50 Books like Batman

Batman

by John Jackson Miller • 2025

When an overlooked genius turns, Gotham's bicentennial becomes his stage for a reckoning.

4.16

1k+

🦇 Superhero Origin Story 🏙️ Gothic Urban Setting 🎭 Dual Identities ❓ Riddles And Puzzles 💔 Fallen Idealist

Batman 94%

When an overlooked genius turns, Gotham's bicentennial becomes his stage for a reckoning.

by John Jackson Miller 2025

4.16

1k+ ratings

🦇 Superhero Origin Story 🏙️ Gothic Urban Setting 🎭 Dual Identities ❓ Riddles And Puzzles 💔 Fallen Idealist

Along Came a Spider

by James Patterson • 1993

A D.C. detective hunts a fame-obsessed teacher who kidnapped two children from an elite school.

4.13

491k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killer 🚸 Kidnapping 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game

Along Came a Spider 89%

A D.C. detective hunts a fame-obsessed teacher who kidnapped two children from an elite school.

by James Patterson 1993

4.13

491k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Criminal Profiling 🔪 Serial Killer 🚸 Kidnapping 🐭 Cat And Mouse Game

Renegades

by Marissa Meyer • 2017

A sleepless girl infiltrates the heroes who failed her family, but one boy complicates her revenge.

4.11

167k+

🦹 Corrupt Superheroes ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 🕵️ Infiltration Mission 👿 Villain Protagonist

Renegades 89%

A sleepless girl infiltrates the heroes who failed her family, but one boy complicates her revenge.

by Marissa Meyer 2017

4.11

167k+ ratings

🦹 Corrupt Superheroes ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 🕵️ Infiltration Mission 👿 Villain Protagonist

Last to Leave the Room

by Caitlin Starling • 2023

A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.

3.52

3k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 🚪 Doppelganger Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Identity Dissolution 🏚️ Claustrophobic Dread

Last to Leave the Room 89%

A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.

by Caitlin Starling 2023

3.52

3k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 🚪 Doppelganger Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Identity Dissolution 🏚️ Claustrophobic Dread

The Death and Life of Superman

by Roger Stern • 1993

Superman dies fighting Doomsday. Four new Supermen rise. One is real. One means to destroy Earth.

4.10

6k+

🪦 Superhero Death And Return 📖 Comic Book Novelization 🦸 Replacement Heroes 🧬 Clone Superhero 🤖 Cyborg Villain

The Death and Life of Superman 89%

Superman dies fighting Doomsday. Four new Supermen rise. One is real. One means to destroy Earth.

by Roger Stern 1993

4.10

6k+ ratings

🪦 Superhero Death And Return 📖 Comic Book Novelization 🦸 Replacement Heroes 🧬 Clone Superhero 🤖 Cyborg Villain

Sinner

by Lana Pecherczyk • 2019

An engineer falls for a nun hiding a lethal mission: rescue seven children engineered to detect sin.

4.01

1k+

💔 Forbidden Love 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Psychic Heroine 🕯️ Secret Sisterhood 👶 Engineered Children

Sinner 89%

An engineer falls for a nun hiding a lethal mission: rescue seven children engineered to detect sin.

by Lana Pecherczyk 2019

4.01

1k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Psychic Heroine 🕯️ Secret Sisterhood 👶 Engineered Children

Hench

by Natalie Zina Walschots • 2020

After a hero shatters her leg, a temp worker weaponizes the hidden cost of saving the world.

4.00

27k+

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🦸 Superhero Satire 🌑 Villain Origin Story 🕸️ Corrupting Mentorship 📋 Office Satire

Hench 89%

After a hero shatters her leg, a temp worker weaponizes the hidden cost of saving the world.

by Natalie Zina Walschots 2020

4.00

27k+ ratings

🦹 Villain Protagonist 🦸 Superhero Satire 🌑 Villain Origin Story 🕸️ Corrupting Mentorship 📋 Office Satire

Relic

by Douglas Preston • 1995

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

4.05

116k+

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up 🌿 Lost Expedition 🏛️ Museum Labyrinth

Relic 89%

Beneath a New York museum, a creature surgically removes brains. The gala opens tonight.

by Douglas Preston 1995

4.05

116k+ ratings

🦎 Creature Feature 🧬 Science Horror 📋 Institutional Cover-Up 🌿 Lost Expedition 🏛️ Museum Labyrinth

Vicious

by V.E. Schwab • 2013

A pain-wielding fugitive hunts the former best friend who sent him to prison.

