16 must-read horror books like Sayuri by Rensuke Oshikiri

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Sayuri

By: Rensuke Oshikiri

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Afin de se donner un nouveau départ, la famille Kamiki déménage dans une maison à la campagne. Mais…

If you liked the horror plot in Sayuri by Rensuke Oshikiri , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell, Ruth Sepp

1. Fever Dream

By: Samanta Schweblin , Megan McDowell , Ruth Sepp

3.72

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

Experience the blazing, surreal sensation of a fever dream… A young woman named Amanda lies dyin… read more

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  • horror
"There’s only so much searching you can do, either a horse is there or it’s not."

-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream

"I’m just tired, that’s what I tell myself, and sometimes I’m afraid when I think that everyday problems might be a little more terrible for me than for other people."

-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream

"But I’m going to die in a few hours. That’s going to happen, isn’t it? It’s strange how calm I am. Because even though you haven’t told me, I know. And still, it’s an impossible thing to tell yoursel…"

-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream

"My mother always said something bad would happen. My mother was sure that sooner or later something bad would happen and now I can see it with total clarity, I can feel it coming toward us like a tan…"

-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream

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2. Notes of a Native Son

By: James Baldwin

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A new edition published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Baldwin's death, including a new introdu… read more

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3. Rain (Blackwater, #6)

By: Michael McDowell

4.16

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

The mysterious saga of the Caskey family concludes in Blackwater VI: Rain. Time heals old wound… read more

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  • horror
Cover of The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Tim Flannery, Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst, Suzanne Simard

4. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

By: Tim Flannery , Peter Wohlleben , Jane Billinghurst , Suzanne Simard

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains… read more

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"A tree’s most important means of staying connected to other trees is a “wood wide web"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

"Trees could solve the problems if people trying to improve things would only allow them to takeover"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

"So many questions remain unanswered. Perhaps we are poorer for having lost a possible explanation or richer for having gained a mystery. But aren't both possibilities equally intriguing?"

-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

5. Mantis Woman

By: None

4.23

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

Get ready for spine-tingling chills in this creepy anthology filled with ghoulish neighbors, a supe… read more

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6. The Strange Library

By: Haruki Murakami , Ted Goossen

4.36

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami--a fantastical illustrated short novel about … read more

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7. Incendies

By: Wajdi Mouawad

4.37

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

Lorsque le notaire Lebel fait aux jumeaux Jeanne et Simon Marwan la lecture du testament de leur mè… read more

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"L'enfance est un couteau planté dans la gorge."

-Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies

"Maintenant que nous sommes ensemble, ça va mieux."

-Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies

"Ce n'est jamais bon signe lorsque la jeunesse s'enfuit."

-Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies

"Every balle que je mets dans le fusil, Is like a poème. And I shoot a poème to the people and it is the précision of my poème qui tue les gens"

-Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies

8. En attendant Bojangles

By: Olivier Bourdeaut

3.48

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

Sous le regard emerveille de leur fils, ils dansent sur <>de Nina Simone. Leur amour est magique, v… read more

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9. The Hour of the Star

By: Clarice Lispector , Giovanni Pontiero

4.09

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector's consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narr… read more

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"Sou um monstro ou isso é ser uma pessoa?"

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

"Don't forget that for now it's strawberry season"

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

"Do not mourn the dead. They know what they are doing."

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

"Όσο για το γράψιμο, περισσότερο αξίζει ένα ζωντανό σκυλί."

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

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10. The Fall of the House of Usher

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.87

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more

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  • horror
"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

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11. Juste la fin du monde

By: Jean-Luc Lagarce

3.20

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Le fils retourne dans sa famille pour l'informer de sa mort prochaine. Ce sont les retrouvailles av… read more

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Cover of Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat by Stefan Zweig, Mahmure Kahraman

12. Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

By: Stefan Zweig , Mahmure Kahraman

3.90

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Zweig bu novellasında bir kadının yaşamını bütünüyle değiştiren yirmi dört saatlik deneyimini anlat… read more

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"La vérité à demi ne vaut rien, il la faut toujours entière."

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

"Envejecer no significa otra cosa que no tener miedo al pasado"

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

"Değerli olan her zaman için gerçeğin yarısı değil, tamamıdır."

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

"Ceux qui tombent entraînent souvent dans leur chute ceux qui se portent à leur secours."

-Stefan Zweig, Bir Kadının Yaşamından Yirmi Dört Saat

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13. Idol, Burning

By: Rin Usami

3.23

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer,… read more

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"His existence and my witnessing of it were all I asked for."

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

"Maybe that was how a home broke down over the years, as the sound of doors slamming and chairs roughly scraping the floor built up like dust, and the slow drip of gnashing teeth and resentful grumbli…"

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

"Idol groups generally assigned each member an official color, which would be used for the light sticks that fans would hold up to show your support at a performance or for other individual merch. My …"

-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning

Cover of 血の轍 8 [Chi no Wadachi 8] by Shuzo Oshimi

14. 血の轍 8 [Chi no Wadachi 8]

By: Shuzo Oshimi

4.29

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

咎(とが)の追及がママと静一に迫り来る! 家で転倒したはずみで、失われた記憶がしげるに戻った!? そんなしげるがママに対して動揺する姿を見て、伯母さんはママを疑い出すも 静一はそれを全否定… read more

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  • manga
  • horror
Cover of The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1 by Kazuo Umezz

15. The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1

By: Kazuo Umezz

4.03

Format: 744 pages, Hardcover

A definitive edition featuring an all-new translation and deluxe hardcover design that reestablishe… read more

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  • manga
  • horror
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16. Black Paradox

