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La tiranía de las moscas

by Elaine Vilar Madruga • 2021

In an endless summer, three children with dark gifts defy their father's tyranny as flies multiply.

3.86

3k+

🦋 Magical Realism 🏛️ Political Allegory 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 👧 Peculiar Children 🚫 Oppressive Household

La tiranía de las moscas

In an endless summer, three children with dark gifts defy their father's tyranny as flies multiply.

by Elaine Vilar Madruga 2021 304 pages

3.86

3k+ ratings

🦋 Magical Realism 🏛️ Political Allegory 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 👧 Peculiar Children 🚫 Oppressive Household

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall

by J. Ann Thomas • 2025

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

3.68

1k+

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 🎵 Magical Songs 🌿 Secret Lineage

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

by J. Ann Thomas 2025 320 pages

3.68

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 🎵 Magical Songs 🌿 Secret Lineage

Experimental Film

by Gemma Files • 2015

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

3.52

3k+

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

Experimental Film

Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.

by Gemma Files 2015 352 pages

3.52

3k+ ratings

🎭 Folk Horror 🎞️ Cursed Film 📖 Metafictional Horror 📜 Archival Obsession 👩‍👦 Maternal Anxiety

Westward Women

by Alice Martin • 2026

A compulsion drives women west; after her friend vanishes, she follows a bus into the unknown.

3.51

1k+

🚺 Feminist Dystopia 🕵️ Missing Women 🎭 Sinister Collector 🚌 Road Trip Horror 🧠 Unreliable Memory

Westward Women

A compulsion drives women west; after her friend vanishes, she follows a bus into the unknown.

by Alice Martin 2026 304 pages

3.51

1k+ ratings

🚺 Feminist Dystopia 🕵️ Missing Women 🎭 Sinister Collector 🚌 Road Trip Horror 🧠 Unreliable Memory

The Girl Next Door

by Jack Ketchum • 1989

In 1950s suburbia, a boy watches his neighbors slowly destroy the orphan girl next door.

3.91

58k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Bystander Guilt 🔒 Captive Torture 📰 Based On True Crime

The Girl Next Door

In 1950s suburbia, a boy watches his neighbors slowly destroy the orphan girl next door.

by Jack Ketchum 1989 370 pages

3.91

58k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Bystander Guilt 🔒 Captive Torture 📰 Based On True Crime

The Wax Child

by Olga Ravn • 2023

In a Danish village, a wax doll watches women whose healing magic draws the witch hunters.

3.61

7k+

🕯️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🔥 Witch Trials 💕 Queer Desire ✨ Folk Magic

The Wax Child

In a Danish village, a wax doll watches women whose healing magic draws the witch hunters.

by Olga Ravn 2023 176 pages

3.61

7k+ ratings

🕯️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🔥 Witch Trials 💕 Queer Desire ✨ Folk Magic

Sundial

by Catriona Ward • 2022

Her child is dangerous. She returns to a desert compound where her family's violence began.

3.78

26k+

🏜️ Desert Gothic 🩸 Generational Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Dangerous Child

Sundial

Her child is dangerous. She returns to a desert compound where her family's violence began.

by Catriona Ward 2022 292 pages

3.78

26k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Gothic 🩸 Generational Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Dangerous Child

Woodworm

by Layla Martínez • 2021

A granddaughter returns to a house that breathes, devours, and holds every grudge.

4.08

31k+

🏚️ Rural Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🪬 Family Curse 🔥 Female Rage 💣 Class Revenge

Woodworm

A granddaughter returns to a house that breathes, devours, and holds every grudge.

by Layla Martínez 2021 124 pages

4.08

31k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🪬 Family Curse 🔥 Female Rage 💣 Class Revenge

This Wretched Valley

by Jenny Kiefer • 2024

A hidden rock wall lures four climbers into a Kentucky valley that digests everyone who enters.

