5 best-selling gothic books like A Place for Vanishing by Ann Fraistat

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A Place for Vanishing

By: Ann Fraistat

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl and her family return to her mother's childhood home, only to discover that the house's…

If you liked the gothic plot in A Place for Vanishing by Ann Fraistat , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Invocations

By: Krystal Sutherland

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because the… read more

Similar categories in Krystal Sutherland's The Invocations book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"What if Savannah had found whatever it was she sold a piece of her soul to go looking for."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"Even the devil does not trust men to honor a bargain, so it does not deal with them. It offers power only to women."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"What about trans women?" Zara asks, writing the question in her document. "How does that work?" "Of course I have written invocations for trans women," Emer says. "Demons do not care about bodies. Th…"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"They understand what they are looking at. They understand that it could have been them. A wrong turn on the wrong night, and it could have been them. There is no sense to that. That you can be going …"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

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2. One Last Breath

By: Ginny Myers Sain

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Dark and Shallow Lies delivers another chilling supernatur… read more

Similar categories in Ginny Myers Sain's One Last Breath book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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3. Bright Red Fruit

By: Safia Elhillo

4.49

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the… read more

Similar categories in Safia Elhillo's Bright Red Fruit book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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4. The Bad Ones

By: Melissa Albert

3.66

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Goddess, goddess, count to five In the morning, who’s alive? In the course of a single winter’s… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Albert's The Bad Ones book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • gothic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Let's say your the girl who saved your best friends life. The person who apparently kept her alive With your love and your constancey. With your steadfast disregard for the worser parts of her nature…"

-Melissa Albert, The Bad Ones

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5. My Throat an Open Grave

By: Tori Bovalino

3.84

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

Labyrinth meets folk horror in this darkly romantic tale of a girl who wishes her baby brother away… read more

Similar categories in Tori Bovalino's My Throat an Open Grave book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • gothic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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6. The Dark Fable

By: Katherine Harbour

3.26

Format: None pages, None

Magical heists. Deadly secrets. Come along for the ride . . . if you dare. This heart-stopping, sed… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Harbour's The Dark Fable book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear by Robin Wasley

7. Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear

By: Robin Wasley

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A painfully average teen’s life is upended by a magical apocalypse. High school is hard enough t… read more

Similar categories in Robin Wasley's Dead Things Are Closer than They Appear book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. Wander in the Dark

By: Jumata Emill

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this new pulse-pounding thriller from the author of The Black Queen, two brothers must come toge… read more

Similar categories in Jumata Emill's Wander in the Dark book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of A Place for Vanishing by Ann Fraistat

9. A Place for Vanishing

By: Ann Fraistat

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl and her family return to her mother's childhood home, only to discover that the house's… read more

Similar categories in Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • gothic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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10. Six of Sorrow

By: Amanda Linsmeier

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen years ago, six girls were born on the same day—and now, on their birthday, one of them is m… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Linsmeier's Six of Sorrow book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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11. Clever Creatures of the Night

By: Samantha Mabry

2.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When Case’s best friend Drea goes missing, Case dives into the bizarre, cultlike—and possibly murde… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Mabry's Clever Creatures of the Night book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • gothic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • audiobook
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12. Into the Sunken City

By: Dinesh Thiru

3.68

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

In the slowly sinking city of Coconino, Arizona, the days are long, the money is tight, and the rai… read more

Similar categories in Dinesh Thiru's Into the Sunken City book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"The bravest of us always admit to being scared."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

"You see all the ways people lie to you, but none of the ways they care."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

"I grab her hands and say the words I so desperately want to believe. “We’re gonna be okay, Thara. I promise you—we’re gonna be okay."

-Dinesh Thiru, Into the Sunken City

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13. Ariel Crashes a Train

By: Olivia A. Cole

3.99

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

“A gorgeously kind, wonderfully gentle, and unfailingly compassionate depiction of OCD...bursting w… read more

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Ariel Crashes a Train book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Parents set themselves up for failure by giving their kids names that mean too much. Some people put so much weight in names, and how is a baby supposed to carry anything so heavy as their parents’ d…"

-Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train

Cover of The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee by Ellen Oh

14. The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

By: Ellen Oh

3.46

Format: None pages, None

When a Korean American teenage artist gets sucked into the world of her own web comic, she must fin… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You wrote me and all these other people into a story that robbed us of our free will. These past few weeks, I felt like someone was forcing me to do things I didn't want to do, feel things I didn't w…"

-Ellen Oh, The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

Cover of The Wilderness of Girls by Madeline Claire Franklin

15. The Wilderness of Girls

By: Madeline Claire Franklin

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An unflinching YA debut about a troubled teen who discovers a pack of feral girls in the woods and … read more

Similar categories in Madeline Claire Franklin's The Wilderness of Girls book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. Dark Parts of the Universe

By: Samuel Miller

3.73

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Outer Banks meets Bone Gap in New York Times bestselling author Samuel Miller’s propulsive and genr… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Miller's Dark Parts of the Universe book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Six Truths and a Lie by Ream Shukairy

17. Six Truths and a Lie

By: Ream Shukairy

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Six Muslim teens are falsely accused of a deadly attack in this timely and harrowing examination of… read more

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's Six Truths and a Lie book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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18. Bad Graces

By: Kyrie McCauley

3.79

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Yellowjackets meets House of Hollow in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s gripping and magical Y… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's Bad Graces book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Now, Conjurers by Freddie Kolsch

19. Now, Conjurers

By: Freddie Kolsch

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

November 1999. North Dana, Massachusetts. Nesbit Nuñez discovers the partially devoured body of… read more

Similar categories in Freddie Kolsch's Now, Conjurers book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Our Wicked Histories by Amy  Goldsmith

20. Our Wicked Histories

By: Amy Goldsmith

3.95

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl’s attempt to make amends with her former friend group takes a sinister turn during a we… read more

Similar categories in Amy Goldsmith's Our Wicked Histories book and Ann Fraistat's A Place for Vanishing

  • gothic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • paranormal

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