🐦 Parasitic Replacement

The chilling scenario where parasites don't just inhabit their hosts but become them, wearing familiar faces while something alien operates beneath the skin.

Parasite

by Mira Grant • 2013

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

3.68

19k+

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🧬 Hybrid Consciousness

Parasite 89%

Her life-saving tapeworm is waking up. It wants control of her body and everyone else's.

by Mira Grant 2013

3.68

19k+ ratings

🩸 Medical Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Outbreak 🔍 Lost Identity 🏢 Corporate Cover-Up 🧬 Hybrid Consciousness

Sour Candy

by Kealan Patrick Burke • 2015

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

3.59

26k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

Sour Candy 89%

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

by Kealan Patrick Burke 2015

3.59

26k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

Dreamcatcher

by Stephen King • 2001

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

3.66

187k+

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

Dreamcatcher 89%

Four friends' hunting trip turns deadly when they shelter a lost man carrying an alien parasite.

by Stephen King 2001

3.66

187k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 👽 Alien Possession 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🦠 Alien Parasite 👦 Childhood Friends

Symbiont

by Mira Grant • 2014

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

3.71

8k+

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris 🎭 Identity Crisis 👤 Body Snatchers

Symbiont 88%

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

by Mira Grant 2014

3.71

8k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris 🎭 Identity Crisis 👤 Body Snatchers

The Cuck

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.

3.38

2k+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Entity 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House

The Cuck 88%

Answering a risqué ad, two friends meet a voyeuristic old man whose gaze becomes a curse.

by Aron Beauregard 2022

3.38

2k+ ratings

🩸 Extreme Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🦠 Parasitic Entity 🧛 Sexual Curse 🏚️ Decrepit House

Chimera

by Mira Grant • 2015

A tapeworm wearing a human face fights to survive the war between the species she straddles.

3.84

6k+

🪱 Parasite Horror 🧬 Pandemic Sci-Fi 🧠 Sentient Parasite 🫂 Found Family 👹 Monster Protagonist

Chimera 88%

A tapeworm wearing a human face fights to survive the war between the species she straddles.

by Mira Grant 2015

3.84

6k+ ratings

🪱 Parasite Horror 🧬 Pandemic Sci-Fi 🧠 Sentient Parasite 🫂 Found Family 👹 Monster Protagonist

This Is Your Brain on Parasites

by Kathleen McAuliffe • 2016

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

3.98

3k+

🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Microbiome Health

This Is Your Brain on Parasites 87%

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

by Kathleen McAuliffe 2016

3.98

3k+ ratings

🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Microbiome Health

This Book Is Full of Spiders

by David Wong • 2012

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

4.26

35k+

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

This Book Is Full of Spiders 87%

A slacker sees invisible spiders infect his neighbors, then the military quarantines the town.

by David Wong 2012

4.26

35k+ ratings

🎭 Comic Horror 🕷️ Parasite Horror 🏚️ Quarantine Horror 🤪 Absurdist Horror 👁️ Unseen Threat

Nestlings

by Nat Cassidy • 2023

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

3.78

28k+

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Gothic Apartment 🕷️ Parasitic Colony

Nestlings 87%

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

by Nat Cassidy 2023

3.78

28k+ ratings

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror 🏚️ Gothic Apartment 🕷️ Parasitic Colony

The Shadow Out of Time

by H.P. Lovecraft • 1936

A professor's five-year amnesia hid an alien possession. His dreams draw him to desert ruins.

3.85

7k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction 🔄 Body Snatching ⏳ Lost Time 👁️ Possessed Narrator

The Shadow Out of Time 87%

A professor's five-year amnesia hid an alien possession. His dreams draw him to desert ruins.

by H.P. Lovecraft 1936

3.85

7k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 📜 Weird Fiction 🔄 Body Snatching ⏳ Lost Time 👁️ Possessed Narrator

The Puppet Masters

by Robert A. Heinlein • 1951

Alien slugs seize minds at the spine. An agent must expose the enemy wearing familiar faces.

