Bonding
Bound to Fall
by A.K. Caggiano • 2023
She wields the shadows he was sworn to destroy, and now he is her captive.
4.04
3k+
🗡️ Enemies To Lovers🔒 Forced Proximity🌑 Shadow Magic🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere💔 Trauma Healing
Bound to Fall Summary
Bound to Fall
She wields the shadows he was sworn to destroy, and now he is her captive.
by A.K. Caggiano 2023 397 pages
4.04
3k+ ratings
🗡️ Enemies To Lovers🔒 Forced Proximity🌑 Shadow Magic🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere💔 Trauma Healing
The Clown
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020
A living circus steals Cora's pain. The puppeteer who rules it wants her soul.
4.24
3k+
🎪 Hungry Carnival🖤 Villain Love Interest❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love🩹 Trauma Recovery🎭 Found Family
The Clown Summary
The Clown
A living circus steals Cora's pain. The puppeteer who rules it wants her soul.
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 363 pages
4.24
3k+ ratings
🎪 Hungry Carnival🖤 Villain Love Interest❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love🩹 Trauma Recovery🎭 Found Family
Requiem & Reverie
by Keri Lake • 2019
A widow's dark tenant awakens her desire as a serial killer closes in on her son.
4.01
1k+
🖤 Serial Killer Romance🩸 Dark Antihero🔗 Trauma Bonding👁️ Serial Killer Pov🌙 Gothic Atmosphere
Requiem & Reverie Summary
Requiem & Reverie
A widow's dark tenant awakens her desire as a serial killer closes in on her son.
by Keri Lake 2019
4.01
1k+ ratings
🖤 Serial Killer Romance🩸 Dark Antihero🔗 Trauma Bonding👁️ Serial Killer Pov🌙 Gothic Atmosphere
La catedral
by César Mallorquí • 2000
A young mason wins a contest to carve the altar. The cathedral was built for summoning the devil.
3.33
2k+
🏰 Gothic Cathedral📜 Historical Horror😈 Satanic Cult🗿 Apprentice's Journey⚔️ Templar Secrets
La catedral Summary
La catedral
A young mason wins a contest to carve the altar. The cathedral was built for summoning the devil.
by César Mallorquí 2000 203 pages
3.33
2k+ ratings
🏰 Gothic Cathedral📜 Historical Horror😈 Satanic Cult🗿 Apprentice's Journey⚔️ Templar Secrets
Reign of Night
by Sara C. Roethle • 2022
Bound to an ancient vampire, a hunter must choose: avenge her uncle, or betray her master.
4.02
4k+
🕯️ Slow Burn Romance🗡️ Sentient Weapon💀 Vengeance Quest🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere🩸 Blood Bond
Reign of Night Summary
Reign of Night
Bound to an ancient vampire, a hunter must choose: avenge her uncle, or betray her master.
by Sara C. Roethle 2022 381 pages
4.02
4k+ ratings
🕯️ Slow Burn Romance🗡️ Sentient Weapon💀 Vengeance Quest🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere🩸 Blood Bond
The House of Last Resort
by Christopher Golden • 2024
A couple's bargain Sicilian home comes with a chapel where the Vatican buried its failed exorcisms.
3.16
7k+
✝️ Religious Horror👹 Demonic Possession🔗 Generational Curse⚰️ Ancient Buried Evil🏘️ Small Town Secrets
The House of Last Resort Summary
The House of Last Resort
A couple's bargain Sicilian home comes with a chapel where the Vatican buried its failed exorcisms.
by Christopher Golden 2024 292 pages
3.16
7k+ ratings
✝️ Religious Horror👹 Demonic Possession🔗 Generational Curse⚰️ Ancient Buried Evil🏘️ Small Town Secrets
A Cosmology of Monsters
by Shaun Hamill • 2019
The monster at his window becomes his friend, his love, and the family's undoing.
3.73
10k+
🌌 Cosmic Horror📖 Literary Horror🖤 Monster As Lover💔 Intergenerational Trauma🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy
A Cosmology of Monsters Summary
A Cosmology of Monsters
The monster at his window becomes his friend, his love, and the family's undoing.
by Shaun Hamill 2019 336 pages
3.73
10k+ ratings
🌌 Cosmic Horror📖 Literary Horror🖤 Monster As Lover💔 Intergenerational Trauma🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy
Murder by the Book
by Amie Schaumberg • 2025
A professor deciphers a killer's staged literary deaths before she becomes his final masterpiece.
3.41
500+
🖤 Dark Academia🔍 Academic Mystery🕵️ Amateur Sleuth🎭 Staged Crime Scenes📖 Literary References
Murder by the Book Summary
Murder by the Book
A professor deciphers a killer's staged literary deaths before she becomes his final masterpiece.
by Amie Schaumberg 2025 352 pages
3.41
500+ ratings
🖤 Dark Academia🔍 Academic Mystery🕵️ Amateur Sleuth🎭 Staged Crime Scenes📖 Literary References
Hunted Beast
by K. Loraine • 2024
Four cursed men will destroy each other for the banshee trapped with them in a monster asylum.
4.29
2k+
👥 Why Choose💫 Fated Mates🖤 Morally Grey Hero🔪 Touch Her And Die🐺 Monster Love Interest
Hunted Beast Summary
Hunted Beast
Four cursed men will destroy each other for the banshee trapped with them in a monster asylum.
by K. Loraine 2024 361 pages
4.29
2k+ ratings
👥 Why Choose💫 Fated Mates🖤 Morally Grey Hero🔪 Touch Her And Die🐺 Monster Love Interest
The Haunting of Room 904
by Erika T. Wurth • 2025
A clairvoyant investigator links a dybbuk box to the hotel curse that took her sister's life.
3.07
4k+
👻 Paranormal Investigation🪶 Indigenous Horror🩸 Ancestral Curse🏨 Haunted Hotel🕯️ Cult Conspiracy
The Haunting of Room 904 Summary
The Haunting of Room 904
A clairvoyant investigator links a dybbuk box to the hotel curse that took her sister's life.
by Erika T. Wurth 2025 306 pages
3.07
4k+ ratings
👻 Paranormal Investigation🪶 Indigenous Horror🩸 Ancestral Curse🏨 Haunted Hotel🕯️ Cult Conspiracy
When Stars Come Out
by Scarlett St. Clair • 2018
She can trap souls in coins. The raven shifters policing her boarding school want her silenced.
3.86
4k+
🏫 Paranormal Boarding School💫 Fated Mates✨ Hidden Powers👑 Reluctant Chosen One🗝️ Secret Society
When Stars Come Out Summary
When Stars Come Out
She can trap souls in coins. The raven shifters policing her boarding school want her silenced.
by Scarlett St. Clair 2018 389 pages
3.86
4k+ ratings
🏫 Paranormal Boarding School💫 Fated Mates✨ Hidden Powers👑 Reluctant Chosen One🗝️ Secret Society
The Arcane Taste of the Witchwood Boys
by C.M. Stunich • 2025
A cursed forest binds a painter to three broken men; survival costs blood and love.
4.27
2k+
🖤 Why Choose Romance🫂 Found Family🩸 Blood Magic🌲 Gothic Atmosphere🦇 Monstrous Heroine
The Arcane Taste of the Witchwood Boys Summary
The Arcane Taste of the Witchwood Boys
A cursed forest binds a painter to three broken men; survival costs blood and love.
by C.M. Stunich 2025 556 pages
4.27
2k+ ratings
🖤 Why Choose Romance🫂 Found Family🩸 Blood Magic🌲 Gothic Atmosphere🦇 Monstrous Heroine
Small Favors
by Erin A. Craig • 2021
In a frontier town bound by rigid rules, the monsters in the woods start granting wishes.
4.00
24k+
✨ Rumpelstiltskin Retelling😈 Deal With The Devil🐺 Monster Boyfriend👀 Small Town Paranoia👯 Twin Bond
Small Favors Summary
Small Favors
In a frontier town bound by rigid rules, the monsters in the woods start granting wishes.
by Erin A. Craig 2021 466 pages
4.00
24k+ ratings
✨ Rumpelstiltskin Retelling😈 Deal With The Devil🐺 Monster Boyfriend👀 Small Town Paranoia👯 Twin Bond
Claiming Pretty
by Sienna Blake • 2025
An orphan enters a gothic manor and is torn between twin brothers guarding a violent past.
