14 must-read fantasy books like The Black Tree Atop The Hill by Karla Yvette

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The Black Tree Atop The Hill

By: Karla Yvette

3.88

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

What came first in this Gothic Western, the ghosts or  The Black Tree Atop the Hill ? Set in an alt…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Black Tree Atop The Hill by Karla Yvette , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. The Signalman

By: Charles Dickens , Scott Cohn

3.66

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Presents the tale of a young man who, after listening to an eccentric railroad signalman's predicti… read more

Similar categories in Charles Dickens's The Signalman book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
"Hallow! Below there!"

-Charles Dickens, The Signalman

2. A Feast of Snakes

By: Harry Crews

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of such novels as "Blood and Grits" and "Childhood" comes a wildly weird … read more

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3. Children of the Dark

By: Jonathan Janz

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Will Burgess is used to hard knocks. Abandoned by his father, son of a drug-addicted mother, and ch… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Janz's Children of the Dark book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • fantasy
  • horror

4. The Bridge of San Luis Rey

By: Thornton Wilder

5.00

Format: 36 pages,

Featuring a beautiful new cover and author biography, this novel, which brought Wilder his first Pu… read more

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5. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

Cover of The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

6. The Warm Hands of Ghosts

By: Katherine Arden

4.02

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despit… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Arden's The Warm Hands of Ghosts book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Winter said there's ghosts all around you. Faland snorted. When you swim in the ocean there's water all around you, but no one mentions it."

-Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts

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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 Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
"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. 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 Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Carcoma by Layla Martínez

9. Carcoma

By: Layla Martínez

4.17

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Todas las casas guardan la historia de quienes las han habitado. Las paredes de esta casa perdida e… read more

Similar categories in Layla Martínez's Carcoma book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
"Solo había tenido un hombre, pero ya había sido suficiente. Cuando una está sola y es pobre no puede permitirse aprender la misma lección dos veces, esto también lo sabemos bien en esta casa."

-Layla Martínez, Carcoma

Cover of The Vessel by Adam L.G. Nevill

10. The Vessel

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.73

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

'A watcher may remark that after sleeping for so long, the building appears to have been roused.' … read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's The Vessel book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • gothic
  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie M. Liu

11. The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.08

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The first volume in a new graphic novel horror trilogy from Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda—the creati… read more

Similar categories in Marjorie M. Liu's The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"No creepy dolls!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"Not the demon anus!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"It’s Sarlaac Satan!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"Oh my God. We’re superheroes."

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

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12. Sefira and Other Betrayals

By: John Langan

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN: 1614981922 (ISBN13: 9781614981923) John Langan’s new book is c… read more

Similar categories in John Langan's Sefira and Other Betrayals book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"The dread, blank as water, was that she had not yet heard the worst of Victoria's story, a groundless anxiety that, the instant she recognized it, she knew was true."

-John Langan, Sefira and Other Betrayals

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13. 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 Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • gothic
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. Poor Deer

By: Claire Oshetsky

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss—and attempting… read more

Similar categories in Claire Oshetsky's Poor Deer book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"She has just learned that some things are forever, and other things are never-again."

-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer

"On this day the girl feels so much love pouring out of her mother that she is certain her mother has the power to save her. Soon she will come to understand she can't be saved."

-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer

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15. Negative Space

By: B.R. Yeager

3.72

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

Four teens in a New Hampshire mill town abuse a bizarre hallucinogen called WHORL in order to cope … read more

Similar categories in B.R. Yeager's Negative Space book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"I don't know whether I actually did anything. Whether I was actually responsible for or had any influence on her escape. But I let her believe it, because it meant the world could be something more t…"

-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space

"I dreamed about a super computer that could erase anything in existence. First I erased all the spiders. Then I erased all the people, including myself. I wasn’t there anymore, but I could still thin…"

-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space

"I dreamed about a super computer that could raise anything in existence. First I erased all the spiders. Then I erased all the people, including myself. I wasn’t there anymore, but I could still thin…"

-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space

"I'm there now. Tell me I will succeed. That it's the world blinking out and not me, like the ones I've loved and tried to pull back. Tell me he'll never set the world afire. Tell me so I can finally …"

