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A devastating, luminous fairy tale spun from the darkest corners of a death row prison. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The enchanted.
- claustrophobic
- ethereal
- devastating
- haunting
- 01
Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh
A delightfully repulsive plunge into the mind of a deeply unhappy woman waiting for a spark to ignite her suffocating life.
- 02
Notes on an Execution
Danya Kukafka
A ticking-clock thriller that subverts the serial killer narrative to focus on the women caught in his wake.
- 03
Asylum
Madeleine Roux
A claustrophobic, dread-soaked exploration of a haunted past that bleeds terrifyingly into the present.
- 04
Grave Witch (Alex Craft)
Kalayna Price
A gritty, fast-paced supernatural noir where talking to the dead is just another day at the office.
- 05
The devil's detective
Simon Kurt Unsworth
A grim, supernatural noir where a weary investigator must navigate the ultimate corrupt bureaucracy to solve an escalating string of murders.
- 06
California bones
Greg Van Eekhout
A gritty, sun-baked magical heist where a ragtag crew consumes the bones of mythical creatures to steal back their future.
- 07
Unhallowed ground
Heather Graham
A spooky, romantic thrill ride where buried secrets and restless spirits collide in a haunted Florida mansion.
- 08
The Hanging Tree
Ben Aaronovitch
A wry, rain-slicked collision of ancient magic, modern police bureaucracy, and the untouchable arrogance of the super-rich.
- 09
Grave memory
Kalayna Price
A shadowy, fast-paced urban fantasy mystery where the dead have secrets and magic comes with a lethal price.
- 10
The death of the necromancer
Martha Wells · 1998
A shadowy, gaslamp-lit romp where a gentleman thief's quest for vengeance collides with ancient, creeping horrors.
- 11
The Mars Room
Rachel Kushner
A sharp, unsentimental plunge into the absurdities and cruelties of institutional life, anchored by a fiercely observant voice.
- 12
The Changeling
Victor LaValle
A dark, modern fairy tale that transforms the very real anxieties of new parenthood into a terrifying, magical odyssey through the hidden realms of New York City.
