24 Best fiction books like The Way of the Worm by Ramsey Campbell

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The Way of the Worm

By: Ramsey Campbell

4.01

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

More than thirty years have passed since the events of Born to the Dark. Christian Noble is almost …

If you liked the fiction plot in The Way of the Worm by Ramsey Campbell , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

By: Arthur Machen

3.69

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

"I will not read it; I should never sleep again" A doctor performs an experiment on a young wom… read more

Similar categories in Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan (Creation Classics) book and Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
  • horror
"There was something about Herbert which shocked him inexpressibly; not his poor rags nor the marks which poverty had set upon his face, but rather a indefinite terror which hung about him like a mist."

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

"Villiers, that woman, if I can call her a woman, corrupted my soul. The night of the wedding I found myself sitting in her bedroom in the hotel, listening to her talk. She was sitting up in bed, and …"

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

"Clarke, in the deep folds of dream, was conscious that the path from his father’s house had led him into an undiscovered country, and he was wondering at the strangeness of it all, when suddenly, in …"

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

"We know what happened to those who chanced to meet the Great God Pan, and those who are wise know that all symbols are symbols of something, not of nothing. It was, indeed, an exquisite symbol beneat…"

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

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2. 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 The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
  • horror
"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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3. 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 The Way of the Worm

  • science fiction
  • cthulhu mythos
  • fiction
  • horror
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4. 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 The Way of the Worm

  • lovecraftian
  • fiction
  • horror
"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

"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

"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

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5. Comeback (Parker, #17)

By: Richard Stark

4.09

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

A robbery of a Christian Crusade executed in the heat of the night comes off without a hitch, but i… read more

Similar categories in Richard Stark's Comeback (Parker, #17) book and Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
"A TV preacher, you know those guys? Evangelists." "I thought they were all in jail," Parker said."

-Richard Stark, Comeback (Parker, #17)

"She was naked, and remained the only woman in Archibald's experience to overflow her birthday suit."

-Richard Stark, Comeback (Parker, #17)

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6. 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 The Way of the Worm

  • lovecraftian
  • fiction
  • horror
"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

7. 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

Similar categories in Stephen King's From a Buick 8 book and Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

8. In a Lonely Place

By: Karl Edward Wagner

4.07

Format: 189 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Contents: xi * Introduction * Peter Straub * in 1 * Prologue to In the Pines ["Lonely Places"] * vi… read more

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9. 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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10. Lord of Light

By: Roger Zelazny , Sönmez Güven

3.90

Format: None pages, Paperback

Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made … read more

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11. Desperation Road

By: Michael Farris Smith

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"An elegantly written, perfectly-paced novel about a man and woman indelibly marked by violence" (R… read more

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12. 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 The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
  • horror
" 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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13. 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 The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
  • horror
"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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14. 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 The Way of the Worm

  • 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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15. All Hallows

By: Christopher Golden

3.55

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

With the 80's nostalgia of Stranger Things, this horror drama from NYT bestselling author Christoph… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Golden's All Hallows book and Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
  • horror
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16. 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 The Way of the Worm

  • 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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17. A Child Alone With Strangers

By: Philip Fracassi

4.28

Format: 575 pages, Hardcover

When the young Henry Thorne is kidnapped and held prisoner in a remote farmhouse surrounded by mile… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's A Child Alone With Strangers book and Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
  • horror
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18. Black Mouth

By: Ronald Malfi

3.96

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

For nearly two decades, Jamie Warren has been running from darkness. He's haunted by a traumatic ch… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Black Mouth book and Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Destroyer of Worlds (Lovecraft Country, #2) by Matt Ruff

19. The Destroyer of Worlds (Lovecraft Country, #2)

By: Matt Ruff

3.94

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

“Another virtuoso blend of horror, action, and humor. . . . Fans will find this a worthy sequel.”— … read more

Similar categories in Matt Ruff's The Destroyer of Worlds (Lovecraft Country, #2) book and Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

  • science fiction
  • lovecraftian
  • fiction
  • horror
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20. The Devil Takes You Home

By: Gabino Iglesias

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This genre-defying, Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker award-winning thriller follows a father despera… read more

Similar categories in Gabino Iglesias's The Devil Takes You Home book and Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
  • horror
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21. 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 The Way of the Worm

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
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22. 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 The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
  • horror
"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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23. 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 Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
  • horror
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24. A Black and Endless Sky

By: Matthew Lyons

3.33

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Night Will Find Us comes a white-knuckled horror-thriller set across the Ame… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Lyons's A Black and Endless Sky book and Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

  • lovecraftian
  • fiction
  • horror
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25. Red Rabbit

By: Alex Grecian

4.18

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

A folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by d… read more

Similar categories in Alex Grecian's Red Rabbit book and Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

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

26. 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 The Way of the Worm

  • horror
Cover of The Massacre at Yellow Hill (The Light Sublime Trilogy #1) by C.S. Humble

27. The Massacre at Yellow Hill (The Light Sublime Trilogy #1)

By: C.S. Humble

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

When George Miller is killed in the mines of Yellow Hill, his wife and children are left to try and… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Humble's The Massacre at Yellow Hill (The Light Sublime Trilogy #1) book and Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
  • horror
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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 The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
  • horror
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 The Way of the Worm

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Way of the Worm by Ramsey Campbell

30. The Way of the Worm

By: Ramsey Campbell

4.01

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

More than thirty years have passed since the events of Born to the Dark. Christian Noble is almost … read more

Similar categories in Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm book and Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

  • lovecraftian
  • occult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • cthulhu mythos
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31. Blood Country

By: Jonathan Janz

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Book 2 in The Raven series Three years ago the world ended when a group of rogue scientists unle… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Janz's Blood Country book and Ramsey Campbell's The Way of the Worm

  • horror

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The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

Arthur Machen

3.69

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Come Closer

Sara Gran

3.65

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Brian Lumley

4.00

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John Langan

3.89

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Victor LaValle

3.85

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4.00

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Gemma Files

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