4.15
1k+
🕯️ Secret Society💔 Love Triangle🖤 Obsessive Hero⛓️ Trauma Bonding🔪 Touch Her And Die
Claiming Pretty Summary
Claiming Pretty
An orphan enters a gothic manor and is torn between twin brothers guarding a violent past.
by Sienna Blake 2025
4.15
1k+ ratings
🕯️ Secret Society💔 Love Triangle🖤 Obsessive Hero⛓️ Trauma Bonding🔪 Touch Her And Die
The House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1851
A spinster shields her freed brother from a scheming cousin inside their cursed New England mansion.
3.45
43k+
🏚️ Gothic Mansion🩸 Ancestral Curse⛪ Puritan New England🔗 Wrongful Imprisonment🏡 Found Family
The House of the Seven Gables Summary
The House of the Seven Gables
A spinster shields her freed brother from a scheming cousin inside their cursed New England mansion.
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851 225 pages
3.45
43k+ ratings
🏚️ Gothic Mansion🩸 Ancestral Curse⛪ Puritan New England🔗 Wrongful Imprisonment🏡 Found Family
The Devil Crept In
by Ania Ahlborn • 2017
His cousin vanishes in the woods; the boy who returns is not the one who left.
3.65
12k+
🏚️ Small-Town Horror🧠 Psychological Horror🤥 Unreliable Narrator👹 Monstrous Child🩸 Maternal Horror
The Devil Crept In Summary
The Devil Crept In
His cousin vanishes in the woods; the boy who returns is not the one who left.
by Ania Ahlborn 2017 374 pages
3.65
12k+ ratings
🏚️ Small-Town Horror🧠 Psychological Horror🤥 Unreliable Narrator👹 Monstrous Child🩸 Maternal Horror
Darkly
by Marisha Pessl • 2024
Seven teens on a dead game designer's island: find the missing boy, survive the game.
3.66
7k+
🎲 Deadly Game🏝️ Gothic Island🫂 Found Family💕 Rivals To Lovers😱 Creeping Dread
Darkly Summary
Darkly
Seven teens on a dead game designer's island: find the missing boy, survive the game.
by Marisha Pessl 2024 399 pages
3.66
7k+ ratings
🎲 Deadly Game🏝️ Gothic Island🫂 Found Family💕 Rivals To Lovers😱 Creeping Dread
The Devil's Vengeance
by Bella J. • 2021
A mafia wife, taken by her brother-in-law, endures; her husband will raze his world to save her.
3.94
1k+
😈 Enemies To Lovers🖤 Dark Captive Romance💍 Forced Marriage👯‍♀️ Sister Protection🔪 Vengeance
The Devil's Vengeance Summary
The Devil's Vengeance
A mafia wife, taken by her brother-in-law, endures; her husband will raze his world to save her.
by Bella J. 2021 262 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
😈 Enemies To Lovers🖤 Dark Captive Romance💍 Forced Marriage👯‍♀️ Sister Protection🔪 Vengeance
The Sentinel
by Jeffrey Konvitz • 1974
A model's brownstone has dead tenants and a blind priest waiting for her to replace him.
3.83
7k+
✝️ Catholic Horror🏚️ Cursed Apartment🌀 Psychological Unraveling😈 Demonic Neighbors🕯️ Church Conspiracy
The Sentinel Summary
The Sentinel
A model's brownstone has dead tenants and a blind priest waiting for her to replace him.
by Jeffrey Konvitz 1974 278 pages
3.83
7k+ ratings
✝️ Catholic Horror🏚️ Cursed Apartment🌀 Psychological Unraveling😈 Demonic Neighbors🕯️ Church Conspiracy
Haunting the Hunter
by Hanna Harp • 2025
A witch summons a demon to shield her brother, but the possessive creature wants only her.
3.39
7k+
🖤 Demon Love Interest😈 Possessive Demon👥 Sibling Protection⚔️ Touch Her And Die🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere
Haunting the Hunter Summary
Haunting the Hunter
A witch summons a demon to shield her brother, but the possessive creature wants only her.
by Hanna Harp 2025 272 pages
3.39
7k+ ratings
🖤 Demon Love Interest😈 Possessive Demon👥 Sibling Protection⚔️ Touch Her And Die🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere
Riot Rules
by Callie Hart • 2020
New identity. One rule: no attachments. Then Wolf Hall's cruelest king decides she belongs to him.