4.18

329k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Friends To Enemies ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🫂 Found Family 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Vicious 89%

A pain-wielding fugitive hunts the former best friend who sent him to prison.

by V.E. Schwab 2013

4.18

329k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Friends To Enemies ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🫂 Found Family 🐱 Cat And Mouse

The Puzzle Master

by Danielle Trussoni • 2023

A puzzle savant decodes an inmate's blood cipher: murder, a demon, and a deadly secret.

3.31

10k+

🔮 Occult Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 👁️ Possession Horror ✡️ Jewish Mysticism 📜 Ancient Codes

The Puzzle Master 89%

A puzzle savant decodes an inmate's blood cipher: murder, a demon, and a deadly secret.

by Danielle Trussoni 2023

3.31

10k+ ratings

🔮 Occult Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 👁️ Possession Horror ✡️ Jewish Mysticism 📜 Ancient Codes

Catwoman

by Sarah J. Maas • 2018

Batwing hunts Catwoman. Catwoman hunts a cure. And the assassins who made her hunt her.

4.06

27k+

🐈‍⬛ Supervillain Origin Story 🗡️ Assassin Training ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond 🖤 Found Family

Catwoman 89%

Batwing hunts Catwoman. Catwoman hunts a cure. And the assassins who made her hunt her.

by Sarah J. Maas 2018

4.06

27k+ ratings

🐈‍⬛ Supervillain Origin Story 🗡️ Assassin Training ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond 🖤 Found Family

Steelheart

by Brandon Sanderson • 2013

After seeing Steelheart bleed, David joins rebel assassins to find his one weakness and kill him.

4.14

197k+

🦹 Supervillain Dystopia 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🫂 Found Family ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎓 Mentor With A Secret

Steelheart 89%

After seeing Steelheart bleed, David joins rebel assassins to find his one weakness and kill him.

by Brandon Sanderson 2013

4.14

197k+ ratings

🦹 Supervillain Dystopia 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🫂 Found Family ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎓 Mentor With A Secret

Anarchy Missing

by J.A. Huss • 2017

A DA's heist suspect is her ex, a genius consumed by the sentient city.

4.20

918

💞 Second Chance Romance 🖤 Tortured Hero 👫 Found Family 🤖 Sentient AI 🌆 Cyber Noir

Anarchy Missing 89%

A DA's heist suspect is her ex, a genius consumed by the sentient city.

by J.A. Huss 2017

4.20

918 ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 🖤 Tortured Hero 👫 Found Family 🤖 Sentient AI 🌆 Cyber Noir

Anarchy Found

by J.A. Huss • 2015

A detective collides with a superhuman vigilante who holds her lost past and a dangerous bond.

3.91

3k+

🧬 Genetic Experimentation 💫 Fated Mates 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

Anarchy Found 89%

A detective collides with a superhuman vigilante who holds her lost past and a dangerous bond.

by J.A. Huss 2015

3.91

3k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Experimentation 💫 Fated Mates 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

Red Dragon

by Thomas Harris • 2000

A haunted ex-profiler returns to catch a family-killer who begins stalking him instead.

4.07

380k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Serial Killer Profiling 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 😈 Dual Identity Struggle 👤 Retired Detective

Red Dragon 89%

A haunted ex-profiler returns to catch a family-killer who begins stalking him instead.

by Thomas Harris 2000

4.07

380k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔍 Serial Killer Profiling 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game 😈 Dual Identity Struggle 👤 Retired Detective

Brilliance

by Marcus Sakey • 2013

An agent who reads patterns to hunt gifted terrorists learns his own agency faked the attacks.

