🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Stories told by voices you can't quite trust — liars, self-deceivers, the delusional, the desperate — where the reader must piece together truth from the gaps. The thrill lies in the slow, unsettling realization that the story you've been told isn't the story that happened.

Hide and Seek

by Sheridan Anne

A forensic pathologist is hunted by a masked stalker. Her only refuge is her step-uncle.

4.05

7k+

🖤 Dark Stalker Romance 🔪 Masked Stalker 🚫 Forbidden Love 💀 Morgue Setting 😱 Psychological Horror

Hide and Seek

A forensic pathologist is hunted by a masked stalker. Her only refuge is her step-uncle.

by Sheridan Anne 2025

4.05

7k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Stalker Romance 🔪 Masked Stalker 🚫 Forbidden Love 💀 Morgue Setting 😱 Psychological Horror

The Complete Stories and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1849

Every tale and poem: madness, murder, mourning, and the birth of modern detective fiction.

4.40

298k+

🖤 Gothic Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Romanticism 👥 DoppelgäNger 🌀 Madness And Obsession

The Complete Stories and Poems

Every tale and poem: madness, murder, mourning, and the birth of modern detective fiction.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1849

4.40

298k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Romanticism 👥 DoppelgäNger 🌀 Madness And Obsession

Suicidas

by Raphael Montes • 2012

A suicide pact among wealthy friends turns into a massacre inside a locked basement.

4.05

10k+

🎭 Metafiction 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🎲 Death Game 😰 Claustrophobic Dread 🏚️ Isolated Country House

Suicidas

A suicide pact among wealthy friends turns into a massacre inside a locked basement.

by Raphael Montes 2012

4.05

10k+ ratings

🎭 Metafiction 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🎲 Death Game 😰 Claustrophobic Dread 🏚️ Isolated Country House

In Bloom

by Paul Tremblay • 2023

Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.

3.04

14k+

🦠 Ecological Horror 👁️ Cryptid Encounter 💔 Grief Horror 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror 🌫️ Melancholy Horror

In Bloom

Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.

by Paul Tremblay 2023

3.04

14k+ ratings

🦠 Ecological Horror 👁️ Cryptid Encounter 💔 Grief Horror 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror 🌫️ Melancholy Horror

The Unseen

by Ania Ahlborn • 2025

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

3.36

4k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma

The Unseen

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

by Ania Ahlborn 2025

3.36

4k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma

The Raven

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1845

In a shadowy chamber, a scholar's grief summons a raven whose sole reply damns him to despair.

4.29

172k+

🖤 Gothic Poetry 👻 Haunted By Grief 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🐦‍⬛ Ominous Bird 🕰️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Raven

In a shadowy chamber, a scholar's grief summons a raven whose sole reply damns him to despair.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1845

4.29

172k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Poetry 👻 Haunted By Grief 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🐦‍⬛ Ominous Bird 🕰️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Fall of the House of Usher

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1839

Summoned to a decaying mansion, a visitor finds friend and house bound together in shared madness.

3.84

90k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Decaying Mansion 🏰 Isolated Setting 💀 Ancestral Curse 🏠 Sentient House

The Fall of the House of Usher

Summoned to a decaying mansion, a visitor finds friend and house bound together in shared madness.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1839

3.84

90k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Decaying Mansion 🏰 Isolated Setting 💀 Ancestral Curse 🏠 Sentient House

Dead Silence

by S.A. Barnes • 2022

A salvage leader boards a ghost ship whose passengers slaughtered themselves; now her crew is next.

3.78

39k+

🛸 Haunted Spaceship 🌌 Space Horror 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🛠️ Salvage Crew 🥀 Psychological Horror

Dead Silence

A salvage leader boards a ghost ship whose passengers slaughtered themselves; now her crew is next.

by S.A. Barnes 2022

3.78

39k+ ratings

🛸 Haunted Spaceship 🌌 Space Horror 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🛠️ Salvage Crew 🥀 Psychological Horror

Sutton Asylum

by Kinsley Kincaid • 2023

Two murderous twin lovers rule a gothic asylum until staff try to tear them apart.

3.21

2k+

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏚️ Asylum Horror 🖤 Trauma Bond 💘 Obsessive Love 👥 Twisted Family

Sutton Asylum

Two murderous twin lovers rule a gothic asylum until staff try to tear them apart.

by Kinsley Kincaid 2023

3.21

2k+ ratings

🚫 Taboo Romance 🏚️ Asylum Horror 🖤 Trauma Bond 💘 Obsessive Love 👥 Twisted Family

Big Brother

by Lionel Shriver • 2013

A woman wagers her marriage to rescue her brilliant brother from the grip of catastrophic obesity.

3.47

15k+

🍔 Food Addiction 👫 Sibling Loyalty 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖤 Dark Comedy 🌽 Small-Town Iowa

Big Brother

A woman wagers her marriage to rescue her brilliant brother from the grip of catastrophic obesity.

by Lionel Shriver 2013

3.47

15k+ ratings

🍔 Food Addiction 👫 Sibling Loyalty 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖤 Dark Comedy 🌽 Small-Town Iowa

The Clinic

by Cate Quinn • 2024

An undercover agent poses as an addict in a luxury rehab where her sister was murdered.

