🧫 Genetic Monsters

Fiction where genetic tampering produces creatures of horror — organisms twisted beyond recognition, embodying our deepest fears about what happens when we reshape life without wisdom.

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 89%

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

Watchers

by Dean Koontz • 1987

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

4.19

173k+

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🏠 Found Family 😢 Sympathetic Monster

Watchers 89%

A haunted veteran saves a golden retriever with unnatural intelligence as a monster hunts them both.

by Dean Koontz 1987

4.19

173k+ ratings

👹 Creature Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🐕 Man And Dog Bond 🏠 Found Family 😢 Sympathetic Monster

Symbiont

by Mira Grant • 2014

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

3.71

8k+

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris 🎭 Identity Crisis 👤 Body Snatchers

Symbiont 89%

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

by Mira Grant 2014

3.71

8k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris 🎭 Identity Crisis 👤 Body Snatchers

Reliquary

by Douglas Preston • 1997

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

4.04

51k+

🧬 Genetic Horror 🏚️ Underground Society 🦴 Body Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Reliquary 89%

When headless corpses surface in New York, the trail dives underground, where a mutant cult breeds.

by Douglas Preston 1997

4.04

51k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Horror 🏚️ Underground Society 🦴 Body Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

The Island of Doctor Moreau

by H.G. Wells • 1896

A castaway lands on an island of beasts carved into men by a surgeon playing god.

3.73

136k+

🧪 Mad Scientist 🩸 Body Horror ⚡ Man Playing God 🐺 The Beast Within 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Island of Doctor Moreau 89%

A castaway lands on an island of beasts carved into men by a surgeon playing god.

by H.G. Wells 1896

3.73

136k+ ratings

🧪 Mad Scientist 🩸 Body Horror ⚡ Man Playing God 🐺 The Beast Within 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Mutants

by Armand Marie Leroi • 2003

The hidden genetic rules that build the human body, revealed by its most extreme errors.

4.05

4k+

🔬 Developmental Biology 🧬 Human Genetics 🔀 Genetic Mutations 🌍 Human Variation ⚕️ Evolutionary Medicine

Mutants 88%

The hidden genetic rules that build the human body, revealed by its most extreme errors.

by Armand Marie Leroi 2003

4.05

4k+ ratings

🔬 Developmental Biology 🧬 Human Genetics 🔀 Genetic Mutations 🌍 Human Variation ⚕️ Evolutionary Medicine

The Anomaly

by Michael Rutger • 2018

A YouTuber awakens an ancient machine in a Grand Canyon cave, trapping his crew with monsters.

3.77

13k+

🦴 Archaeological Horror ⚙️ Ancient Technology 🩸 Survival Horror 🕳️ Cave Survival 🧬 Body Horror

The Anomaly 88%

A YouTuber awakens an ancient machine in a Grand Canyon cave, trapping his crew with monsters.

by Michael Rutger 2018

3.77

13k+ ratings

🦴 Archaeological Horror ⚙️ Ancient Technology 🩸 Survival Horror 🕳️ Cave Survival 🧬 Body Horror

DNA

by James D. Watson • 2002

DNA's co-discoverer on how the double helix became a tool to rewrite medicine, crime, and identity.

4.11

3k+

🧬 Molecular Biology ✂️ Genetic Engineering 📜 History Of Genetics 🔍 DNA Forensics 🧠 Nature Nurture Debate

DNA 88%

DNA's co-discoverer on how the double helix became a tool to rewrite medicine, crime, and identity.

by James D. Watson 2002

4.11

3k+ ratings

🧬 Molecular Biology ✂️ Genetic Engineering 📜 History Of Genetics 🔍 DNA Forensics 🧠 Nature Nurture Debate

Girl in a Rabbit Hole

by R.J. Law • 2021

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

3.50

1k+

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government 💪 Superhuman Transformation 🔪 Female Vengeance

Girl in a Rabbit Hole 88%

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

by R.J. Law 2021

3.50

1k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government 💪 Superhuman Transformation 🔪 Female Vengeance

Hacking Darwin

by Jamie Metzl • 2019

Humans are taking control of evolution; the tools to design our children are already here.