3.25

12k+

🏔️ Sentient Landscape 🌲 Wilderness Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🧗 Doomed Expedition 🌀 Paranoia And Madness

This Wretched Valley

A hidden rock wall lures four climbers into a Kentucky valley that digests everyone who enters.

by Jenny Kiefer 2024 302 pages

3.25

12k+ ratings

🏔️ Sentient Landscape 🌲 Wilderness Horror 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🧗 Doomed Expedition 🌀 Paranoia And Madness

La sed

by Marina Yuszczuk • 2020

Inheriting a cemetery tomb, a grieving daughter unlocks it and wakes the vampire sleeping inside.

3.44

9k+

🧛‍♀️ Female Vampire 🖤 Sapphic Horror 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere ⏳ Historical Horror 🪦 Cemetery Setting

La sed

Inheriting a cemetery tomb, a grieving daughter unlocks it and wakes the vampire sleeping inside.

by Marina Yuszczuk 2020 296 pages

3.44

9k+ ratings

🧛‍♀️ Female Vampire 🖤 Sapphic Horror 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere ⏳ Historical Horror 🪦 Cemetery Setting

Killing Moon

by Jo Nesbø • 2022

An ex-cop's LA exile ends when an Oslo killer begins removing victims' brains and stitching scalps.

4.18

27k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🥃 Damaged Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🧠 Body Horror 🔬 Forensic Investigation

Killing Moon

An ex-cop's LA exile ends when an Oslo killer begins removing victims' brains and stitching scalps.

by Jo Nesbø 2022 464 pages

4.18

27k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🥃 Damaged Detective 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🧠 Body Horror 🔬 Forensic Investigation

An Arcane Inheritance

by Kamilah Cole • 2025

At an elite Gothic university, a scholarship student uncovers a secret society harvesting her magic.

3.46

6k+

🏛️ Dark Academia Campus 🗝️ Magical Secret Society 💭 Memory Loss Magic 📚 Academic Rivals To Lovers 🏫 Ivory Tower Horror

An Arcane Inheritance

At an elite Gothic university, a scholarship student uncovers a secret society harvesting her magic.

by Kamilah Cole 2025 428 pages

3.46

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia Campus 🗝️ Magical Secret Society 💭 Memory Loss Magic 📚 Academic Rivals To Lovers 🏫 Ivory Tower Horror

And the Ass Saw the Angel

by Nick Cave • 1989

A mute outcast in a flooded valley of fanatics follows the angel only he can hear.

3.84

11k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🤐 Mute Protagonist 🌡️ Feverish Delirium 🏘️ Isolated Community

And the Ass Saw the Angel

A mute outcast in a flooded valley of fanatics follows the angel only he can hear.

by Nick Cave 1989 320 pages

3.84

11k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🤐 Mute Protagonist 🌡️ Feverish Delirium 🏘️ Isolated Community

The Midas Box

by G.P. Taylor • 2008

At a gothic seaside hotel, an orphan discovers every boy hired before him has disappeared.

3.46

500+

🚂 Steampunk Fantasy 🏨 Gothic Hotel 🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🎭 Uncanny Doubles 🕰️ Victorian Fantasy

The Midas Box

At a gothic seaside hotel, an orphan discovers every boy hired before him has disappeared.

by G.P. Taylor 2008 304 pages

3.46

500+ ratings

🚂 Steampunk Fantasy 🏨 Gothic Hotel 🧒 Orphan Protagonist 🎭 Uncanny Doubles 🕰️ Victorian Fantasy

Wings of a Butterfly

by Ayden Perry • 2022

Taken from a festival, she wakes in a scarred man's basement where pain blurs into obsession.

3.39

419

🦋 Captor Captive Romance 🖤 Psychosexual Horror ⛓️ Trauma Bonding 💀 Toxic Obsession 🔒 Abduction Captivity

Wings of a Butterfly

Taken from a festival, she wakes in a scarred man's basement where pain blurs into obsession.

by Ayden Perry 2022 110 pages

3.39

419 ratings

🦋 Captor Captive Romance 🖤 Psychosexual Horror ⛓️ Trauma Bonding 💀 Toxic Obsession 🔒 Abduction Captivity

Episode Thirteen

by Craig DiLouie • 2023

A ghost-hunting crew locks themselves in a mansion where researchers vanished. The house waits.

