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Horror

Dark forces lurk in shadowy corners and twisted minds, threatening to shatter our sense of safety and sanity. Whether supernatural or psychological, these stories probe the depths of human fear while asking unsettling questions about good, evil, and the monsters that live both beyond and within us.

Horror Book Summaries

What the Woods Took
by Courtney Gould • 2024
Five teens in wilderness therapy find the forest full of monsters wearing familiar faces.
3.85
6k+
🏕️ Wilderness Horror👤 DoppelgäNger Horror💘 Enemies To Lovers🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance🔒 Forced Proximity
What the Woods Took Summary
What the Woods Took
Five teens in wilderness therapy find the forest full of monsters wearing familiar faces.
by Courtney Gould 2024 336 pages
3.85
6k+ ratings
🏕️ Wilderness Horror👤 DoppelgäNger Horror💘 Enemies To Lovers🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance🔒 Forced Proximity
Cuentos desde Interior
by Melissa Albert • 2021
Dark fairy tales where blood opens doors, Death collects brides, and every wish leaves a scar.
4.00
7k+
🖤 Dark Fairy Tales💪 Feminist Fairy Tales💀 Bargains With Death🩸 Blood Magic🦴 Body Horror
Cuentos desde Interior Summary
Cuentos desde Interior
Dark fairy tales where blood opens doors, Death collects brides, and every wish leaves a scar.
by Melissa Albert 2021 212 pages
4.00
7k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Fairy Tales💪 Feminist Fairy Tales💀 Bargains With Death🩸 Blood Magic🦴 Body Horror
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
Grotesque
by Natsuo Kirino • 2003
Her sister was too beautiful. Her classmate too ambitious. Both were murdered as Tokyo prostitutes.
3.74
14k+
🖤 Japanese Noir📖 Literary Crime💼 Sex Work And Survival👁️ Beauty As Curse👯 Sibling Rivalry
Grotesque Summary
Grotesque
Her sister was too beautiful. Her classmate too ambitious. Both were murdered as Tokyo prostitutes.
by Natsuo Kirino 2003 480 pages
3.74
14k+ ratings
🖤 Japanese Noir📖 Literary Crime💼 Sex Work And Survival👁️ Beauty As Curse👯 Sibling Rivalry
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
Le sacrilège
by Patrick Isabelle • 2018
A bloodstained ouija board at a teen party awakens a possessing spirit with unfinished business.
4.00
1k+
🏚️ Small Town Horror👁️ Teen Possession🪑 Ouija Horror🔮 Witch Bloodline🤝 Found Family
Le sacrilège Summary
Le sacrilège
A bloodstained ouija board at a teen party awakens a possessing spirit with unfinished business.
by Patrick Isabelle 2018 328 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
🏚️ Small Town Horror👁️ Teen Possession🪑 Ouija Horror🔮 Witch Bloodline🤝 Found Family
Into the Drowning Deep
by Mira Grant • 2017
A scientist hunts mermaids in the deepest trench on Earth. They killed her sister first.
3.93
47k+
🦑 Deep Sea Horror🧜‍♀️ Predatory Mermaids💀 Doomed Expedition🤟 Sign Language🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror
Into the Drowning Deep Summary
Into the Drowning Deep
A scientist hunts mermaids in the deepest trench on Earth. They killed her sister first.
by Mira Grant 2017 448 pages
3.93
47k+ ratings
🦑 Deep Sea Horror🧜‍♀️ Predatory Mermaids💀 Doomed Expedition🤟 Sign Language🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror
The Dragon Factory
by Jonathan Maberry • 2010
A disgraced agent must stop an immortal Nazi's engineered plagues designed to erase entire peoples.
4.16
11k+
🧬 Biopunk Thriller🧪 Engineered Monsters⏱️ Ticking Clock🕵️ Rogue Agent👥 Sibling Rivalry Villains
The Dragon Factory Summary
The Dragon Factory
A disgraced agent must stop an immortal Nazi's engineered plagues designed to erase entire peoples.
by Jonathan Maberry 2010 486 pages
4.16
11k+ ratings
🧬 Biopunk Thriller🧪 Engineered Monsters⏱️ Ticking Clock🕵️ Rogue Agent👥 Sibling Rivalry Villains
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
by Carrie Ryan • 2009
Surrounded by the undead, a girl clings to her mother's dream of an ocean beyond the forest.
