6 Top gothic books like The Darkness Surrounds Us by Gail Lukasik

Cover of The Darkness Surrounds Us by Gail Lukasik

The Darkness Surrounds Us

By: Gail Lukasik

3.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“An early-autumn treat fit for late-night devouring.” ―Publishers Weekly “A taut gothic mystery wit…

If you liked the gothic plot in The Darkness Surrounds Us by Gail Lukasik , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

1. 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 Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • historical fiction
  • adult
"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

Cover of The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste

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 Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • 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 A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand

3. A Haunting on the Hill

By: Elizabeth Hand

3.35

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

From three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand come… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Hand's A Haunting on the Hill book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Home at Night (Mercy & Elvis Mysteries, #5) by Paula Munier

4. Home at Night (Mercy & Elvis Mysteries, #5)

By: Paula Munier

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beware the blackbirds… It’s Halloween in Vermont, winter is coming, and five humans, two dogs, a… read more

Similar categories in Paula Munier's Home at Night (Mercy & Elvis Mysteries, #5) book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Mister Lullaby by J.H. Markert

5. Mister Lullaby

By: J.H. Markert

3.60

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

From J. H. Markert, the author Peter Farris calls the "clear heir to Stephen King," Mister Lullaby … read more

Similar categories in J.H. Markert's Mister Lullaby book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Star and the Strange Moon by Constance Sayers

6. 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 Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
Cover of Karma Under Fire by Love Hudson-Maggio

7. Karma Under Fire

By: Love Hudson-Maggio

3.87

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

When Harlow Kennedy, an aspiring jewelry maker, meets Tej Mayur, the “it” chef of Atlanta’s hottest… read more

Similar categories in Love Hudson-Maggio's Karma Under Fire book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • fiction
Cover of The Darkness Surrounds Us by Gail Lukasik

8. The Darkness Surrounds Us

By: Gail Lukasik

3.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“An early-autumn treat fit for late-night devouring.” ―Publishers Weekly “A taut gothic mystery wit… read more

Similar categories in Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • gothic
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji

9. Murder by Degrees

By: Ritu Mukerji

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Murder by Degrees is a historical mystery set in 19th century Philadelphia, following a pioneering… read more

Similar categories in Ritu Mukerji's Murder by Degrees book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Phoenix Bride by Natasha Siegel

10. The Phoenix Bride

By: Natasha Siegel

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A passionate tale of plague, fire, and forbidden love in seventeenth-century London from the acclai… read more

Similar categories in Natasha Siegel's The Phoenix Bride book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1) by Jess Armstrong

11. The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1)

By: Jess Armstrong

3.56

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

An atmospheric gothic mystery that beautifully brings the ancient Cornish countryside to life, Arms… read more

Similar categories in Jess Armstrong's The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1) book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The only creatures in my whole dismal life who never once failed me were an overly fluffy black house cat and an eccentric Scottish bookseller."

-Jess Armstrong, The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1)

Cover of The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden

12. 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 Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Her Little Flowers by Shannon  Morgan

13. Her Little Flowers

By: Shannon Morgan

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Francine Thwaite has lived all her fifty-five years in her family’s ancestral home, a rambling Eliz… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Morgan's Her Little Flowers book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of The Clinic by Cate Quinn

14. The Clinic

By: Cate Quinn

3.52

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From the critically acclaimed author of Black Widows comes a thriller set in a remote rehab clinic … read more

Similar categories in Cate Quinn's The Clinic book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather

15. A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

By: Lina Rather

3.70

Format: 150 pages, Hardcover

Lina Rather's A Season of Monstrous Conceptions is an eldritch historical fantasy of midwifery, mon… read more

Similar categories in Lina Rather's A Season of Monstrous Conceptions book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • historical fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird by Louisa Morgan

16. The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird

By: Louisa Morgan

4.02

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A woman’s ability to see ghosts draws her into a journey of redemption and unexpected friendship in… read more

Similar categories in Louisa Morgan's The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Third Shift Society, Vol. One (Third Shift Society, #1) by Meredith Moriarty

17. Third Shift Society, Vol. One (Third Shift Society, #1)

By: Meredith Moriarty

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Life’s funny. One minute you're jobless, deep in debt and on the verge of eviction; the next you’re… read more

Similar categories in Meredith Moriarty's Third Shift Society, Vol. One (Third Shift Society, #1) book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Who to Believe by Edwin   Hill

18. Who to Believe

By: Edwin Hill

3.92

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

In this twisting domestic suspense thriller from the acclaimed author of The Secrets We Share , the… read more

Similar categories in Edwin Hill's Who to Believe book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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19. Phantom

By: Helen Power

3.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Would you sell your hand for a million dollars? Regan “Roz” Osbourne is broke. Her ex-boyfriend won… read more

Similar categories in Helen Power's Phantom book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of One Night by Georgina Cross

20. One Night

By: Georgina Cross

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

One night. That's all the time a family has to decide what to do with the man they believe murdered… read more

Similar categories in Georgina Cross's One Night book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Ghost Tamer by Meredith R. Lyons

21. Ghost Tamer

By: Meredith R. Lyons

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Death is one thing, it's what you do afterward that matters.  Aspiring comedian Raely is the sole s… read more

Similar categories in Meredith R. Lyons's Ghost Tamer book and Gail Lukasik's The Darkness Surrounds Us

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult

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