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어두운 복도와 유령이 출몰하는 저택은 빅토리아 시대 영국과 그 너머를 배경으로 심리적 고통, 금지된 욕망, 초자연적 공포의 이야기를 펼치는 무대가 됩니다. 우울한 안티히어로, 저주받은 유물, 가문의 비밀이 도덕, 과학, 사회적 쇠퇴의 주제와 얽히며, 이 분위기 넘치는 작품들은 우리가 아는 공포 문학의 탄생을 이끌었습니다.

고딕 도서 요약

The Hunter

저자: Kerrigan Byrne • 2016

A hired assassin sent to murder a celebrated actress instead becomes her only protector.

4.08

9,000+

🗡️ Assassin Hero 🖤 Scarred Hero 🕯️ Victorian Underworld 🛡️ Mother Protecting Child 💀 Touch Her And Die

The Hunter

A hired assassin sent to murder a celebrated actress instead becomes her only protector.

저자: Kerrigan Byrne 2016 412 페이지

4.08

9,000+ 개의 평점

🗡️ Assassin Hero 🖤 Scarred Hero 🕯️ Victorian Underworld 🛡️ Mother Protecting Child 💀 Touch Her And Die

Vampire Debt

저자: Kelly St. Clare • 2020

A vampire prince claims a human heiress as his pawn. She intends to win the game.

4.31

7,000+

🏛️ Vampire Politics 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Blood Bond

Vampire Debt

A vampire prince claims a human heiress as his pawn. She intends to win the game.

저자: Kelly St. Clare 2020 430 페이지

4.31

7,000+ 개의 평점

🏛️ Vampire Politics 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Blood Bond

Coram House

저자: Bailey Seybolt • 2025

A grieving writer unearths an orphanage's dark past, then the lake surfaces a body.

3.63

5,000+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Orphanage Secrets 🏛️ Institutional Abuse 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Coram House

A grieving writer unearths an orphanage's dark past, then the lake surfaces a body.

저자: Bailey Seybolt 2025 320 페이지

3.63

5,000+ 개의 평점

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏚️ Orphanage Secrets 🏛️ Institutional Abuse 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Prisoner

저자: Sylvia Mercedes • 2020

Her mission: steal a spellbook. Her captor: the scarred mage whose nightmare it holds.

4.14

1,000+

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🌑 Dark Romantasy 💔 Scarred Hero 🧬 Hidden Heritage ⛓️ Captive Bride

Prisoner

Her mission: steal a spellbook. Her captor: the scarred mage whose nightmare it holds.

저자: Sylvia Mercedes 2020 440 페이지

4.14

1,000+ 개의 평점

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🌑 Dark Romantasy 💔 Scarred Hero 🧬 Hidden Heritage ⛓️ Captive Bride

The Mercer Curse

저자: Pepper Winters

His wife's devotion holds back his darkness. A half-brother arrives, consumed by the same appetite.

4.23

500+

🏰 Gothic Chateau 🩸 Cursed Bloodline ⛓️ Domestic BDSM 🖤 Willing Submission 🔪 Possessive Antihero

The Mercer Curse

His wife's devotion holds back his darkness. A half-brother arrives, consumed by the same appetite.

저자: Pepper Winters

4.23

500+ 개의 평점

🏰 Gothic Chateau 🩸 Cursed Bloodline ⛓️ Domestic BDSM 🖤 Willing Submission 🔪 Possessive Antihero

Mysteries of Thorn Manor

저자: Margaret Rogerson • 2023

A sorcerer's sentient manor demands he prove his love by completing three impossible feats.

4.05

28,000+

🏠 Sentient House 😈 Demon Companion ⚔️ Impossible Tasks 📚 Bookish Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy

Mysteries of Thorn Manor

A sorcerer's sentient manor demands he prove his love by completing three impossible feats.

저자: Margaret Rogerson 2023 192 페이지

4.05

28,000+ 개의 평점

🏠 Sentient House 😈 Demon Companion ⚔️ Impossible Tasks 📚 Bookish Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

저자: Delilah S. Dawson • 2024

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

3.65

1,000+

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

저자: Delilah S. Dawson 2024 368 페이지

3.65

1,000+ 개의 평점

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe

저자: Gwendolyn Kiste • 2017

Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.

4.29

500+

🩸 Body Horror 🍎 Dark Fairy Tales 🐦‍⬛ Outsider Women 🫀 Queer Desire 👻 Ghostly Revenge

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe

Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.

