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Books like Catherine House

12 books with a reading profile close to Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

  1. 1 Silver Nitrate

    Silver Nitrate

    by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    horror, mystery

    Mexico City, 1993.

  2. 2 Harbour

    Harbour

    by John Ajvide Lindqvist

    horror, mystery

    During a winter outing to an isolated Swedish lighthouse, six-year-old Maja vanishes from a snow-covered stretch of ice without leaving a single footprint.

  3. 3 Bones & All

    Bones & All

    by Camille DeAngelis

    horror, literary

    Maren Yearly is a teenage girl who is abandoned by her father and left alone in a world where she cannot control a terrible hunger, as she is an "eater," one who feeds on human flesh.

  4. 4 Rouge

    Rouge

    by Mona Awad

    horror, literary

    Belle leads a solitary life in Montreal, anchored by a rigid skincare routine and an obsession with filtered digital beauty.

  5. 5 Exquisite Corpse

    Exquisite Corpse

    by Poppy Z. Brite

    horror, literary

    Andrew Compton, a British serial killer who escapes a life sentence by faking his own death, arrives in New Orleans to resume his search for the perfect victim.

  6. 6 Natural Beauty

    Natural Beauty

    by Ling Ling Huang

    horror, literary

    A daughter of immigrant musicians accepts a job at Holistique, a luxury wellness firm in New York City, to fund her parents' long-term medical care.

  7. 7 Smilla's Sense of Snow

    Smilla's Sense of Snow

    by Peter Høeg

    mystery, literary

    In Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a warehouse roof.

  8. 8 Plain Bad Heroines

    Plain Bad Heroines

    by Emily M. Danforth

    horror, literary

    Emily M.

  9. 9 We Have Always Lived in the Castle

    We Have Always Lived in the Castle

    by Shirley Jackson, Bernadette Dunne

    horror, mystery

    Merricat Blackwood lives in a state of self-imposed isolation on her family’s sprawling estate alongside her sister Constance and their ailing Uncle Julian.

  10. 10 Haunted

    Haunted

    by Chuck Palahniuk

    horror, literary

    Twenty-three people answer an ad for a writers' retreat in an abandoned theater, expecting a quiet place to work.

  11. 11 A Sunny Place for Shady People

    A Sunny Place for Shady People

    by Mariana Enriquez

    horror, literary

    In this 2024 collection of short fiction, Enriquez documents the intersection of architectural decay and supernatural intrusion throughout Argentina and beyond.

  12. 12 Boy Parts

    Boy Parts

    by Eliza Clark

    horror, literary

    Irina is a professional photographer in Newcastle who specializes in scouting attractive, often awkward men in public spaces to model for her provocative, voyeuristic portfolios.

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