3.98

33k+

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🔍 Hunting His Own Kind 🏃 Rogue Agent 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Brilliance 88%

An agent who reads patterns to hunt gifted terrorists learns his own agency faked the attacks.

by Marcus Sakey 2013

3.98

33k+ ratings

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🔍 Hunting His Own Kind 🏃 Rogue Agent 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Nevermore

by Keith R.A. DeCandido • 2007

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

3.84

8k+

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🎓 Academic Villain

Nevermore 88%

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

by Keith R.A. DeCandido 2007

3.84

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders 👻 Vengeful Ghost 🎓 Academic Villain

The Pawn and the Puppet

by Brandi Elise Szeker • 2022

Her twin died inside a gothic asylum. A fractured man behind a forbidden door pulls her under.

3.92

12k+

🏰 Asylum Gothic 🖤 Traumatized Hero 🗡️ Villain Love Interest 💔 Trauma Bonding 👗 Beauty Dystopia

The Pawn and the Puppet 88%

Her twin died inside a gothic asylum. A fractured man behind a forbidden door pulls her under.

by Brandi Elise Szeker 2022

3.92

12k+ ratings

🏰 Asylum Gothic 🖤 Traumatized Hero 🗡️ Villain Love Interest 💔 Trauma Bonding 👗 Beauty Dystopia

The Pilo Family Circus

by Will Elliott • 2009

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

3.81

4k+

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Fantasy

The Pilo Family Circus 88%

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

by Will Elliott 2009

3.81

4k+ ratings

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Fantasy

The Gunslinger

by Stephen King • 1982

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

3.91

669k+

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

The Gunslinger 88%

A gunslinger tracks a dark sorcerer through a dead world toward the tower binding all creation.

by Stephen King 1982

3.91

669k+ ratings

🤠 Weird Western 🏜️ Desert Wasteland 🎯 Obsessive Quest 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🏚️ Decaying World

Suddenly Super

by Jen Calonita • 2023

Her powers betray her. Her parents vanish. A stranger offers rescue, hiding a bitter betrayal.

3.86

1k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Of Supers 😰 Anxious Superhero 💥 Powers Tied To Emotion 🎭 Betrayed By Mentor 🔄 Villain Redemption

Suddenly Super 88%

Her powers betray her. Her parents vanish. A stranger offers rescue, hiding a bitter betrayal.

by Jen Calonita 2023

3.86

1k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Of Supers 😰 Anxious Superhero 💥 Powers Tied To Emotion 🎭 Betrayed By Mentor 🔄 Villain Redemption

Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown • 2000

A murdered scientist. A stolen antimatter canister. The Vatican set to detonate at midnight.

3.96

3.4M+

🕊️ Religious Conspiracy ⛪ Vatican Intrigue 🎨 Art Historical Thriller ⚛️ Science Vs Religion ⏳ Race Against Time

Angels & Demons 88%

A murdered scientist. A stolen antimatter canister. The Vatican set to detonate at midnight.

by Dan Brown 2000

3.96

3.4M+ ratings

🕊️ Religious Conspiracy ⛪ Vatican Intrigue 🎨 Art Historical Thriller ⚛️ Science Vs Religion ⏳ Race Against Time

Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hide

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 1886

A lawyer uncovers a horrifying secret linking his friend Dr. Jekyll to a brutish criminal.

3.83

674k+

🧠 Split Personality 🔬 Victorian Science 👥 Evil Double 🧪 Scientific Hubris 🎩 Repressed Gentleman

Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hide 88%

A lawyer uncovers a horrifying secret linking his friend Dr. Jekyll to a brutish criminal.

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886

3.83

674k+ ratings

🧠 Split Personality 🔬 Victorian Science 👥 Evil Double 🧪 Scientific Hubris 🎩 Repressed Gentleman

Sleep Tight

by J.H. Markert • 2024

A detective's daughter is abducted, forcing her to hunt a killer who mirrors her own buried past.