3.97

4k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering ✂️ Gene Editing ⏳ Longevity Science ⚖️ Bioethics 🤖 Transhumanism

Hacking Darwin 88%

Humans are taking control of evolution; the tools to design our children are already here.

by Jamie Metzl 2019

3.97

4k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering ✂️ Gene Editing ⏳ Longevity Science ⚖️ Bioethics 🤖 Transhumanism

Beyond Genetics

by Glenn McGee • 2004

DNA testing, gene therapy, GMOs: what the headlines miss about how they'll actually affect you.

3.60

🧬 Genomics ⚖️ Bioethics 🔬 Genetic Testing 💊 Personalized Medicine 🌽 Gmo Debate

Beyond Genetics 88%

DNA testing, gene therapy, GMOs: what the headlines miss about how they'll actually affect you.

by Glenn McGee 2004

3.60

5 ratings

🧬 Genomics ⚖️ Bioethics 🔬 Genetic Testing 💊 Personalized Medicine 🌽 Gmo Debate

Double Helix

by Nancy Werlin • 2004

A teen's genetics job leads to a hidden subbasement where human lives are engineered.

3.50

3k+

👶 Designer Babies 👥 Secret Sibling ⚡ Playing God 🔬 Corporate Lab Secrets 🎭 Mentor Manipulation

Double Helix 88%

A teen's genetics job leads to a hidden subbasement where human lives are engineered.

by Nancy Werlin 2004

3.50

3k+ ratings

👶 Designer Babies 👥 Secret Sibling ⚡ Playing God 🔬 Corporate Lab Secrets 🎭 Mentor Manipulation

The Code Breaker

by Walter Isaacson • 2021

How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.

4.28

42k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biotechnology ⚖️ Gene Editing Ethics 🏁 Scientific Rivalry

The Code Breaker 88%

How a bacterial defense system handed us the power to rewrite our own evolution.

by Walter Isaacson 2021

4.28

42k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Molecular Biology ⚗️ Biotechnology ⚖️ Gene Editing Ethics 🏁 Scientific Rivalry

Jurassic Park

by Michael Crichton • 1990

A storm knocks out a park of cloned dinosaurs' defenses, leaving visitors trapped with predators.

4.13

1.1M+

🧬 Genetic Thriller 🎢 Theme Park Catastrophe 🦖 Dinosaur Horror 😱 Survival Horror 🧑‍🔬 Scientific Hubris

Jurassic Park 88%

A storm knocks out a park of cloned dinosaurs' defenses, leaving visitors trapped with predators.

by Michael Crichton 1990

4.13

1.1M+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Thriller 🎢 Theme Park Catastrophe 🦖 Dinosaur Horror 😱 Survival Horror 🧑‍🔬 Scientific Hubris

Extinction

by Douglas Preston • 2024

At a resort of resurrected beasts, a vanished couple leads a detective to a deadlier secret.

4.06

26k+

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🦣 Resurrected Species 🕵️ Detective Protagonist 👹 Creature Horror

Extinction 88%

At a resort of resurrected beasts, a vanished couple leads a detective to a deadlier secret.

by Douglas Preston 2024

4.06

26k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🦣 Resurrected Species 🕵️ Detective Protagonist 👹 Creature Horror

Parasite

by Mira Grant • 2013

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

3.68

19k+

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🧬 Hybrid Consciousness

Parasite 88%

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

by Mira Grant 2013

3.68

19k+ ratings

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🧬 Hybrid Consciousness

Wolf Worm

by T. Kingfisher • 2026

An illustrator draws parasites at a remote Southern mansion where the shed conceals a living secret.

