🔪 Jealous Revenge

When envy festers into a plan for retribution, these stories follow characters who channel their resentment into calculated—and often devastating—acts of vengeance.

Four Great Tragedies

by William Shakespeare • 1606

Four flawed rulers, each destroyed by the one thing they cannot master within.

4.42

18k+

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 👑 Tragic Hero 🕯️ Manipulative Villain 💚 Toxic Jealousy

Four Great Tragedies 87%

Four flawed rulers, each destroyed by the one thing they cannot master within.

by William Shakespeare 1606

4.42

18k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 👑 Tragic Hero 🕯️ Manipulative Villain 💚 Toxic Jealousy

Cutthroat

by Octavia Grant • 2025

A wife catches her husband with her sister. The internet watches her destroy them.

4.18

14k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Revenge Quest 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 💔 Marital Infidelity 🩸 Framed For Murder

Cutthroat 87%

A wife catches her husband with her sister. The internet watches her destroy them.

by Octavia Grant 2025

4.18

14k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Revenge Quest 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 💔 Marital Infidelity 🩸 Framed For Murder

Medea

by Euripides

A banished sorceress, betrayed for a princess, sends a wedding gift that will burn a kingdom.

3.96

89k+

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 💔 Woman Scorned 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 😱 Maternal Horror 🌍 Exile

Medea 87%

A banished sorceress, betrayed for a princess, sends a wedding gift that will burn a kingdom.

by Euripides

3.96

89k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 💔 Woman Scorned 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 😱 Maternal Horror 🌍 Exile

So Happy Together

by Olivia Worley • 2025

A playwright stalks her ex's new girlfriend, a guru who welcomes her too warmly.

3.45

11k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Female Rivalry 🩸 Murder Cover-Up

So Happy Together 87%

A playwright stalks her ex's new girlfriend, a guru who welcomes her too warmly.

by Olivia Worley 2025

3.45

11k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Female Rivalry 🩸 Murder Cover-Up

Dirty Weekend

by Helen Zahavi • 1991

Her neighbor watches every move and threatens acid, so a Brighton woman reaches for a hammer.

3.72

1k+

🗡️ Feminist Revenge 🔥 Female Rage 🎯 Prey Becomes Hunter ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 😈 Darkly Comic

Dirty Weekend 87%

Her neighbor watches every move and threatens acid, so a Brighton woman reaches for a hammer.

by Helen Zahavi 1991

3.72

1k+ ratings

🗡️ Feminist Revenge 🔥 Female Rage 🎯 Prey Becomes Hunter ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 😈 Darkly Comic

How to Kill Your Family

by Bella Mackie • 2021

Imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit, Grace confesses to killing her wealthy family.

3.51

185k+

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🔪 Kill List 👩 Female Antihero 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

How to Kill Your Family 87%

Imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit, Grace confesses to killing her wealthy family.

by Bella Mackie 2021

3.51

185k+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🔪 Kill List 👩 Female Antihero 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

Othello

by William Shakespeare • 1603

A Moorish general weds a Venetian noblewoman, and the ensign he passed over whispers of betrayal.

3.89

440k+

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 👑 Elizabethan Drama 🐍 Villainous Schemer 💔 Jealous Husband 🤎 Interracial Romance

Othello 87%

A Moorish general weds a Venetian noblewoman, and the ensign he passed over whispers of betrayal.

by William Shakespeare 1603

3.89

440k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 👑 Elizabethan Drama 🐍 Villainous Schemer 💔 Jealous Husband 🤎 Interracial Romance

Look What You Made Me Do

by John Lanchester • 2026

A widow discovers her dead husband's secret life is being broadcast as a hit TV show.

3.56

4k+

🕵️‍♀️ Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🔪 Art As Revenge 🧬 Generational Trauma 🤱 Toxic Mother

Look What You Made Me Do 87%

A widow discovers her dead husband's secret life is being broadcast as a hit TV show.

by John Lanchester 2026

3.56

4k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🔪 Art As Revenge 🧬 Generational Trauma 🤱 Toxic Mother

Sick Fux

by Tillie Cole • 2017

Childhood abuse survivors reunite to turn their Wonderland fantasy into a bloody revenge spree.

3.84

25k+

🔪 Dark Revenge Romance 🫖 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🃏 Vigilante Couple 💔 Shared Trauma Bond 🏚️ Southern Gothic

Sick Fux 86%

Childhood abuse survivors reunite to turn their Wonderland fantasy into a bloody revenge spree.

by Tillie Cole 2017

3.84

25k+ ratings

🔪 Dark Revenge Romance 🫖 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🃏 Vigilante Couple 💔 Shared Trauma Bond 🏚️ Southern Gothic

Every Last Secret

by A.R. Torre • 2020

An ambitious newcomer wants her boss's husband, home, and status. His wife fights back.

3.93

147k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 📈 Social Climbing ⚔️ Femme Rivalry 💔 Marital Infidelity 🔪 Revenge Plot

Every Last Secret 86%

An ambitious newcomer wants her boss's husband, home, and status. His wife fights back.

by A.R. Torre 2020

3.93

147k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 📈 Social Climbing ⚔️ Femme Rivalry 💔 Marital Infidelity 🔪 Revenge Plot

New Boy

by Tracy Chevalier • 2017

The new Black boy at a 1970s D.C. school catches a girl's eye and a bully's wrath.

3.49

10k+

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🎠 Playground Politics ⚡ Racial Tension 🇺🇸 1970s America 🐍 Jealousy And Betrayal

New Boy 86%

The new Black boy at a 1970s D.C. school catches a girl's eye and a bully's wrath.

by Tracy Chevalier 2017

3.49

10k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🎠 Playground Politics ⚡ Racial Tension 🇺🇸 1970s America 🐍 Jealousy And Betrayal

Tick Tock

by Fern Michaels • 2022

After a car bomb leaves a Sister comatose, the vigilante group tracks down the ex-cons responsible.

4.36

6k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family 👩‍⚖️ Female Revenge 💻 Cyber Thriller 🔍 Manhunt

Tick Tock 86%

After a car bomb leaves a Sister comatose, the vigilante group tracks down the ex-cons responsible.

by Fern Michaels 2022

4.36

6k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏠 Found Family 👩‍⚖️ Female Revenge 💻 Cyber Thriller 🔍 Manhunt

Andromaque

by Jean Racine • 1667

A Trojan widow must marry Achilles' son to save her child; four hopeless loves collide.

3.70

10k+

🎭 Verse Drama 💔 Unrequited Love Chain 💍 Forced Marriage 👩‍👦 Maternal Sacrifice 🏛️ Ancient Greece Setting

Andromaque 86%

A Trojan widow must marry Achilles' son to save her child; four hopeless loves collide.

by Jean Racine 1667

3.70

10k+ ratings

🎭 Verse Drama 💔 Unrequited Love Chain 💍 Forced Marriage 👩‍👦 Maternal Sacrifice 🏛️ Ancient Greece Setting

Molka

by Monika Kim • 2026

Hidden cameras watch her office bathroom, but her drowned sister's ghost has sharper ideas.

3.70

16k+

👻 Vengeful Ghost 🩸 Feminist Horror 🔪 Female Rage ⚡ Revenge Thriller 📹 Surveillance Horror

Molka 86%

Hidden cameras watch her office bathroom, but her drowned sister's ghost has sharper ideas.

by Monika Kim 2026

3.70

16k+ ratings

👻 Vengeful Ghost 🩸 Feminist Horror 🔪 Female Rage ⚡ Revenge Thriller 📹 Surveillance Horror

One of Us Is Dead

by Jeneva Rose • 2022

At a Buckhead salon, wealthy women confess everything. One secret will prove deadly.

3.81

150k+

🥀 Female Rivalry 🤝 Unlikely Allies 💎 Wealthy Enclave 🔪 Revenge Plot 📚 Book Club Thriller

One of Us Is Dead 86%

At a Buckhead salon, wealthy women confess everything. One secret will prove deadly.

by Jeneva Rose 2022

3.81

150k+ ratings

🥀 Female Rivalry 🤝 Unlikely Allies 💎 Wealthy Enclave 🔪 Revenge Plot 📚 Book Club Thriller

Confessions

by Kanae Minato • 2008

A middle school teacher uses her final homeroom to announce she poisoned her daughter's two killers.

3.93

87k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🏮 Japanese Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Sociopathic Child

Confessions 86%

A middle school teacher uses her final homeroom to announce she poisoned her daughter's two killers.

by Kanae Minato 2008

3.93

87k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🏮 Japanese Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 😈 Sociopathic Child

Killer's Kiss

by R.L. Stine • 1997

Her rival took her boyfriend. Then he's found dead with a kiss print that matches hers.

3.79

2k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 🔪 Ya Thriller 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Toxic Rivalry 🔺 Love Triangle

Killer's Kiss 86%

Her rival took her boyfriend. Then he's found dead with a kiss print that matches hers.

by R.L. Stine 1997

3.79

2k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 🔪 Ya Thriller 🤥 Unreliable Narrator ⚔️ Toxic Rivalry 🔺 Love Triangle

The Undrowned

by K.R. Alexander • 2020

A bully pushes her friend into a cursed lake. She returns, and a vengeful haunting follows.

3.89

2k+

🧟 Supernatural Revenge 👊 Bully Protagonist 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌊 Cursed Lake 😨 Creeping Dread

The Undrowned 86%

A bully pushes her friend into a cursed lake. She returns, and a vengeful haunting follows.

by K.R. Alexander 2020

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧟 Supernatural Revenge 👊 Bully Protagonist 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌊 Cursed Lake 😨 Creeping Dread

The Prom Queen

by R.L. Stine • 1992

Five girls compete for prom queen. A murderer is choosing victims from the ballot.

3.71

6k+

🗡️ Teen Slasher 🏆 Deadly Competition 😱 Killer Among Friends 🔍 Paranoid Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

The Prom Queen 86%

Five girls compete for prom queen. A murderer is choosing victims from the ballot.

by R.L. Stine 1992

3.71

6k+ ratings

🗡️ Teen Slasher 🏆 Deadly Competition 😱 Killer Among Friends 🔍 Paranoid Suspense 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Sweet Revenge

by Fern Michaels • 2006

A disgraced architect joins a secret group of women to destroy the rival who framed her.

4.3

9k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Gaslighting 👥 Found Family 💼 Career Sabotage 👯 Girl Gang

Sweet Revenge 86%

A disgraced architect joins a secret group of women to destroy the rival who framed her.

by Fern Michaels 2006

4.3

9k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Gaslighting 👥 Found Family 💼 Career Sabotage 👯 Girl Gang

The Tenant

by Freida McFadden • 2025

Blake takes in a tenant. His life unravels: rashes, maggots, severed fingers. His fiancée walks out.

3.84

715k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 💔 Intimate Betrayal 🕯️ Gaslighting 😈 Roommate From Hell

The Tenant 86%

Blake takes in a tenant. His life unravels: rashes, maggots, severed fingers. His fiancée walks out.

by Freida McFadden 2025

3.84

715k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 💔 Intimate Betrayal 🕯️ Gaslighting 😈 Roommate From Hell

The Word is Murder

by Anthony Horowitz • 2017

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

3.92

104k+

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

The Word is Murder 86%

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

by Anthony Horowitz 2017

3.92

104k+ ratings

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

The Next Mrs. Parrish

by Liv Constantine • 2024

Her husband free from prison, a con woman scrambles as a dead man's daughter closes in.

3.81

120k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔪 Revenge Plot 🎭 Con Woman 🏘️ Affluent Suburbia

The Next Mrs. Parrish 86%

Her husband free from prison, a con woman scrambles as a dead man's daughter closes in.

by Liv Constantine 2024

3.81

120k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🔪 Revenge Plot 🎭 Con Woman 🏘️ Affluent Suburbia

A Twisted Love Story

by Samantha Downing • 2023

His ex cries stalker. A detective digs. A body surfaces. Their toxic love won't die.

3.21

14k+

🔍 Psychological Thriller 💔 Toxic Relationship 🔄 On-Again Off-Again 🔫 Partners In Crime 👁️ Stalking

A Twisted Love Story 86%

His ex cries stalker. A detective digs. A body surfaces. Their toxic love won't die.

by Samantha Downing 2023

3.21

14k+ ratings

🔍 Psychological Thriller 💔 Toxic Relationship 🔄 On-Again Off-Again 🔫 Partners In Crime 👁️ Stalking

Black Iris

by Leah Raeder • 2015

Reeling from her mother's suicide, Laney meets two strangers who feed her darkest craving: revenge.

3.71

6k+

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💋 Sapphic Dark Romance 🥀 Morally Grey Heroine

Black Iris 86%

Reeling from her mother's suicide, Laney meets two strangers who feed her darkest craving: revenge.

by Leah Raeder 2015

3.71

6k+ ratings

🖤 Unreliable Narrator 🔺 Love Triangle ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💋 Sapphic Dark Romance 🥀 Morally Grey Heroine

Double Date

by R.L. Stine • 1994

A dare pushes a cocky teen to secretly date twin sisters. Now someone is hunting him.

3.58

4k+

👯 Twins And Doubles 🎭 Faked Identity 🃏 Player Gets Played 🌀 Gaslighting 📼 90s Teen Horror

Double Date 86%

A dare pushes a cocky teen to secretly date twin sisters. Now someone is hunting him.

by R.L. Stine 1994

3.58

4k+ ratings

👯 Twins And Doubles 🎭 Faked Identity 🃏 Player Gets Played 🌀 Gaslighting 📼 90s Teen Horror

The Assassin and the Empire

by Sarah J. Maas • 2012

Two young assassins in love risk one last job to buy freedom from their manipulative mentor.

4.38

65k+

🗡️ Assassin Romance 💔 Doomed Lovers 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ⚔️ Revenge Gone Wrong 🏴 Criminal Underworld

The Assassin and the Empire 86%

Two young assassins in love risk one last job to buy freedom from their manipulative mentor.

by Sarah J. Maas 2012

4.38

65k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Romance 💔 Doomed Lovers 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ⚔️ Revenge Gone Wrong 🏴 Criminal Underworld

A Certain Hunger

by Chelsea G. Summers • 2019

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

3.70

69k+

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 💋 Femme Fatale 🖤 Sociopath Protagonist

A Certain Hunger 86%

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

by Chelsea G. Summers 2019

3.70

69k+ ratings

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 💋 Femme Fatale 🖤 Sociopath Protagonist

The Maid's Diary

by Loreth Anne White • 2023

A maid realizes her clients covered up her assault years ago. She's been invisible long enough.

4.20

120k+

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Invisible Observer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Maid's Diary 86%

A maid realizes her clients covered up her assault years ago. She's been invisible long enough.

by Loreth Anne White 2023

4.20

120k+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🏠 Domestic Suspense 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Invisible Observer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Next to Heaven

by James Frey • 2025

A swingers' party among Connecticut's elite ends in murder, and every guest has a secret.

3.34

16k+

🏚️ Domestic Noir 💰 Wealth Satire 🔪 Female Revenge 🩸 Framed For Murder 🏘️ Gated Community

Next to Heaven 86%

A swingers' party among Connecticut's elite ends in murder, and every guest has a secret.

by James Frey 2025

3.34

16k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Noir 💰 Wealth Satire 🔪 Female Revenge 🩸 Framed For Murder 🏘️ Gated Community

The Guest List

by Lucy Foley • 2020

A storm traps wedding guests on a remote Irish island. By dawn, the groom is dead.

3.79

1.3M+

🔐 Closed Circle Mystery 🎙️ Multiple Narrators 🔪 Revenge Plot 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Guest List 86%

A storm traps wedding guests on a remote Irish island. By dawn, the groom is dead.

by Lucy Foley 2020

3.79

1.3M+ ratings

🔐 Closed Circle Mystery 🎙️ Multiple Narrators 🔪 Revenge Plot 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

Cold Moon Over Babylon

by Michael McDowell • 1980

A girl vanishes from a bridge. Her family's grief awakens the drowned dead of the Styx.

3.97

7k+

🖤 Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🕯️ Family Curse 🏚️ Small-Town Corruption 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Cold Moon Over Babylon 86%

A girl vanishes from a bridge. Her family's grief awakens the drowned dead of the Styx.

by Michael McDowell 1980

3.97

7k+ ratings

🖤 Southern Gothic 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🕯️ Family Curse 🏚️ Small-Town Corruption 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Kill for Me, Kill for You

by Steve Cavanagh • 2023

Two grieving women meet in a support group and agree on a desperate plan: swap murders.

4.13

186k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤝 Deadly Pact 💋 Femme Fatale 🏠 Home Invasion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Kill for Me, Kill for You 86%

Two grieving women meet in a support group and agree on a desperate plan: swap murders.

by Steve Cavanagh 2023

4.13

186k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🤝 Deadly Pact 💋 Femme Fatale 🏠 Home Invasion 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Dear Debbie

by Freida McFadden • 2026

A suburban mother's enemies start dying, and no one suspects the woman who tends the roses.

3.96

504k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Revenge Plot 🧠 Secret Genius 🐻 Maternal Fury 😏 Darkly Funny

Dear Debbie 86%

A suburban mother's enemies start dying, and no one suspects the woman who tends the roses.

by Freida McFadden 2026

3.96

504k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🔪 Revenge Plot 🧠 Secret Genius 🐻 Maternal Fury 😏 Darkly Funny

Fairest

by Marissa Meyer • 2015

Masking her scars with glamour, a Lunar princess schemes to possess the guard she obsesses over.

3.94

156k+

🖤 Villain Origin 🌑 Dark Fairytale ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 💔 Obsessive Love 💍 Forced Marriage

Fairest 86%

Masking her scars with glamour, a Lunar princess schemes to possess the guard she obsesses over.

by Marissa Meyer 2015

3.94

156k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Origin 🌑 Dark Fairytale ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 💔 Obsessive Love 💍 Forced Marriage

My Neighbour's Affair

by Daniel Hurst • 2024

A woman handcuffs her unfaithful husband to the bed and walks next door to seduce the neighbor.

3.86

9k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 💔 Revenge Affair 👭 Sibling Betrayal 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

My Neighbour's Affair 86%

A woman handcuffs her unfaithful husband to the bed and walks next door to seduce the neighbor.

by Daniel Hurst 2024

3.86

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 💔 Revenge Affair 👭 Sibling Betrayal 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It

by Katy Brent • 2023

She projects happiness on Instagram. At night she hunts predators. Someone is watching both lives.

3.66

50k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice ✊ Feminist Revenge 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🎭 Dark Comedy Thriller 👁️ Stalker Mystery

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It Summary

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It 86%

She projects happiness on Instagram. At night she hunts predators. Someone is watching both lives.

by Katy Brent 2023

3.66

50k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice ✊ Feminist Revenge 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🎭 Dark Comedy Thriller 👁️ Stalker Mystery

The Pact

by Sharon J. Bolton • 2021

Six Oxford friends cover up a fatal crash. Two decades on, the debt comes due.

3.92

22k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚔️ Revenge Thriller 🤫 Fatal Cover-Up 👑 Privilege And Guilt 🐍 Toxic Friendship

The Pact 86%

Six Oxford friends cover up a fatal crash. Two decades on, the debt comes due.

by Sharon J. Bolton 2021

3.92

22k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller ⚔️ Revenge Thriller 🤫 Fatal Cover-Up 👑 Privilege And Guilt 🐍 Toxic Friendship

If You Dare

by Shantel Tessier • 2019

A small-town dare to kiss his crush spirals into years of obsession, betrayal, and bloody revenge.

4.36

9k+

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Sister Rivalry 🌑 Morally Gray 🔒 Possessive Hero

If You Dare 86%

A small-town dare to kiss his crush spirals into years of obsession, betrayal, and bloody revenge.

by Shantel Tessier 2019

4.36

9k+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Relationship 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Sister Rivalry 🌑 Morally Gray 🔒 Possessive Hero

The Imposter

by Adriane Leigh • 2024

She stole her therapist's identity. The couple she's obsessed with destroying are now her clients.

3.93

5k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🌀 Gaslighting 🏘️ Suburban Paranoia

The Imposter 86%

She stole her therapist's identity. The couple she's obsessed with destroying are now her clients.

by Adriane Leigh 2024

3.93

5k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🪪 Stolen Identity 🔪 Revenge Thriller 🌀 Gaslighting 🏘️ Suburban Paranoia

Yellow

by Aron Beauregard • 2021

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

3.77

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🪶 Unlikely Avenger 👮 Corrupt Cops

Yellow 86%

When a thug threatens his store and wife, a meek man finds the monster within.

by Aron Beauregard 2021

3.77

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🔪 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🪶 Unlikely Avenger 👮 Corrupt Cops

Electra

by Euripides

A princess in a peasant's hut awaits her brother's return to avenge their murdered father.

3.95

9k+

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🩸 Revenge Cycle 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 😱 Psychological Torment 🏺 Classical Antiquity

Electra 86%

A princess in a peasant's hut awaits her brother's return to avenge their murdered father.

by Euripides

3.95

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🩸 Revenge Cycle 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 😱 Psychological Torment 🏺 Classical Antiquity

Malice

by Heather Walter • 2021

Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.

3.91

34k+

🖤 Villain Origin Story 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💕 Forbidden Romance 🦇 Monstrous Protagonist 🏰 Fairy Tale Court

Malice 86%

Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.

by Heather Walter 2021

3.91

34k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Origin Story 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💕 Forbidden Romance 🦇 Monstrous Protagonist 🏰 Fairy Tale Court

Sea Lord

by Bernard Cornwell • 1989

A sailor returns to a family that blames him for a stolen painting; a killer stalks.

4.06

3k+

🌊 Nautical Suspense 🖼️ Art Heist 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Secrets 👯 Twin Rivalry 🗡️ Friend Betrayal

Sea Lord 86%

A sailor returns to a family that blames him for a stolen painting; a killer stalks.

by Bernard Cornwell 1989

4.06

3k+ ratings

🌊 Nautical Suspense 🖼️ Art Heist 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Secrets 👯 Twin Rivalry 🗡️ Friend Betrayal

Cut and Thirst

by Margaret Atwood • 2024

Three elderly friends plot literary revenge but find time and aging have their own plans.

3.12

31k+

🎭 Dark Comedy ✒️ Literary Satire 👴 Aging Protagonists 🥀 Thwarted Revenge 👯 Female Friendship

Cut and Thirst 86%

Three elderly friends plot literary revenge but find time and aging have their own plans.

by Margaret Atwood 2024

3.12

31k+ ratings

🎭 Dark Comedy ✒️ Literary Satire 👴 Aging Protagonists 🥀 Thwarted Revenge 👯 Female Friendship

Do Not Disturb

by Freida McFadden • 2021

After killing her husband, she hides at a snowbound motel where the last guest was murdered.

3.89

388k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense ❄️ Snowbound Setting 🔪 Sister Betrayal 🏃 Fugitive Protagonist 💍 Abusive Marriage

Do Not Disturb 86%

After killing her husband, she hides at a snowbound motel where the last guest was murdered.

by Freida McFadden 2021

3.89

388k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense ❄️ Snowbound Setting 🔪 Sister Betrayal 🏃 Fugitive Protagonist 💍 Abusive Marriage

One of Us Is Back

by Karen M. McManus • 2023

When her ex walks free, someone begins turning the people around him into a three-word message.

3.95

87k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 😨 Abusive Ex Returns 💛 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Revenge Quest

One of Us Is Back 86%

When her ex walks free, someone begins turning the people around him into a three-word message.

by Karen M. McManus 2023

3.95

87k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 😨 Abusive Ex Returns 💛 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Revenge Quest

La Mort du roi Tsongor

by Laurent Gaudé • 2002

A childhood vow returns on a princess's wedding day, dooming her kingdom to war.

3.93

4k+

🎭 Mythic Tragedy 💔 War Over A Woman 👬 Sibling Rivalry 🏚️ Inherited Ruin 🏰 Doomed Dynasty

La Mort du roi Tsongor 86%

A childhood vow returns on a princess's wedding day, dooming her kingdom to war.

by Laurent Gaudé 2002

3.93

4k+ ratings

🎭 Mythic Tragedy 💔 War Over A Woman 👬 Sibling Rivalry 🏚️ Inherited Ruin 🏰 Doomed Dynasty

The Female of the Species

by Mindy McGinnis • 2016

She killed her sister's murderer. Now she hides it while falling for the golden boy.

4.14

39k+

🖤 Anti-Heroine 🔪 Female Rage 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🚫 Rape Culture 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Female of the Species 86%

She killed her sister's murderer. Now she hides it while falling for the golden boy.

by Mindy McGinnis 2016

4.14

39k+ ratings

🖤 Anti-Heroine 🔪 Female Rage 🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🚫 Rape Culture 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Night of the Living Dummy

by R.L. Stine • 1993

Kris's dummy speaks on its own, destroys her reputation, and threatens to hurt everyone she loves.

3.85

35k+

🧒 Children's Horror 🧸 Evil Doll 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 😰 Mistaken Blame 🔀 Twist Ending

Night of the Living Dummy 86%

Kris's dummy speaks on its own, destroys her reputation, and threatens to hurt everyone she loves.

by R.L. Stine 1993

3.85

35k+ ratings

🧒 Children's Horror 🧸 Evil Doll 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry 😰 Mistaken Blame 🔀 Twist Ending

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