3.88

34k+

👽 Alien Possession 🕵️ Cold War Paranoia 😱 Infiltration Horror ✨ Golden Age Sf 🧠 Mind Control

The Puppet Masters 87%

Alien slugs seize minds at the spine. An agent must expose the enemy wearing familiar faces.

by Robert A. Heinlein 1951

3.88

34k+ ratings

👽 Alien Possession 🕵️ Cold War Paranoia 😱 Infiltration Horror ✨ Golden Age Sf 🧠 Mind Control

Wolf Worm

by T. Kingfisher • 2026

An illustrator draws parasites at a remote Southern mansion where the shed conceals a living secret.

4.11

15k+

🩸 Gothic Body Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🖤 Found Family 🧛 Hidden Creature 🧪 Mad Scientist

Wolf Worm 87%

An illustrator draws parasites at a remote Southern mansion where the shed conceals a living secret.

by T. Kingfisher 2026

4.11

15k+ ratings

🩸 Gothic Body Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🖤 Found Family 🧛 Hidden Creature 🧪 Mad Scientist

Fledgling

by Octavia E. Butler • 2005

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

3.79

40k+

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

Fledgling 87%

Waking in a cave with no memory, a daylight vampire discovers her skin is a death sentence.

by Octavia E. Butler 2005

3.79

40k+ ratings

🧬 Biological Vampires ☀️ Daylight Vampire 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 💉 Coercive Symbiosis

The Hive

by Ronald Malfi • 2026

A suburb builds a machine it cannot explain, and one boy's mind is the final part.

3.72

538

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🦠 Psychic Contagion 🐝 Hive Mind 👩‍👦 Protective Mother 🔮 Psychic Child

The Hive 86%

A suburb builds a machine it cannot explain, and one boy's mind is the final part.

by Ronald Malfi 2026

3.72

538 ratings

🏘️ Suburban Horror 🦠 Psychic Contagion 🐝 Hive Mind 👩‍👦 Protective Mother 🔮 Psychic Child

The Unseen

by Ania Ahlborn • 2025

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

3.36

4k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma

The Unseen 86%

A grieving mother fosters a mute boy discovered in her garden. Then the disappearances begin.

by Ania Ahlborn 2025

3.36

4k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 👽 Alien Abduction 🫀 Body Horror 🧚 Changeling 🔁 Generational Trauma

Last to Leave the Room

by Caitlin Starling • 2023

A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.

3.52

3k+

🖤 Psychological Horror 🚪 Doppelganger Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Identity Dissolution 🏚️ Claustrophobic Dread

Last to Leave the Room 86%

A physicist under a sinking city discovers an impossible door in her basement. It opens.

by Caitlin Starling 2023

3.52

3k+ ratings

🖤 Psychological Horror 🚪 Doppelganger Horror 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Identity Dissolution 🏚️ Claustrophobic Dread

Children of Ruin

by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 2019

A mission to an octopus civilization sparks war and wakes a parasite that learns by consuming minds.

4.05

64k+

🛸 First Contact 🐙 Uplifted Animals 🧬 Alien Biology 🦠 Parasitic Infection 🩸 Body Horror

Children of Ruin 86%

A mission to an octopus civilization sparks war and wakes a parasite that learns by consuming minds.

by Adrian Tchaikovsky 2019

4.05

64k+ ratings

🛸 First Contact 🐙 Uplifted Animals 🧬 Alien Biology 🦠 Parasitic Infection 🩸 Body Horror

Walking Practice

by Dolki Min • 2022

To survive on Earth, an alien seduces and devours lovers, but the loneliness cannot be consumed.

3.55

7k+

🩸 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🦎 Shapeshifter Horror 🎭 Gender As Performance 💀 Monstrous Desire

Walking Practice 86%

To survive on Earth, an alien seduces and devours lovers, but the loneliness cannot be consumed.

by Dolki Min 2022

3.55

7k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🦎 Shapeshifter Horror 🎭 Gender As Performance 💀 Monstrous Desire

The Troop

by Nick Cutter • 2014

A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.

