Matriarchal Cruelty Books | Summaries & Audio

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

Two creation myths birthed a hatred that shaped laws, medicine, and war for three thousand years.

4.27

📜 Patriarchy History 🏛️ Gender History 🔥 Witch Hunts ⚔️ Rape As Weapon ⛓️ Female Subjugation

A Brief History of Misogyny 86%

Two creation myths birthed a hatred that shaped laws, medicine, and war for three thousand years.

by Jack Holland 2006

4.27

49 ratings

📜 Patriarchy History 🏛️ Gender History 🔥 Witch Hunts ⚔️ Rape As Weapon ⛓️ Female Subjugation

Ecstasy

by Ivy Pochoda • 2025

A widow joins a feral cult at her Greek resort drinking a captive god's golden blood.

3.25

1k+

🖤 Feminist Horror 🏺 Mythic Retelling 🔥 Female Rage 🩸 Generational Trauma ⛓️ Captive Deity

Ecstasy 86%

A widow joins a feral cult at her Greek resort drinking a captive god's golden blood.

by Ivy Pochoda 2025

3.25

1k+ ratings

🖤 Feminist Horror 🏺 Mythic Retelling 🔥 Female Rage 🩸 Generational Trauma ⛓️ Captive Deity

Nightbitch

by Rachel Yoder • 2021

A stay-at-home mom's transformation into a dog awakens a wildness she thought motherhood had erased.

3.42

89k+

😤 Maternal Rage 🐺 Animal Transformation 🩸 Body Horror 🏡 Suburban Discontent 🖤 Dark Comedy

Nightbitch 86%

A stay-at-home mom's transformation into a dog awakens a wildness she thought motherhood had erased.

by Rachel Yoder 2021

3.42

89k+ ratings

😤 Maternal Rage 🐺 Animal Transformation 🩸 Body Horror 🏡 Suburban Discontent 🖤 Dark Comedy

厌女：日本的女性嫌恶

by Chizuko Ueno • 2010

The emperor's throne and the family kitchen run on the same misogynist script. Here is why.

4.40

919

🇯🇵 Japanese Feminism 🏗 Structural Misogyny ⚖ Sexual Double Standards 👥 Homosociality 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict

厌女：日本的女性嫌恶 86%

The emperor's throne and the family kitchen run on the same misogynist script. Here is why.

by Chizuko Ueno 2010

4.40

919 ratings

🇯🇵 Japanese Feminism 🏗 Structural Misogyny ⚖ Sexual Double Standards 👥 Homosociality 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict

Off With Her Head

by Eleanor Herman • 2022

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

3.85

3k+

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

Off With Her Head 86%

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

by Eleanor Herman 2022

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

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

How to Kill a Witch

by Zoe Venditozzi • 2025

Witch hunts weren't about magic. They were about controlling women. And they haven't stopped.

3.81

18k+

🔥 Witch Trials 📚 Feminist History ⚡ Gender Based Violence ⛓️ Patriarchal Control 💬 Modern Misogyny

How to Kill a Witch 86%

Witch hunts weren't about magic. They were about controlling women. And they haven't stopped.

by Zoe Venditozzi 2025

3.81

18k+ ratings

🔥 Witch Trials 📚 Feminist History ⚡ Gender Based Violence ⛓️ Patriarchal Control 💬 Modern Misogyny

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 86%

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

Medea

by Euripides

A banished sorceress, betrayed for a princess, sends a wedding gift that will burn a kingdom.

3.96

89k+

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 💔 Woman Scorned 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 😱 Maternal Horror 🌍 Exile

Medea 86%

A banished sorceress, betrayed for a princess, sends a wedding gift that will burn a kingdom.

by Euripides

3.96

89k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 💔 Woman Scorned 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 😱 Maternal Horror 🌍 Exile

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

4.14

3k+

🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

A Brief History of Misogyny 86%

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

by Jack Holland 2006

4.14

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

Such a Pretty Smile

by Kristi DeMeester • 2022

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

3.34

6k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔥 Female Rage

Such a Pretty Smile 86%

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

by Kristi DeMeester 2022

3.34

6k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔥 Female Rage

Cows

by Matthew Stokoe • 1998

Trapped by his mother, a man discovers a slaughterhouse where cows talk; killing is his only escape.

