50 Books like Theme Music

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 96%

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

The Book of Cold Cases

by Simone St. James • 2022

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

3.78

132k+

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

The Book of Cold Cases 95%

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

by Simone St. James 2022

3.78

132k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

The Truth Is a Lie

by CherAnn Wright • 2025

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

4.22

235

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

The Truth Is a Lie 95%

When her daughter talks to a dead twin's ghost, a woman's buried childhood secret claws free.

by CherAnn Wright 2025

4.22

235 ratings

🩸 Generational Trauma 🌑 Cursed Bloodline 👥 Surviving Twin Guilt 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👻 Haunted Family Home

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 95%

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

The Restless Ones

by Abe Moss • 2024

A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.

3.97

2k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🎬 Documentary Horror 🖤 Toxic Sisterhood 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🌊 Gothic Seaside

The Restless Ones 95%

A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.

by Abe Moss 2024

3.97

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🎬 Documentary Horror 🖤 Toxic Sisterhood 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🌊 Gothic Seaside

A Box Full of Darkness

by Simone St. James • 2026

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

3.75

18k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist 👥 Siblings Reuniting 💔 Generational Trauma

A Box Full of Darkness 95%

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

by Simone St. James 2026

3.75

18k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist 👥 Siblings Reuniting 💔 Generational Trauma

The Haunting of Leigh Harker

by Darcy Coates • 2021

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

3.92

8k+

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Hidden Killer 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

The Haunting of Leigh Harker 95%

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

by Darcy Coates 2021

3.92

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Hidden Killer 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

Daisy Darker

by Alice Feeney • 2022

The tide traps a broken family on an island with a poem counting down their murders.

3.76

286k+

🤐 Locked Room Mystery 👻 Ghost Narrator 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Revenge Thriller 💔 Childhood Trauma

Daisy Darker 94%

The tide traps a broken family on an island with a poem counting down their murders.

by Alice Feeney 2022

3.76

286k+ ratings

🤐 Locked Room Mystery 👻 Ghost Narrator 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⚖️ Revenge Thriller 💔 Childhood Trauma

The Staircase in the Woods

by Chuck Wendig • 2025

A dying man hustles his gang back to the woods where a staircase swallowed a friend.

3.54

25k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🩸 Trauma Horror 👥 Friend Reunion Horror 🔍 Missing Person Mystery 🌀 Living House Horror

The Staircase in the Woods 94%

A dying man hustles his gang back to the woods where a staircase swallowed a friend.

by Chuck Wendig 2025

3.54

25k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🩸 Trauma Horror 👥 Friend Reunion Horror 🔍 Missing Person Mystery 🌀 Living House Horror

Let Him In

by William Friend • 2022

Twin girls describe a sinister friend after their mother dies. Their father begins to believe.

3.25

9k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Gothic Family Drama 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Grieving Widower 👯 Twin Dynamics

Let Him In 94%

Twin girls describe a sinister friend after their mother dies. Their father begins to believe.

by William Friend 2022

3.25

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Gothic Family Drama 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Grieving Widower 👯 Twin Dynamics

The Red House

by Roz Watkins • 2023

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

4.03

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 📁 Cold Case 🔑 Family Secrets

The Red House 94%

A survivor returns to the murder house to face the comatose brother she condemned.

by Roz Watkins 2023

4.03

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 📁 Cold Case 🔑 Family Secrets

Haunted

by James Herbert • 1988

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

3.78

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Haunted 94%

A paranormal investigator takes a case at a crumbling manor. The dead have been expecting him.

by James Herbert 1988

3.78

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Manor 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔍 Paranormal Investigator 🖤 Unresolved Grief 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Home Is Where the Bodies Are

by Jeneva Rose • 2024

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

3.80

321k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

Home Is Where the Bodies Are 94%

Siblings find a tape at their mother's funeral linking their absent father to a missing girl.

by Jeneva Rose 2024

3.80

321k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller 👯 Sibling Secrets 🕊️ Accidental Death Cover-Up 🌫️ Atmospheric Suspense

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

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 94%

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

Beneath the Stairs

by Jennifer Fawcett • 2022

She returns to a haunted house after a friend's suicide attempt to face the basement they buried.

3.55

5k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔗 Generational Trauma 😰 Creeping Dread ⏳ Dual Timeline

Beneath the Stairs 94%

She returns to a haunted house after a friend's suicide attempt to face the basement they buried.

by Jennifer Fawcett 2022

3.55

5k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔗 Generational Trauma 😰 Creeping Dread ⏳ Dual Timeline

Horrid

by Katrina Leno • 2020

A girl moves into the family's crumbling manor, where a dead sister watches from the mirrors.

3.54

16k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Secret Sister 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread

Horrid 94%

A girl moves into the family's crumbling manor, where a dead sister watches from the mirrors.

by Katrina Leno 2020

3.54

16k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Secret Sister 💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🕯️ Slow-Burn Dread

Play Nice

by Rachel Harrison • 2025

Clio inherits her mother's house, and the demon in her closet has been expecting her.

