28 Best fiction books like The Cottingley Cuckoo by A.J. Elwood

Cover of The Cottingley Cuckoo by A.J. Elwood

The Cottingley Cuckoo

By: A.J. Elwood

3.46

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Captivated by books and stories, Rose dreams of a life away from the confines of the Sunnyside Care…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Cottingley Cuckoo by A.J. Elwood , here is a list of 28 books like this:

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1. The Loney

By: Andrew Michael Hurley

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

"If it had another name, I never knew, but the locals called it the Loney - that strange nowhere be… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Michael Hurley's The Loney book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris

2. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

By: Emil Ferris

4.56

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monstersis… read more

Similar categories in Emil Ferris's My Favorite Thing Is Monsters book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • horror

3. The Hidden People

By: Alison Littlewood

4.24

Format: None pages,

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Cover of The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

4. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Godfrey's The List of Suspicious Things book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. 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 A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
Cover of The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden

6. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

By: Katie Lumsden

3.67

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

A gripping and atmospheric debut that is at once a chilling gothic mystery and a love letter to Vic… read more

Similar categories in Katie Lumsden's The Secrets of Hartwood Hall book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"But I did not want the future he had planned for me. I did not want a future chosen by anyone but myself."

-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

"I said nothing. Too many reasons, too many sins. But he was right. It did not feel wrong. It felt less wrong than anything had in a long time."

-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

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7. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Apparition Phase

By: Will Maclean

3.91

Format: 384 pages, ebook

An atmospheric and stunning literary debut, reminiscent of the gothic suspense of Shirley Jackson a… read more

Similar categories in Will Maclean's The Apparition Phase book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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9. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

Similar categories in Michael Palin's Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

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10. The Shape of Darkness

By: Laura Purcell

3.83

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

As the age of the photograph dawns in Victorian Bath, silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Shape of Darkness book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • fantasy
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11. Wakenhyrst

By: Michelle Paver

3.87

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

1906: A large manor house, Wake's End, sits on the edge of a bleak Fen, just outside the town of Wa… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • fantasy
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12. The House at Phantom Park

By: Graham Masterton

3.39

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Disturbing. Original. Terrifying. The 'master of horror' is back with the chilling tale of what lur… read more

Similar categories in Graham Masterton's The House at Phantom Park book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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13. The Whispering Muse

By: Laura Purcell

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a gripping tale of obsession, superstition and ambit… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Whispering Muse book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • fantasy
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14. Fyneshade

By: Kate Griffin

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and sil… read more

Similar categories in Kate Griffin's Fyneshade book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Ghost Woods by C.J.  Cooke

15. The Ghost Woods

By: C.J. Cooke

3.98

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall. This place is shrouded in folklore… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Cooke's The Ghost Woods book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • fantasy
Cover of Demon (Six Stories, #6) by Matt Wesolowski

16. Demon (Six Stories, #6)

By: Matt Wesolowski

4.22

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

Scott King’s podcast investigates the 1995 cold case of a demon possession in a rural Yorkshire vil… read more

Similar categories in Matt Wesolowski's Demon (Six Stories, #6) book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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17. A Good House for Children

By: Kate Collins

3.60

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time Orla was: a woman, a painter, a lover. Now she is a mother and a wife, and when he… read more

Similar categories in Kate Collins's A Good House for Children book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
Cover of Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry

18. Good Girls Don’t Die

By: Christina Henry

3.46

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Celia wakes up in a house that isn’t hers. She doesn't recognize her husband or the little girl who… read more

Similar categories in Christina Henry's Good Girls Don’t Die book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"[S]he marveled at how easily the heroines of her favorite books stumbled across physical clues after a crime. Fiction really was easier than truth."

