23 Best horror books like She Was Found in a Guitar Case by David James Keaton

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She Was Found in a Guitar Case

By: David James Keaton

4.22

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

When the police knock on his door to tell him his wife was found dead in a guitar case, Dave does s…

If you liked the horror plot in She Was Found in a Guitar Case by David James Keaton , here is a list of 23 books like this:

Cover of After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Joe R. Lansdale, Stephen Graham Jones, None

1. After the People Lights Have Gone Off

By: Joe R. Lansdale , Stephen Graham Jones , None

3.68

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

This collection of fifteen stories taps into the horrors and fears of the supernatural as well as t… read more

Similar categories in Joe R. Lansdale's After the People Lights Have Gone Off book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • fiction
  • horror
"Each moment, the world washes its hands of you, starts all over again. Easy as that. Wonderful as that."

-Joe R. Lansdale, After the People Lights Have Gone Off

"Thinking the bad instead of the good, defaulting to disaster instead of joy, letting the world infect you. And you know better. That's no way to live."

-Joe R. Lansdale, After the People Lights Have Gone Off

"That had been his secret Indian Trick to hunting, back then: to not hunt. The same way you never find your wallet when you're actually looking for it. Just, keep a rifle with you."

-Joe R. Lansdale, After the People Lights Have Gone Off

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2. The Snake Handler

By: Cody Goodfellow , J. David Osborne

3.68

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Let he who is without sin... COME GET SOME. All his life, Reverend Clyde Hilburn has fought to prot… read more

Similar categories in Cody Goodfellow's The Snake Handler book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Blindsight (Firefall, #1) by Peter Watts

3. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

Similar categories in Peter Watts's Blindsight (Firefall, #1) book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • fiction
  • horror
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

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4. In the Valley of the Sun

By: Andy Davidson

4.23

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Joe Hill, Cormac McCarthy, and classic Anne Rice, a chilling tale of suspense and ho… read more

Similar categories in Andy Davidson's In the Valley of the Sun book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror

5. 14

By: Peter Clines

3.95

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

Padlocked doors. Strange light fixtures. Mutant cockroaches. There are some odd things about Nate's… read more

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6. Between Two Fires

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • fiction
  • horror
"The only thing I say to God is my daughter's names; and it is not a prayer, it's a rebuke."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"He was being kissed now by his own mouth, not as lovers kiss, with tongues, but as true lovers kiss, sharing breath."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"A dark-haired little boy just in pants stood bewildered near the blaze, saying, as if there had been some mistake, "We live here. We live here."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"But it will be harder for you if you remember. Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death…"

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

7. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

By: Mary Roach

3.00

Format: 282 pages,

Grunttackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries--panic, exhaustion… read more

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8. Savages

By: Don Winslow

3.57

Format: 256 pages,

Part-time environmentalist and philanthropist Ben and his ex-mercenary buddy Chon run a Laguna Beac… read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's Savages book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

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9. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.58

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more

Similar categories in Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger (The Passenger #1) book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • thriller
  • fiction
"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

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10. The Only Good Indians

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.70

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

The creeping horror of Paul Tremblay meets Tommy Orange’s There There in a dark novel of revenge, c… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Only Good Indians book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"Names are stupid, though. Pretty soon he won't even need his."

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

"Lewis finds the fourteen-foot aluminum ladder under boxes in the garage, Three Stooges in into the backyard..."

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

"Dealing with cops is like being around a skittish horse: No sudden movements, nothing shiny or loud. Zero jokes."

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

"An elk mother, cornered, will slash with her hooves and tear with her mouth and even offer the hope of her own hamstrings, and if none of that works, she'll rise again years and years later, because …"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

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11. My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.54

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

You won’t find a more hardcore eighties-slasher-film fan than high school senior Jade Daniels. And … read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1) book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"Some girls just don't know how to die."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Is it really winning if everybody dies?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Horror's not a symptom, it's a love affair."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"We all become history at some point or another, right?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

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12. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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13. Fever House (Fever House, #1)

By: Keith Rosson

4.03

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

A small-time criminal. A has-been rock star. A shadowy government agency. And a severed hand whose … read more

Similar categories in Keith Rosson's Fever House (Fever House, #1) book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. 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 David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • 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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15. Devil House

By: John Darnielle

3.22

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

Gage Chandler is descended from kings. That's what his mother always told him. Now, he is a true… read more

Similar categories in John Darnielle's Devil House book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"The past is charming and safe when you're skittering around on its surface. It's a nice place to linger a moment before seeking the lower depths."

-John Darnielle, Devil House

"I remember before I finally fell asleep feeling like there wasn't all that much to say about my life. I'd had several satisfying relationships, they hadn't amounted to much. I'd gotten better at my w…"

-John Darnielle, Devil House

"What would my work be like if I had to keep returning to the same story every time, I wondered. If, instead of hunting down sad places where people's lives had been ruined, there was only the one pla…"

-John Darnielle, Devil House

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16. Starve Acre

By: Andrew Michael Hurley

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died sudden… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Michael Hurley's Starve Acre book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • fiction
  • horror
"What you go searching for and what you find aren't always the same."