3.87

63k+

👻 Haunted House 🔑 Family Secrets 👭 Dysfunctional Sisters 🎭 Gaslighting 😈 Dark Humor

Play Nice 94%

Clio inherits her mother's house, and the demon in her closet has been expecting her.

by Rachel Harrison 2025

3.87

63k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House 🔑 Family Secrets 👭 Dysfunctional Sisters 🎭 Gaslighting 😈 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 94%

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

It Was Her House First

by Cherie Priest • 2025

She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.

3.69

1k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Contemporary Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Vengeful Female Ghost 🔥 Female Rage

It Was Her House First 94%

She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.

by Cherie Priest 2025

3.69

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🖤 Contemporary Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror 👻 Vengeful Female Ghost 🔥 Female Rage

The Dead Husband

by Carter Wilson • 2021

A widow returns to her childhood home, and her novel risks uncovering a deadly family secret.

3.67

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry

The Dead Husband 94%

A widow returns to her childhood home, and her novel risks uncovering a deadly family secret.

by Carter Wilson 2021

3.67

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry

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

881

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

The House That Held Her 94%

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

by Ellis Hart 2025

3.78

881 ratings

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

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

by Ruth Ware • 2018

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

3.79

202k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity 📜 Inheritance Drama 🏠 Creepy Old House

The Death of Mrs. Westaway 94%

Crushed by debt, a tarot reader fakes an inheritance claim and enters a mansion built on murder.

by Ruth Ware 2018

3.79

202k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Family Secrets 🎭 False Identity 📜 Inheritance Drama 🏠 Creepy Old House

Nowhere Burning

by Catriona Ward • 2026

Fleeing abuse, a girl and her brother reach a mountain sanctuary where safety costs blood.

3.64

5k+

🕍 Gothic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🕯️ Cult Dynamics 🏕️ Survival Horror 👥 Found Family

Nowhere Burning 94%

Fleeing abuse, a girl and her brother reach a mountain sanctuary where safety costs blood.

by Catriona Ward 2026

3.64

5k+ ratings

🕍 Gothic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🕯️ Cult Dynamics 🏕️ Survival Horror 👥 Found Family

One of Us Knows

by Alyssa Cole • 2024

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

3.12

19k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

One of Us Knows 94%

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

by Alyssa Cole 2024

3.12

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

Dying to Meet You

by Sarina Bowen • 2025

A single mother restoring a Gothic mansion finds her ex murdered outside. The building knows why.

3.80

8k+

🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👩‍👧 Single Mother Protagonist 💔 Generational Trauma 🧬 Hidden Parentage

Dying to Meet You 94%

A single mother restoring a Gothic mansion finds her ex murdered outside. The building knows why.

by Sarina Bowen 2025

3.80

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🏠 Domestic Thriller 👩‍👧 Single Mother Protagonist 💔 Generational Trauma 🧬 Hidden Parentage

Something I Keep Upstairs

by J.D. Barker • 2025

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

3.85

3k+

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse 🕯️ Occult Rituals 🤝 Teen Death Pact

Something I Keep Upstairs 94%

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

by J.D. Barker 2025

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse 🕯️ Occult Rituals 🤝 Teen Death Pact

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 94%

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

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 93%

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

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

Vanishing Daughters

by Cynthia Pelayo • 2025

Grief leads Briar home to a Chicago greystone where a family curse and a killer await.

3.34

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧚‍♀️ Fairy Tale Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🔪 Supernatural Serial Killer 👻 Urban Legend Retelling

Vanishing Daughters 93%

Grief leads Briar home to a Chicago greystone where a family curse and a killer await.

by Cynthia Pelayo 2025

3.34

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧚‍♀️ Fairy Tale Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🔪 Supernatural Serial Killer 👻 Urban Legend Retelling

Dead in the Water

by John Marrs • 2026

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

3.86

37k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind 🌊 Coastal Noir 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma

Dead in the Water 93%

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

by John Marrs 2026

3.86

37k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind 🌊 Coastal Noir 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma

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 93%

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

The Final Girl Support Group

by Grady Hendrix • 2021

After years of therapy, six massacre survivors realize someone is hunting them down, one by one.

3.50

190k+

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔪 Final Girls 🫂 Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Final Girl Support Group 93%

After years of therapy, six massacre survivors realize someone is hunting them down, one by one.

by Grady Hendrix 2021

3.50

190k+ ratings

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔪 Final Girls 🫂 Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

What Remains of Teague House

by Stacy Johns • 2025

Returning home for their mother's funeral, three siblings find human bones in the pet cemetery.

3.42

861

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔪 Small Town Murder 💔 Generational Trauma 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕯️ Cult Manipulation

What Remains of Teague House 93%

Returning home for their mother's funeral, three siblings find human bones in the pet cemetery.

by Stacy Johns 2025

3.42

861 ratings

🏚️ Gothic Family Saga 🔪 Small Town Murder 💔 Generational Trauma 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕯️ Cult Manipulation

No One Can Know

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2024

Back in the house where her parents were killed, a pregnant woman finds her husband murdered.

