🏰 Gothic Castle

Crumbling turrets, secret passages, and an atmosphere thick with dread — these stories use the castle as both setting and character. The architecture itself seems to breathe, harboring old sins and older ghosts.

Midnight Rooms

by Donyae Coles • 2024

At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.

3.38

2k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Bartered Bride 👹 Monstrous In-Laws

Midnight Rooms 89%

At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.

by Donyae Coles 2024

3.38

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Bartered Bride 👹 Monstrous In-Laws

Gallant

by V.E. Schwab • 2022

A mute orphan inherits a crumbling manor where a garden wall barely holds back the dark.

3.70

150k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family

Gallant 89%

A mute orphan inherits a crumbling manor where a garden wall barely holds back the dark.

by V.E. Schwab 2022

3.70

150k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family

Apartment 16

by Adam L.G. Nevill • 2010

An American inherits a London flat where something behind a locked door has waited for decades.

3.20

7k+

🖼️ Haunted Paintings 🏢 Sentient Building 🌀 Descent Into Madness

Apartment 16 89%

An American inherits a London flat where something behind a locked door has waited for decades.

by Adam L.G. Nevill 2010

3.20

7k+ ratings

🖼️ Haunted Paintings 🏢 Sentient Building 🌀 Descent Into Madness

La catedral

by César Mallorquí • 2000

A young mason wins a contest to carve the altar. The cathedral was built for summoning the devil.

3.33

2k+

🏰 Gothic Cathedral 📜 Historical Horror 😈 Satanic Cult

La catedral 89%

A young mason wins a contest to carve the altar. The cathedral was built for summoning the devil.

by César Mallorquí 2000

3.33

2k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Cathedral 📜 Historical Horror 😈 Satanic Cult

Dunmoor

by London Clarke • 2021

He turned a cursed manor into an orphanage, but an ancient evil now stalks the children.

4.00

252

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Orphanage 🩸 Family Curse

Dunmoor 89%

He turned a cursed manor into an orphanage, but an ancient evil now stalks the children.

by London Clarke 2021

4.00

252 ratings

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Orphanage 🩸 Family Curse

Necromance

by Cora Raven • 2025

A necromancer wakes a castle's cursed duke. His dead fiancée will kill to keep his heart.

3.65

1k+

🖤 Gothic Romance 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🏰 Haunted Castle

Necromance 89%

A necromancer wakes a castle's cursed duke. His dead fiancée will kill to keep his heart.

by Cora Raven 2025

3.65

1k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🏰 Haunted Castle

Powers of Darkness

by Valdimar Ásmundsson • 1901

A Transylvanian castle imprisons a solicitor as its blood-drinking master schemes to rule the world.

3.63

2k+

🦇 Vampire Conspiracy 🖤 Erotic Horror 💋 Femme Fatale Vampire

Powers of Darkness 89%

A Transylvanian castle imprisons a solicitor as its blood-drinking master schemes to rule the world.

by Valdimar Ásmundsson 1901

3.63

2k+ ratings

🦇 Vampire Conspiracy 🖤 Erotic Horror 💋 Femme Fatale Vampire

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

The Starving Saints 89%

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

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish

by Paula Brackston • 2024

A ghost-seeing Victorian librarian discovers her cathedral's crypt broken open and the dead walking.

3.75

2k+

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 📜 Historical Fantasy 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish Summary

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish 88%

A ghost-seeing Victorian librarian discovers her cathedral's crypt broken open and the dead walking.

by Paula Brackston 2024

3.75

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 📜 Historical Fantasy 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine

The Obsidian Tower

by Melissa Caruso • 2020

Her killing touch and a sealed door: a visitor's betrayal opens it, unleashing ancient evil.

3.79

4k+

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 💀 Cursed Touch

The Obsidian Tower 88%

Her killing touch and a sealed door: a visitor's betrayal opens it, unleashing ancient evil.

by Melissa Caruso 2020

3.79

4k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 💀 Cursed Touch

The Obscene Bird of Night

by José Donoso • 1970

Entering an aristocrat's world to steal a face, a poor teacher's son dissolves into silence and ash.

4.21

5k+

🕯️ Gothic Magical Realism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Bodily Horror

The Obscene Bird of Night 88%

Entering an aristocrat's world to steal a face, a poor teacher's son dissolves into silence and ash.

by José Donoso 1970

4.21

5k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Magical Realism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Bodily 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

What Moves the Dead 88%

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

The Whistling

by Rebecca Netley • 2021

A nanny on a remote Scottish island discovers a mute child and a house that whistles.

