50 Books like Discount Dan

Cul-de-sac Carnage

by James A. Hunter • 2025

A Backrooms discount shop gets a franchise: each new kiosk is a fight for survival.

4.44

2k+

🎮 Litrpg 🚪 Backrooms 🖤 Dark Comedy 🧟 Body Horror 🏘️ Suburban Satire

Cul-de-sac Carnage 97%

A Backrooms discount shop gets a franchise: each new kiosk is a fight for survival.

by James A. Hunter 2025

4.44

2k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🚪 Backrooms 🖤 Dark Comedy 🧟 Body Horror 🏘️ Suburban Satire

Dungeon Crawler Carl

by Matt Dinniman • 2020

Earth is an alien dungeon crawl. Carl enters barefoot, half-dressed, and the cat won't stop talking.

4.47

308k+

🎮 Litrpg 🏰 Dungeon Crawl 🐱 Talking Cat 😤 Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

Dungeon Crawler Carl 94%

Earth is an alien dungeon crawl. Carl enters barefoot, half-dressed, and the cat won't stop talking.

by Matt Dinniman 2020

4.47

308k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🏰 Dungeon Crawl 🐱 Talking Cat 😤 Reluctant Hero 👥 Found Family

He Who Fights with Monsters

by Shirtaloon • 2021

A gamer is pulled into a world of floating screens and cannibals, his only way home: level up.

4.36

42k+

🔢 LitRPG 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Antihero Protagonist 😈 Dark Humor

He Who Fights with Monsters 93%

A gamer is pulled into a world of floating screens and cannibals, his only way home: level up.

by Shirtaloon 2021

4.36

42k+ ratings

🔢 LitRPG 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Antihero Protagonist 😈 Dark Humor

Shadow Slave

by Guiltythree • 2022

Alone in a black ocean, he watches the water drain, revealing a labyrinth prowled by monsters.

4.56

3k+

🗡️ Progression Fantasy 🌙 Dream World 👤 Sentient Companion 🏝️ Lone Survivor 🤝 Found Family

Shadow Slave 93%

Alone in a black ocean, he watches the water drain, revealing a labyrinth prowled by monsters.

by Guiltythree 2022

4.56

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Progression Fantasy 🌙 Dream World 👤 Sentient Companion 🏝️ Lone Survivor 🤝 Found Family

The Bad Weather Friend

by Dean Koontz • 2024

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

3.88

40k+

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

The Bad Weather Friend 93%

A mysterious crate, a ruined life, and a protector's warning: a secret order targets the nice.

by Dean Koontz 2024

3.88

40k+ ratings

🛡️ Supernatural Protector 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 😈 Darkly Humorous 🎭 Offbeat Horror 🌃 Contemporary Fantasy

The Hollow Places

by T. Kingfisher • 2020

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

3.78

57k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🗝️ Cabinet Of Curiosities 😈 Darkly Comic

The Hollow Places 92%

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

by T. Kingfisher 2020

3.78

57k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🗝️ Cabinet Of Curiosities 😈 Darkly Comic

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 92%

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

John Dies at the End

by David Wong • 2007

A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.

3.86

85k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🩸 Comedy Horror 🤝 Buddy Comedy 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Surreal Horror

John Dies at the End 91%

A black-market drug opens two friends' eyes to the cosmic horrors infesting their small town.

by David Wong 2007

3.86

85k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 🩸 Comedy Horror 🤝 Buddy Comedy 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🌀 Surreal Horror

From the Godless Abyss

by Abe Moss • 2022

Her blood cracked the Void. The monsters that poured through are hunting her now.

4.54

224

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌀 Portal Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Hero 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

From the Godless Abyss 91%

Her blood cracked the Void. The monsters that poured through are hunting her now.

by Abe Moss 2022

4.54

224 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌀 Portal Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Reluctant Hero 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

Welcome to Night Vale

by Joseph Fink • 2015

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

3.82

44k+

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling 👁️ Cosmic Weirdness 😐 Deadpan Absurdity

Welcome to Night Vale 91%

A pawnbroker frozen at nineteen receives a slip of paper she cannot destroy, forget, or escape.

by Joseph Fink 2015

3.82

44k+ ratings

🎭 Absurdist Horror 🫂 Chosen Family 🌪️ Reality Unraveling 👁️ Cosmic Weirdness 😐 Deadpan Absurdity

Cornholed

by Robert Bevan • 2014

A pest-control quest in a cornfield unearths gold, a basilisk, and a goblin uprising.

