Ghost Town Refuge Books | Summaries & Audio

Abandon

by Blake Crouch • 2009

A journalist and her estranged father search a ghost town for gold that already killed everyone.

3.62

32k+

🏜️ Western Horror ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 💔 Estranged Family 👻 Ghost Town Expedition 💰 Cursed Treasure

Abandon 88%

A journalist and her estranged father search a ghost town for gold that already killed everyone.

by Blake Crouch 2009

3.62

32k+ ratings

🏜️ Western Horror ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 💔 Estranged Family 👻 Ghost Town Expedition 💰 Cursed Treasure

The Gunslinger

by Stephen King • 1982

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

3.91

669k+

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

The Gunslinger 87%

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

by Stephen King 1982

3.91

669k+ ratings

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

Alone

by Megan E. Freeman • 2021

A twelve-year-old wakes to a deserted town, stranded with nothing but a neighbor's rottweiler.

4.13

22k+

📖 Novel In Verse 🏝️ Solo Survival 🐕 Girl And Her Dog 🏚️ Abandoned Town 🌫️ Eerie Atmosphere

Alone 87%

A twelve-year-old wakes to a deserted town, stranded with nothing but a neighbor's rottweiler.

by Megan E. Freeman 2021

4.13

22k+ ratings

📖 Novel In Verse 🏝️ Solo Survival 🐕 Girl And Her Dog 🏚️ Abandoned Town 🌫️ Eerie Atmosphere

Wayward Souls

by Devon Monk • 2020

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

4.02

754

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏜️ Paranormal Americana

Wayward Souls 87%

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

by Devon Monk 2020

4.02

754 ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏜️ Paranormal Americana

Odd Thomas

by Dean Koontz • 2003

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

4.00

277k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist ☠️ Death Omens 👨‍🍳 Everyman Hero

Odd Thomas 87%

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

by Dean Koontz 2003

4.00

277k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist ☠️ Death Omens 👨‍🍳 Everyman Hero

Shimmer

by Alyson Noel • 2011

A vengeful spirit feeds on anger and traps a ghost girl's friends in their worst memories.

3.73

8k+

🔮 Afterlife Fantasy 👻 Ghost Protagonist 💛 Found Family 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🕊️ Compassion Heals

Shimmer 87%

A vengeful spirit feeds on anger and traps a ghost girl's friends in their worst memories.

by Alyson Noel 2011

3.73

8k+ ratings

🔮 Afterlife Fantasy 👻 Ghost Protagonist 💛 Found Family 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🕊️ Compassion Heals

Desperation

by Stephen King • 1996

Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.

3.86

154k+

✝️ Religious Horror 👁️ Possession Horror ⛏️ Ancient Evil 🤝 Found Family 🏜️ Isolated Desert Town

Desperation 86%

Stranded in a ghost town, travelers discover their arresting officer is a vessel for ancient evil.

by Stephen King 1996

3.86

154k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Horror 👁️ Possession Horror ⛏️ Ancient Evil 🤝 Found Family 🏜️ Isolated Desert Town

Ghost Story

by Jim Butcher • 2011

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

4.25

107k+

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice

Ghost Story 86%

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

by Jim Butcher 2011

4.25

107k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir 🔮 Reluctant Medium 🌑 Dark Apprentice

Scritch Scratch

by Lindsay Currie • 2020

A ghost boy haunts a science-loving girl, his only clue a number scrawled on her wall.

3.91

5k+

👻 Kid Ghost Hunters 🤔 Skeptic Protagonist 📜 Forgotten History 🧪 Girl Scientist 🌃 Urban Ghost Story

Scritch Scratch 86%

A ghost boy haunts a science-loving girl, his only clue a number scrawled on her wall.

by Lindsay Currie 2020

3.91

5k+ ratings

👻 Kid Ghost Hunters 🤔 Skeptic Protagonist 📜 Forgotten History 🧪 Girl Scientist 🌃 Urban Ghost Story

The Silver Eyes

by Scott Cawthon • 2016

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

4.04

7k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

The Silver Eyes 86%

A memorial draws old friends to an abandoned pizzeria where the animatronics have come alive.

by Scott Cawthon 2016

4.04

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 👥 Reunion Horror 👻 Ghostly Vengeance 🧸 Haunted Objects 🔑 Sinister Family Legacy

Whistle

by Linwood Barclay • 2025

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

3.91

10k+

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Whistle 86%

Her son's toy trains kill, and the creature behind them demands she take its place.

by Linwood Barclay 2025

3.91

10k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Horror 🚂 Cursed Toys 🏚️ Small Town Horror 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 🌀 Psychological Unraveling

Cold as Hell

by Rhett C. Bruno • 2022

A resurrected gunslinger hunts three outlaws whose hellish ice freezes the frontier dead.

