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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

What Big Teeth
by Rose Szabo • 2021
Eleanor returns to her family's isolated mansion to find monsters and an even darker matriarch.
3.36
7k+
🐺 Werewolf Family🖤 Gothic Atmosphere🏚️ Isolated Mansion🕯️ Dark Family Secret🕸️ Manipulative Matriarch
What Big Teeth Summary
What Big Teeth
Eleanor returns to her family's isolated mansion to find monsters and an even darker matriarch.
by Rose Szabo 2021 394 pages
3.36
7k+ ratings
🐺 Werewolf Family🖤 Gothic Atmosphere🏚️ Isolated Mansion🕯️ Dark Family Secret🕸️ Manipulative Matriarch
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
by Oscar Wilde • 1891
An eternal youth wish leaves him flawless, but his hidden portrait decays with every sin.
4.08
3k+
🥀 Decadent Literature🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian London😇 Corrupted Innocence☠️ Toxic Friendship🎭 Double Life
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
An eternal youth wish leaves him flawless, but his hidden portrait decays with every sin.
by Oscar Wilde 1891 320 pages
4.08
3k+ ratings
🥀 Decadent Literature🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian London😇 Corrupted Innocence☠️ Toxic Friendship🎭 Double Life
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 Summary
The Invited
A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.
by Jennifer McMahon 2019 353 pages
3.80
45k+ ratings
🖤 Rural Gothic👻 Haunted House🔍 Missing Mother🏠 Found Family🩸 Generational Trauma
Doll Parts
by Penny Zang • 2025
Posthumous letters from her dead best friend force a new mother to confront their buried secret.
3.53
3k+
🕯️ Dark Academia💔 Toxic Friendship🤝 Fatal Pact🔍 Cold Case🏚️ Suburban Gothic
Doll Parts Summary
Doll Parts
Posthumous letters from her dead best friend force a new mother to confront their buried secret.
by Penny Zang 2025 400 pages
3.53
3k+ ratings
🕯️ Dark Academia💔 Toxic Friendship🤝 Fatal Pact🔍 Cold Case🏚️ Suburban Gothic
Rebel Angels
by Libba Bray • 2004
When magic bleeds into Victorian London, a schoolgirl must find its source before a sorceress does.
3.94
100k+
🏫 Magical Boarding School🕯️ Victorian Gothic🚪 Portal Fantasy🕵️ Secret Society👯 Female Friendship
Rebel Angels Summary
Rebel Angels
When magic bleeds into Victorian London, a schoolgirl must find its source before a sorceress does.
by Libba Bray 2004 548 pages
3.94
100k+ ratings
🏫 Magical Boarding School🕯️ Victorian Gothic🚪 Portal Fantasy🕵️ Secret Society👯 Female Friendship
The Midnight Witch
by Paula Brackston • 2014
A young duchess inherits a necromantic coven, loves an outsider, and a rival order closes in.
3.57
6k+
🦴 Necromancy🎩 Edwardian London🌙 Coven Politics🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere💕 Witch Romance
The Midnight Witch Summary
The Midnight Witch
A young duchess inherits a necromantic coven, loves an outsider, and a rival order closes in.
by Paula Brackston 2014 341 pages
3.57
6k+ ratings
🦴 Necromancy🎩 Edwardian London🌙 Coven Politics🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere💕 Witch Romance
Lovely Wicked Things
by Trisha Wolfe • 2024
A criminologist falls for a chaos magician who erased her memory of their shared kill.
4.08
7k+
🏛️ Dark Academia🔪 Serial Killer Romance🖤 Obsessive Antihero💔 Trauma Bonded🦌 Predator And Prey
Lovely Wicked Things Summary
Lovely Wicked Things
A criminologist falls for a chaos magician who erased her memory of their shared kill.
by Trisha Wolfe 2024 384 pages
4.08
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Dark Academia🔪 Serial Killer Romance🖤 Obsessive Antihero💔 Trauma Bonded🦌 Predator And Prey
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood
by James Malcolm Rymer • 1845
A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.
