19 must-read horror books like When it Rains by Mark Allan Gunnells

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When it Rains

By: Mark Allan Gunnells

3.99

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

It may be dangerous to go out in the rain…but it may be even more dangerous to stay inside. Just…

If you liked the horror plot in When it Rains by Mark Allan Gunnells , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Sour Candy

By: Kealan Patrick Burke

3.65

Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition

At first glance, Phil Pendleton and his son Adam are just an ordinary father and son, no different … read more

Similar categories in Kealan Patrick Burke's Sour Candy book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"Four months to the day he first encountered the boy at Walmart, the last of Phil Pendleton's teeth fell out."

-Kealan Patrick Burke, Sour Candy

2. Dark Harvest

By: Norman Partridge

4.02

Format: 982 pages,

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and named one of the 100 Best Novels of 2006 by Publishers Weekly, … read more

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3. The Other

By: Thomas Tryon

4.09

Format: 315 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Holland and Niles Perry are identical thirteen-year-old twins. Holland is bold and mischievous, a b… read more

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4. CAT (Zack Tolliver, FBI Book 4)

By: R. Lawson Gamble

3.42

Format: 8 pages,

read more

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5. UR

By: Stephen King

4.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Reeling from a painful break-up, English instructor and avid book lover Wesley Smith is haunted by … read more

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6. 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 Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • horror
  • adult
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"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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7. When Birds Fall Silent (Aileen and Callan Murder Mysteries #3)

By: Shana Frost

4.04

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

A cold case threatens to shatter Callan’s career. Blaine Macgregor vanished on a summer’s night… read more

Similar categories in Shana Frost's When Birds Fall Silent (Aileen and Callan Murder Mysteries #3) book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • fiction
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8. 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 Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • adult
  • 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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9. In a Dark Mirror

By: Kat Davis

3.58

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

A decade-old crime unites its devoted fans in a haunting novel about delusions in the dark and the … read more

Similar categories in Kat Davis's In a Dark Mirror book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • fiction
  • suspense
  • horror
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10. In The Tall Trees

By: Angel N. Van Atta

4.33

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

Mella lives in a tiny house in the middle of a dense forest with her mommy and her baby brother, Pe… read more

Similar categories in Angel N. Van Atta's In The Tall Trees book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • novella
  • fiction
  • suspense
  • horror
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11. A Killer Strikes (A Shade Darker #1)

By: Georgia Rose

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

The perfect family… The perfect murders… A family massacred. A village in mourning. Can anyone s… read more

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12. The Patience of Karma

By: Cynthia Hamilton

4.50

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

A Florida man desperate to save his niece’s life seeks MDPI’s help in locating a nephew he hasn’t s… read more

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13. Cursed

By: Leigh Kenny

3.97

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever agreed to something without understanding the consequences? What would you do if a cu… read more

Similar categories in Leigh Kenny's Cursed book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • novella
  • fiction
  • suspense
  • horror
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14. Ghostwritten

By: Ronald Malfi

4.12

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

Four brand-new horror novellas from “a modern-day Algernon Blackwood” all about books, stories, man… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Ghostwritten book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • novella
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"myself asks am i here? i've lost myself i fear"

-Ronald Malfi, Ghostwritten

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15. Europea Halls (Europea Halls: A Slasher Trilogy Book 1)

By: Alan Shivers

3.74

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Europea Halls. Only the select few have made it into these prestigious dorms in the capi… read more

Similar categories in Alan Shivers's Europea Halls (Europea Halls: A Slasher Trilogy Book 1) book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • horror
Cover of What Remains When The Stars Burn Out by P.L. McMillan

16. What Remains When The Stars Burn Out

By: P.L. McMillan

4.13

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

"A gift of cosmic horror by someone who truly gets it. The imagination here runs the gauntlet acros… read more

Similar categories in P.L. McMillan's What Remains When The Stars Burn Out book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • horror
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17. 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

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  • novella
  • adult
  • 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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18. The Nothing That Is (Mr. Dinosaur #1)

By: Kyle Winkler

3.94

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

It's 1986. Cade McCall is an assistant manager for a catering business. Driving to work one morning… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Winkler's The Nothing That Is (Mr. Dinosaur #1) book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
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19. Notes on a Murder

