26 Best horror books like Cradleland of Parasites by Sara Tantlinger

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Cradleland of Parasites

By: Sara Tantlinger

4.08

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Bram Stoker Award-winner Sara Tantlinger delivers her CRADLELAND OF PARASITES, a harrowing and dark…

If you liked the horror plot in Cradleland of Parasites by Sara Tantlinger , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. The Elementals

By: Michael McDowell

4.01

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

On a split of land cut off by the Gulf, three Victorian summer houses stand against the encroaching… read more

Similar categories in Michael McDowell's The Elementals book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
"Savage mothers eat their children!"

-Michael McDowell, The Elementals

"There's no point in advertising a circus when everybody hates the clown."

-Michael McDowell, The Elementals

2. Hell House

By: Richard Matheson

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Can any soul survive? Regarded as the Mount Everest of haunted houses, Belasco House has witnessed … read more

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3. You Should Have Left

By: Daniel Kehlmann , Ross Benjamin

3.44

Format: 113 pages, Kindle Edition

From the internationally best-selling author of Measuring the World and F, an eerie and supernatura… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Kehlmann's You Should Have Left book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
"Ehe. Das Geheimnis ist, dass man sich ja doch liebt. Ich würde nicht ohne sie sein wollen - selbst ihr Schauspielerlachen würde mir fehlen. Und sie nicht ohne mich. Wenn man einander nur nicht unterd…"

-Daniel Kehlmann, You Should Have Left

Cover of Hooky Volume 3 (Hooky, #3) by Míriam Bonastre Tur

4. Hooky Volume 3 (Hooky, #3)

By: Míriam Bonastre Tur

4.66

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling, heartfelt finale to the New York Times bestselling Hooky series, based on the belove… read more

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"DONT YOU DARE BURY A CORPSE UNDER THIS BRIDGE"

-Míriam Bonastre Tur, Hooky Volume 3 (Hooky, #3)

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5. 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 Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • 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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6. The Pram

By: Joe Hill

3.77

Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition

A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a … read more

Similar categories in Joe Hill's The Pram book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
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7. Ankle Snatcher

By: Grady Hendrix

3.74

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Obey the rules. It’s the only way to survive the night in a short story about what hides in the dar… read more

Similar categories in Grady Hendrix's Ankle Snatcher book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
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8. 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 Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • 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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9. 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 Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • historical
  • adult
  • historical fiction
  • horror
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10. Big Bad

By: Chandler Baker

3.77

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

For a family trying to make an isolated farmhouse into a home, fear and rage are getting harder to … read more

Similar categories in Chandler Baker's Big Bad book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
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11. Best of Luck

By: Jason Mott

3.77

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Did you ever hear the one about the man with a string of bad luck? The worst is still to come in a … read more

Similar categories in Jason Mott's Best of Luck book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
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12. Carcoma

By: Layla Martínez

4.17

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Todas las casas guardan la historia de quienes las han habitado. Las paredes de esta casa perdida e… read more

Similar categories in Layla Martínez's Carcoma book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
"Solo había tenido un hombre, pero ya había sido suficiente. Cuando una está sola y es pobre no puede permitirse aprender la misma lección dos veces, esto también lo sabemos bien en esta casa."

-Layla Martínez, Carcoma

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13. Pelea de gallos

By: María Fernanda Ampuero

4.15

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

Pelea de gallos narra desde diferentes voces el hogar, ese espacio que construye –­o destruye– a la… read more

Similar categories in María Fernanda Ampuero's Pelea de gallos book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • horror
"There is nothing more perfect than Love. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

-María Fernanda Ampuero, Pelea de gallos

"No me gusta ser hombre. ¿No se puede ser otra cosa? No hay otro sitio en el que quisiera estar - ¿es el pasado un sitio? -, pero tampoco aqui."

-María Fernanda Ampuero, Pelea de gallos

"Volver, lo sabe todo el mundo, es imposible. Luego de los abrazos y las lágrimas viene el verdadero reencuentro, estar frente a frente a los mismos cuando nosotros ya somos otros, frente a ellos cuan…"

-María Fernanda Ampuero, Pelea de gallos

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14. In Bloom

By: Paul Tremblay

3.08

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s something in the water in this hallucinatory short story by Paul Tremblay, bestselling auth… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's In Bloom book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
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15. It Waits in the Woods

By: Josh Malerman

3.72

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Some chilling campfire tales ring too true to ignore. For one young woman, an urban legend calls he… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's It Waits in the Woods book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
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16. Weasels in the Attic

By: Hiroko Oyamada

3.43

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of The Hole and The Factory, a thrilling and mysterious work that explore… read more