2.68

15k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Maternal Abuse 🐄 Talking Animals 🥩 Slaughterhouse

Cows 86%

Trapped by his mother, a man discovers a slaughterhouse where cows talk; killing is his only escape.

by Matthew Stokoe 1998

2.68

15k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🫀 Body Horror 🖤 Maternal Abuse 🐄 Talking Animals 🥩 Slaughterhouse

Daddy Issues

by Katherine Angel • 2019

Behind every sentimentalized father is a story of possession that feminism forgot to tell.

3.36

1k+

👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Dynamics 📺 Cultural Criticism 🏠 Patriarchal Family 🪞 Narcissistic Parents 💔 Family Trauma

Daddy Issues 86%

Behind every sentimentalized father is a story of possession that feminism forgot to tell.

by Katherine Angel 2019

3.36

1k+ ratings

👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Dynamics 📺 Cultural Criticism 🏠 Patriarchal Family 🪞 Narcissistic Parents 💔 Family Trauma

Trad Wife

by Saratoga Schaefer • 2026

A tradwife influencer's wish at a well brings a pregnancy that craves raw flesh.

3.83

13k+

🫀 Body Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 📱 Social Media Satire 🕳️ Wish Gone Wrong 🤰 Monstrous Motherhood

Trad Wife 86%

A tradwife influencer's wish at a well brings a pregnancy that craves raw flesh.

by Saratoga Schaefer 2026

3.83

13k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 📱 Social Media Satire 🕳️ Wish Gone Wrong 🤰 Monstrous Motherhood

Where I End

by Sophie White • 2022

Bound to her decaying mother on a bleak island, she craves the visiting artist and her newborn.

3.83

6k+

🌊 Irish Gothic 🦴 Body Horror ✒️ Literary Horror 🖤 Toxic Motherhood 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Where I End 86%

Bound to her decaying mother on a bleak island, she craves the visiting artist and her newborn.

by Sophie White 2022

3.83

6k+ ratings

🌊 Irish Gothic 🦴 Body Horror ✒️ Literary Horror 🖤 Toxic Motherhood 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Lamb

by Lucy Rose • 2025

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

3.75

51k+

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

The Lamb 86%

Her cannibal mother found love. Now Margot is the dinner they plan to share.

by Lucy Rose 2025

3.75

51k+ ratings

🍖 Cannibal Horror 🖤 Toxic Mother Daughter 💋 Sapphic Horror 🌾 Rural Gothic 🦴 Body Horror

Sex Object

by Jessica Valenti • 2016

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

3.66

14k+

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Online Misogyny

Sex Object 86%

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

by Jessica Valenti 2016

3.66

14k+ ratings

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Online Misogyny

Gloria

by Bentley Little • 2021

Her mother returns from the dead, unchanged since the 80s, but only Gloria recognizes her.

3.59

523

🖤 Supernatural Grief 🌐 Alternate Realities 👤 Malevolent Mother ⚰️ Unholy Resurrection 🛐 Cult Worship

Gloria 86%

Her mother returns from the dead, unchanged since the 80s, but only Gloria recognizes her.

by Bentley Little 2021

3.59

523 ratings

🖤 Supernatural Grief 🌐 Alternate Realities 👤 Malevolent Mother ⚰️ Unholy Resurrection 🛐 Cult Worship

Against Our Will

by Susan Brownmiller • 1975

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

4.05

4k+

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory

Against Our Will 86%

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

by Susan Brownmiller 1975

4.05

4k+ ratings

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory

Anatomía del mal

by Jordi Wild • 2024

Eight crimes pull apart evil: trauma, group pressure, misogyny, and the mask of ordinary life.

