swap_horiz Black Mouth Alternatives

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Boy's Life

Robert McCammon’s *Boy's Life* is a supernatural horror novel exploring themes of innocence and corruption through the e...

Supernatural Coming Of Age Small Town 1990S

9.0 Excellent

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Swan Song

Robert McCammon’s *Swan Song* presents a sprawling post-apocalyptic horror narrative set in 1987. The novel explores the...

Post Apocalyptic Epic Supernatural 1980S

8.9 Great

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury’s *Something Wicked This Way Comes* is a celebrated 1962 horror novel exploring themes of temptation and lo...

Classic Supernatural Coming Of Age Ray Bradbury

8.9 Great

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Blackwater

Blackwater is a novel by Michael McDowell set in 1980s Alabama. The story follows the Blackwood family as they confront...

Supernatural Family Saga 1980S Southern Gothic

8.9 Great

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a dark fantasy horror novel by Neil Gaiman. It recounts an adult’s fragmented memory...

Supernatural Dark Fantasy Childhood 2010S

8.7 Great

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The Only Good Indians

The Only Good Indians is a 2020 horror novel by American author Stephen Graham Jones, notable for blending Indigenous cu...

Native American 2020S Folk Horror Stephen Graham Jones

8.6 Great

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'Salem's Lot

Stephen King's 1975 vampire novel set in the fictional Maine town of Jerusalem's Lot, widely regarded as a landmark of A...

Supernatural Vampire Small Town 1970S

8.5 Great

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The Last House on Needless Street

A 2021 psychological horror novel by British author Catriona Ward that won both the Bram Stoker Award and the Shirley Ja...

Psychological Unreliable Narrator 2020S Catriona Ward

8.5 Great

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Summer of Night

Dan Simmons's 1991 novel set in a 1960 Illinois small town where a group of children discover and confront an ancient ma...

Supernatural Coming Of Age Small Town 1990S

8.4 Great

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Mexican Gothic

Mexican Gothic is a 2020 horror novel by Mexican-Canadian author Silvia Moreno-Garcia, notable for becoming a bestseller...

Gothic 2020S Silvia Moreno Garcia 1950S Mexico

8.4 Great

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My Heart Is a Chainsaw

My Heart Is a Chainsaw is a 2021 horror novel by Stephen Graham Jones, notable for winning the Bram Stoker Award and its...

Slasher 2020S Meta Horror Stephen Graham Jones

8.2 Great

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The Elementals

Michael McDowell's 1981 Southern Gothic novel is set on an Alabama Gulf Coast property shared by two families and haunte...

Supernatural 1980S Southern Gothic Michael Mcdowell

8.2 Great

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Little Heaven

Little Heaven is a 2016 horror novel by Canadian author Nick Cutter, notable for its extreme violence and its setting of...

Supernatural Western 2010S Nick Cutter

8.0 Great

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Come with Me

Ronald Malfi's 2021 novel follows a grieving widower who discovers his wife was secretly tracking a serial killer, pulli...

Ghost Grief Serial Killer 2020S

8.0 Great

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The Monk

Matthew Lewis's 1796 Gothic masterpiece follows the violent downfall of a Catholic monk in Madrid, notorious for its sho...

Classic Supernatural Gothic Transgressive

8.0 Great

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John Dies at the End

John Dies at the End is a 2007 comedic horror novel by David Wong, notable for its blend of surreal humor and bizarre ho...

Supernatural 2000S Cosmic Horror Jason Pargin

7.8 Good

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Lone Women

Lone Women is a 2023 historical horror novel by Victor LaValle, notable for its premise of a woman hiding a terrifying s...

Supernatural Isolation 2020S Victor Lavalle

7.7 Good

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Bone White

Ronald Malfi's 2017 novel follows a man who travels to a remote Alaskan village searching for his missing twin brother a...

Supernatural Isolation 2010S Alaska

7.3 Good

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The Night Parade

Ronald Malfi's 2016 horror novel follows a father and daughter navigating a deadly supernatural pandemic that spawns nig...

Supernatural Pandemic 2010S Road Horror

7.2 Good

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The Fervor

The Fervor is a 2022 historical horror novel by Alma Katsu, notable for blending supernatural dread with the real-world...

Wwii Supernatural 2020S Japanese Internment

6.8 Fair