저자: Gwendolyn Kiste 2017 208 페이지

4.29

500+ 개의 평점

🩸 Body Horror 🍎 Dark Fairy Tales 🐦‍⬛ Outsider Women 🫀 Queer Desire 👻 Ghostly Revenge

Entangled

저자: Sylvia Mercedes • 2021

A reluctant librarian bound to a resentful fae prince must bind the nightmares consuming their city.

4.20

2,000+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🧚 Fae Romance 📚 Magical Library 👑 Cursed Prince 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Entangled

A reluctant librarian bound to a resentful fae prince must bind the nightmares consuming their city.

저자: Sylvia Mercedes 2021 315 페이지

4.20

2,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🧚 Fae Romance 📚 Magical Library 👑 Cursed Prince 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Ruin

저자: Jolie Vines • 2022

She owns the island that cages him. He's the captive she was never supposed to touch.

3.92

7,000+

💢 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family ⛓️ Captive Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

Ruin

She owns the island that cages him. He's the captive she was never supposed to touch.

저자: Jolie Vines 2022 389 페이지

3.92

7,000+ 개의 평점

💢 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family ⛓️ Captive Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

Draven's Electus

저자: Stephanie Hudson • 2019

A supernatural king claims his fated mate, a scarred maid, drawing enemies to her door.

4.62

1,000+

🖇️ Fated Mates 😈 Angel Demon Romance 💔 Scarred Heroine 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 👑 Possessive Hero

Draven's Electus

A supernatural king claims his fated mate, a scarred maid, drawing enemies to her door.

저자: Stephanie Hudson 2019 406 페이지

4.62

1,000+ 개의 평점

🖇️ Fated Mates 😈 Angel Demon Romance 💔 Scarred Heroine 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 👑 Possessive Hero

A Plague of Zombies

저자: Diana Gabaldon • 2011

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

3.98

10,000+

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic 🏝️ Colonial Caribbean 🐍 Caribbean Folklore

A Plague of Zombies

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

저자: Diana Gabaldon 2011 94 페이지

3.98

10,000+ 개의 평점

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic 🏝️ Colonial Caribbean 🐍 Caribbean Folklore

Gills

저자: Abe Moss • 2020

A sister's search for a missing teenager ends on an island where mermaids hunt.

3.84

500+

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 💔 Estranged Sisters

Gills

A sister's search for a missing teenager ends on an island where mermaids hunt.

저자: Abe Moss 2020 332 페이지

3.84

500+ 개의 평점

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 💔 Estranged Sisters

Wings of Ash & Flame

저자: Jocelyn Bleu • 2025

A human prisoner enters an elite fae academy where failing any trial means the vampire war.

4.00

1,000+

🏫 Fae Academy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👑 Hidden Heir 🫂 Found Family ✨ Magical Bond

Wings of Ash & Flame

A human prisoner enters an elite fae academy where failing any trial means the vampire war.

저자: Jocelyn Bleu 2025 472 페이지

4.00

1,000+ 개의 평점

🏫 Fae Academy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👑 Hidden Heir 🫂 Found Family ✨ Magical Bond

Burn Down Master's House

저자: Clay Cane • 2026

Virginia's enslaved forge a hidden rebellion of love and vengeance their masters cannot survive.

4.35

17,000+

📜 Slavery Narrative 🔥 Slave Rebellion 🕰️ Multi-Generational Saga 🤝 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Love Story

Burn Down Master's House

Virginia's enslaved forge a hidden rebellion of love and vengeance their masters cannot survive.

저자: Clay Cane 2026 288 페이지

4.35

17,000+ 개의 평점

📜 Slavery Narrative 🔥 Slave Rebellion 🕰️ Multi-Generational Saga 🤝 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Love Story

The Girl In Cell A

저자: Vaseem Khan • 2025

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

3.92

500+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🗝️ Family Secrets

The Girl In Cell A

An amnesiac returns to the town that convicted her, hunting a truth worth killing for.

저자: Vaseem Khan 2025 515 페이지

3.92

500+ 개의 평점

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🧩 Recovered Memory ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🗝️ Family Secrets

The Devil's Concubine

저자: Ángeles Goyanes • 2011

Saved by a fallen angel, a crusade orphan discovers eternal life is a slow-motion execution.

3.82

471

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance 💀 Cursed Immortality 🔄 Soul Transfer 🥀 Tragic Romance 🌙 Gothic Confession

The Devil's Concubine

Saved by a fallen angel, a crusade orphan discovers eternal life is a slow-motion execution.

