7 must-read gothic books like Sanctuary by Valentina Cano Repetto

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Sanctuary

By: Valentina Cano Repetto

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“Fans of Isabel Cañas’s The Hacienda and Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic will breathe in this…

"I dipped the silver spoon into the steaming dark liquid and filled it with death."

-Valentina Cano Repetto, Sanctuary

"I dipped the silver spoon into the steaming dark liquid and filled it with death."

-Valentina Cano Repetto, Sanctuary

If you liked the gothic plot in Sanctuary by Valentina Cano Repetto , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne

1. Diavola

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Diavola book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry

3. 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 Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. This Wretched Valley

By: Jenny Kiefer

3.33

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Four ambitious climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness. Seven months later, three mangled bodies… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Kiefer's This Wretched Valley book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Your Shadow Half Remains

By: Sunny Moraine

3.38

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

One look can kill. Riley has not seen a single human face in longer than she can reckon. No fac… read more

Similar categories in Sunny Moraine's Your Shadow Half Remains book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. The Gathering

By: C.J. Tudor

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secret… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's The Gathering book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. My Darling Dreadful Thing

By: Johanna van Veen

3.89

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

In a world where the dead can wake and walk among us, what is truly real? Roos Beckman has a spi… read more

Similar categories in Johanna van Veen's My Darling Dreadful Thing book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
"The question everyone wants answered is this: Was I or was I not actually possessed? But it is not so simple as that."

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"There’s a reason the word ‘haunting’ is rarely used in a positive way. To never be free of someone, well, that’s not always a comfort."

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a perso…"

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"I was never a happy child. I think that, if I had been, things would have gone very differently with me. For one, I don’t think Ruth would have become my constant companion. Spirits like her are not …"

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

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8. Grey Dog

By: Elliott Gish

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A subversive literary horror novel that disrupts the tropes of women’s historical fiction with delu… read more

Similar categories in Elliott Gish's Grey Dog book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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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 Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Bless Your Heart (Bless Your Heart, #1) by Lindy Ryan

11. Bless Your Heart (Bless Your Heart, #1)

By: Lindy Ryan

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rise and shine. The Evans women have some undead to kill. It’s 1999 in Southeast Texas and the E… read more

Similar categories in Lindy Ryan's Bless Your Heart (Bless Your Heart, #1) book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Briardark (Briardark, #1) by S.A. Harian

12. Briardark (Briardark, #1)

By: S.A. Harian

3.80

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

Survival and cosmic horror collide in this new series, perfect for fans of LOST and House of Leaves… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Harian's Briardark (Briardark, #1) book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. 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 Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

14. Incidents Around the House

By: Josh Malerman

3.82

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled f… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Shabti by Megaera C. Lorenz

15. The Shabti

By: Megaera C. Lorenz

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Can you flimflam a ghost? It’s 1934. Former medium Dashiel Quicke travels the country debunking spi… read more

Similar categories in Megaera C. Lorenz's The Shabti book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • historical
  • horror
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie

16. 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 Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker

17. Haunt Sweet Home

By: Sarah Pinsker

3.47

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

On the set of a kitschy reality TV show, staged scares transform into unnerving reality in this spo… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pinsker's Haunt Sweet Home book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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18. The Madness

By: Dawn Kurtagich

3.91

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Beware what waits in the shadows… With one unexpected email from her estranged best friend, Lucy… read more

Similar categories in Dawn Kurtagich's The Madness book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of Sanctuary by Valentina Cano Repetto

19. Sanctuary

By: Valentina Cano Repetto

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“Fans of Isabel Cañas’s The Hacienda and Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic will breathe in this… read more

Similar categories in Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I dipped the silver spoon into the steaming dark liquid and filled it with death."

-Valentina Cano Repetto, Sanctuary

Cover of Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson

20. Guillotine

By: Delilah S. Dawson

4.02

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

The Menu meets Ready of Not in this dark tale of opulent luxury and shocking violence from the New … read more

Similar categories in Delilah S. Dawson's Guillotine book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Model Home by Rivers Solomon

21. Model Home

By: Rivers Solomon

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's Model Home book and Valentina Cano Repetto's Sanctuary

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror

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