3.40
1k+
🏰 Victorian Gothic🩸 Tragic Vampire💀 Ancestral Curse📰 Penny Dreadful🎭 Gothic Melodrama
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Summary
Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood
A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.
by James Malcolm Rymer 1845 809 pages
3.40
1k+ ratings
🏰 Victorian Gothic🩸 Tragic Vampire💀 Ancestral Curse📰 Penny Dreadful🎭 Gothic Melodrama
The Ordeals
by Rachel Greenlaw • 2025
A magical blood contract holds her captive. A dark academy's deadly trials could set her free.
3.90
3k+
🏛️ Dark Academia Fantasy⚔️ Deadly Magical Trials🖤 Found Family🧬 Hidden Heritage💕 Allies To Lovers
The Ordeals Summary
The Ordeals
A magical blood contract holds her captive. A dark academy's deadly trials could set her free.
by Rachel Greenlaw 2025 384 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Dark Academia Fantasy⚔️ Deadly Magical Trials🖤 Found Family🧬 Hidden Heritage💕 Allies To Lovers
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 Summary
The Little Stranger
A country doctor called to a decaying manor finds the house destroying the family from within.
by Sarah Waters 2009 512 pages
3.57
60k+ ratings
🏚️ Haunted House🌀 Unreliable Narrator⚔️ Class Anxiety🥀 Gothic Decay🔥 Slow Burn Dread
Winter Rose
by Patricia A. McKillip • 1996
To free the cursed heir she loves, she must follow him into the fae winter woods.
3.86
7k+
🌹 Tam Lin Retelling✨ Lyrical Fantasy🏚️ Gothic Manor🥀 Melancholic Romance🩸 Cursed Bloodline
Winter Rose Summary
Winter Rose
To free the cursed heir she loves, she must follow him into the fae winter woods.
by Patricia A. McKillip 1996 262 pages
3.86
7k+ ratings
🌹 Tam Lin Retelling✨ Lyrical Fantasy🏚️ Gothic Manor🥀 Melancholic Romance🩸 Cursed Bloodline
Delicious Monsters
by Liselle Sambury • 2023
A teen medium inherits a mansion that devours pain, where forgotten girls' ghosts demand justice.
4.03
7k+
🏚️ Haunted House👻 Ghost Possession🧬 Generational Trauma👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets⏳ Dual Timelines
Delicious Monsters Summary
Delicious Monsters
A teen medium inherits a mansion that devours pain, where forgotten girls' ghosts demand justice.
by Liselle Sambury 2023 512 pages
4.03
7k+ ratings
🏚️ Haunted House👻 Ghost Possession🧬 Generational Trauma👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets⏳ Dual Timelines
American Supernatural Tales
by S.T. Joshi • 2007
A journey through two centuries of American supernatural fiction: Gothic shadows to cosmic dread.
4.01
1k+
🏚️ American Gothic🌌 Cosmic Horror👁️ Weird Fiction✍️ Literary Horror🏠 Haunted House
American Supernatural Tales Summary
American Supernatural Tales
A journey through two centuries of American supernatural fiction: Gothic shadows to cosmic dread.
by S.T. Joshi 2007 467 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
🏚️ American Gothic🌌 Cosmic Horror👁️ Weird Fiction✍️ Literary Horror🏠 Haunted House
A Land So Wide
by Erin A. Craig • 2025
To rescue her sacrificed love, a mapmaker must become the monster her settlement fears most.
3.57
4k+
🕯️ Gothic Fantasy🌾 Folk Horror🩸 Hidden Heritage🦴 Supernatural Transformation💔 Forbidden Romance
A Land So Wide Summary
A Land So Wide
To rescue her sacrificed love, a mapmaker must become the monster her settlement fears most.
by Erin A. Craig 2025 352 pages
3.57
4k+ ratings
🕯️ Gothic Fantasy🌾 Folk Horror🩸 Hidden Heritage🦴 Supernatural Transformation💔 Forbidden Romance
How to Survive a Horror Story
by Mallory Arnold • 2025
A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.
3.62
13k+
🪞 Meta Horror🔪 Survival Horror🏚️ Gothic Haunted House🎲 Deadly Game🏠 Sentient House
How to Survive a Horror Story Summary
How to Survive a Horror Story
A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.
by Mallory Arnold 2025 368 pages
3.62
13k+ ratings
🪞 Meta Horror🔪 Survival Horror🏚️ Gothic Haunted House🎲 Deadly Game🏠 Sentient House
The Turnglass
by Gareth Rubin • 2023
A doctor uncovers a woman sealed behind glass whose silence guards a family's darkest crimes.