3.47

30k+

📹 Found Footage Horror 📝 Epistolary Horror 🧠 Psychological Haunting 📺 Ghost Hunting Crew 🏚️ Sentient House

Episode Thirteen

A ghost-hunting crew locks themselves in a mansion where researchers vanished. The house waits.

by Craig DiLouie 2023 433 pages

3.47

30k+ ratings

📹 Found Footage Horror 📝 Epistolary Horror 🧠 Psychological Haunting 📺 Ghost Hunting Crew 🏚️ Sentient House

Rest Stop

by Nat Cassidy • 2024

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

3.62

9k+

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

Rest Stop

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

by Nat Cassidy 2024 160 pages

3.62

9k+ ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

When I'm Dead

by Hannah Morrissey • 2023

A medical examiner finds a murdered girl with her teeth shattered. Then her own daughter vanishes.

3.59

17k+

🧬 Forensic Procedural 🌃 Small Town Noir 🔍 Missing Daughter 🌀 Twisted Obsession 🏚️ Modern Gothic

When I'm Dead

A medical examiner finds a murdered girl with her teeth shattered. Then her own daughter vanishes.

by Hannah Morrissey 2023 320 pages

3.59

17k+ ratings

🧬 Forensic Procedural 🌃 Small Town Noir 🔍 Missing Daughter 🌀 Twisted Obsession 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Haunted

by James Herbert • 1988

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

3.78

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Haunted

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

by James Herbert 1988 228 pages

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Never Let Go

by Lauren Biel • 2022

Chained in a basement, a woman must survive a sadist and the captive turned captor.

3.58

4k+

⛓️ Captor Captive 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Bonding 🖤 Horror Romance 🕳️ Basement Captivity

Never Let Go

Chained in a basement, a woman must survive a sadist and the captive turned captor.

by Lauren Biel 2022 246 pages

3.58

4k+ ratings

⛓️ Captor Captive 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Bonding 🖤 Horror Romance 🕳️ Basement Captivity

Sweetheart, Sweetheart

by Bernard Taylor • 1977

His dead twin left him a beautiful cottage. The ghost inside has killed for love before.

3.74

500+

👻 Gothic Ghost Story 🌿 Pastoral Horror 🖤 Possessive Ghost 🌹 Deadly Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Sweetheart, Sweetheart

His dead twin left him a beautiful cottage. The ghost inside has killed for love before.

by Bernard Taylor 1977 320 pages

3.74

500+ ratings

👻 Gothic Ghost Story 🌿 Pastoral Horror 🖤 Possessive Ghost 🌹 Deadly Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Widow's Point

by Richard Chizmar • 2025

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

3.74

5k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Widow's Point

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

by Richard Chizmar 2025 336 pages

3.74

5k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession 📼 Ghost Hunting Gone Wrong 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Inspection

by Josh Malerman • 2019

Raised in isolation, twenty-four boys have never heard the word girl. Then one appears.

3.48

9k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔬 Dystopian Experiment 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 🏫 Childhood Indoctrination 🔒 Cult-Like Control

Inspection

Raised in isolation, twenty-four boys have never heard the word girl. Then one appears.

by Josh Malerman 2019 387 pages

3.48

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔬 Dystopian Experiment 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 🏫 Childhood Indoctrination 🔒 Cult-Like Control

The Shadowmancer Returns

by G.P. Taylor • 2006

On a hidden London street, an alchemist traps children in shoes that drain their will.

3.42

466

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🫂 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Guide 🌫️ Dark London

The Shadowmancer Returns

On a hidden London street, an alchemist traps children in shoes that drain their will.

by G.P. Taylor 2006 256 pages

3.42

466 ratings

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🫂 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Guide 🌫️ Dark London

It Was Her House First

by Cherie Priest • 2025

She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.

3.69

1k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Contemporary Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Vengeful Female Ghost 🔥 Female Rage

It Was Her House First

She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.

by Cherie Priest 2025 352 pages

3.69

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Contemporary Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Vengeful Female Ghost 🔥 Female Rage

We Call Them Witches

by India-Rose Bower • 2026

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

3.37

1k+

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

We Call Them Witches

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

by India-Rose Bower 2026 320 pages

3.37

1k+ ratings

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

They All Died Screaming

by Kristopher Triana • 2020

A plague of screams ends society, and a broken drunk faces the pig farm that made him a monster.