저자: Ángeles Goyanes 2011 460 페이지

3.82

471 개의 평점

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance 💀 Cursed Immortality 🔄 Soul Transfer 🥀 Tragic Romance 🌙 Gothic Confession

The Body

저자: Bethany C. Morrow • 2026

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

2.86

1,000+

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Possession Horror 💔 Marriage Under Siege

The Body

After a crash, her congregation's wedding vow becomes a curse that turns them into killers.

저자: Bethany C. Morrow 2026 288 페이지

2.86

1,000+ 개의 평점

🕯️ Religious Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Possession Horror 💔 Marriage Under Siege

The Madman's Daughter

저자: Megan Shepherd • 2013

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

3.68

25,000+

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

The Madman's Daughter

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

저자: Megan Shepherd 2013 420 페이지

3.68

25,000+ 개의 평점

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

Thief

저자: Sylvia Mercedes • 2020

A thief robs a scarred mage on a haunted island. His nightmare wants them both.

3.92

1,000+

🖤 Scarred Hero 🗡️ Thief Heroine 🏝️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌙 Dream Manipulation

Thief

A thief robs a scarred mage on a haunted island. His nightmare wants them both.

저자: Sylvia Mercedes 2020 423 페이지

3.92

1,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Scarred Hero 🗡️ Thief Heroine 🏝️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌙 Dream Manipulation

The Losting Fountain

저자: Lora Senf • 2024

Across three eras, lost teens are drawn to a shifting realm where monsters are breaking free.

3.68

121

🚪 Liminal Fantasy ⏳ Alternating Timelines 💔 Sibling Loss 🦴 Monstrous Transformation 🕯️ Redemptive Sacrifice

The Losting Fountain

Across three eras, lost teens are drawn to a shifting realm where monsters are breaking free.

저자: Lora Senf 2024 320 페이지

3.68

121 개의 평점

🚪 Liminal Fantasy ⏳ Alternating Timelines 💔 Sibling Loss 🦴 Monstrous Transformation 🕯️ Redemptive Sacrifice

We Were Never Friends

저자: Kaira Rouda • 2026

A Palm Springs sorority reunion turns into a nightmare when the past surfaces in the pool.

3.21

4,000+

🎓 College Reunion Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🐍 Female Rivalry 🔒 Locked Room Thriller 💊 Hidden Addiction

We Were Never Friends

A Palm Springs sorority reunion turns into a nightmare when the past surfaces in the pool.

저자: Kaira Rouda 2026 288 페이지

3.21

4,000+ 개의 평점

🎓 College Reunion Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🐍 Female Rivalry 🔒 Locked Room Thriller 💊 Hidden Addiction

Such a Pretty Smile

저자: Kristi DeMeester • 2022

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

3.34

5,000+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔥 Female Rage

Such a Pretty Smile

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

저자: Kristi DeMeester 2022 320 페이지

3.34

5,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔥 Female Rage

Eldrith Manor

저자: Leigh Rivers • 2026

She dies summoning a demon, wakes a ghost tethered to her killer in a cursed manor.

3.85

8,000+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Fated By Blood 💔 Sacrifice For Love

Eldrith Manor

She dies summoning a demon, wakes a ghost tethered to her killer in a cursed manor.

저자: Leigh Rivers 2026 359 페이지

3.85

8,000+ 개의 평점

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Fated By Blood 💔 Sacrifice For Love

Honed in Havoc

저자: Albany Walker • 2024

Separated from the brothers she loves, she must survive a family that turns love into a weapon.

4.10

2,000+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🗝️ Secret Society 👑 Matriarch Villain 💕 Polyamorous Romance

Honed in Havoc

Separated from the brothers she loves, she must survive a family that turns love into a weapon.

저자: Albany Walker 2024 308 페이지

4.10

2,000+ 개의 평점

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🗝️ Secret Society 👑 Matriarch Villain 💕 Polyamorous Romance

Lay Your Armor Down

저자: Michael Farris Smith • 2025

Two drifters rescue a silent girl from a backwoods church cellar massacre. The hunters are coming.

3.80

386

🌿 Southern Gothic 🫂 Found Family 🌙 Prophetic Dreams 🏃 On The Run 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

Lay Your Armor Down

Two drifters rescue a silent girl from a backwoods church cellar massacre. The hunters are coming.

