50 Books like Batman

Batman

by John Jackson Miller • 2025

When an overlooked genius turns, Gotham's bicentennial becomes his stage for a reckoning.

4.18

922

🦇 Superhero Origin Story 🏙️ Gothic Urban Setting 🎭 Dual Identities ❓ Riddles And Puzzles 💔 Fallen Idealist

Batman 93%

When an overlooked genius turns, Gotham's bicentennial becomes his stage for a reckoning.

by John Jackson Miller 2025

4.18

922 ratings

🦇 Superhero Origin Story 🏙️ Gothic Urban Setting 🎭 Dual Identities ❓ Riddles And Puzzles 💔 Fallen Idealist

Batman

by John Jackson Miller • 2024

The Joker is dead, but a shape-shifting victim is being remade to resurrect his reign.

4.05

3k+

🖤 Gothic Superhero 🧪 Mad Scientist 🎭 Shape-Shifter 👥 Doppelganger 🔥 Cult Of Personality

Batman 92%

The Joker is dead, but a shape-shifting victim is being remade to resurrect his reign.

by John Jackson Miller 2024

4.05

3k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Superhero 🧪 Mad Scientist 🎭 Shape-Shifter 👥 Doppelganger 🔥 Cult Of Personality

The Pilo Family Circus

by Will Elliott • 2009

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

3.81

4k+

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Fantasy

The Pilo Family Circus 88%

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

by Will Elliott 2009

3.81

4k+ ratings

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Fantasy

Hench

by Natalie Zina Walschots • 2020

After a hero shatters her leg, a temp worker weaponizes the hidden cost of saving the world.

4.00

27k+

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🦸 Superhero Satire 🌑 Villain Origin Story 🕸️ Corrupting Mentorship 📋 Office Satire

Hench 87%

After a hero shatters her leg, a temp worker weaponizes the hidden cost of saving the world.

by Natalie Zina Walschots 2020

4.00

27k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🦸 Superhero Satire 🌑 Villain Origin Story 🕸️ Corrupting Mentorship 📋 Office Satire

The Fourth Monkey

by J.D. Barker • 2017

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

4.26

88k+

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story 💔 Dead Wife Grief 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

The Fourth Monkey 87%

A dead man's severed ear forces a detective to hunt a killer who buries girls alive.

by J.D. Barker 2017

4.26

88k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer Procedural 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 📖 Killer Origin Story 💔 Dead Wife Grief 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

La historia del loco

by John Katzenbach • 2004

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

4.01

15k+

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

La historia del loco 87%

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

by John Katzenbach 2004

4.01

15k+ ratings

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

Along Came a Spider

by James Patterson • 1993

A D.C. detective hunts a fame-obsessed teacher who kidnapped two children from an elite school.

4.13

491k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killer 🚸 Kidnapping 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game

Along Came a Spider 87%

A D.C. detective hunts a fame-obsessed teacher who kidnapped two children from an elite school.

by James Patterson 1993

4.13

491k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killer 🚸 Kidnapping 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game

Yellow

by Aron Beauregard • 2021

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

3.77

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🪶 Unlikely Avenger 👮 Corrupt Cops

Yellow 87%

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

by Aron Beauregard 2021

3.77

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🪶 Unlikely Avenger 👮 Corrupt Cops

Senseless

by Ronald Malfi • 2025

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

3.83

3k+

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object 💔 Grieving Detective 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

Senseless 87%

A widowed detective chases a desert mutilator into the orbit of a crumbling Hollywood family.

by Ronald Malfi 2025

3.83

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Serial Killer 🧠 Psychological Horror 📖 Cursed Object 💔 Grieving Detective 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Ian Edginton • 2008

Dorian Gray stays young while his portrait ages: a supernatural bargain that devours his soul.

4.17

60k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🌟 Wish Gone Wrong 💀 Moral Corruption 🎭 Corrupting Influence ⏳ Eternal Youth

The Picture of Dorian Gray 87%

Dorian Gray stays young while his portrait ages: a supernatural bargain that devours his soul.

by Ian Edginton 2008

4.17

60k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🌟 Wish Gone Wrong 💀 Moral Corruption 🎭 Corrupting Influence ⏳ Eternal Youth

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1

by Philip K. Dick • 2011

A bounty hunter kills androids who pass as human, until the work starts feeling like murder.

