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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Keeper
Sarah Langan · Horror
Some believe Bedford, Maine, is cursed.
haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · small town
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
post apocalypticgrimdarkdystopian societysurvivalhigh stakes survival🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›47 —
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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paranormal romance · gothic atmosphere · vampires · dark romance
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
dark romanceforbidden romancegothic atmosphere🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›88 —
Rosemary's Baby
Ira Levin · Horror
Contains: - [Rosemary's Baby](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL28322W/Rosemary's_Baby) - [Stepford…
psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere
psychological thrillergothic atmosphere🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›89 —
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
psychological thrillerunreliable narratormorally grey charactertwist ending🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›91 —
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
dark romanceparanormal romancegothic atmosphereforbidden romance🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›92 —
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
gothic atmospherehistorical fictionhaunted settingsurvival🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›94 —
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
paranormal romancedemonsforbidden romancehistorical fictionslow burn🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›95 —
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
haunted settingcoming of agegothic atmospherefound family🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›96 —📖
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
coming of agetrauma recoverypsychological thriller🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›98 —
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
psychological thrillertime traveltwist endingclosed circlehigh stakes survival🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›99 —
Stolen Tongues
Felix Blackwell · Horror
A romantic cabin getaway doesn’t go exactly as planned.
forced proximity · ghosts · gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · survival
forced proximityghostsgothic atmosphereparanormal romancesurvival🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›100 —
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
coming of ageparanormal romancewerewolves shifters🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›102 —
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
coming of agecosmic horrorhigh stakes survivalgrimdark🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›103 —
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
cosmic horrorhigh stakes survivalpsychological thrillerclosed circle🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›104 —
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
witchesdark romancecoming of ageforbidden romance🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›106 —
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
coming of agetrauma recoveryfound familyghosts🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›110 —
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
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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
survivalhigh stakes survivalgrimdarkclosed circle🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›112 —
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
psychological thrillergrimdarkmorally grey characterhigh stakes survival🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›117 —
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
gothic atmospherehaunted setting🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›119 —
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
dark academiarevenge plotmorally grey characterpsychological thrillerfound family🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›120 —
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
haunted settinggothic atmospherepsychological thrillerdark romance🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›121 —
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
dark academiarevenge plotmorally grey charactergrimdark🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›122 —
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
dark romanceenemies to loversvampiressurvivalparanormal romance🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›123 —
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
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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
psychological thrillergothic atmospheretrauma recoveryobsessive love🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›127 —
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
historical fictiongothic atmosphererevenge plot🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›133 —
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
coming of agerevenge plotgrimdarktrauma recoverypsychological thriller🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›134 —
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
survivaltrauma recoveryrevenge plotdemons🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›136 —
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
dark romanceromantic comedypsychological thrillerobsessive love🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes - ›137 —
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
gothic atmospherehaunted settinghistorical fictionforbidden romance🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›139 —
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
dark romanceforbidden romancepost apocalypticdystopian societyfound familysurvival🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›140 —
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
gothic atmospherefound familysmall towngrimdark🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›145 —
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
haunted settinggothic atmospherepsychological thrillerromantic comedy🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›146 —
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
psychological thrillercat and mouseunreliable narratorgothic atmosphere🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›147 —
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
psychological thrillerrevenge plottrauma recoveryclosed circle🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›149 —
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
gothic atmospheresmall townhaunted settingpsychological thrillerclosed circle🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›152 —
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
grimdarksmall townpsychological thrillerdemons🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›153 —
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
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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
gothic atmospherehistorical fictionpsychological thrillerdark academiaslow burn🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›159 —
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
dark academiagothic atmospherehaunted settingpsychological thrillerfound family🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›161 —
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
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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
psychological thrillerparanormal romancehaunted setting🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›163 —
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
historical fictionhigh stakes survivalgothic atmospherecosmic horror🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›165 —
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
revenge plottrauma recoverycat and mousefound family🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›167 —
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
dark academiagothic atmospheretwist endingfound family🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›170 —
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
psychological thrillerhaunted settingtrauma recoverydemons🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›172 —
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
psychological thrillerclosed circleredemption arctrauma recovery🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›173 —
So Thirsty
Rachel Harrison · Horror
Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday.
paranormal romance · dark romance · coming of age
paranormal romancedark romancecoming of age🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›174 —
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
dark romancegothic atmospheremagical realismparanormal romance🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›176 —
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Evocation
S.T. Gibson · Horror
The Devil knows your name, David Aristarkhov.
cosmic horror · psychological thriller · trauma recovery
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Slasher Summer
E. L. Chen · Horror
PRE-ORDER THE SLASHER OF SUMMER '26.
survival · closed circle · twist ending
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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CHROMATIC CREEP.
KADEN. LOVE · Horror
psychological thriller · haunted setting
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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
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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
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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
haunted settingcoming of agetrauma recoverygothic atmospheresurvival🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›247 —
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
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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
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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
psychological thrillergothic atmospheredark romancetrauma recoverygrimdark🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus