🏚️ Modern Gothic

Contemporary fiction that channels the gothic tradition — crumbling houses, family secrets, psychological dread, and the uncanny — into stories that feel both timeless and urgently present.

The Housemaid

by Freida McFadden

A desperate ex-con maid moves into a mansion where the attic door locks from the outside.

4.27

3.6M+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔒 Coercive Control ⛓️ Hidden Captivity 🔄 Perspective Flip

The Housemaid

A desperate ex-con maid moves into a mansion where the attic door locks from the outside.

by Freida McFadden 2022

4.27

3.6M+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔒 Coercive Control ⛓️ Hidden Captivity 🔄 Perspective Flip

God of Malice

by Rina Kent • 2022

A psychopath saves a grieving artist from a cliff and demands her complete submission as payment.

3.91

281k+

🖤 Dark College Romance 🔪 Psychopath Hero 🃏 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎀 Virgin Heroine

God of Malice

A psychopath saves a grieving artist from a cliff and demands her complete submission as payment.

by Rina Kent 2022

3.91

281k+ ratings

🖤 Dark College Romance 🔪 Psychopath Hero 🃏 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎀 Virgin Heroine

Night Film

by Marisha Pessl • 2013

A cult director's daughter dies, a ruined reporter digs, and the horror films start coming true.

3.78

96k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌀 Postmodern Mystery 📰 Investigative Journalism 🔮 Occult Investigation 🎬 Cursed Film

Night Film

A cult director's daughter dies, a ruined reporter digs, and the horror films start coming true.

by Marisha Pessl 2013

3.78

96k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌀 Postmodern Mystery 📰 Investigative Journalism 🔮 Occult Investigation 🎬 Cursed Film

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

by Holly Black • 2013

One girl alive, her ex infected, a vampire chained. Only one road: the quarantined vampire city.

3.83

78k+

🧛 Vampire Quarantine 🖤 Reluctant Monster Ally 💀 Immortal Love Interest 🩸 De-Glamorized Vampires 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

One girl alive, her ex infected, a vampire chained. Only one road: the quarantined vampire city.

by Holly Black 2013

3.83

78k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Quarantine 🖤 Reluctant Monster Ally 💀 Immortal Love Interest 🩸 De-Glamorized Vampires 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Big Swiss

by Jen Beagin • 2023

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

3.68

149k+

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 💔 Trauma Bonding

Big Swiss

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

by Jen Beagin 2023

3.68

149k+ ratings

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 💔 Trauma Bonding

The Grownup

by Gillian Flynn • 2014

A fake psychic cleanses a Gothic mansion. The ghosts are fake; the danger is real.

3.55

155k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Horror 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🃏 Con Within A Con 👦 Manipulative Child

The Grownup

A fake psychic cleanses a Gothic mansion. The ghosts are fake; the danger is real.

by Gillian Flynn 2014

3.55

155k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Horror 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🃏 Con Within A Con 👦 Manipulative Child

The Family Game

by Catherine Steadman • 2022

An author's engagement to a tech heir traps her in his family's deadly Christmas game.

3.83

83k+

🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🎲 Deadly Game 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 💔 Deceptive Partner 🤰 Pregnancy Thriller

The Family Game

An author's engagement to a tech heir traps her in his family's deadly Christmas game.

by Catherine Steadman 2022

3.83

83k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Family Secrets 🎲 Deadly Game 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 💔 Deceptive Partner 🤰 Pregnancy Thriller

Party of Liars

by Kelsey Cox • 2024

A new mother feels watched in a cliffside mansion. Her psychiatrist husband blames anxiety.

3.94

27k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔥 Gaslighting 🤱 Postpartum Anxiety 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Party of Liars

A new mother feels watched in a cliffside mansion. Her psychiatrist husband blames anxiety.

by Kelsey Cox 2024

3.94

27k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔥 Gaslighting 🤱 Postpartum Anxiety 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Into Darkness We Fall

by Jodie King • 2024

A college student with a stalker falls for a rapper and a fighter harboring dark secrets.

4.22

1k+

📜 Stalker Romance ⛓ Captor Captive 🛡 Touch Her And Die 💀 Mafia Dynasty 👑 Hidden Heiress

Into Darkness We Fall

A college student with a stalker falls for a rapper and a fighter harboring dark secrets.

by Jodie King 2024

4.22

1k+ ratings

📜 Stalker Romance ⛓ Captor Captive 🛡 Touch Her And Die 💀 Mafia Dynasty 👑 Hidden Heiress

The Turn of the Key

by Ruth Ware • 2019

At a remote Highlands smart home, a nanny discovers the cameras see everything except the killer.