3.65

9k+

🕯️ Gothic Mansion 🕰️ Victorian Scotland 👻 Haunted House

The Whistling 88%

A nanny on a remote Scottish island discovers a mute child and a house that whistles.

by Rebecca Netley 2021

3.65

9k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Mansion 🕰️ Victorian Scotland 👻 Haunted House

The Night Gardener

by Jonathan Auxier • 2014

Two orphans take work at a crumbling manor where a wish-granting tree extracts a terrible price.

4.05

22k+

👻 Middle Grade Horror 🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🪵 Cursed Wishes

The Night Gardener 88%

Two orphans take work at a crumbling manor where a wish-granting tree extracts a terrible price.

by Jonathan Auxier 2014

4.05

22k+ ratings

👻 Middle Grade Horror 🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🪵 Cursed Wishes

Geist

by Philippa Ballantine • 2010

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

3.64

4k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond

Geist 88%

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

by Philippa Ballantine 2010

3.64

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond

Carmilla

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu • 1872

A remote castle, a lonely girl, and the beautiful stranger whose love drains her of life.

3.87

208k+

🧛 Vampire Gothic 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Gothic 🩸 Female Vampire

Carmilla 88%

A remote castle, a lonely girl, and the beautiful stranger whose love drains her of life.

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 1872

3.87

208k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Gothic 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Gothic 🩸 Female Vampire

Lapvona

by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2022

After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.

3.54

104k+

🏰 Medieval Horror 🤢 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism

Lapvona 88%

After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.

by Ottessa Moshfegh 2022

3.54

104k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror 🤢 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism

Bad Dreams in the Night

by Adam Ellis • 2024

A person's nightmares pull them into a decaying house, where a family curse frays sanity.

4.19

8k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🔮 Family Curse 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Bad Dreams in the Night 88%

A person's nightmares pull them into a decaying house, where a family curse frays sanity.

by Adam Ellis 2024

4.19

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🔮 Family Curse 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Two Twisted Crowns

by Rachel Gillig • 2023

A captain enters the haunted wood to find the card that will free his possessed love.

4.38

530k+

🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👑 Cursed Kingdom 🃏 Card-Based Magic

Two Twisted Crowns 88%

A captain enters the haunted wood to find the card that will free his possessed love.

by Rachel Gillig 2023

4.38

530k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👑 Cursed Kingdom 🃏 Card-Based Magic

Anathema

by Keri Lake • 2024

Sent to kill her, a cursed assassin watches his black flame choose her instead.

4.18

131k+

🖤 Gothic Romantasy 💫 Fated Mates 🕷️ Body Horror

Anathema 88%

Sent to kill her, a cursed assassin watches his black flame choose her instead.

by Keri Lake 2024

4.18

131k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romantasy 💫 Fated Mates 🕷️ Body Horror

The Monk

by Matthew Gregory Lewis • 1796

A monk revered as a saint falls into lust, murder, and a bargain with the Devil.

3.86

35k+

🖤 Gothic Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 😈 Demonic Pact

The Monk 88%

A monk revered as a saint falls into lust, murder, and a bargain with the Devil.

by Matthew Gregory Lewis 1796

3.86

35k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror ✝️ Religious Horror 😈 Demonic Pact

Vespertine

by Margaret Rogerson • 2021

A scarred novice binds herself to an ancient spirit to save her convent from the dead.

4.09

26k+

🕯️ Gothic Convent Fantasy 👻 Spirit Possession 😈 Sassy Monster Companion

Vespertine 88%

A scarred novice binds herself to an ancient spirit to save her convent from the dead.

by Margaret Rogerson 2021

4.09

26k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Convent Fantasy 👻 Spirit Possession 😈 Sassy Monster Companion

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson • 1959

A fragile woman seeks home in a wrong-angled mansion that decides she can never leave.

3.81

404k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

The Haunting of Hill House 88%

A fragile woman seeks home in a wrong-angled mansion that decides she can never leave.

by Shirley Jackson 1959

3.81

404k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood

by James Malcolm Rymer • 1845

A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.

3.40

2k+

🏰 Victorian Gothic 🩸 Tragic Vampire 💀 Ancestral Curse

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood Summary

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood 88%

A fanged neighbor mirrors the cursed portrait on their wall. Their daughter is his prey.

by James Malcolm Rymer 1845

3.40

2k+ ratings

🏰 Victorian Gothic 🩸 Tragic Vampire 💀 Ancestral Curse

Innamorata

by Ava Reid • 2026

A silent woman trained in resurrection must help her cousin marry the prince she loves.

