🏫 Boarding School Thriller

Suspense set behind ivy-covered walls, where elite institutions harbor dark secrets, missing students, and complicit faculty. The prestige of the setting makes the danger feel all the more transgressive.

What Have They Done to Liza McLean?

by Amy Doak • 2025

Her rebellious sister turned obedient overnight. The boarding school greenhouse knows why.

3.68

462

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🧠 Mind Control Conspiracy 👯 Sister Bond 🎓 Scholarship Outsider

What Have They Done to Liza McLean? Summary

What Have They Done to Liza McLean? 91%

Her rebellious sister turned obedient overnight. The boarding school greenhouse knows why.

by Amy Doak 2025

3.68

462 ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🧠 Mind Control Conspiracy 👯 Sister Bond 🎓 Scholarship Outsider

She Was the Quiet One

by Michele Campbell • 2018

Her twin sister murdered at boarding school, Rose wakes to find the knife in her hand.

3.72

11k+

💔 Student Teacher Affair 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Framed For Murder 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Charismatic Predator

She Was the Quiet One 91%

Her twin sister murdered at boarding school, Rose wakes to find the knife in her hand.

by Michele Campbell 2018

3.72

11k+ ratings

💔 Student Teacher Affair 👯 Twin Sisters 🔪 Framed For Murder 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🎭 Charismatic Predator

The Party

by Natasha Preston • 2024

A forbidden weekend at an abandoned castle traps ten friends with a killer among them.

3.51

13k+

🗡️ Slasher Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👥 Killer Among Friends 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 🏰 Abandoned Castle

The Party 91%

A forbidden weekend at an abandoned castle traps ten friends with a killer among them.

by Natasha Preston 2024

3.51

13k+ ratings

🗡️ Slasher Thriller 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👥 Killer Among Friends 🏃‍♀️ Final Girl 🏰 Abandoned Castle

One for Sorrow

by Zoe Sugg • 2020

After their school is accused of murder, a new student and her reluctant roommate hunt a killer.

3.70

11k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🔍 Secret Society 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Boarding School 🎙️ Podcast Framing

One for Sorrow 91%

After their school is accused of murder, a new student and her reluctant roommate hunt a killer.

by Zoe Sugg 2020

3.70

11k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🔍 Secret Society 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Boarding School 🎙️ Podcast Framing

Night School

by C.J. Daugherty • 2012

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

4.07

29k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Night School 91%

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

by C.J. Daugherty 2012

4.07

29k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Tournament

by Rebecca Barrow • 2025

Three girls at an elite boarding school are torn by a legendary tournament that turns fatal.

3.24

234

🌑 Dark Academia 🏆 Deadly Competition 💔 Friends To Enemies 🔥 Love Triangle 🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age

The Tournament 90%

Three girls at an elite boarding school are torn by a legendary tournament that turns fatal.

by Rebecca Barrow 2025

3.24

234 ratings

🌑 Dark Academia 🏆 Deadly Competition 💔 Friends To Enemies 🔥 Love Triangle 🌈 Queer Coming-Of-Age

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé • 2024

Her first night at a gothic boarding school, her roommate vanishes. A secret society knows why.

3.96

23k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 💕 Sapphic Undertones 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Where Sleeping Girls Lie 90%

Her first night at a gothic boarding school, her roommate vanishes. A secret society knows why.

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 2024

3.96

23k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 💕 Sapphic Undertones 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Dead House

by Dawn Kurtagich • 2015

One body, two souls. When her sister vanishes, Kaitlyn is left alone with a whispering voice.