4.02
8k+
🎓 Boarding School Romance💔 Bully Romance🖤 Trauma Bonding🔪 Touch Her And Die🎭 Hidden Identity
Riot Rules Summary
Riot Rules
New identity. One rule: no attachments. Then Wolf Hall's cruelest king decides she belongs to him.
by Callie Hart 2020
4.02
8k+ ratings
🎓 Boarding School Romance💔 Bully Romance🖤 Trauma Bonding🔪 Touch Her And Die🎭 Hidden Identity
The Girls Before
by Kate Alice Marshall • 2026
A search expert chasing a missing girl uncovers a hidden bunker and a family's buried crimes.
3.65
10k+
🖤 Modern Gothic🏘️ Small-Town Secrets🗣️ Dual Narrative🤫 Family Cover-Up🔍 Female Investigator
The Girls Before Summary
The Girls Before
A search expert chasing a missing girl uncovers a hidden bunker and a family's buried crimes.
by Kate Alice Marshall 2026 309 pages
3.65
10k+ ratings
🖤 Modern Gothic🏘️ Small-Town Secrets🗣️ Dual Narrative🤫 Family Cover-Up🔍 Female Investigator
Don't Look Now and Other Stories
by Daphne du Maurier • 1971
A Venetian blind psychic warns a grieving couple of danger; a red-coated child then haunts them.
3.82
9k+
🧠 Psychological Horror🏛️ Gothic Venice🌫️ Atmospheric Dread👥 DoppelgäNger🖤 Grieving Parents
Don't Look Now and Other Stories Summary
Don't Look Now and Other Stories
A Venetian blind psychic warns a grieving couple of danger; a red-coated child then haunts them.
by Daphne du Maurier 1971 214 pages
3.82
9k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Horror🏛️ Gothic Venice🌫️ Atmospheric Dread👥 DoppelgäNger🖤 Grieving Parents
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 Summary
Withered Hill
A London woman wakes trapped in a village of masks, old rites, and no way back.
by David Barnett 2024 337 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
🐗 Folk Horror🪞 DoppelgäNger🌿 Nature's Revenge🖤 Sapphic Horror😰 Slow Dread
Grave Flowers
by Autumn Krause • 2025
Her twin murdered, a gentle princess must become her sister to marry and kill a prince.
3.86
1k+
🕯️ Gothic Court Intrigue🪞 Twin Doppelgangers🗡️ Assassin Bride⚔️ Sisterly Rivalry👻 Haunted By Ghosts
Grave Flowers Summary
Grave Flowers
Her twin murdered, a gentle princess must become her sister to marry and kill a prince.
by Autumn Krause 2025 400 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
🕯️ Gothic Court Intrigue🪞 Twin Doppelgangers🗡️ Assassin Bride⚔️ Sisterly Rivalry👻 Haunted By Ghosts
A Cruel Thirst
by Angela Montoya • 2024
A vampire hunter agrees to a fake engagement with the one monster she's sworn to destroy.
3.78
4k+
🧛 Vampire Romance⚔️ Enemies To Lovers💍 Fake Engagement⛓️ Cursed Bloodline🌎 Latinx Fantasy
A Cruel Thirst Summary
A Cruel Thirst
A vampire hunter agrees to a fake engagement with the one monster she's sworn to destroy.
by Angela Montoya 2024 432 pages
3.78
4k+ ratings
🧛 Vampire Romance⚔️ Enemies To Lovers💍 Fake Engagement⛓️ Cursed Bloodline🌎 Latinx Fantasy
The Art of Deception
by Nora Roberts • 2017
A painter hunting a stolen Rembrandt in a gothic castle falls for the forger's daughter.
3.85
7k+
🎨 Art World Romance🔍 Undercover Romance🎭 Found Family🏰 Gothic Castle🖼️ Art Forgery
The Art of Deception Summary
The Art of Deception
A painter hunting a stolen Rembrandt in a gothic castle falls for the forger's daughter.
by Nora Roberts 2017 384 pages
3.85
7k+ ratings
🎨 Art World Romance🔍 Undercover Romance🎭 Found Family🏰 Gothic Castle🖼️ Art Forgery
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door
by H.G. Parry • 2024
A magical university hides a forbidden faerie door; a scholarship student is about to open it.
