Book description
Discover a brilliant thriller set in a remote big-cat sanctuary: "one of the scariest and most touching horror tales in years" (James Patterson).
In an isolated stretch of eastern Kentucky, on a hilltop known as Blade Ridge, stands a lighthouse that illuminates nothing but the surrounding woods. For years the…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Ridge as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Not a dread-inducing house this time but a lighthouse—in the middle of the woods. This book is so original in its elements—a haunted lighthouse, a sheriff in love with the woman who shot him, and a big-cat sanctuary—that it is completely awe-inspiring how Koryta is able to weave together a complex, creepy ghost narrative. Koryta (and his pseudonym, Scott Carson) is always a guaranteed purchase when a new book publishes.
From Chris' list on dread-inducing homes.
If you love The Ridge...
Briarwood Manners
Lisa Daniels was murdered in Dundrum, Northern Ireland. Maya Campbell uncovered the body. She was thirteen. Seeing Lisa never got justice, Maya became a detective ten years later. The evidence leads her to other crimes in Italy, Spain, and ultimately to the Briarwood Hotel in Lake Village, Ohio, and the…
Want books like The Ridge?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 97 books like The Ridge.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,277
readers submitted
so far, will you?
