Best Gothic Books | Summaries & Audio

Gothic Book Summaries

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë • 1847

An orphan, a wild girl, and the love that grew teeth and destroyed a family.

3.90

2.1M+

🖤 Gothic Romance 🥀 Doomed Lovers 📖 Framed Narrative 💰 Class Conflict 🌫️ Isolated Moorland

Wuthering Heights

An orphan, a wild girl, and the love that grew teeth and destroyed a family.

by Emily Brontë 1847 464 pages

3.90

2.1M+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 🥀 Doomed Lovers 📖 Framed Narrative 💰 Class Conflict 🌫️ Isolated Moorland

Nettle & Bone

by T. Kingfisher • 2022

Three impossible tasks. One bone dog. A princess who refuses to let another sister die.

4.07

100k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 💕 Sisterly Devotion 👥 Found Family 🧙 Grumpy Mentor 🦴 Magical Companion

Nettle & Bone

Three impossible tasks. One bone dog. A princess who refuses to let another sister die.

by T. Kingfisher 2022 243 pages

4.07

100k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 💕 Sisterly Devotion 👥 Found Family 🧙 Grumpy Mentor 🦴 Magical Companion

The Sanatorium

by Sarah Pearse • 2021

An avalanche traps a detective inside a former sanatorium turned hotel. The murders have started.

3.36

200k+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Alpine Setting ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔍 Detective With Trauma 🗡️ Revenge Killer

The Sanatorium

An avalanche traps a detective inside a former sanatorium turned hotel. The murders have started.

by Sarah Pearse 2021 390 pages

3.36

200k+ ratings

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Alpine Setting ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔍 Detective With Trauma 🗡️ Revenge Killer

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

100k+

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

The Familiar

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

by Leigh Bardugo 2024 379 pages

3.74

100k+ ratings

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

Ninth House

by Leigh Bardugo • 2019

Yale hires a ghost-seer to police its magical secret societies. Then a girl is murdered.

4.00

400k+

🎓 Dark Academia 🔍 Occult Mystery 🕯️ Secret Societies 👻 Ghost Seer ⚔️ Brutal Magic

Ninth House

Yale hires a ghost-seer to police its magical secret societies. Then a girl is murdered.

by Leigh Bardugo 2019 461 pages

4.00

400k+ ratings

🎓 Dark Academia 🔍 Occult Mystery 🕯️ Secret Societies 👻 Ghost Seer ⚔️ Brutal Magic

The Possession of Alba Díaz

by Isabel Cañas • 2025

Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.

3.86

17k+

🕯️ Colonial Gothic 👹 Demonic Possession ⚗️ Alchemical Magic 😈 Exorcism Gone Wrong ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

The Possession of Alba Díaz

Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.

by Isabel Cañas 2025 369 pages

3.86

17k+ ratings

🕯️ Colonial Gothic 👹 Demonic Possession ⚗️ Alchemical Magic 😈 Exorcism Gone Wrong ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

Gallant

by V.E. Schwab • 2022

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

3.70

100k+

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

Gallant

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

by V.E. Schwab 2022 338 pages

3.70

100k+ ratings

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

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

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

by Ian Edginton 2008 122 pages

4.17

60k+ ratings

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

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

100k+

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

Our Wives Under the Sea

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

by Julia Armfield 2022 240 pages

3.68

100k+ ratings

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

Crash

by J.G. Ballard • 2001

A crash survivor enters a circle that treats violent collisions as the ultimate sexual experience.

3.65

33k+

🚗 Transgressive Fiction 🩸 Body Horror 💥 Eroticized Violence 🕴️ Cult Leader Figure 🧊 Clinical Detachment

Crash

A crash survivor enters a circle that treats violent collisions as the ultimate sexual experience.

by J.G. Ballard 2001 224 pages

3.65

33k+ ratings

🚗 Transgressive Fiction 🩸 Body Horror 💥 Eroticized Violence 🕴️ Cult Leader Figure 🧊 Clinical Detachment

Rebecca

by Daphne du Maurier • 1938

A new bride at Manderley finds the first wife's shadow stronger than her own.

