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    Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley · Horror

    *Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus* is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley.

    gothic atmosphere · redemption arc · anti hero · revenge plot

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    Wolf Worm

    T. Kingfisher · Horror

    Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods in Wolf Worm, a new gothic masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author T.

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · survival · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Japanese Gothic

    Kylie Lee Baker · Horror

    New York Times Most Anticipated Book for 2026 USA TODAY Most Anticipated Books of 2026 Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2026 Book Riot…

    gothic atmosphere · multiple timelines · paranormal romance · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Housemaid

    Freida McFadden · Horror

    Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom.

    psychological thriller · haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery

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    The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    Stephen Graham Jones · Horror

    , a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice.

    gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · vampires · grimdark

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    You Did Nothing Wrong

    CG Drews · Horror

    Single mother Elodie’s life has become a fairy tale.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller

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    Rebecca

    Daphne du Maurier · Horror

    With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs.

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting · second chance romance · trauma recovery

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    When the Wolf Comes Home

    Nat Cassidy · Horror

    One night, Jess, a struggling actress, finds a five-year-old runaway hiding in the bushes outside her apartment.

    psychological thriller · cat and mouse · survival · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Dark Matter

    Michelle Paver · Horror

    A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in the haunting wilderness of the far north.

    gothic atmosphere · ghosts · survival · psychological thriller · historical fiction

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    Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

    Grady Hendrix · Horror

    *‘I did an evil thing to be put in here, and I’m going to have to do an evil thing to get out.’* They call them wayward girls.

    gothic atmosphere · witches · coming of age · dark academia · haunted setting

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Dracula

    Bram Stoker · Horror

    To borrow a phrase used by one of the characters in the novel, Dracula is “nineteenth century up-to-date with a vengeance.” In her introduction to…

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · vampires · historical fiction · paranormal romance

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    Trad Wife

    Saratoga Schaefer · Horror

    A "traditional wife" influencer allows a demonic creature to impregnate her in this unnerving horror novel, perfect for fans of Nightbitch and Mary,…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · demons

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    A Box Full of Darkness

    Simone St. James · Horror

    “From the book’s chillingly creepy setting, which previously appeared in The Sun Down Motel (2020), to a nerve-jangling plot that effectively borrows…

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · closed circle

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    King Sorrow

    Joe Hill · Horror

    Arthur Oakes is a reader, a dreamer, and a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters, exceptional library, and beautiful…

    grimdark · gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery

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    We Used to Live Here

    Marcus Kliewer · Horror

    As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque…

    haunted setting · psychological thriller · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

    Shailee Thompson · Horror

    **A humorous, swoony, and downright terrifying slasher rom-com in which a cinephile gets caught in the middle of a murder spree at a speed-dating…

    romantic comedy · dark romance · survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Play Nice

    Rachel Harrison · Horror

    Clio Louise Barnes leads a picture-perfect life as a stylist and influencer, but beneath the glossy veneer she harbors a not-so glamorous secret: she…

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller · demons · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Bodies of Work

    Clay McLeod Chapman · Horror

    “Clay McLeod Chapman is one of my favorite horror storytellers working today.” — Jordan Peele A murderous artist is haunted by the spirits of those…

    psychological thriller · revenge plot · ghosts · grimdark

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    Between Two Fires

    Christopher Buehlman · Horror

    “Buehlman…slips effortlessly into a different kind of literary sensibility, one that doesn’t scrimp on earthy humor and lyrical writing in the face…

    historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · survival · grimdark

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

    Kylie Lee Baker · Horror

    New York Times 100 Notable Books for 2025 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist for Horror USA TODAY Best Books of 2025 Library Journal Best Books of 2025…

    coming of age · trauma recovery · psychological thriller

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    The Lamb

    Lucy Rose · Horror

    Young Margot lives in the woods with Mama.

    gothic atmosphere · grimdark

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Shining

    Stephen King · Horror

    Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start.

    psychological thriller · haunted setting · high stakes survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Body

    Bethany C. Morrow · Horror

    The Body is a pulse-pounding supernatural horror story from bestselling author Bethany C.

    psychological thriller · trauma recovery · gothic atmosphere

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Pet Sematary

    Stephen King · Horror

    Pet Sematary is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1986

    haunted setting · grimdark · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Eyes Are the Best Part

    Monika Kim · Horror

    Ji-won’s life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her Appa’s extramarital affair and subsequent departure.

    psychological thriller · trauma recovery · morally grey character · grimdark

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    On Sundays She Picked Flowers

    Yah Yah Scholfield · Horror

    “A ferociously talented writer. Scholfield writes with insight, beauty, and the wildness of real art.” —Victor LaValle, author of Lone Women In this…

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller · survival

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    Strange Pictures

    Uketsu · Horror

    A Japanese mystery horror bestseller, revolving around a series of creepy drawings, in which the reader is the detective - from the Youtube sensation…

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · twist ending · multiple timelines

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    Misery

    Stephen King · Horror

    Novelist Paul Sheldon has plans to make the difficult transition from writing historical romances featuring heroine Misery Chastain to publishing…

    psychological thriller · survival · obsessive love · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Spoiled Milk

    Avery Curran · Horror

    “The haunted lesbian boarding school horror show we always wanted.

    dark academia · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · found family · paranormal romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    House of Leaves

    Mark Z. Danielewski · Horror

    This is an alternate cover edition.

    cosmic horror · psychological thriller · haunted setting · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Blood on Her Tongue

    Johanna van Veen · Horror

    **The Netherlands, 1887.** Lucy's twin sister Sarah is unwell.

    gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · vampires · dark academia

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Nothing Tastes As Good

    Luke Dumas · Horror

    'A staggeringly honest exploration of how shame, cruelty and the hunger for acceptance can make us feel sub-human.

