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Pretty Dead Things

by Kelsey Cox

A snowbound Texas pageant, a killer inside, and a skull that reopens a cold case.

3.90

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 👑 Pageant Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 📝 False Confession

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Pretty Dead Things

A snowbound Texas pageant, a killer inside, and a skull that reopens a cold case.

by Kelsey Cox 2026 336 pages

3.90

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔍 Cold Case Reopened 👑 Pageant Suspense 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 📝 False Confession

Long Live the Elf Queen

by J.M. Kearl

Starved and caged by the elf king, Layala holds one hope: Thane survived, and he is coming.

4.12

12k+

🧝 Fae Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🗡️ Morally Grey Hero ⚡ Hidden Power Awakening 💪 Warrior Heroine

Immersive

Long Live the Elf Queen

Starved and caged by the elf king, Layala holds one hope: Thane survived, and he is coming.

by J.M. Kearl 2022 560 pages

4.12

12k+ ratings

🧝 Fae Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🗡️ Morally Grey Hero ⚡ Hidden Power Awakening 💪 Warrior Heroine

Private Rites

by Julia Armfield

Three sisters reunite for their father's funeral at a glass house on stilts built for sacrifice.

3.58

16k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 💔 Estranged Sisters 🕯️ Ritual Sacrifice 🔥 Slow-Burn Horror

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Private Rites

Three sisters reunite for their father's funeral at a glass house on stilts built for sacrifice.

by Julia Armfield 2024 291 pages

3.58

16k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 💔 Estranged Sisters 🕯️ Ritual Sacrifice 🔥 Slow-Burn Horror

One by One

by Freida McFadden

Six friends stranded in the Colorado woods discover the killer is one of them.

3.84

400k+

🏔️ Wilderness Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👯 Female Friendship Gone Wrong 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Immersive

One by One

Six friends stranded in the Colorado woods discover the killer is one of them.

by Freida McFadden 2020 295 pages

3.84

400k+ ratings

🏔️ Wilderness Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👯 Female Friendship Gone Wrong 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Possession

by K. Loraine

Bound to four supernatural men, she carries the child destined to destroy the world.

4.19

8k+

🖤 Fated Mates 🏰 Paranormal Academy 💭 Erased Memories 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🔮 Prophesied Child

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Possession

Bound to four supernatural men, she carries the child destined to destroy the world.

by K. Loraine 2022 410 pages

4.19

8k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 🏰 Paranormal Academy 💭 Erased Memories 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🔮 Prophesied Child

Persuader

by Lee Child

Jack Reacher, ex-military cop, sees a dead man alive and turns fugitive to get close.

4.15

100k+

🎖️ Ex-Military Hero ⚔️ Personal Revenge 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🆘 Rescue Mission 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Immersive

Persuader

Jack Reacher, ex-military cop, sees a dead man alive and turns fugitive to get close.

by Lee Child 2003 496 pages

4.15

100k+ ratings

🎖️ Ex-Military Hero ⚔️ Personal Revenge 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🆘 Rescue Mission 🐱 Cat And Mouse

by Stephen King

Seven outcast children confront an evil that wears a clown's face and sleeps beneath their town.

4.24

1.2M+

👁️ Cosmic Horror 🌲 Coming-Of-Age Horror 🏚️ Small Town Evil ⏳ Dual Timeline 🫂 Found Family

Immersive

Seven outcast children confront an evil that wears a clown's face and sleeps beneath their town.

by Stephen King 1986 1184 pages

4.24

1.2M+ ratings

👁️ Cosmic Horror 🌲 Coming-Of-Age Horror 🏚️ Small Town Evil ⏳ Dual Timeline 🫂 Found Family

Oathbound

by Tracy Deonn

Bound to a demon who stole her past, Bree must master her power before he claims her people.

4.22

32k+

🗡️ Arthurian Retelling 🕯️ Secret Magical Society 😈 Demon Bargains 💫 Soul Magic 🧠 Memory Loss

Immersive

Oathbound

Bound to a demon who stole her past, Bree must master her power before he claims her people.

by Tracy Deonn 2025 656 pages

4.22

32k+ ratings

🗡️ Arthurian Retelling 🕯️ Secret Magical Society 😈 Demon Bargains 💫 Soul Magic 🧠 Memory Loss

Locked In

by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Framed by his own department, a detective is imprisoned where a bounty marks him for death.

