10 Top horror books like The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1) by C.L. Herman

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The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

By: C.L. Herman

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

On the edge of town a beast haunts the woods, trapped in the Gray, its bonds loosening… Uprooted…

"Welcome to Four Paths. Nobody would stay here if they had a choice."

-C.L. Herman, The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

"Welcome to Four Paths. Nobody would stay here if they had a choice."

-C.L. Herman, The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

"Sinners who were led astray, Wandered through the woods one day, Stumbled right into the Gray, Never to return. Hear the lies our gods will tell, The prison the Four wove so well, But listen to us when we say, Branches and stones, daggers and bones, Will meet their judgement day."

-C.L. Herman, The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

"Sinners who were led astray, Wandered through the woods one day, Stumbled right into the Gray, Never to return. Hear the lies our gods will tell, The prison the Four wove so well, But listen to us when we say, Branches and stones, daggers and bones, Will meet their judgement day."

-C.L. Herman, The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

If you liked the horror plot in The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1) by C.L. Herman , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Willful Machines

By: Tim Floreen

3.81

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

In the near future, scientists create what may be a new form of life: an artificial human named Cha… read more

Similar categories in Tim Floreen's Willful Machines book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • fiction
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
"The first guy asks the second guy, 'Do you believe in free will?' The second guy answers, 'I have no choice."

-Tim Floreen, Willful Machines

"I don’t think I chose to be gay, if that’s what you mean. In fact, I didn’t choose a lot of things. Like being the son of the president. Or coming to Inverness. Or even being in the closet, really. A…"

-Tim Floreen, Willful Machines

2. Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, #2)

By: Libba Bray

3.00

Format: 1118 pages, Hardcover

The longing of dreams draws the dead, and this city holds many dreams. After a supernatural showdow… read more

Similar categories in Libba Bray's Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, #2) book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

3. Seven Black Diamonds (Seven Black Diamonds, #1)

By: Melissa Marr

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lilywhite Abernathy is a criminal. Her father's "unconventional" business has meant a life of tight… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Marr's Seven Black Diamonds (Seven Black Diamonds, #1) book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

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4. Sawkill Girls

By: Claire Legrand

3.67

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

Beware of the woods and the dark, dank deep. He’ll follow you home, and he won’t let you sleep. … read more

Similar categories in Claire Legrand's Sawkill Girls book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer
"She saw the extraordinary in the ordinary, the magic in the mundane"

-Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

"She saw the extraordinary in the ordinary, the magic in the mundane."

-Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

"Beware of the woods and the dark, dank deep. He'll follow you home and won't let you sleep"

-Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

"Beware the woods and the dark, dank, deep. He'll follow you home, and he won't let you sleep."

-Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

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5. House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)

By: Erin A. Craig

4.14

Format: 544 pages, Library Binding

A modern masterpiece, this is a classic Gothic thriller-fantasy from New York Times bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Erin A. Craig's House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2) book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Besides, what else am I meant to be doing? I didn't laze around in life and I certainly wasn't going to start in death."

-Erin A. Craig, House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)

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6. The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

By: Susan Dennard

3.68

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Hemlock Falls isn't like other towns. You won't find it on a map, your phone won't work here, and t… read more

Similar categories in Susan Dennard's The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1) book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"You either trust the forest or you don't, Winnie."

-Susan Dennard, The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

"But our minds are pretty good at hiding what we don’t want to see, Winnebago."

-Susan Dennard, The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

"That’s why we’re called the Luminaries, Winnie: we are lanterns the forest can never snuff out."

-Susan Dennard, The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

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7. The Invocations

By: Krystal Sutherland

4.11

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because the… read more

Similar categories in Krystal Sutherland's The Invocations book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"What if Savannah had found whatever it was she sold a piece of her soul to go looking for."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"Even the devil does not trust men to honor a bargain, so it does not deal with them. It offers power only to women."

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"What about trans women?" Zara asks, writing the question in her document. "How does that work?" "Of course I have written invocations for trans women," Emer says. "Demons do not care about bodies. Th…"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

"They understand what they are looking at. They understand that it could have been them. A wrong turn on the wrong night, and it could have been them. There is no sense to that. That you can be going …"

-Krystal Sutherland, The Invocations

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8. You Must Not Miss

By: Katrina Leno

3.40

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Magpie Lewis started writing in her yellow notebook the day her family self-destructed. That was th… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Leno's You Must Not Miss book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ravens (The Ravens, #1) by Kass Morgan

9. The Ravens (The Ravens, #1)

By: Kass Morgan

3.67

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Kappa Rho Nu isn’t your average sorority. Their parties are notorious. Their fundraisers are known … read more

Similar categories in Kass Morgan's The Ravens (The Ravens, #1) book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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10. The Restless Dark

By: Erica Waters

3.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Enter Cloudkiss Canyon at your own risk. The Cloudkiss Killer is dead. Now a true-crime podcast … read more

