🔍 Occult Mystery

Mysteries steeped in esoteric knowledge, secret societies, and forbidden rituals — where the detective must decode symbols and navigate shadowy traditions to uncover the truth.

The Devil Rides Out

by Dennis Wheatley • 1934

An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.

3.77

2k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult 🌑 Occult Initiation

The Devil Rides Out 91%

An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.

by Dennis Wheatley 1934

3.77

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult 🌑 Occult Initiation

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge

by Johnson Smith & Company • 1910

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

3.44

471

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge 90%

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

by Johnson Smith & Company 1910

3.44

471 ratings

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination

The Puzzle Master

by Danielle Trussoni • 2023

A puzzle savant decodes an inmate's blood cipher: murder, a demon, and a deadly secret.

3.31

10k+

🔮 Occult Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 👁️ Possession Horror

The Puzzle Master 90%

A puzzle savant decodes an inmate's blood cipher: murder, a demon, and a deadly secret.

by Danielle Trussoni 2023

3.31

10k+ ratings

🔮 Occult Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Mansion 👁️ Possession Horror

The Occult

by Colin Wilson • 1971

Magic is a manual for waking a latent human faculty that sharpens all of reality.

3.91

2k+

🗝️ Western Esotericism 📜 History Of Magic 🌑 Modern Occultism

The Occult 90%

Magic is a manual for waking a latent human faculty that sharpens all of reality.

by Colin Wilson 1971

3.91

2k+ ratings

🗝️ Western Esotericism 📜 History Of Magic 🌑 Modern Occultism

Night Film

by Marisha Pessl • 2013

A cult director's daughter dies, a ruined reporter digs, and the horror films start coming true.

3.78

96k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌀 Postmodern Mystery 📰 Investigative Journalism

Night Film 90%

A cult director's daughter dies, a ruined reporter digs, and the horror films start coming true.

by Marisha Pessl 2013

3.78

96k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🌀 Postmodern Mystery 📰 Investigative Journalism

The Golden Dawn

by Israel Regardie • 1971

The Golden Dawn ritualized the path to divinity. This is its complete curriculum.

4.06

2k+

🕯️ Western Esotericism 🪄 Ceremonial Magic 🕎 Hermetic Qabalah

The Golden Dawn 90%

The Golden Dawn ritualized the path to divinity. This is its complete curriculum.

by Israel Regardie 1971

4.06

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Western Esotericism 🪄 Ceremonial Magic 🕎 Hermetic Qabalah

The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries

by Colin Wilson • 1984

Three lighthouse keepers vanish into thin air. A medieval map plots Antarctica's ice-free coast.

3.67

257

🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Studies 🏛️ Historical Anomalies

The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries Summary

The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries 90%

Three lighthouse keepers vanish into thin air. A medieval map plots Antarctica's ice-free coast.

by Colin Wilson 1984

3.67

257 ratings

🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Studies 🏛️ Historical Anomalies

Unexplained

by Richard MacLean Smith • 2018

What UFOs, ghosts, and past lives reveal about the living, not the dead.

3.58

2k+

🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Cases 💀 Fear Of Death

Unexplained 90%

What UFOs, ghosts, and past lives reveal about the living, not the dead.

by Richard MacLean Smith 2018

3.58

2k+ ratings

🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Cases 💀 Fear Of Death

Odd Thomas

by Dean Koontz • 2003

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

4.00

277k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist

Odd Thomas 90%

A fry cook who can see the dead uncovers a plot to massacre his desert town.

by Dean Koontz 2003

4.00

277k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌵 Desert Gothic 👻 Medium Protagonist

The Fuller Memorandum

by Charles Stross • 2010

An occult agent, used as bait by his own agency, is captured by a cannibalistic death cult.

4.19

13k+

😱 Cosmic Horror 📋 Bureaucratic Horror 🕵️ Occult Espionage

The Fuller Memorandum 90%

An occult agent, used as bait by his own agency, is captured by a cannibalistic death cult.

by Charles Stross 2010

4.19

13k+ ratings

😱 Cosmic Horror 📋 Bureaucratic Horror 🕵️ Occult Espionage

Dark Star Rising

by Gary Lachman • 2018

How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.

3.85

517

🔮 Occult Politics 🌀 Postmodern Politics ⚡ Chaos Magic

Dark Star Rising 89%

How the occult belief that mind shapes reality captured Trump, Putin, and the alt-right.

by Gary Lachman 2018

3.85

517 ratings

🔮 Occult Politics 🌀 Postmodern Politics ⚡ Chaos Magic

A Dark Muse

by Gary Lachman • 2003

The hidden lineage of poets and magicians who mapped the interior worlds that science denied.

