Books like Don't Let the Forest In

Don't Let the Forest In by C. G. Drews reads as atmospheric, unsettling. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

House of Salt and Sorrows

Erin A. Craig · 2019

Both explore grief

66% genome match

Between the devil and the deep blue sea

April Genevieve Tucholke · 2001

Both explore isolation & supernatural

74% genome match

Neverland

Douglas Clegg · 1991

Both explore supernatural & isolation

73% genome match

Gothic!

Deborah Noyes · 2004

Both explore isolation & supernatural

74% genome match

The Silent Companions

Laura Purcell · 2017

Both explore isolation & grief

70% genome match

Bag of Bones

Stephen King · 1998

Both explore grief

65% genome match

The Loney

Andrew Michael Hurley · 2014

Both explore isolation

69% genome match

The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe · 1704

Both explore isolation

66% genome match

The haunting of Maddy Clare

Simone St. James · 2012

Both explore isolation & trauma

69% genome match

Nuestra parte de noche

Mariana Enríquez · 2019

Both explore grief

66% genome match

The Moth Diaries

Rachel Klein · 2002

Same ya feel

67% genome match

Generation loss

Elizabeth Hand · 2007

Both explore isolation & trauma

68% genome match