25 best-selling horror books like The Devil and the Deep by Ellen Datlow

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The Devil and the Deep

By: Ellen Datlow

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE 2018 BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY Stranded on a desert island, a young man…

If you liked the horror plot in The Devil and the Deep by Ellen Datlow , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide

By: Steve Lehto

3.94

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

There are places in the United States of America where violent acts of bloodshed have occurred. Yea… read more

Similar categories in Steve Lehto's American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • horror
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2. Experimental Film

By: Gemma Files

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Experimental Film is a contemporary ghost story in which former Canadian film history teacher Lois … read more

Similar categories in Gemma Files's Experimental Film book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Because stories lie hidden inside other stories, and we always know more about any given thing than we think we do, even if the only thing we think we know is nothing."

-Gemma Files, Experimental Film

"You could argue—as I have more than enough times, as part of my Film History lecture—that, no matter its actual narrative content, every movie is a ghost story. A film's production forms a time capsu…"

-Gemma Files, Experimental Film

"What can I do about the people who adore all that is new, even when it goes against their deepest convictions, or about the insincere, corrupt press, and the inane herd that saw beauty or poetry in s…"

-Gemma Files, Experimental Film

"We're storytelling creatures. Give us a bunch of seemingly random images and we will try to organize them into a linear progression: tree, apple, head, bruise, gravity . . . a man sat under a tree, a…"

-Gemma Files, Experimental Film

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3. They Lurk

By: Ronald Malfi

3.79

Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition

COME CLOSER . . . Five terrifying collected horror novellas newly reissued from the "modern-day … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's They Lurk book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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4. The Fisherman

By: John Langan

3.91

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reser… read more

Similar categories in John Langan's The Fisherman book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You can make an oyster surrender its pearl,"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

"Have you ever been so scared of something you move toward it, try to touch it, that kind of thing?"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

5. Necroscope (Necroscope, #1)

By: Brian Lumley

3.44

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES... Except to Harry Keogh, Necroscope. And what they tell him is horrifying. … read more

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6. Dark Entries

By: Robert Aickman

3.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sewn signatures, printed on 110gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Biddles in bergundy wibalin cloth … read more

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7. Ancestor

By: Scott Sigler

4.00

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

On a remote island in Lake Superior, scientists struggle to solve the problem of xenotransplantatio… read more

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8. The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.00

Format: 18 pages,

The weird fiction short stories of H.P. Lovecraft from 1917-1935. Excludes collaborations. The eBoo… read more

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9. Snow

By: Ronald Malfi

3.62

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

Todd Curry wants nothing more than to spend Christmas with his son. But when a brutal snowstorm can… read more

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10. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

By: Shane Hawk

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to… read more

Similar categories in Shane Hawk's Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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11. Where the Dead Wait

By: Ally Wilkes

3.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An eerie, atmospheric Polar Gothic following a Victorian explorer in search of his lost shipmate an… read more

Similar categories in Ally Wilkes's Where the Dead Wait book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Why would I want to die last?"

-Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait

"You make a god of the things you fear or love. What could be more natural than that?"

-Ally Wilkes, Where the Dead Wait

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12. Piñata

By: Leopoldo Gout

3.67

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

A Head Full of Ghosts meets Hereditary in Piñata, a terrifying possession tale by author and artist… read more

Similar categories in Leopoldo Gout's Piñata book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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13. 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 Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"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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14. The Hollow Kind

By: Andy Davidson

3.59

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Andy Davidson's epic horror novel about the spectacular decline of the Redfern family, haunted by a… read more

Similar categories in Andy Davidson's The Hollow Kind book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. 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 Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. 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 Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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17. The Beast You Are: Stories

By: Paul Tremblay

3.34

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of  The Pallbearers Club ,  A He… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's The Beast You Are: Stories book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
"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

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19. Small Town Horror

By: Ronald Malfi

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Five childhood friends are forced to confront their own dark past as well as the curse placed upon … read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Small Town Horror book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. 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 Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • halloween
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. The Pale House Devil

By: Richard Kadrey

3.67

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping, snappy creature feature from the master of horror noir about two detectives—one dead, o… read more

Similar categories in Richard Kadrey's The Pale House Devil book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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22. Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies

By: John Langan

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A family’s Halloween haunted house becomes a conduit to something ancient and uncanny; a young man’… read more

Similar categories in John Langan's Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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23. Decorum at the Deathbed

By: Josh Malerman

3.23

Format: None pages, Audiobook

With her husband barely clinging to life at home, Becka has taken to jogging. Running helps clear h… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's Decorum at the Deathbed book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • halloween
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • audiobook
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24. The Loop

By: Jeremy Robert Johnson

3.41

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Stranger Things meets World War Z in this heart-racing conspiracy thriller as a lonely young woman … read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Robert Johnson's The Loop book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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25. No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories

By: Premee Mohamed

4.00

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A collection of short fiction by award-winning author Premee Mohamed. read more

Similar categories in Premee Mohamed's No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Briardark (Briardark, #1) by S.A. Harian

26. 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 Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Devil and the Deep by Ellen Datlow

27. The Devil and the Deep

By: Ellen Datlow

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE 2018 BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY Stranded on a desert island, a young man… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • anthologies
  • halloween
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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28. Sleep Like Death

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.56

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron returns to fairytales with a l… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's Sleep Like Death book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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29. The Drowning House

By: Cherie Priest

3.55

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

A violent storm washes a mysterious house onto a rural Pacific Northwest beach, stopping the heart … read more

Similar categories in Cherie Priest's The Drowning House book and Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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 Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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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 Ellen Datlow's The Devil and the Deep

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy

25 best-selling fiction books like The Devil and the Deep by Ellen Datlow

Transform Your Habits

Experimental Film

Gemma Files

3.56

Transform Your Habits

They Lurk

Ronald Malfi

3.79

Transform Your Habits

The Fisherman

John Langan

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk

3.98

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21 Best fiction books like The Hollow Kind by Andy Davidson

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Episode Thirteen

Craig DiLouie

3.53

Transform Your Habits

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

Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Nestlings

Nat Cassidy

3.86

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