3.46
6k+
🔀 Dual Timeline Mystery🕯️ Literary Gothic🔐 Generational Secrets📖 Book Within A Book⛓️ Inherited Guilt
The Turnglass Summary
The Turnglass
A doctor uncovers a woman sealed behind glass whose silence guards a family's darkest crimes.
by Gareth Rubin 2023 512 pages
3.46
6k+ ratings
🔀 Dual Timeline Mystery🕯️ Literary Gothic🔐 Generational Secrets📖 Book Within A Book⛓️ Inherited Guilt
When She Was Me
by Marlee Bush • 2024
After a teen vanishes from their campground, a sleepwalking twin fears she might be the killer.
3.32
16k+
🧠 Psychological Thriller🌿 Southern Gothic👯 Twin Sisters🤥 Unreliable Narrator🔗 Codependent Siblings
When She Was Me Summary
When She Was Me
After a teen vanishes from their campground, a sleepwalking twin fears she might be the killer.
by Marlee Bush 2024 400 pages
3.32
16k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Thriller🌿 Southern Gothic👯 Twin Sisters🤥 Unreliable Narrator🔗 Codependent Siblings
Bad Dreams in the Night
by Adam Ellis • 2024
A person's nightmares pull them into a decaying house, where a family curse frays sanity.
4.19
7k+
🏚️ Haunted House Horror🔮 Family Curse🌫️ Atmospheric Dread🤔 Unreliable Narrator🏠 Decaying Mansion
Bad Dreams in the Night Summary
Bad Dreams in the Night
A person's nightmares pull them into a decaying house, where a family curse frays sanity.
by Adam Ellis 2024 256 pages
4.19
7k+ ratings
🏚️ Haunted House Horror🔮 Family Curse🌫️ Atmospheric Dread🤔 Unreliable Narrator🏠 Decaying Mansion
A Dark and Secret Magic
by Wallis Kinney • 2024
A hedge witch shelters the rival who betrayed her as a death god's pact comes due.
3.88
13k+
🔮 Gothic Witch Romance🖤 Enemies To Lovers💔 Forbidden Love📖 Magical Inheritance🏡 Found Family
A Dark and Secret Magic Summary
A Dark and Secret Magic
A hedge witch shelters the rival who betrayed her as a death god's pact comes due.
by Wallis Kinney 2024 320 pages
3.88
13k+ ratings
🔮 Gothic Witch Romance🖤 Enemies To Lovers💔 Forbidden Love📖 Magical Inheritance🏡 Found Family
La hija de la noche
by Laura Gallego García • 2004
Her cellar holds a vampire. Her blood is his leash. The village wants them dead.
3.46
4k+
🩸 Gothic Vampire Romance💔 Cursed Lover🔥 Small Town Hysteria🇫🇷 19th Century France🏚️ Isolated Mansion
La hija de la noche Summary
La hija de la noche
Her cellar holds a vampire. Her blood is his leash. The village wants them dead.
by Laura Gallego García 2004 196 pages
3.46
4k+ ratings
🩸 Gothic Vampire Romance💔 Cursed Lover🔥 Small Town Hysteria🇫🇷 19th Century France🏚️ Isolated Mansion
The Cruel Dark
by Bea Northwick • 2023
An amnesiac arrives at a crumbling manor where the professor's dead wife refuses to stay buried.
4.03
5k+
🏚️ Gothic Romance🌫️ Haunted Manor💀 Psychological Horror👰 Dead Wife's Shadow🔍 Unreliable Narrator
The Cruel Dark Summary
The Cruel Dark
An amnesiac arrives at a crumbling manor where the professor's dead wife refuses to stay buried.
by Bea Northwick 2023 226 pages
4.03
5k+ ratings
🏚️ Gothic Romance🌫️ Haunted Manor💀 Psychological Horror👰 Dead Wife's Shadow🔍 Unreliable Narrator
The Sword of the Lictor
by Gene Wolfe • 1982
A torturer flees his mountain city into a dying world, carrying a relic that resurrects the dead.