저자: Michael Farris Smith 2025 272 페이지

3.80

386 개의 평점

🌿 Southern Gothic 🫂 Found Family 🌙 Prophetic Dreams 🏃 On The Run 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

The Vampire Armand

저자: Anne Rice • 1998

A vampire's five-century confession: from Renaissance slave to a relic that might bear God's face.

3.80

74,000+

🦇 Vampire Confession 🖤 Gothic Melodrama 🌹 Erotic Horror 🧛 Maker And Fledgling 🔥 Cult Indoctrination

The Vampire Armand

A vampire's five-century confession: from Renaissance slave to a relic that might bear God's face.

저자: Anne Rice 1998 457 페이지

3.80

74,000+ 개의 평점

🦇 Vampire Confession 🖤 Gothic Melodrama 🌹 Erotic Horror 🧛 Maker And Fledgling 🔥 Cult Indoctrination

Madam

저자: Phoebe Wynne • 2021

A Classics teacher uncovers the sinister purpose of her elite Scottish boarding school.

3.23

7,000+

🔥 Dark Academia 🏫 Gothic Boarding School 🖤 Feminist Gothic 🌀 Gaslighting 🏺 Classical Mythology

Madam

A Classics teacher uncovers the sinister purpose of her elite Scottish boarding school.

저자: Phoebe Wynne 2021 352 페이지

3.23

7,000+ 개의 평점

🔥 Dark Academia 🏫 Gothic Boarding School 🖤 Feminist Gothic 🌀 Gaslighting 🏺 Classical Mythology

Beyond the Veil

저자: T.S. Kinley • 2022

Stolen to a dark Neverland, Gwen faces Peter Pan's obsession and an island stealing her memories.

3.76

1,000+

🏴 Dark Peter Pan Retelling 💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🧚 Fae Bargains 💭 Memory Loss

Beyond the Veil

Stolen to a dark Neverland, Gwen faces Peter Pan's obsession and an island stealing her memories.

저자: T.S. Kinley 2022 68 페이지

3.76

1,000+ 개의 평점

🏴 Dark Peter Pan Retelling 💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🧚 Fae Bargains 💭 Memory Loss

Together We Rot

저자: Skyla Arndt • 2023

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

3.50

5,000+

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Together We Rot

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

저자: Skyla Arndt 2023 272 페이지

3.50

5,000+ 개의 평점

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Disenchanted

저자: Brianna Sugalski • 2020

To escape the magic that brands her a monster, a princess falls for a cursed vampire.

3.85

500+

👑 Reluctant Queen 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🦇 Cursed Vampire Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🧚 Faerie Court Intrigue

Disenchanted

To escape the magic that brands her a monster, a princess falls for a cursed vampire.

저자: Brianna Sugalski 2020 456 페이지

3.85

500+ 개의 평점

👑 Reluctant Queen 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🦇 Cursed Vampire Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🧚 Faerie Court Intrigue

These Vengeful Wishes

저자: Vanessa Montalban • 2025

Family ruin exiles her to a decaying manor where a wishing well grants dreams for blood.

3.89

500+

🕸️ Generational Curse 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Mother-Daughter Wounds 🎨 Art And Trauma 🕯️ Atmospheric Gothic

These Vengeful Wishes

Family ruin exiles her to a decaying manor where a wishing well grants dreams for blood.

저자: Vanessa Montalban 2025 304 페이지

3.89

500+ 개의 평점

🕸️ Generational Curse 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💔 Mother-Daughter Wounds 🎨 Art And Trauma 🕯️ Atmospheric Gothic

All The Pretty People

저자: Barbara Freethy • 2022

An island wedding becomes a nightmare when the bride vanishes, mirroring a decade-old cold case.

4.02

5,000+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case Reopened 👧 Missing Sister 🏝️ Isolated Island

All The Pretty People

An island wedding becomes a nightmare when the bride vanishes, mirroring a decade-old cold case.

저자: Barbara Freethy 2022 316 페이지

4.02

5,000+ 개의 평점

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕵️ Cold Case Reopened 👧 Missing Sister 🏝️ Isolated Island

Legacy of Lies

저자: Elizabeth Chandler • 2000

At a gothic mansion, an adoptee finds a ghost claiming they are the same murdered girl.

3.96

3,000+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔮 Past Life Mystery 👁️ Psychic Visions 🥀 Gothic Romance 🖤 Ancestral Curse

Legacy of Lies

At a gothic mansion, an adoptee finds a ghost claiming they are the same murdered girl.

저자: Elizabeth Chandler 2000 182 페이지

3.96

3,000+ 개의 평점

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔮 Past Life Mystery 👁️ Psychic Visions 🥀 Gothic Romance 🖤 Ancestral Curse

If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You

저자: Leigh Stein • 2025

A broke journalist joins a crumbling hype house haunted by a tarot reader who vanished.

3.21

2,000+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 📱 Influencer Culture 👻 Haunted House 💔 Parasocial Obsession 🎭 Twisted Mentorship

If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You

A broke journalist joins a crumbling hype house haunted by a tarot reader who vanished.

저자: Leigh Stein 2025 320 페이지

3.21

2,000+ 개의 평점

🏚️ Modern Gothic 📱 Influencer Culture 👻 Haunted House 💔 Parasocial Obsession 🎭 Twisted Mentorship

The Keyhole

저자: Gigi Styx • 2026

On a remote island, a fugitive nanny discovers the manor hides bodies and the master watches.

3.73

3,000+

🏚️ Gothic Retelling 🖤 Dark Romance 🩸 Erotic Horror 👁️ Voyeurism 🎭 Masked Stalker

The Keyhole

On a remote island, a fugitive nanny discovers the manor hides bodies and the master watches.

저자: Gigi Styx 2026 314 페이지

3.73

3,000+ 개의 평점

🏚️ Gothic Retelling 🖤 Dark Romance 🩸 Erotic Horror 👁️ Voyeurism 🎭 Masked Stalker

House of Thorns

저자: Lee Mountford • 2025

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

4.00

500+

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

House of Thorns

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

저자: Lee Mountford 2025 520 페이지

4.00

500+ 개의 평점

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

When We Were Birds

저자: Ayanna Lloyd Banwo • 2022

She guides the dead. He buries them. In Trinidad, love crosses the boundary between worlds.

3.76

9,000+

🦜 Caribbean Folklore 🕯️ Ancestral Magic 👑 Reluctant Heir 🤝 Chosen Family 🕊️ Elegiac

When We Were Birds

She guides the dead. He buries them. In Trinidad, love crosses the boundary between worlds.

저자: Ayanna Lloyd Banwo 2022 292 페이지

3.76

9,000+ 개의 평점

🦜 Caribbean Folklore 🕯️ Ancestral Magic 👑 Reluctant Heir 🤝 Chosen Family 🕊️ Elegiac

The Reformatory

저자: Tananarive Due • 2023

A Black boy's defiance sends him to a haunted Jim Crow reformatory where dead boys seek justice.

4.43

78,000+

🏚️ Haunted Institution 🔗 Jim Crow South 🛡️ Sibling Protector 👻 Ghosts As Witnesses 📜 Historical Horror

The Reformatory

A Black boy's defiance sends him to a haunted Jim Crow reformatory where dead boys seek justice.

저자: Tananarive Due 2023 570 페이지

4.43

78,000+ 개의 평점

🏚️ Haunted Institution 🔗 Jim Crow South 🛡️ Sibling Protector 👻 Ghosts As Witnesses 📜 Historical Horror

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

저자: Diana Gabaldon • 2007

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

3.93

20,000+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society 🎩 Gentleman Detective 👻 Occult Rumors

Lord John and the Hand of Devils

A gay officer goes undercover in a secret society where every suspect has been his lover.

저자: Diana Gabaldon 2007 302 페이지

3.93

20,000+ 개의 평점

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society 🎩 Gentleman Detective 👻 Occult Rumors

The Lies that Summon the Night

저자: Tessonja Odette • 2026

A forbidden artist lures shadow monsters for a half-vampire hunter whose darkness calls to hers.

4.10

6,000+

🖤 Dark Romantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌨️ Forced Proximity 🩸 Vampire Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

The Lies that Summon the Night

A forbidden artist lures shadow monsters for a half-vampire hunter whose darkness calls to hers.

저자: Tessonja Odette 2026 301 페이지

4.10

6,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Dark Romantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌨️ Forced Proximity 🩸 Vampire Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

Spectyr

저자: Philippa Ballantine • 2011

Two Deacons race to save the man they love from a goddess who weaponizes faith.

3.88

1,000+

🔥 Gaslamp Fantasy 🖤 Psychic Bond 👹 Gods Are Monsters 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🔍 Supernatural Detectives

Spectyr

Two Deacons race to save the man they love from a goddess who weaponizes faith.