    psychological thriller · trauma recovery · coming of age · grimdark

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Coffin Moon

    Keith Rosson · Horror

    and are hunted by—the vampire that slaughtered their family.

    vampires · revenge plot · cat and mouse · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Dollface

    Lindy Ryan · Horror

    INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER Barbie meets Scream with a 90s nostalgia twist in this horror romp from Bless Your Heart author Lindy Ryan.

    coming of age · found family · fish out of water · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Hazelthorn

    CG Drews · Horror

    Evander has lived like a ghost in the forgotten corners of the Hazelthorn estate ever since he was taken in by his reclusive billionaire guardian,…

    gothic atmosphere · coming of age · grimdark · dark academia · haunted setting

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    The Bewitching

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia · Horror

    “Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches”: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter…

    gothic atmosphere · witches · haunted setting · multiple timelines · dark academia

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Keeper

    Sarah Langan · Horror

    Some believe Bedford, Maine, is cursed.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · small town

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Mexican Gothic

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia · Horror

    An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of…

    gothic atmosphere · cosmic horror · psychological thriller · haunted setting

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom

    Vincent Tirado · Horror

    Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing…

    demons · dark academia · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Monumental

    Adam Nevill · Horror

    A novel of pagan terror from the author of The Ritual and The Reddening.

    survival · closed circle · grimdark

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    The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

    Philip Fracassi · Horror

    Brimming with dark humor, violence, and mystery, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a blood-soaked slasher sure to keep readers guessing…

    survival · high stakes survival · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Hungerstone

    Kat Dunn · Horror

    An orphaned, emotionally isolated heiress with no money marries a cunning steel tycoon for a chance to build back her life.

    gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · grimdark · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Staircase in the Woods

    Chuck Wendig · Horror

    While on a camping trip, five high-schoolers bound by an oath to always protect one another discover something in the middle of the forest: a…

    haunted setting · closed circle · psychological thriller

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    Breathe In, Bleed Out

    Brian McAuley · Horror

    "Brian McAuley keeps you guessing the whole gory, satisfying way through this one.

    closed circle · survival · high stakes survival · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    'Salem's Lot

    Stephen King · Horror

    Ben Mears has returned to Jerusalem's Lot in the hopes that living in an old mansion, long the subject of town lore, will help him cast out his own…

    gothic atmosphere · vampires · small town · haunted setting · redemption arc

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Stand

    Stephen King · Horror

    A patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99…

    post apocalyptic · grimdark · dystopian society · survival · high stakes survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Wretch

    Eric LaRocca · Horror

    From rising horror star and award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes a nightmarish, haunting, tech-Gothic thrill…

    dark romance · obsessive love · trauma recovery · gothic atmosphere · ghosts

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    The Starving Saints

    Caitlin Starling · Horror

    ! “As brilliant as it is bizarre. From the very first page you know you are in the hands of an author at the height of their abilities. . . . This is…

    grimdark · psychological thriller · survival · trauma recovery

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    The Place Where They Buried Your Heart

    Christina Henry · Horror

    On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago, there is a house.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

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    Wife Shaped Bodies

    Laura Cranehill · Horror

    Sorrowland meets Manhunt in this literary horror debut in which an isolated newlywed—covered in mushroom growths like all the other wives in her…

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting · forbidden romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Snake-Eater

    T. Kingfisher · Horror

    In this witty fantasy horror from New York Times bestselling, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author T.

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · paranormal romance

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    It

    Stephen King · Horror

    "*It*" is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King.

    cosmic horror · found family · coming of age · survival · closed circle · demons

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    You Weren't Meant to Be Human

    Andrew Joseph White · Horror

    Festering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia.

    psychological thriller · trauma recovery · survival

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Guillotine

    Delilah S. Dawson · Horror

    The Menu meets Ready or Not in this dark tale of opulent luxury and shocking violence from the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom.

    closed circle · high stakes survival · survival · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Haunting of Hill House

    Shirley Jackson · Horror

    First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle

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    The Unworthy

    Agustina Bazterrica · Horror

    In a dystopian convent sheltering women from a climate-ravaged world, a narrator yearning to ascend within the Sacred Sisterhood confronts her…

    dystopian society · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    People Watching

    Jason Gray · Horror

    Another by the author of "Pandemonium" issues 1 through infinity, and the author of the "Horror world "series, as well as other stories, this one…

    cosmic horror · psychological thriller · closed circle

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    A House With Good Bones

    T. Kingfisher · Horror

    **A contemporary Southern Gothic from award-winning master of modern horror T.

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller

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    Our Wives Under the Sea

    Julia Armfield · Horror

    Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe.

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Ritual

    Adam Nevill · Horror

    "When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their…

    survival · high stakes survival · psychological thriller

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    How to Sell a Haunted House

    Grady Hendrix · Horror

    When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home.

    haunted setting · trauma recovery · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Spread Me

    Sarah Gailey · Horror

    Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey, bestselling author of Just Like Home.

    cosmic horror · survival · high stakes survival · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Incidents Around the House

    Josh Malerman · Horror

    To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · coming of age · psychological thriller

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    We Live Here Now

    Sarah Pinborough · Horror

    Award-winning author of New York Times bestselling breakout novel (and hit Netflix show) Behind Her Eyes returns with a haunting Gothic novel about a…

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Ruins

    Scott Smith · Horror

    Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation—sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists.

    cosmic horror · high stakes survival · closed circle · psychological thriller

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    Turn Off the Light

    Jacquie Walters · Horror

    Two women living centuries apart are bound by the same dark secret in this haunting novel that "upends everything you think you know about ghost…

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · multiple timelines · ghosts · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    What Moves the Dead