4.23
13k+
🎭 Unreliable Narrator🌑 Dying World🤔 Philosophical Fantasy🏰 Gothic Atmosphere👨‍👦 Surrogate Fatherhood
The Sword of the Lictor Summary
The Sword of the Lictor
A torturer flees his mountain city into a dying world, carrying a relic that resurrects the dead.
by Gene Wolfe 1982 279 pages
4.23
13k+ ratings
🎭 Unreliable Narrator🌑 Dying World🤔 Philosophical Fantasy🏰 Gothic Atmosphere👨‍👦 Surrogate Fatherhood
Clockwork Princess
by Cassandra Clare • 2013
Her fiancé is dying. His best friend secretly loves her. The cure demands her surrender.
4.55
400k+
🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy🏙️ Victorian London💔 Love Triangle✨ Immortal Heroine💗 Hidden Love
Clockwork Princess Summary
Clockwork Princess
Her fiancé is dying. His best friend secretly loves her. The cure demands her surrender.
by Cassandra Clare 2013 567 pages
4.55
400k+ ratings
🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy🏙️ Victorian London💔 Love Triangle✨ Immortal Heroine💗 Hidden Love
The Puzzle Master
by Danielle Trussoni • 2023
A puzzle savant decodes an inmate's blood cipher: murder, a demon, and a deadly secret.
3.31
9k+
🔮 Occult Thriller🏚️ Gothic Mansion👁️ Possession Horror✡️ Jewish Mysticism📜 Ancient Codes
The Puzzle Master Summary
The Puzzle Master
A puzzle savant decodes an inmate's blood cipher: murder, a demon, and a deadly secret.
by Danielle Trussoni 2023 362 pages
3.31
9k+ ratings
🔮 Occult Thriller🏚️ Gothic Mansion👁️ Possession Horror✡️ Jewish Mysticism📜 Ancient Codes
Portrait of a Shadow
by Meriam Metoui • 2024
Mae's sister vanished. The only clue: a white painting whose peeling corner hides something hungry.
3.27
297
🏚️ Modern Gothic🖼️ Cursed Painting🔍 Missing Sister🤝 Faustian Bargain💔 Queer Tragedy
Portrait of a Shadow Summary
Portrait of a Shadow
Mae's sister vanished. The only clue: a white painting whose peeling corner hides something hungry.
by Meriam Metoui 2024 251 pages
3.27
297 ratings
🏚️ Modern Gothic🖼️ Cursed Painting🔍 Missing Sister🤝 Faustian Bargain💔 Queer Tragedy
The Darkness Within Us
by Tricia Levenseller • 2024
After killing her husband for his fortune, a young widow faces an heir with demon blood.
3.87
24k+
🏰 Gothic Fantasy Romance🗡️ Enemies To Lovers🖤 Morally Grey Heroine🐺 Monster Love Interest👑 Sibling Rivalry
The Darkness Within Us Summary
The Darkness Within Us
After killing her husband for his fortune, a young widow faces an heir with demon blood.
by Tricia Levenseller 2024 336 pages
3.87
24k+ ratings
🏰 Gothic Fantasy Romance🗡️ Enemies To Lovers🖤 Morally Grey Heroine🐺 Monster Love Interest👑 Sibling Rivalry
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe • 1843
Madness, doomed beauty, and the birth of the detective: a journey into American Gothic.
4.36
70k+
🧠 Psychological Horror🗣️ Unreliable Narrator🌀 Descent Into Madness👥 Doppelganger🥀 Doomed Romance
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Madness, doomed beauty, and the birth of the detective: a journey into American Gothic.
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 688 pages
4.36
70k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Horror🗣️ Unreliable Narrator🌀 Descent Into Madness👥 Doppelganger🥀 Doomed Romance
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 Summary
Hide
Fourteen strangers play hide-and-seek in a derelict amusement park. The park is the seeker.
by Kiersten White 2022 243 pages
3.31
44k+ ratings
🎮 Death Game🐺 Creature Horror🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Horror💕 Found Family🔮 Generational Curse
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 Summary
The Minotaur
At a decaying manor, a Swedish nurse cares for a hidden man. The house hides a killer.
by Barbara Vine 2005 341 pages
3.65
3k+ ratings
🏚️ Gothic Manor🤫 Family Secrets🧠 Psychological Suspense👪 Eccentric Family🕰️ Slow Burn Mystery
The Wolf and the Woodsman
by Ava Reid • 2021
A magicless woman betrayed by her village allies with the scarred prince sent to capture her.
