💪 Bullying Survival

Stories and guides centered on enduring, confronting, and healing from the cruelty of bullying. Readers seek these books for validation, resilience strategies, and the hard-won knowledge that survival is its own form of strength.

Please Stop Laughing at Us...

by Jodee Blanco • 2008

Traditional punishment fails bullies. A survivor's guide to what heals the scars and stops torment.

3.87

234

🚸 School Bullying 📖 Survivor Memoir 🫂 Compassionate Discipline 🌱 Trauma Healing ✋ Anti-Bullying

Please Stop Laughing at Us... 89%

Traditional punishment fails bullies. A survivor's guide to what heals the scars and stops torment.

by Jodee Blanco 2008

3.87

234 ratings

🚸 School Bullying 📖 Survivor Memoir 🫂 Compassionate Discipline 🌱 Trauma Healing ✋ Anti-Bullying

Playground

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

3.43

20k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 💔 Parental Betrayal

Playground 88%

Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.43

20k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🎲 Death Games 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 💔 Parental Betrayal

Heaven

by Mieko Kawakami • 2009

Two outcasts pass secret notes in class, building a hidden world that feels like the only salvation.

3.78

92k+

🖊️ Epistolary Friendship 🤝 Outsider Solidarity ✊ Bullying Survivor 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🏫 School Cruelty

Heaven 88%

Two outcasts pass secret notes in class, building a hidden world that feels like the only salvation.

by Mieko Kawakami 2009

3.78

92k+ ratings

🖊️ Epistolary Friendship 🤝 Outsider Solidarity ✊ Bullying Survivor 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🏫 School Cruelty

Tanz der Tiefseequalle

by Stefanie Höfler • 2017

She asks the bullied boy to dance. The room laughs. By morning, they're gone.

3.75

🏫 School Bullying 🪞 Body Image 🎨 Imagination As Refuge 🤝 Outsider Friendship 🫣 Peer Pressure

Tanz der Tiefseequalle 88%

She asks the bullied boy to dance. The room laughs. By morning, they're gone.

by Stefanie Höfler 2017

3.75

4 ratings

🏫 School Bullying 🪞 Body Image 🎨 Imagination As Refuge 🤝 Outsider Friendship 🫣 Peer Pressure

The Art of Vulture Investing

by George Schultze • 2012

Bullies respond least to punishment. A guide to interventions that actually change behavior.

3.83

🏫 School Bullying ❤️‍🩹 Restorative Justice 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🌱 Non-Punitive Discipline 💞 Empathy Building

The Art of Vulture Investing 87%

Bullies respond least to punishment. A guide to interventions that actually change behavior.

by George Schultze 2012

3.83

64 ratings

🏫 School Bullying ❤️‍🩹 Restorative Justice 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🌱 Non-Punitive Discipline 💞 Empathy Building

Uncaged

by Frank Shamrock • 2012

Before he was a cage-fighting champion, he was a child locked in a dark closet.

3.65

🥋 Mma History 🚪 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 🏡 Adoption And Belonging

Uncaged 87%

Before he was a cage-fighting champion, he was a child locked in a dark closet.

by Frank Shamrock 2012

3.65

96 ratings

🥋 Mma History 🚪 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery ⚔️ Warrior Mindset 🏡 Adoption And Belonging

Way of the Warrior Kid

by Jocko Willink • 2018

Bullied and adrift, an eleven-year-old gets one summer with his Navy SEAL uncle.

4.63

2k+

🏖️ Summer Transformation 🛡️ Overcoming Bullying 💪 Tough Love Mentor 🏋️ Training Montage 🏫 Contemporary School

Way of the Warrior Kid 87%

Bullied and adrift, an eleven-year-old gets one summer with his Navy SEAL uncle.

by Jocko Willink 2018

4.63

2k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Transformation 🛡️ Overcoming Bullying 💪 Tough Love Mentor 🏋️ Training Montage 🏫 Contemporary School

Bullied

by Carrie Goldman • 2012

Zero-tolerance doesn't stop bullying. Bystanders, gender norms, and repairing harm do.