4.04

5k+

🏙️ Android Dystopia 🤖 Artificial Humanity 🌿 Artificial Nature 🔫 Bounty Hunter Noir 💔 Empathy Test

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1 Summary

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1 87%

A bounty hunter kills androids who pass as human, until the work starts feeling like murder.

by Philip K. Dick 2011

4.04

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Android Dystopia 🤖 Artificial Humanity 🌿 Artificial Nature 🔫 Bounty Hunter Noir 💔 Empathy Test

Aliss

by Patrick Senécal • 2000

She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.

4.33

11k+

🌀 Wonderland Retelling 🔪 Extreme Horror ⚡ Transgressive Fiction 💀 Nihilistic Horror 🏚️ Urban Nightmare

Aliss 87%

She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.

by Patrick Senécal 2000

4.33

11k+ ratings

🌀 Wonderland Retelling 🔪 Extreme Horror ⚡ Transgressive Fiction 💀 Nihilistic Horror 🏚️ Urban Nightmare

Flaggermusmannen

by Jo Nesbø • 1997

Drunk and adrift in Sydney, a Norwegian detective hunts a serial killer in aboriginal myth.

3.55

132k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Flaggermusmannen 86%

Drunk and adrift in Sydney, a Norwegian detective hunts a serial killer in aboriginal myth.

by Jo Nesbø 1997

3.55

132k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🤝 Unlikely Partners

Catwoman

by Sarah J. Maas • 2018

Batwing hunts Catwoman. Catwoman hunts a cure. And the assassins who made her hunt her.

4.06

27k+

🐈‍⬛ Supervillain Origin Story 🗡️ Assassin Training ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond 🖤 Found Family

Catwoman 86%

Batwing hunts Catwoman. Catwoman hunts a cure. And the assassins who made her hunt her.

by Sarah J. Maas 2018

4.06

27k+ ratings

🐈‍⬛ Supervillain Origin Story 🗡️ Assassin Training ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond 🖤 Found Family

Vicious

by V.E. Schwab • 2013

A pain-wielding fugitive hunts the former best friend who sent him to prison.

4.18

329k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Friends To Enemies ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🫂 Found Family 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Vicious 86%

A pain-wielding fugitive hunts the former best friend who sent him to prison.

by V.E. Schwab 2013

4.18

329k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Friends To Enemies ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🫂 Found Family 🐱 Cat And Mouse

The Rabbit Factor

by Antti Tuomainen • 2020

An actuary inherits his brother's failing adventure park and the criminals who own its debts.

3.78

6k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🎪 Absurdist Crime 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🧊 Emotionally Repressed 🎨 Opposites Attract

The Rabbit Factor 86%

An actuary inherits his brother's failing adventure park and the criminals who own its debts.

by Antti Tuomainen 2020

3.78

6k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🎪 Absurdist Crime 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🧊 Emotionally Repressed 🎨 Opposites Attract

Wonderland

by Jennifer Hillier • 2015

Four missing boys. A seaside amusement park. A disgraced deputy who won't stop asking questions.

4.06

44k+

🎡 Amusement Park Horror 💀 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎭 Female Predator

Wonderland 86%

Four missing boys. A seaside amusement park. A disgraced deputy who won't stop asking questions.

by Jennifer Hillier 2015

4.06

44k+ ratings

🎡 Amusement Park Horror 💀 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎭 Female Predator

Sophie's World

by Jostein Gaarder • 2022

Anonymous letters teach a girl philosophy, and with every lesson her world feels less real.

4.09

1k+

📚 Philosophy Primer 📖 Metafiction 🦉 Mysterious Mentor ✉️ Hidden Messages ✨ Wonder And Curiosity

Sophie's World 86%

Anonymous letters teach a girl philosophy, and with every lesson her world feels less real.

by Jostein Gaarder 2022

4.09

1k+ ratings

📚 Philosophy Primer 📖 Metafiction 🦉 Mysterious Mentor ✉️ Hidden Messages ✨ Wonder And Curiosity

Nocturnes & Nightmares

by Keri Lake • 2019

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

3.89

3k+

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

Nocturnes & Nightmares 86%

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

by Keri Lake 2019

3.89

3k+ ratings

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

Joyland

by Stephen King • 2013

A heartbroken student's carnival summer job unearths a ghost story that masks an unsolved murder.

3.93

181k+

🎪 Carnival Noir 🔍 Cold Case Murder 🎭 Villainous Mentor 👻 Psychic Child 🤝 Found Family

Joyland 86%

A heartbroken student's carnival summer job unearths a ghost story that masks an unsolved murder.

by Stephen King 2013

3.93

181k+ ratings

🎪 Carnival Noir 🔍 Cold Case Murder 🎭 Villainous Mentor 👻 Psychic Child 🤝 Found Family

Come Knocking

by Mike Bockoven • 2025

An immersive theater show about hell becomes a massacre when online trolls infiltrate the audience.