3.51

40k+

🏥 Luxury Rehab 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🖤 Female Sociopath 🕵️‍♀️ Undercover Patient 👯 Sisterly Bond

The Clinic

An undercover agent poses as an addict in a luxury rehab where her sister was murdered.

by Cate Quinn 2024

3.51

40k+ ratings

🏥 Luxury Rehab 🚪 Locked Room Mystery 🖤 Female Sociopath 🕵️‍♀️ Undercover Patient 👯 Sisterly Bond

Grimstone

by Sophie Lark • 2023

Her inheritance: a rotting mansion and a neighbor who demands a dangerous price for the road home.

3.63

25k+

🖤 Dark Gothic Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 👻 Haunted Mansion 🏘️ Insular Small Town

Grimstone

Her inheritance: a rotting mansion and a neighbor who demands a dangerous price for the road home.

by Sophie Lark 2023

3.63

25k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Gothic Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 👻 Haunted Mansion 🏘️ Insular Small Town

Trust Exercise

by Susan Choi • 2019

An elite theatre school, the 1980s: a teenage affair and a teacher who exploits every vulnerability.

3.12

40k+

🎭 Dark Academia 💔 Memory And Trauma ⚡ Power Dynamics 🔥 Adolescent Desire ⚠️ Sexual Grooming

Trust Exercise

An elite theatre school, the 1980s: a teenage affair and a teacher who exploits every vulnerability.

by Susan Choi 2019

3.12

40k+ ratings

🎭 Dark Academia 💔 Memory And Trauma ⚡ Power Dynamics 🔥 Adolescent Desire ⚠️ Sexual Grooming

The Queen

by Nick Cutter • 2024

Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.

3.53

8k+

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

The Queen

Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.

by Nick Cutter 2024

3.53

8k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1999

A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.

3.5

15k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚢 Gothic Seafaring ⚓ Mutiny At Sea 🍖 Survival Cannibalism 🧊 Antarctic Mystery

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1999

3.5

15k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚢 Gothic Seafaring ⚓ Mutiny At Sea 🍖 Survival Cannibalism 🧊 Antarctic Mystery

Till We Have Faces

by C.S. Lewis • 1956

An ugly princess demands justice from the gods who took her beautiful sister Psyche.

4.20

82k+

📜 Myth Retelling 🏛️ Literary Fantasy 🖤 Possessive Love 👭 Sibling Rivalry ⚖️ Faith Versus Reason

Till We Have Faces

An ugly princess demands justice from the gods who took her beautiful sister Psyche.

by C.S. Lewis 1956

4.20

82k+ ratings

📜 Myth Retelling 🏛️ Literary Fantasy 🖤 Possessive Love 👭 Sibling Rivalry ⚖️ Faith Versus Reason

Hunting Pretty

by Sienna Blake • 2025

She wants the masked intruder in her room. He's been waiting for her to fight back.

3.95

3k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Stalker Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🕯️ Secret Society 🧠 Repressed Memories

Hunting Pretty

She wants the masked intruder in her room. He's been waiting for her to fight back.

by Sienna Blake 2025

3.95

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Stalker Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🕯️ Secret Society 🧠 Repressed Memories

The Claw of the Conciliator

by Gene Wolfe

His lover's soul lives inside him. Under a dying sun, a torturer's touch raises the dead.

4.01

18k+

🌅 Dying Earth 🚀 Science Fantasy 🤖 Robot In Disguise 🔄 Merged Consciousness 🎭 Labyrinthine Narrative

The Claw of the Conciliator

His lover's soul lives inside him. Under a dying sun, a torturer's touch raises the dead.

by Gene Wolfe 1981

4.01

18k+ ratings

🌅 Dying Earth 🚀 Science Fantasy 🤖 Robot In Disguise 🔄 Merged Consciousness 🎭 Labyrinthine Narrative

Gone Tonight

by Sarah Pekkanen • 2023

A nurse discovers her mother's early dementia hides a stolen identity and a killer closing in.

3.82

37k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕵️ Hidden Identity 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 💔 Generational Trauma

Gone Tonight

A nurse discovers her mother's early dementia hides a stolen identity and a killer closing in.

by Sarah Pekkanen 2023

3.82

37k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕵️ Hidden Identity 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 💔 Generational Trauma

The Urth of the New Sun

by Gene Wolfe • 1987

A torturer-turned-king sails a starship beyond the universe to be judged by the makers of suns.

4.06

9k+

🪐 Dying Earth 🔮 Science Fantasy ⚖️ Cosmic Judgment ✝️ Messianic Figure ⏳ Time Paradox

The Urth of the New Sun

A torturer-turned-king sails a starship beyond the universe to be judged by the makers of suns.

by Gene Wolfe 1987

4.06

9k+ ratings

🪐 Dying Earth 🔮 Science Fantasy ⚖️ Cosmic Judgment ✝️ Messianic Figure ⏳ Time Paradox

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

by Karen Joy Fowler • 2013

Rosemary Cooke grew up with a chimpanzee sister. The silence that followed shaped her entire life.

