29 must-read horror books like The Bonny Swans by P.L. Watts

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The Bonny Swans

By: P.L. Watts

3.77

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

When Anne O’Donnell arrives on a dock in France in 1789 with no memory of her past, she allows hers…

If you liked the horror plot in The Bonny Swans by P.L. Watts , here is a list of 29 books like this:

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1. Kin

By: Kealan Patrick Burke

4.33

Format: 481 pages,

On a scorching hot summer day in Elkwood, Alabama, Claire Lambert staggers naked, wounded, and half… read more

Similar categories in Kealan Patrick Burke's Kin book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. Those Across the River

By: Christopher Buehlman

3.71

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Failed academic Frank Nichols and his wife, Eudora, have arrived in the sleepy Georgia town of Whit… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Buehlman's Those Across the River book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"Violence like that is private, don't you think?"

-Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River

"That was a mean thought, and not funny at all. I let it turn to sand and blow out of my head."

-Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River

"I mostly drink clear booze because the rest of it looks it's already been through a gentleman."

-Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River

"But when I make a good [taxidermy] mount I feel like I beat God in a small way. As though the Almighty said, Let such critter be dead, and I said, 'Fuck You, he can still play the banjo."

-Christopher Buehlman, Those Across the River

3. Snow

By: Ronald Malfi

3.62

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

Todd Curry wants nothing more than to spend Christmas with his son. But when a brutal snowstorm can… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Snow book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

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4. 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 P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
" 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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5. 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 P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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6. Helpmeet

By: Naben Ruthnum

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

It's 1900, and Louise Wilk is taking her dying husband from Manhattan to the upstate orchard estate… read more

Similar categories in Naben Ruthnum's Helpmeet book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • gothic
  • novella
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • adult
"This isn’t like the nose. That came off, like it was being picked at, pulled, tugged like taffy. This is from the inside. I can feel it when I’m going to sleep. Through the optic nerves. Drinking, ge…"

-Naben Ruthnum, Helpmeet

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7. 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 P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • adult
  • 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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8. 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 P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • adult
  • 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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9. The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.59

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's The Salt Grows Heavy book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

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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 P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • gothic
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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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 P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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12. 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 P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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13. The Vessel

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.73

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

'A watcher may remark that after sleeping for so long, the building appears to have been roused.' … read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's The Vessel book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • gothic
  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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14. The Lake of the Dead

By: André Bjerke

3.82

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

Deep in the darkest part of the Norwegian woods stands Dead Man's Cabin, the site of tragedy a cent… read more

Similar categories in André Bjerke's The Lake of the Dead book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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15. The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 2

By: James Tynion IV

4.15

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

One of the most critically acclaimed and bestselling horror books of 2021 returns for its shocking … read more

Similar categories in James Tynion IV's The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 2 book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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16. The Laws of the Skies

By: Grégoire Courtois

3.39

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Twelve six-year-olds and their three adult chaperones head into the woods on a camping trip. None o… read more

Similar categories in Grégoire Courtois's The Laws of the Skies book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"because it was him and him alone she didn't want to disappoint."

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

"Was there nothing left in this world that was worth opening your eyes and fighting for?"

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

"Even he who deserves to die, who deserves to be killed, doesn't deserve to be killed like that."

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

"But she was in love, head over heels in love the way you are at age six, without knowing that this love would be as fleeting as it was powerful, and as powerful as it was secret, and misunderstood, a…"

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

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17. In My Father's Basement

By: T.J. Payne

3.90

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

A must-read psychological thriller for anyone who's fascinated by serial killers. A 60-year old… read more

Similar categories in T.J. Payne's In My Father's Basement book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • fiction
  • horror
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18. A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

By: C.A. Fletcher

4.15

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

My name's Griz. My childhood wasn't like yours. I've never had friends, and in my whole life I've n… read more

Similar categories in C.A. Fletcher's A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • fiction
"I didn't know what to do next. Doing something is always the best way to think"

-C.A. Fletcher, A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

"No one's the monster in their own story. Monsters are just a matter of perspective."