3.88

201

🛡️ Bullying Prevention 👀 Bystander Intervention 💻 Cyberbullying 🧠 Social Emotional Learning 🕊️ Restorative Justice

Bullied 87%

Zero-tolerance doesn't stop bullying. Bystanders, gender norms, and repairing harm do.

by Carrie Goldman 2012

3.88

201 ratings

🛡️ Bullying Prevention 👀 Bystander Intervention 💻 Cyberbullying 🧠 Social Emotional Learning 🕊️ Restorative Justice

The Third Parent

by Elias Witherow • 2017

When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.

3.88

1k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Captivity Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Bleak Horror

The Third Parent 87%

When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.

by Elias Witherow 2017

3.88

1k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔒 Captivity Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🖤 Bleak Horror

Riot Rules

by Callie Hart • 2020

New identity. One rule: no attachments. Then Wolf Hall's cruelest king decides she belongs to him.

4.02

9k+

🎓 Boarding School Romance 💔 Bully Romance 🖤 Trauma Bonding 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Hidden Identity

Riot Rules 87%

New identity. One rule: no attachments. Then Wolf Hall's cruelest king decides she belongs to him.

by Callie Hart 2020

4.02

9k+ ratings

🎓 Boarding School Romance 💔 Bully Romance 🖤 Trauma Bonding 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎭 Hidden Identity

Monument 14

by Emmy Laybourne • 2012

Trapped in a superstore by a freak hailstorm, fourteen kids discover the air outside is lethal.

3.90

25k+

🌀 Disaster Survival 👦 Kids Without Adults 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Rival Leaders 🔒 Trapped Together

Monument 14 87%

Trapped in a superstore by a freak hailstorm, fourteen kids discover the air outside is lethal.

by Emmy Laybourne 2012

3.90

25k+ ratings

🌀 Disaster Survival 👦 Kids Without Adults 🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Rival Leaders 🔒 Trapped Together

Gone

by Michael Grant • 2008

After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.

3.87

211k+

🧒 Children Without Adults ⚡ Kids With Powers 🏘️ Isolated Small Town ⚔️ Brothers As Enemies ⏰ Ticking Clock

Gone 87%

After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.

by Michael Grant 2008

3.87

211k+ ratings

🧒 Children Without Adults ⚡ Kids With Powers 🏘️ Isolated Small Town ⚔️ Brothers As Enemies ⏰ Ticking Clock

How to Stay Invisible

by Maggie C. Rudd • 2023

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

4.43

1k+

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🎣 Grumpy Old Mentor 🏎️ Persistent Best Friend

How to Stay Invisible 87%

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

by Maggie C. Rudd 2023

4.43

1k+ ratings

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🎣 Grumpy Old Mentor 🏎️ Persistent Best Friend

The Cay

by Theodore Taylor • 1969

Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.

3.80

39k+

🏝️ Stranded On An Island 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏕️ Survival Skills 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Overcoming Prejudice 👨‍🦯 Blind Character

The Cay 87%

Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.

by Theodore Taylor 1969

3.80

39k+ ratings

🏝️ Stranded On An Island 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏕️ Survival Skills 🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Overcoming Prejudice 👨‍🦯 Blind Character

La Leçon du mal

by Yusuke Kishi • 2022

At a Japanese high school, the star teacher locks the doors. His lesson plan: a massacre.

3.59

1k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Charismatic Psychopath 🏫 Japanese High School 🔪 Survival Horror 🩸 Serial Killer

La Leçon du mal 87%

At a Japanese high school, the star teacher locks the doors. His lesson plan: a massacre.

by Yusuke Kishi 2022

3.59

1k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🎭 Charismatic Psychopath 🏫 Japanese High School 🔪 Survival Horror 🩸 Serial Killer

Hunger

by Michael Grant • 2009

Hunger, mutant worms, and a demagogue push a community of trapped children toward civil war.