4.11

15k+

🩸 Gothic Body Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🖤 Found Family 🧛 Hidden Creature 🧪 Mad Scientist

Wolf Worm 88%

An illustrator draws parasites at a remote Southern mansion where the shed conceals a living secret.

by T. Kingfisher 2026

4.11

15k+ ratings

🩸 Gothic Body Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🖤 Found Family 🧛 Hidden Creature 🧪 Mad Scientist

Star Wars

by Joe Schreiber • 2010

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

3.46

9k+

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

Star Wars 88%

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

by Joe Schreiber 2010

3.46

9k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

The Gene

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2016

From Mendel's peas to CRISPR babies: how the gene became biology's most powerful and dangerous idea.

4.35

56k+

🧬 History Of Genetics ⚠️ Eugenics History 🗺️ Human Genome Project ✂️ Gene Editing Ethics 🧠 Nature Vs Nurture

The Gene 88%

From Mendel's peas to CRISPR babies: how the gene became biology's most powerful and dangerous idea.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2016

4.35

56k+ ratings

🧬 History Of Genetics ⚠️ Eugenics History 🗺️ Human Genome Project ✂️ Gene Editing Ethics 🧠 Nature Vs Nurture

The Queen

by Nick Cutter • 2024

Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.

3.53

8k+

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

The Queen 88%

Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.

by Nick Cutter 2024

3.53

8k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

The Dragon Factory

by Jonathan Maberry • 2010

A disgraced agent must stop an immortal Nazi's engineered plagues designed to erase entire peoples.

4.16

11k+

🧬 Biopunk Thriller 🧪 Engineered Monsters ⏱️ Ticking Clock 🕵️ Rogue Agent 👥 Sibling Rivalry Villains

The Dragon Factory 88%

A disgraced agent must stop an immortal Nazi's engineered plagues designed to erase entire peoples.

by Jonathan Maberry 2010

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧬 Biopunk Thriller 🧪 Engineered Monsters ⏱️ Ticking Clock 🕵️ Rogue Agent 👥 Sibling Rivalry Villains

The Lost World

by Michael Crichton • 1995

Behind Jurassic Park lies an island of wild dinosaurs that have been breeding unchecked for years.

3.88

184k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 💾 Techno Thriller 🗺️ Lost World Adventure ⚠️ Science Gone Wrong 🦖 Prehistoric Predators

The Lost World 88%

Behind Jurassic Park lies an island of wild dinosaurs that have been breeding unchecked for years.

by Michael Crichton 1995

3.88

184k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 💾 Techno Thriller 🗺️ Lost World Adventure ⚠️ Science Gone Wrong 🦖 Prehistoric Predators

Oryx and Crake

by Margaret Atwood • 2003

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

4.00

290k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🏢 Corporate Dystopia

Oryx and Crake 88%

A plague ends the world, and one man must guard the flawless new humans his friend made.

by Margaret Atwood 2003

4.00

290k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Mad Scientist 🫀 Engineered Humans 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🏢 Corporate Dystopia

Sick Bastards

by Matt Shaw • 2014

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

3.54

4k+

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Incestuous Family 🧪 Government Experiment

Sick Bastards 88%

A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.

by Matt Shaw 2014

3.54

4k+ ratings

💀 Extreme Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Incestuous Family 🧪 Government Experiment

Darwin's Radio

by Greg Bear • 1999

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

3.73

17k+

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation 😷 Pandemic Panic 👶 New Species Emerges

Darwin's Radio 87%

A dormant virus stirs in our genome, turning pregnancy into the engine of human evolution.

by Greg Bear 1999

3.73

17k+ ratings

🧬 Hard Science Fiction 🦠 Ancient Virus Awakens 🧫 Genetic Transformation 😷 Pandemic Panic 👶 New Species Emerges

Borne

by Jeff Vandermeer • 2017

A scavenger raises a biotech creature in a ruined city: her child, and a weapon.