3.76

975

🎙️ Oral History Horror 🎭 Theater Horror 💻 Internet Radicalization 🎬 Behind The Curtain 😰 Mounting Dread

Come Knocking 86%

An immersive theater show about hell becomes a massacre when online trolls infiltrate the audience.

by Mike Bockoven 2025

3.76

975 ratings

🎙️ Oral History Horror 🎭 Theater Horror 💻 Internet Radicalization 🎬 Behind The Curtain 😰 Mounting Dread

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

by Philip Fracassi • 2025

At a retirement home, residents keep dying. The staff blames age. One retired teacher blames murder.

4.00

8k+

🏚️ Retirement Home Horror 🔪 Slasher Horror 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Elderly Sleuths ⚔️ Final Girl

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre Summary

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre 86%

At a retirement home, residents keep dying. The staff blames age. One retired teacher blames murder.

by Philip Fracassi 2025

4.00

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Retirement Home Horror 🔪 Slasher Horror 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🕵️ Elderly Sleuths ⚔️ Final Girl

The Contortionist

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

A carnival erased her pain. Now its puppeteer will never let her go.

3.89

6k+

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💊 Chronic Pain 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Sentient Setting

The Contortionist 86%

A carnival erased her pain. Now its puppeteer will never let her go.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

3.89

6k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💊 Chronic Pain 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Sentient Setting

The Keeper of Lost Causes

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2007

A washed-up cop unearths a cold case: a politician who vanished from a ferry five years ago.

4.01

95k+

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 👮 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation 💔 Damaged Detective 🧩 Enigmatic Sidekick

The Keeper of Lost Causes 86%

A washed-up cop unearths a cold case: a politician who vanished from a ferry five years ago.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2007

4.01

95k+ ratings

🌑 Scandinavian Noir 👮 Police Procedural 📁 Cold Case Investigation 💔 Damaged Detective 🧩 Enigmatic Sidekick

Phantom

by H.D. Carlton • 2025

A scarred mafia killer watches a housewife through her window. She leaves the door unlocked.

3.91

63k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🎭 Phantom Retelling 🏚️ Gothic Romance 👁️ Stalker Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

Phantom 86%

A scarred mafia killer watches a housewife through her window. She leaves the door unlocked.

by H.D. Carlton 2025

3.91

63k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🎭 Phantom Retelling 🏚️ Gothic Romance 👁️ Stalker Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

5150, rue des Ormes

by Patrick Senécal • 1994

A student crashes his bike and finds a family that collects the guilty as trophies.

4.08

7k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🚪 Locked-Room Horror 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome ⚖️ Vigilante Horror 🪓 Killer Family

5150, rue des Ormes 86%

A student crashes his bike and finds a family that collects the guilty as trophies.

by Patrick Senécal 1994

4.08

7k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🚪 Locked-Room Horror 🔗 Stockholm Syndrome ⚖️ Vigilante Horror 🪓 Killer Family

Epiphany Jones

by Michael Grothaus • 2016

A hallucinating museum worker framed for a Van Gogh theft follows a blackmailer who may not be real.

3.83

179

🖤 Psychological Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📼 Blackmail Plot 🙏 Quest For Redemption 💔 Childhood Trauma

Epiphany Jones 86%

A hallucinating museum worker framed for a Van Gogh theft follows a blackmailer who may not be real.

by Michael Grothaus 2016

3.83

179 ratings

🖤 Psychological Noir 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📼 Blackmail Plot 🙏 Quest For Redemption 💔 Childhood Trauma

Prince of Thorns

by Mark Lawrence • 2011

A young prince returns from the wasteland with killers, aiming for his father's crown.

3.83

124k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy 😈 Antihero Protagonist 🗡️ Band Of Outlaws 👑 Royal Intrigue

Prince of Thorns 86%

A young prince returns from the wasteland with killers, aiming for his father's crown.

by Mark Lawrence 2011

3.83

124k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy 😈 Antihero Protagonist 🗡️ Band Of Outlaws 👑 Royal Intrigue

5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides

by Matthew Inman • 2010

A web designer quits to draw crude comics about punching dolphins and life's absurdities.

