Cozy Spooky Books | Summaries & Audio

A New Lease on Death

by Olivia Blacke • 2024

A lonely ghost teams up with her apartment's new tenant to solve a neighbor's murder.

3.63

4k+

👻 Paranormal Cozy 🔎 Ghost Sleuth 🤝 Odd Couple 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 💬 Witty Banter

A New Lease on Death 91%

A lonely ghost teams up with her apartment's new tenant to solve a neighbor's murder.

by Olivia Blacke 2024

3.63

4k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Cozy 🔎 Ghost Sleuth 🤝 Odd Couple 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 💬 Witty Banter

Small Spaces

by Katherine Arden • 2018

Her class trip vanishes into mist where scarecrows walk and a smiling man bargains for souls.

4.01

30k+

🧒 Middle Grade Horror ☕ Cozy Horror 📖 Haunted Diary 💔 Grieving Protagonist 🤝 Dangerous Bargains

Small Spaces 90%

Her class trip vanishes into mist where scarecrows walk and a smiling man bargains for souls.

by Katherine Arden 2018

4.01

30k+ ratings

🧒 Middle Grade Horror ☕ Cozy Horror 📖 Haunted Diary 💔 Grieving Protagonist 🤝 Dangerous Bargains

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House

by Geronimo Stilton • 2000

On a foggy night, a timid mouse editor shelters in a castle where shadows have claws.

4.19

10k+

🐭 Animal Fantasy 👻 Fake Haunting 😰 Timid Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friends 🏰 Spooky Castle

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House Summary

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House 90%

On a foggy night, a timid mouse editor shelters in a castle where shadows have claws.

by Geronimo Stilton 2000

4.19

10k+ ratings

🐭 Animal Fantasy 👻 Fake Haunting 😰 Timid Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Friends 🏰 Spooky Castle

The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice

by Donna Kauffman • 2019

A magical bakeshop in Moonbright, Maine, nudges three couples toward love during Halloween season.

3.31

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🍪 Magical Baking 🎃 Halloween Season 💕 Multiple Love Stories 🫂 Found Family

The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice Summary

The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice 90%

A magical bakeshop in Moonbright, Maine, nudges three couples toward love during Halloween season.

by Donna Kauffman 2019

3.31

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🍪 Magical Baking 🎃 Halloween Season 💕 Multiple Love Stories 🫂 Found Family

Cackle

by Rachel Harrison • 2021

Her boyfriend left. The small town is lonely. Then the town witch decides she's worth protecting.

3.71

55k+

🏘️ Small Town Witchcraft 🦇 Gothic Witch Fiction 🖤 Dark Female Friendship 🧙‍♀️ Witch Mentor ✨ Magical Awakening

Cackle 89%

Her boyfriend left. The small town is lonely. Then the town witch decides she's worth protecting.

by Rachel Harrison 2021

3.71

55k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Witchcraft 🦇 Gothic Witch Fiction 🖤 Dark Female Friendship 🧙‍♀️ Witch Mentor ✨ Magical Awakening

Holly

by Adalyn Grace • 2025

Restless theater ghosts haunt a family of immortals gathering for their first Christmas together.

3.95

14k+

🫂 Found Family 🔮 Cozy Paranormal 💀 Personified Death 💕 Second Chance Romance 👻 Ghost Romance

Holly 89%

Restless theater ghosts haunt a family of immortals gathering for their first Christmas together.

by Adalyn Grace 2025

3.95

14k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔮 Cozy Paranormal 💀 Personified Death 💕 Second Chance Romance 👻 Ghost Romance

Everything She Does Is Magic

by Bridget Morrissey • 2025

A witch desperate for a mortal ally names the one girl whose entire life is Halloween.

3.75

2k+

🧙‍♀️ Sapphic Witch Romance 🏘️ Small Town Magic 🪄 Secret Witch Identity 🫂 Found Family 🌳 Ancestral Magic

Everything She Does Is Magic 89%

A witch desperate for a mortal ally names the one girl whose entire life is Halloween.

by Bridget Morrissey 2025

3.75

2k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Sapphic Witch Romance 🏘️ Small Town Magic 🪄 Secret Witch Identity 🫂 Found Family 🌳 Ancestral Magic

Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

by Gracie Ruth Mitchell • 2023

A romance writer returns home, moves in with her former crush, and finds a vanishing body.