3.64

26k+

🕯️ Cult Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Multiple Personalities 🧠 Repressed Trauma 🖤 Generational Trauma

Sleep Tight 88%

A detective's daughter is abducted, forcing her to hunt a killer who mirrors her own buried past.

by J.H. Markert 2024

3.64

26k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Horror 🔪 Serial Killer 🎭 Multiple Personalities 🧠 Repressed Trauma 🖤 Generational Trauma

The Atrocity Archives

by Charles Stross • 2004

Bob Howard's IT job implodes when he's drafted to fight cosmic horrors with applied mathematics.

3.89

27k+

🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🕵️ Occult Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare 🖤 Dark Satire

The Atrocity Archives 88%

Bob Howard's IT job implodes when he's drafted to fight cosmic horrors with applied mathematics.

by Charles Stross 2004

3.89

27k+ ratings

🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🕵️ Occult Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare 🖤 Dark Satire

Geist

by Philippa Ballantine • 2010

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

3.64

4k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond 👑 Cursed Royalty 🤝 Found Family

Geist 88%

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

by Philippa Ballantine 2010

3.64

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond 👑 Cursed Royalty 🤝 Found Family

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories

by Robert Louis Stevenson • 1886

A lawyer probes the bond between a revered doctor and the brute who trampled a child.

4.00

36k+

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🎩 Victorian London 👤 Dark Alter Ego ⚗️ Scientific Hubris 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories Summary

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories 88%

A lawyer probes the bond between a revered doctor and the brute who trampled a child.

by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886

4.00

36k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🎩 Victorian London 👤 Dark Alter Ego ⚗️ Scientific Hubris 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Split Second

by Douglas E. Richards • 2015

A time travel breakthrough costs a physicist his life, and his fiancée must run for hers.

3.97

28k+

🧬 Physics Thriller ⏳ Time Travel Paradox 🕵️ Sci-Fi Conspiracy 🎯 Scientist Hunted 👥 Duplicate Identity

Split Second 88%

A time travel breakthrough costs a physicist his life, and his fiancée must run for hers.

by Douglas E. Richards 2015

3.97

28k+ ratings

🧬 Physics Thriller ⏳ Time Travel Paradox 🕵️ Sci-Fi Conspiracy 🎯 Scientist Hunted 👥 Duplicate Identity

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by Jeff Lindsay • 2004

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

3.90

221k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

Darkly Dreaming Dexter 88%

A Miami forensics expert who kills murderers meets a new killer whose methods mirror his own.

by Jeff Lindsay 2004

3.90

221k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Protagonist ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎭 Double Life 🌴 Miami Noir 😈 Dark Humor Crime

Tell Me Your Dreams

by Sidney Sheldon • 1998

Haunted by a stalker, a woman finds herself accused of murders she cannot remember committing.

3.99

56k+

🧠 Dissociative Identity 👥 Hidden Alters ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 📰 Media Circus Trial 💔 Parental Abuse

Tell Me Your Dreams 88%

Haunted by a stalker, a woman finds herself accused of murders she cannot remember committing.

by Sidney Sheldon 1998

3.99

56k+ ratings

🧠 Dissociative Identity 👥 Hidden Alters ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 📰 Media Circus Trial 💔 Parental Abuse

Back In the Shadows

by J.A. Owenby • 2025

Her husband has a killer alter. A madman cages her, forcing both halves to hunt.

4.11

3k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Dissociative Identity 🗡️ Possessive Antihero ⛓️ Captivity Romance

Back In the Shadows 88%

Her husband has a killer alter. A madman cages her, forcing both halves to hunt.

by J.A. Owenby 2025

4.11

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💀 Serial Killer Romance 🎭 Dissociative Identity 🗡️ Possessive Antihero ⛓️ Captivity Romance

Girl in a Rabbit Hole

by R.J. Law • 2021

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

3.50

1k+

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government 💪 Superhuman Transformation 🔪 Female Vengeance

Girl in a Rabbit Hole 88%

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

by R.J. Law 2021

3.50

1k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government 💪 Superhuman Transformation 🔪 Female Vengeance

Loki

by Mackenzi Lee • 2019

Exiled to Earth, a trickster god must solve mysterious deaths before a betrayal prophecy comes true.

