11 must-read horror books like Mother for Dinner by Shalom Auslander

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Mother for Dinner

By: Shalom Auslander

3.67

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

By the author of Foreskin's Lament, a novel of identity, tribalism, and mothers. Seventh Seltzer…

"Séptimo solía preguntarse con precaución si terminaría contrayendo el odio de su madre, si heredaría su intolerancia, como un virus, como un defecto de nacimiento, a pesar de sus esfuerzos por resistir, una especie de síndrome del gilipollas fetal."

-Shalom Auslander, Mother for Dinner

If you liked the horror plot in Mother for Dinner by Shalom Auslander , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. El Palestino

By: Antonio Salas

4.16

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Ningun ser sabe lo que le deparara el manana, ni ser alguno sabe en que tierra ha de morir... (El S… read more

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2. Un autre regard

By: Emma , Emma Clit

4.25

Format: None pages,

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  • contemporary
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3. Manga Shakespeare: Julius Caesar

By: William Shakespeare , Richard Appignanesi , Mustashrik

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Shakespeare's enduring tale of ancient Rome, Julius Caesar is at the height of his powers--but t… read more

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4. Grow Up

By: Ben Brooks

3.44

Format: 96 pages,

Who says youth is wasted on the young? One thing I have learned from being alive for seventeen year… read more

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5. Os Cus de Judas

By: António Lobo Antunes

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Logo depois de voltar da guerra em Angola, Antonio Lobo Antunes escreve Os cus de Judas, sobre suas… read more

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6. Los millones

By: Santiago Lorenzo

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

A uno del GRAPO cuyas ilusiones son tan austeras que mas que sonarse, se padecen, le gusta consolar… read more

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7. The Brothers Ashkenazi

By: Irving Howe , Israel J. Singer , None

3.32

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the Polish city of Lodz, the brothers Ashkenazi grew up very differently in talent and in temper… read more

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8. Gypsy Boy

By: Mikey Walsh

4.19

Format: 45 pages, Paperback

Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a closeted community, and little is known a… read more

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9. A Luminous Republic

By: Andrés Barba

3.89

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

A new novel from a Spanish literary star about the arrival of feral children to a tropical city in … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • horror
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
"Puede que los muertos nos traicionen al abandonarnos, pero nosotros también los traicionamos para vivir."

-Andrés Barba, A Luminous Republic

"But trees have no interest in good and evil, insects and plant roots have no interest in the reasons of man, much less his longing, and there is something comforting about that."

-Andrés Barba, A Luminous Republic

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10. Butcher

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women’… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
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11. Ghosted

By: Jenn Ashworth

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

One ordinary morning, Laurie's husband Mark vanishes, leaving behind his phone and wallet. For week… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
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12. Białe noce

By: Urszula Honek

3.77

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Z pozoru nic się nie dzieje: mała podgórska miejscowość, kilka osób, nieuchwytny czas. A jednak świ… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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13. Dwie i pół duszy. Folk noir

By: Justyna Hankus

3.78

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Dwie dusze - to za dużo na jednego człowieka. Jedna dusza - to za mało na dwoje. Dwie dusze Mate… read more

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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. Visceral

By: María Fernanda Ampuero

4.41

Format: None pages, None

Un cadáver contagiado de virus covid yace amortajado sobre un sofá doméstico bajo un parasol. Junto… read more

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  • fiction
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15. Parallel Hells

By: Leon Craig

3.31

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this deliciously strange debut collection, Leon Craig draws on folklore and gothic horror in ref… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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16. The Secret Life of Insects and Other Stories

By: Bernardo Esquinca

4.14

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Bernardo Esquinca's haunting tale "Señor Ligotti" represented Mexico in the acclaimed The Valancour… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"Sooner or later', she said,' our true nature separates us from the person we love. Losing one's shadow shouldn't be a tragedy but a goal. It's the only way of finding out who we really are."

-Bernardo Esquinca, The Secret Life of Insects and Other Stories

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17. Deliver Me

By: Elle Nash

3.95

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

At a meatpacking facility in the Missouri Ozarks, Dee-Dee and her co-workers kill and butcher 40,00… read more

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  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"I loved him like I loved a root canal: something painful but necessary. Like life was more painful without him."

-Elle Nash, Deliver Me

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18. Falar Piano e Tocar Francês - Arte, cultura e humanismo na era dos memes

By: Martim Sousa Tavares

4.35

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Partindo da sua experiência pessoal como artista e divulgador cultural, Martim Sousa Tavares convoc… read more

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19. This World Does Not Belong to Us

By: Natalia García Freire

3.73

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A journey to the bowels of the earth After years away, Lucas returns uninvited to the home he wa… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • horror
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"Detrás del bosque de Polylepis, muere el sol. Está alto, tan alto que sus árboles parecieran haber tenido que inclinarse para no tocar las nubes. Los Polylepis son árboles de páramo. Sus troncos se d…"

-Natalia García Freire, This World Does Not Belong to Us

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20. Baby Teeth

By: Meg Grehan

3.67

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A unique verse novel of queer love, lust, and vampires. From the award-winning author of The Deepes… read more

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  • fiction
"There is a specific type of Shame I think That comes with realising Exactly how little You understand yourself It's It's embarrassing One little life to figure out One little self But For us It's sit…"

-Meg Grehan, Baby Teeth

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21. Puta feminista: Historias de una trabajadora sexual (Spanish Edition)

By: Georgina Orellano

4.57

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

«Nunca la prohibición es la solución y de eso las putas podemos dar cuenta». Un día la mujer cuyos… read more

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22. The Skunks

By: Fiona Warnick

3.75

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Reminiscent of Elif Batuman and Sally Rooney, Fiona Warnick’s precise and tender prose captures the… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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23. Thunderhead

By: Miranda Darling

3.62

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A black comedy, set in suburbia, about one woman’s struggle to be free. When Winona Dalloway beg… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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24. Hard Copy

By: Fien Veldman

3.34

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This is a story of girl meets printer. A customer service assistant spends her long workdays pri… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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25. Patyki, badyle

By: Urszula Zajączkowska

4.11

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Relacja badaczki samotnie podążającej ścieżkami natury. To pogranicze fizyki Newtona i poetyki, to … read more

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26. Mother for Dinner

By: Shalom Auslander

3.67

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

By the author of Foreskin's Lament, a novel of identity, tribalism, and mothers. Seventh Seltzer… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • the united states of america
  • jewish
  • humor
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"Séptimo solía preguntarse con precaución si terminaría contrayendo el odio de su madre, si heredaría su intolerancia, como un virus, como un defecto de nacimiento, a pesar de sus esfuerzos por resist…"

-Shalom Auslander, Mother for Dinner

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27. Scrap

By: Calla Henkel

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A true-crime obsessed young artist is drawn into the lives of an obscenely wealthy family in this f… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • novels
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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28. This Is Where We Live

By: Kate Hardie

3.85

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

A single mother wakes to blood in her mouth and flesh under her fingernails. A severed toe on the d… read more

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  • contemporary
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
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29. Everyone I Know is Dying

By: Emily Slapper

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A razor-sharp, bleakly funny exploration of mental health crises, the societal pressures on young w… read more

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  • audiobook
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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30. 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

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  • contemporary
  • literary fiction
  • 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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31. Tenderloin

By: Joy Sorman

3.12

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Can killing be an act of love? Hypnotic, gruesome, and exultant, Joy Sorman’s macabre ballet whirls… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror

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3.81

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