4.25

700k+

🏚️ Gothic Seaside 👰‍♀️ Dead Wife's Shadow 🕵️ Nameless Narrator 🏡 English Country House 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Rebecca

A new bride at Manderley finds the first wife's shadow stronger than her own.

by Daphne du Maurier 1938 449 pages

4.25

700k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Seaside 👰‍♀️ Dead Wife's Shadow 🕵️ Nameless Narrator 🏡 English Country House 🧠 Psychological Suspense

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman • 2008

A graveyard of ghosts adopts the sole survivor of a family massacre, hiding him from his hunters.

4.15

500k+

🪦 Graveyard Fantasy 🌙 Gothic Coming Of Age 🖤 Found Family 👦 Orphaned Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society

The Graveyard Book

A graveyard of ghosts adopts the sole survivor of a family massacre, hiding him from his hunters.

by Neil Gaiman 2008 312 pages

4.15

500k+ ratings

🪦 Graveyard Fantasy 🌙 Gothic Coming Of Age 🖤 Found Family 👦 Orphaned Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society

Hollow Heathens

by Nicole Fiorina • 2020

Returning to a witch town, a ghost-seer falls for the masked, cursed leader of a rival coven.

3.88

16k+

🏚️ Gothic Small Town 🧙 Witch Covens 💔 Forbidden Love 🎭 Masked Love Interest 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Hollow Heathens

Returning to a witch town, a ghost-seer falls for the masked, cursed leader of a rival coven.

by Nicole Fiorina 2020 475 pages

3.88

16k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Small Town 🧙 Witch Covens 💔 Forbidden Love 🎭 Masked Love Interest 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Kingdom of the Wicked

by Kerri Maniscalco • 2020

To find her twin's killer, a witch bargains with a demon prince she was taught to fear.

3.86

300k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Gothic Witch Fantasy 🔥 Demon Bargain 💫 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Dark Queen Origin

Kingdom of the Wicked

To find her twin's killer, a witch bargains with a demon prince she was taught to fear.

by Kerri Maniscalco 2020 372 pages

3.86

300k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Gothic Witch Fantasy 🔥 Demon Bargain 💫 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Dark Queen Origin

The Amityville Horror

by Jay Anson • 1977

A family moves into an Amityville house, unaware the evil behind six murders lives there.

3.83

100k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 📋 True Haunting Account 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Under Siege 🐷 Imaginary Friend ✝️ Priest Vs Evil

The Amityville Horror

A family moves into an Amityville house, unaware the evil behind six murders lives there.

by Jay Anson 1977 315 pages

3.83

100k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 📋 True Haunting Account 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Under Siege 🐷 Imaginary Friend ✝️ Priest Vs Evil

Hemlock & Silver

by T. Kingfisher • 2025

A poison expert at a dying princess's bedside finds the sickness lives inside the mirror.

4.01

39k+

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🪞 Mirror Realm 📚 Scholarly Protagonist

Hemlock & Silver

A poison expert at a dying princess's bedside finds the sickness lives inside the mirror.

by T. Kingfisher 2025 368 pages

4.01

39k+ ratings

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🪞 Mirror Realm 📚 Scholarly Protagonist

The Chalk Man

by C.J. Tudor • 2018

A chalk drawing arrives. Thirty years after a childhood murder, someone wants the truth unearthed.

3.70

100k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder ⏳ Dual Timeline Thriller 👦 Childhood Friends ⛪ Corrupt Clergy ☀️ Summer Of Secrets

The Chalk Man

A chalk drawing arrives. Thirty years after a childhood murder, someone wants the truth unearthed.

by C.J. Tudor 2018 280 pages

3.70

100k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder ⏳ Dual Timeline Thriller 👦 Childhood Friends ⛪ Corrupt Clergy ☀️ Summer Of Secrets

A Killing Cold

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2025

A woman with a blank past visits her fiancé's snowbound estate, where someone knows her face.