3.58

3k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🔄 Victim To Predator 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse 🫀 Body Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror

They All Died Screaming

A plague of screams ends society, and a broken drunk faces the pig farm that made him a monster.

by Kristopher Triana 2020 228 pages

3.58

3k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🔄 Victim To Predator 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse 🫀 Body Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror

The Spirit Engineer

by A.J. West • 2021

A Belfast engineer tests a medium's séances, hunting the afterlife while his own mind unravels.

3.64

3k+

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ SéAnces And Mediums 😱 Descent Into Madness 🏚️ Historical Gothic 💔 Obsessive Grief

The Spirit Engineer

A Belfast engineer tests a medium's séances, hunting the afterlife while his own mind unravels.

by A.J. West 2021 299 pages

3.64

3k+ ratings

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ SéAnces And Mediums 😱 Descent Into Madness 🏚️ Historical Gothic 💔 Obsessive Grief

When I Was Death

by Alexis Henderson • 2026

A grieving girl accepts Death's bargain: become his reaper, learn how her sister died.

3.63

1k+

💀 Supernatural Reapers 👥 Found Family 💔 Sibling Loss 🖤 Death Personified 🌾 Midwest Gothic

When I Was Death

A grieving girl accepts Death's bargain: become his reaper, learn how her sister died.

by Alexis Henderson 2026 288 pages

3.63

1k+ ratings

💀 Supernatural Reapers 👥 Found Family 💔 Sibling Loss 🖤 Death Personified 🌾 Midwest Gothic

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

by Jan Potocki • 1847

A young officer braves a haunted pass, where seductive sisters tempt him with hidden lineage.

4.09

4k+

📖 Frame Narrative 📚 Stories Within Stories 👻 Supernatural Ambiguity 🎭 Enlightenment Satire ✡️ Religious Identity

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

A young officer braves a haunted pass, where seductive sisters tempt him with hidden lineage.

by Jan Potocki 1847 631 pages

4.09

4k+ ratings

📖 Frame Narrative 📚 Stories Within Stories 👻 Supernatural Ambiguity 🎭 Enlightenment Satire ✡️ Religious Identity

Cari Mora

by Thomas Harris • 2019

A Colombian survivor works at Escobar's Miami mansion while a trafficker hunts the gold beneath it.

2.83

12k+

🍃 Narco Thriller 🪖 Former Child Soldier 💰 Treasure Hunt Thriller 🌴 Miami Underworld 🔪 Predator Vs Prey

Cari Mora

A Colombian survivor works at Escobar's Miami mansion while a trafficker hunts the gold beneath it.

by Thomas Harris 2019 308 pages

2.83

12k+ ratings

🍃 Narco Thriller 🪖 Former Child Soldier 💰 Treasure Hunt Thriller 🌴 Miami Underworld 🔪 Predator Vs Prey

I'll Watch Your Baby

by Neena Viel • 2026

In 1970s Chicago, a woman steals and sells babies until the flies start following her home.

3.52

500+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Haunted House 👁️ Possession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

I'll Watch Your Baby

In 1970s Chicago, a woman steals and sells babies until the flies start following her home.

by Neena Viel 2026 336 pages

3.52

500+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Haunted House 👁️ Possession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Housemaid

by Sarah A. Denzil • 2021

At a grand gothic estate, a new maid learns why the last one never left.

3.57

31k+

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🔪 Family Of Predators 👀 Servant Perspective 💰 Class Divide 🚪 Hidden Rooms

The Housemaid

At a grand gothic estate, a new maid learns why the last one never left.

by Sarah A. Denzil 2021 296 pages

3.57

31k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🔪 Family Of Predators 👀 Servant Perspective 💰 Class Divide 🚪 Hidden Rooms

The Anubis Gates

by Tim Powers • 1983

Marooned in 1810 London, a scholar discovers a city of sorcerer-clowns, body thieves, and old gods.

