11 must-read queer books like Red X by David Demchuk

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Red X

By: David Demchuk

3.77

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A hunted community. A haunted author. A horror that spans centuries. Men are disappearing from T…

If you liked the queer plot in Red X by David Demchuk , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Sluts

By: Dennis Cooper

3.79

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

Set largely on the pages of a website where gay male escorts are reviewed by their clients, and tol… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Cooper's The Sluts book and David Demchuk's Red X

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • queer
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2. 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 David Demchuk's Red X

  • 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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3. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and David Demchuk's Red X

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • historical fiction
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

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4. Camp Damascus

By: Chuck Tingle

3.94

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

A searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Tingle's Camp Damascus book and David Demchuk's Red X

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"Then again, does it really matter if you're just evil, as opposed to over-the-top cartoonishly evil?"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

"That acknowledgement could arrive after several decades, or it could happen tonight, but the time will come. Eventually, I'll have to fully contend with this simple fact: the love I was promised was …"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

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5. Everything the Darkness Eats

By: Eric LaRocca

2.78

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

An insidious darkness threatens to devastate a rural New England village when occult forces are co… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's Everything the Darkness Eats book and David Demchuk's Red X

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
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6. Monstrilio

By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man,… read more

Similar categories in Gerardo Sámano Córdova's Monstrilio book and David Demchuk's Red X

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"The world was scary. Worse, I was scary in it."

-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio

"I wanted him to snap, to finally and absolutely lose it. To break. He was withering. To wither is not the same as to break; to break is to have pieces to put back together, and to wither is to dry up…"

-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio

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7. 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 David Demchuk's Red X

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. The Laws of the Skies

By: Grégoire Courtois

3.39

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Twelve six-year-olds and their three adult chaperones head into the woods on a camping trip. None o… read more

Similar categories in Grégoire Courtois's The Laws of the Skies book and David Demchuk's Red X

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"because it was him and him alone she didn't want to disappoint."

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

"Was there nothing left in this world that was worth opening your eyes and fighting for?"

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

"Even he who deserves to die, who deserves to be killed, doesn't deserve to be killed like that."

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

"But she was in love, head over heels in love the way you are at age six, without knowing that this love would be as fleeting as it was powerful, and as powerful as it was secret, and misunderstood, a…"

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

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9. 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 David Demchuk's Red X

  • fiction
  • horror
  • 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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10. 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 David Demchuk's Red X

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances by Eric LaRocca

11. 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 David Demchuk's Red X

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
"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

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12. Eynhallow

By: Tim McGregor

4.29

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

ORKNEY ISLANDS, 1797 – Agnes Tulloch feels a little cheated. This windswept place is not the island… read more

Similar categories in Tim McGregor's Eynhallow book and David Demchuk's Red X

  • audiobook
  • horror
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Transmuted by Eve Harms

13. Transmuted

By: Eve Harms

3.45

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

Her doctor is giving her the body of his dreams... and her nightmares. Isa is a micro-celebrity who… read more

Similar categories in Eve Harms's Transmuted book and David Demchuk's Red X

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • queer
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14. 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 David Demchuk's Red X

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

15. 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 David Demchuk's Red X

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Light Most Hateful by Hailey Piper

16. A Light Most Hateful

By: Hailey Piper

3.21

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

When a summer storm sweeps through a sleepy town unleashing a monstrous and otherworldy power that … read more

Similar categories in Hailey Piper's A Light Most Hateful book and David Demchuk's Red X

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Red X by David Demchuk

17. Red X

By: David Demchuk

3.77

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A hunted community. A haunted author. A horror that spans centuries. Men are disappearing from T… read more

Similar categories in David Demchuk's Red X book and David Demchuk's Red X

  • audiobook
  • canada
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer
Cover of Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin

18. Cuckoo

By: Gretchen Felker-Martin

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Cuckoo is a searing new novel from Manhunt author Gretchen Felker-Martin, where a motley crew of ki… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Cuckoo book and David Demchuk's Red X

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Summer Camp for Slasher Victims by Matthew   Mercer

19. 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 David Demchuk's Red X

  • horror
Cover of Merciless Waters by Rae Knowles

20. Merciless Waters

By: Rae Knowles

3.95

Format: 126 pages, Kindle Edition

The sea never changes. Neither do Lily and Jaq. Aboard the ship Scylla, there is no future or p… read more

Similar categories in Rae Knowles's Merciless Waters book and David Demchuk's Red X

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • queer

11 must-read fantasy books like Red X by David Demchuk

Transform Your Habits

Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Everything the Darkness Eats

Eric LaRocca

2.78

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20 best-selling fiction books like Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede

Transform Your Habits

Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

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

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

3.94

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