-Christina Henry, Good Girls Don’t Die

"Maggie resisted the urge to explain to the other woman that life was not fair, that it had never been fair, that terrible things happened all the time that nobody planned on, that even when you tried…"

-Christina Henry, Good Girls Don’t Die

"Most women faked half their lives daily, pretending to have their work and their family and their health completely under control, moving through the world with just enough makeup and effortless sham…"

-Christina Henry, Good Girls Don’t Die

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19. The Running Club

By: Ali Lowe

3.92

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

The rules of the running club are the same as they have always been: keep your breath steady, keep … read more

Similar categories in Ali Lowe's The Running Club book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
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20. The Illusions

By: Liz Hyder

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At a time of extraordinary change, two women must harness their talents to take control of their ow… read more

Similar categories in Liz Hyder's The Illusions book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. The Quickening

By: Rhiannon Ward

3.80

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Feminist gothic fiction set between the late 19th century and the early 20th century - an era of bu… read more

Similar categories in Rhiannon Ward's The Quickening book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Beholders by Hester Musson

22. The Beholders

By: Hester Musson

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

SOME HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE LIVING June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of th… read more

Similar categories in Hester Musson's The Beholders book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Hiding Place by Amanda Mason

23. The Hiding Place

By: Amanda Mason

3.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Nell Galilee, her husband and twelve year old step-daughter Maude rent a holiday cottage by the sea… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Mason's The Hiding Place book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Blood on Satan's Claw: or, The Devil's Skin by Robert Wynne-Simmons

24. Blood on Satan's Claw: or, The Devil's Skin

By: Robert Wynne-Simmons

3.98

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Beware the buried skull underfoot and watch out for children with fur on their backs... Blood on S… read more

Similar categories in Robert Wynne-Simmons's Blood on Satan's Claw: or, The Devil's Skin book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • gothic
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Contest by Karen  Hamilton

25. The Contest

By: Karen Hamilton

3.15

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

The Hunting Party meets Succession, THE CONTEST is a jaw-dropping, read-in-one-sitting thriller fro… read more

Similar categories in Karen Hamilton's The Contest book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of A Girl Made of Air by Nydia Hetherington

26. A Girl Made of Air

By: Nydia Hetherington

3.53

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

A lyrical and atmospheric homage to the strange and extraordinary, perfect for fans of Angela Carte… read more

Similar categories in Nydia Hetherington's A Girl Made of Air book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"All we can do is perform our lives as gloriously as possible. For my part, I’m happy to take my applause where I can. This is the end because I cannot write the next chapter, it needs to be lived."

-Nydia Hetherington, A Girl Made of Air

"Do not be defined by a lover, or by anyone else for that matter. You are not an appendage, an add-on to the masculine world. And so, you must have your independence – not only of thought and spirit, …"

-Nydia Hetherington, A Girl Made of Air

"To dream is to live with your face brightened by moonlight. Yet dreams are only a shadow, my Mouse, a pale and rippled reflection of the way things could be. I know what a dreamer you are; we are cut…"

-Nydia Hetherington, A Girl Made of Air

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27. The Photographer

By: E.S. Blake

4.08

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

When tragedy strikes, photographer Charles Franklin turns his back on family portraiture and descen… read more

Similar categories in E.S. Blake's The Photographer book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • historical fiction
Cover of The Couple on Maple Drive by Sam Carrington

28. The Couple on Maple Drive

By: Sam Carrington

3.50

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Have you heard about the couple on Maple Drive? Isla barely leaves the house after her brutal mu… read more

Similar categories in Sam Carrington's The Couple on Maple Drive book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Choice by S.J.  Ford

29. The Choice

By: S.J. Ford

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The Husband. The Lawyer. The Detective. The Journalist. The Murderer. You are the jury. Whe… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Ford's The Choice book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Cottingley Cuckoo by A.J. Elwood

30. The Cottingley Cuckoo

By: A.J. Elwood

3.46

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Captivated by books and stories, Rose dreams of a life away from the confines of the Sunnyside Care… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • dark fantasy
  • gothic
  • fairies
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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31. The Blue Hour

By: Paula Hawkins

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The spellbinding new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Girl on the Train. … read more

Similar categories in Paula Hawkins's The Blue Hour book and A.J. Elwood's The Cottingley Cuckoo

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction

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Christina Henry

3.22

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Laura Purcell

3.83

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3.87

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Jennie Godfrey

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Rebecca Netley

4.00

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