35 Books like Hazelthorn

Down Comes the Night

by Allison Saft • 2021

At a snowbound manor, an exiled healer's only patient is the enemy's most feared killer.

3.77

10k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Gothic Fantasy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 💉 Healer Heroine 🏛️ Post-War Fantasy

Down Comes the Night 93%

At a snowbound manor, an exiled healer's only patient is the enemy's most feared killer.

by Allison Saft 2021

3.77

10k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Gothic Fantasy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 💉 Healer Heroine 🏛️ Post-War Fantasy

A Botanical Daughter

by Noah Medlock • 2024

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

3.58

7k+

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

A Botanical Daughter 93%

Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.

by Noah Medlock 2024

3.58

7k+ ratings

🖤 Queer Gothic 🌿 Botanical Horror 🏠 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🧪 Mad Scientist

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 93%

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

Eat the Ones You Love

by Sarah Maria Griffin • 2025

Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.

3.46

8k+

🪴 Botanical Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🌿 Sentient Plant 💔 Toxic Sapphic Love

Eat the Ones You Love 93%

Broke and heartbroken, Shell takes a florist job in a dying mall where something sentient hungers.

by Sarah Maria Griffin 2025

3.46

8k+ ratings

🪴 Botanical Horror 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🌿 Sentient Plant 💔 Toxic Sapphic Love

The Corruption of Hollis Brown

by K. Ancrum • 2025

A teen in a decaying town shelters a drifter who takes up residence inside his body.

4.21

3k+

🏚️ Possession Romance 🫂 Shared Body 🌾 Rust Belt Gothic 🥖 Food As Love Language 🩹 Generational Trauma

The Corruption of Hollis Brown 93%

A teen in a decaying town shelters a drifter who takes up residence inside his body.

by K. Ancrum 2025

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Possession Romance 🫂 Shared Body 🌾 Rust Belt Gothic 🥖 Food As Love Language 🩹 Generational Trauma

Of Skulls of Shackles

by Kelly St. Clare • 2025

A stitched queen must conquer rival kings before the lover who sees all destroys her heart.

4.25

143

🏰 Gothic Romantasy 👑 Monster Politics ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👸 Reluctant Ruler 🖤 Monster Romance

Of Skulls of Shackles 93%

A stitched queen must conquer rival kings before the lover who sees all destroys her heart.

by Kelly St. Clare 2025

4.25

143 ratings

🏰 Gothic Romantasy 👑 Monster Politics ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👸 Reluctant Ruler 🖤 Monster Romance

Don't Let the Forest In

by C.G. Drews • 2024

When his best friend's drawings begin hunting the woods, the forest demands a heart.

4.05

60k+

🌑 Monsters As Grief 🖤 Asexual Love Story 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🏰 Gothic Fantasy 📖 Literary Horror

Don't Let the Forest In 92%

When his best friend's drawings begin hunting the woods, the forest demands a heart.

by C.G. Drews 2024

4.05

60k+ ratings

🌑 Monsters As Grief 🖤 Asexual Love Story 🏫 Boarding School Horror 🏰 Gothic Fantasy 📖 Literary Horror

What Moves the Dead

by T. Kingfisher • 2022

A soldier returns to a decaying manor: her friends are dying, and the lake is learning.

3.84

146k+

🍄 Fungal Body Horror 🏚️ Crumbling Gothic Manor 📜 Poe Retelling 🏳️‍⚧️ Non-Binary Protagonist 🔬 Amateur Investigation

What Moves the Dead 92%

A soldier returns to a decaying manor: her friends are dying, and the lake is learning.

by T. Kingfisher 2022

3.84

146k+ ratings

🍄 Fungal Body Horror 🏚️ Crumbling Gothic Manor 📜 Poe Retelling 🏳️‍⚧️ Non-Binary Protagonist 🔬 Amateur Investigation

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 92%

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

Together We Rot

by Skyla Arndt • 2023

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

3.50

6k+

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Together We Rot 92%

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

by Skyla Arndt 2023

3.50

6k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

But Not Too Bold

by Hache Pueyo • 2022

She inherited the keys, the spiders, and a mistress whose brides all end up dead.