4.28

145

🎲 Tabletop Fantasy 🧙 RPG Parody 🗣️ Snarky Adventurers ⛏️ Dungeon Crawl 👺 Goblin Rebellion

Cornholed 91%

A pest-control quest in a cornfield unearths gold, a basilisk, and a goblin uprising.

by Robert Bevan 2014

4.28

145 ratings

🎲 Tabletop Fantasy 🧙 RPG Parody 🗣️ Snarky Adventurers ⛏️ Dungeon Crawl 👺 Goblin Rebellion

Catharsis

by Travis Bagwell • 2016

The VR game's AI reads a bullied teen's rage and offers him a kingdom of the undead.

4.37

17k+

🎮 Litrpg 🌐 Vr Game World 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🔥 Revenge Arc 🖤 Corruption Arc

Catharsis 91%

The VR game's AI reads a bullied teen's rage and offers him a kingdom of the undead.

by Travis Bagwell 2016

4.37

17k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🌐 Vr Game World 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🔥 Revenge Arc 🖤 Corruption Arc

Contention

by Sean Oswald • 2024

Earth becomes a cosmic RPG. One man must power-level his family before the apocalypse timer ends.

4.51

3k+

🌐 System Apocalypse ⬆️ Progression Fantasy 🛡️ Reluctant Champion 👥 Found Family 🏗️ Base Building

Contention 91%

Earth becomes a cosmic RPG. One man must power-level his family before the apocalypse timer ends.

by Sean Oswald 2024

4.51

3k+ ratings

🌐 System Apocalypse ⬆️ Progression Fantasy 🛡️ Reluctant Champion 👥 Found Family 🏗️ Base Building

Prince of Fools

by Mark Lawrence • 2014

A coward prince is magically shackled to a vengeful Norseman, pulled north into Dead King's war.

4.05

35k+

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🔗 Magically Bonded Pair 🗡️ Vengeance Quest 🤷 Reluctant Hero 💀 Undead Army

Prince of Fools 91%

A coward prince is magically shackled to a vengeful Norseman, pulled north into Dead King's war.

by Mark Lawrence 2014

4.05

35k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Fantasy 🔗 Magically Bonded Pair 🗡️ Vengeance Quest 🤷 Reluctant Hero 💀 Undead Army

The Devils

by Joe Abercrombie • 2025

A fake princess, five monsters, and an empire that devours anyone who reaches for its throne.

4.20

78k+

🗡️ Grimdark Fantasy 👹 Monster Squad 🎭 Fake Identity ⛪ Corrupt Church 😈 Dark Humor

The Devils 91%

A fake princess, five monsters, and an empire that devours anyone who reaches for its throne.

by Joe Abercrombie 2025

4.20

78k+ ratings

🗡️ Grimdark Fantasy 👹 Monster Squad 🎭 Fake Identity ⛪ Corrupt Church 😈 Dark Humor

Horrorstör

by Grady Hendrix • 2014

Trapped overnight in a knockoff IKEA, employees find the prison beneath still wants inmates.

3.65

129k+

🏢 Haunted Workplace 🌙 Trapped Overnight 👻 Ghost Hunt Gone Wrong 💼 Corporate Evil 🖤 Darkly Comic

Horrorstör 91%

Trapped overnight in a knockoff IKEA, employees find the prison beneath still wants inmates.

by Grady Hendrix 2014

3.65

129k+ ratings

🏢 Haunted Workplace 🌙 Trapped Overnight 👻 Ghost Hunt Gone Wrong 💼 Corporate Evil 🖤 Darkly Comic

The Library at Mount Char

by Scott Hawkins • 2015

Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.