3.64

88k+

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sisters With Secrets 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏚️ Dark Homecoming

No One Can Know 93%

Back in the house where her parents were killed, a pregnant woman finds her husband murdered.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2024

3.64

88k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 👯 Sisters With Secrets 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🏚️ Dark Homecoming

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays

by H.R. Mason • 2019

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

3.85

272

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Doomed Lovers 👀 Small Town Suspicion

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays 93%

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

by H.R. Mason 2019

3.85

272 ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Doomed Lovers 👀 Small Town Suspicion

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

The Three-Candle Prayer

by Abe Moss • 2024

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

4.02

723

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

The Three-Candle Prayer 93%

A grieving daughter lights three candles to contact her dead parents, but something else answers.

by Abe Moss 2024

4.02

723 ratings

🖤 Grief Horror 🕯️ Occult Ritual 👁️ Predatory Entity 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚰️ False Resurrection

A Good House for Children

by Kate Collins • 2023

An old cliff house collects children. A painter and her silent son move in.

3.59

4k+

👻 Haunted House Novel 🏚️ Sentient House ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Children's Ghosts

A Good House for Children 93%

An old cliff house collects children. A painter and her silent son move in.

by Kate Collins 2023

3.59

4k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House Novel 🏚️ Sentient House ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Children's Ghosts

Kill Creek

by Scott Thomas • 2017

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

3.75

24k+

🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril 🌀 Blurred Reality 🔄 Cyclical Evil

Kill Creek 93%

Four horror writers spend Halloween night in a haunted house that feeds on their darkest secrets.

by Scott Thomas 2017

3.75

24k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient House 🎬 Meta Horror ✍️ Writers In Peril 🌀 Blurred Reality 🔄 Cyclical Evil

You Can't Hurt Me

by Emma Cook • 2024

To write a dead wife's story, a ghostwriter must first survive the husband who controls it.

2.96

2k+

✍️ Ghostwriter Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👫 Sibling Codependency 🛋️ Therapy Gone Wrong

You Can't Hurt Me 93%

To write a dead wife's story, a ghostwriter must first survive the husband who controls it.

by Emma Cook 2024

2.96

2k+ ratings

✍️ Ghostwriter Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 👫 Sibling Codependency 🛋️ Therapy Gone Wrong

Girl A

by Abigail Dean • 2021

A woman inherits the house where her parents kept their children chained and starved.

3.63

92k+

🌫️ Literary Suspense ⛓️ Childhood Captivity 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Survivor Siblings 📜 Inheritance Reckoning

Girl A 93%

A woman inherits the house where her parents kept their children chained and starved.

by Abigail Dean 2021

3.63

92k+ ratings

🌫️ Literary Suspense ⛓️ Childhood Captivity 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Survivor Siblings 📜 Inheritance Reckoning

The Astrology House

by Carinn Jade • 2024

Eight guests arrive at a coastal astrology retreat. The house knows what they did.

3.48

4k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕯️ Modern Gothic 💔 Toxic Siblings 🤫 Secret Past 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

The Astrology House 93%

Eight guests arrive at a coastal astrology retreat. The house knows what they did.

by Carinn Jade 2024

3.48

4k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🕯️ Modern Gothic 💔 Toxic Siblings 🤫 Secret Past 👁️ Multiple Perspectives

How to Sell a Haunted House

by Grady Hendrix • 2023

Her dead parents' house is stuffed with puppets. And her mother's favorite, Pupkin, has woken up.

3.63

172k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🎭 Evil Dolls And Puppets 👥 Sibling Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Darkly Comic Horror

How to Sell a Haunted House 93%

Her dead parents' house is stuffed with puppets. And her mother's favorite, Pupkin, has woken up.

by Grady Hendrix 2023

3.63

172k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🎭 Evil Dolls And Puppets 👥 Sibling Rivalry 🔒 Family Secrets 🖤 Darkly Comic Horror

Dearest

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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 93%

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

The Vacation Rental

by Katie Sise • 2024

A summer rental turns into a reckoning when the tenant is the dead nanny's daughter.

3.99

15k+

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The Vacation Rental 93%

A summer rental turns into a reckoning when the tenant is the dead nanny's daughter.

by Katie Sise 2024

3.99

15k+ ratings

😱 Domestic Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Plot 🔑 Family Secrets 🏚️ Creepy Old House 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Farmhouse

by Chelsea Conradt • 2025

Grieving her mother, she buys a remote Nebraska farmhouse. Then the barn starts leaving teeth.

3.26

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Farmhouse 🌾 Rural Horror 🤐 Gaslit Protagonist 👻 Ghostly Warnings ⛓️ Generational Violence

The Farmhouse 93%

Grieving her mother, she buys a remote Nebraska farmhouse. Then the barn starts leaving teeth.

by Chelsea Conradt 2025

3.26

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Farmhouse 🌾 Rural Horror 🤐 Gaslit Protagonist 👻 Ghostly Warnings ⛓️ Generational Violence

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