Recs if you like House of Roots and Ruin...

i can’t stop noticing bowl of mac & cheese titles. everywhere

Kinda spooky, probably dark and super atmospheric. May include: lady knights, academia settings, broody MMCs, haunted castles/manors, candelabras or gargoyles (BARTHOLOMEW!!)

that are actually incredible and completely slept on

also I use fantasy lightly, there's some dystopian and sci-fi in here too :)

when one thing isn't enough

What it says on the tin. I've heard truly excellent things about all of these, so maybe give them a try if you haven't yet?

Books where there's a relationship that's codependent/obsessive, even to a small degree.

Fairy tale retellings

that specific kind of book with all the pretty but unsettling florals

supernatural romances, suspense or just mid spooky books | an October TBR

Books where the isolation of a character/collective/setting leads to things like secrets... mob mentality... mass hysteria... murder.

books with dark, gothic atmospheres, fantasy, horror, romance