Books like What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

In the unforgettable Le Cirque des Rêves, two young magicians, Celia and Marco, are locked in a nocturnal duel of wonder and will—an impossible game where love and magic collide on a stage of breathtaking spectacle.

A young bride, the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter, arrives at Manderley on the Cornish coast and finds her new home haunted by the memory and housekeeper’s obsession with her mysterious, stylish predecessor—Rebecca.

A collection of Stephen King’s seminal works: the telekinetic novella Carrie, the early horror anthology Night Shift, the vampire novel Salem’s Lot, and the acclaimed hotel horror The Shining.

A spooky anthology of ghost, witch, and modern horror tales that rattles the imagination, perfect for an adventurous child’s night‑time reading.

In 1950s Mexico, the glamorous debutante Noemí Taboada investigates her cousin’s distressing letters at the enigmatic High Place, a remote mansion where hidden family secrets and a haunted past converge into classic gothic horror.

Fledgling is an action‑adventure science‑fiction fantasy novel by Octavia E. Butler that explores vampiric themes within a speculative world for young adult readers.

Kara, a newly divorced woman living at her uncle’s house, discovers cryptic words in a bunker that open portals to countless alternate realities, each haunted by thought‑hearing creatures.

On the Yorkshire Moors, a secret clan of book‑eaters consumes stories for sustenance; their children grow with the knowledge of every narrative they eat, until one little boy’s darker hunger threatens the fragile balance.

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In a crumbling New England mansion, 12‑year‑old orphan Florence and her brother, neglected by their guardian, must defend their home and each other from a sinister governess who may be a malevolent spirit.

When Natasha’s sister vanishes into the forest, she turns to Della, a local girl rumored to be a witch, in a race against a monstrous threat tied to Della’s past. Two young women must confront magic, monsters, and betrayal to survive.

Thirty years ago a superhero tried to save Chicago. Now the city is again under siege. Somewhere in Chicago, a roomful of people have been taken hostage. The hostages will be killed one by one, the masked gunman says on-screen, unless the police will admit that they faked the death of the legendary black superhero called the Kingfisher and helped him to give up his defense of the city thirty years ago. Retired reporter Marcus Waters made his name as a journalist covering the enigmatic superhero’s five years of cleaning up Chicago’s streets. Then the Kingfisher died, Chicago resumed its violent turmoil, and Marcus slid back into obscurity. But did the Kingfisher really die? And who would take hostages connected to the Kingfisher's past attempts to clean up the streets? With the help of disgraced police officer Lucinda Tillman and a young hacktivist named Wren, Marcus will explore the city's violence, corruption, and chaos to figure out if the vigilante hero died tragically, or gave up hope and abandoned the city—and for the hostages, the clock is ticking.

High schooler Andrew Perrault writes gothic tales for his enigmatic friend Thomas Rye, who vanishes his abusive parents and wrestles with a nightmarish monster born from Andrew’s stories. As the creatures grow more deadly, the boys must confront the dark power they’ve unleashed.

A detective solves a series of crimes in Braikie, a Highland town hit hard by the recession.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

S. M. Stirling extends his Emberverse saga in this anthology, inviting other science‑fiction writers to explore the globe‑shifting aftermath of the Change.

A compact collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s most celebrated short stories, including *The Cask of Amontillado*, *The Black Cat*, and *The Fall of the House of Usher*, offering a glimpse into his mastery of horror, mystery, and Gothic suspense.

Five teenage heroes uncover a buried secret in an ancient volcano, confronting a dark army and a tyrant while protecting their homeland in this action‑packed fantasy adventure.

A collection of detective tales by Alfred Hitchcock, featuring suspenseful crimes, love triangles, and unexpected twists that challenge the notion of the perfect murder.

When his guardian dies, Evander inherits Hazelthorn, a gothic estate shrouded in a deadly, living garden. He must select a new guardian among Laurie’s cunning relatives, uncover murders, and halt the garden’s terror before it devours him.