3.76

72k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🪞 Hidden Identity 🧊 Snowbound Paranoia

A Killing Cold

A woman with a blank past visits her fiancé's snowbound estate, where someone knows her face.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2025 291 pages

3.76

72k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🪞 Hidden Identity 🧊 Snowbound Paranoia

Night Lords

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden • 2014

A doomed Night Lord seer fights to unite his traitor legion, hunted by aliens who foretold his rise.

4.67

2k+

🚀 Military Sci-Fi 👿 Villain Protagonists 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy 👻 Gothic Space Horror ☠️ Traitor Legion

Night Lords

A doomed Night Lord seer fights to unite his traitor legion, hunted by aliens who foretold his rise.

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2014 944 pages

4.67

2k+ ratings

🚀 Military Sci-Fi 👿 Villain Protagonists 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy 👻 Gothic Space Horror ☠️ Traitor Legion

Angry God

by L.J. Shen • 2020

At a haunted art academy, she fights her father's dark prodigy while hate turns to hunger.

4.16

56k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏫 Boarding School 🌑 Brooding Hero 🎨 Artistic Rivalry 🏰 Gothic Atmosphere

Angry God

At a haunted art academy, she fights her father's dark prodigy while hate turns to hunger.

by L.J. Shen 2020 386 pages

4.16

56k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏫 Boarding School 🌑 Brooding Hero 🎨 Artistic Rivalry 🏰 Gothic Atmosphere

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

by Neil Gaiman • 2013

A monster is his new housekeeper. Three ancient women at the lane's end are his only defense.

4.01

600k+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 👵 Ancient Magical Women 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌑 Cosmic Horror 🌫️ Nostalgic And Eerie

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

A monster is his new housekeeper. Three ancient women at the lane's end are his only defense.

by Neil Gaiman 2013 195 pages

4.01

600k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 👵 Ancient Magical Women 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌑 Cosmic Horror 🌫️ Nostalgic And Eerie

Ring Shout

by P. Djèlí Clark • 2020

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

3.93

61k+

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

Ring Shout

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

by P. Djèlí Clark 2020 185 pages

3.93

61k+ ratings

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

Lincoln in the Bardo

by George Saunders • 2017

Ghosts who deny death fill a cemetery, until Abraham Lincoln visits his son among them.

3.75

100k+

🗣️ Chorus Of Voices 🚪 Afterlife Waystation 💔 Grieving Parent 👻 Unfinished Business 🕯️ Elegiac Tone

Lincoln in the Bardo

Ghosts who deny death fill a cemetery, until Abraham Lincoln visits his son among them.

by George Saunders 2017 368 pages

3.75

100k+ ratings

🗣️ Chorus Of Voices 🚪 Afterlife Waystation 💔 Grieving Parent 👻 Unfinished Business 🕯️ Elegiac Tone

Harrow the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir • 2020

Haunted by the woman she devoured for power, a necromancer must face a world-devouring beast.

4.29

90k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📘 Second Person Narration 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🌌 Cosmic Horror 💀 Necromantic Empire

Harrow the Ninth

Haunted by the woman she devoured for power, a necromancer must face a world-devouring beast.

by Tamsyn Muir 2020 512 pages

4.29

90k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📘 Second Person Narration 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🌌 Cosmic Horror 💀 Necromantic Empire

The Virgin Suicides

by Jeffrey Eugenides • 2002

One sister's suicide. Four girls locked away. The boys next door will spend lifetimes wondering why.

3.78

400k+

🏚️ Suburban Gothic 👁️ Collective Narrator 💔 Teenage Suicide 👀 Male Gaze 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Virgin Suicides

One sister's suicide. Four girls locked away. The boys next door will spend lifetimes wondering why.

by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 250 pages

3.78

400k+ ratings

🏚️ Suburban Gothic 👁️ Collective Narrator 💔 Teenage Suicide 👀 Male Gaze 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Ghost Bride

by Yangsze Choo • 2013

A Malaccan girl betrothed to a dead man must journey through the afterlife to reclaim her life.