By: Junji Ito

3.89

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

"I SAW IT. A DAZZLING WORLD ...YES, ANOTHER WORLD." "I'M SURE I SAW A WORLD THAT WAS NOT THIS ON… read more

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  • horror
Cover of Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval

17. Paradise Rot

By: Jenny Hval

3.55

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A lyrical debut novel from a musician and artist renowned for her sharp sexual and political imager… read more

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  • horror
"I took a bite of a Bloody Ploughman. Even the flesh was red. 'Bloody,' Carral said. 'Nice colour,' I answered. 'It looks sinful. I bet that was the apple Eve ate, you know, in the Bible, the forbidde…"

-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot

"I'll tell you the fairy tale of the apple. Eve ate the apple, and then Adam came and did so too. Afterwards the apple was forgotten, and it was assumed that it rolled away in the grass while Adam and…"

-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot

Cover of Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

18. Cursed Bunny

By: Bora Chung

3.78

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring t… read more

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  • horror
"Her husband had pursued an “alternative lifestyle"

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

"One can break the curse, but it is impossible to cure their blindness from greed. They were always ready to wage another war"

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

"But there I remained, standing in the bathroom, waiting for someone to miraculously find me, to release me from my ties to this life."

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

"Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very survival depends on it."

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

Cover of Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

19. Lonely Castle in the Mirror

By: Mizuki Tsujimura

4.27

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Seven students are avoiding going to school, hiding in their darkened bedrooms, unable to face thei… read more

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"In another world, we were already friends."

-Mizuki Tsujimura, Lonely Castle in the Mirror

"You're battling every single day, aren't you?"

-Mizuki Tsujimura, Lonely Castle in the Mirror

"Her mother always said this. That no matter how disgusted you might be with a friend, you should never speak ill of them."

-Mizuki Tsujimura, Lonely Castle in the Mirror

"Houses just like the one she lived in; tall condos, apartment buildings that looked, from where she stood, like matchboxes. In the distance, she could catch the lights flickering in the supermarket. …"

-Mizuki Tsujimura, Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Cover of Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

20. Life Ceremony

By: Sayaka Murata

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stori… read more

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  • horror
"Nowadays, your partner is not necessarily a sex object - this is a wonderful advancement."

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"I'm seeking an amicable daily routine with someone I get along well with, like brother and sister, without being a slave to sex"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"Walking like this, feeling like a feral human, even machines and buildings were warm to the touch, and some emitted sounds and vibrations. Their presence was similar to the sounds emitted by life-for…"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

"If they tried it, the memories of the wild rooted in their flesh would come back to them, and they would discover that eating the city like this would connect the earth between the gaps in the concre…"

-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony

Cover of Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

21. Lie With Me

By: Philippe Besson

4.26

Format: 149 pages, Hardcover

The award-winning, bestselling French novel by Philippe Besson about an affair between two teenage … read more

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"Desire does not go out like a match, it extinguishes slowly as it burns into ash."

-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

"You get used to everything, even the defection of those you thought you were bound to forever."

-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

"I also know how much of yourself you have to leave behind in order to look like everyone else."

-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

"In the end, love was only possible because he saw me not as who I was, but as the person I would become."

-Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

Cover of When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll

22. When I Arrived at the Castle

By: Emily Carroll

3.69

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

"A castle, a killer, and prey all bound and blurred by lust and blood." Like many before her tha… read more

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  • horror
Cover of Pew by Catherine Lacey

23. Pew

By: Catherine Lacey

3.70

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In a small unnamed town in the American South, a church congregation arrives to a service and finds… read more

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  • horror
"The human mind is so easily bent, and so uneasily smoothed."

-Catherine Lacey, Pew

"Why did living feel so invisibly brief and unbearably long at once?"

-Catherine Lacey, Pew

"Did you have parents or just some people who thought they should own somebody?"

-Catherine Lacey, Pew

"What a terror a body must live through. It’s a wonder there are people at all."

-Catherine Lacey, Pew

Cover of Mooncakes by Suzanne  Walker

24. Mooncakes

By: Suzanne Walker

3.83

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

A story of love and demons, family and witchcraft. Nova Huang knows more about magic than your a… read more

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Cover of Anaïs Nin - Sur la mer des mensonges by Léonie Bischoff

25. Anaïs Nin - Sur la mer des mensonges

By: Léonie Bischoff

4.20

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Début des années 30. Anaïs Nin vit en banlieue parisienne et lutte contre l’angoisse de sa vie d’ép… read more

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Cover of Du thé pour les fantômes by Chris Vuklisevic

26. Du thé pour les fantômes

By: Chris Vuklisevic

3.88

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

« Quand on est vivant, on occupe les places que les morts ont laissées. C’est la règle. » Agonie… read more

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27. 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

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  • horror
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28. The Harpy

By: Megan Hunter

3.31

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Lucy and Jake live in a house by a field where the sun burns like a ball of fire. Lucy has set her … read more

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  • horror
Cover of La fortuna (Blackwater, #5) by Michael McDowell

29. La fortuna (Blackwater, #5)

By: Michael McDowell

4.04

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

1946. Come un organismo vivente, la famiglia Caskey si sviluppa e si trasforma. Alcuni affrontano l… read more

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  • horror
Cover of Sayuri by Rensuke Oshikiri

30. Sayuri

By: Rensuke Oshikiri

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Afin de se donner un nouveau départ, la famille Kamiki déménage dans une maison à la campagne. Mais… read more

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  • manga
  • horror
Cover of La riada (Blackwater, #1) by Michael McDowell

31. La riada (Blackwater, #1)

By: Michael McDowell

3.74

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Descubre el primer volumen de la saga Blackwater. Una saga matriarcal. Mujeres poderosas que luc… read more

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  • horror

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Transform Your Habits

I Who Have Never Known Men

Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman

4.22

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Mona Awad

3.56

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Julia Armfield

3.78

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