4.06

82k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📚 Dark Academia 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🏛️ Infinite Library 🔪 Brutal Mentor

The Library at Mount Char 91%

Father's disappearance locks the Library. Its only key is an outsider who doesn't believe in magic.

by Scott Hawkins 2015

4.06

82k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📚 Dark Academia 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🏛️ Infinite Library 🔪 Brutal Mentor

The Hellbound Heart

by Clive Barker • 1986

Her lover vanished solving a puzzle box. Blood she spills brings him back piece by piece.

4.08

70k+

🖤 Erotic Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 💔 Destructive Obsession 🔮 Forbidden Knowledge

The Hellbound Heart 91%

Her lover vanished solving a puzzle box. Blood she spills brings him back piece by piece.

by Clive Barker 1986

4.08

70k+ ratings

🖤 Erotic Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🏚️ Haunted House 💔 Destructive Obsession 🔮 Forbidden Knowledge

The Primal Hunter

by Zogarth • 2022

Earth becomes a game. A bored analyst picks archer. His first kill feels like waking up.

4.25

21k+

🎮 Litrpg Progression 🌍 System Apocalypse 🏔️ Dungeon Diving 😈 Ruthless Protagonist ⚗️ Alchemy Crafting

The Primal Hunter 91%

Earth becomes a game. A bored analyst picks archer. His first kill feels like waking up.

by Zogarth 2022

4.25

21k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg Progression 🌍 System Apocalypse 🏔️ Dungeon Diving 😈 Ruthless Protagonist ⚗️ Alchemy Crafting

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 91%

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

Defiance of the Fall

by TheFirstDefier • 2021

An assassin splits Zac Atwood between life and undeath. The System's death match hunts both halves.

4.34

16k+

🔥 Progression Fantasy 🌍 System Apocalypse 🏰 Base Building 💀 Undead Transformation ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Defiance of the Fall 91%

An assassin splits Zac Atwood between life and undeath. The System's death match hunts both halves.

by TheFirstDefier 2021

4.34

16k+ ratings

🔥 Progression Fantasy 🌍 System Apocalypse 🏰 Base Building 💀 Undead Transformation ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Lucky Day

by Chuck Tingle • 2025

On the day probability collapsed, fish rained from the sky. The cosmic wound never healed.

3.80

13k+

🕳️ Cosmic Horror 🐒 Absurdist Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Wound 🌑 Existential Dread

Lucky Day 91%

On the day probability collapsed, fish rained from the sky. The cosmic wound never healed.

by Chuck Tingle 2025

3.80

13k+ ratings

🕳️ Cosmic Horror 🐒 Absurdist Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 👩‍👧 Mother Wound 🌑 Existential Dread

The Daughters' War

by Christopher Buehlman • 2024

A soldier and her war ravens fight goblins while her general sacrifices battalions by lottery.

4.22

14k+

🗡️ Military Dark Fantasy 💕 Forbidden Queer Romance 👥 Sibling Bonds In War 🦅 War Beasts 🌑 Grimdark

The Daughters' War 91%

A soldier and her war ravens fight goblins while her general sacrifices battalions by lottery.

by Christopher Buehlman 2024

4.22

14k+ ratings

🗡️ Military Dark Fantasy 💕 Forbidden Queer Romance 👥 Sibling Bonds In War 🦅 War Beasts 🌑 Grimdark

Kraken

by China Miéville • 2010

His stolen giant squid drags a museum curator into London's hidden war over gods and reality.

3.62

29k+

🏙️ Hidden Magical London 🦑 Lovecraftian Fantasy 🔮 Doomsday Cult 🎪 Absurdist Horror 📋 Magical Bureaucracy

Kraken 91%

His stolen giant squid drags a museum curator into London's hidden war over gods and reality.

by China Miéville 2010

3.62

29k+ ratings

🏙️ Hidden Magical London 🦑 Lovecraftian Fantasy 🔮 Doomsday Cult 🎪 Absurdist Horror 📋 Magical Bureaucracy

Rest Stop

by Nat Cassidy • 2024

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

3.62

9k+

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

Rest Stop 91%

A Jewish bassist locked in a gas station bathroom faces a googly-eyed killer's sadistic games.

by Nat Cassidy 2024

3.62

9k+ ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Locked Room Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma 🎭 Killer Plays Games

My Necromancer Class

by Aero Revian • 2022

A necromancer and his skeleton army grind dungeons for power in a world that punishes the weak.