3.60
87k+
🧟 Zombie Apocalypse⛪ Religious Dystopia💔 Forbidden Romance💍 Arranged Marriage🏘️ Isolated Village
The Forest of Hands and Teeth Summary
The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Surrounded by the undead, a girl clings to her mother's dream of an ocean beyond the forest.
by Carrie Ryan 2009 336 pages
3.60
87k+ ratings
🧟 Zombie Apocalypse⛪ Religious Dystopia💔 Forbidden Romance💍 Arranged Marriage🏘️ Isolated Village
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 Last Days of Jack Sparks
by Jason Arnopp • 2016
An arrogant journalist mocks an exorcism. That night, a ghost appears on his YouTube channel.
3.83
13k+
🎥 Found Footage Horror😈 Exorcism Horror🧟 Possession Horror🔬 Supernatural Skeptic🌀 Descent Into Madness
The Last Days of Jack Sparks Summary
The Last Days of Jack Sparks
An arrogant journalist mocks an exorcism. That night, a ghost appears on his YouTube channel.
by Jason Arnopp 2016 336 pages
3.83
13k+ ratings
🎥 Found Footage Horror😈 Exorcism Horror🧟 Possession Horror🔬 Supernatural Skeptic🌀 Descent Into Madness
Aliss
by Patrick Senécal • 2000
She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.
4.33
10k+
🌀 Wonderland Retelling🔪 Extreme Horror⚡ Transgressive Fiction💀 Nihilistic Horror🏚️ Urban Nightmare
Aliss Summary
Aliss
She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.
by Patrick Senécal 2000 521 pages
4.33
10k+ ratings
🌀 Wonderland Retelling🔪 Extreme Horror⚡ Transgressive Fiction💀 Nihilistic Horror🏚️ Urban Nightmare
The Lost and the Damned
by Guy Haley • 2019
Traitor legions and daemons siege Terra's palace, held by three primarchs and expendable conscripts.
4.23
3k+
🚀 Military Sci-Fi🏰 Siege Warfare⚔️ Transhuman Warriors🖤 Corruption Arc👹 Chaos Corruption
The Lost and the Damned Summary
The Lost and the Damned
Traitor legions and daemons siege Terra's palace, held by three primarchs and expendable conscripts.
by Guy Haley 2019 426 pages
4.23
3k+ ratings
🚀 Military Sci-Fi🏰 Siege Warfare⚔️ Transhuman Warriors🖤 Corruption Arc👹 Chaos Corruption
Wake
by Amanda Hocking • 2012
A teenage swimmer joins three beautiful strangers in the bay and wakes up craving human flesh.
3.7
25k+
🧜 Siren Mythology🖤 Reluctant Monster💀 Forced Transformation⏳ Cursed Immortality💔 Doomed First Love
Wake Summary
Wake
A teenage swimmer joins three beautiful strangers in the bay and wakes up craving human flesh.
by Amanda Hocking 2012 309 pages
3.7
25k+ ratings
🧜 Siren Mythology🖤 Reluctant Monster💀 Forced Transformation⏳ Cursed Immortality💔 Doomed First Love
The Apocalypse Codex
by Charles Stross • 2012
Three expendable operatives must stop a megachurch pastor from resurrecting an ancient sleeping god.
4.18
11k+
🐙 Lovecraftian Horror🕵️ Occult Espionage⛪ Cult Infiltration🧠 Mind Control Parasites🏛️ Secret Government Agency
The Apocalypse Codex Summary
The Apocalypse Codex
Three expendable operatives must stop a megachurch pastor from resurrecting an ancient sleeping god.
by Charles Stross 2012 336 pages
4.18
11k+ ratings
🐙 Lovecraftian Horror🕵️ Occult Espionage⛪ Cult Infiltration🧠 Mind Control Parasites🏛️ Secret Government Agency
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
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
Batman
by Alan Moore • 1988
The Joker paralyzes Batgirl and kidnaps her father to prove one cruel day breaks anyone.
4.36
200k+
🦇 Dark Superhero🤡 Joker Origin⚔️ Arch Nemesis💀 Nihilistic Tone🌀 Fragile Sanity
Batman Summary
Batman
The Joker paralyzes Batgirl and kidnaps her father to prove one cruel day breaks anyone.
by Alan Moore 1988 50 pages
4.36
200k+ ratings
🦇 Dark Superhero🤡 Joker Origin⚔️ Arch Nemesis💀 Nihilistic Tone🌀 Fragile Sanity
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
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
9k+
🔪 High School Horror🧠 Psychological Horror🖤 Obsessive Love🔍 Dead Girl Mystery👯 Sister Rivalry
The New Girl Summary
The New Girl
Everyone on Fear Street says the new girl is dead, but Cory has kissed her.
by R.L. Stine 1989 168 pages
3.57
9k+ ratings
🔪 High School Horror🧠 Psychological Horror🖤 Obsessive Love🔍 Dead Girl Mystery👯 Sister Rivalry
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
Circus of the Damned
by Laurell K. Hamilton • 1995
Vampire hunter Anita Blake tracks a rogue pack while two master vampires fight to own her.
