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A neon-soaked, blood-spattered love letter to the fierce, terrifying, and life-or-death intensity of teenage female friendship. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with My best friend's exorcism.
- neon-lit
- dread-soaked
- grotesque
- claustrophobic
- 01
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix
A sweltering, blood-soaked slice of 1970s feminist horror where desperate girls turn to dark magic to reclaim their stolen futures.
- 02
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix
A blood-spattered collision of Southern hospitality and visceral horror that weaponizes the invisible labor of housewives.
- 03
Bad Girls Don't Die
Katie Alender · 2009
A snarky, fast-paced descent into suburban horror where high school angst collides with genuine supernatural dread.
- 04
Down a Dark Hall
Lois Duncan · 1974
A claustrophobic gothic mystery that wraps you in the suffocating dread of an isolated boarding school harboring dark, supernatural secrets.
- 05
City of Ghosts
Victoria Schwab
A delightfully chilly romp through haunted cobblestone streets that balances genuine spooks with the warmth of an unbreakable friendship.
- 06
The Best Friend
R. L. Stine
A pulpy, paranoid descent into the ultimate toxic friendship where every stolen moment feels like a tightening trap.
- 07
The Burning Girls
C. J. Tudor
A dread-soaked descent into a claustrophobic village where the past refuses to stay buried.
- 08
A Head Full of Ghosts: A Novel
Paul Tremblay
A claustrophobic, dread-soaked descent into family tragedy that weaponizes the ambiguity between psychological collapse and supernatural horror.
- 09
House Next Door
Richie Tankersley Cusick · 2002
A delightfully eerie blend of vintage teen horror and tragic supernatural romance.
- 10
From bad to cursed
Katie Alender
A chilling high school horror story where a seemingly harmless supernatural oath spirals into a terrifying loss of self.
- 11
Twisted
R. L. Stine
A deliciously dramatic, fast-paced descent into the dark side of sisterhood and toxic friendship.
- 12
Small spaces
Katherine Arden
A crisp, dread-soaked autumn nightmare that wraps a poignant story of grief inside a genuinely terrifying fight for survival.











