50 Books like The Grownup

The Godsend

by Bernard Taylor • 1976

A family's kindness to a pregnant stranger yields a baby and a tally of dead siblings.

3.77

690

🧠 Psychological Horror 👧 Evil Child 👶 Sinister Foundling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Grief Horror

The Godsend 94%

A family's kindness to a pregnant stranger yields a baby and a tally of dead siblings.

by Bernard Taylor 1976

3.77

690 ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 👧 Evil Child 👶 Sinister Foundling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Grief Horror

Portrait of a Nuclear Family

by J.P. Behrens • 2022

She finds her son's dissection journals. Her perfect family will be preserved, body by body.

3.80

856

🏠 Domestic Horror 🌀 Psychological Descent 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Family Secrets 🩸 Body Horror

Portrait of a Nuclear Family 94%

She finds her son's dissection journals. Her perfect family will be preserved, body by body.

by J.P. Behrens 2022

3.80

856 ratings

🏠 Domestic Horror 🌀 Psychological Descent 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔒 Family Secrets 🩸 Body Horror

Bad Things Happened in This Room

by Marie Still • 2025

She's trapped in a house where a room whispers of a crime she can't recall.

3.33

750

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏡 Domestic Gothic 🤯 Unreliable Narrator 💡 Gaslighting 👧 Missing Child

Bad Things Happened in This Room Summary

Bad Things Happened in This Room 94%

She's trapped in a house where a room whispers of a crime she can't recall.

by Marie Still 2025

3.33

750 ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏡 Domestic Gothic 🤯 Unreliable Narrator 💡 Gaslighting 👧 Missing Child

The Devil Crept In

by Ania Ahlborn • 2017

His cousin vanishes in the woods; the boy who returns is not the one who left.

3.65

12k+

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👹 Monstrous Child 🩸 Maternal Horror

The Devil Crept In 93%

His cousin vanishes in the woods; the boy who returns is not the one who left.

by Ania Ahlborn 2017

3.65

12k+ ratings

🏚️ Small-Town Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👹 Monstrous Child 🩸 Maternal Horror

Verity

by Colleen Hoover • 2018

A ghostwriter finds a manuscript in which her comatose employer confesses to killing her daughter.

4.29

3.9M+

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Manor ❓ Ambiguous Ending 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine

Verity 93%

A ghostwriter finds a manuscript in which her comatose employer confesses to killing her daughter.

by Colleen Hoover 2018

4.29

3.9M+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Manor ❓ Ambiguous Ending 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine

Whispers of Dead Girls

by Marlee Bush • 2025

Returning to her dead sister's high school to teach, she finds a predator among the faculty.

3.56

3k+

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Modern Gothic 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Predator In Plain Sight 🏫 Institutional Cover-Up

Whispers of Dead Girls 93%

Returning to her dead sister's high school to teach, she finds a predator among the faculty.

by Marlee Bush 2025

3.56

3k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Modern Gothic 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Predator In Plain Sight 🏫 Institutional Cover-Up

Incidents Around the House

by Josh Malerman • 2024

The woman in the closet wants a little girl's heart. Refusing only makes it kill.

3.56

101k+

🏠 Domestic Horror 🧒 Childhood Possession 🧸 Imaginary Friend Horror 😰 Creeping Dread 🖤 Bleak Ending

Incidents Around the House 93%

The woman in the closet wants a little girl's heart. Refusing only makes it kill.

by Josh Malerman 2024

3.56

101k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Horror 🧒 Childhood Possession 🧸 Imaginary Friend Horror 😰 Creeping Dread 🖤 Bleak Ending

The Perfect Child

by Lucinda Berry • 2019

A couple adopts a traumatized child whose disturbing behavior threatens to destroy their family.

4.01

220k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Disturbed Child 💔 Crumbling Marriage 📋 Foster Care Trauma

The Perfect Child 93%

A couple adopts a traumatized child whose disturbing behavior threatens to destroy their family.

by Lucinda Berry 2019

4.01

220k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👧 Disturbed Child 💔 Crumbling Marriage 📋 Foster Care Trauma

You Did Nothing Wrong

by C.G. Drews • 2026

A young mother's Victorian house is alive. Her son knows it. Her husband calls her crazy.