4.02

92k+

🖤 Trapped In A Dome 🧬 Superpowered Kids 🐙 Cosmic Horror 🍞 Resource War 😔 Reluctant Leader

Hunger 87%

Hunger, mutant worms, and a demagogue push a community of trapped children toward civil war.

by Michael Grant 2009

4.02

92k+ ratings

🖤 Trapped In A Dome 🧬 Superpowered Kids 🐙 Cosmic Horror 🍞 Resource War 😔 Reluctant Leader

Alabama Moon

by Watt Key • 2004

His father dead, a boy raised in the Alabama wild must outrun the law to survive.

4.06

5k+

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🫂 Found Family 👥 Unlikely Friends 🏃 Runaway Kids 🛡️ Resilience

Alabama Moon 87%

His father dead, a boy raised in the Alabama wild must outrun the law to survive.

by Watt Key 2004

4.06

5k+ ratings

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🫂 Found Family 👥 Unlikely Friends 🏃 Runaway Kids 🛡️ Resilience

Gray After Dark

by Noelle W. Ihli • 2024

An Olympic hopeful is abducted from a remote resort by survivalists who keep their captives forever.

4.17

126k+

🔪 Survival Thriller ⛓️ Captivity Thriller 🌅 Bleak Hope 🏔️ Remote Wilderness 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome

Gray After Dark 87%

An Olympic hopeful is abducted from a remote resort by survivalists who keep their captives forever.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2024

4.17

126k+ ratings

🔪 Survival Thriller ⛓️ Captivity Thriller 🌅 Bleak Hope 🏔️ Remote Wilderness 🧠 Stockholm Syndrome

Wavewalker

by Suzanne Heywood • 2023

A decade adrift: her father's sailing dream kept her captive to storms, shipwreck, and neglect.

4.23

9k+

🏕️ Survival Memoir 💔 Parental Neglect 🌊 Extreme Upbringing ⛵ Life At Sea 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

Wavewalker 87%

A decade adrift: her father's sailing dream kept her captive to storms, shipwreck, and neglect.

by Suzanne Heywood 2023

4.23

9k+ ratings

🏕️ Survival Memoir 💔 Parental Neglect 🌊 Extreme Upbringing ⛵ Life At Sea 🏚️ Family Dysfunction

Canaries Among Us

by Kayla Taylor • 2022

Her neurodivergent daughter was bullied. The school blamed her. A mother's fight for the truth.

4.26

227

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎒 School Bullying 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🧸 Child Mental Health 📚 Trauma-Informed Education

Canaries Among Us 87%

Her neurodivergent daughter was bullied. The school blamed her. A mother's fight for the truth.

by Kayla Taylor 2022

4.26

227 ratings

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎒 School Bullying 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🧸 Child Mental Health 📚 Trauma-Informed Education

My Absolute Darling

by Gabriel Tallent • 2017

Her father taught her to survive the collapse of civilization; now she must survive him.

3.59

57k+

🏚️ Survivalist Upbringing 🖤 Abusive Parent 🌲 Remote Wilderness 🌱 Found Family 💔 Traumatic Coming Of Age

My Absolute Darling 87%

Her father taught her to survive the collapse of civilization; now she must survive him.

by Gabriel Tallent 2017

3.59

57k+ ratings

🏚️ Survivalist Upbringing 🖤 Abusive Parent 🌲 Remote Wilderness 🌱 Found Family 💔 Traumatic Coming Of Age

Abomination

by Robert Swindells • 1998

A bullied girl hides a worse secret: a child imprisoned in her parents' cellar.

3.75

2k+

🕊️ Religious Fundamentalism 💔 Surviving Abuse 🎒 School Bullying 🏚️ Secret In The House 👁️ Dual Perspective

Abomination 87%

A bullied girl hides a worse secret: a child imprisoned in her parents' cellar.

by Robert Swindells 1998

3.75

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Religious Fundamentalism 💔 Surviving Abuse 🎒 School Bullying 🏚️ Secret In The House 👁️ Dual Perspective

Ghosts

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith • 2017

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

4.25

9k+

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society 👹 Creature Feature 👑 Authoritarian Leader

Ghosts 87%

Aboard humanity's last airship, survival means dropping into a monster-filled wasteland to scavenge.

by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 2017

4.25

9k+ ratings

🪂 Drop Team Survival 🏜️ Wasteland Survival ✈️ Airship Society 👹 Creature Feature 👑 Authoritarian Leader

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 4

by Syougo Kinugasa • 2016

One student turns a cruise ship test into a chess match where classmates are pawns.

