🚢 Gothic Seafaring

Ships become floating haunted houses on black, indifferent seas, where maritime peril and supernatural dread converge in salt-stung, claustrophobic terror.

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1999

A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.

3.5

15k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror ⚓ Mutiny At Sea 🍖 Survival Cannibalism

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Summary

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket 91%

A boy stows away, survives mutiny and cannibalism, then sails into a white Antarctic void.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1999

3.5

15k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror ⚓ Mutiny At Sea 🍖 Survival Cannibalism

The Scar

by China Miéville • 2002

Pirates capture a linguist and take her to a floating city chasing a tear in reality.

4.19

35k+

🏴‍☠️ Floating City 🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🦴 Body Horror

The Scar 90%

Pirates capture a linguist and take her to a floating city chasing a tear in reality.

by China Miéville 2002

4.19

35k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Floating City 🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🦴 Body Horror

Of Dawn and Darkness

by Will Wight • 2015

He never wanted the throne. It bends reality, breaks minds, and lets ancient horrors through.

4.18

4k+

🐙 Cosmic Horror Fantasy 🏛️ Political Intrigue ⛵ Nautical Fantasy

Of Dawn and Darkness 89%

He never wanted the throne. It bends reality, breaks minds, and lets ancient horrors through.

by Will Wight 2015

4.18

4k+ ratings

🐙 Cosmic Horror Fantasy 🏛️ Political Intrigue ⛵ Nautical Fantasy

The Silence Factory

by Bridget Collins • 2024

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

3.42

4k+

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact

The Silence Factory 89%

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

by Bridget Collins 2024

3.42

4k+ ratings

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact

The Terror

by Dan Simmons • 2007

A doomed Arctic expedition. A predator on the ice. The long, dark winter has only begun.

4.09

75k+

🧊 Arctic Horror ⚓ Historical Horror 🩸 Survival Horror

The Terror 89%

A doomed Arctic expedition. A predator on the ice. The long, dark winter has only begun.

by Dan Simmons 2007

4.09

75k+ ratings

🧊 Arctic Horror ⚓ Historical Horror 🩸 Survival Horror

Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools

by G.P. Taylor • 2009

A teen agent boards a doomed steamship, hunted by assassins and haunted by the dead.

3.92

118

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🎪 Circus Of Horrors

Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools Summary

Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Fools 89%

A teen agent boards a doomed steamship, hunted by assassins and haunted by the dead.

by G.P. Taylor 2009

3.92

118 ratings

🎩 Steampunk Fantasy 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🎪 Circus Of Horrors

The Drowning House

by Cherie Priest • 2024

A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.

3.39

2k+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🪄 Norse Folklore 🏚️ Haunted House

The Drowning House 89%

A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.

by Cherie Priest 2024

3.39

2k+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🪄 Norse Folklore 🏚️ Haunted House

Bone China

by Laura Purcell • 2019

A lady's maid hides in a cliffside house where china keeps secrets and fairies are feared.

3.65

8k+

🌊 Seaside Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Bone China 89%

A lady's maid hides in a cliffside house where china keeps secrets and fairies are feared.

by Laura Purcell 2019

3.65

8k+ ratings

🌊 Seaside Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

And the Sea Called Her Name

by Joe Hart • 2015

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

3.73

429

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage

And the Sea Called Her Name 89%

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

by Joe Hart 2015

3.73

429 ratings

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage

A Plague of Zombies

by Diana Gabaldon • 2011

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

3.98

10k+

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic

A Plague of Zombies 89%

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

by Diana Gabaldon 2011

3.98

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic

Los elementales

by Michael McDowell • 1981

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

3.98

24k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House

Los elementales 89%

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

by Michael McDowell 1981

3.98

24k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House

Benito Cereno

by Herman Melville • 2006

An American captain boards a Spanish slave ship in chaos, sensing danger but misreading every sign.

3.53

10k+

🛳️ Maritime Gothic ⛓️ Slave Revolt 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Benito Cereno 89%

An American captain boards a Spanish slave ship in chaos, sensing danger but misreading every sign.

by Herman Melville 2006

3.53

10k+ ratings

🛳️ Maritime Gothic ⛓️ Slave Revolt 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Widow's Point

by Richard Chizmar • 2025

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

3.76

5k+

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession

Widow's Point 89%

A ghost-hunting crew locks into Widow's Point lighthouse, where the dead have never stopped waiting.

by Richard Chizmar 2025

3.76

5k+ ratings

🦑 Cosmic Horror 📜 Epistolary Horror 👤 Possession

The Midas Box

by G.P. Taylor • 2008

At a gothic seaside hotel, an orphan discovers every boy hired before him has disappeared.

3.46

706

🚂 Steampunk Fantasy 🏨 Gothic Hotel 🧒 Orphan Protagonist

The Midas Box 89%

At a gothic seaside hotel, an orphan discovers every boy hired before him has disappeared.

by G.P. Taylor 2008

3.46

706 ratings

🚂 Steampunk Fantasy 🏨 Gothic Hotel 🧒 Orphan Protagonist

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

The William Hope Hodgson Megapack

by William Hope Hodgson • 2014

Before Lovecraft, one writer filled the sea with cosmic terrors and the dark with ritual wards.

4.18

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Maritime Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction

The William Hope Hodgson Megapack Summary

The William Hope Hodgson Megapack 88%

Before Lovecraft, one writer filled the sea with cosmic terrors and the dark with ritual wards.

by William Hope Hodgson 2014

4.18

72 ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Maritime Horror 👁️ Weird Fiction

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

Nightweaver

by R.M. Gray • 2025

Bound to the Nightweaver who captured her, a pirate must decide which monster to truly fear.

3.88

5k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Heroine 🏚️ Gothic Manor

Nightweaver 88%

Bound to the Nightweaver who captured her, a pirate must decide which monster to truly fear.

by R.M. Gray 2025

3.88

5k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Heroine 🏚️ Gothic Manor

The Book of Speculation

by Erika Swyler • 2015

A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.

3.61

39k+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🎪 Circus Misfits 🔮 Tarot Lore

The Book of Speculation 88%

A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.

by Erika Swyler 2015

3.61

39k+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🎪 Circus Misfits 🔮 Tarot Lore

Rolling in the Deep

by Mira Grant • 2015

A mockumentary crew hunts for mermaids in the Mariana Trench. Beneath them, the real ones hunt.

3.94

12k+

🐋 Deep Sea Horror 📹 Found Footage Horror 🚢 Doomed Expedition

Rolling in the Deep 88%

A mockumentary crew hunts for mermaids in the Mariana Trench. Beneath them, the real ones hunt.

by Mira Grant 2015

3.94

12k+ ratings

🐋 Deep Sea Horror 📹 Found Footage Horror 🚢 Doomed Expedition

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

by Jan Potocki • 1847

A young officer braves a haunted pass, where seductive sisters tempt him with hidden lineage.

4.09

4k+

📖 Frame Narrative 📚 Stories Within Stories 👻 Supernatural Ambiguity

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa Summary

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa 88%

A young officer braves a haunted pass, where seductive sisters tempt him with hidden lineage.

by Jan Potocki 1847

4.09

4k+ ratings

📖 Frame Narrative 📚 Stories Within Stories 👻 Supernatural Ambiguity

The Haar

by David Sodergren • 2022

Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.

4.02

36k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🦑 Eldritch Horror

The Haar 88%

Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.

by David Sodergren 2022

4.02

36k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🦑 Eldritch Horror

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

House of Salt and Sorrows 88%

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

Of Sea and Shadow

by Will Wight • 2014

A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.

4.13

6k+

🚢 Nautical Fantasy 🩷 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities

Of Sea and Shadow 88%

A sea captain's hunt for an immortality artifact draws assassins and stirs an ancient sleeping god.

by Will Wight 2014

4.13

6k+ ratings

🚢 Nautical Fantasy 🩷 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities

A Ship of Bones and Teeth

by Karina Halle • 2023

She traded her tail for a cage. The pirate who chains her next wears matching scars.

