Island Witch
By: Amanda Jayatissa
3.64
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by Sri Lankan folklore, award-winning author Amanda Jayatissa turns her feverish, Gothic-t…
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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
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- historical
- fiction
- horror
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"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
2. The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
By: Shubnum Khan
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Rebecca meets The House of Spirits in this sweeping, … read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
"It walked to many places in the world and swam through many seas. It moved among men and watched how they lived and how they fought. Men were the same everywhere—power-hungry creatures always engaged…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"The end always returns to the beginning; the circle always seeks to be whole, and so when the end comes for Meena Begum, she is remembering the river and the way it runs through the village like a pe…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"There are things that never see light again. They scream and bang at their fate, hoping they will be discovered. A forgotten letter beneath a file, an ivory button in a couch, a handprint against a w…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
"She tries to lie still, but she's forgotten how. On the farm everything had been still. The silence was a complete thing. She could touch it with her fingers, taste it with her mouth, and sit in it l…"-Shubnum Khan, The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years
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
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- gothic
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
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
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- gothic
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- adult
"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
5. 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
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- gothic
- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- fantasy
6. 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
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- thriller
- adult
- fiction
- horror
7. 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
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- fantasy
8. Island Witch
By: Amanda Jayatissa
3.64
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by Sri Lankan folklore, award-winning author Amanda Jayatissa turns her feverish, Gothic-t… read more
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- gothic
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- witches
- thriller
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- mystery
9. Ghost Station
By: S.A. Barnes
3.57
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- fantasy
10. Indian Burial Ground
By: Nick Medina
3.63
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right an… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- fantasy
"What happened in the cemetery causes us pain, not her. You understand that, don’t you?"-Nick Medina, Indian Burial Ground
11. 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
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
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
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
13. Murder Road
By: Simone St. James
3.72
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deser… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
14. 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
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- fantasy
15. You Know What You Did
By: K.T. Nguyen
3.38
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
EDITORIAL REVIEWS A People Magazine Best Book of April 2024 | “The Most Anticipated Crime Fiction … read more
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
16. So Thirsty
By: Rachel Harrison
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A woman must learn to take life by the throat after a night out leads to irrevocable changes in thi… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- fantasy
17. Goddess of the River
By: Vaishnavi Patel
3.86
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
18. Masquerade
By: O.O. Sangoyomi
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale ex… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- fantasy
19. I Was a Teenage Slasher
By: Stephen Graham Jones
3.68
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- historical fiction
20. House of Bone and Rain
By: Gabino Iglesias
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the latest from Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- fantasy
21. The Seventh Veil of Salome
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine — but the real drama … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