3.58

4k+

🖤 Gothic Romance ⚔️ Family Rivalry 👑 Political Marriage

Innamorata 88%

A silent woman trained in resurrection must help her cousin marry the prince she loves.

by Ava Reid 2026

3.58

4k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance ⚔️ Family Rivalry 👑 Political Marriage

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+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island

Hemlock Island 88%

Blood-smeared walls pull her back to a private island where the dead refuse to rest.

by Kelley Armstrong 2023

3.44

13k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏝️ Isolated Island

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+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🌿 Botanical Horror 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine

House of Roots and Ruin 88%

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

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🌿 Botanical Horror 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine

A Duel with the Vampire Lord

by Elise Kova • 2022

A forge maiden captured by a vampire lord must break his curse before it takes them both.

3.90

22k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🩸 Blood Bond

A Duel with the Vampire Lord 88%

A forge maiden captured by a vampire lord must break his curse before it takes them both.

by Elise Kova 2022

3.90

22k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🩸 Blood Bond

The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1851

A spinster shields her freed brother from a scheming cousin inside their cursed New England mansion.

3.45

43k+

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🩸 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Puritan New England

The House of the Seven Gables 88%

A spinster shields her freed brother from a scheming cousin inside their cursed New England mansion.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851

3.45

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🩸 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Puritan New England

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays

by H.R. Mason • 2019

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

3.85

272

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays 88%

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

by H.R. Mason 2019

3.85

272 ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

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

Ordinary Monsters 88%

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

House of Thorns

by Lee Mountford • 2025

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

4.00

788

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain

House of Thorns 88%

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

by Lee Mountford 2025

4.00

788 ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall

by J. Ann Thomas • 2025

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

3.68

1k+

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall Summary

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall 88%

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

by J. Ann Thomas 2025

3.68

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse

Weavingshaw

by Heba Al-Wasity • 2026

To save her brother, a refugee ghost-seer sells her darkest secret to a curse-bound confessor.

4.12

9k+

🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains

Weavingshaw 88%

To save her brother, a refugee ghost-seer sells her darkest secret to a curse-bound confessor.

by Heba Al-Wasity 2026

4.12

9k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains

The Silent Companions

by Laura Purcell • 2017

A pregnant widow inherits a crumbling estate where wooden figures with painted eyes appear to move.

3.87

46k+

🪆 Haunted Dolls 🔁 Generational Curse 🤐 Unreliable Narrator

The Silent Companions 88%

A pregnant widow inherits a crumbling estate where wooden figures with painted eyes appear to move.

by Laura Purcell 2017

3.87

46k+ ratings

🪆 Haunted Dolls 🔁 Generational Curse 🤐 Unreliable Narrator

We Live Here Now

by Sarah Pinborough • 2025

A couple escapes to a remote gothic house to fix their marriage. The house prefers it broken.

3.71

34k+

🌫️ Gothic Dread 🏚️ Sentient House 🪞 Fractured Identity

We Live Here Now 88%

A couple escapes to a remote gothic house to fix their marriage. The house prefers it broken.

by Sarah Pinborough 2025

3.71

34k+ ratings

🌫️ Gothic Dread 🏚️ Sentient House 🪞 Fractured Identity

Dracula

by Bram Stoker • 1897

A solicitor visits a Transylvanian count and finds the doors locked and his host's reflection gone.

4.02

1.5M+

🖤 Epistolary Horror 🗡️ Vampire Hunter 🧛 Victorian Vampire

Dracula 88%

A solicitor visits a Transylvanian count and finds the doors locked and his host's reflection gone.

by Bram Stoker 1897

4.02

1.5M+ ratings

🖤 Epistolary Horror 🗡️ Vampire Hunter 🧛 Victorian Vampire

Starling House

by Alix E. Harrow • 2023

A desperate woman takes a job inside a sentient house. Below the floors, old nightmares stir.

3.78

169k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛰️ Appalachian Gothic 🏠 Sentient House

Starling House 88%

A desperate woman takes a job inside a sentient house. Below the floors, old nightmares stir.

by Alix E. Harrow 2023

3.78

169k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛰️ Appalachian Gothic 🏠 Sentient House

The Knight and the Moth

by Rachel Gillig • 2025

A foundling seer drowns for prophecies, but a skeptic knight claims her gods are counterfeit.

4.22

251k+

🏰 Gothic Cathedral 🔥 Dark Romantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

The Knight and the Moth 88%

A foundling seer drowns for prophecies, but a skeptic knight claims her gods are counterfeit.

by Rachel Gillig 2025

4.22

251k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Cathedral 🔥 Dark Romantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle • 1902

A corpse on the moor, giant paw prints, a family curse. Holmes protects the last heir.

4.14

393k+

🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔍 Debunked Haunting 🩸 Family Curse

The Hound of the Baskervilles 88%

A corpse on the moor, giant paw prints, a family curse. Holmes protects the last heir.

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1902

4.14

393k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🔍 Debunked Haunting 🩸 Family Curse

Piranesi

by Susanna Clarke • 2020

His home is an infinite house of tides and statues. His name is not his own.