3.90

332k+

👶 Nanny In Peril 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Toxic Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

The Turn of the Key

At a remote Highlands smart home, a nanny discovers the cameras see everything except the killer.

by Ruth Ware 2019

3.90

332k+ ratings

👶 Nanny In Peril 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Toxic Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

by Ruth Ware • 2018

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

3.79

202k+

🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity 📜 Inheritance Drama 🏠 Creepy Old House 🌊 Gothic Seaside

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

by Ruth Ware 2018

3.79

202k+ ratings

🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity 📜 Inheritance Drama 🏠 Creepy Old House 🌊 Gothic Seaside

Descent

by Katelyn Taylor

Skyla's forced marriage to Salem's Brethren comes with four protectors and one deadly stalker.

4.08

17k+

🕯️ Secret Society Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Bonding

Descent

Skyla's forced marriage to Salem's Brethren comes with four protectors and one deadly stalker.

by Katelyn Taylor 2024

4.08

17k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret Society Romance 💍 Forced Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Bonding

The Astrology House

by Carinn Jade • 2024

Eight guests arrive at a coastal astrology retreat. The house knows what they did.

3.48

4k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💔 Toxic Siblings 🤫 Secret Past 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 💋 Infidelity

The Astrology House

Eight guests arrive at a coastal astrology retreat. The house knows what they did.

by Carinn Jade 2024

3.48

4k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 💔 Toxic Siblings 🤫 Secret Past 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 💋 Infidelity

Infernal Creatures

by Caroline Peckham • 2019

Separated by prophecy, one sister hunts vampires while the other is claimed by a vampire prince.

4.35

13k+

🩸 Vampire Court Intrigue ⚔️ Slayer Training Arc 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Forced Marriage ✨ Bound By Magic

Infernal Creatures

Separated by prophecy, one sister hunts vampires while the other is claimed by a vampire prince.

by Caroline Peckham 2019

4.35

13k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Court Intrigue ⚔️ Slayer Training Arc 💔 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Forced Marriage ✨ Bound By Magic

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

🖼️ Cursed Painting 🔍 Missing Sister 🤝 Faustian Bargain 💔 Queer Tragedy 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Portrait of a Shadow

Mae's sister vanished. The only clue: a white painting whose peeling corner hides something hungry.

by Meriam Metoui 2024

3.27

297 ratings

🖼️ Cursed Painting 🔍 Missing Sister 🤝 Faustian Bargain 💔 Queer Tragedy 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Dreadful

by Greer Rivers • 2023

A mafia enforcer loves the woman hunting his family, unaware she saved him as a child.

4.10

5k+

🖤 Mafia Revenge 🎭 Dark Retelling 💔 Childhood Trauma Bond 📜 Revenge Hit List 🩹 Scarred Heroine

Dreadful

A mafia enforcer loves the woman hunting his family, unaware she saved him as a child.

by Greer Rivers 2023

4.10

5k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Revenge 🎭 Dark Retelling 💔 Childhood Trauma Bond 📜 Revenge Hit List 🩹 Scarred Heroine

All Your Deadly Truths

by M.L. Burns

Her mother caged her in the sea. Her vampire already has blood on his hands.

4.03

3k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💫 Fated Mates 🩸 Vampire Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🤍 Found Family

All Your Deadly Truths

Her mother caged her in the sea. Her vampire already has blood on his hands.

by M.L. Burns 2025

4.03

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💫 Fated Mates 🩸 Vampire Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🤍 Found Family

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

by Anne Rice • 2016

Vampire prince Lestat's spirit recalls Atlantis. Its survivors surface with the truth of his kind.

3.80

10k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🧬 Science Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Origin Myth 🏛️ Ancient Bloodlines 🔬 Bioengineered Beings

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

Vampire prince Lestat's spirit recalls Atlantis. Its survivors surface with the truth of his kind.

by Anne Rice 2016

3.80

10k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🧬 Science Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Origin Myth 🏛️ Ancient Bloodlines 🔬 Bioengineered Beings

The Hollow Places

by T. Kingfisher • 2020

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

3.78

57k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🗝️ Cabinet Of Curiosities 😈 Darkly Comic

The Hollow Places

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

by T. Kingfisher 2020

3.78

57k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🗝️ Cabinet Of Curiosities 😈 Darkly Comic

Nocturnes & Nightmares

by Keri Lake • 2019

An assassin rents a room from the woman a serial killer wants dead.

3.89

3k+

🖤 Dark Romantic Suspense 👀 Protective Stalker 👩‍👦 Single Mother Heroine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Traumatized Hero

Nocturnes & Nightmares

An assassin rents a room from the woman a serial killer wants dead.

by Keri Lake 2019

3.89

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantic Suspense 👀 Protective Stalker 👩‍👦 Single Mother Heroine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Traumatized Hero

The Makeover

by Matt McGregor • 2024

A troubled wife, a remote Montana mansion, and an apprentice who will murder for her love.