4.04

13k+

🖥️ Webcomic Collection 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🌀 Surreal Cartoons 😈 Irreverent Satire 🔞 Adult Cartoons

5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides Summary

5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth and Other Useful Guides 86%

A web designer quits to draw crude comics about punching dolphins and life's absurdities.

by Matthew Inman 2010

4.04

13k+ ratings

🖥️ Webcomic Collection 🤪 Absurdist Humor 🌀 Surreal Cartoons 😈 Irreverent Satire 🔞 Adult Cartoons

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay • 2004

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

3.90

221k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

Darkly Dreaming Dexter 86%

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

by Jeff Lindsay 2004

3.90

221k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

Creep

by Emma van Straaten • 2025

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

3.47

6k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

Creep 86%

His cleaner knows every secret of his life. He does not know her name.

by Emma van Straaten 2025

3.47

6k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 📖 Literary Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Erotic Obsession 😬 Darkly Comic

Phantom Limb

by Lucinda Berry • 2016

After her fragile twin's suicide, she wakes in a psychiatric ward with scars she didn't make.

3.89

68k+

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👯 Twin Bond 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital

Phantom Limb 86%

After her fragile twin's suicide, she wakes in a psychiatric ward with scars she didn't make.

by Lucinda Berry 2016

3.89

68k+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👯 Twin Bond 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital

Red Dragon

by Thomas Harris • 2000

A haunted ex-profiler returns to catch a family-killer who begins stalking him instead.

4.07

380k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Serial Killer Profiling 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 😈 Dual Identity Struggle 👤 Retired Detective

Red Dragon 86%

A haunted ex-profiler returns to catch a family-killer who begins stalking him instead.

by Thomas Harris 2000

4.07

380k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Serial Killer Profiling 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 😈 Dual Identity Struggle 👤 Retired Detective

City of Glass

by Paul Auster • 1985

A mystery writer borrows a detective's name and shadows a mad linguist through New York.

3.75

24k+

🕵️ Philosophical Mystery 🎭 Dissolving Identity 🗺️ City As Labyrinth 🪤 Language As Trap 🌃 Existential Noir

City of Glass 86%

A mystery writer borrows a detective's name and shadows a mad linguist through New York.

by Paul Auster 1985

3.75

24k+ ratings

🕵️ Philosophical Mystery 🎭 Dissolving Identity 🗺️ City As Labyrinth 🪤 Language As Trap 🌃 Existential Noir

The Gunslinger

by Stephen King • 1982

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

3.91

669k+

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

The Gunslinger 86%

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

by Stephen King 1982

3.91

669k+ ratings

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

Silent Crime

by W.L. Knightly • 2019

A retiring detective faces a killer who forces corrupt officials to play hangman with their crimes.

3.96

2k+

📋 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👥 Reluctant Partners 🏛️ Corrupt System

Silent Crime 86%

A retiring detective faces a killer who forces corrupt officials to play hangman with their crimes.

by W.L. Knightly 2019

3.96

2k+ ratings

📋 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👥 Reluctant Partners 🏛️ Corrupt System

Steelheart

by Brandon Sanderson • 2013

After seeing Steelheart bleed, David joins rebel assassins to find his one weakness and kill him.

4.14

197k+

🦹 Supervillain Dystopia 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🫂 Found Family ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎓 Mentor With A Secret

Steelheart 86%

After seeing Steelheart bleed, David joins rebel assassins to find his one weakness and kill him.

by Brandon Sanderson 2013

4.14

197k+ ratings

🦹 Supervillain Dystopia 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🫂 Found Family ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎓 Mentor With A Secret

You

by Caroline Kepnes • 2014

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

3.96

295k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

You 86%

A bookseller stalks a crush from her credit card into her inbox, her apartment, her bed.

by Caroline Kepnes 2014

3.96

295k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💀 Fatal Obsession 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Killer Narrator ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense

No Mercy

by Blake Pierce • 2022

An FBI agent with a haunted past chases a psychopath who escaped a psychiatric ward.

4.02

4k+

🕵️ FBI Profiler 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏃 Asylum Escape 🎭 Sibling Manipulation 👻 Haunted Detective

No Mercy 86%

An FBI agent with a haunted past chases a psychopath who escaped a psychiatric ward.

by Blake Pierce 2022

4.02

4k+ ratings

🕵️ FBI Profiler 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏃 Asylum Escape 🎭 Sibling Manipulation 👻 Haunted Detective

Pop Goes the Weasel

by M.J. Arlidge • 2014

When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.