저자: Philippa Ballantine 2011 310 페이지

3.88

1,000+ 개의 평점

🔥 Gaslamp Fantasy 🖤 Psychic Bond 👹 Gods Are Monsters 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🔍 Supernatural Detectives

Torn

저자: Natasha Knight • 2018

She wakes in a mausoleum: captive of a possessive cartel heir, and caught between two brothers.

3.89

4,000+

🕸️ Modern Gothic ⛓️ Captor Captive Relationship 💔 Love Triangle 🗝️ Dark Family Secrets 🕯️ Generational Curse

Torn

She wakes in a mausoleum: captive of a possessive cartel heir, and caught between two brothers.

저자: Natasha Knight 2018 294 페이지

3.89

4,000+ 개의 평점

🕸️ Modern Gothic ⛓️ Captor Captive Relationship 💔 Love Triangle 🗝️ Dark Family Secrets 🕯️ Generational Curse

Sole Survivor

저자: Candice Wright • 2024

No memory, a killer's lullaby, and two men pulling her between salvation and obsession.

4.21

1,000+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded Lovers ⚔️ Survivor To Avenger 👁️ Psychic Visions 🧠 Amnesia Thriller

Sole Survivor

No memory, a killer's lullaby, and two men pulling her between salvation and obsession.

저자: Candice Wright 2024

4.21

1,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded Lovers ⚔️ Survivor To Avenger 👁️ Psychic Visions 🧠 Amnesia Thriller

House of Splinters

저자: Laura Purcell • 2025

A pregnant wife inherits a desolate manor where wooden figures creep, and an old curse stirs.

4.06

2,000+

🏚️ Haunted House 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Possessed Child 🔥 Witch Trials 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

House of Splinters

A pregnant wife inherits a desolate manor where wooden figures creep, and an old curse stirs.

저자: Laura Purcell 2025 368 페이지

4.06

2,000+ 개의 평점

🏚️ Haunted House 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Possessed Child 🔥 Witch Trials 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

The Penitent

저자: Natasha Knight • 2023

Born to die for his curse, she instead becomes the woman he would die for.

4.18

1,000+

🖤 Gothic Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🔮 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Religious Horror

The Penitent

Born to die for his curse, she instead becomes the woman he would die for.

저자: Natasha Knight 2023 318 페이지

4.18

1,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Gothic Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🔮 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Religious Horror

My Darling Dreadful Thing

저자: Johanna van Veen • 2024

A medium escapes to a widow's decaying estate, where love and the dead both prove insatiable.

3.85

21,000+

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 🏚️ Haunted Estate 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror

My Darling Dreadful Thing

A medium escapes to a widow's decaying estate, where love and the dead both prove insatiable.

저자: Johanna van Veen 2024 375 페이지

3.85

21,000+ 개의 평점

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 🏚️ Haunted Estate 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror

Petals on the Wind

저자: V.C. Andrews • 1980

Three siblings escape the attic, but are consumed by forbidden love and a thirst for revenge.

3.82

73,000+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🤫 Family Secrets 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Revenge Quest

Petals on the Wind

Three siblings escape the attic, but are consumed by forbidden love and a thirst for revenge.

저자: V.C. Andrews 1980 439 페이지

3.82

73,000+ 개의 평점

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🤫 Family Secrets 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Revenge Quest

The Silence of Monsters

저자: Jay Crownover • 2024

Her niece fled a gilded estate. To protect her, she marries the cold heir who despises her.

4.17

500+

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📝 Contract Marriage 💰 Dark Billionaire 👻 Haunted Estate

The Silence of Monsters

Her niece fled a gilded estate. To protect her, she marries the cold heir who despises her.

저자: Jay Crownover 2024

4.17

500+ 개의 평점

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📝 Contract Marriage 💰 Dark Billionaire 👻 Haunted Estate

Every Gift a Curse

저자: Caroline O'Donoghue • 2023

Losing herself to a vengeful spirit, a teen witch races to stop a cult's ritual sacrifice.

4.27

2,000+

☘️ Irish Fantasy 🔮 Teen Witches 🫂 Found Family ⛓️ Inherited Curse 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Ensemble

Every Gift a Curse

Losing herself to a vengeful spirit, a teen witch races to stop a cult's ritual sacrifice.

저자: Caroline O'Donoghue 2023 414 페이지

4.27

2,000+ 개의 평점

☘️ Irish Fantasy 🔮 Teen Witches 🫂 Found Family ⛓️ Inherited Curse 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Ensemble

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