4.38

296

🎮 Litrpg 🏚️ Dungeon Crawling 🦴 Undead Minions 💀 Necromancer Protagonist ⚔️ Combat Heavy

My Necromancer Class 90%

A necromancer and his skeleton army grind dungeons for power in a world that punishes the weak.

by Aero Revian 2022

4.38

296 ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🏚️ Dungeon Crawling 🦴 Undead Minions 💀 Necromancer Protagonist ⚔️ Combat Heavy

Fairy Tale

by Stephen King • 2022

Through a backyard portal, a boy enters a dark fairy tale to save his dying dog.

4.09

351k+

🔮 Portal Fantasy 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 🐕 Boy And His Dog ✨ Naming Magic ⚔️ Gladiatorial Arena

Fairy Tale 90%

Through a backyard portal, a boy enters a dark fairy tale to save his dying dog.

by Stephen King 2022

4.09

351k+ ratings

🔮 Portal Fantasy 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 🐕 Boy And His Dog ✨ Naming Magic ⚔️ Gladiatorial Arena

The Malevolent Seven

by Sebastien de Castell • 2023

A cynical war mage and his crew of misfits take a mercenary job with apocalyptic stakes.

4.01

7k+

🗡️ Mercenary Mages 🖤 Darkly Comic 😈 Demonic Bargains 🎭 Band Of Misfits 🩸 Blood Magic

The Malevolent Seven 90%

A cynical war mage and his crew of misfits take a mercenary job with apocalyptic stakes.

by Sebastien de Castell 2023

4.01

7k+ ratings

🗡️ Mercenary Mages 🖤 Darkly Comic 😈 Demonic Bargains 🎭 Band Of Misfits 🩸 Blood Magic

Of Shadow and Sea

by Will Wight • 2014

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

4.03

6k+

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Stoic Heroine

Of Shadow and Sea 90%

An orphan assassin and her sentient blade guard a rotting empire from the dead gods below.

by Will Wight 2014

4.03

6k+ ratings

🕸️ Assassin Guild 🦑 Eldritch Horror 🔪 Child Assassin 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Stoic Heroine

Catharsis

by Travis Bagwell • 2016

The VR game's AI reads a bullied teen's rage and offers him a kingdom of the undead.

4.37

17k+

🎮 Litrpg 🌐 Vr Game World 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🔥 Revenge Arc 🖤 Corruption Arc

Catharsis 90%

The VR game's AI reads a bullied teen's rage and offers him a kingdom of the undead.

by Travis Bagwell 2016

4.37

17k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🌐 Vr Game World 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🔥 Revenge Arc 🖤 Corruption Arc

The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond

by Max Brallier • 2018

Evie Snark steals Jack's bat to summon a cosmic general. The ritual began, winter won't stop.

4.43

4k+

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 🖤 Found Family 😂 Comedic Horror 😏 Snarky Humor 🎄 Holiday Warmth

The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond Summary

The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond 90%

Evie Snark steals Jack's bat to summon a cosmic general. The ritual began, winter won't stop.

by Max Brallier 2018

4.43

4k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 🖤 Found Family 😂 Comedic Horror 😏 Snarky Humor 🎄 Holiday Warmth

Into the Dread Void

by Abe Moss • 2021

A foster child finds a family, only to watch a predatory light consume them from within.

4.10

1k+

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌱 Coming Of Age Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤲 Empathic Abilities 🩸 Body Horror

Into the Dread Void 90%

A foster child finds a family, only to watch a predatory light consume them from within.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.10

1k+ ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌱 Coming Of Age Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤲 Empathic Abilities 🩸 Body Horror

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant

by Drew Hayes • 2014

A vampire who'd rather do taxes than bite necks must save his girlfriend from his sire.