3.99

7k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕵️‍♀️ Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy-Sunshine

Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder 89%

A romance writer returns home, moves in with her former crush, and finds a vanishing body.

by Gracie Ruth Mitchell 2023

3.99

7k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕵️‍♀️ Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy-Sunshine

Lovely, Dark and Deep

by Claudia Cain • 2021

A young witch follows missing children through an iron gate into a realm of hungry monsters.

4.18

273

🏘️ Witchy Small Town 🌲 Fae Horror 🧙 Reluctant Witch 🗡️ Fae Love Interest ⚖️ Magic With A Cost

Lovely, Dark and Deep 89%

A young witch follows missing children through an iron gate into a realm of hungry monsters.

by Claudia Cain 2021

4.18

273 ratings

🏘️ Witchy Small Town 🌲 Fae Horror 🧙 Reluctant Witch 🗡️ Fae Love Interest ⚖️ Magic With A Cost

Rewitched

by Lucy Jane Wood • 2024

A bookshop witch who hid her magic must prove her worth by thirty, or lose it.

3.73

32k+

🧙 Cozy Witch Fantasy 📚 Magical Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance ☺️ Feel-Good Fantasy

Rewitched 89%

A bookshop witch who hid her magic must prove her worth by thirty, or lose it.

by Lucy Jane Wood 2024

3.73

32k+ ratings

🧙 Cozy Witch Fantasy 📚 Magical Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance ☺️ Feel-Good Fantasy

Apple Cider Slaying

by Julie Anne Lindsey • 2019

Winnie planned a cider shop. A body in the press makes Granny the prime suspect instead.

3.96

4k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🍎 Family Business 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤗 Found Family

Apple Cider Slaying 89%

Winnie planned a cider shop. A body in the press makes Granny the prime suspect instead.

by Julie Anne Lindsey 2019

3.96

4k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🍎 Family Business 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤗 Found Family

The House Witch

by Delemhach • 2022

A royal cook with a secret kitchen magic falls for a viscountess trapped in a political marriage.

4.10

36k+

☕ Cozy Fantasy 🍳 Kitchen Magic 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Court Intrigue 🐈 Cat Familiar

The House Witch 89%

A royal cook with a secret kitchen magic falls for a viscountess trapped in a political marriage.

by Delemhach 2022

4.10

36k+ ratings

☕ Cozy Fantasy 🍳 Kitchen Magic 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Court Intrigue 🐈 Cat Familiar

The Crescent Moon Tearoom

by Stacy Sivinski • 2024

A witch council tasks three sisters with saving their tearoom, but a hidden curse could sever them.

3.61

12k+

🧙‍♀️ Cozy Witch Fantasy 👯‍♀️ Sister Witches 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🫖 Tea Magic 😢 Bittersweet Sisterhood

The Crescent Moon Tearoom 89%

A witch council tasks three sisters with saving their tearoom, but a hidden curse could sever them.

by Stacy Sivinski 2024

3.61

12k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Cozy Witch Fantasy 👯‍♀️ Sister Witches 🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🫖 Tea Magic 😢 Bittersweet Sisterhood

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club

by Gloria Chao • 2025

Three ex-girlfriends plot revenge, then find his body and a crime scene full of their DNA.

3.56

16k+

🧶 Cozy Mystery Energy 😈 Revenge Comedy 🎙️ Podcast Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club 89%

Three ex-girlfriends plot revenge, then find his body and a crime scene full of their DNA.

by Gloria Chao 2025

3.56

16k+ ratings

🧶 Cozy Mystery Energy 😈 Revenge Comedy 🎙️ Podcast Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity

Bookshops & Bonedust

by Travis Baldree • 2023

An injured orc warrior finds books, belonging, and a necromancer's secrets in a sleepy seaside town.

4.11

117k+

🏪 Cozy Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🩹 Healing Journey 🏘️ Seaside Village

Bookshops & Bonedust 89%

An injured orc warrior finds books, belonging, and a necromancer's secrets in a sleepy seaside town.

by Travis Baldree 2023

4.11

117k+ ratings

🏪 Cozy Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🩹 Healing Journey 🏘️ Seaside Village

Greenglass House

by Kate Milford • 2014

At Greenglass House, a boy's holiday becomes a puzzle when a ghost and map reveal secrets.

