8 best-selling gothic books like Linghun by Ai Jiang

Cover of Linghun by Ai Jiang

Linghun

By: Ai Jiang

3.96

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

WELCOME HOME. Follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. in this modern gothic ghost story by Chinese-Canadian…

"In HOME, Liam was a dream. Here, he's a flawed but beautiful reality. Whispers of our future together lull us both into a dreamless sleep. It's the first time we find such emptiness comforting."

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

"Feelings, emotions, experiences, are all part of humanity's shared language, and in Linghun, that shared language is grief. Grief is a language that tears us apart, but it is also what brings us together. Remember, you are never alone."

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

If you liked the gothic plot in Linghun by Ai Jiang , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi

1. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

Cover of Nestlings by Nat Cassidy

2. Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Nestlings book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."

-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings

Cover of The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo

3. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

Cover of Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) by Nghi Vo

4. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)

By: Nghi Vo

4.24

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more

Similar categories in Nghi Vo's Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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5. Diavola

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Diavola book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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6. The Haunting of Velkwood

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's The Haunting of Velkwood book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Because I'd prefer to live in a world with you in it."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the mar…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in no…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"It's always startling to see her... the way looks like a fever dream, like something not quite real. That valence of dark hair over her eyes, those lips always painted bright red as a pomegranate see…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

Cover of The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

7. The Saint of Bright Doors

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more

Similar categories in Vajra Chandrasekera's The Saint of Bright Doors book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine

8. Your Shadow Half Remains

By: Sunny Moraine

3.38

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

One look can kill. Riley has not seen a single human face in longer than she can reckon. No fac… read more

Similar categories in Sunny Moraine's Your Shadow Half Remains book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

By: Wole Talabi

3.72

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The debut fantasy novel from an award-winning Nigerian author presents a mythic tale of disgruntled… read more

Similar categories in Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Day of the Door by Laurel Hightower

10. The Day of the Door

By: Laurel Hightower

4.13

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Once there were four Lasco siblings banded together against a world that failed to protect them. Bu… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's The Day of the Door book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • horror
  • adult
  • fiction
  • ghosts
Cover of Grey Dog by Elliott  Gish

11. Grey Dog

By: Elliott Gish

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A subversive literary horror novel that disrupts the tropes of women’s historical fiction with delu… read more

Similar categories in Elliott Gish's Grey Dog book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Agony's Lodestone by Laura Keating

13. Agony's Lodestone

By: Laura Keating

4.00

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

A grave could be visited. Ashes could be scattered. But simply vanishing? That ripped a hole … read more

Similar categories in Laura Keating's Agony's Lodestone book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Linghun by Ai Jiang

14. Linghun

By: Ai Jiang

3.96

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

WELCOME HOME. Follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. in this modern gothic ghost story by Chinese-Canadian… read more

Similar categories in Ai Jiang's Linghun book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • novella
  • short stories
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"In HOME, Liam was a dream. Here, he's a flawed but beautiful reality. Whispers of our future together lull us both into a dreamless sleep. It's the first time we find such emptiness comforting."

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

"Feelings, emotions, experiences, are all part of humanity's shared language, and in Linghun, that shared language is grief. Grief is a language that tears us apart, but it is also what brings us toge…"

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

Cover of Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris

15. Green Fuse Burning

By: Tiffany Morris

3.88

Format: 107 pages, ebook

The debut novella from the Elgin Award winning author of Elegies of Rotting Stars. After the death … read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Morris's Green Fuse Burning book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of House of Rot by Danger Slater

16. House of Rot

By: Danger Slater

3.78

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

The pink mold growing on the walls isn’t the worst thing about Elenya and Myles’ brand new fixer up… read more

Similar categories in Danger Slater's House of Rot book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Eynhallow by Tim McGregor

17. Eynhallow

By: Tim McGregor

4.29

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

ORKNEY ISLANDS, 1797 – Agnes Tulloch feels a little cheated. This windswept place is not the island… read more

Similar categories in Tim McGregor's Eynhallow book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • gothic
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Devils Kill Devils by Johnny Compton

18. Devils Kill Devils

By: Johnny Compton

3.46

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Devils Kill Devils is perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Certain Dark Things and Southern g… read more

Similar categories in Johnny Compton's Devils Kill Devils book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

19. The Eyes Are the Best Part

By: Monika Kim

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of mu… read more

Similar categories in Monika Kim's The Eyes Are the Best Part book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Mosaic by Catherine  McCarthy

20. Mosaic

By: Catherine McCarthy

3.93

Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition

Something wicked waits. When a stained-glass artist embarks upon the restoration of a church win… read more

Similar categories in Catherine McCarthy's Mosaic book and Ai Jiang's Linghun

  • gothic
  • novella
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy

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