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A chilling, atmospheric historical mystery where the true monsters wear white hoods rather than ghostly shrouds. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The steep & thorny way.
- haunting
- oppressive
- dread-soaked
- chilling
- 01
Thornhill
Pam Smy
A chilling, heavily illustrated gothic tale of two lonely girls separated by time but connected by the creeping dread of a decaying orphanage.
- 02
Ghost boys
Jewell Parker Rhodes
A haunting, deeply compassionate exploration of historical and contemporary injustice that asks the living to bear witness.
- 03
Anna Dressed in Blood
Kendare Blake
A blood-soaked, atmospheric ghost story that balances visceral horror with a surprisingly tender, doomed romance.
- 04
The House of Dies Drear
Virginia Hamilton
A suspenseful, atmospheric mystery where a family's new home pulses with the shadowed secrets of the Underground Railroad.
- 05
Stalking Jack the Ripper
Kerri Maniscalco
A fog-drenched, blood-spattered romp through Victorian London that balances gruesome forensic science with swoony romantic banter.
- 06
The Weight of Blood
Tiffany D Jackson
A dread-soaked, true-crime-style descent into a small town's racist rot, culminating in an explosive night of supernatural vengeance.
- 07
The Rising
Kelley Armstrong
A breathless wilderness chase where hunted teens must finally stop running and embrace their monstrous gifts to fight back.
- 08
The diviners
Libba Bray
A glitzy, jazz-soaked romp through the Roaring Twenties that slowly reveals a terrifying, blood-drenched underbelly.
- 09
The girl in the locked room
Mary Downing Hahn
A chilling, atmospheric mystery that bridges the gap between the living and the dead through the power of empathy.
- 10
Belladonna
Adalyn Grace
A decadent, poison-laced waltz with Death himself inside a shadowy, secret-filled manor.
- 11
Down among the sticks and bones
Seanan McGuire
A dark, lyrical fairy tale about the monstrous expectations placed on little girls and the terrifying, beautiful worlds they escape to.
- 12
As dead as it gets
Katie Alender
A chilling supernatural thriller where high school halls become the battleground for intertwined, ghostly fates.