3.63

4k+

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🕷️ Monster Romance 💕 Sapphic Romance 🥀 Beauty And The Beast 🏰 Gothic Mansion

But Not Too Bold 92%

She inherited the keys, the spiders, and a mistress whose brides all end up dead.

by Hache Pueyo 2022

3.63

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🕷️ Monster Romance 💕 Sapphic Romance 🥀 Beauty And The Beast 🏰 Gothic Mansion

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead

by Eric LaRocca • 2025

After a massacre a boy patrols unburied corpses in a town where grief becomes ritual

3.30

2k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🐦‍⬛ Cursed Town 🩸 Body Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🔪 Small Town Cruelty

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead Summary

We Are Always Tender With Our Dead 92%

After a massacre a boy patrols unburied corpses in a town where grief becomes ritual

by Eric LaRocca 2025

3.30

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🐦‍⬛ Cursed Town 🩸 Body Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🔪 Small Town Cruelty

Gideon the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir • 2019

A rebel swordswoman and her necromancer nemesis face a murderous trial in a haunted space palace.

4.18

188k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🔍 Locked-Room Mystery 💀 Bone Magic 🖤 Dark Humor

Gideon the Ninth 92%

A rebel swordswoman and her necromancer nemesis face a murderous trial in a haunted space palace.

by Tamsyn Muir 2019

4.18

188k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🔍 Locked-Room Mystery 💀 Bone Magic 🖤 Dark Humor

At Dark, I Become Loathsome

by Eric LaRocca • 2025

After his son vanished, he started burying strangers alive. His last client knows what happened.

3.20

5k+

🪦 Grief Horror 🩸 Transgressive Horror 🦴 Queer Body Horror 🪞 Self-Loathing Narrator 🔩 Body Modification

At Dark, I Become Loathsome 92%

After his son vanished, he started burying strangers alive. His last client knows what happened.

by Eric LaRocca 2025

3.20

5k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Horror 🩸 Transgressive Horror 🦴 Queer Body Horror 🪞 Self-Loathing Narrator 🔩 Body Modification

The Starving Saints

by Caitlin Starling • 2025

A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.

3.58

23k+

🏰 Medieval Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⛪ Religious Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🏚️ Besieged Castle

The Starving Saints 92%

A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.

by Caitlin Starling 2025

3.58

23k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⛪ Religious Horror 🖤 Queer Horror 🏚️ Besieged Castle

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 92%

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

The Lord of Stariel

by A.J. Lancaster • 2018

A stage illusionist wins a magical estate in a rigged ceremony. Her faerie butler knows why.

3.93

10k+

🏡 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧚 Secret Fae Identity 👑 Reluctant Heir 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Lord of Stariel 92%

A stage illusionist wins a magical estate in a rigged ceremony. Her faerie butler knows why.

by A.J. Lancaster 2018

3.93

10k+ ratings

🏡 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧚 Secret Fae Identity 👑 Reluctant Heir 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Unseelie Exile

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2025

Grieving and homeless, Ava Cole stumbles into a fae prison and bonds with its monstrous architect.

4.14

374

🌑 Fae Horror 🏚️ Sentient Prison 🖤 Villain Romance 💘 Enemies To Lovers 📜 Fae Bargains

The Unseelie Exile 92%

Grieving and homeless, Ava Cole stumbles into a fae prison and bonds with its monstrous architect.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2025

4.14

374 ratings

🌑 Fae Horror 🏚️ Sentient Prison 🖤 Villain Romance 💘 Enemies To Lovers 📜 Fae Bargains

The Ghost Woods

by C.J. Cooke • 2022

A decaying Scottish manor hides unwed mothers and a curse of living rot that consumes them all.

3.91

9k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏰 Gothic Manor 🍄 Fungal Body Horror 👥 Found Family 🌈 Queer Love Story

The Ghost Woods 92%

A decaying Scottish manor hides unwed mothers and a curse of living rot that consumes them all.

by C.J. Cooke 2022

3.91

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏰 Gothic Manor 🍄 Fungal Body Horror 👥 Found Family 🌈 Queer Love Story

A Cosmology of Monsters

by Shaun Hamill • 2019

The monster at his window becomes his friend, his love, and the family's undoing.