3.93

42k+

🧬 Biotech Apocalypse 🌿 Weird Ecology 👩‍👧 Reluctant Motherhood 👾 Monster As Child 🧠 Unreliable Memory

Borne 87%

A scavenger raises a biotech creature in a ruined city: her child, and a weapon.

by Jeff Vandermeer 2017

3.93

42k+ ratings

🧬 Biotech Apocalypse 🌿 Weird Ecology 👩‍👧 Reluctant Motherhood 👾 Monster As Child 🧠 Unreliable Memory

A Crack in Creation

by Jennifer A. Doudna • 2017

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

4.13

7k+

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery ⚖️ Bioethics 💊 Future Of Medicine

A Crack in Creation 87%

The tool to rewrite the human genome came from bacteria. Our wisdom is still catching up.

by Jennifer A. Doudna 2017

4.13

7k+ ratings

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology ⚡ Scientific Discovery ⚖️ Bioethics 💊 Future Of Medicine

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 87%

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

Our Dark Duet

by Victoria Schwab • 2017

Infected by a creature of pure violence, a monster hunter returns to the fractured city she fled.

4.12

62k+

🗡️ Monster Hunters 🎵 Monsters With Souls 🖤 Found Family 💀 Monster Protagonist 🏙️ Divided City

Our Dark Duet 87%

Infected by a creature of pure violence, a monster hunter returns to the fractured city she fled.

by Victoria Schwab 2017

4.12

62k+ ratings

🗡️ Monster Hunters 🎵 Monsters With Souls 🖤 Found Family 💀 Monster Protagonist 🏙️ Divided City

Altered Inheritance

by Françoise Baylis • 2019

We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.

3.53

🧬 Genome Editing ⚖️ Bioethics 🏛️ Science Policy 🌍 Genetic Justice 👶 Designer Babies

Altered Inheritance 87%

We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.

by Françoise Baylis 2019

3.53

94 ratings

🧬 Genome Editing ⚖️ Bioethics 🏛️ Science Policy 🌍 Genetic Justice 👶 Designer Babies

Dreamcatcher

by Stephen King • 2001

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

3.66

187k+

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

Dreamcatcher 87%

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

by Stephen King 2001

3.66

187k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2022

Carlota Moreau grew up among animal hybrids in the jungle. She never knew she was one.

3.57

41k+

🧬 Gothic Science Fiction ✨ Feminist Retelling 🧪 Mad Scientist 💚 Chosen Family 🐆 Animal-Human Hybrids

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau 87%

Carlota Moreau grew up among animal hybrids in the jungle. She never knew she was one.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2022

3.57

41k+ ratings

🧬 Gothic Science Fiction ✨ Feminist Retelling 🧪 Mad Scientist 💚 Chosen Family 🐆 Animal-Human Hybrids

Creation

by Adam Rutherford • 2013

Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.

3.97

762

🌍 Origin Of Life 🧪 Synthetic Biology 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🔬 Molecular Biology 🦎 Darwinian Evolution

Creation 87%

Life emerged once from chemistry. Now we write new genetic code and build cells from scratch.

by Adam Rutherford 2013

3.97

762 ratings

🌍 Origin Of Life 🧪 Synthetic Biology 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🔬 Molecular Biology 🦎 Darwinian Evolution

The Haar

by David Sodergren • 2022

Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.

4.02

36k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🦑 Eldritch Horror 👻 Supernatural Revenge 🖤 Monstrous Protector

The Haar 87%

Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.

by David Sodergren 2022

4.02

36k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🦑 Eldritch Horror 👻 Supernatural Revenge 🖤 Monstrous Protector

Upgrade

by Blake Crouch • 2022

A gene crime agent forcibly enhanced must hunt his sister before she unleashes a genetic apocalypse.

3.81

124k+

🧬 Genetic Enhancement 🤖 Technothriller ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Legacy 🏃‍♂️ On The Run

Upgrade 87%

A gene crime agent forcibly enhanced must hunt his sister before she unleashes a genetic apocalypse.

by Blake Crouch 2022

3.81

124k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Enhancement 🤖 Technothriller ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Legacy 🏃‍♂️ On The Run

Sanctuary

by Caryn Lix • 2018

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

3.89

2k+

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👾 Alien Assimilation

Sanctuary 87%

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

by Caryn Lix 2018

3.89

2k+ ratings

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👾 Alien Assimilation

Fledgling

by Octavia E. Butler • 2005

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

3.79

40k+

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

Fledgling 87%

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

by Octavia E. Butler 2005

3.79

40k+ ratings

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis

by Anne Rice • 2016

Vampire prince Lestat's spirit recalls Atlantis. Its survivors surface with the truth of his kind.

