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Gwen, in Green
by Hugh Zachary • 1974
A gentle wife on a ravaged island becomes the bloody instrument of the land's revenge.
3.33
460
Gwen, in Green Summary
Gwen, in Green 91%
A gentle wife on a ravaged island becomes the bloody instrument of the land's revenge.
by Hugh Zachary 1974
3.33
460 ratings
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+
Eat the Ones You Love Summary
Eat the Ones You Love 91%
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
Star Wars
by Joe Schreiber • 2010
A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.
3.46
9k+
Star Wars Summary
Star Wars 89%
A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.
by Joe Schreiber 2010
3.46
9k+ ratings
Hazelthorn
by C.G. Drews • 2025
Locked away for seven years, he escapes to find his guardian dead, dark vines threading his throat.
4.21
21k+
Hazelthorn Summary
Hazelthorn 89%
Locked away for seven years, he escapes to find his guardian dead, dark vines threading his throat.
by C.G. Drews 2025
4.21
21k+ ratings
Girl in the Creek
by Wendy N. Wagner • 2025
In Faraday, women vanish. A travel writer hunts for her missing brother in the hungry woods.
3.20
2k+
Girl in the Creek Summary
Girl in the Creek 89%
In Faraday, women vanish. A travel writer hunts for her missing brother in the hungry woods.
by Wendy N. Wagner 2025
3.20
2k+ ratings
Around the World in 80 Plants
by Jonathan Drori • 2021
How a cactus, a purple dye, and a lethal bean rewrote history: 80 plants, 80 stories.
4.40
1k+
Around the World in 80 Plants Summary
Around the World in 80 Plants 89%
How a cactus, a purple dye, and a lethal bean rewrote history: 80 plants, 80 stories.
by Jonathan Drori 2021
4.40
1k+ ratings
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+
A Botanical Daughter Summary
A Botanical Daughter 89%
Two Victorian recluses build a daughter from a stolen corpse and sentient fungus; she wants out.
by Noah Medlock 2024
3.58
7k+ ratings
A Garden of Marvels
by Ruth Kassinger • 2014
Sex in flowers, air-eating leaves, allied roots: botany's strangest truths took centuries to accept.
3.85
466
A Garden of Marvels Summary
A Garden of Marvels 88%
Sex in flowers, air-eating leaves, allied roots: botany's strangest truths took centuries to accept.
by Ruth Kassinger 2014
3.85
466 ratings
Eden
by Tim Lebbon • 2020
A team infiltrates a sealed wilderness to find a missing mother, but the land itself hunts.
3.41
2k+
Eden Summary
Eden 88%
A team infiltrates a sealed wilderness to find a missing mother, but the land itself hunts.
by Tim Lebbon 2020
3.41
2k+ ratings
The Light Eaters
by Zoë Schlanger • 2024
How plants communicate, remember, and make decisions without a brain, and why it matters.
4.25
11k+
The Light Eaters Summary
The Light Eaters 88%
How plants communicate, remember, and make decisions without a brain, and why it matters.
by Zoë Schlanger 2024
4.25
11k+ ratings
Symbiont
by Mira Grant • 2014
A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.
3.71
8k+
Symbiont Summary
Symbiont 88%
A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.
by Mira Grant 2014
3.71
8k+ ratings
The Bog Wife
by Kay Chronister • 2024
When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.
3.57
16k+
The Bog Wife Summary
The Bog Wife 88%
When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.
by Kay Chronister 2024
3.57
16k+ ratings
This Wretched Valley
by Jenny Kiefer • 2024
A hidden rock wall lures four climbers into a Kentucky valley that digests everyone who enters.
3.25
13k+
This Wretched Valley Summary
This Wretched Valley 88%
A hidden rock wall lures four climbers into a Kentucky valley that digests everyone who enters.
by Jenny Kiefer 2024
3.25
13k+ ratings
Around the World in 80 Trees
by Jonathan Drori • 2018
A botanical tour of 80 trees that built empires, inspired myths, and launched trade routes.
4.55
2k+
Around the World in 80 Trees Summary
Around the World in 80 Trees 88%
A botanical tour of 80 trees that built empires, inspired myths, and launched trade routes.
by Jonathan Drori 2018
4.55
2k+ ratings
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+
The Ghost Woods Summary
The Ghost Woods 88%
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
Withered Hill
by David Barnett • 2024
A London woman wakes trapped in a village of masks, old rites, and no way back.