3.74

22k+

🌑 Dark Retelling ⛓️ Captive Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

A Ship of Bones and Teeth 88%

She traded her tail for a cage. The pirate who chains her next wears matching scars.

by Karina Halle 2023

3.74

22k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Retelling ⛓️ Captive Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

White Is for Witching

by Helen Oyeyemi • 2009

The house Miranda Silver grew up in is alive, hungry, and it has never released a daughter.

3.54

13k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🕯️ Generational Curse

White Is for Witching 88%

The house Miranda Silver grew up in is alive, hungry, and it has never released a daughter.

by Helen Oyeyemi 2009

3.54

13k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🕯️ Generational Curse

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 88%

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

Cold Skin

by Albert Sánchez Piñol • 2007

On an Antarctic island, sea creatures rise nightly, and the lighthouse keeper hides a dark secret.

3.66

10k+

🦑 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Siege Survival 🔦 Isolated Lighthouse

Cold Skin 88%

On an Antarctic island, sea creatures rise nightly, and the lighthouse keeper hides a dark secret.

by Albert Sánchez Piñol 2007

3.66

10k+ ratings

🦑 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Siege Survival 🔦 Isolated Lighthouse

Rouge

by Mona Awad • 2023

Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.

3.53

51k+

🌊 Gothic Seaside 💋 Beauty Cult 🩸 Body Horror

Rouge 88%

Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.

by Mona Awad 2023

3.53

51k+ ratings

🌊 Gothic Seaside 💋 Beauty Cult 🩸 Body Horror

Blackwater I

by Michael McDowell • 1983

A flood strands a strange woman with an Alabama lumber family. She belongs to the river.

3.69

84k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌊 Aquatic Horror

Blackwater I 88%

A flood strands a strange woman with an Alabama lumber family. She belongs to the river.

by Michael McDowell 1983

3.69

84k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌊 Aquatic Horror

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+

🦠 Ecological Horror 👁️ Cryptid Encounter 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

In Bloom 88%

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

🦠 Ecological Horror 👁️ Cryptid Encounter 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Wrayth

by Philippa Ballantine • 2012

A paralyzed Deacon enters a nightmare fortress to uncover the truth hidden in her blood.

3.90

1k+

🚂 Steampunk Fantasy 🔗 Psychic Partnership 🐺 Monster Within

Wrayth 88%

A paralyzed Deacon enters a nightmare fortress to uncover the truth hidden in her blood.

by Philippa Ballantine 2012

3.90

1k+ ratings

🚂 Steampunk Fantasy 🔗 Psychic Partnership 🐺 Monster Within

Vathek

by William Beckford • 1786

An impious caliph sells his soul for a demon's promise of a subterranean palace of fire.

3.23

7k+

🏰 Early Gothic 🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🤝 Faustian Bargain

Vathek 88%

An impious caliph sells his soul for a demon's promise of a subterranean palace of fire.

by William Beckford 1786

3.23

7k+ ratings

🏰 Early Gothic 🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🤝 Faustian Bargain

Night Lords

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden • 2014

A doomed Night Lord seer fights to unite his traitor legion, hunted by aliens who foretold his rise.

4.67

2k+

🚀 Military Sci-Fi 👿 Villain Protagonists 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy

Night Lords 88%

A doomed Night Lord seer fights to unite his traitor legion, hunted by aliens who foretold his rise.

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2014

4.67

2k+ ratings

🚀 Military Sci-Fi 👿 Villain Protagonists 🔮 Doomed By Prophecy

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

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

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

by Neil Gaiman • 2013

A monster is his new housekeeper. Three ancient women at the lane's end are his only defense.