3.99

29k+

❄️ Wintry Mystery 👻 Ghostly Mystery 🔍 Kid Detective Duo 🎭 Secret Identities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Greenglass House 89%

At Greenglass House, a boy's holiday becomes a puzzle when a ghost and map reveal secrets.

by Kate Milford 2014

3.99

29k+ ratings

❄️ Wintry Mystery 👻 Ghostly Mystery 🔍 Kid Detective Duo 🎭 Secret Identities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Mirror

by Nora Roberts • 2024

Her inherited Maine manor has a mirror that replays seven brides' murders. The killer witch remains.

4.16

50k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🪞 Mirror Magic 💔 Family Curse 👻 Friendly Ghosts ☕ Cozy Paranormal

The Mirror 89%

Her inherited Maine manor has a mirror that replays seven brides' murders. The killer witch remains.

by Nora Roberts 2024

4.16

50k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🪞 Mirror Magic 💔 Family Curse 👻 Friendly Ghosts ☕ Cozy Paranormal

Thanksgiving Past

by Kathi Daley • 2020

A Thanksgiving vanishing pulls a newcomer into a mystery tangled with her own lost past.

4.46

2k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🦃 Thanksgiving Setting ❤️ Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Thanksgiving Past 89%

A Thanksgiving vanishing pulls a newcomer into a mystery tangled with her own lost past.

by Kathi Daley 2020

4.46

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🦃 Thanksgiving Setting ❤️ Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

The Last Devil to Die

by Richard Osman • 2023

After a dealer is shot, the Thursday Murder Club uncovers a priceless box worth killing for.

4.46

240k+

🏘️ Retirement Community 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🎭 Ensemble Mystery 💔 Dementia Storyline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Last Devil to Die 89%

After a dealer is shot, the Thursday Murder Club uncovers a priceless box worth killing for.

by Richard Osman 2023

4.46

240k+ ratings

🏘️ Retirement Community 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 🎭 Ensemble Mystery 💔 Dementia Storyline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Inheritance

by Nora Roberts • 2023

Her broken engagement delivers her to a Maine manor where brides die and a curse waits.

4.26

77k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 💛 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship

Inheritance 89%

Her broken engagement delivers her to a Maine manor where brides die and a curse waits.

by Nora Roberts 2023

4.26

77k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 💛 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship

Game of Cones

by Cynthia Baxter • 2020

A storm-trapped ice cream shop owner must solve a heiress's murder at a remote resort.

3.75

182

🍦 Culinary Cozy 🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏔️ Isolated Setting 🔐 Family Secrets

Game of Cones 89%

A storm-trapped ice cream shop owner must solve a heiress's murder at a remote resort.

by Cynthia Baxter 2020

3.75

182 ratings

🍦 Culinary Cozy 🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏔️ Isolated Setting 🔐 Family Secrets

Hallowe'en Party

by Agatha Christie • 1969

A drowned girl, a Halloween party, a boast about murder: Poirot uncovers a village's buried crimes.

3.56

107k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🐺 Girl Who Cried Wolf 👁️ Child Witness 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎃 Halloween Mystery

Hallowe'en Party 89%

A drowned girl, a Halloween party, a boast about murder: Poirot uncovers a village's buried crimes.

by Agatha Christie 1969

3.56

107k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🐺 Girl Who Cried Wolf 👁️ Child Witness 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎃 Halloween Mystery

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

by Heather Fawcett • 2026

A widow moves her cat shelter into a cursed shop where the Witch King is hiding.

3.91

27k+

🧶 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Shop Front ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter Summary

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter 89%

A widow moves her cat shelter into a cursed shop where the Witch King is hiding.

by Heather Fawcett 2026

3.91

27k+ ratings

🧶 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Shop Front ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

The Corpse in the Closet

by Lucy Score • 2021

A psychic helps solve a glamorous murder. The killer's reply: a glitter bomb and a countdown.