3.81

37k+

🐉 Chinese Folklore 🌴 Colonial Malaya 🌌 Afterlife Journey 👻 Spirit Possession 💕 Love Triangle

The Ghost Bride

A Malaccan girl betrothed to a dead man must journey through the afterlife to reclaim her life.

by Yangsze Choo 2013 368 pages

3.81

37k+ ratings

🐉 Chinese Folklore 🌴 Colonial Malaya 🌌 Afterlife Journey 👻 Spirit Possession 💕 Love Triangle

Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hide

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 1886

A lawyer uncovers a horrifying secret linking his friend Dr. Jekyll to a brutish criminal.

3.83

600k+

🧠 Split Personality 🔬 Victorian Science 👥 Evil Double 🧪 Scientific Hubris 🎩 Repressed Gentleman

Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hide

A lawyer uncovers a horrifying secret linking his friend Dr. Jekyll to a brutish criminal.

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 36 pages

3.83

600k+ ratings

🧠 Split Personality 🔬 Victorian Science 👥 Evil Double 🧪 Scientific Hubris 🎩 Repressed Gentleman

The Great God Pan

by Arthur Machen • 1890

A forbidden brain experiment yields a child who grows into a woman of inhuman, ruinous beauty.

3.67

17k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction ⚗️ Forbidden Experiment 🌹 Inhuman Beauty 🔗 Contagious Evil

The Great God Pan

A forbidden brain experiment yields a child who grows into a woman of inhuman, ruinous beauty.

by Arthur Machen 1890 82 pages

3.67

17k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction ⚗️ Forbidden Experiment 🌹 Inhuman Beauty 🔗 Contagious Evil

Blue Bloods

by Melissa de la Cruz • 2006

An outcast teen discovers she's a fallen-angel vampire as a killer targets the city's secret elite.

3.70

100k+

🖤 Fallen Angel Lore 👑 Elite Vampire Society ♾️ Reincarnation Cycle 🌃 Manhattan Elite 🏛️ Old Money Secrets

Blue Bloods

An outcast teen discovers she's a fallen-angel vampire as a killer targets the city's secret elite.

by Melissa de la Cruz 2006 302 pages

3.70

100k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen Angel Lore 👑 Elite Vampire Society ♾️ Reincarnation Cycle 🌃 Manhattan Elite 🏛️ Old Money Secrets

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë • 1848

A farmer obsessed with a reclusive tenant uncovers her diary and the brutal marriage she fled.

4.04

100k+

🏚️ Gothic Domestic 📜 Epistolary Novel 🖤 Mysterious Widow 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🍷 Alcoholic Spouse

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

A farmer obsessed with a reclusive tenant uncovers her diary and the brutal marriage she fled.

by Anne Brontë 1848 576 pages

4.04

100k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Domestic 📜 Epistolary Novel 🖤 Mysterious Widow 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🍷 Alcoholic Spouse

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner • 1929

Four voices: an innocent, a suicide, a miser, a servant, tell of a Southern family's ruin.

3.86

100k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌀 Stream Of Consciousness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Decline 🧩 Fragmented Narrative 😶 Disabled Narrator

The Sound and the Fury

Four voices: an innocent, a suicide, a miser, a servant, tell of a Southern family's ruin.

by William Faulkner 1929 366 pages

3.86

100k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌀 Stream Of Consciousness 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Decline 🧩 Fragmented Narrative 😶 Disabled Narrator

The Raven Boys

by Maggie Stiefvater • 2012

With a fatal kiss curse, Blue joins a doomed boy's quest for a sleeping king.

4.05

400k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh Mythology ✨ Ley Line Magic 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy 🫂 Found Family 👑 Sleeping King Quest

The Raven Boys

With a fatal kiss curse, Blue joins a doomed boy's quest for a sleeping king.

by Maggie Stiefvater 2012 409 pages

4.05

400k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh Mythology ✨ Ley Line Magic 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy 🫂 Found Family 👑 Sleeping King Quest

The Night She Disappeared

by Lisa Jewell • 2021

After a pool party, two teenagers disappear. One year later, a buried ring surfaces.