4.01

660k+

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 👵 Ancient Magical Women 💔 Childhood Trauma

The Ocean at the End of the Lane Summary

The Ocean at the End of the Lane 88%

A monster is his new housekeeper. Three ancient women at the lane's end are his only defense.

by Neil Gaiman 2013

4.01

660k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 👵 Ancient Magical Women 💔 Childhood Trauma

Something I Keep Upstairs

by J.D. Barker • 2025

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

3.85

3k+

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse

Something I Keep Upstairs 88%

Inheriting a haunted island, seven friends discover its ancient hunger claims anyone under sixteen.

by J.D. Barker 2025

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Sentient House 🌴 Haunted Island 💀 Generational Curse

The Last One

by Will Dean • 2023

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

3.55

41k+

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery

The Last One 88%

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

by Will Dean 2023

3.55

41k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery

Shadowmancer

by G.P. Taylor • 2002

A shipwrecked priest and two orphans defy a shadow-wielding vicar to reclaim a sacred relic.

2.83

3k+

🕊️ Christian Fantasy 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Shadowmancer 88%

A shipwrecked priest and two orphans defy a shadow-wielding vicar to reclaim a sacred relic.

by G.P. Taylor 2002

2.83

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Fantasy 🌊 Gothic Seaside ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

The Water Witch

by Jessica Thorne • 2022

On the Breton coast, a truth-compelling mask resurfaces, dooming a noble family's men to the sea.

4.18

1k+

🖤 Gothic Romance 🌊 Celtic Mythology 🗡️ Ancestral Curse

The Water Witch 88%

On the Breton coast, a truth-compelling mask resurfaces, dooming a noble family's men to the sea.

by Jessica Thorne 2022

4.18

1k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 🌊 Celtic Mythology 🗡️ Ancestral Curse

Ship of Magic

by Robin Hobb • 1998

Death awakens the family ship; the rightful captain must steal her from a pirate king.

4.24

107k+

🛳️ Nautical Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Betrayal 🎭 Hidden Identity

Ship of Magic 88%

Death awakens the family ship; the rightful captain must steal her from a pirate king.

by Robin Hobb 1998

4.24

107k+ ratings

🛳️ Nautical Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Betrayal 🎭 Hidden Identity

Master of Salt & Bones

by Keri Lake • 2020

She takes a job at a cursed seaside castle and collides with its scarred, magnetic master.

3.90

40k+

🖤 Gothic Seaside ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Scarred Hero

Master of Salt & Bones 88%

She takes a job at a cursed seaside castle and collides with its scarred, magnetic master.

by Keri Lake 2020

3.90

40k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Seaside ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Scarred Hero

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

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

Arm of the Sphinx

by Josiah Bancroft • 2014

A captain turned pirate scours a tower for his lost wife while addiction summons her ghost.

4.31

18k+

🏴‍☠️ Airship Pirates 💛 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader

Arm of the Sphinx 88%

A captain turned pirate scours a tower for his lost wife while addiction summons her ghost.

by Josiah Bancroft 2014

4.31

18k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Airship Pirates 💛 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Complete Stories and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe • 1849

Every tale and poem: madness, murder, mourning, and the birth of modern detective fiction.

4.40

298k+

🖤 Gothic Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Romanticism

The Complete Stories and Poems 88%

Every tale and poem: madness, murder, mourning, and the birth of modern detective fiction.

by Edgar Allan Poe 1849

4.40

298k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌑 Dark Romanticism

Shipwreck Island

by Struan Murray • 2021

A girl carrying a destructive god washes onto an island whose queen's power is failing.

4.38

567

🖤 Dark Middle Grade 🌊 Drowned World ⚡ Mythic Fantasy

Shipwreck Island 88%

A girl carrying a destructive god washes onto an island whose queen's power is failing.

by Struan Murray 2021

4.38

567 ratings

🖤 Dark Middle Grade 🌊 Drowned World ⚡ Mythic Fantasy

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

The Temptation of Charlotte North

by Camilla Bruce • 2026

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

3.56

209

🖤 Feminist Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage

The Temptation of Charlotte North Summary

The Temptation of Charlotte North 88%

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

by Camilla Bruce 2026

3.56

209 ratings

🖤 Feminist Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage

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