4.17
97k+
🌃 Vampire Noir💀 Necromancer Protagonist❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle🦇 Vampire Politics🎪 Supernatural Carnival
Circus of the Damned Summary
Circus of the Damned
Vampire hunter Anita Blake tracks a rogue pack while two master vampires fight to own her.
by Laurell K. Hamilton 1995 336 pages
4.17
97k+ ratings
🌃 Vampire Noir💀 Necromancer Protagonist❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle🦇 Vampire Politics🎪 Supernatural Carnival
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
Famine
by Laura Thalassa • 2020
She saved the Horseman of Famine. Now she's his captive, and he's never letting go.
4.19
54k+
🗡️ Enemies To Lovers⛓️ Captor Captive♾️ Immortal Hero😈 Villain Love Interest🩸 Body Horror
Famine Summary
Famine
She saved the Horseman of Famine. Now she's his captive, and he's never letting go.
by Laura Thalassa 2020 512 pages
4.19
54k+ ratings
🗡️ Enemies To Lovers⛓️ Captor Captive♾️ Immortal Hero😈 Villain Love Interest🩸 Body Horror
Vengeful
by V.E. Schwab • 2018
Her husband tried to burn her alive. Now her touch destroys, and the city's next.
4.12
100k+
🦹 Dark Superhero Fiction🖤 Found Family💀 Trauma-Born Powers🔪 Betrayal And Revenge⚔️ Toxic Rivalry
Vengeful Summary
Vengeful
Her husband tried to burn her alive. Now her touch destroys, and the city's next.
by V.E. Schwab 2018 462 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
🦹 Dark Superhero Fiction🖤 Found Family💀 Trauma-Born Powers🔪 Betrayal And Revenge⚔️ Toxic Rivalry
The Stupidest Angel
by Christopher Moore • 2004
A child wishes Santa back from the dead. An incompetent angel raises the whole graveyard instead.
3.80
47k+
🧠 Zombie Comedy😈 Dark Comedy🤪 Absurdist Humor🏘️ Small Town Secrets🌊 Quirky Coastal Town
The Stupidest Angel Summary
The Stupidest Angel
A child wishes Santa back from the dead. An incompetent angel raises the whole graveyard instead.
by Christopher Moore 2004 306 pages
3.80
47k+ ratings
🧠 Zombie Comedy😈 Dark Comedy🤪 Absurdist Humor🏘️ Small Town Secrets🌊 Quirky Coastal Town
All-Night Party
by R.L. Stine • 1997
Six teens trapped on an island realize the killer is one of them.
3.76
1k+
🔒 Locked Room Mystery🔪 Teen Slasher👤 Killer Among Us💔 Friend Group Betrayal🏝️ Remote Island Cabin
All-Night Party Summary
All-Night Party
Six teens trapped on an island realize the killer is one of them.
by R.L. Stine 1997 160 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
🔒 Locked Room Mystery🔪 Teen Slasher👤 Killer Among Us💔 Friend Group Betrayal🏝️ Remote Island Cabin
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 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
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
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
14k+
🎯 Televised Death Match🏢 Corporate Dystopia💘 Enemies To Lovers🌈 Forbidden Queer Love🧠 Erased Memories
Fable for the End of the World Summary
Fable for the End of the World
A teenage taxidermist, chosen as prey for a televised hunt, discovers her killer is as trapped.
by Ava Reid 2025 384 pages
3.66
14k+ ratings
🎯 Televised Death Match🏢 Corporate Dystopia💘 Enemies To Lovers🌈 Forbidden Queer Love🧠 Erased Memories
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
Greatest Hits
by Harlan Ellison • 2024
A vengeful AI tortures its prisoners. A rebel defies the clock. A mercy that destroys.
4.07
2k+
🎸 New Wave Sf🏙️ Dystopian Fiction🤖 Vengeful Ai🖤 Dark Satire👁️ Speculative Horror
Greatest Hits Summary
Greatest Hits
A vengeful AI tortures its prisoners. A rebel defies the clock. A mercy that destroys.
by Harlan Ellison 2024 18 pages
4.07
2k+ ratings
🎸 New Wave Sf🏙️ Dystopian Fiction🤖 Vengeful Ai🖤 Dark Satire👁️ Speculative Horror
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
Bloody Bones
by Laurell K. Hamilton • 1996
A necromancer raising a graveyard must stop a vicious vampire and survive a master's deadly embrace.