3.67

8k+

🏫 Gothic Boarding School 📹 Found Footage Horror 👥 Two Souls One Body 👹 Possession And Exorcism 🤐 Unreliable Narrator

The Dead House 90%

One body, two souls. When her sister vanishes, Kaitlyn is left alone with a whispering voice.

by Dawn Kurtagich 2015

3.67

8k+ ratings

🏫 Gothic Boarding School 📹 Found Footage Horror 👥 Two Souls One Body 👹 Possession And Exorcism 🤐 Unreliable Narrator

Catherine House

by Elisabeth Thomas • 2020

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

3.11

29k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution ⏳ Slow-Burn Dread 🪤 Claustrophobic

Catherine House 90%

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

by Elisabeth Thomas 2020

3.11

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution ⏳ Slow-Burn Dread 🪤 Claustrophobic

The Bridesmaid

by Cate Quinn • 2025

A bridesmaid's body, staged at the Plaza, mirrors the heiress bride's own unsolved kidnapping.

3.29

8k+

🌑 Gothic Thriller 🏚️ Boarding School Trauma 🥀 Toxic Friendships 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Ritual Murder

The Bridesmaid 90%

A bridesmaid's body, staged at the Plaza, mirrors the heiress bride's own unsolved kidnapping.

by Cate Quinn 2025

3.29

8k+ ratings

🌑 Gothic Thriller 🏚️ Boarding School Trauma 🥀 Toxic Friendships 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🕯️ Ritual Murder

The Broken Girls

by Simone St. James • 2018

A skeleton in a boarding school well sends a journalist back to her sister's unsolved death.

4.05

131k+

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 📰 Journalist Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Corruption

The Broken Girls 90%

A skeleton in a boarding school well sends a journalist back to her sister's unsolved death.

by Simone St. James 2018

4.05

131k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Boarding School 🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 📰 Journalist Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Corruption

The Lying Game

by Ruth Ware • 2017

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

3.52

217k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

The Lying Game 90%

A text summons four women to the marsh where, as schoolgirls, they buried a body.

by Ruth Ware 2017

3.52

217k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤐 Friends With Dark Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🪦 Long-Buried Crime

The Murders at Fleat House

by Lucinda Riley • 2022

A boarding school death draws a detective into old secrets someone is still killing to protect.

4.10

47k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🩹 Wounded Detective 🔐 Family Secrets 👑 Hidden Heir

The Murders at Fleat House 90%

A boarding school death draws a detective into old secrets someone is still killing to protect.

by Lucinda Riley 2022

4.10

47k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🩹 Wounded Detective 🔐 Family Secrets 👑 Hidden Heir

Riot Rules

by Callie Hart • 2020

New identity. One rule: no attachments. Then Wolf Hall's cruelest king decides she belongs to him.

4.02

9k+

🎓 Boarding School Romance 💔 Bully Romance 🖤 Trauma Bonding 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Hidden Identity

Riot Rules 89%

New identity. One rule: no attachments. Then Wolf Hall's cruelest king decides she belongs to him.

by Callie Hart 2020

4.02

9k+ ratings

🎓 Boarding School Romance 💔 Bully Romance 🖤 Trauma Bonding 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Hidden Identity

Truly, Devious

by Maureen Johnson • 2018

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

3.88

184k+

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 💛 Found Family

Truly, Devious 89%

A secluded academy. A 1930s kidnapping. A true-crime-obsessed teen. Then murder returns to campus.

by Maureen Johnson 2018

3.88

184k+ ratings

🔍 Teen Detective 🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🏫 Boarding School Secrets 💛 Found Family

Night Objects

by Eli Raphael • 2026

After her mother dies, she is sent to boarding school. The secret society preys on the grieving.

3.58

401

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 🏫 Elite School Outsider 🤫 Deadly Secret

Night Objects 89%

After her mother dies, she is sent to boarding school. The secret society preys on the grieving.

by Eli Raphael 2026

3.58

401 ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society 🏫 Elite School Outsider 🤫 Deadly Secret

A Lesson in Vengeance

by Victoria Lee • 2021

At Dalloway, a grieving Felicity is pulled into a charismatic new student's occult reenactments.

