27 must-read horror books like Unshod, Cackling, and Naked by Tamika Thompson

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Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

By: Tamika Thompson

4.23

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

A beauty pageant veteran appeases her mother by competing for one final crown, only to find herself…

If you liked the horror plot in Unshod, Cackling, and Naked by Tamika Thompson , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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1. The Ballad of Black Tom

By: Victor LaValle

3.85

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there. Charles… read more

Similar categories in Victor LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
"I wish I’d been more like my father,"

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"I'll take Cthulhu over you devils any day."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"A good hustler isn't curious. A good hustler only wants his pay."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"Because to watch would be to understand the play isn't being staged for us."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

Cover of I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Angela Y. Davis, Maryse Condé, Richard Philcox

2. I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

By: Angela Y. Davis , Maryse Condé , Richard Philcox

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

"Stunning...Maryse Conde's imaginative subversion of historical records forms a critque of contempo… read more

Similar categories in Angela Y. Davis's I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction

3. Off Season (Dead River, #1)

By: Jack Ketchum

3.98

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

When Off Season, a novel about horror and cannibalism in modern-day Maine, was first released in 19… read more

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4. Moonstruck (High Moor, #2)

By: Graeme Reynolds

3.82

Format: 160 pages,

The people of High Moor are united in horror at the latest tragedy to befall their small town. As d… read more

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5. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

By: Shane Hawk

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to… read more

Similar categories in Shane Hawk's Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca

6. You've Lost a Lot of Blood

By: Eric LaRocca

3.26

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

A disturbing new vision of terror from the author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. … read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's You've Lost a Lot of Blood book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. The Reformatory

By: Tananarive Due

4.47

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sen… read more

Similar categories in Tananarive Due's The Reformatory book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste

8. The Haunting of Velkwood

By: Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Bram Stoker Award­–winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a chilling novel about three childhood… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Kiste's The Haunting of Velkwood book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
"Because I'd prefer to live in a world with you in it."

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the mar…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"There were things that seemed so impossible when we were young, things I gave up on long ago even though they aren't impossible anymore. There's the world we lived in then and the world we live in no…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

"It's always startling to see her... the way looks like a fever dream, like something not quite real. That valence of dark hair over her eyes, those lips always painted bright red as a pomegranate see…"

-Gwendolyn Kiste, The Haunting of Velkwood

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9. Summer Sons

By: Lee Mandelo

3.80

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddi… read more

Similar categories in Lee Mandelo's Summer Sons book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
"It's a choice I made, getting in this thing with you, whatever it is. But don't mistake me, I'm not interested in filling in for a ghost."

-Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons

"His face twisted through several contradictory emotions and he said, "For fuck's sake Andrew. Is there anything in this scenario that feels heterosexual or well-adjusted to you?"

-Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons

"I’m sorry he died before you figured it out. For what it’s worth, I think you might’ve eventually, without me there to displace your bullshit onto. He was head over heels for you, and everyone knew b…"

-Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons

Cover of The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

10. 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 Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
"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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11. The Exorcist's House

By: Nick Roberts

4.02

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1994, psychologist Daniel Hill buys a rustic farmhouse nestled in the rolling hill… read more

Similar categories in Nick Roberts's The Exorcist's House book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman

12. Snow, Glass, Apples

By: Neil Gaiman

4.07

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and C… read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
"I will not scream. I will not give them that satisfaction. They will have my body, but my soul and my story are my own, and will die with me."

-Neil Gaiman, Snow, Glass, Apples

"Lies and half-truths fall like snow, covering the things that I remember, the things I saw. A landscape, unrecognizable after a snowfall; that is what she has made of my life."

-Neil Gaiman, Snow, Glass, Apples

Cover of The Day of the Door by Laurel Hightower

13. The Day of the Door

By: Laurel Hightower

4.13

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Once there were four Lasco siblings banded together against a world that failed to protect them. Bu… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's The Day of the Door book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
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14. Grey Dog

By: Elliott Gish

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A subversive literary horror novel that disrupts the tropes of women’s historical fiction with delu… read more

Similar categories in Elliott Gish's Grey Dog book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Redemption of Morgan Bright by Chris Panatier

15. The Redemption of Morgan Bright

By: Chris Panatier

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

What would guilt make you do? Hadleigh Keene died on the road leading away from Hollyhock Asylu… read more

Similar categories in Chris Panatier's The Redemption of Morgan Bright book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • suspense
  • horror
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16. Linghun

By: Ai Jiang

3.96

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

WELCOME HOME. Follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. in this modern gothic ghost story by Chinese-Canadian… read more

Similar categories in Ai Jiang's Linghun book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"In HOME, Liam was a dream. Here, he's a flawed but beautiful reality. Whispers of our future together lull us both into a dreamless sleep. It's the first time we find such emptiness comforting."