3.90

18k+

🕰️ Closed Time Loops 🫥 Body Theft 🏚️ Victorian Underworld 📚 Scholar In Peril 🩸 Grotesque Horror

The Anubis Gates

Marooned in 1810 London, a scholar discovers a city of sorcerer-clowns, body thieves, and old gods.

by Tim Powers 1983 387 pages

3.90

18k+ ratings

🕰️ Closed Time Loops 🫥 Body Theft 🏚️ Victorian Underworld 📚 Scholar In Peril 🩸 Grotesque Horror

Sick Fux

by Tillie Cole • 2017

Childhood abuse survivors reunite to turn their Wonderland fantasy into a bloody revenge spree.

3.84

24k+

🔪 Dark Revenge Romance 🫖 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🃏 Vigilante Couple 💔 Shared Trauma Bond 🏚️ Southern Gothic

Sick Fux

Childhood abuse survivors reunite to turn their Wonderland fantasy into a bloody revenge spree.

by Tillie Cole 2017 314 pages

3.84

24k+ ratings

🔪 Dark Revenge Romance 🫖 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🃏 Vigilante Couple 💔 Shared Trauma Bond 🏚️ Southern Gothic

Tersias the Oracle

by G.P. Taylor • 2004

A blind prophet, a cursed box, and a doomsday comet set occult London ablaze.

3.18

500+

🔮 Occult London 💀 Cursed Artifact 👁️ Blind Prophet 🧠 Mind Control Cult 🤝 Found Family

Tersias the Oracle

A blind prophet, a cursed box, and a doomsday comet set occult London ablaze.

by G.P. Taylor 2004 262 pages

3.18

500+ ratings

🔮 Occult London 💀 Cursed Artifact 👁️ Blind Prophet 🧠 Mind Control Cult 🤝 Found Family

Welcome to Night Vale

by Joseph Fink • 2015

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

3.82

44k+

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling 👁️ Cosmic Weirdness 😐 Deadpan Absurdity

Welcome to Night Vale

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

by Joseph Fink 2015 401 pages

3.82

44k+ ratings

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling 👁️ Cosmic Weirdness 😐 Deadpan Absurdity

The Left Hand of God

by Paul Hoffman • 2010

Forged inside a brutal fortress, a boy escapes and learns he is the destroyer prophecy foretold.

3.65

19k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🌑 Dark Chosen One 💀 Brutal Training Academy 🫂 Found Family

The Left Hand of God

Forged inside a brutal fortress, a boy escapes and learns he is the destroyer prophecy foretold.

by Paul Hoffman 2010 436 pages

3.65

19k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy ⚔️ Military Fantasy 🌑 Dark Chosen One 💀 Brutal Training Academy 🫂 Found Family

The Ghosts Of Sleath

by James Herbert • 1994

In Sleath, ghosts are not random. They are a reckoning for centuries of buried abuse.

3.89

5k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏰 British Gothic 🩸 Generational Curse 🔍 Skeptical Investigator 👻 Ghostly Children

The Ghosts Of Sleath

In Sleath, ghosts are not random. They are a reckoning for centuries of buried abuse.

by James Herbert 1994 400 pages

3.89

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏰 British Gothic 🩸 Generational Curse 🔍 Skeptical Investigator 👻 Ghostly Children

The Cottage

by Lisa Stone • 2021

Heartbroken Jan takes a cottage in the woods, where her dog senses they are not alone.

3.69

9k+

🏚️ Gothic Cottage Horror 🧪 Medical Conspiracy 🌑 Feral Children 🧬 Genetic Manipulation 📋 Hidden Parentage

The Cottage

Heartbroken Jan takes a cottage in the woods, where her dog senses they are not alone.

by Lisa Stone 2021 329 pages

3.69

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Cottage Horror 🧪 Medical Conspiracy 🌑 Feral Children 🧬 Genetic Manipulation 📋 Hidden Parentage

The Prophet

by Celia Aaron • 2018

Her missing sister led her into the cult. The Prophet's son might keep her there forever.