3.83

129k+

🦠 Body Horror 🏕️ Survival Horror 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🧫 Contagion Horror 👦 Boys In Peril

The Troop 86%

A remote scout trip turns lethal when a starving man brings a parasite eating from within.

by Nick Cutter 2014

3.83

129k+ ratings

🦠 Body Horror 🏕️ Survival Horror 🏝️ Trapped On An Island 🧫 Contagion Horror 👦 Boys In Peril

The Tale of the Body Thief

by Anne Rice • 1992

A body thief offers the vampire Lestat the one thing eternity withholds: a mortal sunrise.

3.77

93k+

🔄 Body Swap 🩸 Vampire Antihero ⏳ Immortality Burden 🌅 Mortal Longing 🦇 Forced Transformation

The Tale of the Body Thief 86%

A body thief offers the vampire Lestat the one thing eternity withholds: a mortal sunrise.

by Anne Rice 1992

3.77

93k+ ratings

🔄 Body Swap 🩸 Vampire Antihero ⏳ Immortality Burden 🌅 Mortal Longing 🦇 Forced Transformation

The Mind Parasites

by Colin Wilson • 1967

An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.

3.72

2k+

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian 🧠 Philosophical Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👁️ Mental Invasion

The Mind Parasites 86%

An archaeologist learns invisible beings feed on human minds, and they know he has seen them.

by Colin Wilson 1967

3.72

2k+ ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🐙 Lovecraftian 🧠 Philosophical Horror 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👁️ Mental Invasion

Incidents Around the House

by Josh Malerman • 2024

The woman in the closet wants a little girl's heart. Refusing only makes it kill.

3.56

101k+

🏠 Domestic Horror 🧒 Childhood Possession 🧸 Imaginary Friend Horror 😰 Creeping Dread 🖤 Bleak Ending

Incidents Around the House 86%

The woman in the closet wants a little girl's heart. Refusing only makes it kill.

by Josh Malerman 2024

3.56

101k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Horror 🧒 Childhood Possession 🧸 Imaginary Friend Horror 😰 Creeping Dread 🖤 Bleak Ending

William

by Mason Coile • 2024

An agoraphobic man's AI traps his pregnant wife in a house that kills on Halloween.

3.48

18k+

🖥️ AI Horror ⚡ Creator Vs Creation 🏠 Trapped In A House 🧠 Fabricated Memories 👻 Possession Horror

William 86%

An agoraphobic man's AI traps his pregnant wife in a house that kills on Halloween.

by Mason Coile 2024

3.48

18k+ ratings

🖥️ AI Horror ⚡ Creator Vs Creation 🏠 Trapped In A House 🧠 Fabricated Memories 👻 Possession Horror

School's Out—Forever

by James Patterson • 2006

A winged girl hides in high school: a clone wants her identity, wolf-men want her dead.

4.14

125k+

🧬 Genetic Manipulation 🏃‍♂️ Lab Escapees 👥 Found Family ✨ Reluctant Chosen One 👯 Clone Replacement

School's Out—Forever 86%

A winged girl hides in high school: a clone wants her identity, wolf-men want her dead.

by James Patterson 2006

4.14

125k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Manipulation 🏃‍♂️ Lab Escapees 👥 Found Family ✨ Reluctant Chosen One 👯 Clone Replacement

Into the Dread Void

by Abe Moss • 2021

A foster child finds a family, only to watch a predatory light consume them from within.

4.10

1k+

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌱 Coming Of Age Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤲 Empathic Abilities 🩸 Body Horror

Into the Dread Void 86%

A foster child finds a family, only to watch a predatory light consume them from within.

by Abe Moss 2021

4.10

1k+ ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🌱 Coming Of Age Horror 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤲 Empathic Abilities 🩸 Body Horror

The Corruption of Hollis Brown

by K. Ancrum • 2025

A teen in a decaying town shelters a drifter who takes up residence inside his body.

4.21

3k+

🏚️ Possession Romance 🫂 Shared Body 🌾 Rust Belt Gothic 🥖 Food As Love Language 🩹 Generational Trauma

The Corruption of Hollis Brown 86%

A teen in a decaying town shelters a drifter who takes up residence inside his body.

by K. Ancrum 2025

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Possession Romance 🫂 Shared Body 🌾 Rust Belt Gothic 🥖 Food As Love Language 🩹 Generational Trauma

The Queen

by Nick Cutter • 2024

Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.