4.25

38k+

🏚️ Paranormal Cozy 🔮 Psychic Detective 👻 Reluctant Psychic 💕 Established Relationship 😂 Comedic Mystery

The Corpse in the Closet 89%

A psychic helps solve a glamorous murder. The killer's reply: a glitter bomb and a countdown.

by Lucy Score 2021

4.25

38k+ ratings

🏚️ Paranormal Cozy 🔮 Psychic Detective 👻 Reluctant Psychic 💕 Established Relationship 😂 Comedic Mystery

Spells for Forgetting

by Adrienne Young • 2022

After fourteen years, August Salt returns to the island where a girl's drowning whispers his name.

3.85

73k+

🖤 Small Town Gothic 🍂 Folk Magic 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌙 Friends To Lovers 🔑 Generational Secrets

Spells for Forgetting 89%

After fourteen years, August Salt returns to the island where a girl's drowning whispers his name.

by Adrienne Young 2022

3.85

73k+ ratings

🖤 Small Town Gothic 🍂 Folk Magic 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌙 Friends To Lovers 🔑 Generational Secrets

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

by Sangu Mandanna • 2022

A lonely witch, three young witches, a secluded house, and the gruff guardian between them.

4.03

390k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🧙‍♀️ Witch Romance ✨ Magic Mentorship

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Summary

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches 89%

A lonely witch, three young witches, a secluded house, and the gruff guardian between them.

by Sangu Mandanna 2022

4.03

390k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🧙‍♀️ Witch Romance ✨ Magic Mentorship

Kiki's Delivery Service

by Eiko Kadono • 1985

To prove herself, a young witch opens a flying delivery service in a town wary of witches.

4.15

26k+

🏡 Cozy Fantasy 🧹 Witch Coming Of Age 🐱 Talking Cat Companion 🫂 Found Family 🏘️ Starting Over

Kiki's Delivery Service 89%

To prove herself, a young witch opens a flying delivery service in a town wary of witches.

by Eiko Kadono 1985

4.15

26k+ ratings

🏡 Cozy Fantasy 🧹 Witch Coming Of Age 🐱 Talking Cat Companion 🫂 Found Family 🏘️ Starting Over

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman • 2008

A graveyard of ghosts adopts the sole survivor of a family massacre, hiding him from his hunters.

4.15

568k+

🪦 Graveyard Fantasy 🌙 Gothic Coming Of Age 🖤 Found Family 👦 Orphaned Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society

The Graveyard Book 88%

A graveyard of ghosts adopts the sole survivor of a family massacre, hiding him from his hunters.

by Neil Gaiman 2008

4.15

568k+ ratings

🪦 Graveyard Fantasy 🌙 Gothic Coming Of Age 🖤 Found Family 👦 Orphaned Protagonist 🕯️ Secret Society

All Hallows

by Christopher Golden • 2023

When lost children beg for help on Halloween, a neighborhood learns what hides in the dark.

3.52

13k+

🌲 Suburban Folk Horror 🎃 Halloween Horror 🏘️ Haunted Neighborhood 😱 Children In Peril 🔒 Family Secrets

All Hallows 88%

When lost children beg for help on Halloween, a neighborhood learns what hides in the dark.

by Christopher Golden 2023

3.52

13k+ ratings

🌲 Suburban Folk Horror 🎃 Halloween Horror 🏘️ Haunted Neighborhood 😱 Children In Peril 🔒 Family Secrets

The Mystery Guest

by Nita Prose • 2023

The Head Maid's fingerprints are on the poisoned teacup that killed a famous mystery author.

3.79

163k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏨 Hotel Mystery 🖊️ Author Murder 🧐 Quirky Detective 🔑 Family Secrets

The Mystery Guest 88%

The Head Maid's fingerprints are on the poisoned teacup that killed a famous mystery author.

by Nita Prose 2023

3.79

163k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🏨 Hotel Mystery 🖊️ Author Murder 🧐 Quirky Detective 🔑 Family Secrets

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 88%

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

The Kiss Curse

by Erin Sterling • 2022

Old rivals open competing witch shops until a love spell forces the kiss they've been denying.