3.50
32k+
🏛️ Mythic Fantasy💔 Enemies To Lovers🏕️ Forced Proximity🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere👑 Political Intrigue
The Wolf and the Woodsman Summary
The Wolf and the Woodsman
A magicless woman betrayed by her village allies with the scarred prince sent to capture her.
by Ava Reid 2021 448 pages
3.50
32k+ ratings
🏛️ Mythic Fantasy💔 Enemies To Lovers🏕️ Forced Proximity🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere👑 Political Intrigue
Heartless Heathens
by Santana Knox • 2022
A belltower captive, three heathen heirs, and a dark mission that claims her as the prize.
3.92
20k+
🕯️ Gothic Captivity⛪ Theocratic Dystopia👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Found Family🩹 Trauma Healing⛓️ Captor-Captive
Heartless Heathens Summary
Heartless Heathens
A belltower captive, three heathen heirs, and a dark mission that claims her as the prize.
by Santana Knox 2022 406 pages
3.92
20k+ ratings
🕯️ Gothic Captivity⛪ Theocratic Dystopia👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Found Family🩹 Trauma Healing⛓️ Captor-Captive
Blackthorn
by J.T. Geissinger • 2025
A witch returns for a funeral. The body vanishes, and only her cursed ex-lover can help.
3.79
19k+
🖤 Enemies To Lovers🩸 Generational Curse🏚️ Gothic Manor Romance🔮 Witch Family Saga🌫️ Eerie Small Town
Blackthorn Summary
Blackthorn
A witch returns for a funeral. The body vanishes, and only her cursed ex-lover can help.
by J.T. Geissinger 2025 368 pages
3.79
19k+ ratings
🖤 Enemies To Lovers🩸 Generational Curse🏚️ Gothic Manor Romance🔮 Witch Family Saga🌫️ Eerie Small Town
Dreadful
by Greer Rivers • 2023
A mafia enforcer loves the woman hunting his family, unaware she saved him as a child.
4.10
5k+
🖤 Mafia Revenge🎭 Dark Retelling💔 Childhood Trauma Bond📜 Revenge Hit List🩹 Scarred Heroine
Dreadful Summary
Dreadful
A mafia enforcer loves the woman hunting his family, unaware she saved him as a child.
by Greer Rivers 2023 416 pages
4.10
5k+ ratings
🖤 Mafia Revenge🎭 Dark Retelling💔 Childhood Trauma Bond📜 Revenge Hit List🩹 Scarred Heroine
Starling House
by Alix E. Harrow • 2023
A desperate woman takes a job inside a sentient house. Below the floors, old nightmares stir.
3.78
100k+
🏚️ Southern Gothic⛰️ Appalachian Gothic🏠 Sentient House🩸 Generational Trauma🤝 Found Family
Starling House Summary
Starling House
A desperate woman takes a job inside a sentient house. Below the floors, old nightmares stir.
by Alix E. Harrow 2023 308 pages
3.78
100k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Gothic⛰️ Appalachian Gothic🏠 Sentient House🩸 Generational Trauma🤝 Found Family
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
100k+
🏰 Gothic Boarding School🕰️ Dual Timeline🔍 Cold Case Investigation📰 Journalist Sleuth🏘️ Small Town Corruption
The Broken Girls Summary
The Broken Girls
A skeleton in a boarding school well sends a journalist back to her sister's unsolved death.
by Simone St. James 2018 336 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
🏰 Gothic Boarding School🕰️ Dual Timeline🔍 Cold Case Investigation📰 Journalist Sleuth🏘️ Small Town Corruption
The Second Death of Locke
by V.L. Bovalino • 2025
The hidden heir of a sunken magical isle must trade her mage's freedom to restore it.
3.86
29k+
🔗 Magical Bond👑 Hidden Heir🖤 Gothic Atmosphere⚔️ Divine Bargain🏠 Found Family
The Second Death of Locke Summary
The Second Death of Locke
The hidden heir of a sunken magical isle must trade her mage's freedom to restore it.
by V.L. Bovalino 2025 481 pages
3.86
29k+ ratings
🔗 Magical Bond👑 Hidden Heir🖤 Gothic Atmosphere⚔️ Divine Bargain🏠 Found Family
Losing Neverland
by Evelyn Montgomery • 2024
Peter Pan returns as dark Captain Hook, dragging grown Wendy to a Neverland ruled by obsession.