3.53

8k+

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

The Queen 86%

Texts from her missing best friend lure a teen into a country club turned wasp hive.

by Nick Cutter 2024

3.53

8k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🐝 Insect Horror 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🖤 Toxic Friendship 🔪 Revenge Narrative

Nona the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir • 2022

An amnesiac child with a borrowed body has six months before the apocalypse inside her wakes.

4.33

57k+

🚀 Science Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 👥 Body Sharing 🥀 Tender Horror

Nona the Ninth 86%

An amnesiac child with a borrowed body has six months before the apocalypse inside her wakes.

by Tamsyn Muir 2022

4.33

57k+ ratings

🚀 Science Fantasy 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 🖤 Found Family 👥 Body Sharing 🥀 Tender Horror

All Tommorows

by C.M. Kosemen • 2006

Humanity colonizes the stars, until godlike aliens reshape them into a galaxy of nightmares.

4.16

11k+

🧬 Speculative Evolution 🌌 Cosmic Horror 💀 Body Horror 👽 Alien Intervention ⏳ Deep Time

All Tommorows 86%

Humanity colonizes the stars, until godlike aliens reshape them into a galaxy of nightmares.

by C.M. Kosemen 2006

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧬 Speculative Evolution 🌌 Cosmic Horror 💀 Body Horror 👽 Alien Intervention ⏳ Deep Time

Dawn

by Octavia E. Butler • 1987

After nuclear war, a woman wakes on an alien ship: her rescuers demand a genetic merger.

4.15

65k+

🛸 Alien Abduction 🌍 First Contact 🧬 Forced Evolution 🫀 Biological Horror ☢️ Post-Nuclear Earth

Dawn 86%

After nuclear war, a woman wakes on an alien ship: her rescuers demand a genetic merger.

by Octavia E. Butler 1987

4.15

65k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Abduction 🌍 First Contact 🧬 Forced Evolution 🫀 Biological Horror ☢️ Post-Nuclear Earth

Layla

by Colleen Hoover • 2020

At a secluded B&B, his girlfriend is replaced by a ghost he can't resist.

3.63

619k+

👻 Possession Romance 🔄 Body Swap 🎸 Musician Hero 🏡 Secluded B&B 🌫️ Eerie Atmosphere

Layla 86%

At a secluded B&B, his girlfriend is replaced by a ghost he can't resist.

by Colleen Hoover 2020

3.63

619k+ ratings

👻 Possession Romance 🔄 Body Swap 🎸 Musician Hero 🏡 Secluded B&B 🌫️ Eerie Atmosphere

Lyla, In The Flesh

by Nick Roberts • 2026

An Italian castle writing retreat. The ghost needs a body. She's the final draft.

4.08

1k+

🧟 Supernatural Possession 🖋️ Deadly Writing Retreat 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💭 Literary Ambition 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

Lyla, In The Flesh 86%

An Italian castle writing retreat. The ghost needs a body. She's the final draft.

by Nick Roberts 2026

4.08

1k+ ratings

🧟 Supernatural Possession 🖋️ Deadly Writing Retreat 👻 Vengeful Spirit 💭 Literary Ambition 🕯️ Slow Burn Dread

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess

by Andy Marino • 2021

An intruder dies in her home. She remembers nothing. The presence stirring inside her is ravenous.

3.04

2k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Body Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🦠 Infected Protagonist 🏠 Suburban Horror

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess Summary

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess 85%

An intruder dies in her home. She remembers nothing. The presence stirring inside her is ravenous.

by Andy Marino 2021

3.04

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Body Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🦠 Infected Protagonist 🏠 Suburban Horror

There Is No Antimemetics Division

by qntm • 2020

Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.

4.10

29k+

👾 Cosmic Horror 📄 Bureaucratic Horror 🧠 Memory Erasure 💡 Idea Virus 🏛️ Secret Organization

There Is No Antimemetics Division Summary

There Is No Antimemetics Division 85%

Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.

by qntm 2020

4.10

29k+ ratings

👾 Cosmic Horror 📄 Bureaucratic Horror 🧠 Memory Erasure 💡 Idea Virus 🏛️ Secret Organization

The Watchers

by A.M. Shine • 2021

An artist trapped in a mirrored bunker must survive the nightly watch of changeling creatures.