4.08

300k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ⏳ Dual Timeline ☠️ Toxic Friendship 💔 Obsessive Love

The Night She Disappeared

After a pool party, two teenagers disappear. One year later, a buried ring surfaces.

by Lisa Jewell 2021 416 pages

4.08

300k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ⏳ Dual Timeline ☠️ Toxic Friendship 💔 Obsessive Love

House of Hollow

by Krystal Sutherland • 2021

Three sisters came back wrong from a childhood disappearance. Now the eldest is missing.

4.00

100k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🪵 Folk Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 👁️ Changelings 👩‍👩‍👧 Sisterhood Under Strain

House of Hollow

Three sisters came back wrong from a childhood disappearance. Now the eldest is missing.

by Krystal Sutherland 2021 292 pages

4.00

100k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🪵 Folk Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 👁️ Changelings 👩‍👩‍👧 Sisterhood Under Strain

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe • 2014

Two women murdered in a locked Paris flat: an eccentric recluse reads the impossible clues.

3.79

44k+

💀 Impossible Crime 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🗼 19th Century Paris 👂 Unreliable Witnesses

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Two women murdered in a locked Paris flat: an eccentric recluse reads the impossible clues.

by Edgar Allan Poe 2014 38 pages

3.79

44k+ ratings

💀 Impossible Crime 🎩 Eccentric Detective 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🗼 19th Century Paris 👂 Unreliable Witnesses

Foxglove

by Adalyn Grace • 2023

At a poisoned ball, Death's lover must find a killer before Fate claims her.

4.08

81k+

🖤 Death And The Maiden 🕯️ Victorian Gothic Romance 🏚️ Haunted Gothic Manor 🔪 Gothic Murder Mystery ⚖️ Immortal Bargains

Foxglove

At a poisoned ball, Death's lover must find a killer before Fate claims her.

by Adalyn Grace 2023 465 pages

4.08

81k+ ratings

🖤 Death And The Maiden 🕯️ Victorian Gothic Romance 🏚️ Haunted Gothic Manor 🔪 Gothic Murder Mystery ⚖️ Immortal Bargains

Phantom

by Greer Rivers • 2022

A scarred mafia phantom stalks a bipolar opera singer: his obsession becomes her only protection.

3.89

23k+

🥀 Mafia Romance 🎭 Dark Retelling 🖤 Obsessed Antihero 👁️ Stalker Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Phantom

A scarred mafia phantom stalks a bipolar opera singer: his obsession becomes her only protection.

by Greer Rivers 2022 408 pages

3.89

23k+ ratings

🥀 Mafia Romance 🎭 Dark Retelling 🖤 Obsessed Antihero 👁️ Stalker Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Yellow Wall-Paper

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman • 1892

Forbidden to write or think, a mother stares at the yellow wallpaper until a woman stares back.

4.07

11k+

🧠 Psychological Horror ✊ Feminist Classic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Descent Into Madness 💊 Medical Gaslighting

The Yellow Wall-Paper

Forbidden to write or think, a mother stares at the yellow wallpaper until a woman stares back.

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 54 pages

4.07

11k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror ✊ Feminist Classic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕳️ Descent Into Madness 💊 Medical Gaslighting

Ghost Story

by Peter Straub • 1979

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

3.92

83k+

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Ghost Story

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

by Peter Straub 1979 567 pages

3.92

83k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

by Anne Rice • 2016

Vampire prince Lestat's spirit recalls Atlantis. Its survivors surface with the truth of his kind.