4.18

9k+

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔒 Framed For Murder 🤝 Found Family ⛓ Wrongful Imprisonment 🏛 Police Conspiracy

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Locked In

Framed by his own department, a detective is imprisoned where a bounty marks him for death.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2023 512 pages

4.18

9k+ ratings

🖤 Nordic Noir 🔒 Framed For Murder 🤝 Found Family ⛓ Wrongful Imprisonment 🏛 Police Conspiracy

Midnight Mass

by Sierra Simone

A former priest keeps missing the moment. His wife is pregnant. Their marriage is on borrowed time.

3.67

35k+

✝️ Former Priest 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🙏 Religious Guilt 🕯️ Pregnancy Loss ⛓️ Bdsm And Kink

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Midnight Mass

A former priest keeps missing the moment. His wife is pregnant. Their marriage is on borrowed time.

by Sierra Simone 2015 193 pages

3.67

35k+ ratings

✝️ Former Priest 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🙏 Religious Guilt 🕯️ Pregnancy Loss ⛓️ Bdsm And Kink

Pines

by Blake Crouch

A Secret Service agent wakes nameless in a perfect town where escape means death.

3.92

100k+

🕵️ Paranoid Thriller 🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Ark 🏘️ Sinister Small Town 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 👁️ Surveillance State

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Pines

A Secret Service agent wakes nameless in a perfect town where escape means death.

by Blake Crouch 2012 307 pages

3.92

100k+ ratings

🕵️ Paranoid Thriller 🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Ark 🏘️ Sinister Small Town 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 👁️ Surveillance State

Locklands

by Robert Jackson Bennett

A thief races a hive mind for the key to creation's door before it unmakes reality.

4.01

14k+

🧙 Hard Magic System 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Collective Consciousness 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Protagonists 🕸️ Godlike Hive Mind

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Locklands

A thief races a hive mind for the key to creation's door before it unmakes reality.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2022 544 pages

4.01

14k+ ratings

🧙 Hard Magic System 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Collective Consciousness 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Protagonists 🕸️ Godlike Hive Mind

One of Us Is Lying

by Karen M. McManus

When a gossip app creator dies in detention, four classmates with secrets are accused of murder.

3.91

1M+

📚 Prep School Mystery 👁️ Multi Pov Mystery 🔪 Framed For Murder 👥 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Immersive

One of Us Is Lying

When a gossip app creator dies in detention, four classmates with secrets are accused of murder.

by Karen M. McManus 2017 416 pages

3.91

1M+ ratings

📚 Prep School Mystery 👁️ Multi Pov Mystery 🔪 Framed For Murder 👥 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Never Say Never

by Brea Alepoú

Undercover in the FBI, a mafia heir falls for the single-dad agent hunting his brothers.

4.27

10k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Romance 💔 Forbidden Love ⚫ Morally Gray Hero 💀 Touch Him And Die

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Never Say Never

Undercover in the FBI, a mafia heir falls for the single-dad agent hunting his brothers.

by Brea Alepoú 2024 462 pages

4.27

10k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Romance 💔 Forbidden Love ⚫ Morally Gray Hero 💀 Touch Him And Die

No One Rides For Free

by Judith Sonnet

When a killer hides in her backseat, a mother must drive her children into the desert.

2.71

15k+

🩸 Splatterpunk ⚔️ Rape Revenge 🚗 Road Trip Horror 🏚️ Survival Horror 🌑 Bleak

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No One Rides For Free

When a killer hides in her backseat, a mother must drive her children into the desert.

by Judith Sonnet 2022 76 pages

2.71

15k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk ⚔️ Rape Revenge 🚗 Road Trip Horror 🏚️ Survival Horror 🌑 Bleak

Nobody in Particular

by Sophie Gonzales

A princess falls for a scholarship girl at boarding school, but her crown demands a husband.