3.73

11k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🖤 Monster As Lover 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy

A Cosmology of Monsters 91%

The monster at his window becomes his friend, his love, and the family's undoing.

by Shaun Hamill 2019

3.73

11k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🖤 Monster As Lover 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Haunted Family Legacy

Soul Eater

by Lily Mayne • 2021

A captive ancient monster speaks only to the soldier he spared, trading secrets across the glass.

4.22

28k+

🖤 Monster Romance 🔒 Captive To Lover 💔 Hurt Comfort 🔥 Slow Burn 🌑 Dark And Tender

Soul Eater 91%

A captive ancient monster speaks only to the soldier he spared, trading secrets across the glass.

by Lily Mayne 2021

4.22

28k+ ratings

🖤 Monster Romance 🔒 Captive To Lover 💔 Hurt Comfort 🔥 Slow Burn 🌑 Dark And Tender

The Madman's Daughter

by Megan Shepherd • 2013

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

3.68

25k+

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

The Madman's Daughter 91%

On a remote island, Juliet finds her father's unnatural creations alive, and one is a murderer.

by Megan Shepherd 2013

3.68

25k+ ratings

🫀 Victorian Body Horror 🔬 Human Experimentation 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Isolated Island 🖤 Gothic Romance

The Other Ones

by Fran Hart • 2022

A haunted house, a shunned boy, and the eccentric new arrival who brings casseroles instead of fear.

3.85

2k+

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👻 Haunted House Story 🌈 Queer Awakening 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Other Ones 91%

A haunted house, a shunned boy, and the eccentric new arrival who brings casseroles instead of fear.

by Fran Hart 2022

3.85

2k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👻 Haunted House Story 🌈 Queer Awakening 🤫 Small Town Secrets

Dark Rise

by C.S. Pacat • 2021

A London dockworker discovers he is the Dark King reborn, with doomed knights his only pursuers.

4.15

42k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Chosen One 🛡️ Doomed Knightly Order 🎩 Regency London Docks 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Dark Rise 91%

A London dockworker discovers he is the Dark King reborn, with doomed knights his only pursuers.

by C.S. Pacat 2021

4.15

42k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Chosen One 🛡️ Doomed Knightly Order 🎩 Regency London Docks 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

House of Salt and Sorrows

by Erin A. Craig • 2019

After four sisters die, Annaleigh discovers enchanted balls where death dances closer each night.

3.89

114k+

🏚️ Gothic Seaside 👻 Fairy Tale Horror 💃 Dancing Princesses 🕯️ Gothic Family Curse ✨ Beguiling Magic

House of Salt and Sorrows 91%

After four sisters die, Annaleigh discovers enchanted balls where death dances closer each night.

by Erin A. Craig 2019

3.89

114k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Seaside 👻 Fairy Tale Horror 💃 Dancing Princesses 🕯️ Gothic Family Curse ✨ Beguiling Magic

The Magpie Lord

by K.J. Charles • 2013

An earl returns cursed to suicide. His only hope: a magician who despises his bloodline.

4.03

25k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Romance 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Haunted Estate ✨ Magical Inheritance

The Magpie Lord 91%

An earl returns cursed to suicide. His only hope: a magician who despises his bloodline.

by K.J. Charles 2013

4.03

25k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Gothic Romance 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Haunted Estate ✨ Magical Inheritance

The Shadows Between Us

by Tricia Levenseller • 2020

To steal a crown, she'll wed and kill a king. Their fake courtship turns real.

3.81

220k+

🖤 Morally Gray Heroine 🤝 Fake Courtship Romance 😈 Villain Romance 🍷 Court Intrigue 🌑 Shadow Magic

The Shadows Between Us 91%

To steal a crown, she'll wed and kill a king. Their fake courtship turns real.

by Tricia Levenseller 2020

3.81

220k+ ratings

🖤 Morally Gray Heroine 🤝 Fake Courtship Romance 😈 Villain Romance 🍷 Court Intrigue 🌑 Shadow Magic

The Honeys

by Ryan La Sala • 2022

When his twin attacks him and dies, Mars infiltrates the camp clique that claimed her.