3.76

235

🔮 Western Esotericism 📚 Intellectual History 🕯️ Occult Revival

A Dark Muse 89%

The hidden lineage of poets and magicians who mapped the interior worlds that science denied.

by Gary Lachman 2003

3.76

235 ratings

🔮 Western Esotericism 📚 Intellectual History 🕯️ Occult Revival

Something from the Nightside

by Simon R. Green • 2003

A PI chases a runaway into hidden London's endless night, where old enemies wait.

3.78

26k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🏙️ Hidden Magical London 💡 Neon Noir

Something from the Nightside 89%

A PI chases a runaway into hidden London's endless night, where old enemies wait.

by Simon R. Green 2003

3.78

26k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🏙️ Hidden Magical London 💡 Neon Noir

Storm Front

by Jim Butcher • 2000

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

3.97

383k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir

Storm Front 89%

When magic kills, a wizard detective faces a crime lord, a vampire, and a rogue sorcerer.

by Jim Butcher 2000

3.97

383k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🥃 Hardboiled Fantasy 🌃 Supernatural Noir

The Secret Doctrine

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky • 1888

Humanity predates mammals. A hidden history of distinct humanities shaped by planetary spirits.

3.93

2k+

🕉️ Modern Theosophy 🌟 Western Esotericism 🌌 Occult Cosmology

The Secret Doctrine 89%

Humanity predates mammals. A hidden history of distinct humanities shaped by planetary spirits.

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 1888

3.93

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Modern Theosophy 🌟 Western Esotericism 🌌 Occult Cosmology

Mysteries

by Colin Wilson • 1978

Ghosts, magic, UFOs: one hidden human faculty for perceiving beyond time and space.

4.10

494

🧠 Parapsychology 📜 Occult Philosophy 🌌 Consciousness Spectrum

Mysteries 89%

Ghosts, magic, UFOs: one hidden human faculty for perceiving beyond time and space.

by Colin Wilson 1978

4.10

494 ratings

🧠 Parapsychology 📜 Occult Philosophy 🌌 Consciousness Spectrum

Cold as Hell

by Rhett C. Bruno • 2022

A resurrected gunslinger hunts three outlaws whose hellish ice freezes the frontier dead.

3.99

2k+

🤠 Weird West 🔍 Occult Detective 🕊️ Redemption Quest

Cold as Hell 89%

A resurrected gunslinger hunts three outlaws whose hellish ice freezes the frontier dead.

by Rhett C. Bruno 2022

3.99

2k+ ratings

🤠 Weird West 🔍 Occult Detective 🕊️ Redemption Quest

Hell Bent

by Leigh Bardugo • 2023

To save her demon-trapped mentor, Alex Stern must find four killers and walk Yale's underworld.

4.10

184k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🔑 Secret Societies 🔥 Rescue From Hell

Hell Bent 89%

To save her demon-trapped mentor, Alex Stern must find four killers and walk Yale's underworld.

by Leigh Bardugo 2023

4.10

184k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔑 Secret Societies 🔥 Rescue From Hell

Isis Unveiled, Vol. 1 of 2

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky • 2018

Modern labs trip over facts ancient priests mapped millennia ago. The manual was never wrong.

4.02

122

🏛️ Esoteric Philosophy 📚 Comparative Religion 🌟 Western Esotericism

Isis Unveiled, Vol. 1 of 2 89%

Modern labs trip over facts ancient priests mapped millennia ago. The manual was never wrong.

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 2018

4.02

122 ratings

🏛️ Esoteric Philosophy 📚 Comparative Religion 🌟 Western Esotericism

The Hermetic Tradition

by Julius Evola • 1931

The alchemists were not chemists; their metals coded a warrior path to spiritual immortality.

4.14

589

🧿 Western Esotericism 📜 Hermetic Philosophy ⚗️ Spiritual Alchemy

The Hermetic Tradition 89%

The alchemists were not chemists; their metals coded a warrior path to spiritual immortality.

by Julius Evola 1931

4.14

589 ratings

🧿 Western Esotericism 📜 Hermetic Philosophy ⚗️ Spiritual Alchemy

Nevermore

by Keith R.A. DeCandido • 2007

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

3.84

8k+

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders

Nevermore 89%

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

by Keith R.A. DeCandido 2007

3.84

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders

The Book of Ceremonial Magic

by Arthur Edward Waite • 1911

Grimoires promise power, deliver futility; white and black blur, mysticism is real.