-C.A. Fletcher, A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

"Forewarned is not forearmed. Sometimes you spend so much effort looking for the track that you know is there, that you miss the other one that you didn’t know about."

-C.A. Fletcher, A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

"I realise how much time I used to spend with my head in a book, filling the emptiness of my world and letting the pages distract from the darkness in the shadows behind me."

-C.A. Fletcher, A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

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19. 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 P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

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

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

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20. The Bonny Swans

By: P.L. Watts

3.77

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

When Anne O’Donnell arrives on a dock in France in 1789 with no memory of her past, she allows hers… read more

Similar categories in P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • gothic
  • novella
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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21. #thighgap

By: Chandler Morrison

3.91

Format: 119 pages, Paperback

Don’t read with the lights on…this is My Dark Library. A collection of novellas curated by Sadie… read more

Similar categories in Chandler Morrison's #thighgap book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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22. Corporate Body (My Dark Library #6)

By: R.A. Busby

4.18

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

Mother Horror presents: When impoverished college dropout Nick signs up to be a DrugCorp test subje… read more

Similar categories in R.A. Busby's Corporate Body (My Dark Library #6) book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • fiction
  • horror
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23. Mothered

By: Zoje Stage

3.31

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

A claustrophobic psychological thriller about one woman’s nightmarish spiral while quarantined with… read more

Similar categories in Zoje Stage's Mothered book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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24. 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 P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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25. The Bell Chime

By: Mona Kabbani

3.36

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Ladies of Horror Fiction Award for Best Novella of 2020 "Can you hear the bell chime… read more

Similar categories in Mona Kabbani's The Bell Chime book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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26. And Then I Woke Up

By: Malcolm Devlin

3.48

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Mira Grant and Stephen Graham Jones, Malcolm Devlin’s And Then I Woke Up is a c… read more

Similar categories in Malcolm Devlin's And Then I Woke Up book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"We were monsters once, and although we are not anymore, we know we remain unforgiven."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

". . . it’s those differences — even the smallest and most trivial — that scare us the most."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Relationships aren't scientific, they're not mathematical. They're chaotic, abstract, irrational."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Macey once told me that the worst way a story can end is by someone waking up and realising everything that happened was only a dream."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

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27. The Deep

By: Alma Katsu

3.33

Format: 432 pages, ebook

Someone, or something, is haunting the Titanic. This is the only way to explain the series of mi… read more

Similar categories in Alma Katsu's The Deep book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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28. American Rapture

By: C.J. Leede

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sop… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's American Rapture book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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29. Stargazers

By: L.P. Hernandez

4.20

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Don’t read with the lights on…this is My Dark Library. A collection of novellas curated by Sadie… read more

Similar categories in L.P. Hernandez's Stargazers book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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30. Bound Feet

By: Kelsea Yu

4.43

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

On the night of the Hungry Ghost Moon, when spirits can briefly return to the living world, Jodi Wu… read more

Similar categories in Kelsea Yu's Bound Feet book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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31. Taboo in Four Colors

By: Tim McGregor

4.30

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

New York City, 1972 – Comic book artist, Wally Carson, has been illustrating the stories of a reclu… read more

Similar categories in Tim McGregor's Taboo in Four Colors book and P.L. Watts's The Bonny Swans

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror

29 Best fiction books like The Bonny Swans by P.L. Watts

Transform Your Habits

Kin

Kealan Patrick Burke

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Those Across the River

Christopher Buehlman

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Episode Thirteen

Craig DiLouie

3.53

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31 best-selling fiction books like Stargazers by L.P. Hernandez

Transform Your Habits

This Is Where We Talk Things Out

Caitlin Marceau

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology

Vince A. Liaguno

3.55

Transform Your Habits

The Vessel

Adam L.G. Nevill

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Black Tide

K.C. Jones

3.59

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