Dim the lights, grab a blanket, and read at your own risk šÆļøš¦
These are just some of my fave horror books including the ones Iām currently reading.
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folk horror set in 1600s New England
dark and atmospheric, with a likable heroine and ancient spirit ādevilā youāll likely end up rooting for. this book will make you wonder who the real monsters are.
gorgeous illustrations by the author himself
Slewfoot
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always on the lookout for good liminal horror books. excited to read this!
The Staircase in the Woods
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gothic, sapphic and eerie - this one is a perfect pick for the spooky season
My Darling Dreadful Thing
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childhood friends, haunting memories from a summer they never got over. stephen kingās IT energy but with a creepy magician
Black Mouth
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not for the faint of heart ā¼ļø
medieval fever dream with sapphic romance and cannibalistic body horror
The Starving Saints: A Novel
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if you like the sound of a childhood nostalgia turning into a pure nightmare fuel then give this one a read
Penpal
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i swore i knew where this was going, and the twist still got me
The Last House on Needless Street
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a collection of unsettling short stories that perfectly captures the implacable despair of the characters and the paranoia that pushes them to the brink of madness
The Houseguest
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a house with hidden dead space between its walls. floor plans have never felt this unsettling, my fave Uketsu book so far
Strange Houses
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warningā¼ļø gothic asylum horror, spiders on every page, and not the earthly kind
Crypt of the Moon Spider
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short story collections are usually hit or miss for me, but i loved all the 10 stories in here. bizarre and sinisterā¦ still thinking about that ending in Scars
Cursed Bunny: Stories
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hollywood screenwriter refuses to kill off his gay characters, and suddenly the monsters from his scripts start showing up in real life
Bury Your Gays
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a slow, heartbreaking descent into what grief can make a person do
peak stephen king horror, itās the psychological dread that i find the most terrifying
Pet Sematary: A Novel
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easily one of the weirdest and most original reads on my shelf
alien crash-lands on Earth and survives by transforming into human bodies, hunting through dating apps, and learning how to walk like one of us
Walking Practice
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two friends canoe down the Danube and camp on a remote, willow-covered island, and soon the landscape itself starts to feel like it's watching them
if you like cosmic horror, this is where a lot of it began
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Fiction
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definitely a classic for haunted house stories
The Haunting of Hill House: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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a short folk horror fairy tale that's as romantic as it is deranged
The Haar: A Horror Novel
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a runaway nun and a sharp-tongued peasant cross war-torn Bavaria in 1635, carrying a saint's skull that promises a wish, and a necromancer thatās right behind them.
must-read for people who love stories as moving as they are horrific.
Bone of My Bone (Standard Edition)
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a grieving mother brings her dead son back as a monster, and what follows is stranger, sadder, and more tender than I expected.
monstrilio is what happens when grief refuses to let go.
Monstrilio: A Novel
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debut novel that treats grief and horror as two sides of the same coin.
honestly, the less you know the better.