    T. Kingfisher · Horror

    When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers…

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Fabulous Bodies

    Chuck Tingle · Horror

    Fashion influencer by day and grave-robber by night, Poppy Stringer is on call when Eddie Michaels—a flamboyant, piano-slamming rockstar and queer…

    romantic comedy · found family · ghosts

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Fourth Wife

    Linda Hamilton · Horror

    The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas meets “Sister Wives” in a deliciously chilling, darkly romantic, historical gothic horror with a feminist slant, as a…

    dark romance · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · historical fiction · forbidden romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Maria the Wanted

    V. Castro · Horror

    Newly turned Mexican vampire, Maria, is not just out for blood, she wants answers.

    paranormal romance · dark romance · vampires · gothic atmosphere

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

    Clay McLeod Chapman · Horror

    When Noah's aging parents stop returning his calls, he travels to their Virginia home and finds it in shambles.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · closed circle

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    Morsel

    Carter Keane · Horror

    Carter Keane's Morsel is a delicious folk horror debut about learning to bite back when the world is determined to eat you alive.

    coming of age · trauma recovery · grimdark · survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Dead of Winter

    Kealan Patrick Burke · Horror

    Winter isn’t coming…it’s already here, and with it comes a horror no door can keep out.

    haunted setting · high stakes survival · gothic atmosphere

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    Nestlings

    Nat Cassidy · Horror

    Ana and Reid need a break. The horrifically complicated birth of their first child has left Ana paralyzed, bitter, and struggling―with mobility,…

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller · urban fantasy

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Exorcist

    William Peter Blatty · Horror

    THE CHILLING MOVIE WE COULD NOT FORGET ...

    haunted setting · cosmic horror · psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere

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    The Weight of Blood

    Tiffany D. Jackson · Horror

    * AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * INDIE BESTSELLER * JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION * KIDS' INDIE NEXT LIST PICK * NPR BEST PICK * KIRKUS BEST…

    psychological thriller · survival · trauma recovery

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    Lucky Day

    Chuck Tingle · Horror

    ***Lucky Day* is the latest from Chuck Tingle, *USA Today* bestselling author of *Camp Damascus* and *Bury Your Gays*, where one woman must go up…

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Diavola

    Jennifer Thorne · Horror

    Anna has two rules for the annual Pace family destination vacations: *Tread lightly and survive*.

    dark academia · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting

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    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Ray Bradbury · Horror

    Few American novels written this century have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury's unparalleled literary classic SOMETHING WICKED…

    coming of age · gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance

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    ITCH!

    Gemma Amor · Horror

    READERS LOVE GEMMA's DARK WORLD 'If you are after something that is both shocking and horrifically beautiful then take a journey and discover this…

    psychological thriller · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Only Good Indians

    Stephen Graham Jones · Horror

    Ten years ago outside Browning, Montana, four Blackfeet shot some elk, and then went on with their lives.

    revenge plot · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

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    Carmilla

    Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · Horror

    https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2895536W

    paranormal romance · gothic atmosphere · vampires · dark romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    My Best Friend's Exorcism

    Grady Hendrix · Horror

    1988. Charleston, South Carolina. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of…

    coming of age · found family · demons · paranormal romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Heart-Shaped Box LP

    Joe Hill · Horror

    Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals .

    psychological thriller · ghosts · obsessive love · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Fevre Dream

    George R. R. Martin · Horror

    When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something's amiss.

    gothic atmosphere · vampires · dark romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Dorians

    Nick Cutter · Horror

    The all-new novel of terror from “one of the hottest horror authors on the planet” (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop!

    cosmic horror · survival · high stakes survival · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Bone of My Bone

    Johanna van Veen · Horror

    A skull's grin is eternal... The year is 1635. Sister Ursula, a young nun fleeing the ruins of her convent, and Elsebeth, a sharp-witted peasant,…

    dark romance · forbidden romance · gothic atmosphere

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Rosemary's Baby

    Ira Levin · Horror

    Contains: - [Rosemary's Baby](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL28322W/Rosemary's_Baby) - [Stepford…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Rest Stop

    Nat Cassidy · Horror

    A young musician finds himself locked inside a gas station bathroom in the middle of the night by an unseen assailant, caught between the horrors on…

    psychological thriller · high stakes survival · locked room · gothic atmosphere

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    The Good Girl

    Michelle Dunne · Horror

    Pick up this addictively chilling horror suspense title from bestselling author Michelle Dunne.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · morally grey character · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Interview with the Vampire

    Anne Rice · Horror

    This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life.

    dark romance · paranormal romance · gothic atmosphere · forbidden romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Spite House

    Johnny Compton · Horror

    A Best Horror Book of the Year (Esquire)!

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · revenge plot

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    This House Will Feed

    Maria Tureaud · Horror

    Amidst the devastation of Ireland’s Great Famine, a young woman is salvaged from certain death when offered a mysterious position at a remote manor…

    gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · haunted setting · survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Possession of Alba Díaz

    Isabel Cañas · Horror

    When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn’t trust…from…

    paranormal romance · demons · forbidden romance · historical fiction · slow burn

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Model Home

    Rivers Solomon · Horror

    Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel.

    haunted setting · coming of age · gothic atmosphere · found family

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    House of Splinters

    Laura Purcell · Horror

    House of Splinters is the long-awaited prequel to bestselling and multi award-winning author Laura Purcell's gothic horror classic, The Silent…

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · closed circle

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    Carrie

    Stephen King · Horror

    The story of misfit high-school girl, Carrie White, who gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers.

    coming of age · trauma recovery · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Kiss Slay Replay

    Rachel Harrison · Horror

    Every wedding guest’s worst nightmare is on repeat in this wild and twisty new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of So Thirsty…

    psychological thriller · time travel · twist ending · closed circle · high stakes survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Stolen Tongues

    Felix Blackwell · Horror

    A romantic cabin getaway doesn’t go exactly as planned.

    forced proximity · ghosts · gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Hunger

