📚 Deadly Library

Books and archives become sites of mortal peril, where forbidden knowledge is guarded by lethal means and the pursuit of learning can cost you your life.

The Library After Dark

by Ande Pliego • 2026

A locked gothic library, a blizzard, and dark fairy tales that have started killing the guests.

3.59

2k+

🔒 Gothic Locked Room 🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 🔑 Family Secrets 👧 Orphaned Heroine 👯 Sisters Divided

The Library After Dark 89%

A locked gothic library, a blizzard, and dark fairy tales that have started killing the guests.

by Ande Pliego 2026

3.59

2k+ ratings

🔒 Gothic Locked Room 🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 🔑 Family Secrets 👧 Orphaned Heroine 👯 Sisters Divided

Murder by the Book

by Amie Schaumberg • 2025

A professor deciphers a killer's staged literary deaths before she becomes his final masterpiece.

3.41

816

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Academic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Staged Crime Scenes 📖 Literary References

Murder by the Book 89%

A professor deciphers a killer's staged literary deaths before she becomes his final masterpiece.

by Amie Schaumberg 2025

3.41

816 ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Academic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🎭 Staged Crime Scenes 📖 Literary References

The Library at Mount Char

by Scott Hawkins • 2015

Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.

4.06

82k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📚 Dark Academia 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🏛️ Infinite Library 🔪 Brutal Mentor

The Library at Mount Char 88%

Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.

by Scott Hawkins 2015

4.06

82k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📚 Dark Academia 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🏛️ Infinite Library 🔪 Brutal Mentor

A Short Stay in Hell

by Steven L. Peck • 2011

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

4.15

70k+

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror 💔 Love Across Eternity 🎭 Absurdist Afterlife

A Short Stay in Hell 88%

After death, a man faces an infinite library. To escape Hell, he must find the book of his life.

by Steven L. Peck 2011

4.15

70k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Horror 👻 Afterlife Horror 🔢 Mathematical Horror 💔 Love Across Eternity 🎭 Absurdist Afterlife

How to Survive a Horror Story

by Mallory Arnold • 2025

A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.

3.62

13k+

🪞 Meta Horror 🔪 Survival Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🎲 Deadly Game 🏠 Sentient House

How to Survive a Horror Story 88%

A deadly will traps writers in a hungry manor: confess your sins or become its next meal.

by Mallory Arnold 2025

3.62

13k+ ratings

🪞 Meta Horror 🔪 Survival Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🎲 Deadly Game 🏠 Sentient House

You Are Fatally Invited

by Ande Pliego • 2025

A private island retreat for thriller writers turns deadly when murders copy their own novels.

3.56

21k+

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🪞 Meta Thriller 🏝️ Isolated Island ✍️ Writers Retreat 🌫️ Creeping Dread

You Are Fatally Invited 88%

A private island retreat for thriller writers turns deadly when murders copy their own novels.

by Ande Pliego 2025

3.56

21k+ ratings

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🪞 Meta Thriller 🏝️ Isolated Island ✍️ Writers Retreat 🌫️ Creeping Dread

Beneath the Rising

by Premee Mohamed • 2020

Her reactor awakens ancient cosmic entities. Only her best friend believes the world is ending.

3.44

1k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 💔 Doomed Friendship 🌑 Atmospheric Horror 🌍 Global Adventure

Beneath the Rising 88%

Her reactor awakens ancient cosmic entities. Only her best friend believes the world is ending.

by Premee Mohamed 2020

3.44

1k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 💔 Doomed Friendship 🌑 Atmospheric Horror 🌍 Global Adventure

Nevermore

by Keith R.A. DeCandido • 2007

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

3.84

8k+

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🎓 Academic Villain

Nevermore 88%

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

by Keith R.A. DeCandido 2007

3.84

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🎓 Academic Villain

The Last Graduate

by Naomi Novik • 2021

A school that kills its students. A girl of world-ending power. One graduation to save them all.