3.77

447

🕯️ Ceremonial Magic 📖 Grimoire Studies 🏛️ Occult History

The Book of Ceremonial Magic 89%

Grimoires promise power, deliver futility; white and black blur, mysticism is real.

by Arthur Edward Waite 1911

3.77

447 ratings

🕯️ Ceremonial Magic 📖 Grimoire Studies 🏛️ Occult History

Isis Unveiled

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky • 1877

Every ancient civilization shared one hidden science that modern labs and churches both missed.

4.05

1k+

🧿 Western Esotericism 📜 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anti-Materialism

Isis Unveiled 89%

Every ancient civilization shared one hidden science that modern labs and churches both missed.

by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky 1877

4.05

1k+ ratings

🧿 Western Esotericism 📜 Comparative Mythology 🔬 Anti-Materialism

Kraken

by China Miéville • 2010

His stolen giant squid drags a museum curator into London's hidden war over gods and reality.

3.62

29k+

🏙️ Hidden Magical London 🦑 Lovecraftian Fantasy 🔮 Doomsday Cult

Kraken 89%

His stolen giant squid drags a museum curator into London's hidden war over gods and reality.

by China Miéville 2010

3.62

29k+ ratings

🏙️ Hidden Magical London 🦑 Lovecraftian Fantasy 🔮 Doomsday Cult

Dragon Tears

by Dean Koontz • 1993

A cop receives a countdown to his death, then watches the world begin to break.

3.78

24k+

🔮 Supernatural Thriller 👮 Police Vs Paranormal 👥 Partner Detectives

Dragon Tears 89%

A cop receives a countdown to his death, then watches the world begin to break.

by Dean Koontz 1993

3.78

24k+ ratings

🔮 Supernatural Thriller 👮 Police Vs Paranormal 👥 Partner Detectives

The Scarlet Gospels

by Clive Barker • 2015

A haunted detective follows his kidnapped friend into Hell as a rogue demon overthrows the Devil.

3.50

11k+

🔍 Occult Detective 🔥 Infernal Journey 👥 Found Family

The Scarlet Gospels 89%

A haunted detective follows his kidnapped friend into Hell as a rogue demon overthrows the Devil.

by Clive Barker 2015

3.50

11k+ ratings

🔍 Occult Detective 🔥 Infernal Journey 👥 Found Family

The Bible Code

by Michael Drosnin • 1997

Genesis skip-code: assassins named, wars dated, atomic fire foretold. Math says it's no accident.

2.88

2k+

🕵️ Hidden Knowledge 📖 Biblical Prophecy 🔐 Coded Messages

The Bible Code 89%

Genesis skip-code: assassins named, wars dated, atomic fire foretold. Math says it's no accident.

by Michael Drosnin 1997

2.88

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Hidden Knowledge 📖 Biblical Prophecy 🔐 Coded Messages

The Three Magical Books of Solomon

by Aleister Crowley • 2017

Seventy-two spirits, each with a seal and an office: the original manual for summoning them safely.

4.02

354

🔮 Ceremonial Magic 📜 Grimoire Tradition 👻 Spirit Conjuration

The Three Magical Books of Solomon Summary

The Three Magical Books of Solomon 89%

Seventy-two spirits, each with a seal and an office: the original manual for summoning them safely.

by Aleister Crowley 2017

4.02

354 ratings

🔮 Ceremonial Magic 📜 Grimoire Tradition 👻 Spirit Conjuration

The Secret Teachers of the Western World

by Gary Lachman • 2015

A hidden lineage of mystics and magicians shaped the West. Science buried them; they never died.

4.31

235

📜 Esoteric History 🌿 Perennial Philosophy 🪄 Hermeticism

The Secret Teachers of the Western World Summary

The Secret Teachers of the Western World 89%

A hidden lineage of mystics and magicians shaped the West. Science buried them; they never died.

by Gary Lachman 2015

4.31

235 ratings

📜 Esoteric History 🌿 Perennial Philosophy 🪄 Hermeticism

The Invocations

by Krystal Sutherland • 2024

Three desperate women hunt a serial killer who carves spells from the bodies of witches.