3.66

9k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👦 Motherhood Horror

You Did Nothing Wrong 93%

A young mother's Victorian house is alive. Her son knows it. Her husband calls her crazy.

by C.G. Drews 2026

3.66

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👦 Motherhood Horror

The Last House on Needless Street

by Catriona Ward • 2021

A missing girl's sister moves next door to a recluse whose cat knows everything.

3.81

153k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Missing Child 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🐾 Animal Narrator 💔 Trauma Survival

The Last House on Needless Street Summary

The Last House on Needless Street 93%

A missing girl's sister moves next door to a recluse whose cat knows everything.

by Catriona Ward 2021

3.81

153k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Missing Child 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🐾 Animal Narrator 💔 Trauma Survival

These Familiar Walls

by C.J. Dotson • 2026

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

3.61

482

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

These Familiar Walls 93%

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

by C.J. Dotson 2026

3.61

482 ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

Sometimes I Lie

by Alice Feeney • 2017

She lies in a coma, fully aware, as her husband and sister discuss what they did.

3.74

352k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Childhood Trauma 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 👯 Sibling Rivalry

Sometimes I Lie 93%

She lies in a coma, fully aware, as her husband and sister discuss what they did.

by Alice Feeney 2017

3.74

352k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Childhood Trauma 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere 👯 Sibling Rivalry

Mrs. March

by Virginia Feito • 2021

Told she inspired her husband's cruel new character, a Manhattan wife sinks into paranoid dread.

3.25

29k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💊 Woman On The Edge 💔 Deteriorating Marriage

Mrs. March 93%

Told she inspired her husband's cruel new character, a Manhattan wife sinks into paranoid dread.

by Virginia Feito 2021

3.25

29k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 💊 Woman On The Edge 💔 Deteriorating Marriage

Theme Music

by T. Marie Vandelly • 2019

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

3.74

17k+

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

Theme Music 92%

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

by T. Marie Vandelly 2019

3.74

17k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

Look Closer

by David Ellis • 2022

A law professor's mistress is murdered on Halloween. He knows the killer. That's the problem.

4.14

166k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Deadly Affair 🧠 Master Manipulator 🌃 Suburban Noir

Look Closer 92%

A law professor's mistress is murdered on Halloween. He knows the killer. That's the problem.

by David Ellis 2022

4.14

166k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Deadly Affair 🧠 Master Manipulator 🌃 Suburban Noir

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 92%

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

The Dead Husband Cookbook

by Danielle Valentine • 2025

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

3.82

18k+

🍖 Culinary Horror 🏚️ Modern Gothic 📖 Unreliable Memoirist 🏡 Rural Isolation 🕸️ Family Conspiracy

The Dead Husband Cookbook 92%

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

by Danielle Valentine 2025

3.82

18k+ ratings

🍖 Culinary Horror 🏚️ Modern Gothic 📖 Unreliable Memoirist 🏡 Rural Isolation 🕸️ Family Conspiracy

Hidden Pictures

by Jason Rekulak • 2022

A nanny fresh from rehab discovers the child's drawings are messages from a murdered woman.

4.14

623k+

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 🚼 Nanny In Peril 🎨 Creepy Child Drawings 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense 🔥 Slow-Burn Dread

Hidden Pictures 92%

A nanny fresh from rehab discovers the child's drawings are messages from a murdered woman.

by Jason Rekulak 2022

4.14

623k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 🚼 Nanny In Peril 🎨 Creepy Child Drawings 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense 🔥 Slow-Burn Dread

The Divorce

by Freida McFadden • 2026

Her husband empties the accounts and buys every lawyer. The other woman isn't after the money.

3.91

164k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 👶 Stolen Child

The Divorce 92%

Her husband empties the accounts and buys every lawyer. The other woman isn't after the money.

by Freida McFadden 2026

3.91

164k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 👶 Stolen Child

The Safe Place

by Anna Downes • 2020

A desperate actress takes a job on a remote French estate, but paradise has locks on every door.