4.05

9k+

👑 Sapphic Royalty 🤫 Secret Relationship 💍 Fake Dating 🏫 Elite Boarding School 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out

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Nobody in Particular

A princess falls for a scholarship girl at boarding school, but her crown demands a husband.

by Sophie Gonzales 2025 352 pages

4.05

9k+ ratings

👑 Sapphic Royalty 🤫 Secret Relationship 💍 Fake Dating 🏫 Elite Boarding School 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out

Mansion Beach

by Meg Mitchell Moore

A self-made woman buys a summer mansion to win back the man who chose old money over her.

3.40

11k+

🥂 Gatsby Retelling 💔 Forbidden Love 👩‍💼 Self-Made Woman ⚔️ Female Rivalry 🌊 Coastal New England

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Mansion Beach

A self-made woman buys a summer mansion to win back the man who chose old money over her.

by Meg Mitchell Moore 2025 336 pages

3.40

11k+ ratings

🥂 Gatsby Retelling 💔 Forbidden Love 👩‍💼 Self-Made Woman ⚔️ Female Rivalry 🌊 Coastal New England

Mushoku Tensei

by Rifujin na Magonote

A magic professor with two wives learns that mending a shattered family takes more than magic.

4.26

2k+

🌀 Isekai Fantasy 🏡 Slice Of Life Fantasy 💍 Polyamorous Marriage 💕 Harem Romance 🩹 Healing From Trauma

Immersive

Mushoku Tensei

A magic professor with two wives learns that mending a shattered family takes more than magic.

by Rifujin na Magonote 2016 278 pages

4.26

2k+ ratings

🌀 Isekai Fantasy 🏡 Slice Of Life Fantasy 💍 Polyamorous Marriage 💕 Harem Romance 🩹 Healing From Trauma

My Sister, the Serial Killer

by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Her beautiful sister kills men. She bleaches the evidence. Beauty needs no alibi.

3.64

300k+

🖋️ Literary Thriller 👯 Toxic Sisterhood 😐 Deadpan Narration 🔪 Beautiful Killer 🇳🇬 Contemporary Lagos

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My Sister, the Serial Killer

Her beautiful sister kills men. She bleaches the evidence. Beauty needs no alibi.

by Oyinkan Braithwaite 2018 226 pages

3.64

300k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Thriller 👯 Toxic Sisterhood 😐 Deadpan Narration 🔪 Beautiful Killer 🇳🇬 Contemporary Lagos

Misery

by Stephen King

Saved from a blizzard by his biggest fan, a novelist wakes captive in her remote farmhouse.

4.22

800k+

👀 Obsessive Fan ⛓️ Captive Protagonist 🦴 Body Horror 🩺 Angel Of Death 📖 Novel Within A Novel

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Misery

Saved from a blizzard by his biggest fan, a novelist wakes captive in her remote farmhouse.

by Stephen King 1992 370 pages

4.22

800k+ ratings

👀 Obsessive Fan ⛓️ Captive Protagonist 🦴 Body Horror 🩺 Angel Of Death 📖 Novel Within A Novel

Murder at the Bookstore

by Sue Minix

When a mystery writer's pen surfaces at her friend's murder scene, the police have only one suspect.

3.26

6k+

📚 Cozy Bookshop Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ✍️ Writer As Detective 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌳 Southern Small Town

Immersive

Murder at the Bookstore

When a mystery writer's pen surfaces at her friend's murder scene, the police have only one suspect.

by Sue Minix 2023 326 pages

3.26

6k+ ratings

📚 Cozy Bookshop Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth ✍️ Writer As Detective 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌳 Southern Small Town

Nightwild Rising

by L. Ann

Her birthday gift was hunting him. His escape plan required her blood. Neither expected the bond.

4.42

500+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Blood Bond 🌿 Dark Fae Romance 🌑 Morally Gray Hero 💔 Trauma Healing

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Nightwild Rising

Her birthday gift was hunting him. His escape plan required her blood. Neither expected the bond.

by L. Ann 2026 564 pages

4.42

500+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Blood Bond 🌿 Dark Fae Romance 🌑 Morally Gray Hero 💔 Trauma Healing

I Hope This Doesn't Find You

by Ann Liang

Her draft emails leak. Her rival reads every word. Forced together, hate blurs into longing.

