20 Best fantasy books like Born to the Dark by Ramsey Campbell

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Born to the Dark

By: Ramsey Campbell

4.00

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

“There’s a place past all the stars that’s so dark you have to make your eyes light up to see,” Tob…

If you liked the fantasy plot in Born to the Dark by Ramsey Campbell , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Bone White

By: Ronald Malfi

3.89

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

A landscape of frozen darkness punctuated by grim, gray days. The feeling like a buzz in your tee… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Bone White book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
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2. The Good House

By: Tananarive Due

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The home that belonged to Angela Toussaint's late grandmother is so beloved that townspeople in Sac… read more

Similar categories in Tananarive Due's The Good House book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • paranormal
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3. Black House (The Talisman, #2)

By: Stephen King , Peter Straub

3.93

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer travelled to a parallel universe called The Territories t… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Black House (The Talisman, #2) book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • fantasy
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4. Come Closer

By: Sara Gran

3.65

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene i… read more

Similar categories in Sara Gran's Come Closer book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"What we think is impossible happens all the time."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

"In January I had a proposal due to my boss, Leon Fields, on a new project."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

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5. American Elsewhere

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

3.85

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Some places are too good to be true. Under a pink moon, there is a perfect little town not found on… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jackson Bennett's American Elsewhere book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • mystery
  • horror
  • fantasy
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6. The Transition of Titus Crow

By: Brian Lumley

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Stalker Between the Stars I smelled the strange winds that roar between the worlds, bearing the… read more

Similar categories in Brian Lumley's The Transition of Titus Crow book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • cthulhu mythos
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. The Croning

By: Laird Barron

3.73

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Strange things exist on the periphery of our existence, haunting us from the darkness looming beyon… read more

Similar categories in Laird Barron's The Croning book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • lovecraftian
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"The cold impassive stars didn't bother him so much as the gaps between them did."

-Laird Barron, The Croning

"Ramirez walked ahead with a torch he'd fashioned from a stick and some rags and by that queer and reddish light, devils, or the shadows of devils hooked to the shoes of the men and capered across the…"

-Laird Barron, The Croning

"The light in the gallery changed subtly and he whirled and saw someone approaching him from between the exhibit cases. The individual moved with alarming speed, bent low to the floor, but straighteni…"

-Laird Barron, The Croning

"They would, according to his experience of their traditions, suspect he was a demon, or demon-inhabited. Considering the volume of alcohol saturating his liver, that ancient gateway of spirits, of co…"

-Laird Barron, The Croning

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8. They Lurk

By: Ronald Malfi

3.79

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

COME CLOSER . . . Five terrifying collected horror novellas newly reissued from the "modern-day … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's They Lurk book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • supernatural
  • fiction
  • horror

9. The Descent

By: Jeff Long

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Mass Market Paperback

We are not alone...In a cave in the Himalayas, a guide discovers a self-mutilated body with the war… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Long's The Descent book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

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10. The King in Yellow

By: Robert W. Chambers

3.55

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more

Similar categories in Robert W. Chambers's The King in Yellow book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • lovecraftian
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

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11. Dark Gods

By: T.E.D. Klein

4.09

Format: 261 pages, Mass Market Paperback

T.E.D. Klein's highly acclaimed first novel The Ceremonies - which Stephen King called "the most ex… read more

Similar categories in T.E.D. Klein's Dark Gods book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • lovecraftian
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • cthulhu mythos

12. From a Buick 8

By: Stephen King

4.19

Format: 168 pages,

The Barnes & Noble Review At first glance, Stephen King's latest bears a familial resemblance to ,… read more

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13. The Burrowers Beneath

By: Brian Lumley

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

THE EARTH'S REAL LANDLORDS ARE SURFACING. HERE. NOW... From the darkly fantastic worlds of H P Love… read more

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14. John the Balladeer

By: Manly Wade Wellman , David Drake , Karl Edward Wagner

3.86

Format: 157 pages, Paperback

Collection of 17 short stories (written in two chronological periods, 1951-58 and 1979-86) plus a f… read more

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15. 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 Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • fantasy
" 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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16. All the Fiends of Hell

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

4.01

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the mor… read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's All the Fiends of Hell book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • lovecraftian
  • fiction
  • horror
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17. 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 Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"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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18. 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 Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • mystery
  • paranormal
  • 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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19. A Botanical Daughter

By: Noah Medlock

3.72

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Mexican Gothic meets The Lie Tree by way of Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley in this delightfully witty… read more

Similar categories in Noah Medlock's A Botanical Daughter book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Grief can be a kind of exhaustion, after all."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"Gregor now knew in his soul that greatness came at a price, and true greatness is paid for by the hour."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"He had tried sculpting in other materials - in clay, marble, wood, and bronze - but corpses were the only medium that really sang under his fingers."