    Joe Hill · Horror

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of King Sorrow, The Fireman, and NOS4A2 comes a chilling new novel about the battle for a country's…

    ghosts · psychological thriller · high stakes survival

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    Such Sharp Teeth

    Rachel Harrison · Horror

    Rory Morris isn’t thrilled to be moving back to her hometown, even if it is temporary.

    coming of age · paranormal romance · werewolves shifters

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Troop

    Nick Cutter · Horror

    Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip.

    coming of age · cosmic horror · high stakes survival · grimdark

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Crawlspace

    Adam Christopher · Horror

    Enter an edge-of-your-seat nightmare to the darkest frontiers in Crawlspace, a sci-fi horror novel from New York Times bestselling author Adam…

    cosmic horror · high stakes survival · psychological thriller · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Robert Louis Stevenson · Horror

    Mr. Gabriel Utterson is a serious, austere lawyer living a humdrum life in Victorian London. Yet there is a strange clause in his friend, Dr. Henry…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · morally grey character · twist ending

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    Cackle

    Rachel Harrison · Horror

    All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe.

    witches · dark romance · coming of age · forbidden romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Bat Eater

    Kylie Lee Baker · Horror

    Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · grimdark · cosmic horror

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    Widow's Point

    Richard Chizmar · Horror

    Richard Chizmar, “one of horror’s indispensable writers” (Paste), and his son W.H.

    psychological thriller · haunted setting · closed circle · cat and mouse

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    These Familiar Walls

    C. J. Dotson · Horror

    A spine-chilling, heart-pounding suburban horror novel at the heart of the genre, perfect for fans of T.

    coming of age · haunted setting · psychological thriller · small town

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    When I Was Death

    Alexis Henderson · Horror

    A group of girls does Death incarnate's bidding in this haunting speculative young adult novel by the author of The Year of the Witching.

    coming of age · trauma recovery · found family · ghosts

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Slewfoot

    Brom · Horror

    **Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell…

    gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · demons

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Crafting for Sinners

    Jenny Kiefer · Horror

    “You will compulsively turn these pages well into the dead of night.”—Paul Tremblay, New York Times best-selling author of Horror Movie and The Cabin…

    survival · high stakes survival · grimdark · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Babysitter Lives

    Stephen Graham Jones · Horror

    The Babysitter Lives When high school senior Charlotte agrees to babysit the Wilbanks twins, she plans to put the six-year-olds to bed early and…

    high stakes survival · haunted setting · ghosts

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    The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

    Grady Hendrix · Horror

    Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this '90s-set horror novel about a women's book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small…

    vampires · dark academia · found family · paranormal romance · psychological thriller

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    The Silent Companions

    Laura Purcell · Horror

    **When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge, what greets her is far from…

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · ghosts · locked room · psychological thriller

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    Hell House

    Richard Matheson · Horror

    Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle

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    Maneater

    Ellie Graves · Horror

    'Lip-smackingly entertaining, Maneater cooks up a tense, tart and thrillingly sadistic kitchen nightmare' Leigh Radford, author of One Yellow Eye…

    psychological thriller · grimdark · morally grey character · high stakes survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Don't Let the Forest In

    CG Drews · Horror

    *Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea that Andrew would do anything for…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · unreliable narrator · coming of age

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    House of the Beast

    Michelle Wong · Horror

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
  119. 119
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    Bury Your Gays

    Chuck Tingle · Horror

    Misha knows that chasing success in Hollywood can be hell.

    dark academia · revenge plot · morally grey character · psychological thriller · found family

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    What Feasts at Night

    T. Kingfisher · Horror

    After their terrifying ordeal at the Usher manor, Alex Easton feels as if they just survived another war.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · dark romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Futility

    Nuzo Onoh · Horror

    For readers of Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister the Serial Killer and Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family, this is a monstrous, gleeful, bitingly…

    dark academia · revenge plot · morally grey character · grimdark

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    She Made Herself A Monster

    Anna Kovatcheva · Horror

    Yana hunts monsters. Anka might be one. They'll need each other to survive. 'This exciting, gorgeous novel reminded me why I love vampire stories...…

    dark romance · enemies to lovers · vampires · survival · paranormal romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Mother Is Watching

    Karma Brown · Horror

    The chilling horror debut from a #1 international bestselling author—an art conservator’s obsession with a mysterious painting spirals into a…

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting

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    Dead First

    Johnny Compton · Horror

    From the Bram Stoker award-nominated author of The Spite House comes a bone-chilling new novel about a private investigator hired by a mysterious…

    psychological thriller · paranormal romance · grimdark

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    Hemlock

    Melissa Faliveno · Horror

    A woman haunted by a dark inheritance returns to the woods where her mother vanished, in this queer Gothic novel.

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · trauma recovery · coming of age

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Afterbirth

    Emma Cleary · Horror

    For fans of Nightbitch, Motherthing, and Baby Teeth, a "mommy horror" masterpiece as hypnotic as it is terrifying, from bold new talent Emma Cleary A…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Blood Trail

    Matt Query · Horror

    "In this chillingly original horror novel, a poacher turned game warden is on an all-new hunt when he's selected to track down a cult with blood…

    survival · psychological thriller · grimdark · cosmic horror

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    Swan Song

    Robert McCammon · Horror

    In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth's last survivors have been drawn into the final…

    post apocalyptic · chosen one · high stakes survival · grimdark

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    The Winter People

    Jennifer McMahon · Horror

    The New York Times bestselling author of The Invited will shock you with a simmering psychological thriller about ghostly secrets, dark choices, and…

    psychological thriller · haunted setting · ghosts · trauma recovery · multiple timelines

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    Come Closer

    Sara Gran · Horror

    A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment.

    cosmic horror · psychological thriller · demons · unreliable narrator

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    The Haar

    David Sodergren · Horror

    “I don’t fear death... but they do.” Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of Witchaven all her life. She was born there, and…

    gothic atmosphere · closed circle · survival

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    Dark Sisters

    Kristi DeMeester · Horror

    “A BONFIRE, A BEACON, A BALM, A RALLYING CRY...

    historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
  133. 133
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    My Heart Is a Chainsaw

    Stephen Graham Jones · Horror

    You won’t find a more hardcore eighties-slasher-film fan than high school senior Jade Daniels.

    coming of age · revenge plot · grimdark · trauma recovery · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
  134. 134
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    The Hill in the Dark Grove

    Liam Higginson · Horror

    Moving and chilling, The Hill in the Dark Grove is a story about a lost way of life and the terrifying lengths we go to to protect what we know.

