7 Top gothic books like Smithy (Smithy #1) by Amanda Desiree

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Smithy (Smithy #1)

By: Amanda Desiree

3.62

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

"This original haunted house tale, with a unique plot and compellingly vivid characters, moves from…

If you liked the gothic plot in Smithy (Smithy #1) by Amanda Desiree , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Cemetery Dance (Pendergast, #9) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

1. Cemetery Dance (Pendergast, #9)

By: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child

4.03

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

Pendergast-the world's most enigmatic FBI Special Agent-returns to New York City to investigate a m… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's Cemetery Dance (Pendergast, #9) book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
"Waga tomo yasurakani"

-Douglas Preston, Cemetery Dance (Pendergast, #9)

"What the hell was your pal Bertin demanding?"

-Douglas Preston, Cemetery Dance (Pendergast, #9)

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2. The Grip of It

By: Jac Jemc

3.66

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

A chilling literary horror novel about a young couple who purchase and live in a haunted house. Jac… read more

Similar categories in Jac Jemc's The Grip of It book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Fifty Year Sword by Mark Z. Danielewski

3. The Fifty Year Sword

By: Mark Z. Danielewski

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Hardcover

In this story set in East Texas, a local seamstress named Chintana finds herself responsible for fi… read more

Similar categories in Mark Z. Danielewski's The Fifty Year Sword book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror

4. The Trap

By: Melanie Raabe , Imogen Taylor

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this twisted debut thriller, a reclusive author sets the perfect trap for her sister's murderer … read more

Similar categories in Melanie Raabe's The Trap book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

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5. Episode Thirteen

By: Craig DiLouie

3.53

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

From the macabre mind of Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen is a he… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's Episode Thirteen book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
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6. 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 Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
"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

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7. 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 Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • paranormal
"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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8. The House That Horror Built

By: Christina Henry

3.22

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifyi… read more

Similar categories in Christina Henry's The House That Horror Built book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • gothic
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
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9. The Fervor

By: Alma Katsu

3.63

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

A psychological and supernatural twist on the horrors of the Japanese American internment camps in … read more

Similar categories in Alma Katsu's The Fervor book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"No computer books for me. I love real books I can hold and open with excitement, anticipation and, yes, reverence. There is nothing like the smell of a book, bookshops and libraries"

-Alma Katsu, The Fervor

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10. The Star and the Strange Moon

By: Constance Sayers

4.13

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Witch in Time comes a haunting tale of ambition, obsession, and the eternal my… read more

Similar categories in Constance Sayers's The Star and the Strange Moon book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • paranormal
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11. Whalefall

By: Daniel Kraus

3.73

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

Whalefall is a scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who’s been swallowed by an eigh… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Kraus's Whalefall book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"There need be no struggle when we are all the same weight."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"But those three people waiting outside are the tones of Jay's voice, the organs in Jay's body."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"The simple sharing of hope, its weight not so heavy after all, is a wonder. A lifting. A rising. A surfacing."

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

"Jay's not sure he believes in therapy. He definitely doesn't believe in closure. People aren't doors. They're whole floor plans, entire labyrinths, and the harder you try to escape, the more lost ins…"

-Daniel Kraus, Whalefall

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12. The Handyman Method

By: Nick Cutter

3.27

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror. When a y… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Handyman Method book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"When prey dies in fear, hunters will say the meat tastes bitter."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"What of happiness, then? May we speak of the taste of joyful meat?"