4.28

3k+

🎓 School Thriller 🎭 Social Deduction 🕵️ Manipulative Hero 💔 Bullying Survivor 🔄 Shifting Loyalties

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 4 Summary

Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 4 87%

One student turns a cruise ship test into a chess match where classmates are pawns.

by Syougo Kinugasa 2016

4.28

3k+ ratings

🎓 School Thriller 🎭 Social Deduction 🕵️ Manipulative Hero 💔 Bullying Survivor 🔄 Shifting Loyalties

Near the Bone

by Christina Henry • 2021

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

3.69

22k+

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔓 Reclaimed Identity

Near the Bone 87%

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

by Christina Henry 2021

3.69

22k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🔓 Reclaimed Identity

The Death House

by Sarah Pinborough • 2015

Banished to a remote house for condemned children, a boy finds hope in a defiant newcomer.

3.61

5k+

🔒 Boarding School Dystopia 🧬 Genetic Discrimination 💔 Doomed Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🕊️ Mercy Killing

The Death House 87%

Banished to a remote house for condemned children, a boy finds hope in a defiant newcomer.

by Sarah Pinborough 2015

3.61

5k+ ratings

🔒 Boarding School Dystopia 🧬 Genetic Discrimination 💔 Doomed Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🕊️ Mercy Killing

La Maison

by Yves Grevet • 2008

Méto survives the House by obeying. The freezing cell teaches him what obedience costs.

3.91

1k+

🏛️ Isolated Institution 🪖 Reluctant Rebel Leader 🤝 Found Family 🗝️ Secret Rebellion 🫙 Oppressive Atmosphere

La Maison 86%

Méto survives the House by obeying. The freezing cell teaches him what obedience costs.

by Yves Grevet 2008

3.91

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Isolated Institution 🪖 Reluctant Rebel Leader 🤝 Found Family 🗝️ Secret Rebellion 🫙 Oppressive Atmosphere

The Long Walk

by Richard Bachman • 1979

Sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty walks with ninety-nine others. Slow down, and soldiers shoot.

4.00

289k+

💀 Dystopian Death Game 🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Tragic Male Bond 🏆 Last Man Standing ⚙️ The System As Villain

The Long Walk 86%

Sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty walks with ninety-nine others. Slow down, and soldiers shoot.

by Richard Bachman 1979

4.00

289k+ ratings

💀 Dystopian Death Game 🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Tragic Male Bond 🏆 Last Man Standing ⚙️ The System As Villain

Way of the Warrior Kid

by Jocko Willink • 2017

A bullied fifth-grader gets SEAL discipline when his uncle moves in for the summer.

4.51

5k+

🌱 Coming Of Age ☀️ Summer Transformation 🥋 Martial Arts Training 🤝 Bully Redemption 👨‍🏫 Family Mentor

Way of the Warrior Kid 86%

A bullied fifth-grader gets SEAL discipline when his uncle moves in for the summer.

by Jocko Willink 2017

4.51

5k+ ratings

🌱 Coming Of Age ☀️ Summer Transformation 🥋 Martial Arts Training 🤝 Bully Redemption 👨‍🏫 Family Mentor

Unbroken

by Laura Hillenbrand • 2010

Olympian. Castaway. POW. Louie Zamperini survived three nightmares. The fourth was his own hatred.

4.39

1.0M+

🌊 Pacific Theater 🛟 Survival At Sea ⛓️ Prisoner Of War 🏃 Olympic Athletes 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Unbroken 86%

Olympian. Castaway. POW. Louie Zamperini survived three nightmares. The fourth was his own hatred.

by Laura Hillenbrand 2010

4.39

1.0M+ ratings

🌊 Pacific Theater 🛟 Survival At Sea ⛓️ Prisoner Of War 🏃 Olympic Athletes 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Troop

by Nick Cutter • 2014

A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.

