Books that want you to think they're supernatural but aren't

1.
The Essex Serpent
The Essex Serpent 3.52 avg rating — 67,384 ratings
2.
The Violent Season
The Violent Season 3.45 avg rating — 2,586 ratings
3.
Home Before Dark
Home Before Dark 4.05 avg rating — 277,278 ratings
4.
The Last House on Needless Street
The Last House on Needless Street 3.82 avg rating — 132,601 ratings
5.
In a Dark, Dark Wood
In a Dark, Dark Wood
by: Ruth Ware
3.72 avg rating — 389,255 ratings
6.
Penpal
Penpal 3.86 avg rating — 55,507 ratings
6.
Shutter Island
Shutter Island 4.13 avg rating — 215,636 ratings
8.
Dead Silence
Dead Silence 3.79 avg rating — 35,050 ratings
8.
The Whisper Man
The Whisper Man 4.02 avg rating — 186,998 ratings
8.
The Children on the Hill
The Children on the Hill 3.86 avg rating — 34,920 ratings
11.
Lock Every Door
Lock Every Door 3.89 avg rating — 277,718 ratings
12.
The Turn of the Key
The Turn of the Key
by: Ruth Ware
3.91 avg rating — 316,603 ratings
13.
The Haunting
The Haunting 3.60 avg rating — 20,570 ratings
13.
Let Him In
Let Him In 3.28 avg rating — 7,192 ratings
15.
The Unfortunates
The Unfortunates 3.77 avg rating — 1,474 ratings
16.
Affinity
Affinity 3.75 avg rating — 28,186 ratings
16.
The Shadows
The Shadows 3.73 avg rating — 63,189 ratings
18.
The Cabin at the End of the World
The Cabin at the End of the World 3.33 avg rating — 88,918 ratings
19.
Don't Tell a Soul
Don't Tell a Soul 3.77 avg rating — 2,590 ratings
19.
Twelve Nights at Rotter House
Twelve Nights at Rotter House 3.37 avg rating — 5,022 ratings
21.
The Lost Village
The Lost Village 3.52 avg rating — 37,309 ratings
22.
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1)
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 542,128 ratings
23.
Hunted
Hunted 4.02 avg rating — 25,062 ratings
23.
Witches of Lychford (Lychford, #1)
Witches of Lychford (Lychford, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 5,041 ratings
25.
The Last Time I Lied
The Last Time I Lied 4.02 avg rating — 202,602 ratings
26.
The Abominable
The Abominable 3.62 avg rating — 9,060 ratings
27.
Baby Teeth
Baby Teeth 3.60 avg rating — 81,265 ratings
28.
The Creeper
The Creeper 3.65 avg rating — 8,154 ratings
29.
Abandon
Abandon 3.63 avg rating — 30,671 ratings
30.
The Night House
The Night House
by: Jo Nesbø
3.25 avg rating — 16,270 ratings
31.
Full Wolf Moon (Jeremy Logan, #5)
Full Wolf Moon (Jeremy Logan, #5) 3.78 avg rating — 10,606 ratings
32.
The Devil and the Dark Water
The Devil and the Dark Water 3.84 avg rating — 62,309 ratings
33.
The Invited
The Invited 3.81 avg rating — 36,971 ratings