3.79

21k+

🏕️ Camp Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror ✨ Genderfluid Lead 💔 Twin Grief 🐝 Secretive Clique

The Honeys 91%

When his twin attacks him and dies, Mars infiltrates the camp clique that claimed her.

by Ryan La Sala 2022

3.79

21k+ ratings

🏕️ Camp Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Horror ✨ Genderfluid Lead 💔 Twin Grief 🐝 Secretive Clique

House of Hunger

by Alexis Henderson • 2022

Marion sells her blood to a northern countess, but the gothic estate hungers for far more.

3.63

25k+

🩸 Sapphic Gothic Horror 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Dark Sapphic Romance 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Sensual Horror

House of Hunger 91%

Marion sells her blood to a northern countess, but the gothic estate hungers for far more.

by Alexis Henderson 2022

3.63

25k+ ratings

🩸 Sapphic Gothic Horror 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Dark Sapphic Romance 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Sensual Horror

The Library at Hellebore

by Cassandra Khaw • 2025

A magic school devours its students. Locked in the library, survivors learn only one leaves alive.

3.07

7k+

📚 Dark Academia 🩸 Body Horror 🫂 Found Family 💔 Sapphic Longing 🕯️ Gothic Dread

The Library at Hellebore 91%

A magic school devours its students. Locked in the library, survivors learn only one leaves alive.

by Cassandra Khaw 2025

3.07

7k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🩸 Body Horror 🫂 Found Family 💔 Sapphic Longing 🕯️ Gothic Dread

Wilder Girls

by Rory Power • 2019

A quarantined school mutates its girls. When a friend vanishes, a survivor digs for answers.

3.45

101k+

🩸 Body Horror 🚫 Quarantine Horror 💘 Sapphic Slow Burn 🏝️ Isolated Island 🃏 Adult Betrayal

Wilder Girls 91%

A quarantined school mutates its girls. When a friend vanishes, a survivor digs for answers.

by Rory Power 2019

3.45

101k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🚫 Quarantine Horror 💘 Sapphic Slow Burn 🏝️ Isolated Island 🃏 Adult Betrayal

The Mercenary and the Mortician

by Alexandra St. Pierre • 2025

A mercenary breaks in to kill a mortician, then forces him into a deadly partnership instead.

4.36

14k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🧸 Trauma Recovery ⛓️ Power Exchange

The Mercenary and the Mortician 91%

A mercenary breaks in to kill a mortician, then forces him into a deadly partnership instead.

by Alexandra St. Pierre 2025

4.36

14k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🧸 Trauma Recovery ⛓️ Power Exchange

In the Veins of the Drowning

by Kalie Cassidy • 2025

A Siren ward kills her Siren-hunter groom, then marries his rival king to escape the fortress.

3.92

45k+

🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Blood Bond 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🐉 Monstrous Heroine

In the Veins of the Drowning 91%

A Siren ward kills her Siren-hunter groom, then marries his rival king to escape the fortress.

by Kalie Cassidy 2025

3.92

45k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Blood Bond 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🐉 Monstrous Heroine

Little Bird Lost

by Jessie Walker • 2023

A kidnapped woman wakes in a frozen mansion to find her three captors are prisoners too.

4.40

2k+

🖤 Captivity Romance 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Isolated Mansion 💔 Trauma Bonding 👥 Reverse Harem

Little Bird Lost 91%

A kidnapped woman wakes in a frozen mansion to find her three captors are prisoners too.

by Jessie Walker 2023

4.40

2k+ ratings

🖤 Captivity Romance 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Isolated Mansion 💔 Trauma Bonding 👥 Reverse Harem

Hollow

by Karina Halle • 2023

A witch must reclaim her stolen memories to save her first love from a headless horseman.

3.79

7k+

🖤 Gothic Retelling 📖 Dark Academia 🎃 Sleepy Hollow 🧙 Witch Protagonist 🍎 Teacher Student

Hollow 91%

A witch must reclaim her stolen memories to save her first love from a headless horseman.

by Karina Halle 2023

3.79

7k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Retelling 📖 Dark Academia 🎃 Sleepy Hollow 🧙 Witch Protagonist 🍎 Teacher Student

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