3.83

129k+

🦠 Body Horror 🏕️ Survival Horror 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🧫 Contagion Horror 👦 Boys In Peril

The Troop 86%

A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.

by Nick Cutter 2014

3.83

129k+ ratings

🦠 Body Horror 🏕️ Survival Horror 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🧫 Contagion Horror 👦 Boys In Peril

The New Girl

by Meg Cabot • 2008

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

3.86

3k+

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption 👭 Girl Friend Group 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Quirky Family

The New Girl 86%

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

by Meg Cabot 2008

3.86

3k+ ratings

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption 👭 Girl Friend Group 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Quirky Family

Priklijuoti

by John David Anderson • 2017

A sticky-note war turns Eric's middle-school crew into targets and their words into weapons.

3.90

9k+

🎭 Middle School Drama 🆕 New Kid In School 📝 Power Of Words ⚠️ School Bullying 👥 Friend Group Dynamics

Priklijuoti 86%

A sticky-note war turns Eric's middle-school crew into targets and their words into weapons.

by John David Anderson 2017

3.90

9k+ ratings

🎭 Middle School Drama 🆕 New Kid In School 📝 Power Of Words ⚠️ School Bullying 👥 Friend Group Dynamics

The Enemy

by Charlie Higson • 2009

All adults are monsters now. London's kids fight toward Buckingham Palace, the last rumored refuge.

4.10

26k+

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 👦 Children Vs Adults 🫂 Found Family 🎖️ Reluctant Leader 🏙️ Post-Apocalyptic London

The Enemy 86%

All adults are monsters now. London's kids fight toward Buckingham Palace, the last rumored refuge.

by Charlie Higson 2009

4.10

26k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Apocalypse 👦 Children Vs Adults 🫂 Found Family 🎖️ Reluctant Leader 🏙️ Post-Apocalyptic London

The Undrowned

by K.R. Alexander • 2020

A bully pushes her friend into a cursed lake. She returns, and a vengeful haunting follows.

3.89

2k+

🧟 Supernatural Revenge 👊 Bully Protagonist 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌊 Cursed Lake 😨 Creeping Dread

The Undrowned 86%

A bully pushes her friend into a cursed lake. She returns, and a vengeful haunting follows.

by K.R. Alexander 2020

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧟 Supernatural Revenge 👊 Bully Protagonist 💔 Toxic Friendship 🌊 Cursed Lake 😨 Creeping Dread

The Island

by Adrian McKinty • 2022

An accident on a private Australian island traps a family in a brutal clan's grip.

3.76

43k+

🩸 Survival Horror 🏝️ Remote Island 🔪 Final Girl 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🌐 Insular Community

The Island 86%

An accident on a private Australian island traps a family in a brutal clan's grip.

by Adrian McKinty 2022

3.76

43k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 🏝️ Remote Island 🔪 Final Girl 🐾 Cat And Mouse 🌐 Insular Community

Now I Am Known

by Peter Mutabazi • 2022

A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.

4.75

1k+

🏠 Foster Care 💔 Childhood Trauma 🕊️ Forgiveness 🌍 African Memoir 🌆 Street Children

Now I Am Known 86%

A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.

by Peter Mutabazi 2022

4.75

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 💔 Childhood Trauma 🕊️ Forgiveness 🌍 African Memoir 🌆 Street Children

Malorie

by Josh Malerman • 2020

Twelve years blindfolded. Her children alive. Then a list says her parents survived the creatures.

