Books like Galilee by Clive Barker

When ordinary Londoner Richard Mayhew rescues a bleeding stranger, he is thrust into London Below, a shadowy realm of monsters, angels, and underground society that forces him to fight for survival before he can return home.

The story of two boys and their dark journey through a haunted carnival

Horace Walpole’s 1764 novel, the first Gothic fiction, blends ancient romance with modern suspense through catastrophes, ghosts, and identity revelations set in an Italian castle, establishing the genre’s dark, sensational style.

Ten‑year‑old Harvey is lured by a mysterious stranger to the magical Holiday House, where his excitement comes at a daunting cost.

Meredith Gentry, impersonating a human private investigator in Los Angeles, is confronted by her Aunt, the Queen of Air and Darkness, who summons her back to the UnSeelie Court. Amid supernatural intrigue, Meredith must navigate her aunt’s deadly plans and the fate of the court.

Age rating: PG-13

Clive Barker’s epic fantasy follows Gentle, Judith, and the assassin Pie as they seek the Imajica—a mystical convergence that could reunite Earth with four other Dominions amid mythic horror and intense passion.

In Clive Barker’s horror tale, two man‑spirits fight for ultimate power by enlist­ing their mortal children, whose forbidden love spurs a fierce war. Book One of a new trilogy.

Shadowplay continues Tad Williams’ epic fantasy saga, diving deeper into its world of kings, magic, and destiny.

Score, Pixel, and Renald: A Magical Quest in the Diadem Universe

Ivy Cole, a vigilante werewolf, hunts what she deems undeserving in her small mountain town while building new roots, dating a deputy, and evading both law enforcement and a rival werewolf who opposes her code.

An original reimagining of the Gothic novel, bringing classic monsters like werewolves, vampires, and Frankenstein into a contemporary setting.

A teenage girl’s battle with her own reflection confronts themes of self‑image, self‑harm, and supernatural doppelgängers in a fantasy tale aimed at young adults.

A tale of an Englishman shipwrecked in a land of tiny people, leading to fantastical adventures and a mystery involving giants and castaways.

after a night at a graveyard, a man’s appearance changes, leaving his family in horror and his world unraveling as he confronts identity, spirituality, and societal expectations.

Candy Quackenbush, a sixteen-year-old girl, is bored with her life and is desperate for something new. She lives in Chickentown, Minnesota, has a drunkard father, and is often made fun of by other kids. One day at school, a strange image enters her head, and she draws it in a textbook. When her teacher notices, she is furious, and Candy has the sudden impulse to simply walk out of school. She wanders around town before coming to a vast field with an old lighthouse, and wonders why there would be a lighthouse where there is no sea for thousands of miles. She soon has her answer. Candy is thrust into the Abarat, a fantastic archipelago of twenty-five islands: one for each hour of the day, plus one extra: the mysterious Time Out of Time. Candy feels as if this place is familiar to her, and makes many friends, but all is not well: Christopher Carrion, Prince of Midnight, is pursuing her. Candy must find her place in this strange new world.