3.51

24k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Boarding School 💕 Sapphic Relationship ☠️ Toxic Relationship 🎭 Female Manipulator

A Lesson in Vengeance 89%

At Dalloway, a grieving Felicity is pulled into a charismatic new student's occult reenactments.

by Victoria Lee 2021

3.51

24k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Boarding School 💕 Sapphic Relationship ☠️ Toxic Relationship 🎭 Female Manipulator

Lessons in Power

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2016

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

4.31

13k+

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

Lessons in Power 89%

She fixes D.C.'s teenage elite. Then murder hits her school, and the killers are already inside.

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2016

4.31

13k+ ratings

🏫 Elite School Intrigue 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Morally Gray Heroine 💔 Betrayal By Loved One

This Book Kills

by Ravena Guron • 2023

Her short story kills a classmate. A scholarship student must find the real murderer.

3.90

13k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📖 Murder Mirrors Fiction 🎭 Secret Society 🕵️ Framed Protagonist 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

This Book Kills 89%

Her short story kills a classmate. A scholarship student must find the real murderer.

by Ravena Guron 2023

3.90

13k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📖 Murder Mirrors Fiction 🎭 Secret Society 🕵️ Framed Protagonist 💔 Best Friend Betrayal

One Dark Night

by Hannah Richell • 2025

When a private school party ends in murder, a mother fears her daughter is the killer.

3.85

4k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 🌿 Folk Horror 💻 Catfishing 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother-Daughter Tension

One Dark Night 89%

When a private school party ends in murder, a mother fears her daughter is the killer.

by Hannah Richell 2025

3.85

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 🌿 Folk Horror 💻 Catfishing 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother-Daughter Tension

For Your Own Good

by Samantha Downing • 2021

At an elite prep school, the Teacher of the Year is poisoning the morning coffee.

3.78

42k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏫 Prep School Thriller 🍎 Teacher Villain 💰 Elite Dysfunction

For Your Own Good 89%

At an elite prep school, the Teacher of the Year is poisoning the morning coffee.

by Samantha Downing 2021

3.78

42k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏫 Prep School Thriller 🍎 Teacher Villain 💰 Elite Dysfunction

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 4

by Syougo Kinugasa • 2016

One student turns a cruise ship test into a chess match where classmates are pawns.

4.28

3k+

🎓 School Thriller 🎭 Social Deduction 🕵️ Manipulative Hero 💔 Bullying Survivor 🔄 Shifting Loyalties

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 4 Summary

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 4 89%

One student turns a cruise ship test into a chess match where classmates are pawns.

by Syougo Kinugasa 2016

4.28

3k+ ratings

🎓 School Thriller 🎭 Social Deduction 🕵️ Manipulative Hero 💔 Bullying Survivor 🔄 Shifting Loyalties

The Thorns

by Dawn Kurtagich • 2025

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

3.47

2k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

The Thorns 89%

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

by Dawn Kurtagich 2025

3.47

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

Madam

by Phoebe Wynne • 2021

A Classics teacher uncovers the sinister purpose of her elite Scottish boarding school.

3.23

8k+

🔥 Dark Academia 🏫 Gothic Boarding School 🖤 Feminist Gothic 🌀 Gaslighting 🏺 Classical Mythology

Madam 89%

A Classics teacher uncovers the sinister purpose of her elite Scottish boarding school.

by Phoebe Wynne 2021

3.23

8k+ ratings

🔥 Dark Academia 🏫 Gothic Boarding School 🖤 Feminist Gothic 🌀 Gaslighting 🏺 Classical Mythology

Sacrifice

by Paul Finch • 2013

A detective hunts a killer who stages ritual murders on every British feast day.

4.2

2k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🪵 Folk Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🕯️ Cult Manipulation 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice

Sacrifice 89%

A detective hunts a killer who stages ritual murders on every British feast day.

by Paul Finch 2013

4.2

2k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🪵 Folk Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🕯️ Cult Manipulation 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice

That Night

by Nidhi Upadhyay • 2021

Twenty years ago, a Ouija-board prank killed their classmate. Now a hacker is making them confess.