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · grimdark · trauma recovery

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    Seed

    Ania Ahlborn · Horror

    With nothing but the clothes on his back--and something horrific snapping at his heels--Jack Winter fled his rural Georgia home when he was still…

    survival · trauma recovery · revenge plot · demons

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    For Human Use

    Sarah G. Pierce · Horror

    An unforgettable debut, For Human Use is a twisted tale of modern love that bends every genre, sears itself into your brain, and presents a horrific…

    dark romance · romantic comedy · psychological thriller · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    The Hollow Places

    T. Kingfisher · Horror

    Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly…

    cosmic horror · portal fantasy · psychological thriller · haunted setting · closed circle

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    The Hacienda

    Isabel Cañas · Horror

    Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote…

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · historical fiction · forbidden romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
  139. 139
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    We Call Them Witches

    India-Rose Bower · Horror

    For fans of The Watchers and T. Kingfisher comes a queer, post-apocalyptic horror following one woman's journey across a merciless wasteland to save…

    dark romance · forbidden romance · post apocalyptic · dystopian society · found family · survival

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Watchers

    A.M. Shine · Horror

    An Irish horror adventure set in the unknown forests of Galway, where humans are kept under observation by screaming creatures, from debut author A.

    survival · psychological thriller · closed circle

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    The Bone Queen

    Will Shindler · Horror

    A chilling horror-thriller debut where a mother's search for her missing daughter battles against the shadows of a historic, dangerous legend.

    gothic atmosphere · missing person · paranormal romance

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    Grace

    A.M. Shine · Horror

    A haunting tale of ancient evil and long-buried secrets in an isolated Irish community from the author of hit horror novel The Watchers.

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · small town · closed circle

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    The Midnight Muse

    Jo Kaplan · Horror

    When a metal band's lead singer vanishes in the woods, the mushrooms in the forest might know more than they're letting on in this mycelium-metal…

    survival · missing person · cosmic horror

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    We Are Always Tender with Our Dead

    Eric LaRocca · Horror

    Michael McDowell’s Blackwater meets Clive Barker’s The Great and Secret Show in the disturbing first installment of a new trilogy of intense,…

    gothic atmosphere · found family · small town · grimdark

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The September House

    Carissa Orlando · Horror

    When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t…

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · romantic comedy

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Dark is When the Devil Comes

    Daisy Pearce · Horror

    HE'S A KIDNAPPER. BUT SHE'S THE REAL MONSTER . . . Dark Is When the Devil Comes is the utterly gripping and chilling new novel from acclaimed horror…

    psychological thriller · cat and mouse · unreliable narrator · gothic atmosphere

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200

    Robert Brockway · Horror

    To bright and anxious eight-year-old Kay Washington, the worst thing in the world is being alone with the quiet.

    psychological thriller · trauma recovery · unreliable narrator · coming of age

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    Dig

    J. H. Markert · Horror

    The soil on Crow Island holds secrets, and they’re ready to be unearthed.

    psychological thriller · revenge plot · trauma recovery · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Fisherman

    John Langan · Horror

    In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir.

    cosmic horror · found family · paranormal romance · psychological thriller

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    Body Count

    Codie Crowley · Horror

    Three wishes. One prom queen celebrating at the Jersey Shore. And one monster who will keep killing until her wishes are paid for. From the virally…

    coming of age · revenge plot · found family · fated mates

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    The Hounding

    Xenobe Purvis · Horror

    Even before the rumors about the Mansfield girls begin, Little Nettlebed is a village steeped in the uncanny, from strange creatures that wash up on…

    gothic atmosphere · small town · haunted setting · psychological thriller · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Needful Things

    Stephen King · Horror

    “There are two prices for this. Half…and half. One half is cash. The other is a deed. Do you understand?” The town of Castle Rock, Maine has seen…

    grimdark · small town · psychological thriller · demons

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Good House

    Tananarive Due · Horror

    Award-winning author Due's spine tingling tale of supernatural suspense "weaves a stronger net than ever" (Kirkus Reviews") as a woman searches for…

    haunted setting · found family · small town

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    Ring shout

    P. Djèlí Clark · Horror

    historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · closed circle

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    The Last House on Needless Street

    Catriona Ward · Horror

    In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three.

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · twist ending · haunted setting

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    Nightwatching

    Tracy Sierra · Horror

    A footstep on the stairs. A second to react. What happens next will determine everything. Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a…

    psychological thriller · locked room · haunted setting · survival

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    The Black Farm

    Elias Witherow · Horror

    After the loss of a child along with a slew of agonizing misfortunes, Nick and Jess decide to end their lives.

    psychological thriller · trauma recovery · haunted setting

  158. 158
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    Stalking Jack the Ripper

    Kerri Maniscalco · Horror

    A gothic murder mystery set in gritty Victorian-era London, where an intrepid society girl finds herself embroiled in the investigation of a serial…

    gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · psychological thriller · dark academia · slow burn

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
  159. 159
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    The Turn of the Screw

    Henry James · Horror

    The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator

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    My Darling Dreadful Thing

    Johanna van Veen · Horror

    *Spirits are drawn to salt, be it blood or tears.* Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see.

    dark academia · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller · found family

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    13 Months Haunted

    Jimmy Juliano · Horror

    From Dead Eleven author Jimmy Juliano, a twisty, edge-of-your-seat novel about a unique haunting in the early 2000s Piper Lowery, a public library…

    psychological thriller · haunted setting · twist ending · ghosts

  162. 162
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    Hidden Pictures

    Jason Rekulak · Horror

    A wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets.

    psychological thriller · paranormal romance · haunted setting

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Woman in Black

    Susan Hill · Horror

    In the process of settling an estate, Arthur Kipps finds himself confronted with some very unsettling matters.

