15 Best horror books like Butcherbird by Cassie Hart

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Butcherbird

By: Cassie Hart

3.60

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Something is drawing Jena Benedict’s family to darkness. Her mother, father, brother and baby siste…

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1. Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation

By: Rachel Cusk

3.66

Format: 153 pages, Hardcover

In the winter of 2009, Rachel Cusk's marriage of ten years came to an end. In the months that follo… read more

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"[I]t has struck me that along with all other losses, I might lose friendship, too. I am not equal anymore to the people that I know, and what is friendship but a celebration of equality?"

-Rachel Cusk, Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation

"The world is constantly evolving, while the family endeavours to stay the same. Updated, refurbished, modernised, but essentially the same. A house in the landscape, both shelter and prison."

-Rachel Cusk, Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation

"In marriage you go away from other people, but at the end of marriage they come out to welcome you back. This is civilisation, she says. The worst thing that happened to you has brought out the best …"

-Rachel Cusk, Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation

"What I lived as feminism were in fact the male values my parents, among others, well-meaningly bequeathed me—the cross-dressing values of my father, and the anti-feminine values of my mother. So I am…"

-Rachel Cusk, Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation

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2. Clariel (Abhorsen, #4)

By: Garth Nix

3.88

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Clariel is not adjusting well to her new life in the city of Belisaere, the capita… read more

Similar categories in Garth Nix's Clariel (Abhorsen, #4) book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • audiobook
"Unexamined feelings lead to all kinds of trouble."

-Garth Nix, Clariel (Abhorsen, #4)

"Madness is unfortunately not incompatible with government."

-Garth Nix, Clariel (Abhorsen, #4)

"I am a great believer that anything not expressly forbidden is explicitly allowed."

-Garth Nix, Clariel (Abhorsen, #4)

"Anyone can go into Death,“ said Mogget, with a smirk. "Coming back again is the difficult part."

-Garth Nix, Clariel (Abhorsen, #4)

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3. Night Film

By: Marisha Pessl

3.78

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

On a damp October night, 24-year-old Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lowe… read more

Similar categories in Marisha Pessl's Night Film book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • horror
"Freak the ferocious out."

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

"Moe was a triple threat."

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

"Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect."

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

" Everyone smiles for a photograph. "

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

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4. 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 Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • 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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5. The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror literature It’s been f… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3) book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
"I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

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6. The Fervor

By: Alma Katsu

3.63

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

A psychological and supernatural twist on the horrors of the Japanese American internment camps in … read more

Similar categories in Alma Katsu's The Fervor book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
"No computer books for me. I love real books I can hold and open with excitement, anticipation and, yes, reverence. There is nothing like the smell of a book, bookshops and libraries"

-Alma Katsu, The Fervor

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7. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

Similar categories in John Boyne's Water book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • audiobook
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8. Pet

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Chidgey's Pet book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • adult
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9. All the Little Bird-Hearts

By: Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow

3.80

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

Sunday lives with her sixteen year old daughter Dolly, the same house she has lived in all her life… read more

Similar categories in Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow's All the Little Bird-Hearts book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Ordinary Human Failings

By: Megan Nolan

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about thei… read more

Similar categories in Megan Nolan's Ordinary Human Failings book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • adult
  • audiobook
"She loved the feeling of doing something on her own, and doing it in a routine. It felt thrillingly adult and affirmed her most cherished hope, the hope that she might have an actual inner life of su…"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

"He had the sort of bland, agreeable, rosy face which could disappear into whatever context he wished it to. He was blond but not provocatively so. The naturally dull Kent accent could be clipped and …"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

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11. The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

By: Marjorie M. Liu

4.08

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The first volume in a new graphic novel horror trilogy from Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda—the creati… read more

Similar categories in Marjorie M. Liu's The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
"No creepy dolls!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"Not the demon anus!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"It’s Sarlaac Satan!"

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

"Oh my God. We’re superheroes."

-Marjorie M. Liu, The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night

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12. How to Loiter in a Turf War

By: Coco Solid

4.23

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A genre-bending work of autobiographical fiction from one of Aotearoa’s fiercest and most versatile… read more

Similar categories in Coco Solid's How to Loiter in a Turf War book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • audiobook
  • indigenous
"She gives him a hurled brick wrapped up in a smile"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

"Māoridom in Aotearoa dictates that we generate prestige from manaakitanga. It is the connection and hospitality we express for those in our care but also to show all that they are our equal, they too…"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

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13. And Then She Fell

By: Alicia Elliott

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous wo… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Elliott's And Then She Fell book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • horror
  • adult
  • indigenous
"Nothing I do is done solely for me. Everything is done to elevate Steve or Dawn, in some way. I'm an afterthought in my own life."

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

"A part of me wants to cry at this small request, because I know what that longing is like, what it means. I won't be there forever, but I will be there for her. For her sister. For her mother. I'll b…"

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

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14. Greta & Valdin

By: Rebecca K. Reilly

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and bighearted international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they n… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca K. Reilly's Greta & Valdin book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • adult
  • audiobook
"I wonder what plant I would be, if I were a plant. Maybe something with big leaves that droop sulkily if not provided with the exact right amount of water and light."