3.74

86k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔮 Cozy Witch Romance 🏠 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Kiss Curse 88%

Old rivals open competing witch shops until a love spell forces the kiss they've been denying.

by Erin Sterling 2022

3.74

86k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔮 Cozy Witch Romance 🏠 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Death of a Nurse

by M.C. Beaton • 2016

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

3.80

6k+

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit 💰 Inheritance Plot 🌊 Coastal Mystery

Death of a Nurse 88%

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

by M.C. Beaton 2016

3.80

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit 💰 Inheritance Plot 🌊 Coastal Mystery

Mysteries of Thorn Manor

by Margaret Rogerson • 2023

A sorcerer's sentient manor demands he prove his love by completing three impossible feats.

4.05

29k+

🏠 Sentient House 😈 Demon Companion ⚔️ Impossible Tasks 📚 Bookish Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy

Mysteries of Thorn Manor 88%

A sorcerer's sentient manor demands he prove his love by completing three impossible feats.

by Margaret Rogerson 2023

4.05

29k+ ratings

🏠 Sentient House 😈 Demon Companion ⚔️ Impossible Tasks 📚 Bookish Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy

Small Town, Big Magic

by Hazel Beck • 2022

A small-town bookseller discovers magic is real, her memories stolen, and an ancient evil waking.

3.32

17k+

🏘️ Witchy Small Town ☕ Cozy Fantasy Romance 🪄 Hidden Magic Identity 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🧹 Found Family Coven

Small Town, Big Magic 88%

A small-town bookseller discovers magic is real, her memories stolen, and an ancient evil waking.

by Hazel Beck 2022

3.32

17k+ ratings

🏘️ Witchy Small Town ☕ Cozy Fantasy Romance 🪄 Hidden Magic Identity 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🧹 Found Family Coven

Secrets

by Fern Michaels • 2022

A fire-scarred trunk lands at an art center, pulling a psychic into a decades-old disappearance.

4.21

7k+

🔮 Psychic Sleuth 🤝 Found Family 💞 Second Chance Romance 🛋️ Cozy Mystery Energy 👫 Lost Siblings Reunited

Secrets 88%

A fire-scarred trunk lands at an art center, pulling a psychic into a decades-old disappearance.

by Fern Michaels 2022

4.21

7k+ ratings

🔮 Psychic Sleuth 🤝 Found Family 💞 Second Chance Romance 🛋️ Cozy Mystery Energy 👫 Lost Siblings Reunited

A Picture of Murder

by T.E. Kinsey • 2018

Deaths mirror a cinema troupe's witch film. An Edwardian lady and her maid investigate.

4.29

10k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 👒 Edwardian England 🏘️ Small Village Secrets 💬 Witty Banter 🍂 Autumnal Atmosphere

A Picture of Murder 88%

Deaths mirror a cinema troupe's witch film. An Edwardian lady and her maid investigate.

by T.E. Kinsey 2018

4.29

10k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 👒 Edwardian England 🏘️ Small Village Secrets 💬 Witty Banter 🍂 Autumnal Atmosphere

The Mistletoe Mystery

by Nita Prose • 2024

A literal-minded hotel maid suspects her boyfriend's Christmas secrets mean another woman.

3.40

56k+

🎄 Cozy Christmas Mystery 🧠 Neurodivergent Lead ❤️ Found Family 💭 Love Miscommunication 🏨 Hotel Workplace

The Mistletoe Mystery 88%

A literal-minded hotel maid suspects her boyfriend's Christmas secrets mean another woman.

by Nita Prose 2024

3.40

56k+ ratings

🎄 Cozy Christmas Mystery 🧠 Neurodivergent Lead ❤️ Found Family 💭 Love Miscommunication 🏨 Hotel Workplace

Legends & Lattes

by Travis Baldree • 2022

An orc barbarian swaps her broadsword for a coffee grinder and hopes the luck stone works.

4.03

339k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Retired Adventurer ☕ Coffee Shop 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Legends & Lattes 88%

An orc barbarian swaps her broadsword for a coffee grinder and hopes the luck stone works.

by Travis Baldree 2022

4.03

339k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Retired Adventurer ☕ Coffee Shop 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Pine

by Francine Toon • 2020

A woman in white haunts the pines, and a grieving girl hopes the dead return.