3.65

20k+

🏚️ Remote Estate Suspense 🔍 Stolen Child 🎭 Gaslighting 😰 Creeping Dread 🇫🇷 French Countryside

The Safe Place 92%

A desperate actress takes a job on a remote French estate, but paradise has locks on every door.

by Anna Downes 2020

3.65

20k+ ratings

🏚️ Remote Estate Suspense 🔍 Stolen Child 🎭 Gaslighting 😰 Creeping Dread 🇫🇷 French Countryside

The September House

by Carissa Orlando • 2023

Margaret's Victorian dream home bleeds from the walls every September. She isn't leaving.

3.86

101k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Gothic Horror 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 👻 Ghostly Children 🏠 Domestic Horror

The September House 92%

Margaret's Victorian dream home bleeds from the walls every September. She isn't leaving.

by Carissa Orlando 2023

3.86

101k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Gothic Horror 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 👻 Ghostly Children 🏠 Domestic Horror

Gaslit

by R.R. Haywood • 2024

A disgraced ex-cop house-sits a remote manor, but the gaslights flicker and every room has eyes.

4.04

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏰 Isolated Estate 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Gaslit 92%

A disgraced ex-cop house-sits a remote manor, but the gaslights flicker and every room has eyes.

by R.R. Haywood 2024

4.04

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏰 Isolated Estate 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

We Live Here Now

by Sarah Pinborough • 2025

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

3.71

34k+

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

We Live Here Now 92%

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

by Sarah Pinborough 2025

3.71

34k+ ratings

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

The Turn of the Key

by Ruth Ware • 2019

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

3.90

332k+

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👶 Nanny In Peril 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Toxic Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

The Turn of the Key 92%

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

by Ruth Ware 2019

3.90

332k+ ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👶 Nanny In Peril 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Toxic Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

Insomnia

by Sarah Pinborough • 2022

A lawyer nears forty sleepless, terrified she'll inherit the madness that destroyed her mother.

3.69

36k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔄 Generational Trauma 👯 Estranged Sisters 👩 Motherhood And Madness

Insomnia 92%

A lawyer nears forty sleepless, terrified she'll inherit the madness that destroyed her mother.

by Sarah Pinborough 2022

3.69

36k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🔄 Generational Trauma 👯 Estranged Sisters 👩 Motherhood And Madness

Don't Let Her Stay

by Nicola Sanders • 2023

When her stepdaughter moves in, a new mother sees the warning signs her husband ignores.

3.93

265k+

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🔥 Gaslighting 👩‍🍼 Protective Mother 👧 Manipulative Daughter 🤷‍♂️ Husband In Denial

Don't Let Her Stay 92%

When her stepdaughter moves in, a new mother sees the warning signs her husband ignores.

by Nicola Sanders 2023

3.93

265k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🔥 Gaslighting 👩‍🍼 Protective Mother 👧 Manipulative Daughter 🤷‍♂️ Husband In Denial

The Caretaker

by Marcus Kliewer • 2026

A broke housesitter follows a dead man's rules to keep out whatever knocks at night.

3.69

27k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🔮 Unreliable Reality 💔 Grief As Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

The Caretaker 92%

A broke housesitter follows a dead man's rules to keep out whatever knocks at night.

by Marcus Kliewer 2026

3.69

27k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🔮 Unreliable Reality 💔 Grief As Horror 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

Dearest

by Jacquie Walters • 2024

Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.

3.50

15k+

🖤 Postpartum Horror 🔗 Generational Curse 👶 Haunted Motherhood 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Domestic

Dearest 92%

Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.

by Jacquie Walters 2024

3.50

15k+ ratings

🖤 Postpartum Horror 🔗 Generational Curse 👶 Haunted Motherhood 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Domestic

Apart in the Dark

by Ania Ahlborn • 2018

A timid secretary is consumed by loneliness. Her mute brother's cure is murder.

3.82

610

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Sibling Bond 🏢 Workplace Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 🕯️ Family Curse

Apart in the Dark 92%

A timid secretary is consumed by loneliness. Her mute brother's cure is murder.

by Ania Ahlborn 2018

3.82

610 ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Sibling Bond 🏢 Workplace Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 🕯️ Family Curse

The Cottage

by Lisa Stone • 2021

Heartbroken Jan takes a cottage in the woods, where her dog senses they are not alone.

