Books like Crows
Loved Crows by Anders Fager? Here are 8 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About Crows →8 books
- 1The Haunting of Hill House

The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley JacksonA classic haunted-house novel about a fragile young woman drawn into a house that seems to act on its own.
- 2The Little Stranger

The Little Stranger
Sarah WatersA slow, unsettling haunting in a crumbling country house, told through the eyes of a doctor who is drawn into the family's decline.
- 3The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw
Henry JamesA governess at an isolated country house becomes convinced that ghosts are threatening the children in her care, and the reader is left unsure what is real.
- 4We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley JacksonA small, isolated family and their unsettling household form the center of a dark, wry novel about suspicion and belonging.
- 5The Secret History

The Secret History
Donna TarttA coming-of-age story about young people at a close-knit college whose lives slide into a dark and irreversible event.
Books like it → - 6The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen ChboskyA teenager's letters trace his first friendships, his trauma and his growing up, in a coming-of-age novel told in a personal voice.
Books like it → - 7Mexican Gothic

Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-GarciaA young woman arrives at a decaying family estate and finds its secrets, in a gothic novel that mixes the haunted house with social history.
- 8Rebecca

Rebecca
Daphne du MaurierA young woman's new home is overshadowed by the memory of its former mistress, in a gothic novel of an unsettling house and an uneasy marriage.
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