3.87

37k+

🌲 Folk Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 👤 Changeling Lore 👁️ Surveillance Horror 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Watchers 85%

An artist trapped in a mirrored bunker must survive the nightly watch of changeling creatures.

by A.M. Shine 2021

3.87

37k+ ratings

🌲 Folk Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 👤 Changeling Lore 👁️ Surveillance Horror 🎭 Hidden Identity

Frozen Hell

by John W. Campbell Jr. • 2019

At the bottom of the world, researchers thaw a creature that mimics the men it kills.

3.73

2k+

🧬 Body Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror ❄️ Arctic Isolation 👾 Shape-Shifting Alien 👥 Impostor Horror

Frozen Hell 85%

At the bottom of the world, researchers thaw a creature that mimics the men it kills.

by John W. Campbell Jr. 2019

3.73

2k+ ratings

🧬 Body Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror ❄️ Arctic Isolation 👾 Shape-Shifting Alien 👥 Impostor Horror

The 5th Wave

by Rick Yancey • 2013

Alien invaders wear human faces. A teenage girl crosses the wasteland to rescue her brother.

4.00

481k+

👽 Alien Infiltration 😰 Body Snatcher Paranoia 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Military Training Camp 🪖 Child Soldier

The 5th Wave 85%

Alien invaders wear human faces. A teenage girl crosses the wasteland to rescue her brother.

by Rick Yancey 2013

4.00

481k+ ratings

👽 Alien Infiltration 😰 Body Snatcher Paranoia 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Military Training Camp 🪖 Child Soldier

The Last Days of Jack Sparks

by Jason Arnopp • 2016

An arrogant journalist mocks an exorcism. That night, a ghost appears on his YouTube channel.

3.83

14k+

🎥 Found Footage Horror 😈 Exorcism Horror 🧟 Possession Horror 🔬 Supernatural Skeptic 🌀 Descent Into Madness

The Last Days of Jack Sparks 85%

An arrogant journalist mocks an exorcism. That night, a ghost appears on his YouTube channel.

by Jason Arnopp 2016

3.83

14k+ ratings

🎥 Found Footage Horror 😈 Exorcism Horror 🧟 Possession Horror 🔬 Supernatural Skeptic 🌀 Descent Into Madness

We Love You, Bunny

by Mona Awad • 2025

Four MFA students conjure a man from a rabbit. He steals their axe and disappears.

3.43

19k+

🎓 Dark Academia 🐝 Hive Mind ⚡ Playing God 💕 Queer Love Story 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

We Love You, Bunny 85%

Four MFA students conjure a man from a rabbit. He steals their axe and disappears.

by Mona Awad 2025

3.43

19k+ ratings

🎓 Dark Academia 🐝 Hive Mind ⚡ Playing God 💕 Queer Love Story 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Girl in the Creek

by Wendy N. Wagner • 2025

In Faraday, women vanish. A travel writer hunts for her missing brother in the hungry woods.

3.20

2k+

🍄 Fungal Horror 🌱 Eco Horror 🔍 Missing Women 🫂 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance

Girl in the Creek 85%

In Faraday, women vanish. A travel writer hunts for her missing brother in the hungry woods.

by Wendy N. Wagner 2025

3.20

2k+ ratings

🍄 Fungal Horror 🌱 Eco Horror 🔍 Missing Women 🫂 Found Family 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romance

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

by Christopher Paolini • 2020

An alien organism bonds with a scientist, granting her the language of the species destroying Earth.

3.80

71k+

🛸 First Contact War 🧬 Alien Symbiosis 🚀 Found Family Crew 🤝 Interspecies Alliance ⚔️ Interstellar War

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars 85%

An alien organism bonds with a scientist, granting her the language of the species destroying Earth.

by Christopher Paolini 2020

3.80

71k+ ratings

🛸 First Contact War 🧬 Alien Symbiosis 🚀 Found Family Crew 🤝 Interspecies Alliance ⚔️ Interstellar War

Absolution

by Jeff Vandermeer • 2024

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

3.57

13k+

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Absolution 85%

On a forgotten coast, scientists discover the ecosystem they came to catalog is cataloging them.

by Jeff Vandermeer 2024

3.57

13k+ ratings

🐊 Ecological Horror 🌀 New Weird 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🌌 Cosmic Horror

What the Hell Did I Just Read

by David Wong • 2017

Three screw-ups hunt a missing girl in a town where memory itself has been corrupted.