Similar categories in Erica Waters's The Restless Dark book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Dad said I should be afraid of death because I'll finally have to face judgement for my sins. But he was wrong. These bones tell me there's nothing in death to fear. It's only the living who need to …"

-Erica Waters, The Restless Dark

"There is no such thing as generational curses, no evil carried in our DNA. That's just Pentecostal bullshit, a way to reject responsibility and guilt. We are the choices we make, the actions we commi…"

-Erica Waters, The Restless Dark

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11. All of Us Villains (All of Us Villains, #1)

By: Amanda Foody

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The blockbuster co-writing debut of Amanda Foody and C. L. Herman, All of Us Villains begins a dark… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Foody's All of Us Villains (All of Us Villains, #1) book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer
"Her touch was cold, but his was colder"

-Amanda Foody, All of Us Villains (All of Us Villains, #1)

"Survival could make villains of any of us."

-Amanda Foody, All of Us Villains (All of Us Villains, #1)

"In this story, the princess slayed the dragon."

-Amanda Foody, All of Us Villains (All of Us Villains, #1)

"Monsters couldn't harm you if you were a monster, too."

-Amanda Foody, All of Us Villains (All of Us Villains, #1)

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12. The Bad Ones

By: Melissa Albert

3.66

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Goddess, goddess, count to five In the morning, who’s alive? In the course of a single winter’s… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Albert's The Bad Ones book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Let's say your the girl who saved your best friends life. The person who apparently kept her alive With your love and your constancey. With your steadfast disregard for the worser parts of her nature…"

-Melissa Albert, The Bad Ones

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13. The Devil Makes Three

By: Tori Bovalino

3.60

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Tess Matheson only wants three things: time to practice her cello, for her sister to be happy, and … read more

Similar categories in Tori Bovalino's The Devil Makes Three book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"When Tess kissed the devil, she tasted death on his mouth"

-Tori Bovalino, The Devil Makes Three

"By the time he reached the last of them, the notes blanketed the carpet around him like crisp autumn leaves."

-Tori Bovalino, The Devil Makes Three

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14. Girls of Little Hope

By: Sam Beckbessinger

3.80

Format: 397 pages, Paperback

A chilling and eerie tale of monsters, teen angst and small-town America for fans of Stranger Thing… read more

Similar categories in Sam Beckbessinger's Girls of Little Hope book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • queer
Cover of All of Our Demise (All of Us Villains, #2) by Amanda Foody

15. All of Our Demise (All of Us Villains, #2)

By: Amanda Foody

3.87

Format: 474 pages, Kindle Edition

The epic conclusion to Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman’s New York Times bestselling All of U… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Foody's All of Our Demise (All of Us Villains, #2) book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • queer
"And no tale was ever heard of him again."

-Amanda Foody, All of Our Demise (All of Us Villains, #2)

Cover of The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1) by C.L. Herman

16. The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

By: C.L. Herman

3.62

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

On the edge of town a beast haunts the woods, trapped in the Gray, its bonds loosening… Uprooted… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1) book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer
"Welcome to Four Paths. Nobody would stay here if they had a choice."

-C.L. Herman, The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

"Sinners who were led astray, Wandered through the woods one day, Stumbled right into the Gray, Never to return. Hear the lies our gods will tell, The prison the Four wove so well, But listen to us wh…"

-C.L. Herman, The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

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17. Blood Circus

By: Camila Victoire

3.75

Format: 350 pages, Hardcover

In this world, death is a performance—and she is on stage. At the end of the twenty-first centur… read more

Similar categories in Camila Victoire's Blood Circus book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"True friendship has nothing to do with knowing everything about a person, like their favorite ice cream flavor, or sideshow game, or what subjects they’re good at. It’s about being there. Knowing tha…"

-Camila Victoire, Blood Circus

Cover of The Nameless Witch (The Devouring Wolf, #2) by Natalie C. Parker

18. The Nameless Witch (The Devouring Wolf, #2)

By: Natalie C. Parker

4.27

Format: None pages, ebook

The Nameless Witch is the wickedly exciting and queer sequel to The Devouring Wolf! For fans o… read more

Similar categories in Natalie C. Parker's The Nameless Witch (The Devouring Wolf, #2) book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • lgbt
  • fantasy
  • queer
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19. The Deepest Roots

By: Miranda Asebedo

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Cottonwood Hollow, Kansas, is a strange place. For the past century, every girl has been born with … read more

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  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • paranormal
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20. Witches of Ash and Ruin

By: E. Latimer

3.59

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Modern witchcraft blends with ancient Celtic mythology in an epic clash of witches and gods, perfec… read more

Similar categories in E. Latimer's Witches of Ash and Ruin book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
  • queer
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21. Return to Blackwater House

By: Vikki Patis

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

You can run from your past, but you can't escape it forever...Rebecca Bray has moved on from a chil… read more

Similar categories in Vikki Patis's Return to Blackwater House book and C.L. Herman's The Devouring Gray (The Devouring Gray, #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction

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