3.69

2k+

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Love ⚔️ Inheritance Conflict ❄️ Snowbound Estate

The Makeover

A troubled wife, a remote Montana mansion, and an apprentice who will murder for her love.

by Matt McGregor 2024

3.69

2k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Obsessive Love ⚔️ Inheritance Conflict ❄️ Snowbound Estate

The House of Last Resort

by Christopher Golden • 2024

A couple's bargain Sicilian home comes with a chapel where the Vatican buried its failed exorcisms.

3.16

7k+

✝️ Religious Horror 👹 Demonic Possession 🔗 Generational Curse ⚰️ Ancient Buried Evil 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The House of Last Resort

A couple's bargain Sicilian home comes with a chapel where the Vatican buried its failed exorcisms.

by Christopher Golden 2024

3.16

7k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Horror 👹 Demonic Possession 🔗 Generational Curse ⚰️ Ancient Buried Evil 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Girls Before

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2026

A search expert chasing a missing girl uncovers a hidden bunker and a family's buried crimes.

3.64

12k+

🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🗣️ Dual Narrative 🤫 Family Cover-Up 🔍 Female Investigator ⛓️ Captive Survivor

The Girls Before

A search expert chasing a missing girl uncovers a hidden bunker and a family's buried crimes.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2026

3.64

12k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 🗣️ Dual Narrative 🤫 Family Cover-Up 🔍 Female Investigator ⛓️ Captive Survivor

We Live Here Now

by Sarah Pinborough • 2025

A couple escapes to a remote gothic house to fix their marriage. The house prefers it broken.

3.71

34k+

🌫️ Gothic Dread 🏚️ Sentient House 🪞 Fractured Identity 💀 Dark Resurrection 🌾 Isolated Moor House

We Live Here Now

A couple escapes to a remote gothic house to fix their marriage. The house prefers it broken.

by Sarah Pinborough 2025

3.71

34k+ ratings

🌫️ Gothic Dread 🏚️ Sentient House 🪞 Fractured Identity 💀 Dark Resurrection 🌾 Isolated Moor House

The Dead Husband Cookbook

by Danielle Valentine • 2025

A disgraced editor at a remote farmhouse uncovers the dark recipe behind a famous widow's memoir.

3.82

18k+

🍖 Culinary Horror 📖 Unreliable Memoirist 🏡 Rural Isolation 🕸️ Family Conspiracy 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

The Dead Husband Cookbook

A disgraced editor at a remote farmhouse uncovers the dark recipe behind a famous widow's memoir.

by Danielle Valentine 2025

3.82

18k+ ratings

🍖 Culinary Horror 📖 Unreliable Memoirist 🏡 Rural Isolation 🕸️ Family Conspiracy 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

24690

by A.A. Dark

In a fortress of depravity, one slave becomes the obsession of the most dangerous master.

3.95

18k+

⛓️ Captive Romance 🔪 Vengeance Arc 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 💍 Forced Marriage 😈 Villain Love Interest

24690

In a fortress of depravity, one slave becomes the obsession of the most dangerous master.

by A.A. Dark 2016

3.95

18k+ ratings

⛓️ Captive Romance 🔪 Vengeance Arc 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 💍 Forced Marriage 😈 Villain Love Interest

Thirteen Storeys

by Jonathan Sims • 2020

A dead billionaire's tower haunts its residents. Then he invites them to dinner.

3.79

10k+

🏢 Haunted Building ⚖️ Social Horror 🏗️ Gentrification Horror 👻 Trapped Spirits 🔥 Supernatural Revenge

Thirteen Storeys

A dead billionaire's tower haunts its residents. Then he invites them to dinner.

by Jonathan Sims 2020

3.79

10k+ ratings

🏢 Haunted Building ⚖️ Social Horror 🏗️ Gentrification Horror 👻 Trapped Spirits 🔥 Supernatural Revenge

Fiend

by Alma Katsu • 2025

A demon guards their empire. Three siblings fight for control. The demon is choosing the winner.

3.38

3k+

🩸 Generational Curse 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 📖 Literary Horror 🗽 Manhattan Elite

Fiend

A demon guards their empire. Three siblings fight for control. The demon is choosing the winner.

by Alma Katsu 2025

3.38

3k+ ratings

🩸 Generational Curse 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty ⚔️ Sibling Power Struggle 📖 Literary Horror 🗽 Manhattan Elite

The Graceview Patient

by Caitlin Starling • 2025

A desperate patient enters an experimental hospital where the building hungers.

3.45

3k+

🏥 Hospital Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🩺 Medical Gaslighting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧪 Medical Experimentation

The Graceview Patient

A desperate patient enters an experimental hospital where the building hungers.

by Caitlin Starling 2025

3.45

3k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🩺 Medical Gaslighting 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧪 Medical Experimentation

Beneath the Poet’s House

by Christa Carmen • 2024

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

3.79

2k+

👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror ✊ Feminist Horror

Beneath the Poet’s House

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

by Christa Carmen 2024

3.79

2k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror ✊ Feminist Horror

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