3.67

3k+

🔮 Ouija Board 💻 Hacker Thriller 🔄 Reunion Thriller 🎭 Deadly Prank 🤫 Shared Dark Secret

That Night 89%

Twenty years ago, a Ouija-board prank killed their classmate. Now a hacker is making them confess.

by Nidhi Upadhyay 2021

3.67

3k+ ratings

🔮 Ouija Board 💻 Hacker Thriller 🔄 Reunion Thriller 🎭 Deadly Prank 🤫 Shared Dark Secret

We Were Never Friends

by Kaira Rouda • 2026

A Palm Springs sorority reunion turns into a nightmare when the past surfaces in the pool.

3.21

4k+

🎓 College Reunion Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🐍 Female Rivalry 🔒 Locked Room Thriller 💊 Hidden Addiction

We Were Never Friends 89%

A Palm Springs sorority reunion turns into a nightmare when the past surfaces in the pool.

by Kaira Rouda 2026

3.21

4k+ ratings

🎓 College Reunion Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 🐍 Female Rivalry 🔒 Locked Room Thriller 💊 Hidden Addiction

Shadowland

by Peter Straub • 1980

Two schoolboys learn real magic at a remote estate, unaware the final trick requires their lives.

3.88

13k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🎭 Corrupting Mentor 🏫 Toxic Boarding School 💔 Doomed Friendship 🏚️ Remote Gothic Estate

Shadowland 89%

Two schoolboys learn real magic at a remote estate, unaware the final trick requires their lives.

by Peter Straub 1980

3.88

13k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🎭 Corrupting Mentor 🏫 Toxic Boarding School 💔 Doomed Friendship 🏚️ Remote Gothic Estate

Blood Fever

by Charlie Higson • 2006

A Sardinian school trip traps young Bond inside a secret society of art thieves and kidnappers.

4.02

8k+

🕵️ Young Spy Origin 🏫 Boarding School Conspiracy 🕯️ Secret Society ⛓️ Captive Fights Back 🎭 Mentor Betrayal

Blood Fever 88%

A Sardinian school trip traps young Bond inside a secret society of art thieves and kidnappers.

by Charlie Higson 2006

4.02

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Young Spy Origin 🏫 Boarding School Conspiracy 🕯️ Secret Society ⛓️ Captive Fights Back 🎭 Mentor Betrayal

My Dark Vanessa

by Kate Elizabeth Russell • 2020

She always called it love. Twenty years later, the world calls it a crime.

4.10

434k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🎭 Grooming 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏫 Boarding School 🔥 Slow Burn Tension

My Dark Vanessa 88%

She always called it love. Twenty years later, the world calls it a crime.

by Kate Elizabeth Russell 2020

4.10

434k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🎭 Grooming 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏫 Boarding School 🔥 Slow Burn Tension

The Sanatorium

by Sarah Pearse • 2021

An avalanche traps a detective inside a former sanatorium turned hotel. The murders have started.

3.36

205k+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Alpine Setting ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔍 Detective With Trauma 🗡️ Revenge Killer

The Sanatorium 88%

An avalanche traps a detective inside a former sanatorium turned hotel. The murders have started.

by Sarah Pearse 2021

3.36

205k+ ratings

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Alpine Setting ❄️ Snowbound Thriller 🔍 Detective With Trauma 🗡️ Revenge Killer

As I Descended

by Robin Talley • 2016

A boarding school séance promises two girlfriends their rival's ruin. The spirits want a price.

3.48

4k+

🎭 Macbeth Retelling 🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic

As I Descended 88%

A boarding school séance promises two girlfriends their rival's ruin. The spirits want a price.

by Robin Talley 2016

3.48

4k+ ratings

🎭 Macbeth Retelling 🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic

Alone

by Cyn Balog • 2017

Trapped by snow in a murder-mystery hotel, a girl's imaginary friend starts leaving real footprints.

3.58

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Mansion ❄️ Snowbound Horror 🫥 Imaginary Friend 👥 Hidden Twin 🎯 Deadly Game

Alone 88%

Trapped by snow in a murder-mystery hotel, a girl's imaginary friend starts leaving real footprints.

by Cyn Balog 2017

3.58

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Mansion ❄️ Snowbound Horror 🫥 Imaginary Friend 👥 Hidden Twin 🎯 Deadly Game

Inspection

by Josh Malerman • 2019

Raised in isolation, twenty-four boys have never heard the word girl. Then one appears.