-Rebecca K. Reilly, Greta & Valdin

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15. Poor People With Money

By: Dominic Hoey

4.03

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Monday Woolridge is a fighter with a face covered in scars and life full of debt. Her Avondale f… read more

Similar categories in Dominic Hoey's Poor People With Money book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • audiobook
Cover of The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

16. The Axeman's Carnival

By: Catherine Chidgey

4.37

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pi… read more

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17. Amma

By: Saraid de Silva

4.45

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Three generations. Three continents. Three sexualities. 1951. Singapore. Ten-year-old Josep… read more

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18. Anoka

By: Shane Hawk

3.74

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Anoka, Minnesota, a small city just outside of the Twin Cities dubbed “The Halloween Cap… read more

Similar categories in Shane Hawk's Anoka book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • horror
  • paranormal
  • indigenous
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19. White Horse

By: Erika T. Wurth

3.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

White Horse is a gritty, vibrant debut from Erika T. Wurth about an Indigenous woman who must face … read more

Similar categories in Erika T. Wurth's White Horse book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • indigenous
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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20. The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1)

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.66

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey have teamed up to deliver a dark new story wi… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1) book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
"Julie felt its hunger ripple eover her, listened: It was waiting for the city to die. It would wait forever. It did not need this to come to pass now. It was used to waiting. It knew, in the way of g…"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Dead Take the A Train (Carrion City, #1)

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21. The Low, Low Woods

By: Carmen Maria Machado

3.95

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

When your memories are stolen, what would you give to remember? Follow El and Vee as they search fo… read more

Similar categories in Carmen Maria Machado's The Low, Low Woods book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • horror
Cover of Better the Blood by Michael  Bennett

22. Better the Blood

By: Michael Bennett

4.01

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH Hana Westerman is a tenacious Māori detective juggling single… read more

Similar categories in Michael Bennett's Better the Blood book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • audiobook
  • indigenous
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23. Mrs. S

By: K. Patrick

3.63

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

A sublime and sensual debut novel exploring the nature of queer love and attraction, the transforma… read more

Similar categories in K. Patrick's Mrs. S book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • adult
  • audiobook
"I live in hope it is her, I live in fear it is her, it is never her."

-K. Patrick, Mrs. S

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24. The Haunting of Alejandra

By: V. Castro

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her fam… read more

Similar categories in V. Castro's The Haunting of Alejandra book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • horror
"It occurred to Frances that perhaps everyone wore another set of clothing beneath their human skin, stitched together with all the things they hated about themselves and tried to hide."

-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

"There are many times in life we feel there are no choices. Sometimes that is true. But I feel perhaps the true answers to the choices we must make find our way to us. Sometimes it is right away and a…"

-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra

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25. Bad Witch Burning

By: Jessica Lewis

4.04

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Lovecraft Country and Candyman comes a witchy story full of Black girl magic as one gir… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Lewis's Bad Witch Burning book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • paranormal
  • horror
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26. Poukahangatus: Poems

By: Tayi Tibble

4.09

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The American debut of an acclaimed young poet as she explores her identity as a twenty-first-centur… read more

Similar categories in Tayi Tibble's Poukahangatus: Poems book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • indigenous
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27. Exalted

By: Anna Dorn

3.73

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Emily Forrest runs the hottest astrology account on Instagram, @Exalted, but astrology is on the ou… read more

Similar categories in Anna Dorn's Exalted book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • adult
  • audiobook
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28. The Vanishing Point

By: Andrea Hotere

3.43

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A dazzling and spellbinding debut about a mysterious painting, the secrets it keeps, and the two wo… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Hotere's The Vanishing Point book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • audiobook
Cover of Tierra fresca de su tumba by Giovanna Rivero

29. Tierra fresca de su tumba

By: Giovanna Rivero

3.86

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Los extraños y maravillosos cuentos de Tierra Fresca de su Tumba nos arrojan a lugares desconocidos… read more

Similar categories in Giovanna Rivero's Tierra fresca de su tumba book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • adult
  • horror
"Nuestra casa era una prodigiosa zarza ardiente que lamía los troncos de los árboles y avanzaba como una legión por el huerto. Supe que el sonido de esa crepitación descomunal era el de todos los esqu…"

-Giovanna Rivero, Tierra fresca de su tumba

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30. An Excellent Host

By: Chelsea G. Summers

4.01

Format: 69 pages, Paperback

"In An Excellent Host, modern dating goes wildly awry (at least when Chelsea G. Summers is in charg… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea G. Summers's An Excellent Host book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • adult
  • horror
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31. Butcherbird

By: Cassie Hart

3.60

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Something is drawing Jena Benedict’s family to darkness. Her mother, father, brother and baby siste… read more

Similar categories in Cassie Hart's Butcherbird book and Cassie Hart's Butcherbird

  • indigenous
  • horror
  • adult
  • paranormal
  • audiobook

7 best-selling indigenous books like Butcherbird by Cassie Hart

Transform Your Habits

How to Loiter in a Turf War

Coco Solid

4.23

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And Then She Fell

Alicia Elliott

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Anoka

Shane Hawk

3.74

Transform Your Habits

White Horse

Erika T. Wurth

3.51

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17 Top fiction books like The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

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Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

4.41

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How to Loiter in a Turf War

Coco Solid

4.23

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Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

Michael Bennett

3.94

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Emily Perkins

3.43

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