Books like Secrets in the Attic

Secrets in the Attic by V. C. Andrews reads as dark, melodramatic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Wicked Forest

V.C. Andrews · 2002

Both explore forbidden love & family secrets

82% genome match

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

Laird Koenig · 1973

Both explore manipulation

66% genome match

Skeleton Crew

Stephen King

Same horror feel

61% genome match

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson · 1962

Same horror feel

46% genome match

Victoria

Ruby Jean Jensen · 1990

Both explore family secrets

65% genome match

Revenge of the Dolls

Carol Beach York · 1979

Both explore revenge

68% genome match

The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural

Bill Pronzini · 1981

Same horror feel

61% genome match

The Woman in Black

Susan Hill

Same horror feel

58% genome match

Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories

Roald Dahl · 1983

Same horror feel

58% genome match

The Winter People

Jennifer McMahon · 2014

Same horror feel

58% genome match

Rosemary's Baby

Ira Levin · 1967

Same horror feel

60% genome match

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier · 1938

Adjacent in the genome

43% genome match