31 must-read horror books like Maggots Screaming! by Max Booth III

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Maggots Screaming!

By: Max Booth III

4.25

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

On a hot summer weekend in San Antonio, Texas, a father and son bond after discovering three imposs…

If you liked the horror plot in Maggots Screaming! by Max Booth III , here is a list of 31 books like this:

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1. 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 Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • dark
  • horror
"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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2. 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 Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • 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

Cover of This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

3. This Is Where We Talk Things Out

By: Caitlin Marceau

3.77

Format: 93 pages, ebook

This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau, author of Palimpsest: A Collection of Contempo… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Marceau's This Is Where We Talk Things Out book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of We Can Never Leave This Place by Eric LaRocca

4. We Can Never Leave This Place

By: Eric LaRocca

3.52

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

"When you're given a gift, something else gets taken away." A precocious young girl with an unus… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's We Can Never Leave This Place book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • fiction
  • horror
"We can never leave this place," my mother told her. "It would hurt too much."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"We can never leaves this places," my mother told her. "It would hurt to much."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"How could you do this to me?' the creature asked. And the blind man said, 'I wanted to be the only one to hurry you."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

"I watched as blood swirled down my naked body in dark ribbons—tiny threads that had forever come undone from me and were sent to freedom."

-Eric LaRocca, We Can Never Leave This Place

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5. Goddess of Filth

By: V. Castro

3.63

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

“Five of us sat in a circle doing our best to emulate the girls in The Craft, hoping to unleash som… read more

Similar categories in V. Castro's Goddess of Filth book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
"Why the black lipstick? Is this goddess a Goth?"

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

"I have traveled a long way through light and volatile stardust. The stars in the night sky are moth holes in space-time and the bodies of the larvae between each hole are the means of travel"

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

"Be smart, but not too smart. Be beautiful, but not so pretty as to make other females mad. Be successful, but not bossy or overly ambitious. Nobody likes a mouthy brown woman. Be a declawed kitten."

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

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6. Crossroads

By: Laurel Hightower

3.91

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

How far would you go to bring back someone you love? When Chris's son dies in a tragic car cras… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's Crossroads book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
"Exhausted, but not tired enough to escape the torturous loop of pain that awaited her inactive brain..."

-Laurel Hightower, Crossroads

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7. Gothic

By: Philip Fracassi

3.83

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

On his 59th birthday, Tyson Parks—a famous, but struggling, horror writer—receives an antique desk … read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Gothic book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • dark
  • horror
Cover of The Day of the Door by Laurel Hightower

8. 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 Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

9. 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 Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • dark
  • horror
"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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10. Puzzle House

By: Duncan Ralston

3.58

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Six strangers arrive at the home of preeminent puzzle master Alexei Vasiliev for the reading of his… read more

Similar categories in Duncan Ralston's Puzzle House book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
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11. 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 Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

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

12. 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 Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
"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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13. 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 Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • audiobook
  • 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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14. How Much To..?

By: Matt Shaw

3.50

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

A group of strangers are pitted against one another in Matt Shaw’s latest extreme horror. The Game… read more

Similar categories in Matt Shaw's How Much To..? book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • dark
  • horror
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15. Dear Laura

By: Gemma Amor

3.61

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

Every year, on her birthday, Laura gets a letter from a stranger. That stranger claims to know the … read more

Similar categories in Gemma Amor's Dear Laura book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • dark
  • horror
Cover of Bunker Dogs by Gage Greenwood

16. Bunker Dogs

By: Gage Greenwood

4.20

Format: 265 pages, ebook

Don't just fear what you're hiding from, fear what you're hiding with. Cassie's night of babysi… read more

Similar categories in Gage Greenwood's Bunker Dogs book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • fiction
  • horror
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17. The Night Stockers

By: Kristopher Triana

3.82

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

The employees of the Freshway grocery store aren’t too happy about having to do an overnight shift,… read more

Similar categories in Kristopher Triana's The Night Stockers book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • humor
  • fiction
  • dark
  • horror
  • audiobook
Cover of BETA: A Technological Nightmare by Sammy  Scott