3.72
2k+
🖤 Dark Fairytale Retelling⚔️ Villain Gets The Girl🖤 Obsessive Love💫 First Love Returns🔮 Fated Love Curse
Losing Neverland Summary
Losing Neverland
Peter Pan returns as dark Captain Hook, dragging grown Wendy to a Neverland ruled by obsession.
by Evelyn Montgomery 2024
3.72
2k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Fairytale Retelling⚔️ Villain Gets The Girl🖤 Obsessive Love💫 First Love Returns🔮 Fated Love Curse
Bad Things Happened in This Room
by Marie Still • 2025
She's trapped in a house where a room whispers of a crime she can't recall.
3.33
500+
🧠 Psychological Horror🏡 Domestic Gothic🤯 Unreliable Narrator💡 Gaslighting👧 Missing Child
Bad Things Happened in This Room Summary
Bad Things Happened in This Room
She's trapped in a house where a room whispers of a crime she can't recall.
by Marie Still 2025 304 pages
3.33
500+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Horror🏡 Domestic Gothic🤯 Unreliable Narrator💡 Gaslighting👧 Missing Child
Beautiful Chaos
by Kami Garcia • 2011
A Southern boy's girlfriend broke the rules of magic. Now he must pay the price.
3.92
100k+
🏚️ Southern Gothic💔 Sacrificial Hero🔮 Prophecy⭐ Star-Crossed Lovers🌅 Bittersweet Ending
Beautiful Chaos Summary
Beautiful Chaos
A Southern boy's girlfriend broke the rules of magic. Now he must pay the price.
by Kami Garcia 2011 523 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Gothic💔 Sacrificial Hero🔮 Prophecy⭐ Star-Crossed Lovers🌅 Bittersweet Ending
Rouge
by Mona Awad • 2023
Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.
3.53
51k+
🌊 Gothic Seaside💋 Beauty Cult🩸 Body Horror🌀 Fractured Psyche📖 Fairy Tale Horror
Rouge Summary
Rouge
Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.
by Mona Awad 2023 383 pages
3.53
51k+ ratings
🌊 Gothic Seaside💋 Beauty Cult🩸 Body Horror🌀 Fractured Psyche📖 Fairy Tale Horror
Angelology
by Danielle Trussoni • 2010
An orphaned nun uncovers a secret war over angels and learns she carries their blood.
3.45
18k+
🗝️ Secret Society👼 Angel Lore🩸 Hidden Bloodline⏳ Dual Timeline⛪ Gothic Convent
Angelology Summary
Angelology
An orphaned nun uncovers a secret war over angels and learns she carries their blood.
by Danielle Trussoni 2010 464 pages
3.45
18k+ ratings
🗝️ Secret Society👼 Angel Lore🩸 Hidden Bloodline⏳ Dual Timeline⛪ Gothic Convent
An Academy for Liars
by Alexis Henderson • 2024
A broken woman follows a mysterious call into a hidden college where altering reality costs blood.
3.43
28k+
🖤 Dark Academia🏛️ Occult College⚠️ Dangerous Mentor💔 Rivals To Lovers🧠 Psychic Manipulation
An Academy for Liars Summary
An Academy for Liars
A broken woman follows a mysterious call into a hidden college where altering reality costs blood.
by Alexis Henderson 2024 464 pages
3.43
28k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Academia🏛️ Occult College⚠️ Dangerous Mentor💔 Rivals To Lovers🧠 Psychic Manipulation
Spells for Forgetting
by Adrienne Young • 2022
After fourteen years, August Salt returns to the island where a girl's drowning whispers his name.
3.85
72k+
🖤 Small Town Gothic🍂 Folk Magic💔 Second Chance Romance🌙 Friends To Lovers🔑 Generational Secrets
Spells for Forgetting Summary
Spells for Forgetting
After fourteen years, August Salt returns to the island where a girl's drowning whispers his name.
by Adrienne Young 2022 351 pages
3.85
72k+ ratings
🖤 Small Town Gothic🍂 Folk Magic💔 Second Chance Romance🌙 Friends To Lovers🔑 Generational Secrets
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson • 1954
The last man alive barricades his home nightly against the neighbors who want his blood.