4.10
6k+
🖤 Dark Academia Fantasy🧚 Faerie Bargains💫 Found Family🔮 Forbidden Magic🏛️ Magical University
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door Summary
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door
A magical university hides a forbidden faerie door; a scholarship student is about to open it.
by H.G. Parry 2024 437 pages
4.10
6k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Academia Fantasy🧚 Faerie Bargains💫 Found Family🔮 Forbidden Magic🏛️ Magical University
The Case Against Satan
by Ray Russell • 1962
A young priest's doubt meets a girl who shuns the church and a father who whispers possession.
3.68
2k+
👹 Demonic Possession🏚️ Gothic Horror🙏 Crisis Of Faith🧠 Psychological Horror🔥 Slow Burn Horror
The Case Against Satan Summary
The Case Against Satan
A young priest's doubt meets a girl who shuns the church and a father who whispers possession.
by Ray Russell 1962 140 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
👹 Demonic Possession🏚️ Gothic Horror🙏 Crisis Of Faith🧠 Psychological Horror🔥 Slow Burn Horror
The Tale of the Vampire Bride
by Rhiannon Frater • 2009
Dracula invites a family to his castle; he has chosen the daughter to become his vampire bride.
4.09
1k+
🧛 Vampire Gothic🗡️ Feminist Vampire💔 Forced Transformation🩸 Vampire Brides🕯️ Gothic Seduction
The Tale of the Vampire Bride Summary
The Tale of the Vampire Bride
Dracula invites a family to his castle; he has chosen the daughter to become his vampire bride.
by Rhiannon Frater 2009 334 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
🧛 Vampire Gothic🗡️ Feminist Vampire💔 Forced Transformation🩸 Vampire Brides🕯️ Gothic Seduction
The Faire
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020
Bound to a hungry circus, she loves its beautiful monster. The ringmaster wants them dead.
4.34
3k+
🎪 Dark Carnival🖤 Villain Love Interest💕 Enemies To Lovers🤝 Found Family👑 Morally Grey Heroine
The Faire Summary
The Faire
Bound to a hungry circus, she loves its beautiful monster. The ringmaster wants them dead.
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 269 pages
4.34
3k+ ratings
🎪 Dark Carnival🖤 Villain Love Interest💕 Enemies To Lovers🤝 Found Family👑 Morally Grey Heroine
The Devils and The Duchess
by Marissa Farrar • 2024
A fugitive student hides in a mafia university ruled by three devils who share everything.
3.98
6k+
🏛️ Mafia Academy💔 Bully Romance❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers⛓️ Trauma Bonding🏰 Gothic Campus
The Devils and The Duchess Summary
The Devils and The Duchess
A fugitive student hides in a mafia university ruled by three devils who share everything.
by Marissa Farrar 2024 295 pages
3.98
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Mafia Academy💔 Bully Romance❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers⛓️ Trauma Bonding🏰 Gothic Campus
Where I End
by Sophie White • 2022
Bound to her decaying mother on a bleak island, she craves the visiting artist and her newborn.
3.83
5k+
🌊 Irish Gothic🦴 Body Horror✒️ Literary Horror🖤 Toxic Motherhood🌀 Unreliable Narrator
Where I End Summary
Where I End
Bound to her decaying mother on a bleak island, she craves the visiting artist and her newborn.
by Sophie White 2022 241 pages
3.83
5k+ ratings
🌊 Irish Gothic🦴 Body Horror✒️ Literary Horror🖤 Toxic Motherhood🌀 Unreliable Narrator
Sinning Like Hell
by Trilina Pucci • 2021
Her family locked her in a psychiatric ward to forget the mafia heir who survived their bullet.
4.44
3k+
👑 Mafia Boss Hero💔 Star-Crossed Lovers🔄 Second Chance🔪 Touch Her And Die🩹 Trauma And Healing
Sinning Like Hell Summary
Sinning Like Hell
Her family locked her in a psychiatric ward to forget the mafia heir who survived their bullet.
by Trilina Pucci 2021 305 pages
4.44
3k+ ratings
👑 Mafia Boss Hero💔 Star-Crossed Lovers🔄 Second Chance🔪 Touch Her And Die🩹 Trauma And Healing
Mudbound
by Hillary Jordan • 2008
A white farm wife and a black war hero cross the Delta's line; the mud swallows secrets and bodies.
