🏷️ Isolation
23 entries tagged with this trope
The Luminous Dead
Caitlin Starling · 2019
Gyre descends into dangerous caves wearing a suit controlled by a mysterious handler. But the caves hold more than geological treasures—something is hunting her.
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson · 1959
Eleanor joins a paranormal investigation at Hill House. The house's malevolent influence affects her sanity in Jackson's masterpiece of psychological horror.
Isolation
Bex-chan · 2010
Hermione disappears from the wizarding world after the war. When she resurfaces eight years later, Draco is the only one who recognizes her. The original post-war Dramione classic.
The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse · 2021
A converted sanatorium hotel in the Swiss Alps. A storm cuts them off. Guests start disappearing. The setting alone is worth the read.
The Only Survivors
Megan Miranda · 2023
Nine students survived a van crash a decade ago. Now at their reunion, one disappears. Then another. Someone knows what really happened that night.
The Troop
Nick Cutter · 2014
A Boy Scout troop on a remote island. A starving stranger arrives. What he carries will test them all. Lord of the Flies meets The Thing. Not for the squeamish.
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke · 2020
A man lives in a vast House of infinite halls filled with statues and tides. He doesn't remember how he got there. Slowly, the truth reveals itself. Utterly unlike anything else.
The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn · 2018
Anna Fox hasn't left her apartment in months. She spends her time watching her neighbors. Then she sees something she shouldn't. Classic Hitchcockian thriller.
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson · 1959
Whatever walked in Hill House, walked alone. Four people arrive to investigate. The house doesn't want them to leave. The original haunted house novel. Still terrifying.
The Woman in Black
Susan Hill · 1983
A young solicitor visits a remote house to settle an estate. He sees a woman in black at the funeral. The locals won't talk about her. Classic British ghost story that delivers pure dread.
Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer · 2014
Four women enter Area X — a quarantined zone where nature has gone wrong. The biologist narrates. Something is changing them. Eco-horror that burrows into your brain.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens · 2018
Kya grows up alone in the marshlands of North Carolina. When a local boy is found dead, she's the suspect. Part murder mystery, part love story, part ode to the wild.
The Troop
Nick Cutter · 2014
A boy scout troop on a remote island encounters a stranger who's infected with something. Lord of the Flies meets body horror. Do NOT read while eating.
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke · 2020
A man lives in a vast House full of statues and tides. He doesn't know how he got there. The mystery of who he is unfolds like a dream.
The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn · 2018
Anna Fox is agoraphobic. She watches her neighbors from her window. She sees something she shouldn't. But can anyone trust what she says?
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson · 1959
Four strangers arrive at Hill House to investigate the supernatural. The house is alive. Eleanor is unraveling. The original haunted house novel.
The Troop
Nick Cutter · 2014
A scoutmaster and five boys on an island. A stranger arrives sick. Very sick. Lord of the Flies meets biological horror. Not for the squeamish.
Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer · 2014
Four women enter Area X. The biologist documents what they find. Nature has been changed. So have they. Eco-horror that gets under your skin.
The Troop
Nick Cutter · 2014
Boy scout troop on an island. A stranger stumbles out of the woods, impossibly thin. Lord of the Flies meets body horror.
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson · 1959
Four people stay in a haunted house for a study. Hill House doesn't like visitors. The original haunted house novel. Still unmatched.
One by One
Ruth Ware · 2020
A tech startup retreat in the French Alps turns deadly when an avalanche traps the team — and someone starts killing them off. Agatha Christie energy.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson · 1962
Merricat Blackwood lives with her sister Constance and uncle Julian in their old house. Most of her family is dead. She's perfectly happy about it. Eerie perfection.
The Ritual
Adam Nevill · 2011
Four friends take a shortcut through a Scandinavian forest. Something ancient is hunting them. The first half is pure dread. One of the best creature-feature novels.