4.22

134k+

🏫 Deadly Magic School 🤝 Found Family 😤 Reluctant Savior 🌵 Prickly Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers

The Last Graduate 88%

A school that kills its students. A girl of world-ending power. One graduation to save them all.

by Naomi Novik 2021

4.22

134k+ ratings

🏫 Deadly Magic School 🤝 Found Family 😤 Reluctant Savior 🌵 Prickly Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers

The Ending Writes Itself

by Evelyn Clarke • 2026

Seven writers on a dead author's island compete to finish his last book. The ending kills.

3.47

28k+

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 📝 Metafictional Thriller 💀 Deadly Competition 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Villain Protagonist

The Ending Writes Itself 88%

Seven writers on a dead author's island compete to finish his last book. The ending kills.

by Evelyn Clarke 2026

3.47

28k+ ratings

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 📝 Metafictional Thriller 💀 Deadly Competition 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Villain Protagonist

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

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 88%

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

The Woman in the Library

by Sulari Gentill • 2022

A scream in the Boston Public Library turns four strangers into friends, then suspects.

3.50

89k+

🖋️ Metafictional Mystery 🔪 Killer Among Friends ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🤝 Strangers Bonded By Crime 📚 Literary Suspense

The Woman in the Library 88%

A scream in the Boston Public Library turns four strangers into friends, then suspects.

by Sulari Gentill 2022

3.50

89k+ ratings

🖋️ Metafictional Mystery 🔪 Killer Among Friends ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🤝 Strangers Bonded By Crime 📚 Literary Suspense

Relic

by Douglas Preston • 1995

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

4.05

116k+

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up 🌿 Lost Expedition 🏛️ Museum Labyrinth

Relic 87%

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

by Douglas Preston 1995

4.05

116k+ ratings

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up 🌿 Lost Expedition 🏛️ Museum Labyrinth

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 87%

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

Hide

by Kiersten White • 2022

Fourteen strangers play hide-and-seek in a derelict amusement park. The park is the seeker.

3.31

44k+

🎮 Death Game 🐺 Creature Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Horror 💕 Found Family 🔮 Generational Curse

Hide 87%

Fourteen strangers play hide-and-seek in a derelict amusement park. The park is the seeker.

by Kiersten White 2022

3.31

44k+ ratings

🎮 Death Game 🐺 Creature Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Horror 💕 Found Family 🔮 Generational Curse

The Library of Shadows

by Mikkel Birkegaard • 2010

His father's death reveals a secret: the family bookshop shelters readers who can influence minds.

3.38

4k+

🖤 Bookish Fantasy 🔍 Secret Society 📚 Antiquarian Bookshop ✨ Reading As Magic 🕯️ Dark Conspiracy

The Library of Shadows 87%

His father's death reveals a secret: the family bookshop shelters readers who can influence minds.

by Mikkel Birkegaard 2010

3.38

4k+ ratings

🖤 Bookish Fantasy 🔍 Secret Society 📚 Antiquarian Bookshop ✨ Reading As Magic 🕯️ Dark Conspiracy

The End of Mr. Y

by Scarlett Thomas • 2006

A cursed book lets her enter other minds. Now shadowy agents hunt her through that world.

3.77

19k+

🖤 Dark Academia 📖 Cursed Book 🔮 Metaphysical Thriller 🧠 Mind Travel 🌫️ Unreliable Reality

The End of Mr. Y 87%

A cursed book lets her enter other minds. Now shadowy agents hunt her through that world.

by Scarlett Thomas 2006

3.77

19k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 📖 Cursed Book 🔮 Metaphysical Thriller 🧠 Mind Travel 🌫️ Unreliable Reality

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski • 2000

A photojournalist's home defies physics: inside, an impossible dark labyrinth grows and shifts.

4.09

204k+

🗞️ Found Manuscript 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Shifting Labyrinth 🏠 Cursed House 💀 Doomed Explorers

House of Leaves 87%

A photojournalist's home defies physics: inside, an impossible dark labyrinth grows and shifts.

by Mark Z. Danielewski 2000

4.09

204k+ ratings

🗞️ Found Manuscript 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Shifting Labyrinth 🏠 Cursed House 💀 Doomed Explorers

The Last Soul Among Wolves

by Melissa Caruso • 2025

Old friends at a haunted mansion. A childhood blood oath. Only one walks out alive.