3.99

2k+

🤠 Weird West 🔍 Occult Detective 🕊️ Redemption Quest 🎭 Cursed Artifact 🖤 Gothic Western

Cold as Hell 86%

A resurrected gunslinger hunts three outlaws whose hellish ice freezes the frontier dead.

by Rhett C. Bruno 2022

3.99

2k+ ratings

🤠 Weird West 🔍 Occult Detective 🕊️ Redemption Quest 🎭 Cursed Artifact 🖤 Gothic Western

The Haunted Mesa

by Louis L'Amour • 1987

A skeptic's search for a vanished friend leads through a desert kiva into a parallel world.

3.81

7k+

🤠 Weird West 🌀 Portal Fantasy 🏛️ Lost Civilization 🐍 Mesoamerican Mythology 🏜️ Atmospheric Desert

The Haunted Mesa 86%

A skeptic's search for a vanished friend leads through a desert kiva into a parallel world.

by Louis L'Amour 1987

3.81

7k+ ratings

🤠 Weird West 🌀 Portal Fantasy 🏛️ Lost Civilization 🐍 Mesoamerican Mythology 🏜️ Atmospheric Desert

80s Ghosts

by V.S. Lawrence • 2024

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

3.73

2k+

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

80s Ghosts 86%

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

by V.S. Lawrence 2024

3.73

2k+ ratings

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

Where He Can't Find You

by Darcy Coates • 2023

A killer sews bodies in an Illinois town. Rules keep Abby safe until her sister vanishes.

3.87

19k+

🏚️ Small Town Horror 🫂 Found Family 🚨 Rescue Mission 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🌾 Midwest Gothic

Where He Can't Find You 86%

A killer sews bodies in an Illinois town. Rules keep Abby safe until her sister vanishes.

by Darcy Coates 2023

3.87

19k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Horror 🫂 Found Family 🚨 Rescue Mission 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🌾 Midwest Gothic

Little Ghosts

by Gregg Dunnett • 2023

A murdered girl's ghost asks her brother to find a killer the police missed.

4.18

7k+

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Child Ghost 🔍 Unlikely Detectives 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Little Ghosts 86%

A murdered girl's ghost asks her brother to find a killer the police missed.

by Gregg Dunnett 2023

4.18

7k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Child Ghost 🔍 Unlikely Detectives 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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 86%

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

Glass Houses

by Rachel Caine • 2006

A bullied teen prodigy hides in a haunted house, unaware the town is run by vampires.

3.92

104k+

🧛 Vampire-Run Town 🏠 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Roommate 🎓 College Prodigy ⚔️ Vampire Politics

Glass Houses 86%

A bullied teen prodigy hides in a haunted house, unaware the town is run by vampires.

by Rachel Caine 2006

3.92

104k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire-Run Town 🏠 Found Family 👻 Ghostly Roommate 🎓 College Prodigy ⚔️ Vampire Politics

Heart-Shaped Box

by Joe Hill • 2007

A rock star buys a haunted suit online; the ghost blames him for a woman's death.

3.84

155k+

📦 Haunted Object 🧠 Psychological Haunting 🏚️ Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

Heart-Shaped Box 86%

A rock star buys a haunted suit online; the ghost blames him for a woman's death.

by Joe Hill 2007

3.84

155k+ ratings

📦 Haunted Object 🧠 Psychological Haunting 🏚️ Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🔗 Generational Trauma

Finch House

by Ciera Burch • 2023

Grandfather vanished inside the forbidden Victorian. Micah must enter a house that traps children.

