6 Best mystery books like A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll

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A Guest in the House

By: Emily Carroll

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar…

"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…and I, beneath…would find stillness in the hot viscera."

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing came to greet me this time.) And I just can’t shake the feeling… that there’s a guest in the house, and I am being a terrible hostess."

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been animals in there, David said. Making nests. Are they still there, I wonder? Did they just learn to be silent? What did Sheila do when Crystal cried out at night?"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

If you liked the mystery plot in A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen

1. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

By: Jon Klassen

4.26

Format: 105 pages, None

Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.In a big abandoned house, on a barren hi… read more

Similar categories in Jon Klassen's The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

2. Shubeik Lubeik

By: Deena Mohamed

4.50

Format: 528 pages, ebook

A brilliant and imaginative debut graphic novel that brings to life a fantastical Cairo where wishe… read more

Similar categories in Deena Mohamed's Shubeik Lubeik book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
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3. Monica

By: Daniel Clowes

3.95

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Clowes's Monica book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Mysteries by Bill Watterson

4. The Mysteries

By: Bill Watterson

3.76

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more

Similar categories in Bill Watterson's The Mysteries book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
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5. Where the Body Was

By: Ed Brubaker

4.14

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Like a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, Where the Body Was is unlike anything Bru… read more

Similar categories in Ed Brubaker's Where the Body Was book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • mystery
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6. Roaming

By: Jillian Tamaki

3.77

Format: 443 pages, Paperback

Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meetin… read more

Similar categories in Jillian Tamaki's Roaming book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • fiction
  • adult
Cover of A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll

7. A Guest in the House

By: Emily Carroll

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar… read more

Similar categories in Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • gothic
  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…a…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing c…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been anima…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

Cover of Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky

8. Boys Weekend

By: Mattie Lubchansky

4.03

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning cartoonist and editor at The Nib, a hilarious trans-"final girl" horror grap… read more

Similar categories in Mattie Lubchansky's Boys Weekend book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
Cover of Parasocial by Alex de Campi

9. Parasocial

By: Alex de Campi

3.50

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In the middle of the pandemic, a fading genre-TV actor, fresh from his long-running series' cancell… read more

Similar categories in Alex de Campi's Parasocial book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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10. The Hills of Estrella Roja

By: Ashley Robin Franklin

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In this delightfully creepy and unapologetically queer horror romp of a graphic novel, sometimes dr… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Robin Franklin's The Hills of Estrella Roja book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

11. Plain Jane and the Mermaid

By: Vera Brosgol

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From Eisner Award winner Vera Brosgol comes an instant classic about courage, confidence, and inner… read more

Similar categories in Vera Brosgol's Plain Jane and the Mermaid book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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12. Bad Dreams in the Night

By: Adam Ellis

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Like a graphic novel version of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark , this collection of original hor… read more

Similar categories in Adam Ellis's Bad Dreams in the Night book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
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13. Blood of the Virgin

By: Sammy Harkham

3.70

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

“A story about storytelling...Conjures up the grindhouse movie-making scene in 1970s Los Angeles an… read more

Similar categories in Sammy Harkham's Blood of the Virgin book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of In Utero by Chris Gooch

14. In Utero

By: Chris Gooch

3.79

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Akira meets Aliens , and Annihilation meets Evangelion , in this coming-of-age monster tale from aw… read more

Similar categories in Chris Gooch's In Utero book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
Cover of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2) by Emil Ferris

15. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

By: Emil Ferris

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most ins… read more

Similar categories in Emil Ferris's My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2) book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
"Courage isn't about not being scared... It's about carrying your fear into battle."

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"No, I do not want any kind of censorship. Anka always said, "The minute they tell you that you should not see something, that is the minute you should make it your business to see or read it or whate…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"All my life I have seen pictures that show women as being what you call 'sexy' when they are being hurt. That sends send me a message and I think that the message is, women are at their best when the…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

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16. Safer Places

By: Kit Anderson

3.90

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

From road trips to doctors’ offices to the mysterious spaces under the house, Kit Anderson’s short … read more

Similar categories in Kit Anderson's Safer Places book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir by Maurice Vellekoop

17. I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

By: Maurice Vellekoop

4.17

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Meet little Maurice Vellekoop, the youngest of four children raised by Dutch immigrants in the 1970… read more

Similar categories in Maurice Vellekoop's I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • adult
  • lgbt
Cover of The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers by Marjorie M. Liu

18. The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The second volume in the graphic novel horror trilogy The Night Eaters from Marjorie Liu and Sana T… read more

Similar categories in Marjorie M. Liu's The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

19. The Deep Dark

By: Molly Knox Ostertag

4.42

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more

Similar categories in Molly Knox Ostertag's The Deep Dark book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • lgbt
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories by David Small

20. The Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories

By: David Small

3.52

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Confronting “the beast within” us all, Werewolf at Dusk celebrates the singular genius of David Sma… read more

Similar categories in David Small's The Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
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21. Tender

By: Beth Hetland

3.91

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

A psychological thriller about a woman obsessed with her vision for a picture-perfect, curated life… read more

Similar categories in Beth Hetland's Tender book and Emily Carroll's A Guest in the House

  • graphic novels comics
  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult

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Jon Klassen

4.26

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Deena Mohamed

4.50

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4.06

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