3.80

9k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🧬 Science Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Origin Myth 🏛️ Ancient Bloodlines 🔬 Bioengineered Beings

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

Vampire prince Lestat's spirit recalls Atlantis. Its survivors surface with the truth of his kind.

by Anne Rice 2016 480 pages

3.80

9k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🧬 Science Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Origin Myth 🏛️ Ancient Bloodlines 🔬 Bioengineered Beings

The Stolen Heir

by Holly Black • 2023

To stop the queen who made her, a changeling allies with a prince hiding dangerous secrets.

3.92

100k+

🏰 Faerie Court Intrigue 🦋 Changeling Identity 🖤 Morally Grey Hero ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Love Interest Betrayal

The Stolen Heir

To stop the queen who made her, a changeling allies with a prince hiding dangerous secrets.

by Holly Black 2023 356 pages

3.92

100k+ ratings

🏰 Faerie Court Intrigue 🦋 Changeling Identity 🖤 Morally Grey Hero ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Love Interest Betrayal

The Historian

by Elizabeth Kostova • 2005

A dragon-emblazoned book draws a girl into her father's past and the truth that Dracula is alive.

3.80

200k+

📖 Academic Obsession 🏛️ Historical Conspiracy 🔍 Archival Mystery 🏰 Eastern European Gothic 🕯️ Slow-Burn Horror

The Historian

A dragon-emblazoned book draws a girl into her father's past and the truth that Dracula is alive.

by Elizabeth Kostova 2005 704 pages

3.80

200k+ ratings

📖 Academic Obsession 🏛️ Historical Conspiracy 🔍 Archival Mystery 🏰 Eastern European Gothic 🕯️ Slow-Burn Horror

Jawbone

by Mónica Ojeda • 2022

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

3.66

15k+

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

Jawbone

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

by Mónica Ojeda 2022 264 pages

3.66

15k+ ratings

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

The Witch Haven

by Sasha Peyton Smith • 2021

Her hidden magic kills a predator. Sent to a witch academy, she hunts for her brother's murderer.

3.62

13k+

🏫 Magical Boarding School 📜 Historical Witches 💔 Betrayed By Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔮 Sisterhood Of Witches

The Witch Haven

Her hidden magic kills a predator. Sent to a witch academy, she hunts for her brother's murderer.

by Sasha Peyton Smith 2021 442 pages

3.62

13k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Boarding School 📜 Historical Witches 💔 Betrayed By Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔮 Sisterhood Of Witches

The Mirror

by Nora Roberts • 2024

Her inherited Maine manor has a mirror that replays seven brides' murders. The killer witch remains.

4.16

50k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🪞 Mirror Magic 💔 Family Curse 👻 Friendly Ghosts ☕ Cozy Paranormal

The Mirror

Her inherited Maine manor has a mirror that replays seven brides' murders. The killer witch remains.

by Nora Roberts 2024 435 pages

4.16

50k+ ratings

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Anatomy

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

3.84

100k+

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Anatomy

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

by Dana Schwartz 2022 338 pages

3.84

100k+ ratings

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The Villa

by Rachel Hawkins • 2023

An Italian villa's dark past consumes two writers whose friendship is already on the edge.

3.62

100k+

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The Villa

An Italian villa's dark past consumes two writers whose friendship is already on the edge.

by Rachel Hawkins 2023 276 pages

3.62

100k+ ratings

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Hell Bent

by Leigh Bardugo • 2023

To save her demon-trapped mentor, Alex Stern must find four killers and walk Yale's underworld.

4.10

100k+

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Hell Bent

To save her demon-trapped mentor, Alex Stern must find four killers and walk Yale's underworld.

by Leigh Bardugo 2023 481 pages

4.10

100k+ ratings

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by L.J. Smith • 1991

Her obsession with a brooding vampire draws a killer to town: his own brother.

3.68

94k+

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The Awakening / The Struggle

Her obsession with a brooding vampire draws a killer to town: his own brother.

by L.J. Smith 1991 492 pages

3.68

94k+ ratings

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The Hollow Places

by T. Kingfisher • 2020

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

3.78

56k+

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The Hollow Places

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

by T. Kingfisher 2020 341 pages

3.78

56k+ ratings

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