4.04
4k+
Withered Hill Summary
Withered Hill 88%
A London woman wakes trapped in a village of masks, old rites, and no way back.
by David Barnett 2024
4.04
4k+ ratings
When Darkness Loves Us
by Elizabeth Engstrom • 1985
Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.
4.01
2k+
When Darkness Loves Us Summary
When Darkness Loves Us 88%
Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.
by Elizabeth Engstrom 1985
4.01
2k+ ratings
The Cuck
by Aron Beauregard • 2022
Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.
3.38
2k+
The Cuck Summary
The Cuck 87%
Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.
by Aron Beauregard 2022
3.38
2k+ ratings
The Queen
by Nick Cutter • 2024
Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.
3.53
8k+
The Queen Summary
The Queen 87%
Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.
by Nick Cutter 2024
3.53
8k+ ratings
Sour Candy
by Kealan Patrick Burke • 2015
A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.
3.59
26k+
Sour Candy Summary
Sour Candy 87%
A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.
by Kealan Patrick Burke 2015
3.59
26k+ ratings
Lives of the Trees
by Diana Wells • 2010
Almonds once meant hope, cypresses mourning. A cultural biography of the trees that shaped history.
3.79
287
Lives of the Trees Summary
Lives of the Trees 87%
Almonds once meant hope, cypresses mourning. A cultural biography of the trees that shaped history.
by Diana Wells 2010
3.79
287 ratings
Wolf Worm
by T. Kingfisher • 2026
An illustrator draws parasites at a remote Southern mansion where the shed conceals a living secret.
4.11
15k+
Wolf Worm Summary
Wolf Worm 87%
An illustrator draws parasites at a remote Southern mansion where the shed conceals a living secret.
by T. Kingfisher 2026
4.11
15k+ ratings
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
On the Bitter Horizon Summary
On the Bitter Horizon 87%
A teenage healer kidnapped to a cursed mountain discovers the expedition's real prize is her.
by Abe Moss 2022
4.57
345 ratings
Parasite
by Mira Grant • 2013
Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.
3.68
19k+
Parasite Summary
Parasite 87%
Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.
by Mira Grant 2013
3.68
19k+ ratings
Aliss
by Patrick Senécal • 2000
She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.
4.33
11k+
Aliss Summary
Aliss 87%
She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.
by Patrick Senécal 2000
4.33
11k+ ratings
Planta Sapiens
by Paco Calvo • 2022
A brainless intelligence: how plants learn, decide, and plan their futures.
3.41
849
Planta Sapiens Summary
Planta Sapiens 87%
A brainless intelligence: how plants learn, decide, and plan their futures.
by Paco Calvo 2022
3.41
849 ratings
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+
What Moves the Dead Summary
What Moves the Dead 87%
A soldier returns to a decaying manor: her friends are dying, and the lake is learning.
by T. Kingfisher 2022
3.84
146k+ ratings
Morsel
by Carter Keane • 2026
A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.
3.58
2k+
Morsel Summary
Morsel 87%
A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.
by Carter Keane 2026
3.58
2k+ ratings
This Book Is Full of Spiders
by David Wong • 2012
A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.
4.26
35k+
This Book Is Full of Spiders Summary
This Book Is Full of Spiders 87%
A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.
by David Wong 2012
4.26
35k+ ratings
The Haar
by David Sodergren • 2022
Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.
4.02
36k+
The Haar Summary
The Haar 87%
Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.
by David Sodergren 2022
4.02
36k+ ratings
Sick Bastards
by Matt Shaw • 2014
A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.
3.54
4k+
Sick Bastards Summary
Sick Bastards 87%
A memoryless family cannibalizes strangers to survive, until one learns the apocalypse was faked.
by Matt Shaw 2014
3.54
4k+ ratings
The Great God Pan
by Arthur Machen • 1890
A forbidden brain experiment yields a child who grows into a woman of inhuman, ruinous beauty.
3.67
17k+
The Great God Pan Summary
The Great God Pan 87%
A forbidden brain experiment yields a child who grows into a woman of inhuman, ruinous beauty.
by Arthur Machen 1890
3.67
17k+ ratings
I Am Behind You
by John Ajvide Lindqvist • 2014
Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.
3.36
5k+
I Am Behind You Summary
I Am Behind You 87%
Campers wake to a world erased: no sun, no roads, only grass stretching forever.
by John Ajvide Lindqvist 2014
3.36
5k+ ratings
Thinner
by Richard Bachman • 1984
After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.