3.69

9k+

🏚️ Gothic Cottage Horror 🧪 Medical Conspiracy 🌑 Feral Children 🧬 Genetic Manipulation 📋 Hidden Parentage

The Cottage 92%

Heartbroken Jan takes a cottage in the woods, where her dog senses they are not alone.

by Lisa Stone 2021

3.69

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Cottage Horror 🧪 Medical Conspiracy 🌑 Feral Children 🧬 Genetic Manipulation 📋 Hidden Parentage

The House That Held Her

by Ellis Hart • 2025

Sixteen skulls dug up, then gone. A town sworn to silence. Someone living inside the walls.

3.78

796

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔍 Gothic Mystery 🚪 Secret Passages 🪞 Gaslighting 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The House That Held Her 92%

Sixteen skulls dug up, then gone. A town sworn to silence. Someone living inside the walls.

by Ellis Hart 2025

3.78

796 ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔍 Gothic Mystery 🚪 Secret Passages 🪞 Gaslighting 🤫 Small Town Secrets

We Used to Live Here

by Marcus Kliewer • 2024

A family claims they grew up in her house and never leaves, warping Eve's reality.

3.59

305k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🚪 Home Invasion

We Used to Live Here 92%

A family claims they grew up in her house and never leaves, warping Eve's reality.

by Marcus Kliewer 2024

3.59

305k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Gaslighting 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror 🚪 Home Invasion

Play Nice

by Rachel Harrison • 2025

An influencer inherits a demon-haunted house and her mother's memoir, blurring trauma and terror.

3.87

63k+

🕯️ Modern Gothic 🏚️ Haunted House 💔 Dysfunctional Sisters 👻 Ambiguous Supernatural 🖤 Dark Humor

Play Nice 92%

An influencer inherits a demon-haunted house and her mother's memoir, blurring trauma and terror.

by Rachel Harrison 2025

3.87

63k+ ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 🏚️ Haunted House 💔 Dysfunctional Sisters 👻 Ambiguous Supernatural 🖤 Dark Humor

Keep It in the Family

by John Marrs • 2022

Seven suitcases in an attic. Seven dead children inside. And her husband's family knows why.

4.06

249k+

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🩸 Family Of Killers 🔥 Toxic In-Laws 💔 Marriage Betrayal 🏚️ House Of Horrors

Keep It in the Family 92%

Seven suitcases in an attic. Seven dead children inside. And her husband's family knows why.

by John Marrs 2022

4.06

249k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🩸 Family Of Killers 🔥 Toxic In-Laws 💔 Marriage Betrayal 🏚️ House Of Horrors

Sundial

by Catriona Ward • 2022

Her child is dangerous. She returns to a desert compound where her family's violence began.

3.78

26k+

🏜️ Desert Gothic 🩸 Generational Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Dangerous Child

Sundial 92%

Her child is dangerous. She returns to a desert compound where her family's violence began.

by Catriona Ward 2022

3.78

26k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Gothic 🩸 Generational Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Horror 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Dangerous Child

La maison des mensonges

by John Marrs • 2020

Her daughter keeps her chained in the attic, feeding and bathing her, holding the key.

4.01

219k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🖤 Toxic Mother-Daughter 💔 Generational Trauma 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Claustrophobic Dread

La maison des mensonges 92%

Her daughter keeps her chained in the attic, feeding and bathing her, holding the key.

by John Marrs 2020

4.01

219k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🖤 Toxic Mother-Daughter 💔 Generational Trauma 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Claustrophobic Dread

Beneath the Poet’s House

by Christa Carmen • 2024

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

3.79

2k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror

Beneath the Poet’s House 92%

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

by Christa Carmen 2024

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror

Dark Is When the Devil Comes

by Daisy Pearce • 2026

Locked in a cellar on cursed land, she must survive a captor who drills skulls to free demons.

3.69

2k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Captivity Horror 👭 Estranged Sisters 👹 Monstrous Double 🦴 Body Horror

Dark Is When the Devil Comes 92%

Locked in a cellar on cursed land, she must survive a captor who drills skulls to free demons.

by Daisy Pearce 2026

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Captivity Horror 👭 Estranged Sisters 👹 Monstrous Double 🦴 Body Horror

The Good Samaritan

by John Marrs • 2017

She guides the suffering toward suicide over the phone. A grieving husband is now listening.

