16 must-read dark books like Nocticadia by Keri Lake

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Nocticadia

By: Keri Lake

4.29

Format: 682 pages, Kindle Edition

A dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.Mortui vivos docent.The dead teach th…

If you liked the dark plot in Nocticadia by Keri Lake , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of God of War (Legacy of Gods, #6) by Rina Kent

1. God of War (Legacy of Gods, #6)

By: Rina Kent

4.11

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a new standalone enemies-to-lovers, marriage of c… read more

Similar categories in Rina Kent's God of War (Legacy of Gods, #6) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • college
  • dark
  • contemporary
"As I said, you begged."

-Rina Kent, God of War (Legacy of Gods, #6)

"But then again, one can’t simply dictate the demands of their heart."

-Rina Kent, God of War (Legacy of Gods, #6)

"It’s fate. Otherwise, the universe wouldn’t have placed him in my path."

-Rina Kent, God of War (Legacy of Gods, #6)

"Dad taught me that people fear you when they can’t figure you out. They respect you, fawn over the merest hint of your attention, and grovel at the weight of your authority."

-Rina Kent, God of War (Legacy of Gods, #6)

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2. Little Stranger (The Web of Silence Duet, #1)

By: Leigh Rivers

3.81

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

OWNING HER IS ALL HE EVER WANTED She betrayed him, and now he wants revenge against the sister w… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Rivers's Little Stranger (The Web of Silence Duet, #1) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
Cover of The Lies We Steal (The Hollow Boys, #1) by Monty Jay

3. The Lies We Steal (The Hollow Boys, #1)

By: Monty Jay

3.63

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s been months since the day we stood above that empty grave that stunk of burnt flesh and secret… read more

Similar categories in Monty Jay's The Lies We Steal (The Hollow Boys, #1) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • college
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • mystery
Cover of The Book of Azrael (Gods and Monsters, #1) by Amber V. Nicole

4. The Book of Azrael (Gods and Monsters, #1)

By: Amber V. Nicole

4.13

Format: 572 pages, Kindle Edition

World Ender meets Ender of Worlds... A thousand years ago, Dianna gave up her life in the deserts … read more

Similar categories in Amber V. Nicole's The Book of Azrael (Gods and Monsters, #1) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fantasy
  • dark
"I will never be a leader like you." "Excellent. Be greater."

-Amber V. Nicole, The Book of Azrael (Gods and Monsters, #1)

"Looking for something?" I asked, pointing my blade toward the piles of discarded books, scrolls, and papers. Her eyes never left mine, nor did she make a move. Interesting. Her gaze narrowed. "Damn, …"

-Amber V. Nicole, The Book of Azrael (Gods and Monsters, #1)

Cover of Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2) by Brynne Weaver

5. Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

By: Brynne Weaver

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all ab… read more

Similar categories in Brynne Weaver's Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • contemporary
  • dark
  • horror
"A snow globe,"

-Brynne Weaver, Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

"I’m more like a multiple deleter."

-Brynne Weaver, Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

"...being in love is not enoug. Choosing love is what it takes."

-Brynne Weaver, Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

"Just like nature, the prettiest things are often the most poisonous."

-Brynne Weaver, Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)

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6. Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)

By: Callie Hart

4.46

Format: 588 pages, ebook

Do not touch the sword.Do not turn the key.Do not open the gate.In the land of the unforgiving dese… read more

Similar categories in Callie Hart's Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fantasy
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7. Gothikana

By: RuNyx

3.84

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

The eternal romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the gothic suspense of Dracula in this erotic dar… read more

Similar categories in RuNyx's Gothikana book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • gothic
  • romantasy
  • dark
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"We shouldn’t be doing this,"

-RuNyx, Gothikana

"If this is madness,' she whispered almost against his lips, 'drown me in it."

-RuNyx, Gothikana

"And this mountain would crack before it let anything happen to your castle. Remember that."

-RuNyx, Gothikana

"I would’ve kissed you bathed in blood, Corvina. If I had a chance to kiss you while a thousand ghosts rose from their graves, I would have kissed you. Don’t doubt that."

-RuNyx, Gothikana

Cover of Lovely Bad Things (Hollow's Row, #1) by Trisha Wolfe

8. Lovely Bad Things (Hollow's Row, #1)

By: Trisha Wolfe

3.74

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

He's the devil. And she's his wicked game. Halen: They say eyes are the windows to the soul—but… read more

Similar categories in Trisha Wolfe's Lovely Bad Things (Hollow's Row, #1) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • horror
  • fantasy
"To be revered, first, you go stark raving mad, then you exit this world in a blaze."

-Trisha Wolfe, Lovely Bad Things (Hollow's Row, #1)

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9. The Coven (Coven of Bones, #1)

By: Harper L. Woods

3.84

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Raised to be my father’s weapon against the Coven that took away his sister and his birthright, I w… read more

Similar categories in Harper L. Woods's The Coven (Coven of Bones, #1) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fantasy
  • dark
Cover of Blood Orange (The Dracula Duet, #1) by Karina Halle

10. Blood Orange (The Dracula Duet, #1)

By: Karina Halle

3.84

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle comes a dark and delicious Dracula retelling fi… read more

Similar categories in Karina Halle's Blood Orange (The Dracula Duet, #1) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fantasy
  • dark
"To anyone who has felt alienated, unappreciated and misunderstood: There’s nothing wrong with you. You just need to find your people."

