21 must-read horror books like In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt

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In the House in the Dark of the Woods

By: Laird Hunt

3.33

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

"Once upon a time there was and there wasn't a woman who went to the woods." In this ingenious h…

If you liked the horror plot in In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Kiss Me, Judas

By: Will Christopher Baer

3.80

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

Have you ever loved someone who's mortally wounded you? Phineas Poe, disgraced cop and morphine add… read more

Similar categories in Will Christopher Baer's Kiss Me, Judas book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"Disappear, she says. I love that word."

-Will Christopher Baer, Kiss Me, Judas

"And my life went to pieces, like a love letter in the rain."

-Will Christopher Baer, Kiss Me, Judas

"Which do you prefer, she says. Sex or Violence? I try to smile. What's the difference, really."

-Will Christopher Baer, Kiss Me, Judas

"I am so stupid, so easily fooled. It's really almost funny. If I could lift a finger I would gladly kill myself."

-Will Christopher Baer, Kiss Me, Judas

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2. Come Closer

By: Sara Gran

3.65

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene i… read more

Similar categories in Sara Gran's Come Closer book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
"What we think is impossible happens all the time."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

"In January I had a proposal due to my boss, Leon Fields, on a new project."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

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3. Maeve Fly

By: C.J. Leede

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! … read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's Maeve Fly book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Inside my room, I turn on Billy Holiday. There are only two kinds of music in my world. Billy Holiday and Halloween songs."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted m…"

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

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4. The Twisted Ones

By: T. Kingfisher

3.64

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother’s home in rural North Carolina, she finds lo… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's The Twisted Ones book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Perhaps Welsh fairies stole children and confiscated their vowels."

-T. Kingfisher, The Twisted Ones

"It's a long drive. It's pretty, actually, if you go through West Virginia, but of course then you're in West Virginia."

-T. Kingfisher, The Twisted Ones

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5. 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 Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • 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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6. 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

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • 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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7. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

3.89

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

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8. 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 Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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9. Looking Glass Sound

By: Catriona Ward

3.49

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Looking Glass Sound is the newest twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, the interna… read more

Similar categories in Catriona Ward's Looking Glass Sound book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Potatoes make everything okay."

-Catriona Ward, Looking Glass Sound

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10. A House with Good Bones

By: T. Kingfisher

3.69

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explor… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A House with Good Bones book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Like many family dynamics, it didn't have to be healthy, it just had to work."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"He's got an alibi. People with alibis in the first half of the show are always suspicious."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I could research it. I am a champion researcher. It's why they pay me the meager academic bucks."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

"I understood Grand Mae then, I think. I could not pity the adult she had become, but I could pity the girl she had been."

-T. Kingfisher, A House with Good Bones

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11. 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 Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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12. Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

By: Brom

4.29

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only… read more

Similar categories in Brom's Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • witches
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"You will think me foolish. But I wanted to be a fairy queen, to run barefoot through the woods, to sing like a bird and fly through the trees." She smiled. "To be able to talk to the animals."

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

"He stared up into the trees, watched them sway in the soft breeze, watched the sun drift slowly across the sky, hour after hour, until it began to sink from view, trying to let go, to let his mind dr…"

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

"Buzzing filled his ears, and he watched several bumblebees bounce from flower to flower. He found their hum soothing, and there, at the moment, felt he could watch them forever. He drank in the scent…"

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

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13. 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 Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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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14. Nothing But Blackened Teeth

By: Cassandra Khaw

2.66

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in … read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Every religion is a one-way relationship."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"The dead miss the sun. It's dark down there."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"Media’s all about the gospel of the lone wolf, but the truth is we’re all just sheep."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"apologies didn’t exonerate the sinner, only compelled graciousness from its recipient."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

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15. Knock Knock, Open Wide

By: Neil Sharpson

3.99

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Knock Knock, Open Wide weaves horror and Celtic myth into a terrifying, heartbreaking supernatural … read more

Similar categories in Neil Sharpson's Knock Knock, Open Wide book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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16. 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 Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Boatman's Daughter

By: Andy Davidson

3.50

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

Ever since her father was killed when she was just a child, Miranda Crabtree has kept her head down… read more

Similar categories in Andy Davidson's The Boatman's Daughter book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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18. In The Night Wood

By: Dale Bailey

3.32

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

In this contemporary fantasy, the grieving biographer of a Victorian fantasist finds himself slippi… read more

Similar categories in Dale Bailey's In The Night Wood book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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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 Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt

20. In the House in the Dark of the Woods

By: Laird Hunt

3.33

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

"Once upon a time there was and there wasn't a woman who went to the woods." In this ingenious h… read more

Similar categories in Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods book and Laird Hunt's In the House in the Dark of the Woods

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • witches
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook

21 must-read fiction books like In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt

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Will Christopher Baer

3.80

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Sara Gran

3.65

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Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

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The Twisted Ones

T. Kingfisher

3.64

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C.J. Leede

3.78

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Philip Fracassi

4.18

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Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

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Chuck Tingle

3.94

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