4.25

1k+

🔥 Cult Setting 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Tortured Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity 🚫 Forbidden Love

The Prophet

Her missing sister led her into the cult. The Prophet's son might keep her there forever.

by Celia Aaron 2018 300 pages

4.25

1k+ ratings

🔥 Cult Setting 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Tortured Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity 🚫 Forbidden Love

The Temptation of Charlotte North

by Camilla Bruce • 2026

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

3.57

267

🖤 Feminist Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage 💔 Forbidden Desire 👻 Demonic Possession

The Temptation of Charlotte North

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

by Camilla Bruce 2026 448 pages

3.57

267 ratings

🖤 Feminist Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage 💔 Forbidden Desire 👻 Demonic Possession

Of Brides of Queens

by Kelly St. Clare • 2025

A monster queen woven from fifty sacrifices must survive the obsessions of five immortal kings.

4.37

240

🖤 Gothic Romantasy 👹 Monster Romance 👑 Immortal Kings ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ♟️ Political Intrigue

Of Brides of Queens

A monster queen woven from fifty sacrifices must survive the obsessions of five immortal kings.

by Kelly St. Clare 2025 348 pages

4.37

240 ratings

🖤 Gothic Romantasy 👹 Monster Romance 👑 Immortal Kings ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ♟️ Political Intrigue

Chouette

by Claire Oshetsky • 2021

A cellist births an owl-baby. Her husband calls it a crisis; she calls it her child.

3.88

6k+

🪄 Magical Realism 📖 Literary Horror 🦉 Feral Child 🩸 Body Horror 🌑 Dark Motherhood

Chouette

A cellist births an owl-baby. Her husband calls it a crisis; she calls it her child.

by Claire Oshetsky 2021 256 pages

3.88

6k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 📖 Literary Horror 🦉 Feral Child 🩸 Body Horror 🌑 Dark Motherhood

Home Before Dark

by Riley Sager • 2020

A woman inherits a notorious house, sure its haunting was her father's fiction. The house disagrees.

4.04

300k+

👻 Haunted House Mystery 📖 Book Within A Book 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Home Before Dark

A woman inherits a notorious house, sure its haunting was her father's fiction. The house disagrees.

by Riley Sager 2020 389 pages

4.04

300k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House Mystery 📖 Book Within A Book 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

The Truth Is a Lie

by CherAnn Wright • 2025

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

4.22

235

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

The Truth Is a Lie

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

by CherAnn Wright 2025 384 pages

4.22

235 ratings

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

The Curse of Hester Gardens

by Tamika Thompson • 2026

In a cursed housing project, a mother fights to save her remaining sons from the ghosts.

4.17

500+

🏚️ Social Horror 🩸 Cursed Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mothers Protecting Sons 👁️ Possession Narrative

The Curse of Hester Gardens

In a cursed housing project, a mother fights to save her remaining sons from the ghosts.

by Tamika Thompson 2026 448 pages

4.17

500+ ratings

🏚️ Social Horror 🩸 Cursed Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👩‍👦 Mothers Protecting Sons 👁️ Possession Narrative

The Silence Factory

by Bridget Collins • 2024

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

3.42

4k+

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

The Silence Factory

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

by Bridget Collins 2024 384 pages

3.42

4k+ ratings

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

Walking Practice

by Dolki Min • 2022

To survive on Earth, an alien seduces and devours lovers, but the loneliness cannot be consumed.

3.55

7k+

🩸 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🦎 Shapeshifter Horror 🎭 Gender As Performance 💀 Monstrous Desire

Walking Practice

To survive on Earth, an alien seduces and devours lovers, but the loneliness cannot be consumed.

by Dolki Min 2022 166 pages

3.55

7k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🦎 Shapeshifter Horror 🎭 Gender As Performance 💀 Monstrous Desire

Bone of My Bone

by Johanna van Veen • 2026

Bavaria, 1635: a peasant and a nun flee war with a wish-granting skull. The dead pursue.

3.79

2k+

🐐 Folk Horror 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😈 Deal With The Devil 🏚️ Gothic Horror ⚔️ Thirty Years War

Bone of My Bone

Bavaria, 1635: a peasant and a nun flee war with a wish-granting skull. The dead pursue.

by Johanna van Veen 2026 368 pages

3.79

2k+ ratings

🐐 Folk Horror 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😈 Deal With The Devil 🏚️ Gothic Horror ⚔️ Thirty Years War

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