3.84

18k+

🦇 Vampire Comedy 💼 Reluctant Vampire 🫂 Found Family ☕ Everyday Supernatural 📋 Supernatural Bureaucracy

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant Summary

The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant 90%

A vampire who'd rather do taxes than bite necks must save his girlfriend from his sire.

by Drew Hayes 2014

3.84

18k+ ratings

🦇 Vampire Comedy 💼 Reluctant Vampire 🫂 Found Family ☕ Everyday Supernatural 📋 Supernatural Bureaucracy

Falling for My Boyfriend's Dad

by Cassandra Dee • 2017

Your mandatory fantasy tour guide: useless maps, colorless stew, and a Dark Lord at the end.

3.34

977

🎭 Fantasy Parody 🪞 Meta Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Deconstruction 🔍 Trope Deconstruction 🎨 Color Coded Morality

Falling for My Boyfriend's Dad 90%

Your mandatory fantasy tour guide: useless maps, colorless stew, and a Dark Lord at the end.

by Cassandra Dee 2017

3.34

977 ratings

🎭 Fantasy Parody 🪞 Meta Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Deconstruction 🔍 Trope Deconstruction 🎨 Color Coded Morality

Amid the Sinking Dark

by Abe Moss • 2021

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

4.36

565

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

Amid the Sinking Dark 90%

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.36

565 ratings

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

Cold as Hell

by Rhett C. Bruno • 2022

A resurrected gunslinger hunts three outlaws whose hellish ice freezes the frontier dead.

3.99

2k+

🤠 Weird West 🔍 Occult Detective 🕊️ Redemption Quest 🎭 Cursed Artifact 🖤 Gothic Western

Cold as Hell 90%

A resurrected gunslinger hunts three outlaws whose hellish ice freezes the frontier dead.

by Rhett C. Bruno 2022

3.99

2k+ ratings

🤠 Weird West 🔍 Occult Detective 🕊️ Redemption Quest 🎭 Cursed Artifact 🖤 Gothic Western

Senlin Ascends

by Josiah Bancroft • 2013

When his wife vanishes at the Tower of Babel, a schoolmaster must brave its perilous ringdoms.

4.11

34k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 🏛️ Kafkaesque

Senlin Ascends 90%

When his wife vanishes at the Tower of Babel, a schoolmaster must brave its perilous ringdoms.

by Josiah Bancroft 2013

4.11

34k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader 🏛️ Kafkaesque

Storm Front

by Jim Butcher • 2000

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

3.97

383k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir 🕯️ Demon Summoning 🧛 Vampire Politics

Storm Front 90%

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

by Jim Butcher 2000

3.97

383k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir 🕯️ Demon Summoning 🧛 Vampire Politics

The Knight and the Butcherbird

by Alix E. Harrow • 2025

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

3.99

13k+

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest 🌿 Rural Apocalypse 🦴 Monstrous Transformation

The Knight and the Butcherbird 90%

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

by Alix E. Harrow 2025

3.99

13k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest 🌿 Rural Apocalypse 🦴 Monstrous Transformation

This Savage Song

by Victoria Schwab • 2016

Daughter of a tyrant, ally of a monster: one friendship that could burn a divided city.

4.03

113k+

🏙️ Gothic Urban 🖋️ Lyrical Prose 🎭 Monster Duality 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Allies

This Savage Song 90%

Daughter of a tyrant, ally of a monster: one friendship that could burn a divided city.

by Victoria Schwab 2016

4.03

113k+ ratings

🏙️ Gothic Urban 🖋️ Lyrical Prose 🎭 Monster Duality 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Allies

Across the Haunted Stars

by Abe Moss • 2022

Her father dragged her through a cosmic void. His machine needs her power to unmake reality.

4.46

251

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌌 Dimension Hopping 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Dangerous Powers ⚗️ Science Fantasy

Across the Haunted Stars 90%

Her father dragged her through a cosmic void. His machine needs her power to unmake reality.

by Abe Moss 2022

4.46

251 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌌 Dimension Hopping 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Dangerous Powers ⚗️ Science Fantasy

Monster Hunter International

by Larry Correia • 2009

An accountant kills his werewolf boss and gets recruited by monster hunters to stop the apocalypse.