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"Old memories were like land mines: dormant, forgotten, but forever deadly."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

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13. Puzzle House

By: Duncan Ralston

3.58

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Six strangers arrive at the home of preeminent puzzle master Alexei Vasiliev for the reading of his… read more

Similar categories in Duncan Ralston's Puzzle House book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
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14. 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 Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
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15. The Butcher of the Forest

By: Premee Mohamed

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dang… read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's The Butcher of the Forest book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
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16. Revelator

By: Daryl Gregory

3.98

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Spoonbenders comes the gripping tale of a family's mysterious religion… read more

Similar categories in Daryl Gregory's Revelator book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • paranormal
"That was the thing about the funeral process; by the time you buried someone, days after their death, the body looked so little like the person you knew that it had become something else: remains. It…"

-Daryl Gregory, Revelator

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17. Burn the Negative

By: Josh Winning

3.38

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In this incendiary mash-up of horror and suspense, a notorious slasher film is remade…and the curse… read more

Similar categories in Josh Winning's Burn the Negative book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
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18. Midnight on Beacon Street

By: Emily Ruth Verona

2.88

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A suspenseful and entertaining debut thriller—and love letter to vintage horror movies—in which a t… read more

Similar categories in Emily Ruth Verona's Midnight on Beacon Street book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Hide and Don't Seek: And Other Very Scary Stories by Anica Mrose Rissi

19. Hide and Don't Seek: And Other Very Scary Stories

By: Anica Mrose Rissi

3.48

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A contemporary collection of original short stories by Anica Mrose Rissi that is sure to elicit chi… read more

Similar categories in Anica Mrose Rissi's Hide and Don't Seek: And Other Very Scary Stories book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
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20. And Then I Woke Up

By: Malcolm Devlin

3.48

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Mira Grant and Stephen Graham Jones, Malcolm Devlin’s And Then I Woke Up is a c… read more

Similar categories in Malcolm Devlin's And Then I Woke Up book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"We were monsters once, and although we are not anymore, we know we remain unforgiven."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

". . . it’s those differences — even the smallest and most trivial — that scare us the most."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Relationships aren't scientific, they're not mathematical. They're chaotic, abstract, irrational."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Macey once told me that the worst way a story can end is by someone waking up and realising everything that happened was only a dream."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

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21. The Night Guest

By: Hildur Knútsdóttir

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Hildur Knutsdottir's The Night Guest is an eerie and ensnaring story set in contemporary Reykjavík … read more

Similar categories in Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Devils Kill Devils by Johnny Compton

22. 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 Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • paranormal
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23. Curse of the Reaper

By: Brian McAuley

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Scream meets The Shining in this page-turning horror tale about an aging actor haunted by the slash… read more

Similar categories in Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of I'll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong

24. I'll Be Waiting

By: Kelley Armstrong

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a spellbinding new tale of supernatur… read more

Similar categories in Kelley Armstrong's I'll Be Waiting book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
Cover of How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie

25. How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive

By: Craig DiLouie

3.43

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From Bram Stoker Award‑nominated author Craig DiLouie comes a darkly humorous horror novel that see… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Last Haunt by Max Booth III

26. The Last Haunt

By: Max Booth III

3.88

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

On the one-year anniversary of a young woman’s tragic death, an extreme haunted house attraction re… read more

Similar categories in Max Booth III's The Last Haunt book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • fiction
  • horror
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27. The Hitchcock Hotel

By: Stephanie Wrobel

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A Hitchcock fanatic with an agenda invites old friends for a weekend stay at his secluded themed ho… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Wrobel's The Hitchcock Hotel book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Smithy (Smithy #1) by Amanda Desiree

28. Smithy (Smithy #1)

By: Amanda Desiree

3.62

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

"This original haunted house tale, with a unique plot and compellingly vivid characters, moves from… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1) book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • historical
  • animals
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • science fiction
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29. William

By: Mason Coile

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read — a haunted house story in… read more

Similar categories in Mason Coile's William book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • mystery
  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Underhistory by Kaaron Warren

30. The Underhistory

By: Kaaron Warren

3.52

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

People come to visit my home and I love to show them around. It's not the original house of course.… read more

Similar categories in Kaaron Warren's The Underhistory book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
Cover of We Kept Her in the Cellar by W.R. Gorman

31. We Kept Her in the Cellar

By: W.R. Gorman

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

There are always two sides to a story. This dark and twisted reimagining of Cinderella, told from h… read more

Similar categories in W.R. Gorman's We Kept Her in the Cellar book and Amanda Desiree's Smithy (Smithy #1)

  • supernatural
  • fiction
  • horror

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