4.17

1k+

🎭 Deadly Inheritance Game 🏚️ Trapped Together Curse 👻 Gothic Haunted Mansion ✨ Gods Playing Mortals ⚡ Dark Wish Bargain

The Last Soul Among Wolves 87%

Old friends at a haunted mansion. A childhood blood oath. Only one walks out alive.

by Melissa Caruso 2025

4.17

1k+ ratings

🎭 Deadly Inheritance Game 🏚️ Trapped Together Curse 👻 Gothic Haunted Mansion ✨ Gods Playing Mortals ⚡ Dark Wish Bargain

The Raven Scholar

by Antonia Hodgson • 2025

Her rival murdered, a scholar becomes both suspect and reluctant contender for an empire's throne.

4.38

61k+

🔍 Fantasy Murder Mystery 🖤 Dark Academia 👑 Political Intrigue 💔 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Deadly Tournament

The Raven Scholar 87%

Her rival murdered, a scholar becomes both suspect and reluctant contender for an empire's throne.

by Antonia Hodgson 2025

4.38

61k+ ratings

🔍 Fantasy Murder Mystery 🖤 Dark Academia 👑 Political Intrigue 💔 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Deadly Tournament

The Astral Library

by Kate Quinn • 2026

Her identity stolen, Alix discovers a library where the desperate vanish into any novel.

3.57

75k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 📖 Books Come Alive 🫂 Found Family 🌍 Fictional Worlds

The Astral Library 87%

Her identity stolen, Alix discovers a library where the desperate vanish into any novel.

by Kate Quinn 2026

3.57

75k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Magical Library 📖 Books Come Alive 🫂 Found Family 🌍 Fictional Worlds

The Book That Broke the World

by Mark Lawrence • 2024

A slave girl's book loops through time and fractures the library that keeps all worlds apart.

3.99

16k+

🏛️ Infinite Library ⏳ Time Loop Paradox 💔 Revolution Gone Wrong 🗡️ Tragic Vengeance ⛓️ Oppressive Empire

The Book That Broke the World 87%

A slave girl's book loops through time and fractures the library that keeps all worlds apart.

by Mark Lawrence 2024

3.99

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Infinite Library ⏳ Time Loop Paradox 💔 Revolution Gone Wrong 🗡️ Tragic Vengeance ⛓️ Oppressive Empire

Hell Bent

by Leigh Bardugo • 2023

To save her demon-trapped mentor, Alex Stern must find four killers and walk Yale's underworld.

4.10

184k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🔑 Secret Societies 🔥 Rescue From Hell 💀 Demonic Bargains 👻 Ghosts And Hauntings

Hell Bent 87%

To save her demon-trapped mentor, Alex Stern must find four killers and walk Yale's underworld.

by Leigh Bardugo 2023

4.10

184k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔑 Secret Societies 🔥 Rescue From Hell 💀 Demonic Bargains 👻 Ghosts And Hauntings

Immortal Consequences

by I.V. Marie • 2025

Wren and her rival enter deadly trials. Losers are erased from memory; only one ascends.

3.70

26k+

🏛️ Dark Academia ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 💀 Deadly Competition 🎭 Hidden Loyalties 🫂 Found Family

Immortal Consequences 87%

Wren and her rival enter deadly trials. Losers are erased from memory; only one ascends.

by I.V. Marie 2025

3.70

26k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 💀 Deadly Competition 🎭 Hidden Loyalties 🫂 Found Family

Slashtag

by Jon Cohn • 2023

Disgraced influencer joins a haunted hotel show to save her sister, but the horror isn't staged.

