Not looking for anything in particular. Just looking for fast pased recs of all kinds.

I'm in a slump right now and everything I try feels soooo slow.

Last book I read was Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth. 9/10 (Added this as a rec for others.)

Ones that come up from the top of my head are The Terror by Dan Simmons and Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton (The Wendals are implied to be surviving neanderthals, larger than usual bear skulls also implies the survival of cave bears).

I was wondering if there are any others set in certain time periods before present day?

Looking for a book with at least some of these things.

• Isolated setting (in the UK for preference)

• Folk horror like cult

• Post-apocalyptic

Zombies are a plus too but the least important addition to the vibe imo. Some horror books I liked in no particular order are And Then I Woke Up; Hellboy; Shirley Jackson; Diavola; T. Kingfisher; The Sandman Universe's John Constantine. Thanks for your ideas.

Ok, so I’ve combed through this sub and scoured the web for a few weeks now… can anyone give me recommendations on books that are ACTUALLY scary? I’m super jaded maybe, but most of these books seem like bedtime stories to me… I just wanted to read something that makes me sleep with the lights on 🤷🏻

I prefer cosmic horror, aliens, and the occult but I’m open to anything that’s legit nightmare fuel.

Hi friends, I recently got back into horror and thrillers, and I’m looking for my next read. Overall, I’m looking for a truly skin- crawling, jaw, dropping, plot twist story that you really can’t see coming and that actually keeps me up at night.

I recently read The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum, as well as The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward. I loved Catriona’s writing—she really kept me interested at all times, so I may try another one of her books. Any recommendations from her? I’ve been told that The Haar by David Sodergren is great, as well as A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers.

I know someone will argue, I really enjoyed the final twist at the end of The Silent Patient… I really didn’t see it coming, though I know this isn’t horror. I also can’t stand a really slow read. I like it to be at medium pace. Livid by Patricia Cornwell (while a mystery/thriller) is the perfect example of what I DON’T want to read.

I would love to hear any recommendations anyone may have as I know there are definitely some avid horror readers in this thread. I can certainly use ChatGPT to find some books, but I love hearing from real people :) Thanks so much!!

I’ll be taking a sixteen hour road trip down to my hometown next week and think it’s the perfect time to start a new book on audible. I’ll be leaving at sun down and driving mostly through the night and couldn’t think of a better way to stay entertained.

I would love to hear what titles everyone recommends specifically in the form of an audiobook.

Thank you!

Would anyone ever be interested in having a quarterly book club over zoom at some point? We could do a book fish bowl pick for deciding which book to read? Low maintenance but a place we could in depth talk about what we read? Any interest?

As the title suggests, looking for something spooky and festive. Got 40% into NOS4A2 and had to DNF (which is a bummer because I wanted to like it, but really didn’t). What yall got?

I was wondering if someone could suggest a good horror book or story that involve entities or concepts from eastern religions. For example religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, and so on. I've already read A Short Stay in Hell, and that's one of the most terrifying things I've read. Also I've read Song of Kali. Im sorry if im not really explaining it well but basically give me something that feels like a hallucinogenic fever dream on DMT. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance!

Sounds like a great concept. Horror parody on the Hallmark holiday movie tropes. Will report back, but has anyone given this one a read?

Fatalis by Jeff Rovin would definitely be a favorite of mine. There were even rumors back then that Universal would've adapted it into a film starring Sylvester Stallone but unforunately that turned out to be false.

Cherokee Sabre by Jamison Roberts which I read this year would also another. I really loved the new take on the Wampus Cat legend. :D

Devolution would also be another. Can't wait for the movie adaptation to that. Also enjoyed The Terror by Dan Simmons especially regarding the lore of the Tunbaaq and its take on Inuit Mythology.

I'm looking for short stories to assign in college composition 2 course that blur the lines between horror/fantasy/science fiction so students can learn to analyze elements of the genres and build arguments around their interpretation. If they're available online that's definitely a plus!

Extreme haunted houses? Like the ones you walk through on Halloween, not an actual haunted house

Saw a category marked "Horromance" during this year's Terrify Your Tablet event, and just recently I've been on a bit of a romance kick. As such, I'm looking for some horror/romance genre blends to read. Recommendations would be much appreciated.

I recently read the book and didn't like it at all, but the book is praised by many in here and in general(3.8 on goodreads). I've written my opinion below and would like to know the reason/reasons why you guys liked or enjoyed the book the way I couldn't. Also, is it more enjoyable if you read it in Spanish like 100 years of Solitude? My opinion: I had really high expectations from the book but the overall theme just couldn't get to me. The explanation for the virus which prevents you from eating meat from any other living being is very bizzare, like there is no exploration of any grounds regarding the virus, it's more of a 'you have to take it as it is'. The alternative is that it's all a hoax by all the governments to reduce overpopulation then why the fuck was India the last one to legalize this meat thing in the book lol. This didn't bother me much as it's fiction and the writers get the leeway. After reading a while, I'll say around the 5th chapter it starrted to feel like a vegan propoganda to me for some reason. It's like she had a script and only had to add the human element. It wasn't a tough read and I wasn't grossed out or disturbed by it at all by the book (Apart from the rape part and the puppies part). Things start getting interesting from the 16th chapter onwards when the theme of loss (Marcos' child) is being highlighted more, his connection to the zoo, and you start feeling more bad for the character but it just takes a single instance to change that from feeling bad to feeling disgusted at the end of part 1, which I found interesting. Part 2 for me went in a flash. It took me let's say around 5 hours to read the first part but I finished the second part within 2 hours. The human game reserve character was interesting but apart from that the writing didn't interest me at all. The ending felt so rushed because I believe when everything is coming towards the end, his father's death, him breaking his ties with his sisters, and him leaving the plant. The second last chapter feels just wrong and miss placed, like why is it here. The ending just didn't sit right with me at all. I believe that the book was trying to tell us that every morals we build are exclusive and we always bend those morals when we make it inclusive. You can say the world is either white or black but when you include yourself in it, you can't say either that's why it's a spectrum of grey, and at the end of the novel when see the our protagonist turn into the thing he hated the most. The transition was so sudden and unexpected, but not in a good way. It wasn't astonishing but more like, ' Seriously, that's what you came with it'. Anyways this was my opinion, I want to know what is it in your eyes that make this book worth reading and do correct me if I miss interpreted anything.

Any recommendations?

Hey all! I’m a huge horror nerd and I am looking to write a horror lit/media curriculum for the high school classroom. This is for my Master’s capstone in English, but I’m hoping to actually present it to my supervisor and maybe teach it as a senior English genre study class.

Anyway, I want to center the course thematically around coming-of-age horror with teenage or young adult protagonists.

What novel and short story recommendations do you have for me? I already have a few titles in mind, but it definitely doesn’t hurt to keep adding to my list!

Hey everyone,

I have been reading Birdbox and the sequel, Malorie and I realized that I actually love a specific type of story that involves the characters going on a journey (whether that is just aimlessly exploring and surviving or with a single destination in mind) through their post apocalyptic world and encountering what (and who) is left.

I think I already hit some of the heavy hitters for this one such as The Stand, Birdbox (and its sequel) and The Road but any other examples would be fantastic. In other media, The Last of Us and it's sequel is a great example of this.

Anyways, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! thank you!

more books like "the swarm" where nature fights back?

Apologies if this is already in the thread, I tried looking for it. But I am currently reading None of this is True, and I am just H O O K E D. And I neeeed more recs like this one. Anyone have any? Thanks in advance!

Other than some Stephen King and Lovecraft and a few horror-ish stories by Neil Gaiman and others, i think this will be my first foray into horror per se. Got this massive book after seeing it recommended here recently.

Deciding which story to read first. I think maybe Born Of Man And Woman, a short one i had read 14 years ago and liked very much.

PS.: why can't i add pictures here?

PPS.: this is my first post here! Looking forward to many happy horror reads!

I did search the subreddit but I feel like I would like to hear some fresh answers here and clarify a couple bonus points I’m looking for.

