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Haunted Setting
A place soaked in dread. Something terrible happened here. And it hasn't finished happening.
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The Library After Dark
Ande Pliego · Mystery & Thriller
A bookseller must escape the infamously haunted library that holds her darkest secrets, but with a murderer in her tour group, escaping alive is not…
locked room · psychological thriller · haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · twist ending
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House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski · Horror
This is an alternate cover edition.
cosmic horror · psychological thriller · haunted setting · twist ending
cosmic horrorpsychological thrillerhaunted settingtwist ending🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›3 ▼1
The Shining
Stephen King · Horror
Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start.
psychological thriller · haunted setting · high stakes survival
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The Housemaid
Freida McFadden · Horror
Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom.
psychological thriller · haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery
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House of Margins
Tlotlo Tsamaase · Mystery & Thriller
Serial the podcast meets The Other Black Girl in a haunted house, as young African author disappears after being invited to an exclusive writing…
missing person · psychological thriller · coming of age · closed circle · haunted setting
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Pet Sematary
Stephen King · Horror
Pet Sematary is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1986
haunted setting · grimdark · psychological thriller
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We Used to Live Here
Marcus Kliewer · Horror
As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque…
haunted setting · psychological thriller · closed circle
haunted settingpsychological thrillerclosed circle🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›8 NEW
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier · Horror
With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs.
gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · haunted setting · second chance romance · trauma recovery
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How to Sell a Haunted House
Grady Hendrix · Horror
When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home.
haunted setting · trauma recovery · revenge plot
haunted settingtrauma recoveryrevenge plot🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›10 NEW
Our Wives Under the Sea
Julia Armfield · Horror
Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe.
gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · psychological thriller
gothic atmospherehaunted settingpsychological thriller🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›11 NEW
Phantasma
Kaylie Smith · Fantasy
Welcome to Phantasma. There are only two rules to the game. Stay alive. And don’t fall in love. When Ophelia’s sister disappears, there is only one…
enemies to lovers · dark academia · haunted setting · forbidden romance · quest · twist ending
enemies to loversdark academiahaunted settingforbidden romancequesttwist ending🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›12 NEW
Our Sister's Keeper
Jasmine Holmes · Literary Fiction
Mississippi, 1927. The groanings are coming. No town is perfect, but East Cobb comes close. It's a wealthy all-Black Free Town--untouched by white…
historical fiction · haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · ghosts · closed circle
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