3.48

9k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔬 Dystopian Experiment 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 🏫 Childhood Indoctrination 🔒 Cult-Like Control

Inspection 88%

Raised in isolation, twenty-four boys have never heard the word girl. Then one appears.

by Josh Malerman 2019

3.48

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🔬 Dystopian Experiment 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 🏫 Childhood Indoctrination 🔒 Cult-Like Control

Legacy

by Kate Brian • 2008

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

4.04

7k+

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique 💔 Love Triangle 🥂 High Society Party

Legacy 88%

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

by Kate Brian 2008

4.04

7k+ ratings

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique 💔 Love Triangle 🥂 High Society Party

The Writing Retreat

by Julia Bartz • 2023

An exclusive writing retreat in a remote mansion becomes a paranoid, drug-fueled fight for survival.

3.41

76k+

✒️ Writing Retreat 👁️ Toxic Mentorship 📜 Stolen Manuscript ⚔️ Sapphic Rivalry 🩸 Survival Horror

The Writing Retreat 88%

An exclusive writing retreat in a remote mansion becomes a paranoid, drug-fueled fight for survival.

by Julia Bartz 2023

3.41

76k+ ratings

✒️ Writing Retreat 👁️ Toxic Mentorship 📜 Stolen Manuscript ⚔️ Sapphic Rivalry 🩸 Survival Horror

The Obsession

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2021

She killed her stepfather. Her stalker has the video and demands her as payment.

3.69

34k+

👀 Stalker Pov 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏛️ Elite Academy 🖤 Toxic Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Obsession 88%

She killed her stepfather. Her stalker has the video and demands her as payment.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2021

3.69

34k+ ratings

👀 Stalker Pov 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏛️ Elite Academy 🖤 Toxic Obsession 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Tiny Pretty Things

by Sona Charaipotra • 2015

At a cutthroat ballet school, an outsider wins the lead, triggering a rival's sabotage campaign.

3.67

16k+

🩰 Ballet Boarding School 💀 Toxic Ballet Culture 👑 Queen Bee Rivalry 🔪 Sabotage Among Dancers 😱 Paranoid Atmosphere

Tiny Pretty Things 88%

At a cutthroat ballet school, an outsider wins the lead, triggering a rival's sabotage campaign.

by Sona Charaipotra 2015

3.67

16k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet Boarding School 💀 Toxic Ballet Culture 👑 Queen Bee Rivalry 🔪 Sabotage Among Dancers 😱 Paranoid Atmosphere

Letters from the Dead

by Isabella Valeri • 2025

An heiress must hide her family's murderous past or lose the woman she loves.

3.26

325

🏰 Gothic Family Saga 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty 🏫 Boarding School 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Letters from the Dead 88%

An heiress must hide her family's murderous past or lose the woman she loves.

by Isabella Valeri 2025

3.26

325 ratings

🏰 Gothic Family Saga 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty 🏫 Boarding School 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Angry God

by L.J. Shen • 2020

At a haunted art academy, she fights her father's dark prodigy while hate turns to hunger.

4.16

56k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏫 Boarding School 🌑 Brooding Hero 🎨 Artistic Rivalry 🏰 Gothic Atmosphere

Angry God 88%

At a haunted art academy, she fights her father's dark prodigy while hate turns to hunger.

by L.J. Shen 2020

4.16

56k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏫 Boarding School 🌑 Brooding Hero 🎨 Artistic Rivalry 🏰 Gothic Atmosphere

The Absent One

by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2008

A cold-case detective hunts a fugitive who could expose a cabal of wealthy boarding-school alumni.