4.12
77k+
🪦 Necromancer Protagonist🔍 Supernatural Detective💔 Vampire Love Triangle🧛‍♂️ Master Vampire Romance🏚️ Small Town Horror
Bloody Bones Summary
Bloody Bones
A necromancer raising a graveyard must stop a vicious vampire and survive a master's deadly embrace.
by Laurell K. Hamilton 1996 328 pages
4.12
77k+ ratings
🪦 Necromancer Protagonist🔍 Supernatural Detective💔 Vampire Love Triangle🧛‍♂️ Master Vampire Romance🏚️ Small Town Horror
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
Flight 171
by Amy Christine Parker • 2022
Grieving her twin, Devon boards a flight where an ancient evil demands her class choose a host.
3.59
1k+
✈️ Airplane Horror🖤 Survivor Guilt⏰ Ticking Clock😰 Group Paranoia🔍 Exposed Secrets
Flight 171 Summary
Flight 171
Grieving her twin, Devon boards a flight where an ancient evil demands her class choose a host.
by Amy Christine Parker 2022 304 pages
3.59
1k+ ratings
✈️ Airplane Horror🖤 Survivor Guilt⏰ Ticking Clock😰 Group Paranoia🔍 Exposed Secrets
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
9k+
🔪 Teen Slasher Mystery🌲 Small Town Horror👻 Urban Legend Horror🎭 Masked Killer💕 Friends To Lovers
Let's Split Up Summary
Let's Split Up
A ghost-hunting dare ends in death. Four teens must find the killer hiding behind the legend.
by Bill Wood 2024 339 pages
3.56
9k+ ratings
🔪 Teen Slasher Mystery🌲 Small Town Horror👻 Urban Legend Horror🎭 Masked Killer💕 Friends To Lovers
The Laughing Corpse
by Laurell K. Hamilton • 1994
A necromancer refuses to trade a life for a zombie. Now a voodoo queen demands hers.
4.13
88k+
🪦 Voodoo Horror🔫 Hardboiled Urban Fantasy💀 Necromancer Protagonist🩸 Vampire Human Bond🧟 Zombie Raising
The Laughing Corpse Summary
The Laughing Corpse
A necromancer refuses to trade a life for a zombie. Now a voodoo queen demands hers.
by Laurell K. Hamilton 1994 304 pages
4.13
88k+ ratings
🪦 Voodoo Horror🔫 Hardboiled Urban Fantasy💀 Necromancer Protagonist🩸 Vampire Human Bond🧟 Zombie Raising
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
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
Absolution
by Jeff Vandermeer • 2024
On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.
3.57
13k+
🐊 Ecological Horror🌀 New Weird🗣️ Unreliable Narrator🕵️ Government Conspiracy🌌 Cosmic Horror
Absolution Summary
Absolution
On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.
by Jeff Vandermeer 2024 464 pages
3.57
13k+ ratings
🐊 Ecological Horror🌀 New Weird🗣️ Unreliable Narrator🕵️ Government Conspiracy🌌 Cosmic Horror
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 End of the World As We Know It
by Christopher Golden • 2025
A flu kills billions; survivors dream of a compassionate elder or a wicked charmer.
3.84
7k+
🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse👥 Found Family🧬 Mutant Outcasts😈 Charismatic Villain🌐 Parallel Worlds
The End of the World As We Know It Summary
The End of the World As We Know It
A flu kills billions; survivors dream of a compassionate elder or a wicked charmer.
by Christopher Golden 2025 800 pages
3.84
7k+ ratings
🦠 Pandemic Apocalypse👥 Found Family🧬 Mutant Outcasts😈 Charismatic Villain🌐 Parallel Worlds
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
Something from the Nightside
by Simon R. Green • 2003
A PI chases a runaway into hidden London's endless night, where old enemies wait.
3.78
25k+
🕵️ Occult Detective🏙️ Hidden Magical London💡 Neon Noir🤫 Client With Secrets🥃 Damaged Detective
Something from the Nightside Summary
Something from the Nightside
A PI chases a runaway into hidden London's endless night, where old enemies wait.
by Simon R. Green 2003 230 pages
3.78
25k+ ratings
🕵️ Occult Detective🏙️ Hidden Magical London💡 Neon Noir🤫 Client With Secrets🥃 Damaged Detective
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
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
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