3.91

19k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Fantasy ⚔️ Norse Mythology 🏛️ Victorian London 🖤 Anti-Hero Protagonist 🔮 Dark Prophecy

Loki 88%

Exiled to Earth, a trickster god must solve mysterious deaths before a betrayal prophecy comes true.

by Mackenzi Lee 2019

3.91

19k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Fantasy ⚔️ Norse Mythology 🏛️ Victorian London 🖤 Anti-Hero Protagonist 🔮 Dark Prophecy

La historia del loco

by John Katzenbach • 2004

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

4.01

15k+

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

La historia del loco 88%

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

by John Katzenbach 2004

4.01

15k+ ratings

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

In the Woods

by Tana French • 2007

Returning to the woods where his friends vanished, a Dublin detective probes a child's murder.

3.78

443k+

👮 Police Procedural 📚 Literary Crime 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💭 Buried Memories

In the Woods 88%

Returning to the woods where his friends vanished, a Dublin detective probes a child's murder.

by Tana French 2007

3.78

443k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 📚 Literary Crime 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💭 Buried Memories

Marina

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón • 1999

A Barcelona boy follows a cemetery mourner to a greenhouse of puppets hiding an undying monster.

4.14

98k+

🧪 Mad Scientist 🦴 Body Horror 🧬 Forbidden Science 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

Marina 88%

A Barcelona boy follows a cemetery mourner to a greenhouse of puppets hiding an undying monster.

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 1999

4.14

98k+ ratings

🧪 Mad Scientist 🦴 Body Horror 🧬 Forbidden Science 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Mansion

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

by Michelle Hodkin • 2011

The accident killed her friends and spared her. Now Mara Dyer's worst thoughts are becoming reality.

4.01

191k+

📖 Unreliable Narrator 👻 Psychological Paranormal 🩹 Trauma And Powers 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Paranormal Murder Mystery

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer 88%

The accident killed her friends and spared her. Now Mara Dyer's worst thoughts are becoming reality.

by Michelle Hodkin 2011

4.01

191k+ ratings

📖 Unreliable Narrator 👻 Psychological Paranormal 🩹 Trauma And Powers 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Paranormal Murder Mystery

The Anubis Gates

by Tim Powers • 1983

Marooned in 1810 London, a scholar discovers a city of sorcerer-clowns, body thieves, and old gods.

3.90

18k+

🕰️ Closed Time Loops 🫥 Body Theft 🏚️ Victorian Underworld 📚 Scholar In Peril 🩸 Grotesque Horror

The Anubis Gates 88%

Marooned in 1810 London, a scholar discovers a city of sorcerer-clowns, body thieves, and old gods.

by Tim Powers 1983

3.90

18k+ ratings

🕰️ Closed Time Loops 🫥 Body Theft 🏚️ Victorian Underworld 📚 Scholar In Peril 🩸 Grotesque Horror

The City & the City

by China Miéville • 2009

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

3.90

80k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities 🕳️ Hidden City 🏺 Artifact Smuggling

The City & the City 88%

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

by China Miéville 2009

3.90

80k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities 🕳️ Hidden City 🏺 Artifact Smuggling

Our Last Echoes

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2021

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

3.49

4k+

👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother 🏔️ Remote Alaska 🔬 Supernatural Research

Our Last Echoes 88%

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2021

3.49

4k+ ratings

👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother 🏔️ Remote Alaska 🔬 Supernatural Research

No Mercy

by Blake Pierce • 2022

An FBI agent with a haunted past chases a psychopath who escaped a psychiatric ward.

4.02

4k+

🕵️ FBI Profiler 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏃 Asylum Escape 🎭 Sibling Manipulation 👻 Haunted Detective

No Mercy 88%

An FBI agent with a haunted past chases a psychopath who escaped a psychiatric ward.

by Blake Pierce 2022

4.02

4k+ ratings

🕵️ FBI Profiler 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏃 Asylum Escape 🎭 Sibling Manipulation 👻 Haunted Detective

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins • 1859

A moonlit heath, a frantic stranger, a drawing master: snared in a plot to steal an heiress's life.