3.42

884

🧠 Criminal Psychology 😈 Nature Of Evil 🧒 Childhood Trauma 💪 Toxic Masculinity 👥 Group Violence

Anatomía del mal 86%

Eight crimes pull apart evil: trauma, group pressure, misogyny, and the mask of ordinary life.

by Jordi Wild 2024

3.42

884 ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 😈 Nature Of Evil 🧒 Childhood Trauma 💪 Toxic Masculinity 👥 Group Violence

The Bacchae

by Euripides

King Pentheus forbids the worship of Dionysus. The god arrives in disguise to destroy his house.

3.94

26k+

🏛️ Greek Tragedy ⚡ Divine Punishment 💀 Hubris And Downfall 🍇 Ecstatic Violence 💔 Mother-Son Tragedy

The Bacchae 86%

King Pentheus forbids the worship of Dionysus. The god arrives in disguise to destroy his house.

by Euripides

3.94

26k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Tragedy ⚡ Divine Punishment 💀 Hubris And Downfall 🍇 Ecstatic Violence 💔 Mother-Son Tragedy

Je me regarderai dans les yeux

by Rim Battal • 2025

One cigarette brands a Moroccan girl impure. To keep her family, she must prove her virginity.

4.11

908

🧬 Generational Trauma 🩺 Virginity Testing ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🇲🇦 Contemporary Morocco

Je me regarderai dans les yeux 86%

One cigarette brands a Moroccan girl impure. To keep her family, she must prove her virginity.

by Rim Battal 2025

4.11

908 ratings

🧬 Generational Trauma 🩺 Virginity Testing ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🇲🇦 Contemporary Morocco

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 🌀 Fractured Psyche 📖 Fairy Tale Horror

Rouge 86%

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 🌀 Fractured Psyche 📖 Fairy Tale Horror

She Made Herself a Monster

by Anna Kovatcheva • 2026

A cursed orphan allies with a vampire slayer to fake her death and flee her abuser.

3.56

2k+

✊ Feminist Horror 🧛‍♀️ Vampire Hunter 💀 Fake Death 👭 Female Alliance 🔗 Patriarchal Abuse

She Made Herself a Monster 86%

A cursed orphan allies with a vampire slayer to fake her death and flee her abuser.

by Anna Kovatcheva 2026

3.56

2k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Horror 🧛‍♀️ Vampire Hunter 💀 Fake Death 👭 Female Alliance 🔗 Patriarchal Abuse

Chouette

by Claire Oshetsky • 2021

A cellist births an owl-baby. Her husband calls it a crisis; she calls it her child.

3.88

7k+

🪄 Magical Realism 📖 Literary Horror 🦉 Feral Child 🩸 Body Horror 🌑 Dark Motherhood

Chouette 86%

A cellist births an owl-baby. Her husband calls it a crisis; she calls it her child.

by Claire Oshetsky 2021

3.88

7k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 📖 Literary Horror 🦉 Feral Child 🩸 Body Horror 🌑 Dark Motherhood

The Great Cosmic Mother

by Monica Sjöö • 1981

Before patriarchy, the world worshipped a goddess. Her erasure was violent and the costs endure.

4.08

2k+

🌙 Goddess Spirituality 🏺 Matriarchal Prehistory 🔥 Witch Hunt History ⚡ Patriarchal Critique 🌍 Sacred Ecology

The Great Cosmic Mother 86%

Before patriarchy, the world worshipped a goddess. Her erasure was violent and the costs endure.

by Monica Sjöö 1981

4.08

2k+ ratings

🌙 Goddess Spirituality 🏺 Matriarchal Prehistory 🔥 Witch Hunt History ⚡ Patriarchal Critique 🌍 Sacred Ecology

When Darkness Loves Us

by Elizabeth Engstrom • 1985

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

4.01

2k+

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

When Darkness Loves Us 86%

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

by Elizabeth Engstrom 1985

4.01

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child 🎭 Disfigured Protagonist 👻 Ambiguous Ghost

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships ✊ Feminist Memoir

In the Dream House 85%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships ✊ Feminist Memoir

The Grace Year

by Kim Liggett • 2019

During their ritual exile to burn off magic, the real danger is the other girls.

