The Lamb by Lucy Rose a folklore horror story about Margot and her mother, and their cannibalistic lifestyle. It is gorgeously written, perversely whimsical, freaky and animalistic.
From the first line, I knew I was going to adore this book: “On my ...
The Lamb by Lucy Rose | Waterstones
Carrie by Stephen King is one of the most iconic horror stories ever. It is a book on humiliation, repression and the catastrophic consequences of collective cruelty.
The story is recounted through the event first-hand as well as through excerpts fr...
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis | Waterstones
Wickedly indulgent and possessed of the blackest comedy, Summers' deliciously dark debut introduces the unforgettable food critic Dorothy Daniels - and her rather grisly cannibalistic culinary appetite.
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers | Waterstones
A riveting fire-cracker of a novel, this haunting French debut blends pitch-black domestic noir with prescient satire of our modern-day life in an unputdownable dissection of a seemingly perfect marriage.
My Husband by Maud Ventura, Emma Ramadan | Waterstones
Truly chilling and recounted with a mounting sense of dread, Bazterrica's dystopian thriller of a world where human cannibalism has become the mundane norm poses profoundly unsettling questions about what we eat and why we eat it.
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica | Waterstones
With 99% of the population dead from a killer virus, the survivors must choose between two very different leaders; King’s epic apocalyptic saga has become a modern classic of the dystopian genre.
The Stand by Stephen King | Waterstones
Amanda knows she has to answer the questions. Lying feverish and unseeing in her hospital bed, she tries her best to account for how she came to be there. She remembers the lake, the house and the strange woman next door with her unthinkable confessi...
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell | Waterstones
With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unex...
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice | Waterstones
Our narrator produces a wondrous sound from the piano learned from her mother and father, who fled China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. But when an accident leaves her parents debilitated, she abandons her future for a job at a high-end beau...
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang | Waterstones
Turning the serial killer narrative on its head, Kukafka's searing and intelligent second novel focuses on three women whose lives are irrevocably changed by their contact with a brutal murderer on death row.
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka | Waterstones
Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor-husband, Guy, move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and only elderly residents. Neighbours Roman and Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome t...
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin | Waterstones
A fearsomely dark, incantatory dystopia set in a post-apocalyptic convent from the author of viral sensation Tender is the Flesh 'Barbaric, brutal and utterly beautiful. The Unworthy is a searing haunt of a novel that I will never forget' LUCY ROSE, ...
The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses | Waterstones