4.06

13k+

🕯️ Occult Murder Mystery 📚 Dark Witch Academia 🖤 Found Family Coven

The Invocations 89%

Three desperate women hunt a serial killer who carves spells from the bodies of witches.

by Krystal Sutherland 2024

4.06

13k+ ratings

🕯️ Occult Murder Mystery 📚 Dark Witch Academia 🖤 Found Family Coven

Dead Beat

by Jim Butcher • 2005

Blackmailed by a vampire, Dresden must stop necromancers from devouring Chicago's dead on Halloween.

4.41

135k+

🕵️ Wizard Detective 💀 Dark Necromancy 🧚 Faerie Bargains

Dead Beat 89%

Blackmailed by a vampire, Dresden must stop necromancers from devouring Chicago's dead on Halloween.

by Jim Butcher 2005

4.41

135k+ ratings

🕵️ Wizard Detective 💀 Dark Necromancy 🧚 Faerie Bargains

Beyond the Occult

by Colin Wilson • 1989

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

3.92

260

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena

Beyond the Occult 89%

Every ghost, premonition, and out-of-body experience is a clue: consciousness is still evolving.

by Colin Wilson 1989

3.92

260 ratings

🔬 Parapsychology Research 🧿 Esoteric Philosophy 🔮 Psychic Phenomena

The Ghosts Of Sleath

by James Herbert • 1994

In Sleath, ghosts are not random. They are a reckoning for centuries of buried abuse.

3.89

5k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏰 British Gothic 🩸 Generational Curse

The Ghosts Of Sleath 89%

In Sleath, ghosts are not random. They are a reckoning for centuries of buried abuse.

by James Herbert 1994

3.89

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🏰 British Gothic 🩸 Generational Curse

Ninth House

by Leigh Bardugo • 2019

Yale hires a ghost-seer to police its magical secret societies. Then a girl is murdered.

4.00

408k+

🎓 Dark Academia 🕯️ Secret Societies 👻 Ghost Seer

Ninth House 89%

Yale hires a ghost-seer to police its magical secret societies. Then a girl is murdered.

by Leigh Bardugo 2019

4.00

408k+ ratings

🎓 Dark Academia 🕯️ Secret Societies 👻 Ghost Seer

A Spell to Wake the Dead

by Nicole Lesperance • 2025

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

3.66

1k+

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong

A Spell to Wake the Dead 89%

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

by Nicole Lesperance 2025

3.66

1k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong

Ghost Story

by Jim Butcher • 2011

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

4.25

107k+

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir

Ghost Story 89%

Shot dead, Chicago wizard Harry Dresden haunts the living as a ghost, hunting his own murderer.

by Jim Butcher 2011

4.25

107k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Detective 🧙 Wizard Detective 🖤 Supernatural Noir

Bungo Stray Dogs Light Novels, Vol. 1

by Kafka Asagiri • 2014

A by-the-book detective vets a death-obsessed partner as a shadowy bomber threatens Yokohama.

4.34

4k+

🕵️ Supernatural Detectives 🤝 Odd Couple Partners 💔 Tragic Antagonist

Bungo Stray Dogs Light Novels, Vol. 1 Summary

Bungo Stray Dogs Light Novels, Vol. 1 89%

A by-the-book detective vets a death-obsessed partner as a shadowy bomber threatens Yokohama.

by Kafka Asagiri 2014

4.34

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Detectives 🤝 Odd Couple Partners 💔 Tragic Antagonist

Conjure Wife

by Fritz Leiber • 1943

A professor destroys his wife's folk charms, and the academic wives' secret witchcraft turns on him.

3.79

3k+

🕯️ Folk Magic 🏫 Academic Horror 🧹 Hidden Witch Cult

Conjure Wife 89%

A professor destroys his wife's folk charms, and the academic wives' secret witchcraft turns on him.

by Fritz Leiber 1943

3.79

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Folk Magic 🏫 Academic Horror 🧹 Hidden Witch Cult

Beneath the Rising

by Premee Mohamed • 2020

Her reactor awakens ancient cosmic entities. Only her best friend believes the world is ending.

3.44

1k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 💔 Doomed Friendship

Beneath the Rising 89%

Her reactor awakens ancient cosmic entities. Only her best friend believes the world is ending.

by Premee Mohamed 2020

3.44

1k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 💔 Doomed Friendship

The Witch's Orchard

by Archer Sullivan • 2025

Three girls stolen from a mountain town. A PI with her own scars reopens a decade-old wound.

3.93

9k+

🏔️ Appalachian Gothic 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕵️ Traumatized Detective

The Witch's Orchard 89%

Three girls stolen from a mountain town. A PI with her own scars reopens a decade-old wound.

by Archer Sullivan 2025

3.93

9k+ ratings

🏔️ Appalachian Gothic 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🕵️ Traumatized Detective

Tersias the Oracle

by G.P. Taylor • 2004

A blind prophet, a cursed box, and a doomsday comet set occult London ablaze.