4.26

1k+

🩸 Splatterpunk Horror ☠️ Deadly Game 👻 Haunted Hotel 📱 Social Media Horror 🎥 Rigged Reality Tv

Slashtag 87%

Disgraced influencer joins a haunted hotel show to save her sister, but the horror isn't staged.

by Jon Cohn 2023

4.26

1k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk Horror ☠️ Deadly Game 👻 Haunted Hotel 📱 Social Media Horror 🎥 Rigged Reality Tv

A Deadly Education

by Naomi Novik • 2020

In a school that kills wizards, the most dangerous student is trying to be good.

3.93

225k+

🏫 Dark Magical School ✨ Magic With A Cost 🖤 Found Family 🗣️ Sarcastic Narrator 🔒 Trapped Together

A Deadly Education 87%

In a school that kills wizards, the most dangerous student is trying to be good.

by Naomi Novik 2020

3.93

225k+ ratings

🏫 Dark Magical School ✨ Magic With A Cost 🖤 Found Family 🗣️ Sarcastic Narrator 🔒 Trapped Together

Darkly

by Marisha Pessl • 2024

Seven teens on a dead game designer's island: find the missing boy, survive the game.

3.66

8k+

🎲 Deadly Game 🏝️ Gothic Island 🫂 Found Family 💕 Rivals To Lovers 😱 Creeping Dread

Darkly 87%

Seven teens on a dead game designer's island: find the missing boy, survive the game.

by Marisha Pessl 2024

3.66

8k+ ratings

🎲 Deadly Game 🏝️ Gothic Island 🫂 Found Family 💕 Rivals To Lovers 😱 Creeping Dread

Wicked Onyx

by Debbie Cassidy • 2026

She enters a deadly academy to reclaim her magic, but the law plans to execute her.

4.04

4k+

🩸 Cursed Bloodline 👻 Dead Girl Mystery 🤝 Found Family 🌑 Morally Grey Romance 🌫️ Oppressive Atmosphere

Wicked Onyx 87%

She enters a deadly academy to reclaim her magic, but the law plans to execute her.

by Debbie Cassidy 2026

4.04

4k+ ratings

🩸 Cursed Bloodline 👻 Dead Girl Mystery 🤝 Found Family 🌑 Morally Grey Romance 🌫️ Oppressive Atmosphere

Sorcery of Thorns

by Margaret Rogerson • 2019

Framed for murder, a library apprentice must trust a sorcerer and the demon who raised him.

4.04

161k+

📚 Sentient Libraries 💕 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 👹 Demon Companion 🤝 Demon Bargains

Sorcery of Thorns 87%

Framed for murder, a library apprentice must trust a sorcerer and the demon who raised him.

by Margaret Rogerson 2019

4.04

161k+ ratings

📚 Sentient Libraries 💕 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 👹 Demon Companion 🤝 Demon Bargains

The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco • 1980

A medieval abbey's first death draws a friar into a library that murders to guard a forbidden text.

4.14

398k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Monastic Murder Mystery 📚 Forbidden Library 🧠 Erudite Suspense 🏚️ Gothic Abbey

The Name of the Rose 87%

A medieval abbey's first death draws a friar into a library that murders to guard a forbidden text.

by Umberto Eco 1980

4.14

398k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Monastic Murder Mystery 📚 Forbidden Library 🧠 Erudite Suspense 🏚️ Gothic Abbey

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 87%

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

Do No Evil

by M.S. Morris • 2020

A detective's Oxford reunion begins with a friend's murder and eyes in the soup.

4.34

4k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🏛️ Academic Mystery ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Do No Evil 87%

A detective's Oxford reunion begins with a friend's murder and eyes in the soup.

by M.S. Morris 2020

4.34

4k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🏛️ Academic Mystery ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Run on Red

by Noelle W. Ihli • 2022

At a remote toga party, a freshman accepts a drink and wakes tied in the dark.

3.72

99k+

🎓 College Party Horror 😈 Predator In Plain Sight 🏃 Survival Horror 🌲 Remote Setting Danger 🏛️ Sorority Life

Run on Red 87%

At a remote toga party, a freshman accepts a drink and wakes tied in the dark.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2022

3.72

99k+ ratings

🎓 College Party Horror 😈 Predator In Plain Sight 🏃 Survival Horror 🌲 Remote Setting Danger 🏛️ Sorority Life

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

House of Thorns

by Lee Mountford • 2025

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

4.00

788

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

House of Thorns 87%

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

by Lee Mountford 2025

4.00

788 ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain 👧 Orphan Protagonists 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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

Death Note

by NisiOisiN • 2006

A suspended FBI agent, a series of impossible murders, and a private detective who knows too much.