4.06
70k+
🏚️ Southern Gothic⛓️ Jim Crow South🌾 Sharecropper Life🪖 War Trauma💔 Forbidden Affair
Mudbound Summary
Mudbound
A white farm wife and a black war hero cross the Delta's line; the mud swallows secrets and bodies.
by Hillary Jordan 2008 328 pages
4.06
70k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Gothic⛓️ Jim Crow South🌾 Sharecropper Life🪖 War Trauma💔 Forbidden Affair
Vespertine
by Margaret Rogerson • 2021
A scarred novice binds herself to an ancient spirit to save her convent from the dead.
4.09
25k+
🕯️ Gothic Convent Fantasy👻 Spirit Possession😈 Sassy Monster Companion💛 Found Family🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere
Vespertine Summary
Vespertine
A scarred novice binds herself to an ancient spirit to save her convent from the dead.
by Margaret Rogerson 2021 400 pages
4.09
25k+ ratings
🕯️ Gothic Convent Fantasy👻 Spirit Possession😈 Sassy Monster Companion💛 Found Family🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere
Cruel Beauty
by Rosamund Hodge • 2014
She marries a demon lord to kill him, but his shifting house steals her hatred first.
3.64
93k+
🥀 Beauty And The Beast📖 Fairy Tale Retelling💔 Enemies To Lovers🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere👰 Sacrificial Bride
Cruel Beauty Summary
Cruel Beauty
She marries a demon lord to kill him, but his shifting house steals her hatred first.
by Rosamund Hodge 2014 346 pages
3.64
93k+ ratings
🥀 Beauty And The Beast📖 Fairy Tale Retelling💔 Enemies To Lovers🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere👰 Sacrificial Bride
Cackle
by Rachel Harrison • 2021
Her boyfriend left. The small town is lonely. Then the town witch decides she's worth protecting.
3.71
54k+
🏘️ Small Town Witchcraft🦇 Gothic Witch Fiction🖤 Dark Female Friendship🧙‍♀️ Witch Mentor✨ Magical Awakening
Cackle Summary
Cackle
Her boyfriend left. The small town is lonely. Then the town witch decides she's worth protecting.
by Rachel Harrison 2021 319 pages
3.71
54k+ ratings
🏘️ Small Town Witchcraft🦇 Gothic Witch Fiction🖤 Dark Female Friendship🧙‍♀️ Witch Mentor✨ Magical Awakening
Black Flame
by Gretchen Felker-Martin • 2025
Restoring a cursed Nazi film, a queer archivist discovers the footage wants to inhabit her.
3.54
3k+
🎞️ Cursed Film Horror🩸 Queer Body Horror📼 Archival Horror💀 Nazi Occult📖 Literary Horror
Black Flame Summary
Black Flame
Restoring a cursed Nazi film, a queer archivist discovers the footage wants to inhabit her.
by Gretchen Felker-Martin 2025 196 pages
3.54
3k+ ratings
🎞️ Cursed Film Horror🩸 Queer Body Horror📼 Archival Horror💀 Nazi Occult📖 Literary 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 Summary
The House of Quiet
To save her sister, a maid infiltrates a gothic house that harvests psychic children.
by Kiersten White 2025 304 pages
3.56
1k+ ratings
🕯️ Gothic Horror🔮 Psychic Abilities🫂 Found Family🏚️ Corrupt Institution👯 Sisterly Bond
Something I Keep Upstairs
by J.D. Barker • 2025
Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.
3.85
3k+
🏚️ Sentient House🌴 Haunted Island💀 Generational Curse🕯️ Occult Rituals🤝 Teen Death Pact
Something I Keep Upstairs Summary
Something I Keep Upstairs
Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.
by J.D. Barker 2025 530 pages
3.85
3k+ ratings
🏚️ Sentient House🌴 Haunted Island💀 Generational Curse🕯️ Occult Rituals🤝 Teen Death Pact
Dream by the Shadows
by Logan Karlie • 2023
A village where dreams kill. A monster blamed for her sister's death. He alone understands hers.
3.46
3k+
🖤 Enemies To Lovers🌙 Dream World Fantasy😈 Misunderstood Villain🏰 Gothic Atmosphere🔮 Cursed Love Interest
Dream by the Shadows Summary
Dream by the Shadows
A village where dreams kill. A monster blamed for her sister's death. He alone understands hers.
by Logan Karlie 2023 352 pages
3.46
3k+ ratings
🖤 Enemies To Lovers🌙 Dream World Fantasy😈 Misunderstood Villain🏰 Gothic Atmosphere🔮 Cursed Love Interest
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