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · ghosts · psychological thriller

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    The Terror

    Dan Simmons · Horror

    The bestselling author of Ilium transforms the story of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition into a devastating historical adventure that will chill you…

    historical fiction · high stakes survival · gothic atmosphere · cosmic horror

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Horrorstor

    Grady Hendrix · Horror

    Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · closed circle · survival

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    The Final Girl Support Group

    Grady Hendrix · Horror

    Lynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre.

    revenge plot · trauma recovery · cat and mouse · found family

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
  167. 167
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    At The Mountains of Madness

    H. P. Lovecraft · Horror

    At the Mountains of Madness: H. P. Lovecraft's Best Classic Horror Thrillers by H. P. Lovecraft: This collection of short stories, published in 1936,…

    cosmic horror · grimdark

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    This Thing Between Us

    Gus Moreno · Horror

    "A widower battles his grief, rage, and the mysterious evil inhabiting his home smart speaker, in this mesmerizing horror thriller from newcomer Gus…

    cosmic horror · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery

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    House of Hollow

    Krystal Sutherland · Horror

    ! An Instant Indie Bestseller! A dark, twisty modern fairytale where three sisters discover they are not exactly all that they seem and evil things…

    dark academia · gothic atmosphere · twist ending · found family

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Penpal

    Dathan Auerbach · Horror

    Penpal began as a series of short and interconnected stories posted on an online horror forum.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery

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    Mean Spirited

    Nick Roberts · Horror

    An alcoholic teacher and father's world spirals out of control when a former student is killed and he is left with her dog and the dark presence that…

    psychological thriller · haunted setting · trauma recovery · demons

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Green Mile

    Stephen King · Horror

    The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel by American writer Stephen King.

    psychological thriller · closed circle · redemption arc · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    So Thirsty

    Rachel Harrison · Horror

    Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday.

    paranormal romance · dark romance · coming of age

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Willows

    Algernon Blackwood · Horror

    After leaving Vienna, and long before you come to Budapest, the Danube enters a region of singular loneliness and desolation, where its waters spread…

    gothic atmosphere · cosmic horror · psychological thriller · haunted setting

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    The Salt Grows Heavy

    Cassandra Khaw · Horror

    You may think you know how the fairy tale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince.

    dark romance · gothic atmosphere · magical realism · paranormal romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Fever House

    Keith Rosson · Horror

    When leg-breaker Hutch Holtz rolls up to a rundown apartment complex in Portland, Oregon, to collect overdue drug money, a severed hand is the last…

    psychological thriller · survival · cat and mouse · high stakes survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Darker Days

    Thomas Olde Heuvelt · Horror

    "Darker Days reinforces that Olde Heuvelt is one of the most vital and exciting voices in modern horror”— Mike Flanagan, director of The Haunting of…

    psychological thriller · grimdark · closed circle

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    Sweetside Motel

    E. L. Chen · Horror

    With the pandemic sweeping the globe, Sarah Ng makes a desperate escape from Toronto to start a new life.

    psychological thriller · forced proximity · cat and mouse · closed circle · survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    How Bad Things Can Get

    Darcy Coates · Horror

    It was supposed to be the party of the century: miles of idyllic white sand beaches, lush jungle foliage...and a dark legend nobody dreamed might be…

    survival · high stakes survival · closed circle · locked room

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Funeral Song

    Carly Racklin · Horror

    "A grotesque beauty in the vein of Guillermo del Toro, matched only by Carly Racklin's elegant prose." —Rachel Bolton, author of Please Serve Cold…

    gothic atmosphere · small town · haunted setting

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Humboldt Cut

    Allison Mick · Horror

    Jordan Peele and Jeff Vandermeer meet The Overstory in comedy writer Allison Mick’s darkly humorous debut eco-horror novel, as a Black woman returns…

    survival · psychological thriller · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Glowing Hours

    Leila Siddiqui · Horror

    A mind-bending, revisionist gothic horror story about the fabled summer Mary Shelley began work on Frankenstein, as told by her Indian housemaid,…

    gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · unreliable narrator · paranormal romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Sarafina

    Philip Fracassi · Horror

    During one of the most violent battles of the Civil War, three brothers fighting for the Confederate army decide to go AWOL and make their way home,…

    gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · haunted setting

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Voices in the Snow

    Darcy Coates · Horror

    Clare remembers the cold. She remembers abandoned cars and children's toys littered across the road. She remembers dark shapes in the snow and a…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · unreliable narrator · haunted setting

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Evocation

    S.T. Gibson · Horror

    The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov.

    cosmic horror · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
  186. 186
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    House of Idyll

    Delilah S. Dawson · Horror

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom and Guillotine comes a darkly seductive tale of beautiful rock stars, sinister cults, and a…

    dark academia · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    All the Fiends of Hell

    Adam Nevill · Horror

    The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe.

    cosmic horror · high stakes survival · post apocalyptic · grimdark

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Graceview Patient

    Caitlin Starling · Horror

    Misery meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this genre-bending, claustrophobic hospital gothic from the bestselling author of The Death of Jane…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · trauma recovery · closed circle

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    Fiend

    Alma Katsu · Horror

    Historical horror maven Alma Katsu turns her talents to the modern world for the first time, in this terrifying tale about an all-powerful family…

    historical fiction · grimdark · dark academia · demons

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Gerald's Game

    Stephen King · Horror

    Gerald and Jessie Burlingame have gone to their summer home on a warm weekday in October for a romantic interlude.

    psychological thriller · trauma recovery · survival

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    The Tommyknockers

    Stephen King · Horror

    The Tommyknockers is a 1987 science fiction novel by Stephen King.

    cosmic horror · survival · paranormal romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Slasher Summer

    E. L. Chen · Horror

    PRE-ORDER THE SLASHER OF SUMMER '26.

    survival · closed circle · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Last Days

    Adam Nevill · Horror

    An unnerving, terrifying novel from a master of horror, Adam Nevill.