4.06

86k+

📖 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 👹 Predator Pov 🩸 Master Manipulator 💔 Grief Revenge

The Good Samaritan 92%

She guides the suffering toward suicide over the phone. A grieving husband is now listening.

by John Marrs 2017

4.06

86k+ ratings

📖 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 👹 Predator Pov 🩸 Master Manipulator 💔 Grief Revenge

Party of Liars

by Kelsey Cox • 2024

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

3.94

27k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Modern Gothic 🔥 Gaslighting 🤱 Postpartum Anxiety 💔 Toxic Female Friendship

Party of Liars 92%

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

by Kelsey Cox 2024

3.94

27k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🕯️ Modern Gothic 🔥 Gaslighting 🤱 Postpartum Anxiety 💔 Toxic Female Friendship

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson • 1962

After arsenic killed their family, two sisters guard their decaying mansion with spells and silence.

3.91

303k+

🏚️ American Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👭 Devoted Sisters 🏠 Isolated Mansion

We Have Always Lived in the Castle Summary

We Have Always Lived in the Castle 92%

After arsenic killed their family, two sisters guard their decaying mansion with spells and silence.

by Shirley Jackson 1962

3.91

303k+ ratings

🏚️ American Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👭 Devoted Sisters 🏠 Isolated Mansion

My Husband

by Maud Ventura • 2021

A wife measures her marriage in secret notebooks, color-coded days, and affairs she calls justice.

3.65

69k+

🔪 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Obsessive Love 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕸️ Mutual Manipulation

My Husband 92%

A wife measures her marriage in secret notebooks, color-coded days, and affairs she calls justice.

by Maud Ventura 2021

3.65

69k+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Obsessive Love 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🕸️ Mutual Manipulation

Trap Door

by Dreda Say Mitchell • 2020

Her new job in a haunted Victorian building hides a basement nightmare staged just for her.

3.73

2k+

🌀 Gaslighting 🔒 Family Secrets 🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🕳️ Claustrophobic Dread 🎯 Revenge Plot

Trap Door 92%

Her new job in a haunted Victorian building hides a basement nightmare staged just for her.

by Dreda Say Mitchell 2020

3.73

2k+ ratings

🌀 Gaslighting 🔒 Family Secrets 🏚️ Contemporary Gothic 🕳️ Claustrophobic Dread 🎯 Revenge Plot

Beyond Black

by Hilary Mantel • 2005

Her spirit guide is her childhood abuser. She tours England's motorways with her assistant.

3.43

10k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🔮 Psychic Mediums 🏘️ Gothic Suburbia 💔 Haunted By Trauma 😈 Darkly Comic

Beyond Black 92%

Her spirit guide is her childhood abuser. She tours England's motorways with her assistant.

by Hilary Mantel 2005

3.43

10k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🔮 Psychic Mediums 🏘️ Gothic Suburbia 💔 Haunted By Trauma 😈 Darkly Comic

The Push

by Ashley Audrain • 2021

A new mother fears her daughter is dangerous, but her husband thinks she's the problem.

4.04

448k+

🔗 Generational Trauma 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Evil Child

The Push 92%

A new mother fears her daughter is dangerous, but her husband thinks she's the problem.

by Ashley Audrain 2021

4.04

448k+ ratings

🔗 Generational Trauma 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Evil Child

Sour Candy

by Kealan Patrick Burke • 2015

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

3.59

26k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

Sour Candy 92%

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

by Kealan Patrick Burke 2015

3.59

26k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

The Wife Upstairs

by Rachel Hawkins • 2021

A dog walker cons a wealthy widower into marriage. His missing wife won't stay silent.

3.72

325k+

🕯️ Gothic Thriller 📖 Jane Eyre Retelling 🌿 Southern Gothic 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Antiheroine

The Wife Upstairs 92%

A dog walker cons a wealthy widower into marriage. His missing wife won't stay silent.

by Rachel Hawkins 2021

3.72

325k+ ratings

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2k+

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It Will Just Be Us 92%

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3.63

2k+ ratings

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3.79

215k+

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Behind Her Eyes 92%

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3.79

215k+ ratings

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3.48

4k+

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The Astrology House 92%

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3.48

4k+ ratings

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