9 must-read fantasy books like Forgotten Sisters by Cynthia Pelayo

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Forgotten Sisters

By: Cynthia Pelayo

3.50

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A city’s haunted history and fairy-tale horrors converge for two women in an addictive novel of psy…

"I can't speak. I can't think. words are water and everything melds into a sea of suffering."

-Cynthia Pelayo, Forgotten Sisters

"Some memories are far too painful to resuscitate, and so they remain floating somewhere in the depths of our hearts."

-Cynthia Pelayo, Forgotten Sisters

If you liked the fantasy plot in Forgotten Sisters by Cynthia Pelayo , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Woodwitch

By: Stephen Gregory

4.81

Format: 539 pages,

Andrew Pinkney is a young English solicitor's clerk with boyish good looks and a gentle manner. But… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Gregory's The Woodwitch book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. All the Fiends of Hell

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

4.01

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the mor… read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's All the Fiends of Hell book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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3. The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror literature It’s been f… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3) book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
"I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

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4. 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 Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
"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

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5. Where the Dead Wait

By: Ally Wilkes

3.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An eerie, atmospheric Polar Gothic following a Victorian explorer in search of his lost shipmate an… read more

Similar categories in Ally Wilkes's Where the Dead Wait book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Why would I want to die last?"

-Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait

"You make a god of the things you fear or love. What could be more natural than that?"

-Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait

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6. 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 Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. Indian Burial Ground

By: Nick Medina

3.63

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right an… read more

Similar categories in Nick Medina's Indian Burial Ground book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
"What happened in the cemetery causes us pain, not her. You understand that, don’t you?"

-Nick Medina, Indian Burial Ground

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8. 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 Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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9. The Bedmakers

By: Chad Lutzke

4.08

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

After two elderly men tire of their homelessness in downtown Chicago 1979, they hop a train in sear… read more

Similar categories in Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • crime
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. The House of Last Resort

By: Christopher Golden

3.20

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

The next high concept horror novel from NYT bestselling author Christopher Golden. Across Italy,… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Golden's The House of Last Resort book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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11. Thirst

By: Marina Yuszczuk

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting y… read more

Similar categories in Marina Yuszczuk's Thirst book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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12. Heads Will Roll

By: Josh Winning

3.69

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Willow’s worst nightmare was being cancelled. But the woods of Camp Castaway might destroy more tha… read more

Similar categories in Josh Winning's Heads Will Roll book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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13. 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 Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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14. American Rapture

By: C.J. Leede

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sop… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's American Rapture book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
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15. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's I Was a Teenage Slasher book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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16. Forgotten Sisters

By: Cynthia Pelayo

3.50

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A city’s haunted history and fairy-tale horrors converge for two women in an addictive novel of psy… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • family
  • adult
  • fantasy
"I can't speak. I can't think. words are water and everything melds into a sea of suffering."

-Cynthia Pelayo, Forgotten Sisters

"Some memories are far too painful to resuscitate, and so they remain floating somewhere in the depths of our hearts."

-Cynthia Pelayo, Forgotten Sisters

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17. House of Bone and Rain

By: Gabino Iglesias

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In the latest from Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME… read more

Similar categories in Gabino Iglesias's House of Bone and Rain book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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18. Stay on the Line

By: Clay McLeod Chapman

4.25

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

After a small coastal town is devastated by a hurricane, the survivors gravitate toward a long out-… read more

Similar categories in Clay McLeod Chapman's Stay on the Line book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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19. In Excess of Dark

By: Red Lagoe

4.23

Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition

What if every terrible thing imagined came true? Every fleeting, nightmarish thought a reality? For… read more

Similar categories in Red Lagoe's In Excess of Dark book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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20. Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1)

By: Nathan Ballingrud

4.18

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into th… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Ballingrud's Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1) book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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21. Through the Midnight Door

By: Katrina Monroe

3.61

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

As emotional as it is haunting, Through the Midnight Door explores the sometimes-fragile bonds of s… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Monroe's Through the Midnight Door book and Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy

21 best-selling fiction books like Forgotten Sisters by Cynthia Pelayo

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The Woodwitch

Stephen Gregory

4.81

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All the Fiends of Hell

Adam L.G. Nevill

4.01

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The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

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The Haunting of Velkwood

Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

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The House That Horror Built

Christina Henry

3.22

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Horror Movie

Paul Tremblay

3.45

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We Used to Live Here

Marcus Kliewer

3.84

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Bury Your Gays

Chuck Tingle

4.29

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