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

"The will of Richard's father had been to ensure that his son was in no doubt that a church was merely a meeting place for the mentally ill, and that all who gathered there--priest and parishioners--w…"

-Andrew Michael Hurley, Starve Acre

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17. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)

By: Don Winslow

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2) book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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18. 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 David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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19. Black Tide

By: K.C. Jones

3.59

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

A story with a cinematic feel, Black Tide is Cujo meets A Quiet Place. It was just another day a… read more

Similar categories in K.C. Jones's Black Tide book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"We're alive. And we have hope. I say, no matter what, we're heading in the right direction."

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"Stories explained the unknowable before the advent of science. What happens when science is left shrugging its shoulders?"

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"I'm a liar, but I'm telling you the truth about this: I want to stay on the road. I want to go as far as these wheels and gears can take me."

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

"My dad always used to say it's important that people never stop appreciating sunsets. As long as we can still be stopped in our tracks and remember what a big deal it is that we're even here, there's…"

-K.C. Jones, Black Tide

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20. The Wind Began to Howl (Isaiah Coleridge, #3.5)

By: Laird Barron

4.31

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Laird Barron's acclaimed crime saga makes a triumphant return in The Wind Began to Howl, an all-new… read more

Similar categories in Laird Barron's The Wind Began to Howl (Isaiah Coleridge, #3.5) book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • fiction
  • horror
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21. Mary

By: Nat Cassidy

3.80

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invis… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Mary book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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22. 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 David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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23. Small Mercies

By: Dennis Lehane

4.29

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River —a… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Lehane's Small Mercies book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Do No Harm (Lucas Page, #3) by Robert Pobi

24. Do No Harm (Lucas Page, #3)

By: Robert Pobi

4.29

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In Robert Pobi's thriller Do No Harm , a series of suicides and accidental deaths in the medical co… read more

Similar categories in Robert Pobi's Do No Harm (Lucas Page, #3) book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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25. And Then I Woke Up

By: Malcolm Devlin

3.48

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Mira Grant and Stephen Graham Jones, Malcolm Devlin’s And Then I Woke Up is a c… read more

Similar categories in Malcolm Devlin's And Then I Woke Up book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"We were monsters once, and although we are not anymore, we know we remain unforgiven."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

". . . it’s those differences — even the smallest and most trivial — that scare us the most."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Relationships aren't scientific, they're not mathematical. They're chaotic, abstract, irrational."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Macey once told me that the worst way a story can end is by someone waking up and realising everything that happened was only a dream."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

Cover of The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

26. The Last House on Needless Street

By: Catriona Ward

3.85

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an ordinary house at the … read more

Similar categories in Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"Kittens don't come back from the woods."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

"Thoughts are a door that the dead walk through."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

"Truth has weight. It leaves footprints in your mind."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

"If there's anything better than a cat on the bed, I don't know about it."

-Catriona Ward, The Last House on Needless Street

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27. Mother Howl

By: Craig Clevenger

3.75

Format: 301 pages, Paperback

Compelling literary crime that follows the son of a serial murderer who changes his identity in a b… read more

Similar categories in Craig Clevenger's Mother Howl book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory

28. The Album of Dr. Moreau

By: Daryl Gregory

3.99

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Daryl Gregory's The Album of Dr. Moreau combines the science fiction premise of the famous novel by… read more

Similar categories in Daryl Gregory's The Album of Dr. Moreau book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
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29. 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 David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of She Was Found in a Guitar Case by David James Keaton

30. She Was Found in a Guitar Case

By: David James Keaton

4.22

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

When the police knock on his door to tell him his wife was found dead in a guitar case, Dave does s… read more

Similar categories in David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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31. The Merry Dredgers

By: Jeremy C. Shipp

3.63

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Seraphina Ramon will stop at nothing to find out the truth about why her sister Eff is in a coma af… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy C. Shipp's The Merry Dredgers book and David James Keaton's She Was Found in a Guitar Case

  • fiction
  • horror

28 must-read fiction books like She Was Found in a Guitar Case by David James Keaton

Transform Your Habits

After the People Lights Have Gone Off

Joe R. Lansdale , Stephen Graham Jones , None

3.68

Transform Your Habits

The Snake Handler

Cody Goodfellow , J. David Osborne

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Peter Watts

4.01

Transform Your Habits

In the Valley of the Sun

Andy Davidson

4.23

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18 Best fiction books like Mother Howl by Craig Clevenger

Transform Your Habits

Mapping the Interior

Stephen Graham Jones

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Kiss Me, Judas

Will Christopher Baer

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Fever House (Fever House, #1)

Keith Rosson

4.03

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