4.13

250k+

🔴 Feminist Dystopia 😱 Mass Hysteria 👑 Queen Bee 🌲 Woods Survival ✊ Feminist Rebellion

The Grace Year 85%

During their ritual exile to burn off magic, the real danger is the other girls.

by Kim Liggett 2019

4.13

250k+ ratings

🔴 Feminist Dystopia 😱 Mass Hysteria 👑 Queen Bee 🌲 Woods Survival ✊ Feminist Rebellion

The Chalice and the Blade

by Riane Eisler • 1987

Before patriarchy, peaceful egalitarian societies thrived. Then came the invasions.

4.18

4k+

🕯️ Goddess Worship 🏺 Prehistoric Matriarchy 📜 Feminist Historiography 🌿 Cultural Feminism 🌙 Goddess Feminism

The Chalice and the Blade 85%

Before patriarchy, peaceful egalitarian societies thrived. Then came the invasions.

by Riane Eisler 1987

4.18

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Goddess Worship 🏺 Prehistoric Matriarchy 📜 Feminist Historiography 🌿 Cultural Feminism 🌙 Goddess Feminism

Electra

by Euripides

A princess in a peasant's hut awaits her brother's return to avenge their murdered father.

3.95

9k+

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🩸 Revenge Cycle 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 😱 Psychological Torment 🏺 Classical Antiquity

Electra 85%

A princess in a peasant's hut awaits her brother's return to avenge their murdered father.

by Euripides

3.95

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🩸 Revenge Cycle 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 😱 Psychological Torment 🏺 Classical Antiquity

Fairest of All

by Serena Valentino • 2009

Her stepdaughter's beauty haunts her. So does the voice inside her father's old mirror.

3.81

56k+

🎭 Villain Origin Story 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👑 Wicked Stepmother 🕯️ Trapped Soul 🥀 Tragic Descent

Fairest of All 85%

Her stepdaughter's beauty haunts her. So does the voice inside her father's old mirror.

by Serena Valentino 2009

3.81

56k+ ratings

🎭 Villain Origin Story 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👑 Wicked Stepmother 🕯️ Trapped Soul 🥀 Tragic Descent

In Defense of Witches

by Mona Chollet • 2018

The witch hunts never ended; they just traded the stake for courtroom, clinic, and gossip.

4.04

24k+

🧙 Witch Trials 🚫 Childfree Women 👵 Aging Women 🏥 Medical Misogyny ✊ Bodily Autonomy

In Defense of Witches 85%

The witch hunts never ended; they just traded the stake for courtroom, clinic, and gossip.

by Mona Chollet 2018

4.04

24k+ ratings

🧙 Witch Trials 🚫 Childfree Women 👵 Aging Women 🏥 Medical Misogyny ✊ Bodily Autonomy

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 85%

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

Touched Out

by Amanda Montei • 2023

From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.

4.18

425

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood ✊ Feminist Critique 🫂 Care Work ✋ Bodily Autonomy 🛑 Consent And Boundaries

Touched Out 85%

From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.

by Amanda Montei 2023

4.18

425 ratings

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood ✊ Feminist Critique 🫂 Care Work ✋ Bodily Autonomy 🛑 Consent And Boundaries

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 💔 Forbidden Desire 👻 Demonic Possession

The Temptation of Charlotte North Summary

The Temptation of Charlotte North 85%

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 💔 Forbidden Desire 👻 Demonic Possession

No One Rides For Free

by Judith Sonnet • 2022

A stranger takes a family hostage on a desert road and feeds on their suffering.

2.71

16k+

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril 👩‍👧‍👦 Protective Mother 🚗 Road Trip Horror

No One Rides For Free 85%

A stranger takes a family hostage on a desert road and feeds on their suffering.

by Judith Sonnet 2022

2.71

16k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk 🦴 Body Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family In Peril 👩‍👧‍👦 Protective Mother 🚗 Road Trip Horror

Her Body and Other Parties

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2017

Eight stories where misogyny is body horror: women fade, split, and haunt the lives they lost.