4.25

15k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Genius Killer 🔪 Serial Killer 💀 Death Prediction 🧩 Mind Games

Death Note 87%

A suspended FBI agent, a series of impossible murders, and a private detective who knows too much.

by NisiOisiN 2006

4.25

15k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎭 Genius Killer 🔪 Serial Killer 💀 Death Prediction 🧩 Mind Games

How Bad Things Can Get

by Darcy Coates • 2025

She survived a cult massacre. The island festival she's trapped in is its reenactment.

3.71

11k+

💀 Cult Horror 🩸 Survival Horror 🎯 Deadly Game 🏝️ Remote Island 👁️ Prophetic Visions

How Bad Things Can Get 87%

She survived a cult massacre. The island festival she's trapped in is its reenactment.

by Darcy Coates 2025

3.71

11k+ ratings

💀 Cult Horror 🩸 Survival Horror 🎯 Deadly Game 🏝️ Remote Island 👁️ Prophetic Visions

The Atlas Six

by Olivie Blake • 2020

Six magicians join a secret society's year-long trial. Initiation demands a sacrifice: one of them.

3.54

285k+

🖤 Dark Academia ⚔️ Deadly Magical Trial 👥 Morally Gray Ensemble 📚 Academic Rivals 🗝️ Secret Magical Society

The Atlas Six 87%

Six magicians join a secret society's year-long trial. Initiation demands a sacrifice: one of them.

by Olivie Blake 2020

3.54

285k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia ⚔️ Deadly Magical Trial 👥 Morally Gray Ensemble 📚 Academic Rivals 🗝️ Secret Magical Society

The Murder at Redmire Hall

by J.R. Ellis • 2018

A lord performs a locked-room vanishing act on television and reappears stabbed in the back.

4.28

15k+

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🏰 Country House Murder 🔍 Classic Whodunit 🖤 Family Secrets 💀 Revenge Plot

The Murder at Redmire Hall 87%

A lord performs a locked-room vanishing act on television and reappears stabbed in the back.

by J.R. Ellis 2018

4.28

15k+ ratings

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🏰 Country House Murder 🔍 Classic Whodunit 🖤 Family Secrets 💀 Revenge Plot

It's Behind You

by Kathryn Foxfield • 2021

A reality show traps five teens in haunted caves where the body count isn't scripted.

3.63

4k+

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📺 Reality Tv Gone Wrong 🔪 Final Girl 🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror

It's Behind You 87%

A reality show traps five teens in haunted caves where the body count isn't scripted.

by Kathryn Foxfield 2021

3.63

4k+ ratings

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📺 Reality Tv Gone Wrong 🔪 Final Girl 🕳️ Claustrophobic Horror

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4.00

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

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4.00

8k+ ratings

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by Gareth Brown • 2025

Magic is real, hidden in a London bookshop. A killer knows, and he's coming for it.

3.84

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The Society of Unknowable Objects 87%

Magic is real, hidden in a London bookshop. A killer knows, and he's coming for it.

by Gareth Brown 2025

3.84

15k+ ratings

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by Stephen King • 2015

Lost manuscripts and a fortune in cash: a teen's lifeline becomes a killer's obsession.

4.07

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Finders Keepers 87%

Lost manuscripts and a fortune in cash: a teen's lifeline becomes a killer's obsession.

by Stephen King 2015

4.07

191k+ ratings

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The Palace of Glass

by Django Wexler • 2016

Her mentor killed her father. To trap him, she scours portal worlds for a legendary prison.

4.17

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The Palace of Glass 87%

Her mentor killed her father. To trap him, she scours portal worlds for a legendary prison.

by Django Wexler 2016

4.17

2k+ ratings

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