3.78
229k+
Thinner Summary
Thinner 87%
After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.
by Richard Bachman 1984
3.78
229k+ ratings
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+
Into the Dread Void Summary
Into the Dread Void 87%
A foster child finds a family, only to watch a predatory light consume them from within.
by Abe Moss 2021
4.10
1k+ ratings
House of Roots and Ruin
by Erin A. Craig • 2023
A ghost-seeing painter falls for an heir in a manor of drugged candles and buried secrets.
4.11
21k+
House of Roots and Ruin Summary
House of Roots and Ruin 87%
A ghost-seeing painter falls for an heir in a manor of drugged candles and buried secrets.
by Erin A. Craig 2023
4.11
21k+ ratings
The Midnight Muse
by Jo Kaplan • 2026
A band gathers where their frontwoman disappeared. The woods have been listening all year.
3.95
266
The Midnight Muse Summary
The Midnight Muse 87%
A band gathers where their frontwoman disappeared. The woods have been listening all year.
by Jo Kaplan 2026
3.95
266 ratings
All Tommorows
by C.M. Kosemen • 2006
Humanity colonizes the stars, until godlike aliens reshape them into a galaxy of nightmares.
4.16
11k+
All Tommorows Summary
All Tommorows 87%
Humanity colonizes the stars, until godlike aliens reshape them into a galaxy of nightmares.
by C.M. Kosemen 2006
4.16
11k+ ratings
The Slob
by Aron Beauregard • 2019
A pregnant saleswoman enters a farmhouse, where a man forces her to clean his kills.
3.32
13k+
The Slob Summary
The Slob 87%
A pregnant saleswoman enters a farmhouse, where a man forces her to clean his kills.
by Aron Beauregard 2019
3.32
13k+ ratings
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+
The Knight and the Butcherbird Summary
The Knight and the Butcherbird 87%
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
Experimental Film
by Gemma Files • 2015
Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.
3.52
4k+
Experimental Film Summary
Experimental Film 87%
Her search for a lost silent film awakens a Slavic demon hungry for her autistic son.
by Gemma Files 2015
3.52
4k+ ratings
Gathering Moss
by Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2003
They drink fog, build forests, bridge worlds. A scientist and Potawatomi woman on what mosses know.
4.38
21k+
Gathering Moss Summary
Gathering Moss 87%
They drink fog, build forests, bridge worlds. A scientist and Potawatomi woman on what mosses know.
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2003
4.38
21k+ ratings
Hemlock Island
by Kelley Armstrong • 2023
Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.
3.44
13k+
Hemlock Island Summary
Hemlock Island 87%
Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.
by Kelley Armstrong 2023
3.44
13k+ ratings
Ring Shout
by P. Djèlí Clark • 2020
1922 Georgia: a Black monster hunter faces the Klan's ritual to summon a god of hate.
3.93
61k+
Ring Shout Summary
Ring Shout 87%
1922 Georgia: a Black monster hunter faces the Klan's ritual to summon a god of hate.
by P. Djèlí Clark 2020
3.93
61k+ ratings
In Bloom
by Paul Tremblay • 2023
Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.
3.04
14k+
In Bloom Summary
In Bloom 87%
Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.
by Paul Tremblay 2023
3.04
14k+ ratings
Nightmare Fuel
by Nina Nesseth • 2022
What horror films reveal about your brain's fear machinery, and why you keep coming back.
3.82
1k+
Nightmare Fuel Summary
Nightmare Fuel 87%
What horror films reveal about your brain's fear machinery, and why you keep coming back.
by Nina Nesseth 2022
3.82
1k+ ratings
And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe
by Gwendolyn Kiste • 2017
Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.
4.29
600
And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe Summary
And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe 87%
Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.
by Gwendolyn Kiste 2017
4.29
600 ratings
Wilder Girls
by Rory Power • 2019
A quarantined school mutates its girls. When a friend vanishes, a survivor digs for answers.
3.45
101k+
Wilder Girls Summary
Wilder Girls 87%
A quarantined school mutates its girls. When a friend vanishes, a survivor digs for answers.
by Rory Power 2019
3.45
101k+ ratings
When the Wolf Comes Home
by Nat Cassidy • 2025
A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.
4.06
37k+
When the Wolf Comes Home Summary
When the Wolf Comes Home 87%
A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.
by Nat Cassidy 2025
4.06
37k+ ratings
Annihilation
by Jeff Vandermeer • 2014
A biologist enters a pristine, forbidden wilderness and breathes spores that change all she sees.
3.80
310k+
Annihilation Summary
Annihilation 87%
A biologist enters a pristine, forbidden wilderness and breathes spores that change all she sees.
by Jeff Vandermeer 2014
3.80
310k+ ratings
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