4.16

83k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 🔒 Forced Proximity 💌 Accidental Confession 🎭 Perfectionist Heroine

Immersive

I Hope This Doesn't Find You

Her draft emails leak. Her rival reads every word. Forced together, hate blurs into longing.

by Ann Liang 2024 320 pages

4.16

83k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 🔒 Forced Proximity 💌 Accidental Confession 🎭 Perfectionist Heroine

Molka

by Monika Kim

After her boyfriend's hidden cameras expose her, the police look away. She won't.

3.69

19k+

🖤 Feminist Horror 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔥 Female Rage 🔪 Revenge Fantasy 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

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Molka

After her boyfriend's hidden cameras expose her, the police look away. She won't.

by Monika Kim 2026 292 pages

3.69

19k+ ratings

🖤 Feminist Horror 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔥 Female Rage 🔪 Revenge Fantasy 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

My Fault

by Mercedes Ron

Her stepbrother pushes her away with one hand and pulls her closer with the other.

3.73

100k+

🔥 Stepbrother Romance 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🚫 Forbidden Love

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My Fault

Her stepbrother pushes her away with one hand and pulls her closer with the other.

by Mercedes Ron 2017 416 pages

3.73

100k+ ratings

🔥 Stepbrother Romance 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🚫 Forbidden Love

Mean Spirited

by Nick Roberts

A teacher adopts a stray Labrador. The dog carries vengeful spirits, and his son is next.

4.23

8k+

🧟 Possession Horror 🏔️ Appalachian Horror 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🍺 Addiction Horror 🦴 Body Horror

Immersive

Mean Spirited

A teacher adopts a stray Labrador. The dog carries vengeful spirits, and his son is next.

by Nick Roberts 2024 325 pages

4.23

8k+ ratings

🧟 Possession Horror 🏔️ Appalachian Horror 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🍺 Addiction Horror 🦴 Body Horror

Lovely Bad Things

by Trisha Wolfe

A criminologist frees the madman she imprisoned to profile a ritual killer. His price: her.

3.65

25k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🏚️ New England Gothic 📖 Philosophical Horror

Immersive

Lovely Bad Things

A criminologist frees the madman she imprisoned to profile a ritual killer. His price: her.

by Trisha Wolfe 2022 334 pages

3.65

25k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🏚️ New England Gothic 📖 Philosophical Horror

Marriage for One

by Ella Maise

To open her coffee shop, she weds a stranger. Faking love with him grows dangerously real.

3.84

100k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Fake Relationship

Immersive

Marriage for One

To open her coffee shop, she weds a stranger. Faking love with him grows dangerously real.

by Ella Maise 2022 520 pages

3.84

100k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Fake Relationship

Hate Follow

by Erin Quinn-Kong

Her mom's an influencer. Her grief is content. At fifteen, she sues for her life back.

3.37

1k+

📱 Social Media Fiction 👧 Growing Up Online 👩‍👧 Parentified Child 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏠 Found Family

Immersive

Hate Follow

Her mom's an influencer. Her grief is content. At fifteen, she sues for her life back.

by Erin Quinn-Kong 2024 352 pages

3.37

1k+ ratings

📱 Social Media Fiction 👧 Growing Up Online 👩‍👧 Parentified Child 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏠 Found Family

Her Monstrous Beasts

by E.P. Bali

Her four mates are spelled into hunters. She was always the more dangerous one.

4.32

6k+

🖤 Reverse Harem 💫 Fated Mates 🐍 Villain Love Interest 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🔥 Unhinged Heroine

Immersive

Her Monstrous Beasts

Her four mates are spelled into hunters. She was always the more dangerous one.

by E.P. Bali 2025 573 pages

4.32

6k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem 💫 Fated Mates 🐍 Villain Love Interest 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🔥 Unhinged Heroine

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