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Books like Helpmeet

Across Visionary & Metaphysical, Gothic, and Horror — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum.

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Helpmeet.

Frankenstein (Pretty Book Edition) — Mary Shelley

Frankenstein (Pretty Book Edition)

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Gothic • Horror

Wakenhyrst — Michelle Paver

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Gothic • Horror

The Hill of Dreams — Arthur Machen

The Hill of Dreams

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Gothic • Horror

Good and Evil and Other Stories — Samanta Schweblin

Good and Evil and Other Stories

Samanta Schweblin

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Gothic • Horror

Dead Children’s Playground Based on a Rocket City Urban Legend — DAWN C. CROUCH

Dead Children’s Playground Based on a Rocket City Urban Legend

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Gothic

Katabasis A Novel — R. F. Kuang

Katabasis A Novel

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Gothic

The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar. Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar. Wilde

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Gothic

Daughter from the Dark A Novel — Marina & Sergey Dyachenko

Daughter from the Dark A Novel

Marina & Sergey Dyachenko

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

Until the Sun — Chandler Morrison

Chandler Morrison

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

He Has Many Names — Drew Chial

He Has Many Names

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

Weep, Woman, Weep A Gothic Fairytale about Ancestral Hauntings — Maria DeBlassie

Weep, Woman, Weep A Gothic Fairytale about Ancestral Hauntings

Maria DeBlassie

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

Thinner — Richard Bachman

Richard Bachman

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

Future Home of the Living God A Novel — Louise Erdrich

Future Home of the Living God A Novel

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

Let Her Rest — J. R. Erickson

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

Assassin of Reality A Novel — Dyachenko

Assassin of Reality A Novel

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

The Metamorphosis — Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

The Coven Tree — Ed Perratore

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

Lessons from My Grandmother Every Life Is a Guided Journey — Martha Mutomba

Lessons from My Grandmother Every Life Is a Guided Journey

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

Vita Nostra A Novel — Marina Di︠a︡chenko

Vita Nostra A Novel

Marina Di︠a︡chenko

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

Jimbo / The Education of Uncle Paul — Algernon Blackwood

Jimbo / The Education of Uncle Paul

Algernon Blackwood

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

Coup de Grâce — Sofia Ajram

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

Metamorphosis — Franz Kafka

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

Some Can See A Northern Michigan Asylum Novel — J. R. Erickson

Some Can See A Northern Michigan Asylum Novel

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

Death in Her Hands — Ottessa Moshfegh

Death in Her Hands

Ottessa Moshfegh

Themes: Visionary & Metaphysical • Horror

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Visionary & Metaphysical, Gothic, Horror — the same threads that run through Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum. Among the authors featured: Mary Shelley, Michelle Paver, Arthur Machen, Samanta Schweblin, and others.

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