3.37

17k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👻 Grief And Ghosts 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔮 Protective Rituals

Pine 88%

A woman in white haunts the pines, and a grieving girl hopes the dead return.

by Francine Toon 2020

3.37

17k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 👻 Grief And Ghosts 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🔮 Protective Rituals

Asylum Hotel

by Juliet Blackwell • 2025

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

3.56

2k+

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Asylum Hotel 88%

A photographer trespasses into a crumbling seaside hotel. Its ghosts are already expecting her.

by Juliet Blackwell 2025

3.56

2k+ ratings

🖤 Modern Gothic 🏨 Haunted Hotel 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man]

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2025

A widowed tea shop owner investigates a dead influencer whose curated life was all performance.

4.16

79k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🍜 Culinary Cozy 📱 Social Media Critique 💬 Witty Banter

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man] Summary

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man] 88%

A widowed tea shop owner investigates a dead influencer whose curated life was all performance.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2025

4.16

79k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🍜 Culinary Cozy 📱 Social Media Critique 💬 Witty Banter

Good Spirits

by B.K. Borison • 2025

A grumpy Ghost of Christmas Past falls for the messy antiques dealer he's supposed to haunt.

3.97

143k+

👻 Ghost Love Interest 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💞 Mutual Healing 🎄 Holiday Magic

Good Spirits 88%

A grumpy Ghost of Christmas Past falls for the messy antiques dealer he's supposed to haunt.

by B.K. Borison 2025

3.97

143k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Love Interest 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💞 Mutual Healing 🎄 Holiday Magic

The Haunting of Leigh Harker

by Darcy Coates • 2021

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

3.92

8k+

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Hidden Killer 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

The Haunting of Leigh Harker 88%

A woman's home becomes a trap, haunted by a silent figure; the locked door hides truth.

by Darcy Coates 2021

3.92

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 👻 Ghost Pov 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Hidden Killer 🌫️ Atmospheric Horror

Crazy Spooky Love

by Josie Silver • 2025

A psychic opens a ghost-busting agency, only to face her TV ex at a haunted mansion.

3.56

4k+

🔍 Ghost Hunting Agency 🔮 Psychic Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal

Crazy Spooky Love 88%

A psychic opens a ghost-busting agency, only to face her TV ex at a haunted mansion.

by Josie Silver 2025

3.56

4k+ ratings

🔍 Ghost Hunting Agency 🔮 Psychic Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal

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+

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The Other Ones 88%

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

The Empty Grave

by Jonathan Stroud • 2017

A ghost-hunting crew breaks into a tomb and finds their founder's coffin empty. She never died.

4.62

30k+

🏚️ Ghost Hunting Agency 👥 Found Family 👻 Snarky Ghost Companion 🏙️ Alternate London 🖤 Darkly Humorous

The Empty Grave 88%

A ghost-hunting crew breaks into a tomb and finds their founder's coffin empty. She never died.

by Jonathan Stroud 2017

4.62

30k+ ratings

🏚️ Ghost Hunting Agency 👥 Found Family 👻 Snarky Ghost Companion 🏙️ Alternate London 🖤 Darkly Humorous

The Screaming Staircase

by Jonathan Stroud • 2013

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

4.25

76k+

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🔍 Cold Case Murder

The Screaming Staircase 88%

A psychic joins a ghost-hunting agency and must survive a night in England's most haunted house.

by Jonathan Stroud 2013

4.25

76k+ ratings

🕵️ Ghost Hunting 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 💕 Found Family 🔮 Psychic Abilities 🔍 Cold Case Murder

Scritch Scratch

by Lindsay Currie • 2020

A ghost boy haunts a science-loving girl, his only clue a number scrawled on her wall.

3.91

5k+

👻 Kid Ghost Hunters 🤔 Skeptic Protagonist 📜 Forgotten History 🧪 Girl Scientist 🌃 Urban Ghost Story

Scritch Scratch 88%

A ghost boy haunts a science-loving girl, his only clue a number scrawled on her wall.

by Lindsay Currie 2020

3.91

5k+ ratings

👻 Kid Ghost Hunters 🤔 Skeptic Protagonist 📜 Forgotten History 🧪 Girl Scientist 🌃 Urban Ghost Story

The Invited

by Jennifer McMahon • 2019

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

3.80

45k+

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Invited 88%

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

by Jennifer McMahon 2019

3.80

45k+ ratings

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

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