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting · grimdark

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Knock Knock, Open Wide

    Neil Sharpson · Horror

    Knock Knock, Open Wide weaves horror and Celtic myth into a terrifying, heartbreaking supernatural tale of fractured family bonds, the secrets we…

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting · historical fiction

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    Blackwater

    Michael McDowell · Horror

    On the crest of the worst flood that Perdido, Alabama has ever seen, the mysterious Elinor Dammart is rescued from the topmost room of a flooded…

    gothic atmosphere · dark academia · small town

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Resurrectionist

    A. Rae Dunlap · Horror

    In the tradition of The Alienist and Anatomy: A Love Story, a decadently macabre, dark and twisty gothic debut set in 19th century Scotland – when…

    historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · dark academia · cat and mouse · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Cold House

    A.G. Slatter · Horror

    When Everly’s husband and young daughter die in a car crash she finds out nothing is quite what she thought… Secrets, lies and grief collide in this…

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery · twist ending

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    The Butcher's Daughter

    David Demchuk · Horror

    The story of the vengeful barber Sweeney Todd has gripped fans across literary, stage, and screen renditions—but little has been told of Mrs.

    gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · dark romance · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Camp Damascus

    Chuck Tingle · Horror

    From beloved Internet icon Chuck Tingle comes a searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price of…

    psychological thriller · coming of age · gothic atmosphere · demons

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    One Yellow Eye

    Leigh Radford · Horror

    ‘Snort-inducingly funny . . . One for those with strong stomachs and big hearts’ – The Times Full of heartbreak, revulsion and black humour, a…

    dark romance · survival · found family

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    Thrall

    Rebecca Mahoney · Horror

    In Thrall, a young woman looking for a transformative college experience is bitten by a vampire and must team up with his other living victims to…

    paranormal romance · vampires · found family · survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    You Watched in Silence

    H. Lee Justine · Horror

    In this shivery blend of queer psychological thriller and horror, evocatively set in the secluded islands of the Pacific Northwest, You Watched in…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · closed circle

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    I Was A Teenage Slasher

    Stephen Graham Jones · Horror

    *USA TODAY Bestseller * Alex Award Winner * The “viciously clever, over-the-top, genre-skewing” (The New York Times Book Review) classic slasher…

    coming of age · revenge plot · grimdark · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Survive the Night

    Riley Sager · Horror

    It’s November 1991. Nirvana's in the tape deck, George H. W. Bush is in the White House, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a…

    psychological thriller · closed circle · twist ending · survival

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    She's Always Hungry

    Eliza Clark · Horror

    NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "BEST HORROR FICTION OF 2024" From Eliza Clark, the author of the brilliant novels Boy Parts and Penance and one of…

    cosmic horror · psychological thriller · grimdark

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Horror Movie

    Paul Tremblay · Horror

    In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing, art-house horror flick.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · closed circle

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    Midnight Rooms

    Donyae Coles · Horror

    “An immersive horror fairy tale marrying Crimson Peak to Pan’s Labyrinth upon strange foundations.

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · paranormal romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Great God Pan

    Arthur Machen · Horror

    Arthur Machen's first book, THE GREAT GOD PAN, published in 1894, is still one of the greatest works of weird horror and decadence ever produced.

    cosmic horror · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller

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    The King in Yellow

    Robert W. Chambers · Horror

    An important early classic of fantasy/sci-fi.

    cosmic horror · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller

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    The Dead Zone

    Stephen King · Horror

    The Dead Zone is a science fiction thriller novel by Stephen King published in 1979.

    psychological thriller · time travel · trauma recovery

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    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    Washington Irving · Horror

    A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · small town · love triangle

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    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    H. G. Wells · Horror

    Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H.

    cosmic horror · gothic atmosphere · survival · closed circle

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    Withered Hill

    David Barnett · Horror

    'A terrific, unexpected twist' Guardian 'Withered Hill is the ultimate nightmare destination' Laird Barron InsideA year ago Sophie Wickham stumbled…

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · amnesia · closed circle · haunted setting

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    Thinner

    Stephen King · Horror

    Thinner is a horror novel by American author Stephen King, published in 1984 by NAL under King's pseudonym Richard Bachman.

    survival · revenge plot · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Firestarter

    Stephen King · Horror

    Firestarter is a science fiction-horror thriller novel by Stephen King, first published in September 1980.

    survival · coming of age · trauma recovery · psychological thriller · high stakes survival

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    Something in the Walls

    Daisy Pearce · Horror

    Newly minted child psychologist Mina has little experience.

    haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller

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    Banquet for the Damned

    Adam Nevill · Horror

    Few believed Professor Coldwell was in touch with an unseen world, that he could commune with spirits.

    gothic atmosphere · cosmic horror · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Motherthing

    Ainslie Hogarth · Horror

    When Ralph and Abby Lamb move in with Ralph’s mother, Laura, Abby hopes it’s just what she and her mother-in-law need to finally connect.

    dark academia · haunted setting · revenge plot · dark romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Summer Fun Massacre

    Craig DiLouie · Horror

    It’s 1992, and in the heat of Texas, camp Summer Fun rests by a crystalline lake surrounded by a shady forest.

    survival · trauma recovery · twist ending · high stakes survival

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    A Head Full of Ghosts

    Paul Tremblay · Horror

    "The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute…

    psychological thriller · haunted setting · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Passage