-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space

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16. Cursed

By: Leigh Kenny

3.97

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever agreed to something without understanding the consequences? What would you do if a cu… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Kenny's Cursed book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
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17. Bloom

By: Delilah S. Dawson

3.90

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella from the New York… read more

Similar categories in Delilah S. Dawson's Bloom book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • gothic
  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
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18. 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 Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • novella
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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19. The Redemption of Morgan Bright

By: Chris Panatier

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

What would guilt make you do? Hadleigh Keene died on the road leading away from Hollyhock Asylu… read more

Similar categories in Chris Panatier's The Redemption of Morgan Bright book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
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20. 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 Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • fiction
  • horror
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21. Linghun

By: Ai Jiang

3.96

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

WELCOME HOME. Follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. in this modern gothic ghost story by Chinese-Canadian… read more

Similar categories in Ai Jiang's Linghun book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
"In HOME, Liam was a dream. Here, he's a flawed but beautiful reality. Whispers of our future together lull us both into a dreamless sleep. It's the first time we find such emptiness comforting."

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

"Feelings, emotions, experiences, are all part of humanity's shared language, and in Linghun, that shared language is grief. Grief is a language that tears us apart, but it is also what brings us toge…"

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

Cover of House of Rot by Danger Slater

22. House of Rot

By: Danger Slater

3.78

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

The pink mold growing on the walls isn’t the worst thing about Elenya and Myles’ brand new fixer up… read more

Similar categories in Danger Slater's House of Rot book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Eynhallow by Tim McGregor

23. Eynhallow

By: Tim McGregor

4.29

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

ORKNEY ISLANDS, 1797 – Agnes Tulloch feels a little cheated. This windswept place is not the island… read more

Similar categories in Tim McGregor's Eynhallow book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • gothic
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Parliament by Aimee Pokwatka

24. The Parliament

By: Aimee Pokwatka

3.74

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

The Birds meets The Princess Bride in this tale of friendship, responsibility, and the primal force… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Pokwatka's The Parliament book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America by Krista Burton

25. Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America

By: Krista Burton

3.86

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A former Rookie contributor and creator of the popular blog Effing Dykes investigates the disappear… read more

Similar categories in Krista Burton's Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

"While I appreciate the freedom to live anywhere we want, and I love visiting those places, I do feel a sharp sense of loss knowing I can't see the people I consider my queer family on a daily basis. …"

-Krista Burton, Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America

Cover of Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson

26. Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

By: Cecelia Watson

3.67

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuat… read more

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"The semicolon was born in Venice in 1494"

-Cecelia Watson, Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

"At times I've felt less like a punctuation theorist than like a punctuation therapist"

-Cecelia Watson, Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

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27. Crushing Snails

By: Emma E. Murray

4.67

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Winnie Campbell is sixteen and a burgeoning serial killer. Her father blames her for her mother’s d… read more

Similar categories in Emma E. Murray's Crushing Snails book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • horror
Cover of The Mesmerist by Caroline  Woods

28. The Mesmerist

By: Caroline Woods

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Before hypnotism, there was mesmerism. In 1894 Minneapolis, in the wake of a national financial cr… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Woods's The Mesmerist book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Black Tree Atop The Hill by Karla Yvette

29. The Black Tree Atop The Hill

By: Karla Yvette

3.88

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

What came first in this Gothic Western, the ghosts or  The Black Tree Atop the Hill ? Set in an alt… read more

Similar categories in Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • westerns
  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

30. The Bog Wife

By: Kay Chronister

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this atmospheric Appalachian gothic, the Haddesley siblings of West Virginia must unearth long-b… read more

Similar categories in Kay Chronister's The Bog Wife book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Podolo: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) by L. P. Hartley

31. Podolo: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories)

By: L. P. Hartley

3.46

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

None read more

Similar categories in L. P. Hartley's Podolo: A Ghost Story for Christmas (Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories) book and Karla Yvette's The Black Tree Atop The Hill

  • horror

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The Signalman

Charles Dickens , Scott Cohn

3.66

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Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

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The Warm Hands of Ghosts

Katherine Arden

4.02

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The Haunting of Velkwood

Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

Simon Winchester

3.84

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Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat

Derek Beres

4.10

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Dennis Duncan

3.68

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