3.18

653

🔮 Occult London 💀 Cursed Artifact 👁️ Blind Prophet

Tersias the Oracle 89%

A blind prophet, a cursed box, and a doomsday comet set occult London ablaze.

by G.P. Taylor 2004

3.18

653 ratings

🔮 Occult London 💀 Cursed Artifact 👁️ Blind Prophet

The City & the City

by China Miéville • 2009

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

3.90

80k+

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities

The City & the City 89%

A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.

by China Miéville 2009

3.90

80k+ ratings

👮 Police Procedural 🕵️ Noir Detective 🏙️ Overlapping Cities

Turns of Fate

by Anne Bishop • 2025

A cop investigates a bizarre shooting on a hidden island where truth costs years of life.

4.49

4k+

🕵️ Paranormal Investigation 🏙️ Mythic Urban Fantasy 🤝 Supernatural Bargains

Turns of Fate 89%

A cop investigates a bizarre shooting on a hidden island where truth costs years of life.

by Anne Bishop 2025

4.49

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Paranormal Investigation 🏙️ Mythic Urban Fantasy 🤝 Supernatural Bargains

The Flaw in All Magic

by Ben S. Dobson • 2017

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

4.11

3k+

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero

The Flaw in All Magic 89%

An expelled scholar without magic returns to campus: someone has died inside an impenetrable ward.

by Ben S. Dobson 2017

4.11

3k+ ratings

🔍 Magical Whodunit ⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧠 Magicless Hero

The Lost Keys of Freemasonry

by Manly P. Hall • 2006

Freemasonry is a school of the soul. Its rites guard a method for awakening the divine within.

4.16

998

🧱 Esoteric Freemasonry 🏛️ Mystery Schools 📜 Western Esotericism

The Lost Keys of Freemasonry 89%

Freemasonry is a school of the soul. Its rites guard a method for awakening the divine within.

by Manly P. Hall 2006

4.16

998 ratings

🧱 Esoteric Freemasonry 🏛️ Mystery Schools 📜 Western Esotericism

Dexter in the Dark

by Jeff Lindsay • 2006

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

3.57

41k+

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship

Dexter in the Dark 89%

When his killer instinct deserts him, a cult marks his stepchildren for sacrifice.

by Jeff Lindsay 2006

3.57

41k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Antihero 🕯️ Cult Ritual Murders 🗿 Ancient God Worship

Beyond the Phantom Glow

by Abe Moss • 2021

A psychic teen must destroy the cursed suitcase that returns the dead before her town vanishes.

4.45

389

👽 Cosmic Horror 💔 Grief Horror 🫂 Found Family

Beyond the Phantom Glow 89%

A psychic teen must destroy the cursed suitcase that returns the dead before her town vanishes.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.45

389 ratings

👽 Cosmic Horror 💔 Grief Horror 🫂 Found Family

The Law Is for All

by Aleister Crowley • 1975

A century-old channeled text declares your deepest purpose the only law, and guilt the only sin.

4.25

384

☀️ Thelema 📜 Occult Philosophy 🪄 Ceremonial Magic

The Law Is for All 89%

A century-old channeled text declares your deepest purpose the only law, and guilt the only sin.

by Aleister Crowley 1975

4.25

384 ratings

☀️ Thelema 📜 Occult Philosophy 🪄 Ceremonial Magic

The Reaping

by Bernard Taylor • 1980

An artist's retreat to a crumbling manor becomes a trap when the household's true purpose surfaces.

3.57

915

🐐 Folk Horror 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🕯️ Secret Cult

The Reaping 89%

An artist's retreat to a crumbling manor becomes a trap when the household's true purpose surfaces.

by Bernard Taylor 1980

3.57

915 ratings

🐐 Folk Horror 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🕯️ Secret Cult

A Drop of Corruption

by Robert Jackson Bennett • 2025

A memory-augmented sleuth pursues an impossible locked-room killer in a city of leviathans and lies.

4.47

50k+

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🕵️ Sherlockian Duo

A Drop of Corruption 89%

A memory-augmented sleuth pursues an impossible locked-room killer in a city of leviathans and lies.

by Robert Jackson Bennett 2025

4.47

50k+ ratings

🔒 Locked-Room Mystery 🔍 Fantasy Detective 🕵️ Sherlockian Duo

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