3.79

28k+

🦻 Sensory Horror 🦯 Blind Survival 🛡️ Overprotective Mother 🌱 Apocalypse Youth 🧬 Immunity Secret

Malorie 86%

Twelve years blindfolded. Her children alive. Then a list says her parents survived the creatures.

by Josh Malerman 2020

3.79

28k+ ratings

🦻 Sensory Horror 🦯 Blind Survival 🛡️ Overprotective Mother 🌱 Apocalypse Youth 🧬 Immunity Secret

A Child Called "It"

by Dave Pelzer • 1995

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

4.14

463k+

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control 💔 Parental Betrayal 🏫 School Intervention

A Child Called "It" 86%

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

by Dave Pelzer 1995

4.14

463k+ ratings

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control 💔 Parental Betrayal 🏫 School Intervention

The Girl in Red

by Christina Henry • 2019

Plague-ravaged America. Woman with axe. Grandmother's cabin. Woods hide worse than wolves.

3.71

20k+

🧺 Red Riding Hood Retelling 🔪 Survival Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🌲 Dark Fairytale 🦿 Disabled Protagonist

The Girl in Red 86%

Plague-ravaged America. Woman with axe. Grandmother's cabin. Woods hide worse than wolves.

by Christina Henry 2019

3.71

20k+ ratings

🧺 Red Riding Hood Retelling 🔪 Survival Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🌲 Dark Fairytale 🦿 Disabled Protagonist

They All Died Screaming

by Kristopher Triana • 2020

A plague of screams ends society, and a broken drunk faces the pig farm that made him a monster.

3.58

3k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🔄 Victim To Predator 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse 🫀 Body Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror

They All Died Screaming 86%

A plague of screams ends society, and a broken drunk faces the pig farm that made him a monster.

by Kristopher Triana 2020

3.58

3k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🔄 Victim To Predator 🔗 Cycle Of Abuse 🫀 Body Horror 🥩 Cannibalism Horror

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+

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

The Queen 86%

Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.

by Nick Cutter 2024

3.53

8k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

Spring Harvest

by Rektok Ross • 2024

A college road trip ends in a vampire siege at a remote Oregon music festival.

3.58

1k+

🩸 Survival Horror 🧛 Vampire Siege 💕 Vampire Romance 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👑 Reluctant Leader

Spring Harvest 86%

A college road trip ends in a vampire siege at a remote Oregon music festival.

by Rektok Ross 2024

3.58

1k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 🧛 Vampire Siege 💕 Vampire Romance 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👑 Reluctant Leader

Sheep No More

by Jonathan T. Gilliam • 2017

The attacker already has a plan. Build yours first using their own surveillance methods.

3.93

389

🛡️ Personal Security 👁️ Situational Awareness 📋 Threat Assessment 📝 Defensive Planning 🏃 Escape And Evasion

Sheep No More 86%

The attacker already has a plan. Build yours first using their own surveillance methods.

by Jonathan T. Gilliam 2017

3.93

389 ratings

🛡️ Personal Security 👁️ Situational Awareness 📋 Threat Assessment 📝 Defensive Planning 🏃 Escape And Evasion

Aller Retour

by Yves Beauchesne

Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.

2.43

119

🏃 Runaway Story 🩵 Found Family 💔 Orphaned Protagonist ⚠️ Abusive Guardian 🌱 Quiet Resilience

Aller Retour 86%

Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.

by Yves Beauchesne

2.43

119 ratings

🏃 Runaway Story 🩵 Found Family 💔 Orphaned Protagonist ⚠️ Abusive Guardian 🌱 Quiet Resilience

Shy Girl

by Mia Ballard • 2025

She needs rent. He wants a dog. The collar locks. Seven years inside a cage.

3.82

3k+

🦷 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🐺 Forced Transformation ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔪 Survivor's Revenge

Shy Girl 86%

She needs rent. He wants a dog. The collar locks. Seven years inside a cage.

by Mia Ballard 2025

3.82

3k+ ratings

🦷 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🐺 Forced Transformation ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔪 Survivor's Revenge

Wonder

by R.J. Palacio • 2012

His face draws stares, but starting fifth grade, Auggie just wants to be an ordinary kid.

4.36

1.2M+

🩺 Visible Difference 🔄 Shifting Narrators 💔 School Bullying ⚡ Peer Pressure 💛 Everyday Kindness

Wonder 86%

His face draws stares, but starting fifth grade, Auggie just wants to be an ordinary kid.

by R.J. Palacio 2012

4.36

1.2M+ ratings

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