First: would love for it to be horror first and foremost, meaning grimdark alone doesn’t cut it and I don’t feel makes it count as horror.

Second: so many bonus points if the horror is psychological, I’m not really into slasher books for the sake of gory.

Books I’ve read that are adjacent to what I’m looking for:

• Fairytale by Stephen King
• Between Two Fires (this is my top 3 all time my god the sense of humor in it is SO GOOD)

However, if it’s a mediocre book that just hits the criteria I’m not really interested in that. No subject matter is ever going to outweigh good writing.

Thank you in advance!

Hi! I started this horror trilogy about these gardens that the women in the family inherit and the gardens all have monsters and Demons. I can't remember the name but it was more of a YA style horror but still phenomenal.

Edit: Nightfall Gardens by Allen Houston!

I’m trying to find a good non-fiction book about skinwalkers from Native American culture. Anything that has to do with the history/origins of them, research about them, or anything else that isn’t a fictional horror story. Thanks!

Hello everyone! I am looking for horror books which are really scary without gore, severed limbs , eyeballs gouged out and other body horror.

Translated works of other languages will also do.

I have read a few famous titles this year which I found quite underwhelming ( ‘We used to live here’ , ‘Incidents around the House’ and others)

If it helps , I really loved ‘The Shining’ ‘The Exorcist’ and Adam Nevill’s ‘The Ritual’ . Horror fiction set in camps, haunted house are welcome.

I know it's not Riley Sager's most recent book, but I've only been into him for like the last year or so, and I found this one the best so far. I love the back and forth format, and the little fakeouts like 'oh you thought?? Here's the truth! HA jk again get fucked' it's so fun but it all makes sense!! Also that bright green cover is gorgeous yes I am biased 💚

Spoilers: >! At first I was a little disappointed at the fact that there was really nothing supernatural, but then realizing the way everything came together and all the clues were there was just chef's kiss, and it didn't really take away from any of the ghosty creepiness because lil Maggie really did see what she saw, she just interpreted it wrong. Like it wasn't a case of it was all in their head which I guess I don't mind if done right, but this was a really fun surprise!! !<

I'd love to hear people's thoughts, and foreshadowing that stood out, other similar book recs, or fave Riley Sager book! I also really want to read it again in different orders, but unfortunately I got it from the library and just returned it today before I had to leave town for Christmas lol.

(If anyone's curious, the others of his I've read are The Last Time I Lied and Survive The Night, I thought they were both just decently fine, tense but not scary. I'll probably reread TLTIL again for sure because I either didn't get it or just forgot everything oof.)

First person to comment I will read their suggestion first.

I’d prefer to avoid anything involving demons, possession, or religious themes. I’m more interested in books that focus on other types of horror — psychological, supernatural (but not demon-related), body horror, dystopian, cosmic, or any other subgenre that doesn’t rely on traditional supernatural or religious tropes. Books I have enjoyed in the past include:

Sphere by Michael Crichton

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

The Deep by Nick Cutter

It by Stephen King

The John Dies at the End series by Jason Pargin

I realize that most of those are about aliens, but that is not necessarily what I’m looking for - I’d like suggestions for anything featuring weird science, cryptids, or otherwise spooky shit.

Thank you!

Edit: formatting was f*cked

I just finished “Behind Closed Doors” and it was hard to put down. The way it builds tension had me hooked, and I’m still thinking about the room, the unthinkable level of control he had over her, and the fact that she >!never really hurt him back (in a sadistic way, at least).!< I feel like I need to talk to someone who’s read it before and unload.

Let me know what books have messed with your head recently.. I'm collecting future trauma for my reading list :)

Have you ever come across a horror book in the bargain bin at a thrift store or used book store that you purchased just based on the title or the cover? Then looking it up online, you can't even find a wiki page for the author or the book?

I know some of these lesser known and pulpy horror books from the 70s, 80s, 90s are making a bit of a comeback with the 'Paperbacks from Hell' series... but I'm curious, if you have a favorite dime-store, "trash" book that wound up being a hidden gem?