3.71

127k+

🎭 Family Drama 🐾 Human Animal Bond 🤫 Family Secrets 🖤 Melancholy Literary ⚖️ Ethical Dilemmas

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Rosemary Cooke grew up with a chimpanzee sister. The silence that followed shaped her entire life.

by Karen Joy Fowler 2013

3.71

127k+ ratings

🎭 Family Drama 🐾 Human Animal Bond 🤫 Family Secrets 🖤 Melancholy Literary ⚖️ Ethical Dilemmas

One Dark Night

by Hannah Richell • 2025

When a private school party ends in murder, a mother fears her daughter is the killer.

3.85

4k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 🌿 Folk Horror 💻 Catfishing 💔 Mother-Daughter Tension 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Up

One Dark Night

When a private school party ends in murder, a mother fears her daughter is the killer.

by Hannah Richell 2025

3.85

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 🌿 Folk Horror 💻 Catfishing 💔 Mother-Daughter Tension 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Up

Dom Casmurro

by Machado de Assis • 1899

A reclusive lawyer writes his life story, building a case against his wife that only he believes.

4.33

39k+

🧠 Psychological Realism ❓ Ambiguous Adultery 👀 Jealous Husband 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia 🕸️ Creeping Paranoia

Dom Casmurro

A reclusive lawyer writes his life story, building a case against his wife that only he believes.

by Machado de Assis 1899

4.33

39k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Realism ❓ Ambiguous Adultery 👀 Jealous Husband 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia 🕸️ Creeping Paranoia

Bad Tourists

by Caro Carver • 2024

At a Maldives resort, three friends discover the massacre that binds them isn't over yet.

3.65

9k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🌴 Paradise Thriller 💔 Abusive Relationship 🖤 Survivor Guilt

Bad Tourists

At a Maldives resort, three friends discover the massacre that binds them isn't over yet.

by Caro Carver 2024

3.65

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🌴 Paradise Thriller 💔 Abusive Relationship 🖤 Survivor Guilt

Hate

by Tate James • 2020

Framed for a riot, she comes home to find the three guilty men have moved in.

4.17

66k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Bully Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🎓 College Romance

Hate

Framed for a riot, she comes home to find the three guilty men have moved in.

by Tate James 2020

4.17

66k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Bully Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🎓 College Romance

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways

by Eve Kellman • 2024

Haunted by her sister's assault, she kills predators. The detective falling for her is closing in.

3.67

8k+

🗡️ Vigilante Thriller 🔪 Killer Protagonist 😈 Dark Comedy Thriller 🔥 Female Rage 🛡️ Protective Sister

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways

Haunted by her sister's assault, she kills predators. The detective falling for her is closing in.

by Eve Kellman 2024

3.67

8k+ ratings

🗡️ Vigilante Thriller 🔪 Killer Protagonist 😈 Dark Comedy Thriller 🔥 Female Rage 🛡️ Protective Sister

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1849

Gothic tales where guilt betrays the killer, cats witness murder, and no fortress keeps out death.

4.19

10k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🫀 Guilty Conscience 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🏚️ Decaying Mansion 🔒 Claustrophobic Horror

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

Gothic tales where guilt betrays the killer, cats witness murder, and no fortress keeps out death.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1849

4.19

10k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🫀 Guilty Conscience 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🏚️ Decaying Mansion 🔒 Claustrophobic Horror

H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth

by Gou Tanabe • 2022

When an antiquarian visits a decaying seaport, the locals' stares turn to pursuit after dark.

4.45

2k+

🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread

H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth

When an antiquarian visits a decaying seaport, the locals' stares turn to pursuit after dark.

by Gou Tanabe 2022

4.45

2k+ ratings

🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🩸 Ancestral Curse 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

by Iain Reid • 2016

A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.

3.50

206k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Metafiction 🌀 Surreal Horror 🏚️ Isolation Horror 🪞 Fractured Identity

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.

by Iain Reid 2016

3.50

206k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Metafiction 🌀 Surreal Horror 🏚️ Isolation Horror 🪞 Fractured Identity

Hero of the Imperium

by Sandy Mitchell • 2007

Every time Commissar Cain saves his own skin, the Imperium gives him a medal.

4.44

4k+

😰 Reluctant Hero 💀 Grimdark Comedy ⚔️ Warhammer 40k 📜 War Memoir Satire 👥 Found Family

Hero of the Imperium

Every time Commissar Cain saves his own skin, the Imperium gives him a medal.

by Sandy Mitchell 2007

4.44

4k+ ratings

😰 Reluctant Hero 💀 Grimdark Comedy ⚔️ Warhammer 40k 📜 War Memoir Satire 👥 Found Family

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