10 must-read mystery thriller books like Curse of the Reaper by Brian McAuley

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Curse of the Reaper

By: Brian McAuley

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Scream meets The Shining in this page-turning horror tale about an aging actor haunted by the slash…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in Curse of the Reaper by Brian McAuley , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror literature It’s been f… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3) book and Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

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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 Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • mystery thriller
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert

3. 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 Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

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

-J.H. Markert, The Nightmare Man

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4. 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 Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • mystery thriller
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Melon Head Mayhem (Killer VHS Series, #1) by Alex Ebenstein

5. 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 Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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6. Burn the Negative

By: Josh Winning

3.38

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In this incendiary mash-up of horror and suspense, a notorious slasher film is remade…and the curse… read more

Similar categories in Josh Winning's Burn the Negative book and Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • 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 Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning

8. 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 Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. So Thirsty

By: Rachel Harrison

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A woman must learn to take life by the throat after a night out leads to irrevocable changes in thi… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Harrison's So Thirsty book and Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • mystery thriller
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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10. 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 Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of Curse of the Reaper by Brian  McAuley

11. Curse of the Reaper

By: Brian McAuley

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Scream meets The Shining in this page-turning horror tale about an aging actor haunted by the slash… read more

Similar categories in Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper book and Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • mystery thriller
  • humor
  • halloween
  • psychological thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie

12. How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive

By: Craig DiLouie

3.43

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From Bram Stoker Award‑nominated author Craig DiLouie comes a darkly humorous horror novel that see… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive book and Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

13. I Was a Teenage Slasher

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.68

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story wi… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's I Was a Teenage Slasher book and Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Evil in Me by Brom

14. Evil in Me

By: Brom

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Evil in Me is bestselling author Brom's newest novel of possession, damnation, and rock-n-roll wher… read more

Similar categories in Brom's Evil in Me book and Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Teleportasm (Killer VHS Series, #3) by Joshua Millican

15. Teleportasm (Killer VHS Series, #3)

By: Joshua Millican

4.16

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Four friends unearth a unique VHS tape that, when viewed, causes short-distance teleportation with … read more

Similar categories in Joshua Millican's Teleportasm (Killer VHS Series, #3) book and Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

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

16. 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 Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Stay on the Line by Clay McLeod Chapman

17. Stay on the Line

By: Clay McLeod Chapman

4.25

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

After a small coastal town is devastated by a hurricane, the survivors gravitate toward a long out-… read more

Similar categories in Clay McLeod Chapman's Stay on the Line book and Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Summer Camp for Slasher Victims by Matthew   Mercer

18. Summer Camp for Slasher Victims

By: Matthew Mercer

3.67

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Camp Safe Woods, a summer camp dedicated to repairing the spirits of those who have face… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Mercer's Summer Camp for Slasher Victims book and Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • horror
Cover of Pay the Piper by George A. Romero

19. Pay the Piper

By: George A. Romero

3.92

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A terrifying tale of supernatural horror set in a cursed Louisiana bayou, from the minds of legenda… read more

Similar categories in George A. Romero's Pay the Piper book and Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram

20. Coup de Grâce

By: Sofia Ajram

3.94

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A mindbending and visceral experimental horror about a young man trapped in an infinite Montreal su… read more

Similar categories in Sofia Ajram's Coup de Grâce book and Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
Cover of Rest Stop by Nat Cassidy

21. Rest Stop

By: Nat Cassidy

4.69

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A young musician finds himself locked inside a gas station bathroom in the middle of the night by a… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Rest Stop book and Brian McAuley's Curse of the Reaper

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror

20 best-selling fiction books like Curse of the Reaper by Brian McAuley

Transform Your Habits

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

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The House That Horror Built

Christina Henry

3.22

Transform Your Habits

The Nightmare Man

J.H. Markert

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Horror Movie

Paul Tremblay

3.45

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20 Best fiction books like Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram

Transform Your Habits

The Night Guest

Hildur Knútsdóttir

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Heads Will Roll

Josh Winning

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Devils Kill Devils

Johnny Compton

3.46

Transform Your Habits

The Eyes Are the Best Part

Monika Kim

3.89

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