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

"Feelings, emotions, experiences, are all part of humanity's shared language, and in Linghun, that shared language is grief. Grief is a language that tears us apart, but it is also what brings us toge…"

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

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17. The Cursed Among Us

By: John Durgin

3.93

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

It has been twenty years since the serial killer known as The Black Heart Killer terrorized the tow… read more

Similar categories in John Durgin's The Cursed Among Us book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of We Are Here to Hurt Each Other by Paula D. Ashe

18. We Are Here to Hurt Each Other

By: Paula D. Ashe

4.06

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

With these twelve stories Paula D. Ashe takes you into a dark and bloody world where nothing is sac… read more

Similar categories in Paula D. Ashe's We Are Here to Hurt Each Other book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Devil Thinks I'm Pretty by Charlene Elsby

19. The Devil Thinks I'm Pretty

By: Charlene Elsby

3.86

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"Explosive and propulsive, The Devil Thinks I'm Pretty proves Charlene Elsby to be a formidable tal… read more

Similar categories in Charlene Elsby's The Devil Thinks I'm Pretty book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

20. I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

By: Jamison Shea

3.72

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

There will be blood. Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story. Laure … read more

Similar categories in Jamison Shea's I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
"Twelve years of feeding this dream, cutting down anyone else who stood in my path, only to have the one girl I spared turn around and bite me. And she had the audacity to be mediocre."

-Jamison Shea, I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

Cover of We're Not Ourselves Today by Jill Girardi

21. We're Not Ourselves Today

By: Jill Girardi

4.62

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

PREPARE TO BE DEWEY-DECIMATED! The grisly, green-skinned Librarian from Kandisha Press returns, … read more

Similar categories in Jill Girardi's We're Not Ourselves Today book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of The Last Haunt by Max Booth III

22. The Last Haunt

By: Max Booth III

3.88

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

On the one-year anniversary of a young woman’s tragic death, an extreme haunted house attraction re… read more

Similar categories in Max Booth III's The Last Haunt book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Unshod, Cackling, and Naked by Tamika  Thompson

23. Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

By: Tamika Thompson

4.23

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

A beauty pageant veteran appeases her mother by competing for one final crown, only to find herself… read more

Similar categories in Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • short stories
  • suspense
  • horror
Cover of Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin

24. 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 Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Pit and the Box (The Boy in the Iron Box, #2) by Guillermo del Toro

25. The Pit and the Box (The Boy in the Iron Box, #2)

By: Guillermo del Toro

4.03

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

On an isolated mountain, a stone labyrinth provides rough shelter for a band of mercenaries. At its… read more

Similar categories in Guillermo del Toro's The Pit and the Box (The Boy in the Iron Box, #2) book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Frost Bite by Angela Sylvaine

26. Frost Bite

By: Angela Sylvaine

4.31

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Remember the '90s? Well...the town of Demise, North Dakota doesn't, and they're living in the year … read more

Similar categories in Angela Sylvaine's Frost Bite book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Spectrum: An Autistic Horror Anthology by Aquino Loayza

27. Spectrum: An Autistic Horror Anthology

By: Aquino Loayza

3.97

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Deep in the recesses of our minds are twisted realities that so closely mirror our own. In these pa… read more

Similar categories in Aquino Loayza's Spectrum: An Autistic Horror Anthology book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of Morphosis by A.J. Saxsma

28. Morphosis

By: A.J. Saxsma

3.09

Format: None pages, None

In 1987, Ollie, his children from a previous marriage, Sam and Jodi Lee, and his romantic partner D… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Saxsma's Morphosis book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Countess by Suzan Palumbo

29. Countess

By: Suzan Palumbo

3.65

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which a… read more

Similar categories in Suzan Palumbo's Countess book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • fiction
Cover of Hollow Tongue (Papers from the Consortium for the Study of Anomalous Phenomena) by Eden Royce

30. Hollow Tongue (Papers from the Consortium for the Study of Anomalous Phenomena)

By: Eden Royce

4.09

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

After a major accident leaves her in a dire financial situation, Maxine Forrest returns to live in … read more

Similar categories in Eden Royce's Hollow Tongue (Papers from the Consortium for the Study of Anomalous Phenomena) book and Tamika Thompson's Unshod, Cackling, and Naked

  • horror
Cover of Marionette by Antonia Rachel Ward

31. Marionette

By: Antonia Rachel Ward

3.29

Format: 100 pages, Kindle Edition

On the run from a life of prostitution and poverty, exotic dancer Cece Dulac agrees to become the m… read more

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  • horror

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