Body horror is a genre classified by weird, grotesque and sometimes beautiful things happening to the body. Here are some books that capture this vibe perfectly, including manga, fiction and even a colouring book.
Tomie is Junji Ito's best known work, and follows an invincible femme fatale. This is a deluxe edition, with the whole series in one book
Tomie: Complete Deluxe Edition (Junji Ito)
Shintaro Kago is a master of body horror artwork, and this artbook is one of his seminal works. I have it on my bookshelf and I love it
SHINTARO KAGO ARTBOOK
Cheeky self-rec with my body horror collection ‘Fleshed Out’ - 13 horror short stories with a mix of the visceral, weird and outright absurd.
Fleshed Out : A Body Horror Collection
This is a brilliant book that explores the body and anatomy in horror films
Body Genre: Anatomy of Horror Film
A novella-length collection of body horror, full of gross, grimy, creepy, crawly, bubbling, bursting fun.
OOZE: Little Bursts of Body Horror
A beautiful hardcover of one of my very favourite Junji Ito mangas
Remina (Junji Ito)
We all love a good colouring book, and this one is full of weird and wonderful designs, bang on the body horror vibe.
Creepy Horrors Adult Colouring Book
Body horror is intrinsically linked to the trans experience, and whilst I don't have the lived experience to say too much about the topic, I do know that this is a brilliant anthology and well worth a read
Bound In Flesh: An Anthology of Trans Body Horror
Quite possibly my favourite horror collection I've read to date, this is a whirlwind of gutsy body horror that I re-read every year
