30 must-read fiction books like It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson

Cover of It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

By: Delilah S. Dawson

3.41

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this highly atmospheric thriller from the Bram Stoker Award–nominated author of The Violence, a …

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1. 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 Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • mystery thriller
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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2. Bad Dolls

By: Rachel Harrison

3.73

Format: 132 pages, ebook

In this stunning new collection of four horror stories, award-winning author Rachel Harrison explor… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Harrison's Bad Dolls book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1) by Mai Mochizuki

3. The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)

By: Mai Mochizuki

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of c… read more

Similar categories in Mai Mochizuki's The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1) book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • fiction
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4. 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 Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
"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

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5. The Night Guest

By: Hildur Knútsdóttir

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Hildur Knutsdottir's The Night Guest is an eerie and ensnaring story set in contemporary Reykjavík … read more

Similar categories in Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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6. The Book of Elsewhere

By: Keanu Reeves

3.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic … read more

Similar categories in Keanu Reeves's The Book of Elsewhere book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

By: Sarah Rees Brennan

3.96

Format: 435 pages, Paperback

A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN… When her whole life collapsed, Rae still… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Rees Brennan's Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1) book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • adult
  • fiction
"Is my mother right?"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"I love you as a knife loves a throat,"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"An anti-hero was just a villain with good PR"

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

"Key shrugged. “If you ask me, she’s too good for him."

-Sarah Rees Brennan, Long Live Evil (Time of Iron, #1)

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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 Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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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 Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • mystery thriller
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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10. Devils Kill Devils

By: Johnny Compton

3.46

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Devils Kill Devils is perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Certain Dark Things and Southern g… read more

Similar categories in Johnny Compton's Devils Kill Devils book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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11. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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12. A New Lease on Death (Supernatural Mysteries, #1)

By: Olivia Blacke

3.69

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this darkly funny supernatural mystery about an unlikely crime-solving duo that launches a comme… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Blacke's A New Lease on Death (Supernatural Mysteries, #1) book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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13. Ladykiller

By: Katherine Wood

3.73

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

When an heiress goes missing, her best friend races to unravel the secrets behind her disappearance… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Wood's Ladykiller book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson

14. It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

By: Delilah S. Dawson

3.41

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this highly atmospheric thriller from the Bram Stoker Award–nominated author of The Violence, a … read more

Similar categories in Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • feminism
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin

15. I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

By: Jason Pargin

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America's age of anxiety, by New York Times bes… read more

Similar categories in Jason Pargin's I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

16. 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 Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • adult fiction
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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17. Dear Hanna

By: Zoje Stage

3.73

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

Zoje Stage delivers another knockout with a blood-chilling follow-up to international sensation Bab… read more

Similar categories in Zoje Stage's Dear Hanna book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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18. The Hitchcock Hotel

By: Stephanie Wrobel

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A Hitchcock fanatic with an agenda invites old friends for a weekend stay at his secluded themed ho… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Wrobel's The Hitchcock Hotel book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • mystery thriller
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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19. 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 Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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20. Midnight Rooms

By: Donyae Coles

3.46

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Set in a foreboding Gothic mansion and infused with the heightened paranoia and creeping horror of … read more

Similar categories in Donyae Coles's Midnight Rooms book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Don't Eat the Pie by Monique Asher

21. Don't Eat the Pie

By: Monique Asher

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Newlywed Sam has always wanted to be a part of a normal happy family. When her mother-in-law falls … read more

Similar categories in Monique Asher's Don't Eat the Pie book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson

22. The Unmothers

By: Leslie J. Anderson

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this emotionally raw and propulsive folk horror-mystery, a journalist goes to a small town and u… read more

Similar categories in Leslie J. Anderson's The Unmothers book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • mystery thriller
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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23. Lucy Undying

By: Kiersten White

3.67

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this epic and seductive gothic fantasy, a vampire escapes the thrall of Dracula and embarks on h… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Lucy Undying book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • adult
  • horror
Cover of Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Chaotic Orbits, #1) by Beth Revis

24. Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Chaotic Orbits, #1)

By: Beth Revis

4.03

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A high octane sexy space heist from New York Times-bestselling author Beth Revis, the first in a no… read more

Similar categories in Beth Revis's Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Chaotic Orbits, #1) book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • adult
  • fiction
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25. Private Rites

By: Julia Armfield

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, c… read more

Similar categories in Julia Armfield's Private Rites book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"

-Julia Armfield, Private Rites

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26. Haunt Sweet Home

By: Sarah Pinsker

3.47

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

On the set of a kitschy reality TV show, staged scares transform into unnerving reality in this spo… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pinsker's Haunt Sweet Home book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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27. Withered Hill

By: David Barnett

4.25

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

If you find your way here, you’re already lost. Inside A year ago Sophie Wickham stumbled into … read more

Similar categories in David Barnett's Withered Hill book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of This Cursed House by Del Sandeen

28. This Cursed House

By: Del Sandeen

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this Southern gothic horror debut, a young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a … read more

Similar categories in Del Sandeen's This Cursed House book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • horror
  • adult
  • fiction
  • halloween
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29. Tiny Threads

By: Lilliam Rivera

3.39

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A young woman gets her dream job working for a famous designer—and discovers the dark side of the g… read more

Similar categories in Lilliam Rivera's Tiny Threads book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • mystery thriller
  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

30. Victorian Psycho

By: Virginia Feito

3.90

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From the devious author of Mrs. March comes a gruesome and gleeful new novel that probes the psyche… read more

Similar categories in Virginia Feito's Victorian Psycho book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Model Home by Rivers Solomon

31. Model Home

By: Rivers Solomon

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more

Similar categories in Rivers Solomon's Model Home book and Delilah S. Dawson's It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

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

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