14 must-read gothic books like Hazardous Spirits by Anbara Salam

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Hazardous Spirits

By: Anbara Salam

3.19

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Hazardous Spirits brilliantly captures a young woman’s world unsettled by mediums and spirits, reve…

If you liked the gothic plot in Hazardous Spirits by Anbara Salam , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. The Paleontologist

By: Luke Dumas

3.53

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

A haunted paleontologist returns to the museum where his sister was abducted years earlier and is f… read more

Similar categories in Luke Dumas's The Paleontologist book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
"He had understood that, like the site of a nuclear tragedy, the place was uninhabitable for him now."

-Luke Dumas, The Paleontologist

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2. The Other Side of Mrs. Wood

By: Lucy Barker

3.55

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A historical novel about the rivalry between two female mediums during Victorian London’s obsession… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Barker's The Other Side of Mrs. Wood book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"I want your reputation... I want everything you have."

-Lucy Barker, The Other Side of Mrs. Wood

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3. 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 Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
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4. 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 Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • paranormal
  • 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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5. 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 Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • paranormal
  • fiction
  • horror
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6. The Black Feathers

By: Rebecca Netley

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Where ghosts tread, black feathers fall . . . When Annie marries widower Edward Stonehouse and a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Black Feathers book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
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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 Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Hazardous Spirits by Anbara Salam

8. Hazardous Spirits

By: Anbara Salam

3.19

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Hazardous Spirits brilliantly captures a young woman’s world unsettled by mediums and spirits, reve… read more

Similar categories in Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 20th century
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
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9. 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 Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"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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10. The Square of Sevens

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.14

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more

Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's The Square of Sevens book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • historical
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."

-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens

Cover of Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook

11. Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge

By: Lizzie Pook

3.59

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

An Arctic expedition. A mysterious death. And the lengths to which one woman will go to avenge her … read more

Similar categories in Lizzie Pook's Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. The Knowing

By: Emma Hinds

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the slums of 19th-century New York. A tattooed mystic fights for her life. Her survival hangs … read more

Similar categories in Emma Hinds's The Knowing book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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13. 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 Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. The Garden

By: Clare Beams

3.33

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a secret garden with unknown powers fuels this page-turning and psychologically th… read more

Similar categories in Clare Beams's The Garden book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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15. The Burial Plot

By: Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. The Book of Thorns

By: Hester Fox

3.64

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

"Betrayal, loss, love, redemption, and justice collide in this masterpiece of a novel. You won’t wa… read more

Similar categories in Hester Fox's The Book of Thorns book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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17. The Fascination

By: Essie Fox

3.85

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

The estranged grandson of a wealthy collector of human curiosities becomes fascinated with teenage… read more

Similar categories in Essie Fox's The Fascination book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • adult fiction
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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18. The Lodger

By: Helen Scarlett

3.83

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

This second novel from the author of The Deception of Harriet Fleet takes us back to the aftermath … read more

Similar categories in Helen Scarlett's The Lodger book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. The King's Witches

By: Kate Foster

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

The King’s Witches by Kate Foster is a gripping and beautiful historical novel, giving an unforgett… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The King's Witches book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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20. Scrap

By: Calla Henkel

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A true-crime obsessed young artist is drawn into the lives of an obscenely wealthy family in this f… read more

Similar categories in Calla Henkel's Scrap book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • fiction
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21. The Drowning House

By: Cherie Priest

3.55

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

A violent storm washes a mysterious house onto a rural Pacific Northwest beach, stopping the heart … read more

Similar categories in Cherie Priest's The Drowning House book and Anbara Salam's Hazardous Spirits

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror

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Rebecca Netley

4.00

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