29 best-selling fiction books like The Bedmakers by Chad Lutzke

Cover of The Bedmakers by Chad Lutzke

The Bedmakers

By: Chad Lutzke

4.08

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

After two elderly men tire of their homelessness in downtown Chicago 1979, they hop a train in sear…

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Cover of The Woodwitch by Stephen Gregory

1. The Woodwitch

By: Stephen Gregory

4.81

Format: 539 pages,

Andrew Pinkney is a young English solicitor's clerk with boyish good looks and a gentle manner. But… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Gregory's The Woodwitch book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Joe R. Lansdale's The Drive-In by Joe R. Lansdale, Andres Guinaldo

2. Joe R. Lansdale's The Drive-In

By: Joe R. Lansdale , Andres Guinaldo

4.00

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

When a group of friends decided to spend a day at the world's largest Drive-In theater horror fest,… read more

Similar categories in Joe R. Lansdale's Joe R. Lansdale's The Drive-In book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Children of the Dark by Jonathan Janz

3. Children of the Dark

By: Jonathan Janz

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Will Burgess is used to hard knocks. Abandoned by his father, son of a drug-addicted mother, and ch… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Janz's Children of the Dark book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • horror
Cover of All the Fiends of Hell by Adam L.G. Nevill

4. All the Fiends of Hell

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

4.01

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the mor… read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's All the Fiends of Hell book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3) by Stephen Graham Jones

5. 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 Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • 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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6. Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Nestlings book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."

-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings

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7. The Paleontologist

By: Luke Dumas

3.53

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

A haunted paleontologist returns to the museum where his sister was abducted years earlier and is f… read more

Similar categories in Luke Dumas's The Paleontologist book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
"He had understood that, like the site of a nuclear tragedy, the place was uninhabitable for him now."

-Luke Dumas, The Paleontologist

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8. The Haunting of Velkwood

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's The Haunting of Velkwood book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
"Because I'd prefer to live in a world with you in it."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the mar…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in no…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"It's always startling to see her... the way looks like a fever dream, like something not quite real. That valence of dark hair over her eyes, those lips always painted bright red as a pomegranate see…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

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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 Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
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10. Where the Dead Wait

By: Ally Wilkes

3.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An eerie, atmospheric Polar Gothic following a Victorian explorer in search of his lost shipmate an… read more

Similar categories in Ally Wilkes's Where the Dead Wait book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"Why would I want to die last?"

-Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait

"You make a god of the things you fear or love. What could be more natural than that?"

-Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait

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11. A Botanical Daughter

By: Noah Medlock

3.72

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Mexican Gothic meets The Lie Tree by way of Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley in this delightfully witty… read more

Similar categories in Noah Medlock's A Botanical Daughter book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"Grief can be a kind of exhaustion, after all."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"Gregor now knew in his soul that greatness came at a price, and true greatness is paid for by the hour."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"He had tried sculpting in other materials - in clay, marble, wood, and bronze - but corpses were the only medium that really sang under his fingers."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"Simon, what do you understand to be the nature of a soul?" he said suddenly. Simon was staring darkly into the endless distance. He didn't refocus his gaze to reply. "That part of us which cannot be …"

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

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12. The Day of the Door

By: Laurel Hightower

4.13

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Once there were four Lasco siblings banded together against a world that failed to protect them. Bu… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's The Day of the Door book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
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13. Small Town Horror

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Small Town Horror book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • crime
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. Indian Burial Ground

By: Nick Medina

3.63

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right an… read more

Similar categories in Nick Medina's Indian Burial Ground book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
"What happened in the cemetery causes us pain, not her. You understand that, don’t you?"

-Nick Medina, Indian Burial Ground

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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

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's Horror Movie book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
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16. Wild Spaces

By: S.L. Coney

3.51

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Robert R. McCammon’s Boy’s Life meets H. P. Lovecraft in Wild Spaces, a foreboding, sensual coming-… read more

Similar categories in S.L. Coney's Wild Spaces book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
"As funny as he thinks a fish would look, he wonders how the sea felt when her inhabitants started walking away. He wonders if maybe that’s why she keeps eating away at the land, trying to take back w…"

-S.L. Coney, Wild Spaces

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17. Mean Spirited

By: Nick Roberts

4.41

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

An alcoholic teacher and father’s world spirals out of control when a former student is killed and … read more