3.70

386

🏚️ Haunted House 🏠 Sentient House 👧 Missing Children 👻 Bargain With Ghosts 🩸 Family Curse

Finch House 86%

Grandfather vanished inside the forbidden Victorian. Micah must enter a house that traps children.

by Ciera Burch 2023

3.70

386 ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🏠 Sentient House 👧 Missing Children 👻 Bargain With Ghosts 🩸 Family Curse

The Reformatory

by Tananarive Due • 2023

A Black boy's defiance sends him to a haunted Jim Crow reformatory where dead boys seek justice.

4.43

79k+

🏚️ Haunted Institution 🔗 Jim Crow South 🛡️ Sibling Protector 👻 Ghosts As Witnesses 📜 Historical Horror

The Reformatory 86%

A Black boy's defiance sends him to a haunted Jim Crow reformatory where dead boys seek justice.

by Tananarive Due 2023

4.43

79k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Institution 🔗 Jim Crow South 🛡️ Sibling Protector 👻 Ghosts As Witnesses 📜 Historical Horror

Soul Searching

by Lyla Sage • 2025

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

3.65

45k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Wounded Healers 🫂 Found Family

Soul Searching 86%

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

by Lyla Sage 2025

3.65

45k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Wounded Healers 🫂 Found Family

Train Dreams

by Denis Johnson • 2002

A wildfire took his family. The Idaho woods gave back only wolves.

3.89

43k+

🏔️ Literary Western 👻 Ghostly Visitation 🐺 Feral Child 🐕 Man And His Dog 🕯️ Elegiac Tone

Train Dreams 86%

A wildfire took his family. The Idaho woods gave back only wolves.

by Denis Johnson 2002

3.89

43k+ ratings

🏔️ Literary Western 👻 Ghostly Visitation 🐺 Feral Child 🐕 Man And His Dog 🕯️ Elegiac Tone

The Invited

by Jennifer McMahon • 2019

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

3.80

45k+

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Invited 86%

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

by Jennifer McMahon 2019

3.80

45k+ ratings

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

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 86%

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

Ghost Story

by Peter Straub • 1979

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

3.92

84k+

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Ghost Story 86%

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

by Peter Straub 1979

3.92

84k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Commune

by Joshua Gayou • 2018

A mountain commune is occupied. To reclaim it, survivors must risk becoming monsters themselves.

4.32

1k+

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Community ⚖️ Survivor Politics 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏴 Community Under Siege 🎖️ Reluctant Leader

Commune 86%

A mountain commune is occupied. To reclaim it, survivors must risk becoming monsters themselves.

by Joshua Gayou 2018

4.32

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Apocalyptic Community ⚖️ Survivor Politics 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏴 Community Under Siege 🎖️ Reluctant Leader

The Forest of Hands and Teeth

by Carrie Ryan • 2009

Surrounded by the undead, a girl clings to her mother's dream of an ocean beyond the forest.

3.60

88k+

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse ⛪ Religious Dystopia 💔 Forbidden Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏘️ Isolated Village

The Forest of Hands and Teeth 86%

Surrounded by the undead, a girl clings to her mother's dream of an ocean beyond the forest.

by Carrie Ryan 2009

3.60

88k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse ⛪ Religious Dystopia 💔 Forbidden Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏘️ Isolated Village

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster

by Paul Auster • 1987

Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.

3.91

16k+

✉️ Epistolary Dystopia 🏚️ Collapsing City 🤝 Found Family 💀 Death Cults 🍂 Elegiac Dystopia

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster Summary

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster 86%

Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.

by Paul Auster 1987

3.91

16k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Dystopia 🏚️ Collapsing City 🤝 Found Family 💀 Death Cults 🍂 Elegiac Dystopia

Wayward Moon

by Devon Monk • 2021

Two resurrected lovers on Route 66 hunt a moon-child for the god who owns their lives.

4.27

436

🚗 Road Trip Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚖️ Divine Bargains 🐺 Werewolf Packs 💀 Love After Death

Wayward Moon 86%

Two resurrected lovers on Route 66 hunt a moon-child for the god who owns their lives.

by Devon Monk 2021

4.27

436 ratings

🚗 Road Trip Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚖️ Divine Bargains 🐺 Werewolf Packs 💀 Love After Death

Diavola

by Jennifer Marie Thorne • 2024

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

3.80

43k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

Diavola 86%

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

by Jennifer Marie Thorne 2024

3.80

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips 🧠 Psychological Haunting 👻 Vengeful Ghost

The Waste Lands

by Stephen King • 1991

A gunslinger's band must out-riddle a psychotic monorail to cross the waste lands.

4.25

250k+

🌀 Multiverse Journey 💛 Found Family 🤖 Sentient Machine 🧩 Riddle Game 🐾 Animal Companion

The Waste Lands 86%

A gunslinger's band must out-riddle a psychotic monorail to cross the waste lands.

by Stephen King 1991

4.25

250k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Journey 💛 Found Family 🤖 Sentient Machine 🧩 Riddle Game 🐾 Animal Companion

Murder Road

by Simone St. James • 2024

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

3.68

60k+

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Murder Road 86%

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

by Simone St. James 2024

3.68

60k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Forget You Saw Her

by Noelle W. Ihli • 2025

A negative DNA test sends a mother to Utah, where her dead daughter's ghost demands justice.

4.24

53k+

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Ghostly Investigation 🔍 Missing Child Search ⛪ Mormon Community 🐺 Hidden Predator

Forget You Saw Her 86%

A negative DNA test sends a mother to Utah, where her dead daughter's ghost demands justice.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2025

4.24

53k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Ghostly Investigation 🔍 Missing Child Search ⛪ Mormon Community 🐺 Hidden Predator

The Empty Grave

by Jonathan Stroud • 2017

A ghost-hunting crew breaks into a tomb and finds their founder's coffin empty. She never died.

4.62

30k+

🏚️ Ghost Hunting Agency 👥 Found Family 👻 Snarky Ghost Companion 🏙️ Alternate London 🖤 Darkly Humorous

The Empty Grave 86%

A ghost-hunting crew breaks into a tomb and finds their founder's coffin empty. She never died.

by Jonathan Stroud 2017

4.62

30k+ ratings

🏚️ Ghost Hunting Agency 👥 Found Family 👻 Snarky Ghost Companion 🏙️ Alternate London 🖤 Darkly Humorous

Asylum Hotel

by Juliet Blackwell • 2025

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

3.56

2k+

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Asylum Hotel 86%

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

by Juliet Blackwell 2025

3.56

2k+ ratings

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Commune

by Joshua Gayou • 2017

After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.

4.18

3k+

🦠 Plague Apocalypse 🌍 Grounded Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Building

Commune 86%

After a plague, a lone survivor leads three strangers across a dead America to Wyoming.

by Joshua Gayou 2017

4.18

3k+ ratings

🦠 Plague Apocalypse 🌍 Grounded Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Reluctant Leader 🏘️ Community Building

Ghosts

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith • 2017

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

4.25

9k+

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society 👹 Creature Feature 👑 Authoritarian Leader

Ghosts 86%

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017

4.25

9k+ ratings

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society 👹 Creature Feature 👑 Authoritarian Leader

Gallant

by V.E. Schwab • 2022

A mute orphan inherits a crumbling manor where a garden wall barely holds back the dark.

3.70

150k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🕯️ Family Curse 👻 Ghostly Allies

Gallant 86%

A mute orphan inherits a crumbling manor where a garden wall barely holds back the dark.

by V.E. Schwab 2022

3.70

150k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🕯️ Family Curse 👻 Ghostly Allies

Say Cheese and Die!

by R.L. Stine • 1992

Greg finds a camera in a haunted house, but its photos show disasters that come true.

3.79

30k+

📸 Cursed Object 🏚️ Abandoned House 😱 Kids In Peril 📷 Photograph Horror 🔄 Twist Ending

Say Cheese and Die! 86%

Greg finds a camera in a haunted house, but its photos show disasters that come true.

by R.L. Stine 1992

3.79

30k+ ratings

📸 Cursed Object 🏚️ Abandoned House 😱 Kids In Peril 📷 Photograph Horror 🔄 Twist Ending

We All Fall Down

by Natalie D. Richards • 2017

His punch shattered her. Now the haunted bridge where it happened is calling them both back.

2.94

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Small Town 🧠 Psychological Haunting 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma And Healing ⚖️ Guilt And Redemption

We All Fall Down 86%

His punch shattered her. Now the haunted bridge where it happened is calling them both back.

by Natalie D. Richards 2017

2.94

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Small Town 🧠 Psychological Haunting 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma And Healing ⚖️ Guilt And Redemption

Beyond the Bright Sea

by Lauren Wolk • 2017

A twelve-year-old outcast risks a shuttered leper colony to uncover where she came from.

4.08

17k+

🏡 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🪙 Hidden Treasure 🏚️ Leper Colony 🔎 Mysterious Origins

Beyond the Bright Sea 86%

A twelve-year-old outcast risks a shuttered leper colony to uncover where she came from.

by Lauren Wolk 2017

4.08

17k+ ratings

🏡 Found Family 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🪙 Hidden Treasure 🏚️ Leper Colony 🔎 Mysterious Origins

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 86%

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

As Our World Ends

by Jack Hunt • 2020

A fractured family navigates a lawless America after a cyberattack, racing to rescue their daughter.

4.18

1k+

🖥️ Grid-Down Survival 💔 Broken Family Bonds 👥 Ragtag Survivors 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🩸 Bleak Survival

As Our World Ends 86%

A fractured family navigates a lawless America after a cyberattack, racing to rescue their daughter.

by Jack Hunt 2020

4.18

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Grid-Down Survival 💔 Broken Family Bonds 👥 Ragtag Survivors 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🩸 Bleak Survival

Lincoln in the Bardo

by George Saunders • 2017

Ghosts who deny death fill a cemetery, until Abraham Lincoln visits his son among them.

3.75

179k+

🗣️ Chorus Of Voices 🚪 Afterlife Waystation 💔 Grieving Parent 👻 Unfinished Business 🕯️ Elegiac Tone

Lincoln in the Bardo 86%

Ghosts who deny death fill a cemetery, until Abraham Lincoln visits his son among them.

by George Saunders 2017

3.75

179k+ ratings

🗣️ Chorus Of Voices 🚪 Afterlife Waystation 💔 Grieving Parent 👻 Unfinished Business 🕯️ Elegiac Tone

Suffer the Children

by Craig DiLouie • 2014

All children die, then rise hungry for blood. An hour awake costs what parents cannot give.

3.98

12k+

🩸 Parental Horror 🧟 Undead Children 🔪 Feral Children 🧬 Biological Horror 🧛 Vampire Reimagining

Suffer the Children 86%

All children die, then rise hungry for blood. An hour awake costs what parents cannot give.

by Craig DiLouie 2014

3.98

12k+ ratings

🩸 Parental Horror 🧟 Undead Children 🔪 Feral Children 🧬 Biological Horror 🧛 Vampire Reimagining

Thirteen Storeys

by Jonathan Sims • 2020

A dead billionaire's tower haunts its residents. Then he invites them to dinner.

3.79

10k+

🏢 Haunted Building 🖤 Modern Gothic ⚖️ Social Horror 🏗️ Gentrification Horror 👻 Trapped Spirits

Thirteen Storeys 86%

A dead billionaire's tower haunts its residents. Then he invites them to dinner.

by Jonathan Sims 2020

3.79

10k+ ratings

🏢 Haunted Building 🖤 Modern Gothic ⚖️ Social Horror 🏗️ Gentrification Horror 👻 Trapped Spirits

The Toll

by Cherie Priest • 2019

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

3.41

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Toll 85%

A honeymooner loses his wife on a swamp bridge that the locals have appeased for generations.

by Cherie Priest 2019

3.41

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Cyclical Curse 👁️ Supernatural Predator 🏘️ Haunted Town 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Shadowland

by Jenny Carroll • 2000

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

4.04

71k+

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💅 Snarky Heroine

Shadowland 85%

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

by Jenny Carroll 2000

4.04

71k+ ratings

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💅 Snarky Heroine

Wolves of the Calla

by Stephen King • 2003

Roland and his gunslingers vow to stop the Wolves who steal children and return them hollow.

4.20

204k+

🤠 Weird Western 🌐 Multiverse Travel 🫂 Found Family 🤖 Robotic Raiders 🎭 Split Personality

Wolves of the Calla 85%

Roland and his gunslingers vow to stop the Wolves who steal children and return them hollow.

by Stephen King 2003

4.20

204k+ ratings

🤠 Weird Western 🌐 Multiverse Travel 🫂 Found Family 🤖 Robotic Raiders 🎭 Split Personality

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