Similar categories in Hiroko Oyamada's Weasels in the Attic book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

"We meet at school, or work, or maybe a store. Wherever it is, there's just a random group of individuals, right? Within that group, you find your mate. If you were in a different group, you' d end up…"

-Hiroko Oyamada, Weasels in the Attic

Cover of Hooky (Hooky, #2) by Míriam Bonastre Tur

17. Hooky (Hooky, #2)

By: Míriam Bonastre Tur

4.56

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

This magical adventure from the #1 digital comic platform WEBTOON continues as Dani and Dorian answ… read more

Similar categories in Míriam Bonastre Tur's Hooky (Hooky, #2) book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

"Cuando intentas solucionar los problemas sola, crecen y se incrustan. Se clavan en el alma..."

-Míriam Bonastre Tur, Hooky (Hooky, #2)

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18. Knock Knock, Open Wide

By: Neil Sharpson

3.99

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Knock Knock, Open Wide weaves horror and Celtic myth into a terrifying, heartbreaking supernatural … read more

Similar categories in Neil Sharpson's Knock Knock, Open Wide book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
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19. 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 Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
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20. The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

By: Tori Bovalino

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath… read more

Similar categories in Tori Bovalino's The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • horror
"It seemed to me that a soul that preferred a cold grave to the white light of Heaven was suspect."

-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

"She could weave between peace and poison fluid as a silver fish, and both of them were true. There wasn't a fake bone in her body, but that almost made it worse."

-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

"me standing there- just standing there- looking around and thinking, God, I'm not supposed to be here, I'm supposed to be somewhere else, this is wrong, this is *wrong*."

-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

"I don't like the way he say you. Like I different. Like I didn't just see one-of-me-like-me beat until she fall. [...] But my boy doesn't see. He can't see. Can't hear, either. He never tried to mimi…"

-Tori Bovalino, The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

Cover of I Am Not Your Final Girl by Claire C. Holland

21. I Am Not Your Final Girl

By: Claire C. Holland

3.71

Format: 91 pages, Kindle Edition

From Claire C. Holland, a timely collection of poetry that follows the final girl of slasher cinema… read more

Similar categories in Claire C. Holland's I Am Not Your Final Girl book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • poetry
  • adult
  • horror
"Her faced, bathed in blood. Her smile, crazed. The sounds she makes as she escapes. There is nothing else in this world like realizing you're going to live and not being sure you can."

-Claire C. Holland, I Am Not Your Final Girl

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22. Lost in the Garden

By: Adam S. Leslie

3.73

Format: 446 pages, Paperback

"Like an old wives’ tale, like a piece of wisdom passed down through generations which no one quest… read more

Similar categories in Adam S. Leslie's Lost in the Garden book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • horror
Cover of The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories by Eric LaRocca

23. The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

By: Eric LaRocca

3.74

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully crafted, devastating short fiction collection from the Bram-Stoker finalist and autho… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
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24. Thirst

By: Marina Yuszczuk

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting y… read more

Similar categories in Marina Yuszczuk's Thirst book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • historical fiction
  • adult
  • horror
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25. 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 Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
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26. Waif

By: Samantha Kolesnik

3.55

Format: 114 pages, Paperback

Angela has everything she thought she ever wanted—a successful husband, a lavish house, and a botto… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Kolesnik's Waif book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
Cover of Rootwork (Conjure #1) by Tracy  Cross

27. Rootwork (Conjure #1)

By: Tracy Cross

3.97

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Set in a small parish in Louisiana in 1889, Rootwork follows sisters, Betty, Ann and Pee Wee. When … read more

Similar categories in Tracy Cross's Rootwork (Conjure #1) book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • historical
  • adult
  • historical fiction
  • horror
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28. The Forest

By: Lisa Quigley

3.79

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

Everyone in Edgewood believes their annual tithes at the fall festival are what purchase Edgewood’s… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Quigley's The Forest book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • adult
  • horror
Cover of Cradleland of Parasites by Sara Tantlinger

29. Cradleland of Parasites

By: Sara Tantlinger

4.08

Format: 103 pages, Paperback

Bram Stoker Award-winner Sara Tantlinger delivers her CRADLELAND OF PARASITES, a harrowing and dark… read more

Similar categories in Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites book and Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • poetry
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • horror
  • adult
Cover of Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1) by Nathan Ballingrud

30. 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 Sara Tantlinger's Cradleland of Parasites

  • horror

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Michael McDowell

4.01

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You Should Have Left

Daniel Kehlmann , Ross Benjamin

3.44

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Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

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Joe Hill

3.77

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C.J. Leede

3.78

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Philip Fracassi

4.18

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Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

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