-Karina Halle, Blood Orange (The Dracula Duet, #1)

Cover of Nocticadia by Keri Lake

11. Nocticadia

By: Keri Lake

4.29

Format: 682 pages, Kindle Edition

A dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.Mortui vivos docent.The dead teach th… read more

Similar categories in Keri Lake's Nocticadia book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • gothic
  • gothic romance
  • college
  • romantasy
  • dark
  • horror
  • mystery
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
Cover of City of Gods and Monsters (House of Devils, #1) by Kayla   Edwards

12. City of Gods and Monsters (House of Devils, #1)

By: Kayla Edwards

3.85

Format: 760 pages, ebook

Welcome to the city of Angelthene. We hope you survive. Loren Calla has only ever been ordinary.… read more

Similar categories in Kayla Edwards's City of Gods and Monsters (House of Devils, #1) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fantasy
"You light up my life, Loren Calla."

-Kayla Edwards, City of Gods and Monsters (House of Devils, #1)

"Touch her again and I'll cut your goddamn heart out."

-Kayla Edwards, City of Gods and Monsters (House of Devils, #1)

"You want to be the first guy I fuck up, get in line."

-Kayla Edwards, City of Gods and Monsters (House of Devils, #1)

"If he kept looking at her like that, she might just fall in love with him."

-Kayla Edwards, City of Gods and Monsters (House of Devils, #1)

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13. The Cursed (Coven of Bones, #2)

By: Harper L. Woods

3.69

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Betrayal. He was the deception waiting in the night; the truth I never saw coming. After a lifet… read more

Similar categories in Harper L. Woods's The Cursed (Coven of Bones, #2) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fantasy
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14. The Veiled Kingdom (The Veiled Kingdom, #1)

By: Holly Renee

3.90

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

From USA Today Bestselling Author Holly Renee, author of the Stars and Shadows series, comes a scor… read more

Similar categories in Holly Renee's The Veiled Kingdom (The Veiled Kingdom, #1) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fantasy
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15. Lights Out

By: Navessa Allen

4.31

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t need another kink.” That thought pops into my head whenever I pull up my favorite socia… read more

Similar categories in Navessa Allen's Lights Out book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • dark
  • contemporary
"I nearly kicked at the floor like a petulant child. But I don't wanna go to bed! I want to stay up late and get railed!"

-Navessa Allen, Lights Out

Cover of Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1) by Nicole Fiorina

16. Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1)

By: Nicole Fiorina

4.03

Format: 475 pages, Paperback

A forbidden, timeless, and haunting love story. Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Fallo… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Fiorina's Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • gothic
  • romantasy
  • dark
  • fantasy
"Yet, still, I fell in love with the moon. And she, too, fell in love with me."

-Nicole Fiorina, Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1)

"No dawn, no day, no nightfall. A space-time, where we only heard the anticipating thudding of our hearts. Like Wicked Death Wish."

-Nicole Fiorina, Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1)

"her beauty. No one would believe me if I said the moon breathed life into me, that it was here, inside her, where I found myself again."

-Nicole Fiorina, Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1)

"So, I kissed the night, got lost in his sky and suspended in his time. I kissed the darkness too, as if it was all I knew because it was a part of him."

-Nicole Fiorina, Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell (Tales of Weeping Hollow, #1)

Cover of The Poisoner (The Poisoner, #1) by I.V. Ophelia

17. The Poisoner (The Poisoner, #1)

By: I.V. Ophelia

3.74

Format: 442 pages, Hardcover

"Have you ever wondered how long it would take for a lethal dose of arsenic to kill you? Thirty-fi… read more

Similar categories in I.V. Ophelia's The Poisoner (The Poisoner, #1) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • gothic
  • romantasy
  • dark
  • horror
  • fantasy
"Personal pleasures were like drying flowers, best kept away from the light to preserve their vibrance."

-I.V. Ophelia, The Poisoner (The Poisoner, #1)

"My father said unmarked hands were a sign of a man who had not worked for his achievements. He was most likely referring to a future husband, but I decided that it was a standard I wished to hold mys…"

-I.V. Ophelia, The Poisoner (The Poisoner, #1)

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18. Fairydale

By: Veronica Lancet

4.13

Format: 772 pages, Kindle Edition

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞? August 1955, When Miss Dar… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Lancet's Fairydale book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • gothic
  • romantasy
  • dark
  • fantasy
"Maybe you’ve know what it’s like to be at the bottom, but I doubt you’ve known hell."

-Veronica Lancet, Fairydale

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19. Green Light

By: Jescie Hall

4.26

Format: 565 pages, Kindle Edition

From Amazon's bestselling author Jescie Hall comes a new dark college romance about one man's onlin… read more

Similar categories in Jescie Hall's Green Light book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • college
  • dark
  • contemporary
  • mystery
Cover of The Hunted Heir (The Veiled Kingdom Series Book 2) by Holly Renee

20. The Hunted Heir (The Veiled Kingdom Series Book 2)

By: Holly Renee

3.91

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

From USA Today Bestselling Author Holly Renee, comes the second book in the scorching romantasy ser… read more

Similar categories in Holly Renee's The Hunted Heir (The Veiled Kingdom Series Book 2) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • fantasy
Cover of A Touch of Gold and Madness (Celestials of Arcadia #1) by K.L. DeVore

21. A Touch of Gold and Madness (Celestials of Arcadia #1)

By: K.L. DeVore

3.84

Format: 624 pages, ebook

Fairytales are for the naive. Princess Assassin Gray Monroe is ordered by her father to kill th… read more

Similar categories in K.L. DeVore's A Touch of Gold and Madness (Celestials of Arcadia #1) book and Keri Lake's Nocticadia

  • romance
  • romantasy
  • fantasy
  • dark

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