4.02

168k+

🎭 Sensation Fiction 🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👥 DoppelgäNger 🏥 Unjust Asylum 🔍 Amateur Detective

The Woman in White 88%

A moonlit heath, a frantic stranger, a drawing master: snared in a plot to steal an heiress's life.

by Wilkie Collins 1859

4.02

168k+ ratings

🎭 Sensation Fiction 🏚️ Victorian Gothic 👥 DoppelgäNger 🏥 Unjust Asylum 🔍 Amateur Detective

The Mind Breaker

by D.D. Black • 2025

A former military psychologist learns a serial killer is using his research as a murder manual.

4.18

2k+

🧠 Psychological Warfare 🪖 Military Experiments 🩸 Ritual Murder 🛋️ Psychologist Sleuth 🕵️ Damaged Detective

The Mind Breaker 88%

A former military psychologist learns a serial killer is using his research as a murder manual.

by D.D. Black 2025

4.18

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Warfare 🪖 Military Experiments 🩸 Ritual Murder 🛋️ Psychologist Sleuth 🕵️ Damaged Detective

Patient Zero

by Jonathan Maberry • 2009

A detective must stop a zombie plague while a traitor sabotages his team from within.

4.00

31k+

🦠 Bioterrorism 🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🪖 Military Thriller 🔪 Traitor In The Ranks 🫡 Reluctant Leader

Patient Zero 88%

A detective must stop a zombie plague while a traitor sabotages his team from within.

by Jonathan Maberry 2009

4.00

31k+ ratings

🦠 Bioterrorism 🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🪖 Military Thriller 🔪 Traitor In The Ranks 🫡 Reluctant Leader

Phantom Limb

by Lucinda Berry • 2016

After her fragile twin's suicide, she wakes in a psychiatric ward with scars she didn't make.

3.89

68k+

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👯 Twin Bond 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital

Phantom Limb 88%

After her fragile twin's suicide, she wakes in a psychiatric ward with scars she didn't make.

by Lucinda Berry 2016

3.89

68k+ ratings

🔪 Psychological Thriller 👯 Twin Bond 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital

Night Film

by Marisha Pessl • 2013

A cult director's daughter dies, a ruined reporter digs, and the horror films start coming true.

3.78

96k+

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Night Film 88%

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by Marisha Pessl 2013

3.78

96k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌀 Postmodern Mystery 📰 Investigative Journalism 🔮 Occult Investigation 🎬 Cursed Film

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by Mackenzi Lee • 2023

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4.21

4k+

🦸 Superhero Origin 🕵️ Historical Espionage 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🔍 Teenage Spy 🇬🇧 Wwii London

The Winter Soldier 88%

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by Mackenzi Lee 2023

4.21

4k+ ratings

🦸 Superhero Origin 🕵️ Historical Espionage 🧠 Memory Manipulation 🔍 Teenage Spy 🇬🇧 Wwii London

Dire Straits

by Helen Harper • 2014

Framed for a daemon's murder, a PI discovers escaping the vampires means becoming one.

3.84

4k+

🕵️ Noir Urban Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Politics 🏃 Framed For Murder 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 😈 Bloodlust Struggle

Dire Straits 88%

Framed for a daemon's murder, a PI discovers escaping the vampires means becoming one.

by Helen Harper 2014

3.84

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Noir Urban Fantasy 🩸 Vampire Politics 🏃 Framed For Murder 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 😈 Bloodlust Struggle

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by Keri Lake • 2019

An assassin rents a room from the woman a serial killer wants dead.

3.89

3k+

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Nocturnes & Nightmares 88%

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by Keri Lake 2019

3.89

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantic Suspense 👀 Protective Stalker 👩‍👦 Single Mother Heroine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Traumatized Hero

The Angel Experiment

by James Patterson • 2005

Six winged experiments. One recaptured. Their leader follows a voice toward the lab that made them.

4.07

234k+

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Found Family 🏃 Kids On The Run 🧪 Evil Laboratory 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Angel Experiment 88%

Six winged experiments. One recaptured. Their leader follows a voice toward the lab that made them.

by James Patterson 2005

4.07

234k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Found Family 🏃 Kids On The Run 🧪 Evil Laboratory 👑 Reluctant Leader

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