4.21

501k+

🌀 Gothic Labyrinth 🏛️ Sentient Architecture 🎭 Lost Identity

Piranesi 88%

His home is an infinite house of tides and statues. His name is not his own.

by Susanna Clarke 2020

4.21

501k+ ratings

🌀 Gothic Labyrinth 🏛️ Sentient Architecture 🎭 Lost Identity

The Children

by Melissa Albert • 2026

Raised inside their mother's fantasy novels, two siblings inherit her haunting and her hunger.

3.54

7k+

🖤 Gothic Family Curse 📖 Meta Horror Fiction 👥 Sibling Trauma Bond

The Children 88%

Raised inside their mother's fantasy novels, two siblings inherit her haunting and her hunger.

by Melissa Albert 2026

3.54

7k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Family Curse 📖 Meta Horror Fiction 👥 Sibling Trauma Bond

What Big Teeth

by Rose Szabo • 2021

Eleanor returns to her family's isolated mansion to find monsters and an even darker matriarch.

3.36

7k+

🐺 Werewolf Family 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Isolated Mansion

What Big Teeth 88%

Eleanor returns to her family's isolated mansion to find monsters and an even darker matriarch.

by Rose Szabo 2021

3.36

7k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Family 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Isolated Mansion

A Study in Drowning

by Ava Reid • 2023

At a crumbling manor, a student learns her idol's masterpiece was stolen from a woman he silenced.

3.70

106k+

🕯️ Dark Academia 🏚️ Gothic Manor 📖 Literary Mystery

A Study in Drowning 88%

At a crumbling manor, a student learns her idol's masterpiece was stolen from a woman he silenced.

by Ava Reid 2023

3.70

106k+ ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 🏚️ Gothic Manor 📖 Literary Mystery

Kelderkind

by Kristien Dieltiens • 2012

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

3.81

359

🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity

Kelderkind 88%

A boy imprisoned in a cellar carries a secret that could bring down a royal house.

by Kristien Dieltiens 2012

3.81

359 ratings

🏰 Gothic Historical 🔍 Historical Mystery 🎭 Mistaken Identity

Dracula the Un-Dead

by Dacre Stoker • 2009

Mina Harker's son, an actor, confronts a vampire threat that unearths his family's secret.

3.15

7k+

🧛 Dracula Reimagining 🩸 Vampire Romance 🕵️ Hidden Parentage

Dracula the Un-Dead 88%

Mina Harker's son, an actor, confronts a vampire threat that unearths his family's secret.

by Dacre Stoker 2009

3.15

7k+ ratings

🧛 Dracula Reimagining 🩸 Vampire Romance 🕵️ Hidden Parentage

Of Brides of Queens

by Kelly St. Clare • 2025

A monster queen woven from fifty sacrifices must survive the obsessions of five immortal kings.

4.37

240

🖤 Gothic Romantasy 👹 Monster Romance 👑 Immortal Kings

Of Brides of Queens 88%

A monster queen woven from fifty sacrifices must survive the obsessions of five immortal kings.

by Kelly St. Clare 2025

4.37

240 ratings

🖤 Gothic Romantasy 👹 Monster Romance 👑 Immortal Kings

The House Saphir

by Marissa Meyer • 2025

A ghost-tour grifter who sees real spirits must break the murderous curse of a haunted château.

3.80

15k+

🔑 Bluebeard Retelling 🏚️ Gothic Fantasy ✨ Magical Sisters

The House Saphir 88%

A ghost-tour grifter who sees real spirits must break the murderous curse of a haunted château.

by Marissa Meyer 2025

3.80

15k+ ratings

🔑 Bluebeard Retelling 🏚️ Gothic Fantasy ✨ Magical Sisters

The Architect of Song

by A.G. Howard • 2016

A deaf orphan steals a grave flower and discovers the ghost who becomes her only music.

4.03

2k+

🕯️ Victorian Ghost Romance 👻 Ghost Love Interest 🎭 Twin Identity Swap

The Architect of Song 88%

A deaf orphan steals a grave flower and discovers the ghost who becomes her only music.

by A.G. Howard 2016

4.03

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Victorian Ghost Romance 👻 Ghost Love Interest 🎭 Twin Identity Swap

The Library After Dark

by Ande Pliego • 2026

A locked gothic library, a blizzard, and dark fairy tales that have started killing the guests.

3.59

2k+

🔒 Gothic Locked Room 🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 🔑 Family Secrets

The Library After Dark 87%

A locked gothic library, a blizzard, and dark fairy tales that have started killing the guests.

by Ande Pliego 2026

3.59

2k+ ratings

🔒 Gothic Locked Room 🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 🔑 Family Secrets

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