18 must-read fiction books like Occupy Space by Grady Hendrix

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Occupy Space

By: Grady Hendrix

3.82

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

Melville, South Carolina was out of money, it was out of jobs, it was out of hope, and today it was…

"And as for the people around here, well, I’m very sorry that my rocket might crash through their roofs and put a premature halt to their careers as professional television watches, but given the state of the economy, I might actually be doing them a favor."

-Grady Hendrix, Occupy Space

"And as for the people around here, well, I’m very sorry that my rocket might crash through their roofs and put a premature halt to their careers as professional television watches, but given the state of the economy, I might actually be doing them a favor."

-Grady Hendrix, Occupy Space

If you liked the fiction plot in Occupy Space by Grady Hendrix , here is a list of 18 books like this:

1. Finishing Touches

By: Thomas Tessier

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

On an extended holiday in London, Dr. Tom Sutherland befriends a mysterious surgeon named Nordhagen… read more

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2. When Darkness Loves Us

By: Elizabeth Engstrom

4.50

Format: 60 pages,

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3. The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror literature It’s been f… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3) book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

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4. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's You Like It Darker book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. The Pram

By: Joe Hill

3.77

Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition

A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a … read more

Similar categories in Joe Hill's The Pram book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. Fever House (Fever House, #1)

By: Keith Rosson

4.03

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose … read more

Similar categories in Keith Rosson's Fever House (Fever House, #1) book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. Night of the Mannequins

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.34

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Stephen Graham Jones returns with Night of the Mannequins, a contemporary horror story where a teen… read more

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  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Moms are so oblivious. It’s like they live in a bubble of wishful thinking."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

"The tornado the alarms had screamed about ... hadn't actually happened, but around here you never know. Better safe in the cellar than sorry halfway up the sky."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

"Sometimes you just know what you're doing is the only thing to be doing. That the world is conspiring all around you to make it happen, like, not just giving you permission, but herding you the direc…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, Night of the Mannequins

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9. The House That Horror Built

By: Christina Henry

3.22

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifyi… read more

Similar categories in Christina Henry's The House That Horror Built book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. Mister Magic

By: Kiersten White

3.59

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and di… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Mister Magic book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • adult
  • audiobook
"Magic never forgets the taste of your friendship."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"I think you've told me thank you more in the last day than anyone else has in years. It's like--when there's a stack of dishes, if my husband actually does them , I tell him thank you. But when I do …"

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

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11. Big Bad

By: Chandler Baker

3.77

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

For a family trying to make an isolated farmhouse into a home, fear and rage are getting harder to … read more

Similar categories in Chandler Baker's Big Bad book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. Best of Luck

By: Jason Mott

3.77

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Did you ever hear the one about the man with a string of bad luck? The worst is still to come in a … read more

Similar categories in Jason Mott's Best of Luck book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. In Bloom

By: Paul Tremblay

3.08

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s something in the water in this hallucinatory short story by Paul Tremblay, bestselling auth… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's In Bloom book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. It Waits in the Woods

By: Josh Malerman

3.72

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Some chilling campfire tales ring too true to ignore. For one young woman, an urban legend calls he… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's It Waits in the Woods book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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16. Occupy Space

By: Grady Hendrix

3.82

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

Melville, South Carolina was out of money, it was out of jobs, it was out of hope, and today it was… read more

Similar categories in Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • novella
  • humor
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"And as for the people around here, well, I’m very sorry that my rocket might crash through their roofs and put a premature halt to their careers as professional television watches, but given the stat…"

-Grady Hendrix, Occupy Space

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17. Zombie Bake-Off

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.50

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

It's time for the annual Recipe Days bake-off in Lubbock, Texas. Soccer moms and grandmothers gathe… read more

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  • audiobook
  • humor
  • fiction
  • horror
"If there's any better place to get stoned than a rolling box full of pastry, then they didn't have the keys for it, anyway."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Zombie Bake-Off

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18. I Found a Circus Tent in the Woods Behind My House (I Found Horror)

By: Ben Farthing

3.77

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

Lost in a labyrinth of circus tents... Dave and his four-year-old, Jacob, find a circus tent in … read more

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  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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19. Incidents Around the House

By: Josh Malerman

3.82

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled f… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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20. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's I Was a Teenage Slasher book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of I Found a Lost Hallway in a Dying Mall (I Found Horror) by Ben Farthing

21. I Found a Lost Hallway in a Dying Mall (I Found Horror)

By: Ben Farthing

3.84

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

In a dying mall, Lisa hears a cry for help.★★★★★ - "A landscape of of liminal horrors." Debra Casta… read more

Similar categories in Ben Farthing's I Found a Lost Hallway in a Dying Mall (I Found Horror) book and Grady Hendrix's Occupy Space

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror

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The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

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You Like It Darker

Stephen King

4.32

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The Pram

Joe Hill

3.77

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Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

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Jeneva Rose

3.86

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Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

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Gwendolyn Kiste

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