3.89

49k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🏫 Boarding School Secrets ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 💰 Corrupt Elite

The Absent One 88%

A cold-case detective hunts a fugitive who could expose a cabal of wealthy boarding-school alumni.

by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2008

3.89

49k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🏫 Boarding School Secrets ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 💰 Corrupt Elite

The House of Quiet

by Kiersten White • 2025

To save her sister, a maid infiltrates a gothic house that harvests psychic children.

3.56

1k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Corrupt Institution 👯 Sisterly Bond

The House of Quiet 88%

To save her sister, a maid infiltrates a gothic house that harvests psychic children.

by Kiersten White 2025

3.56

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Corrupt Institution 👯 Sisterly Bond

You Will Be Mine

by Natasha Preston • 2018

A student's housemates are stalked by a killer who removes hearts. The next valentine could be hers.

3.73

30k+

🏫 College Thriller 🔪 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 💔 Brother's Betrayal 💝 Holiday Horror

You Will Be Mine 88%

A student's housemates are stalked by a killer who removes hearts. The next valentine could be hers.

by Natasha Preston 2018

3.73

30k+ ratings

🏫 College Thriller 🔪 Slasher Horror 👧 Final Girl 💔 Brother's Betrayal 💝 Holiday Horror

No Exit

by Taylor Adams • 2017

Snowbound with strangers, she discovers a child locked in a cage. One of them is the kidnapper.

3.98

219k+

🌨️ Snowbound Thriller 👧 Child Abduction 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🐱 Cat And Mouse Chase 👤 Killer Among Us

No Exit 88%

Snowbound with strangers, she discovers a child locked in a cage. One of them is the kidnapper.

by Taylor Adams 2017

3.98

219k+ ratings

🌨️ Snowbound Thriller 👧 Child Abduction 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🐱 Cat And Mouse Chase 👤 Killer Among Us

Only If You're Lucky

by Stacy Willingham • 2024

A grieving student's alluring new roommate is hiding a connection to her best friend's death.

3.56

80k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎓 Campus Thriller 🖤 Toxic Friendship ♟️ Power Games 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Only If You're Lucky 88%

A grieving student's alluring new roommate is hiding a connection to her best friend's death.

by Stacy Willingham 2024

3.56

80k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎓 Campus Thriller 🖤 Toxic Friendship ♟️ Power Games 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Dead Med

by Freida McFadden • 2024

At a medical school plagued by fatal overdoses, a first-year suspects the deaths are no accident.

3.81

104k+

🏥 Medical Thriller 🖤 Dark Academia 📚 Academic Rivals 💕 Friends To Lovers 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Dead Med 88%

At a medical school plagued by fatal overdoses, a first-year suspects the deaths are no accident.

by Freida McFadden 2024

3.81

104k+ ratings

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The Cellar

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Kidnapped after dark, a teenager finds three renamed girls in a cellar where defiance means death.

3.90

98k+

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The Cellar 88%

Kidnapped after dark, a teenager finds three renamed girls in a cellar where defiance means death.

by Natasha Preston 2014

3.90

98k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Abduction Thriller ⛓️ Captor And Captive 🔍 Missing Girl Search 🪪 Identity Erasure

A Line in the Dark

by Malinda Lo • 2017

A queer teen's jealousy of her best friend's girlfriend erupts at a party that leaves someone dead.

3.25

4k+

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A Line in the Dark 88%

A queer teen's jealousy of her best friend's girlfriend erupts at a party that leaves someone dead.

by Malinda Lo 2017

3.25

4k+ ratings

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by Caroline Peckham • 2020

Quarantined at an elite academy, a fugitive's daughter becomes the obsession of three brutal rulers.

4.32

28k+

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Kings of Lockdown 88%

Quarantined at an elite academy, a fugitive's daughter becomes the obsession of three brutal rulers.

by Caroline Peckham 2020

4.32

28k+ ratings

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3.76

73k+

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A Killing Cold 88%

A woman with a blank past visits her fiancé's snowbound estate, where someone knows her face.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2025

3.76

73k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔒 Family Secrets 🪞 Hidden Identity 🧊 Snowbound Paranoia

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