4.13

29k+

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Female Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Pop Goes the Weasel 86%

When hearts arrive on doorsteps, a detective with her own violent past must find the killer.

by M.J. Arlidge 2014

4.13

29k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🕵️ Female Detective ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Critical Role

by Madeleine Roux • 2022

A gutter tiefling steals a journal leading to a sentient city hungry for a new vessel.

4.01

3k+

🦹 Villain Origin Story 💜 Found Family 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Antihero 🏙️ Sentient City

Critical Role 86%

A gutter tiefling steals a journal leading to a sentient city hungry for a new vessel.

by Madeleine Roux 2022

4.01

3k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Origin Story 💜 Found Family 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Antihero 🏙️ Sentient City

Ward D

by Freida McFadden • 2023

A med student trapped on a locked ward with the best friend who wants her dead.

3.96

646k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Hidden Identity 😰 Creeping Dread

Ward D 86%

A med student trapped on a locked ward with the best friend who wants her dead.

by Freida McFadden 2023

3.96

646k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Hidden Identity 😰 Creeping Dread

Suicidas

by Raphael Montes • 2012

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

4.05

10k+

🎭 Metafiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🎲 Death Game 😰 Claustrophobic Dread

Suicidas 86%

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

by Raphael Montes 2012

4.05

10k+ ratings

🎭 Metafiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Toxic Friendship 🎲 Death Game 😰 Claustrophobic Dread

Rules of Prey

by John Sandford • 1989

A serial killer with a rulebook. A detective who hates rules. The hunt is on.

4.11

95k+

🗡️ Serial Killer 🐭 Cat And Mouse 👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Flawed Detective 🖤 Gritty

Rules of Prey 86%

A serial killer with a rulebook. A detective who hates rules. The hunt is on.

by John Sandford 1989

4.11

95k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer 🐭 Cat And Mouse 👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Flawed Detective 🖤 Gritty

Til Def

by Jodie King

Inside a crumbling asylum, a grieving therapist and a killer patient give in to mutual obsession.

3.99

3k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Trauma Bonded 🏚️ Gothic Asylum 🔪 Erotic Horror

Til Def 86%

Inside a crumbling asylum, a grieving therapist and a killer patient give in to mutual obsession.

by Jodie King

3.99

3k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Trauma Bonded 🏚️ Gothic Asylum 🔪 Erotic Horror

Berserk, Vol. 1

by Kentaro Miura • 1990

A loyal giant knight, betrayed and bleeding out, strikes a pact to be reborn as a dragon.

4.49

69k+

🔥 Demonic Transformation 💔 Friend Betrayal 🔪 Sacrifice For Power ⚔️ Grimdark Fantasy 👁️ Prophetic Visions

Berserk, Vol. 1 86%

A loyal giant knight, betrayed and bleeding out, strikes a pact to be reborn as a dragon.

by Kentaro Miura 1990

4.49

69k+ ratings

🔥 Demonic Transformation 💔 Friend Betrayal 🔪 Sacrifice For Power ⚔️ Grimdark Fantasy 👁️ Prophetic Visions

Playground

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

3.43

20k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 💔 Parental Betrayal

Playground 86%

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.43

20k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 💔 Parental Betrayal

Back In the Shadows

by J.A. Owenby • 2025

Her husband has a killer alter. A madman cages her, forcing both halves to hunt.

4.11

3k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Dissociative Identity 🗡️ Possessive Antihero ⛓️ Captivity Romance

Back In the Shadows 86%

Her husband has a killer alter. A madman cages her, forcing both halves to hunt.

by J.A. Owenby 2025

4.11

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Dissociative Identity 🗡️ Possessive Antihero ⛓️ Captivity Romance

Rest Stop

by Nat Cassidy • 2024

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

3.62

9k+

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

Rest Stop 86%

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

by Nat Cassidy 2024

3.62

9k+ ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

The Ghosts of Belfast

by Stuart Neville • 2009

A Belfast hitman's twelve victims haunt him until he hunts the men who gave the orders.

3.93

9k+

🖤 Irish Noir 👻 Supernatural Noir 💀 Ghostly Vengeance 🏙️ Post-Conflict Belfast 🕊️ Redemption Arc

The Ghosts of Belfast 86%

A Belfast hitman's twelve victims haunt him until he hunts the men who gave the orders.

by Stuart Neville 2009

3.93

9k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Noir 👻 Supernatural Noir 💀 Ghostly Vengeance 🏙️ Post-Conflict Belfast 🕊️ Redemption Arc

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