4.18

18k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🤣 Horror Comedy 🌀 Unreliable Reality 👥 Doppelgangers 🧠 False Memories

What the Hell Did I Just Read 85%

Three screw-ups hunt a missing girl in a town where memory itself has been corrupted.

by David Wong 2017

4.18

18k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🤣 Horror Comedy 🌀 Unreliable Reality 👥 Doppelgangers 🧠 False Memories

Wilder Girls

by Rory Power • 2019

A quarantined school mutates its girls. When a friend vanishes, a survivor digs for answers.

3.45

101k+

🩸 Body Horror 🚫 Quarantine Horror 💘 Sapphic Slow Burn 🏝️ Isolated Island 🃏 Adult Betrayal

Wilder Girls 85%

A quarantined school mutates its girls. When a friend vanishes, a survivor digs for answers.

by Rory Power 2019

3.45

101k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🚫 Quarantine Horror 💘 Sapphic Slow Burn 🏝️ Isolated Island 🃏 Adult Betrayal

Girl in a Rabbit Hole

by R.J. Law • 2021

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

3.50

1k+

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government 💪 Superhuman Transformation 🔪 Female Vengeance

Girl in a Rabbit Hole 85%

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

by R.J. Law 2021

3.50

1k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government 💪 Superhuman Transformation 🔪 Female Vengeance

The Knight and the Butcherbird

by Alix E. Harrow • 2025

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

3.99

13k+

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest 🌿 Rural Apocalypse 🦴 Monstrous Transformation

The Knight and the Butcherbird 85%

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

by Alix E. Harrow 2025

3.99

13k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest 🌿 Rural Apocalypse 🦴 Monstrous Transformation

Shock

by Robin Cook • 1999

When two friends donate their eggs, the clinic takes far more than they agreed to give.

3.44

5k+

🩺 Medical Thriller 🥚 Fertility Clinic Horror 🕵️ False Identities 🧪 Unethical Experiments 🧬 Cloning Horror

Shock 85%

When two friends donate their eggs, the clinic takes far more than they agreed to give.

by Robin Cook 1999

3.44

5k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Thriller 🥚 Fertility Clinic Horror 🕵️ False Identities 🧪 Unethical Experiments 🧬 Cloning Horror

The Apocalypse Codex

by Charles Stross • 2012

Three expendable operatives must stop a megachurch pastor from resurrecting an ancient sleeping god.

4.18

11k+

🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🕵️ Occult Espionage ⛪ Cult Infiltration 🧠 Mind Control Parasites 🏛️ Secret Government Agency

The Apocalypse Codex 85%

Three expendable operatives must stop a megachurch pastor from resurrecting an ancient sleeping god.

by Charles Stross 2012

4.18

11k+ ratings

🐙 Lovecraftian Horror 🕵️ Occult Espionage ⛪ Cult Infiltration 🧠 Mind Control Parasites 🏛️ Secret Government Agency

Alien

by Tim Lebbon • 2014

Ripley wakes on a crippled mining ship where the creatures she fled are already hunting.

3.82

13k+

🚀 Space Horror 👾 Creature Feature 💔 Traumatized Survivor 🧠 Memory Erasure 🤖 Hostile AI

Alien 85%

Ripley wakes on a crippled mining ship where the creatures she fled are already hunting.

by Tim Lebbon 2014

3.82

13k+ ratings

🚀 Space Horror 👾 Creature Feature 💔 Traumatized Survivor 🧠 Memory Erasure 🤖 Hostile AI

Sanctuary

by Caryn Lix • 2018

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

3.89

2k+

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👾 Alien Assimilation

Sanctuary 85%

A space prison guard discovers her hidden chip as a breakout unleashes an alien creature onboard.

by Caryn Lix 2018

3.89

2k+ ratings

🚀 Space Prison ⚡ Teens With Powers 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👾 Alien Assimilation

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