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

"Simon, what do you understand to be the nature of a soul?" he said suddenly. Simon was staring darkly into the endless distance. He didn't refocus his gaze to reply. "That part of us which cannot be …"

-Noah Medlock, A Botanical Daughter

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20. Ghost Station

By: S.A. Barnes

3.57

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Barnes's Ghost Station book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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21. The Strange

By: Nathan Ballingrud

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

1931, New Galveston , Mars: Fourteen-year-old Anabelle Crisp sets off through the wastelands of the… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Ballingrud's The Strange book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Head Like a Hole by Andrew Van Wey

22. Head Like a Hole

By: Andrew Van Wey

3.85

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

When you bury your past make sure that it’s dead. It’s the mid-nineties. Grunge and flannel are … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Van Wey's Head Like a Hole book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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23. Becoming the Boogeyman

By: Richard Chizmar

4.13

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, haunting sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller Chasing the Boogeyman—a tale… read more

Similar categories in Richard Chizmar's Becoming the Boogeyman book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
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24. Indian Burial Ground

By: Nick Medina

3.63

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right an… read more

Similar categories in Nick Medina's Indian Burial Ground book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • mystery
  • horror
  • fantasy
"What happened in the cemetery causes us pain, not her. You understand that, don’t you?"

-Nick Medina, Indian Burial Ground

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25. Lute

By: Jennifer Marie Thorne

3.62

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Wicker Man meets Final Destination in Jennifer Thorne's atmospheric, unsettling folk horror novel a… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Marie Thorne's Lute book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Chill by Scott  Carson

26. The Chill

By: Scott Carson

3.61

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

In this terrifying thriller, a supernatural force—set in motion a century ago—threatens to devastat… read more

Similar categories in Scott Carson's The Chill book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
Cover of The Turtle Boy: Peregrine's Tale (Timmy Quinn #4) by Kealan Patrick Burke

27. The Turtle Boy: Peregrine's Tale (Timmy Quinn #4)

By: Kealan Patrick Burke

4.10

Format: 87 pages, Hardcover

Brand new and unread. read more

Similar categories in Kealan Patrick Burke's The Turtle Boy: Peregrine's Tale (Timmy Quinn #4) book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • horror
Cover of The Hollows by Daniel  Church

28. The Hollows

By: Daniel Church

3.68

Format: 460 pages, Paperback

In a lonely village in the Peak District, during the onset of a once-in-a-lifetime snow storm, Cons… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Church's The Hollows book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
Cover of The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen by Ellen Datlow

29. The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen

By: Ellen Datlow

3.85

Format: 428 pages, Paperback

From Ellen Datlow— “the venerable queen of horror anthologies” per the New York Times —comes a new … read more

Similar categories in Ellen Datlow's The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Born to the Dark by Ramsey Campbell

30. Born to the Dark

By: Ramsey Campbell

4.00

Format: 287 pages, Hardcover

“There’s a place past all the stars that’s so dark you have to make your eyes light up to see,” Tob… read more

Similar categories in Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • lovecraftian
  • occult
  • fiction
  • cult classics
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
  • cthulhu mythos
Cover of Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1) by Nathan Ballingrud

31. Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1)

By: Nathan Ballingrud

4.18

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into th… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Ballingrud's Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1) book and Ramsey Campbell's Born to the Dark

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror

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Bone White

Ronald Malfi

3.89

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Tananarive Due

3.66

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Stephen King , Peter Straub

3.93

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Sara Gran

3.65

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Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters

John Langan

3.89

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Victor LaValle

3.85

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Jeff VanderMeer , Thomas Ligotti

4.00

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Gemma Files

3.56

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