4.07

30k+

🔫 Guns And Monsters 📚 Pulp Urban Fantasy 🔮 Chosen One Subverted 💭 Prophetic Dreams 👥 Ragtag Monster Hunters

Monster Hunter International 90%

An accountant kills his werewolf boss and gets recruited by monster hunters to stop the apocalypse.

by Larry Correia 2009

4.07

30k+ ratings

🔫 Guns And Monsters 📚 Pulp Urban Fantasy 🔮 Chosen One Subverted 💭 Prophetic Dreams 👥 Ragtag Monster Hunters

A Deadly Education

by Naomi Novik • 2020

In a school that kills wizards, the most dangerous student is trying to be good.

3.93

225k+

🏫 Dark Magical School ✨ Magic With A Cost 🖤 Found Family 🗣️ Sarcastic Narrator 🔒 Trapped Together

A Deadly Education 90%

In a school that kills wizards, the most dangerous student is trying to be good.

by Naomi Novik 2020

3.93

225k+ ratings

🏫 Dark Magical School ✨ Magic With A Cost 🖤 Found Family 🗣️ Sarcastic Narrator 🔒 Trapped Together

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

by John Wiswell • 2024

A flesh-eating shapeshifter falls in love with the daughter of the hunters who want her dead.

3.86

24k+

👹 Monster Romance 🫀 Body Horror 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🏠 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma

Someone You Can Build a Nest In 90%

A flesh-eating shapeshifter falls in love with the daughter of the hunters who want her dead.

by John Wiswell 2024

3.86

24k+ ratings

👹 Monster Romance 🫀 Body Horror 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🏠 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma

On the Bitter Horizon

by Abe Moss • 2022

A teenage healer kidnapped to a cursed mountain discovers the expedition's real prize is her.

4.57

345

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🫂 Found Family ⛰️ Expedition Gone Wrong 🩸 Hidden Lineage

On the Bitter Horizon 90%

A teenage healer kidnapped to a cursed mountain discovers the expedition's real prize is her.

by Abe Moss 2022

4.57

345 ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🫂 Found Family ⛰️ Expedition Gone Wrong 🩸 Hidden Lineage

Paladin's Grace

by T. Kingfisher • 2020

A paladin who lost his god fakes love with a perfumer accused of murder.

4.05

56k+

🏠 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship ⚔️ Wounded Warrior 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

Paladin's Grace 90%

A paladin who lost his god fakes love with a perfumer accused of murder.

by T. Kingfisher 2020

4.05

56k+ ratings

🏠 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship ⚔️ Wounded Warrior 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

I Am Behind You

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Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.

3.36

5k+

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I Am Behind You 90%

Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.

by John Ajvide Lindqvist 2014

3.36

5k+ ratings

🚪 Liminal Space 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 👧 Inhuman Child 🩸 Body Horror

Ordinary Monsters

by J.M. Miro • 2022

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

3.77

23k+

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

Ordinary Monsters 90%

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

by J.M. Miro 2022

3.77

23k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

The Infernal City

by Greg Keyes • 2009

A floating city devours souls. Its newest kitchen recruit: an alchemist who refuses to serve.

3.49

5k+

🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🏙️ Floating City 🖤 Soul Magic 📖 Dual Narrative ⚗️ Alchemy

The Infernal City 90%

A floating city devours souls. Its newest kitchen recruit: an alchemist who refuses to serve.

by Greg Keyes 2009

3.49

5k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Tie-In 🏙️ Floating City 🖤 Soul Magic 📖 Dual Narrative ⚗️ Alchemy

Solo leveling - light Novel

by Chugong

A struggling E-rank hunter unlocks a video game system that lets him level up without limit.

4.39

9k+

🎮 Game-Lit Progression 🇰🇷 Korean Urban Fantasy 🕳️ Dungeon Diving 📖 Light Novel 💪 Weak To Strong

Solo leveling - light Novel 90%

A struggling E-rank hunter unlocks a video game system that lets him level up without limit.

by Chugong

4.39

9k+ ratings

🎮 Game-Lit Progression 🇰🇷 Korean Urban Fantasy 🕳️ Dungeon Diving 📖 Light Novel 💪 Weak To Strong

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