By: B.P. Walter

3.07

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone is capable of murder. Are you? It started with an invitation to dinner. An evening of g… read more

Similar categories in B.P. Walter's Notes on a Murder book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • fiction
Cover of Briardark (Briardark, #1) by S.A. Harian

20. Briardark (Briardark, #1)

By: S.A. Harian

3.80

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

Survival and cosmic horror collide in this new series, perfect for fans of LOST and House of Leaves… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Harian's Briardark (Briardark, #1) book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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21. The Night Guest

By: Hildur Knútsdóttir

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Hildur Knutsdottir's The Night Guest is an eerie and ensnaring story set in contemporary Reykjavík … read more

Similar categories in Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • novella
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
Cover of From The Ashes (A Dirk King FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1) by Katie Rush

22. From The Ashes (A Dirk King FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 1)

By: Katie Rush

4.02

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Veteran FBI Agent Dirk King, retired after a long career catching killers, must return to the line … read more

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23. NIGHT TERROR: A Genetics Investigation Team Thriller

By: Russ Tilton

4.35

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

Isolated on a remote river. Hunted by weaponized animals. Will anyone make it out alive? It had be… read more

Similar categories in Russ Tilton's NIGHT TERROR: A Genetics Investigation Team Thriller book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • horror
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24. Gone (The Connor Callahan Mystery Thriller Series Book 1)

By: Reagan Keeter

4.01

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

When Connor's parents are kidnapped, he embarks upon a frantic search to find them. But as the myst… read more

Similar categories in Reagan Keeter's Gone (The Connor Callahan Mystery Thriller Series Book 1) book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • fiction
Cover of He said, she said "Murder" (He said, she said mystery series #1) by Jeramy Gates

25. He said, she said "Murder" (He said, she said mystery series #1)

By: Jeramy Gates

4.26

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Mystery, murder, and marriage make a deadly combo in this clever mystery series. Tanja Shepherd … read more

Similar categories in Jeramy Gates's He said, she said "Murder" (He said, she said mystery series #1) book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • fiction
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26. Unknown

By: Phil Price

3.84

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It happens every year. A select few disappear, never to return. From The Falkland Islands to the H… read more

Similar categories in Phil Price's Unknown book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • fiction
  • horror
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27. When it Rains

By: Mark Allan Gunnells

3.99

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

It may be dangerous to go out in the rain…but it may be even more dangerous to stay inside. Just… read more

Similar categories in Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • lgbt
  • novella
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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28. Heavy Oceans

By: Tyler Jones

4.01

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

From Tyler Jones, author of MIDAS and BURN THE PLANS, one of Esquire’s Best Horror Books of 2022, c… read more

Similar categories in Tyler Jones's Heavy Oceans book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror
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29. Dearest

By: Jacquie Walters

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A new mom in need of help opens her door to her long-estranged mother—only to invite something much… read more

Similar categories in Jacquie Walters's Dearest book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Calculated Deception (The Calculated, #1) by K.T.   Lee

30. Calculated Deception (The Calculated, #1)

By: K.T. Lee

4.02

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

A criminal hiding in plain sight on campus. A professor caught in the middle. Can Dr. Ree Ryland he… read more

Similar categories in K.T. Lee's Calculated Deception (The Calculated, #1) book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • fiction
  • suspense
Cover of Ushers: A Short Story by Joe Hill

31. Ushers: A Short Story

By: Joe Hill

4.31

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man who has improbably escaped death twice reveals his secret in a spine-tingling short sto… read more

Similar categories in Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story book and Mark Allan Gunnells's When it Rains

  • novella
  • fiction
  • horror

21 best-selling fiction books like When it Rains by Mark Allan Gunnells

Transform Your Habits

Sour Candy

Kealan Patrick Burke

3.65

Transform Your Habits

The Haunting of Velkwood

Gwendolyn Kiste

3.64

Transform Your Habits

When Birds Fall Silent (Aileen and Callan Murder Mysteries #3)

Shana Frost

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Black Tide

K.C. Jones

3.59

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21 must-read fiction books like The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir

Transform Your Habits

The Stranger at the Wedding

A.E. Gauntlett

3.32

Transform Your Habits

The Night Guest

Hildur Knútsdóttir

3.67

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Heads Will Roll

Josh Winning

3.69

Transform Your Habits

So Thirsty

Rachel Harrison

4.03

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