19 must-read thriller books like Old Country by Matt Query

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Old Country

By: Matt Query

3.67

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this terrifyingly twisted thriller, a young couple discovers the horror held within their newly …

If you liked the thriller plot in Old Country by Matt Query , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

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2. Episode Thirteen

By: Craig DiLouie

3.53

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

From the macabre mind of Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen is a he… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's Episode Thirteen book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Matt Query's Old Country

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"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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4. The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

By: A.M. Shine

3.93

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Every grudge, if it is to stand the test of time, relies on the certainty of a selective memory."

-A.M. Shine, The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

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5. Diavola

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Jennifer Thorne skewers all-too-familiar family dynamics in this sly, wickedly funny vacation-Gothi… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Diavola book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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6. The September House

By: Carissa Orlando

3.92

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this c… read more

Similar categories in Carissa Orlando's The September House book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"the stars shone in the sky, reminding me there were calm constants everywhere"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

"Hal was familiar with anger. He preferred it. It was like a warm blanket to him. Something soft, and smelling of home"

-Carissa Orlando, The September House

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7. 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 Matt Query's Old Country

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"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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8. 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 Matt Query's Old Country

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. This Wretched Valley

By: Jenny Kiefer

3.33

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Four ambitious climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness. Seven months later, three mangled bodies… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Kiefer's This Wretched Valley book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. The Spite House

By: Johnny Compton

3.53

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife,… read more

Similar categories in Johnny Compton's The Spite House book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of All Hallows by Christopher Golden

11. All Hallows

By: Christopher Golden

3.55

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

With the 80's nostalgia of Stranger Things, this horror drama from NYT bestselling author Christoph… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Golden's All Hallows book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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12. The Nightmare Man

By: J.H. Markert

3.87

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

T. Kingfisher meets Cassandra Khaw in a chilling horror novel that illustrates the fine line betwee… read more

Similar categories in J.H. Markert's The Nightmare Man book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Scarecrow's scare, That's what they do."

-J.H. Markert, The Nightmare Man

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13. Black Mouth

By: Ronald Malfi

3.96

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

For nearly two decades, Jamie Warren has been running from darkness. He's haunted by a traumatic ch… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Black Mouth book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of The Church Beneath the Roots by Felix Blackwell

14. The Church Beneath the Roots

By: Felix Blackwell

4.25

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

Long before the events of Stolen Tongues… On the Cold Valley Indian Reservation, in the shadow of … read more

Similar categories in Felix Blackwell's The Church Beneath the Roots book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • fiction
  • horror
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15. The Handyman Method

By: Nick Cutter

3.27

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror. When a y… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Handyman Method book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"When prey dies in fear, hunters will say the meat tastes bitter."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"What of happiness, then? May we speak of the taste of joyful meat?"

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"Old memories were like land mines: dormant, forgotten, but forever deadly."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

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16. 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 Matt Query's Old Country

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • audiobook
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17. Mary

By: Nat Cassidy

3.80

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invis… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Mary book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Matt Query's Old Country

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Old Country by Matt Query

19. Old Country

By: Matt Query

3.67

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this terrifyingly twisted thriller, a young couple discovers the horror held within their newly … read more

Similar categories in Matt Query's Old Country book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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20. We Used to Live Here

By: Marcus Kliewer

3.84

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Get Out meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit—soon to be a Netflix original m… read more

Similar categories in Marcus Kliewer's We Used to Live Here book and Matt Query's Old Country

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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21. 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 Matt Query's Old Country

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • audiobook

21 must-read fiction books like Old Country by Matt Query

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Philip Fracassi

4.18

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Craig DiLouie

3.53

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Nestlings

Nat Cassidy

3.86

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

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

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Home Is Where the Bodies Are

Jeneva Rose

3.86

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Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.95

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Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

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