Similar categories in Nick Roberts's Mean Spirited book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
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18. Lovely, Dark & Deep

By: Megan Stockton

4.06

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

Every year, Six Mile Island has a seasonal shutdown for serious weather. This year, the forecast is… read more

Similar categories in Megan Stockton's Lovely, Dark & Deep book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Bedmakers by Chad Lutzke

19. The Bedmakers

By: Chad Lutzke

4.08

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

After two elderly men tire of their homelessness in downtown Chicago 1979, they hop a train in sear… read more

Similar categories in Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • historical fiction
  • crime
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Children of the Dark 2: The Night Flyers by Jonathan Janz

20. Children of the Dark 2: The Night Flyers

By: Jonathan Janz

4.36

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Last summer, sixteen-year-old Will Burgess lost many of the people he loved most. Now he’s imprison… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Janz's Children of the Dark 2: The Night Flyers book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann

21. 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

By: Sadie Hartmann

4.43

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

The Ultimate List of Must-Read Horror! Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get re… read more

Similar categories in Sadie Hartmann's 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • horror
"I love a good story about everyone dying."

-Sadie Hartmann, 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

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22. Thirst

By: Marina Yuszczuk

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting y… read more

Similar categories in Marina Yuszczuk's Thirst book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Candy Cain Kills (Killer VHS Series, #2) by Brian  McAuley

23. Candy Cain Kills (Killer VHS Series, #2)

By: Brian McAuley

4.12

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Oh what fun it is to DIE! When Austin’s parents drag him and his little sister Fiona to a remote… read more

Similar categories in Brian McAuley's Candy Cain Kills (Killer VHS Series, #2) book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
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24. Heads Will Roll

By: Josh Winning

3.69

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Willow’s worst nightmare was being cancelled. But the woods of Camp Castaway might destroy more tha… read more

Similar categories in Josh Winning's Heads Will Roll book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
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25. 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 Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

26. The Eyes Are the Best Part

By: Monika Kim

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of mu… read more

Similar categories in Monika Kim's The Eyes Are the Best Part book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • crime
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie

27. How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive

By: Craig DiLouie

3.43

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From Bram Stoker Award‑nominated author Craig DiLouie comes a darkly humorous horror novel that see… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Forgotten Sisters by Cynthia Pelayo

28. Forgotten Sisters

By: Cynthia Pelayo

3.50

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A city’s haunted history and fairy-tale horrors converge for two women in an addictive novel of psy… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Pelayo's Forgotten Sisters book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • crime
  • fiction
  • horror
"I can't speak. I can't think. words are water and everything melds into a sea of suffering."

-Cynthia Pelayo, Forgotten Sisters

"Some memories are far too painful to resuscitate, and so they remain floating somewhere in the depths of our hearts."

-Cynthia Pelayo, Forgotten Sisters

Cover of Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies by E. M. Roy

29. Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies

By: E. M. Roy

3.73

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

In the small town of Eston, Maine . . . weird things happen sometimes.Leo Bates knows what’s behind… read more

Similar categories in E. M. Roy's Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Root Rot & Other Grim Tales by Sarah  Read

30. Root Rot & Other Grim Tales

By: Sarah Read

3.83

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Walk into the woods. Dive into the water. Make a wish. Meet your fate. Within Root Rot and Other… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Read's Root Rot & Other Grim Tales book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1) by Nathan Ballingrud

31. Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1)

By: Nathan Ballingrud

4.18

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into th… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Ballingrud's Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1) book and Chad Lutzke's The Bedmakers

  • fiction
  • horror

31 must-read horror books like The Bedmakers by Chad Lutzke

Transform Your Habits

The Woodwitch

Stephen Gregory

4.81

Transform Your Habits

Joe R. Lansdale's The Drive-In

Joe R. Lansdale , Andres Guinaldo

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Children of the Dark

Jonathan Janz

3.75

Transform Your Habits

All the Fiends of Hell

Adam L.G. Nevill

4.01

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20 best-selling fiction books like Candy Cain Kills (Killer VHS Series, #2) by Brian McAuley

Transform Your Habits

The Woodwitch

Stephen Gregory

4.81

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Nestlings

Nat Cassidy

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Haunting of Velkwood

Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

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