3.80

109k+

🫀 Body Horror ✂️ Feminist Horror 🏠 Queer Domesticity ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🧠 Trauma And The Body

Her Body and Other Parties 85%

Eight stories where misogyny is body horror: women fade, split, and haunt the lives they lost.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2017

3.80

109k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror ✂️ Feminist Horror 🏠 Queer Domesticity ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🧠 Trauma And The Body

Screaming on the Inside

by Jessica Grose • 2022

Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.

3.47

5k+

🧩 Modern Motherhood 😶 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Momfluencer Culture 💼 Motherhood Penalty 📜 History Of Motherhood

Screaming on the Inside 85%

Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.

by Jessica Grose 2022

3.47

5k+ ratings

🧩 Modern Motherhood 😶 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Momfluencer Culture 💼 Motherhood Penalty 📜 History Of Motherhood

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 85%

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

Under Her Care

by Lucinda Berry • 2022

A psychologist meets an autistic boy at a murder scene. His mother's love is the danger.

3.83

43k+

🖤 Maternal Manipulation 🌙 Southern Noir 💊 Medical Child Abuse 🔗 Coercive Control 🏠 Foster System

Under Her Care 85%

A psychologist meets an autistic boy at a murder scene. His mother's love is the danger.

by Lucinda Berry 2022

3.83

43k+ ratings

🖤 Maternal Manipulation 🌙 Southern Noir 💊 Medical Child Abuse 🔗 Coercive Control 🏠 Foster System

Evil Thing

by Serena Valentino • 2020

Before the puppies, Cruella De Vil was just a girl who wanted her mother's love.

3.97

12k+

🖤 Villain Origin Story 📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 💔 Toxic Mother Wound 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

Evil Thing 85%

Before the puppies, Cruella De Vil was just a girl who wanted her mother's love.

by Serena Valentino 2020

3.97

12k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Origin Story 📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 💔 Toxic Mother Wound 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe

by Gwendolyn Kiste • 2017

Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.

4.29

600

🩸 Body Horror 🍎 Dark Fairy Tales 🐦‍⬛ Outsider Women 🫀 Queer Desire 👻 Ghostly Revenge

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe Summary

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe 85%

Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.

by Gwendolyn Kiste 2017

4.29

600 ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🍎 Dark Fairy Tales 🐦‍⬛ Outsider Women 🫀 Queer Desire 👻 Ghostly Revenge

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 85%

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

La Maison noire

by Yusuke Kishi • 1997

A Kyoto insurance clerk finds a hanged child and a mother whose smile hides a killer.

3.74

756

🧠 Psychological Horror 👹 Japanese Horror 🕷️ Predatory Motherhood 🔍 Traumatized Investigator 💔 Survivor's Guilt

La Maison noire 85%

A Kyoto insurance clerk finds a hanged child and a mother whose smile hides a killer.

by Yusuke Kishi 1997

3.74

756 ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 👹 Japanese Horror 🕷️ Predatory Motherhood 🔍 Traumatized Investigator 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The School for Good Mothers

by Jessamine Chan • 2022

Frida Liu's custody depends on convincing a doll and the cameras that she's a fit mother.

3.53

128k+

🤖 Dystopian Motherhood 📹 Surveillance State 🏫 Institutional Setting ⚖️ Motherhood On Trial 👩‍👩‍👧 Solidarity Among Women

The School for Good Mothers 85%

Frida Liu's custody depends on convincing a doll and the cameras that she's a fit mother.

by Jessamine Chan 2022

3.53

128k+ ratings

🤖 Dystopian Motherhood 📹 Surveillance State 🏫 Institutional Setting ⚖️ Motherhood On Trial 👩‍👩‍👧 Solidarity Among Women

Stone Blind

by Natalie Haynes • 2022

A sea-god's crime leaves a mortal gorgon with a petrifying gaze. A hero wants her head.

3.78

80k+

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