26 must-read fiction books like Wednesday is Waiting by Donnie Goodman

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Wednesday is Waiting

By: Donnie Goodman

3.61

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in the summer of 2005, WEDNESDAY IS WAITING follows an up-and-coming emo band from rural North …

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Cover of 20th Century Ghosts by Christopher Golden, Joe Hill

1. 20th Century Ghosts

By: Christopher Golden , Joe Hill

3.65

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A collection of short stories. Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and kno… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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2. 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

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  • fiction
  • horror
"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

3. 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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4. Episode Thirteen

By: Craig DiLouie

3.53

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

From the macabre mind of Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen is a he… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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5. 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

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  • fiction
  • horror
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6. This Is Where We Talk Things Out

By: Caitlin Marceau

3.77

Format: 93 pages, ebook

This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau, author of Palimpsest: A Collection of Contempo… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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7. Gone to See the River Man

By: Kristopher Triana

3.67

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Super fans. Groupies. Stalkers. These people will give anything for the idols they worship, be t… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"That didn't matter, though. Her thoughts toward her were entirely justified. They'd always been there, but were suppressed by a guilt she'd now began to think she never should have felt in the first …"

-Kristopher Triana, Gone to See the River Man

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8. Such Sharp Teeth

By: Rachel Harrison

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A young woman in need of a transformation finds herself in touch with the animal inside in this gri… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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9. 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

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  • fiction
  • horror
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10. Ring Shout

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.99

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

In America, demons wear white hoods. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America,… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"Who says all the fantasies with sword-wielding heroes and heroines have to be in Middle Earth, Westeros, or even our dreams of Africa past—“copper sun or scarlet sea?"

-P. Djèlí Clark, Ring Shout

"There were two brothers, Truth and Lie. One day they get to playing, throwing cutlasses up into the air. Them cutlasses come down and fast as can be-swish!-chop each of their faces clean off! Truth b…"

-P. Djèlí Clark, Ring Shout

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11. 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

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  • fiction
  • horror
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12. The Vessel

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.73

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

'A watcher may remark that after sleeping for so long, the building appears to have been roused.' … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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13. Gothic

By: Philip Fracassi

3.83

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

On his 59th birthday, Tyson Parks—a famous, but struggling, horror writer—receives an antique desk … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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14. Tastes Like Candy

By: Ivy Tholen

3.64

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone at Pritchett High wants an invitation to the Senior Scavenge. In 2020, Violet Warren and h… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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15. Puzzle House

By: Duncan Ralston

3.58

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Six strangers arrive at the home of preeminent puzzle master Alexei Vasiliev for the reading of his… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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16. 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

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  • fiction
  • horror
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17. Daphne

By: Josh Malerman

3.40

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

It’s the last summer for Kit Lamb: The last summer before college. The last summer with her high sc… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories by Andrew Cull

18. Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories

By: Andrew Cull

3.95

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

Between April and August 2021 eighteen horror writers disappeared. Gathered together for the first … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces by Eric LaRocca

19. They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces

By: Eric LaRocca

3.59

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the viral sensation Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes They Were… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Dismembered by Jonathan Janz

20. The Dismembered

By: Jonathan Janz

3.95

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

In the spring of 1912, American writer Arthur Pearce is reeling from the wounds inflicted by a disa… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Warrior Retreat by John           Lynch

21. The Warrior Retreat

By: John Lynch

4.02

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

SOME WOUNDS DON'T HEAL... For some servicemen and women, coming home means the end of the war.… read more

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  • horror
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22. Anybody Home?

By: Michael J. Seidlinger

3.17

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

What came first, the home or the desire to invade? A seasoned invader with multiple home invasi… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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23. Inside Out

By: Lor Gislason

3.88

Format: None pages, ebook

INSIDE OUT is an over-the-top tribute to the goopy, grimy and gross horror of the 1980s. After a my… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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24. Three-Smile Mile

By: Chad Lutzke

4.26

Format: None pages, ebook

Glover, Texas has three restaurants, two gas stations, and its very own underground crime syndicate… read more

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  • horror
Cover of Those You Killed by Christopher Badcock

25. Those You Killed

By: Christopher Badcock

4.20

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling author, father, husband. Junkie. Elwood Cathis gave up everything for the needle. Despe… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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26. Our Own Unique Affliction

By: Scott J. Moses

3.66

Format: 102 pages, ebook

Our Own Unique Affliction is the story of Alice Ann, a dejected immortal who longs for her life in … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Decimated Dreams (Slattery Falls, #2) by Brennan LaFaro

27. Decimated Dreams (Slattery Falls, #2)

By: Brennan LaFaro

4.67

Format: None pages, ebook

Five years after the demise of Robert Weeks, his shadow still haunts Elsie and Travis. Along with … read more

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28. Wednesday is Waiting

By: Donnie Goodman

3.61

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in the summer of 2005, WEDNESDAY IS WAITING follows an up-and-coming emo band from rural North … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Taboo in Four Colors by Tim McGregor

29. Taboo in Four Colors

By: Tim McGregor

4.30

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

New York City, 1972 – Comic book artist, Wally Carson, has been illustrating the stories of a reclu… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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30. Dead and Breakfast

By: Gary Buller

3.60

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

When Eddie gets a flat in the middle of nowhere, the last thing on his mind is death. Then as darkn… read more

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  • horror
Cover of Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

31. Everything the Darkness Eats

By: Eric LaRocca

2.77

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the 2023 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. A haunting… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror

29 Best horror books like Wednesday is Waiting by Donnie Goodman

Transform Your Habits

20th Century Ghosts

Christopher Golden , Joe Hill

3.65

Transform Your Habits

The Fisherman

John Langan

3.91

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Episode Thirteen

Craig DiLouie

3.53

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Grady Hendrix

3.74

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17 best-selling fiction books like This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

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This Is Where We Talk Things Out

Caitlin Marceau

3.77

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Blender Babies

Jon Athan

3.95

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L.M. Kaplin

3.96

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Angel N. Van Atta

4.33

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