18. BETA: A Technological Nightmare

By: Sammy Scott

None

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Michael Danvers’ life of self-imposed seclusion is interrupted when he receives a strange the uniqu… read more

Similar categories in Sammy Scott's BETA: A Technological Nightmare book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Eynhallow by Tim McGregor

19. 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 Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • dark
  • horror
Cover of Left To You by Daniel J. Volpe

20. Left To You

By: Daniel J. Volpe

4.12

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

What would you do to save a loved one? Robert’s mother, Helen, is ravaged with cancer. Every day c… read more

Similar categories in Daniel J. Volpe's Left To You book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • fiction
  • dark
  • horror
Cover of Below by Laurel Hightower

21. Below

By: Laurel Hightower

3.70

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO HELP A STRANGER? While driving through the mountains of West Virginia du… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's Below book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • fiction
  • dark
  • horror
Cover of Transmuted by Eve Harms

22. 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 Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • fiction
  • horror
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23. Mr. Cables

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 99 pages, ebook

For bestselling horror novelist Wilson Paventeau, the scariest novel of his career is one he didn’t… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Mr. Cables book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Through the Eyes of Desperation: The Red Version by Aron Beauregard

24. Through the Eyes of Desperation: The Red Version

By: Aron Beauregard

4.25

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

ALL BETS ARE OFF Red has tried to keep his nose clean but the sins of his past still haunt him. … read more

Similar categories in Aron Beauregard's Through the Eyes of Desperation: The Red Version book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • audiobook
  • horror
Cover of The Cotton Candy Massacre: Part Toots by Christopher  Robertson

25. The Cotton Candy Massacre: Part Toots

By: Christopher Robertson

4.50

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

The sequel to the 2023 Godless 666 Awards Best Novel! The book you are about to read is an accou… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Robertson's The Cotton Candy Massacre: Part Toots book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • horror
Cover of Inside Out by Lor Gislason

26. Inside Out

By: Lor Gislason

3.88

Format: None pages, ebook

INSIDE OUT is an over-the-top tribute to the goopy, grimy and gross horror of the 1980s. After a my… read more

Similar categories in Lor Gislason's Inside Out book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Maggots Screaming! by Max Booth III

27. Maggots Screaming!

By: Max Booth III

4.25

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

On a hot summer weekend in San Antonio, Texas, a father and son bond after discovering three imposs… read more

Similar categories in Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming! book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • humor
  • fiction
  • dark
  • horror
  • audiobook
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28. Motel Styx

By: Michelle von Eschen

3.93

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Tucked away in the Chihuahuan Desert lies a motel unlike any other…Fueled by online trends, a shift… read more

Similar categories in Michelle von Eschen's Motel Styx book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • horror
Cover of The Ojanox I: Scream in the Dark (The Ojanox Series Book 1) by Daemon Manx

29. The Ojanox I: Scream in the Dark (The Ojanox Series Book 1)

By: Daemon Manx

4.57

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Ojanox harkens back to the horror boom of the '70s and '80s, in a very good way. Manx has a kn… read more

Similar categories in Daemon Manx's The Ojanox I: Scream in the Dark (The Ojanox Series Book 1) book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • horror
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30. Down into the Sea

By: Dan Franklin

4.38

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

Fourteen-year-old Eric Ross is struggling. His father is in prison for murder. His mother has slipp… read more

Similar categories in Dan Franklin's Down into the Sea book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • horror
Cover of The Residency by Kayla Frederick

31. The Residency

By: Kayla Frederick

4.30

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

8 artists. 1 art residency. 1 chance to leave alive. Art is pain. Or so they say. As a … read more

Similar categories in Kayla Frederick's The Residency book and Max Booth III's Maggots Screaming!

  • horror

25 Best fiction books like Maggots Screaming! by Max Booth III

Transform Your Habits

Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

This Is Where We Talk Things Out

Caitlin Marceau

3.77

Transform Your Habits

We Can Never Leave This Place

Eric LaRocca

3.52

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Transform Your Habits

This Is Where We Talk Things Out

Caitlin Marceau

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Blender Babies

Jon Athan

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Mine

L.M. Kaplin

3.96

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Angel N. Van Atta

4.33

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