    Justin Cronin · Horror

    The Passage is a novel by Justin Cronin, published in 2010 by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

    survival · grimdark · chosen one · post apocalyptic · cosmic horror

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    I Am Legend

    Richard Matheson · Horror

    Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth .

    survival · post apocalyptic · vampires

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    Devolution

    Max Brooks · Horror

    As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined .

    found family · survival · high stakes survival · psychological thriller · grimdark

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    House of Hunger

    Alexis Henderson · Horror

    Wanted: A bloodmaid of exceptional taste.

    dark academia · gothic atmosphere · found family · coming of age

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Patricia Wants to Cuddle

    Samantha Allen · Horror

    When the final four women in competition for an aloof, if somewhat sleazy, bachelor's heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest,…

    dark academia · psychological thriller · survival · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

    Jamison Shea · Horror

    There will be blood. Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story. Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite…

    coming of age · psychological thriller · anti hero · redemption arc · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Stepford Wives

    Ira Levin · Horror

    For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true.

    gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle · paranormal romance

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Last Witch

    C. J. Cooke · Horror

    A deeply compelling historical horror novel following a woman accused of being a witch who must use her voice to fight for her life—and the…

    gothic atmosphere · historical fiction · survival · witches · dark academia

  229. 229
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    The Devil and Mrs. Davenport

    Paulette Kennedy · Horror

    The bestselling author of The Witch of Tin Mountain and Parting the Veil mines the subtle horrors of 1950s America in a gripping novel about a woman…

    historical fiction · haunted setting · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

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    Juniper & Thorn

    Ava Reid · Horror

    From highly acclaimed, bestselling author Ava Reid comes a gothic horror retelling of The Juniper Tree, set in another time and place within the…

    dark academia · gothic atmosphere · dark romance · redemption arc · trauma recovery · witches

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
  231. 231
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    Candy Cain Kills

    Brian McAuley (Screenwriter) · Horror

    "The modern day Goosebumps for adults."--Horror Obsessive When Austin's parents drag him and his little sister Fiona to a remote cottage for…

    coming of age · survival · revenge plot

  232. 232
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    The Mean Ones

    Tatiana Schlote-Bonne · Horror

    So what if Sadie hears talking dead animals and a strange, comforting male voice in her head?

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery · paranormal romance

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    House of Monstrous Women

    Daphne Fama · Horror

    A young woman is drawn into a dangerous game after being invited to the mazelike home of her childhood friend, a rumored witch, in this gothic horror…

    gothic atmosphere · witches · closed circle · survival · twist ending

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Abyss

    Nicholas Binge · Horror

    This job will eat you alive. From the bestselling author of Ascension, Nicholas Binge, Abyss is a creeping, Lovecraftian horror about work,…

    cosmic horror · psychological thriller · survival · grimdark

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    Where No Shadow Stays

    Sara Hashem · Horror

    A homecoming queen and a bad-boy loner team up to break a generational curse in this YA supernatural horror from a talented Egyptian American voice.

    coming of age · revenge plot · gothic atmosphere · chosen one

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    The Bloody Brick Road

    Maude Royer · Horror

    In this wildly creative, horror-soaked reimagining of L.

    grimdark · survival · psychological thriller

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    Old Soul

    Susan Barker · Horror

    The Historian meets Under the Skin in this searingly provocative literary horror novel about one woman’s determination to stay alive at any…

    psychological thriller · cosmic horror · trauma recovery · closed circle

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    Hex House

    Amy Jane Stewart · Horror

    A feverishly told, dark and unsettling Scotland-set fairy-tale about a safe haven for women which transforms them into vessels of revenge, perfect…

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · forbidden romance · revenge plot · found family

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Forest of Missing Girls

    Nichelle Giraldes · Horror

    The forest is hungry, and her family's secrets are tangled in the trees...

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Truth of Carcosa

    Jacob Rollinson · Horror

    Evil books, shadowy corporations, and interdimensional monster collide in this dark, masterful tribute to Robert Chamber's cult classic, The King in…

    cosmic horror · psychological thriller · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    CHROMATIC CREEP.

    KADEN. LOVE · Horror

    psychological thriller · haunted setting

  242. 242
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    Doctor Sleep

    Stephen King · Horror

    The now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) must save a very special twelve-year-old girl from a tribe of murderous…

    survival · grimdark · haunted setting · high stakes survival · trauma recovery

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    No One Gets Out Alive

    Adam Nevill · Horror

    Darkness lives within . . . Cash-strapped, working for agencies and living in shared accommodation, Stephanie Booth feels she can fall no further. So…

    haunted setting · psychological thriller · survival · trauma recovery

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    Of Beasts

    M. Jane Worma · Horror

    In this queer horror novel debut, a priest falls in love with the antichrist and even God can't stop the horror it will bring.

    forbidden romance · dark romance · demons · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Nos4a2

    Joe Hill · Horror

    Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions.

    psychological thriller · cat and mouse · grimdark · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Curse of Hester Gardens

    Tamika Thompson · Horror

    We Need to Talk about Kevin as if written by Jason Reynolds and Tananarive Due meets Model Home by Rivers Solomon in an innovative twist on the…

    haunted setting · coming of age · trauma recovery · gothic atmosphere · survival

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Invocations

    Krystal Sutherland · Horror

    Now in paperback! AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because…

    psychological thriller · witches · dark academia · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    That Which Feeds Us

    Keala Kendall · Horror

    A native Hawaiian teen travels to a luxury island resort in search of her missing twin and uncovers the dark side of paradise, in this YA…

    gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · missing person · psychological thriller

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
  249. 249
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    Mrs. Jekyll

    Emma Glass · Horror

    A brilliant, feminist retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s evergreen classic, The Strange Case of Dr.

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · dark romance · trauma recovery · grimdark

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus