🌾 Moorland Setting

Stories steeped in the stark beauty and desolation of open moorland, where the landscape's vastness mirrors the inner lives of characters who inhabit it.

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë • 1847

An orphan, a wild girl, and the love that grew teeth and destroyed a family.

3.90

2.2M+

🖤 Gothic Romance 🥀 Doomed Lovers 📖 Framed Narrative

Wuthering Heights 90%

An orphan, a wild girl, and the love that grew teeth and destroyed a family.

by Emily Brontë 1847

3.90

2.2M+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 🥀 Doomed Lovers 📖 Framed Narrative

The Return of the Native

by Thomas Hardy • 1878

Restless on the heath, she weds a man from Paris, never knowing he means to stay.

3.88

41k+

🏞️ Brooding Landscape 💔 Tragic Misunderstanding 🌪️ Restless Heroine

The Return of the Native 90%

Restless on the heath, she weds a man from Paris, never knowing he means to stay.

by Thomas Hardy 1878

3.88

41k+ ratings

🏞️ Brooding Landscape 💔 Tragic Misunderstanding 🌪️ Restless Heroine

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1902

A corpse on the moor, giant paw prints, a family curse. Holmes protects the last heir.

4.14

393k+

🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔍 Debunked Haunting 🩸 Family Curse

The Hound of the Baskervilles 89%

A corpse on the moor, giant paw prints, a family curse. Holmes protects the last heir.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1902

4.14

393k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔍 Debunked Haunting 🩸 Family Curse

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

She marries a gentleman. The orphan she loved returns to the moors to destroy her world.

3.68

509

🖤 Gothic Romance 💔 Obsessive Love 🥀 Doomed Lovers

Wuthering Heights 88%

She marries a gentleman. The orphan she loved returns to the moors to destroy her world.

by Emily Brontë

3.68

509 ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 💔 Obsessive Love 🥀 Doomed Lovers

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë • 1848

A farmer obsessed with a reclusive tenant uncovers her diary and the brutal marriage she fled.

4.04

133k+

🏚️ Gothic Domestic 📜 Epistolary Novel 🖤 Mysterious Widow

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 88%

A farmer obsessed with a reclusive tenant uncovers her diary and the brutal marriage she fled.

by Anne Brontë 1848

4.04

133k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Domestic 📜 Epistolary Novel 🖤 Mysterious Widow

We Live Here Now

by Sarah Pinborough • 2025

A couple escapes to a remote gothic house to fix their marriage. The house prefers it broken.

3.71

34k+

🌫️ Gothic Dread 🏚️ Sentient House 🪞 Fractured Identity

We Live Here Now 87%

A couple escapes to a remote gothic house to fix their marriage. The house prefers it broken.

by Sarah Pinborough 2025

3.71

34k+ ratings

🌫️ Gothic Dread 🏚️ Sentient House 🪞 Fractured Identity

The Sittaford Mystery

by Agatha Christie • 1931

A snowbound séance predicts murder. The suspect's fiancée knows the police have the wrong man.

3.77

32k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective

The Sittaford Mystery 87%

A snowbound séance predicts murder. The suspect's fiancée knows the police have the wrong man.

by Agatha Christie 1931

3.77

32k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective

Murder at Holly House

by Denzil Meyrick • 2023

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

3.20

11k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective

Murder at Holly House 87%

A hapless detective banished to a snowbound village unearths a chimney corpse and a coup.

by Denzil Meyrick 2023

3.20

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🏰 Country House Mystery 🕵️ Bumbling Detective

All of Us Murderers

by K.J. Charles • 2025

Trapped in a Dartmoor mansion: his ex-lover, a bride contest, and no way out.

3.70

10k+

🏚️ Country House Murder 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical

All of Us Murderers 87%

Trapped in a Dartmoor mansion: his ex-lover, a bride contest, and no way out.

by K.J. Charles 2025

3.70

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Country House Murder 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë • 1847

An orphan governess falls for her brooding employer, but a dark secret haunts the house.

4.16

2.3M+

🏰 Gothic Romance 🌱 Bildungsroman 🖤 Byronic Hero

Jane Eyre 87%

An orphan governess falls for her brooding employer, but a dark secret haunts the house.

by Charlotte Brontë 1847

4.16

2.3M+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Romance 🌱 Bildungsroman 🖤 Byronic Hero

Wuthering Heights

by Wuthering Heights • 2021

Two children on the Yorkshire moors forge a bond so deep that death cannot sever it.

3.90

101

🏚️ Gothic Literature 🎩 Victorian Fiction 💔 Tragic Romance

Wuthering Heights 87%

Two children on the Yorkshire moors forge a bond so deep that death cannot sever it.

by Wuthering Heights 2021

3.90

101 ratings

🏚️ Gothic Literature 🎩 Victorian Fiction 💔 Tragic Romance

A Month in the Country

by J.L. Carr • 1980

In a Yorkshire village, a war-scarred restorer unearths a medieval painting and a summer of healing.

4.07

30k+

🌾 Pastoral Elegy 🎖️ Shell-Shocked Veteran 💬 Unspoken Love

A Month in the Country 87%

In a Yorkshire village, a war-scarred restorer unearths a medieval painting and a summer of healing.

by J.L. Carr 1980

4.07

30k+ ratings

🌾 Pastoral Elegy 🎖️ Shell-Shocked Veteran 💬 Unspoken Love

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

by Cormac McCarthy • 1985

A runaway joins scalp hunters in the desert, where a hairless judge preaches war as the only truth.

4.15

227k+

🤠 Literary Western 🕴️ Enigmatic Villain ✝️ Fallen Priest

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Summary

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 87%

A runaway joins scalp hunters in the desert, where a hairless judge preaches war as the only truth.

by Cormac McCarthy 1985

4.15

227k+ ratings

🤠 Literary Western 🕴️ Enigmatic Villain ✝️ Fallen Priest

Helm

by Sarah Hall • 2025

A sentient Pennine wind watches ten thousand years of human worship, blame, and longing.

3.80

2k+

🏔️ Personified Landscape 🧵 Braided Timelines 🔬 Scientific Hubris

Helm 87%

A sentient Pennine wind watches ten thousand years of human worship, blame, and longing.

by Sarah Hall 2025

3.80

2k+ ratings

🏔️ Personified Landscape 🧵 Braided Timelines 🔬 Scientific Hubris

Sweetheart, Sweetheart

by Bernard Taylor • 1977

His dead twin left him a beautiful cottage. The ghost inside has killed for love before.

3.74

965

👻 Gothic Ghost Story 🌿 Pastoral Horror 🖤 Possessive Ghost

Sweetheart, Sweetheart 86%

His dead twin left him a beautiful cottage. The ghost inside has killed for love before.

by Bernard Taylor 1977

3.74

965 ratings

👻 Gothic Ghost Story 🌿 Pastoral Horror 🖤 Possessive Ghost

Villette

by Charlotte Brontë • 1853

A lonely English teacher in Belgium finds love and a ghost haunting her boarding school.

3.78

82k+

🖤 Psychological Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

Villette 86%

A lonely English teacher in Belgium finds love and a ghost haunting her boarding school.

by Charlotte Brontë 1853

3.78

82k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator

The Whistling

by Rebecca Netley • 2021

A nanny on a remote Scottish island discovers a mute child and a house that whistles.

3.65

9k+

🕯️ Gothic Mansion 🕰️ Victorian Scotland 👻 Haunted House

The Whistling 86%

A nanny on a remote Scottish island discovers a mute child and a house that whistles.

by Rebecca Netley 2021

3.65

9k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Mansion 🕰️ Victorian Scotland 👻 Haunted House

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy • 1891

A peasant sent to claim kin meets a charming heir. His crime will become her ruin.

3.84

305k+

🥀 Pastoral Tragedy 👩‍🦰 Fallen Woman Narrative 🔺 Tragic Love Triangle

Tess of the D’Urbervilles 86%

A peasant sent to claim kin meets a charming heir. His crime will become her ruin.

by Thomas Hardy 1891

3.84

305k+ ratings

🥀 Pastoral Tragedy 👩‍🦰 Fallen Woman Narrative 🔺 Tragic Love Triangle

The Living Mountain

by Nan Shepherd • 1977

Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.

4.26

10k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands 📍 Place-Based Writing 👁️ Sensory Perception

The Living Mountain 86%

Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.

by Nan Shepherd 1977

4.26

10k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands 📍 Place-Based Writing 👁️ Sensory Perception

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1887

Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes. A corpse, a bloody word, a trail to the Utah desert.

4.13

499k+

🏙️ Victorian London 🕵️ Eccentric Detective 📝 Sidekick Narrator

A Study in Scarlet 86%

Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes. A corpse, a bloody word, a trail to the Utah desert.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887

4.13

499k+ ratings

🏙️ Victorian London 🕵️ Eccentric Detective 📝 Sidekick Narrator

Far From the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy • 1874

An heiress running her own farm sends a careless valentine and ignites a deadly obsession.

3.97

168k+

🌾 Pastoral Fiction 💪 Independent Heroine 🖤 Unrequited Obsession

Far From the Madding Crowd 86%

An heiress running her own farm sends a careless valentine and ignites a deadly obsession.

by Thomas Hardy 1874

3.97

168k+ ratings

🌾 Pastoral Fiction 💪 Independent Heroine 🖤 Unrequited Obsession

Hearthstone Cottage

by Frazer Lee • 2019

A witch's altar waits beneath a Highland cottage's hearth, and four graduates just arrived.

3.63

154

🌾 Folk Horror 🏰 Scottish Gothic 🏠 Sentient House

Hearthstone Cottage 86%

A witch's altar waits beneath a Highland cottage's hearth, and four graduates just arrived.

by Frazer Lee 2019

3.63

154 ratings

🌾 Folk Horror 🏰 Scottish Gothic 🏠 Sentient House

Agnes Grey

by Anne Brontë • 1847

A clergyman's daughter becomes a governess and discovers the rich see her as furniture.

3.71

84k+

🏠 Governess Narrative 🤫 Reserved Heroine 💌 Quiet Courtship

Agnes Grey 86%

A clergyman's daughter becomes a governess and discovers the rich see her as furniture.

by Anne Brontë 1847

3.71

84k+ ratings

🏠 Governess Narrative 🤫 Reserved Heroine 💌 Quiet Courtship

The Body in the Dales

by J.R. Ellis • 2017

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

4.02

30k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery

The Body in the Dales 86%

A London detective's first day in Yorkshire: a body in a cave, a village thick with secrets.

by J.R. Ellis 2017

4.02

30k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Detective Duo 🕳️ Cave Mystery

The Hounding

by Xenobe Purvis • 2025

Five orphaned sisters, accused of turning into dogs. A village thirsts for blood.

3.64

24k+

🐦‍⬛ Folk Horror 🔥 Accused Witches 👥 Orphaned Siblings

The Hounding 86%

Five orphaned sisters, accused of turning into dogs. A village thirsts for blood.

by Xenobe Purvis 2025

3.64

24k+ ratings

🐦‍⬛ Folk Horror 🔥 Accused Witches 👥 Orphaned Siblings

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky • 2022

When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.

4.39

352

🖋️ Romantic Poetry 📜 Verse Autobiography ⛰️ Sublime Landscapes

The Perks of Being a Wallflower 86%

When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.

by Stephen Chbosky 2022

4.39

352 ratings

🖋️ Romantic Poetry 📜 Verse Autobiography ⛰️ Sublime Landscapes

Salt & Broom

by Sharon Lynn Fisher • 2023

To break a manor's curse, a young witch must win over its skeptical, grieving master.

4.10

19k+

🖤 Gothic Romance 🏰 Jane Eyre Retelling 🧙 Witch Protagonist

Salt & Broom 86%

To break a manor's curse, a young witch must win over its skeptical, grieving master.

by Sharon Lynn Fisher 2023

4.10

19k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 🏰 Jane Eyre Retelling 🧙 Witch Protagonist

A Life in Nature

by Marc Hamer • 2019

A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.

4.16

2k+

🌿 Nature Memoir 🇬🇧 British Countryside 🐾 Animal Ethics

A Life in Nature 86%

A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.

by Marc Hamer 2019

4.16

2k+ ratings

🌿 Nature Memoir 🇬🇧 British Countryside 🐾 Animal Ethics

The Living Stones

by Ithell Colquhoun • 1957

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

3.99

167

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing

The Living Stones 86%

A surrealist painter flees the Blitz for a Cornish shack. The prehistoric stones are alive.

by Ithell Colquhoun 1957

3.99

167 ratings

⛵ Coastal Memoir 🖌️ Artist Memoir 🌿 Animist Nature Writing

Riders of the Purple Sage

by Zane Grey • 1912

A defiant Mormon woman draws a gunslinger's protection, pitting them both against her church.

3.76

15k+

🐎 Classic Western 💕 Western Romance 🔫 Gunslinger Protector

Riders of the Purple Sage 86%

A defiant Mormon woman draws a gunslinger's protection, pitting them both against her church.

by Zane Grey 1912

3.76

15k+ ratings

🐎 Classic Western 💕 Western Romance 🔫 Gunslinger Protector

Midnight Rooms

by Donyae Coles • 2024

At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.

3.38

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Bartered Bride 👹 Monstrous In-Laws

Midnight Rooms 86%

At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.

by Donyae Coles 2024

3.38

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Bartered Bride 👹 Monstrous In-Laws

A Handful of Dust

by Evelyn Waugh • 1934

His wife's betrayal sends a country squire into the Amazon, where rescue becomes a life sentence.

3.88

29k+

🎭 Satire Of Manners 🏰 English Country House 🪜 Social Climbing

A Handful of Dust 86%

His wife's betrayal sends a country squire into the Amazon, where rescue becomes a life sentence.

by Evelyn Waugh 1934

3.88

29k+ ratings

🎭 Satire Of Manners 🏰 English Country House 🪜 Social Climbing

Pine

by Francine Toon • 2020

A woman in white haunts the pines, and a grieving girl hopes the dead return.

3.37

17k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👻 Grief And Ghosts

Pine 86%

A woman in white haunts the pines, and a grieving girl hopes the dead return.

by Francine Toon 2020

3.37

17k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👻 Grief And Ghosts

The Murders at Fleat House

by Lucinda Riley • 2022

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

4.10

47k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🩹 Wounded Detective

The Murders at Fleat House 86%

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

by Lucinda Riley 2022

4.10

47k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🩹 Wounded Detective

Silas Marner

by George Eliot • 1861

A lonely weaver hoards gold until a child in the snow shows him what truly matters.

3.70

95k+

🐑 Pastoral Fiction 🏠 Found Family 🕊️ Redemption Arc

Silas Marner 86%

A lonely weaver hoards gold until a child in the snow shows him what truly matters.

by George Eliot 1861

3.70

95k+ ratings

🐑 Pastoral Fiction 🏠 Found Family 🕊️ Redemption Arc

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie • 1939

Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island, accused of past crimes, and killed off one by one.

4.27

1.6M+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏝️ Remote Island 🎶 Nursery Rhyme Murders

And Then There Were None 86%

Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island, accused of past crimes, and killed off one by one.

by Agatha Christie 1939

4.27

1.6M+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🏝️ Remote Island 🎶 Nursery Rhyme Murders

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins • 1859

A moonlit heath, a frantic stranger, a drawing master: snared in a plot to steal an heiress's life.

4.02

168k+

🎭 Sensation Fiction 🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👥 DoppelgäNger

The Woman in White 86%

A moonlit heath, a frantic stranger, a drawing master: snared in a plot to steal an heiress's life.

by Wilkie Collins 1859

4.02

168k+ ratings

🎭 Sensation Fiction 🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👥 DoppelgäNger

Dunmoor

by London Clarke • 2021

He turned a cursed manor into an orphanage, but an ancient evil now stalks the children.

4.00

252

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Orphanage 🩸 Family Curse

Dunmoor 86%

He turned a cursed manor into an orphanage, but an ancient evil now stalks the children.

by London Clarke 2021

4.00

252 ratings

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Orphanage 🩸 Family Curse

Death of a Nurse

by M.C. Beaton • 2016

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

3.80

6k+

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit

Death of a Nurse 86%

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

by M.C. Beaton 2016

3.80

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit

The Black Country

by Alex Grecian • 2013

A missing family. A sinking village. Two Scotland Yard detectives and a bogeyman locals believe in.

3.74

7k+

🔍 Victorian Mystery 🌲 Folk Horror Atmosphere 🏘️ Village Secrets

The Black Country 86%

A missing family. A sinking village. Two Scotland Yard detectives and a bogeyman locals believe in.

by Alex Grecian 2013

3.74

7k+ ratings

🔍 Victorian Mystery 🌲 Folk Horror Atmosphere 🏘️ Village Secrets

The Godsend

by Bernard Taylor • 1976

A family's kindness to a pregnant stranger yields a baby and a tally of dead siblings.

3.77

690

🧠 Psychological Horror 👧 Evil Child 👶 Sinister Foundling

The Godsend 85%

A family's kindness to a pregnant stranger yields a baby and a tally of dead siblings.

by Bernard Taylor 1976

3.77

690 ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 👧 Evil Child 👶 Sinister Foundling

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett • 1911

A sour orphan, a locked garden, a sickly cousin: three things a Yorkshire manor keeps hidden.

4.17

1.3M+

👧 Orphaned Protagonist 🪴 Hidden Garden 🌿 Nature Heals

The Secret Garden 85%

A sour orphan, a locked garden, a sickly cousin: three things a Yorkshire manor keeps hidden.

by Frances Hodgson Burnett 1911

4.17

1.3M+ ratings

👧 Orphaned Protagonist 🪴 Hidden Garden 🌿 Nature Heals

Five Little Pigs

by Agatha Christie • 1942

A woman asks Poirot to prove her mother innocent of murder, sixteen years after the execution.

4.03

96k+

🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 🧠 Psychological Mystery 🏡 Country House Mystery

Five Little Pigs 85%

A woman asks Poirot to prove her mother innocent of murder, sixteen years after the execution.

by Agatha Christie 1942

4.03

96k+ ratings

🕰️ Cold Case Mystery 🧠 Psychological Mystery 🏡 Country House Mystery

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

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

Land Rites

by Andy Maslen • 2021

A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.

4.39

6k+

👮 Police Procedural 🌾 Rural Crime 🔬 Forensic Investigation

Land Rites 85%

A severed hand in a badger sett leads a haunted DI to a noble family's dark secrets.

by Andy Maslen 2021

4.39

6k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🌾 Rural Crime 🔬 Forensic Investigation

The Near Witch

by Victoria Schwab • 2011

Children vanish on the moor. The stranger is blamed, and Lexi alone believes he is innocent.

3.65

49k+

🖤 Atmospheric Gothic 🧙 Witch Folklore 👻 Vengeful Spirit

The Near Witch 85%

Children vanish on the moor. The stranger is blamed, and Lexi alone believes he is innocent.

by Victoria Schwab 2011

3.65

49k+ ratings

🖤 Atmospheric Gothic 🧙 Witch Folklore 👻 Vengeful Spirit

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1887

Sharing Baker Street, a reclusive genius and a war-weary doctor solve the crimes that baffle London.

4.51

218k+

🕵️ Consulting Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Classic Whodunit

The Complete Sherlock Holmes 85%

Sharing Baker Street, a reclusive genius and a war-weary doctor solve the crimes that baffle London.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1887

4.51

218k+ ratings

🕵️ Consulting Detective 🎩 Victorian London 🔍 Classic Whodunit

Hemlock Island

by Kelley Armstrong • 2023

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

3.44

13k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island

Hemlock Island 85%

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

by Kelley Armstrong 2023

3.44

13k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island

The Night Gardener

by Jonathan Auxier • 2014

Two orphans take work at a crumbling manor where a wish-granting tree extracts a terrible price.

4.05

22k+

👻 Middle Grade Horror 🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🪵 Cursed Wishes

The Night Gardener 85%

Two orphans take work at a crumbling manor where a wish-granting tree extracts a terrible price.

by Jonathan Auxier 2014

4.05

22k+ ratings

👻 Middle Grade Horror 🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🪵 Cursed Wishes

Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy • 1895

A stonemason dreams of Oxford, but love for his cousin and a cruel marriage ruin him.

3.84

76k+

❤️ Forbidden Love 🎓 Thwarted Ambition 💍 Marriage Critique

Jude the Obscure 85%

A stonemason dreams of Oxford, but love for his cousin and a cruel marriage ruin him.

by Thomas Hardy 1895

3.84

76k+ ratings

❤️ Forbidden Love 🎓 Thwarted Ambition 💍 Marriage Critique

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