17 must-read thriller books like Number One Fan by Meg Elison

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Number One Fan

By: Meg Elison

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

She created a beautiful world. Now he wants it all. On her way to a speaking engagement, bestsel…

If you liked the thriller plot in Number One Fan by Meg Elison , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Nestlings by Nat Cassidy

1. 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 Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • 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

Cover of The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry

2. 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 Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. 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 Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • thriller
  • 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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4. 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 Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Meg Elison's Number One Fan

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

-J.H. Markert, The Nightmare Man

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6. 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 Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • 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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7. 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 Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

By: Eric LaRocca

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of four intense, claustrophobic and terrifying horror tales from the Bram St… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances book and Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The worst thing a person can do to you after they've hurt you is let you live."

-Eric LaRocca, This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

Cover of Melon Head Mayhem (Killer VHS Series, #1) by Alex Ebenstein

9. Melon Head Mayhem (Killer VHS Series, #1)

By: Alex Ebenstein

3.77

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever wanted to live inside your favorite horror film? Prove you have what it takes to figh… read more

Similar categories in Alex Ebenstein's Melon Head Mayhem (Killer VHS Series, #1) book and Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. Daphne

By: Josh Malerman

3.40

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

It’s the last summer for Kit Lamb: The last summer before college. The last summer with her high sc… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Daphne book and Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. 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 Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • 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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12. Midnight on Beacon Street

By: Emily Ruth Verona

2.88

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A suspenseful and entertaining debut thriller—and love letter to vintage horror movies—in which a t… read more

Similar categories in Emily Ruth Verona's Midnight on Beacon Street book and Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Candy Cain Kills (Killer VHS Series, #2) by Brian  McAuley

13. 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 Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

14. Bury Your Gays

By: Chuck Tingle

4.29

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding st… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Tingle's Bury Your Gays book and Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The studio might be a ruthless capitalist machine," he opines, "but we're not evil."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"Your stories aren't worth your life." My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this."

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Em…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

"The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out t…"

-Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

Cover of Number One Fan by Meg Elison

15. Number One Fan

By: Meg Elison

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

She created a beautiful world. Now he wants it all. On her way to a speaking engagement, bestsel… read more

Similar categories in Meg Elison's Number One Fan book and Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning

16. 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 Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • mystery thriller
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

17. 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 Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Child (The Children and The Gods #1) by Angel N. Van Atta

18. The Child (The Children and The Gods #1)

By: Angel N. Van Atta

4.24

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

Sarah is worried. More than worried. Sarah is terrified. Her young daughter Emma hasn't been hersel… read more

Similar categories in Angel N. Van Atta's The Child (The Children and The Gods #1) book and Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo by Adam Cesare

19. Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo

By: Adam Cesare

3.82

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The thrills and chills are far from over in the third novel from Bram Stoker Award winner and maste… read more

Similar categories in Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo book and Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Not By Blood by Chris  Narozny

20. Not By Blood

By: Chris Narozny

3.42

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

When Tina Evans gets a call from her brother in the middle of the night, she doesn’t think much of … read more

Similar categories in Chris Narozny's Not By Blood book and Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • suspense
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of William by Mason Coile

21. William

By: Mason Coile

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read — a haunted house story in… read more

Similar categories in Mason Coile's William book and Meg Elison's Number One Fan

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook

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Nat Cassidy

3.86

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The House That Horror Built

Christina Henry

3.22

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This Wretched Valley

Jenny Kiefer

3.33

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J.H. Markert

3.87

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The Woodwitch

Stephen Gregory

4.81

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Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

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Nestlings

Nat Cassidy

3.86

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The Haunting of Velkwood

Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

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