3.80

10k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🧬 Science Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Origin Myth 🏛️ Ancient Bloodlines 🔬 Bioengineered Beings

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis Summary

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis 87%

Vampire prince Lestat's spirit recalls Atlantis. Its survivors surface with the truth of his kind.

by Anne Rice 2016

3.80

10k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror 🧬 Science Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Origin Myth 🏛️ Ancient Bloodlines 🔬 Bioengineered Beings

The Knight and the Butcherbird

by Alix E. Harrow • 2025

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

3.99

13k+

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest 🌿 Rural Apocalypse 🦴 Monstrous Transformation

The Knight and the Butcherbird 87%

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

by Alix E. Harrow 2025

3.99

13k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest 🌿 Rural Apocalypse 🦴 Monstrous Transformation

When Darkness Loves Us

by Elizabeth Engstrom • 1985

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

4.01

2k+

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

When Darkness Loves Us 87%

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

by Elizabeth Engstrom 1985

4.01

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

Walking Practice

by Dolki Min • 2022

To survive on Earth, an alien seduces and devours lovers, but the loneliness cannot be consumed.

3.55

7k+

🩸 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🦎 Shapeshifter Horror 🎭 Gender As Performance 💀 Monstrous Desire

Walking Practice 87%

To survive on Earth, an alien seduces and devours lovers, but the loneliness cannot be consumed.

by Dolki Min 2022

3.55

7k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🦎 Shapeshifter Horror 🎭 Gender As Performance 💀 Monstrous Desire

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

by James Patterson • 2007

To save half of humanity, six winged kids must outfly a global corporation.

4.13

98k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚖️ Leader's Burden 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports Summary

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports 87%

To save half of humanity, six winged kids must outfly a global corporation.

by James Patterson 2007

4.13

98k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚖️ Leader's Burden 🤝 Enemies To Allies

This Book Is Full of Spiders

by David Wong • 2012

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

4.26

35k+

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

This Book Is Full of Spiders 87%

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

by David Wong 2012

4.26

35k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

The Madman's Daughter

by Megan Shepherd • 2013

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

3.68

25k+

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

The Madman's Daughter 87%

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

by Megan Shepherd 2013

3.68

25k+ ratings

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

by John Wiswell • 2024

A flesh-eating shapeshifter falls in love with the daughter of the hunters who want her dead.

3.86

24k+

👹 Monster Romance 🫀 Body Horror 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🏠 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma

Someone You Can Build a Nest In 87%

A flesh-eating shapeshifter falls in love with the daughter of the hunters who want her dead.

by John Wiswell 2024

3.86

24k+ ratings

👹 Monster Romance 🫀 Body Horror 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🏠 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma

The Tower

by Colin Wilson • 1987

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

4.02

509

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society 🏛️ Ancient Technology 💀 Philosophical Horror

The Tower 87%

Giant telepathic spiders rule the earth, and one boy's mind holds the power they cannot break.

by Colin Wilson 1987

4.02

509 ratings

🧠 Psychic Dystopia 🕷️ Giant Spiders 🏭 Engineered Society 🏛️ Ancient Technology 💀 Philosophical Horror

School's Out—Forever

by James Patterson • 2006

A winged girl hides in high school: a clone wants her identity, wolf-men want her dead.

4.14

125k+

🧬 Genetic Manipulation 🏃‍♂️ Lab Escapees 👥 Found Family ✨ Reluctant Chosen One 👯 Clone Replacement

School's Out—Forever 87%

A winged girl hides in high school: a clone wants her identity, wolf-men want her dead.

by James Patterson 2006

4.14

125k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Manipulation 🏃‍♂️ Lab Escapees 👥 Found Family ✨ Reluctant Chosen One 👯 Clone Replacement

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+

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429 ratings

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