4.05
100k+
🧛 Vampire Pandemic🌍 Last Man On Earth🏠 Makeshift Fortress🔬 Scientific Rationalism😈 Protagonist As Monster
I Am Legend Summary
I Am Legend
The last man alive barricades his home nightly against the neighbors who want his blood.
by Richard Matheson 1954 101 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
🧛 Vampire Pandemic🌍 Last Man On Earth🏠 Makeshift Fortress🔬 Scientific Rationalism😈 Protagonist As Monster
The Devil Rides Out
by Dennis Wheatley • 1934
An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.
3.77
2k+
🕵️ Occult Detective🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult🌑 Occult Initiation🔮 Ritual Magic🏃 Supernatural Pursuit
The Devil Rides Out Summary
The Devil Rides Out
An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.
by Dennis Wheatley 1934 320 pages
3.77
2k+ ratings
🕵️ Occult Detective🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult🌑 Occult Initiation🔮 Ritual Magic🏃 Supernatural Pursuit
The Queen's Bargain
by Anne Bishop • 2020
A warlord prince's dark power turns against him, threatening his marriage and his realm.
4.19
4k+
🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance🌹 Sensual Magic🏠 Found Family💔 Marriage In Crisis🔥 Redemption Arc
The Queen's Bargain Summary
The Queen's Bargain
A warlord prince's dark power turns against him, threatening his marriage and his realm.
by Anne Bishop 2020 414 pages
4.19
4k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance🌹 Sensual Magic🏠 Found Family💔 Marriage In Crisis🔥 Redemption Arc
Sorcery of Thorns
by Margaret Rogerson • 2019
Framed for murder, a library apprentice must trust a sorcerer and the demon who raised him.
4.04
100k+
📚 Sentient Libraries💕 Enemies To Lovers👥 Found Family👹 Demon Companion🤝 Demon Bargains
Sorcery of Thorns Summary
Sorcery of Thorns
Framed for murder, a library apprentice must trust a sorcerer and the demon who raised him.
by Margaret Rogerson 2019 456 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
📚 Sentient Libraries💕 Enemies To Lovers👥 Found Family👹 Demon Companion🤝 Demon Bargains
Catching Pretty
by Sienna Blake • 2025
Held captive in a crumbling mansion, she belongs to a man who calls her suffering salvation.
4.18
2k+
🖤 Captor Captive Romance💔 Love Triangle🔥 Possessive Hero🌧️ Damaged Heroine🏚️ Gothic Mansion
Catching Pretty Summary
Catching Pretty
Held captive in a crumbling mansion, she belongs to a man who calls her suffering salvation.
by Sienna Blake 2025
4.18
2k+ ratings
🖤 Captor Captive Romance💔 Love Triangle🔥 Possessive Hero🌧️ Damaged Heroine🏚️ Gothic Mansion
Ghosts
by Edith Wharton • 1937
Old houses, rational minds, and the quiet terror of discovering you are not alone.
3.85
1k+
🖋️ Literary Ghost Stories🧠 Psychological Horror🏚️ Haunted Houses👻 Ambiguous Ghosts😰 Quiet Dread
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts
Old houses, rational minds, and the quiet terror of discovering you are not alone.
by Edith Wharton 1937 288 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Ghost Stories🧠 Psychological Horror🏚️ Haunted Houses👻 Ambiguous Ghosts😰 Quiet Dread
Powers of Darkness
by Valdimar Ásmundsson • 1901
A Transylvanian castle imprisons a solicitor as its blood-drinking master schemes to rule the world.
3.63
1k+
🦇 Vampire Conspiracy🖤 Erotic Horror💋 Femme Fatale Vampire🕯️ Ritual Horror📜 Epistolary Horror
Powers of Darkness Summary
Powers of Darkness
A Transylvanian castle imprisons a solicitor as its blood-drinking master schemes to rule the world.
by Valdimar Ásmundsson 1901 309 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
🦇 Vampire Conspiracy🖤 Erotic Horror💋 Femme Fatale Vampire🕯️ Ritual Horror📜 Epistolary Horror
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