5 best-selling short stories books like The Tall Grass and Other Stories by Joe R. Lansdale

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The Tall Grass and Other Stories

By: Joe R. Lansdale

4.00

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

A midnight train slows to a stop between stations, leading a wakeful passenger to step out and stre…

If you liked the short stories plot in The Tall Grass and Other Stories by Joe R. Lansdale , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Natural

By: Bernard Malamud , Kevin Baker

4.12

Format: None pages,

The classical novel (and basis for the acclaimed film) now in a new edition Introduction by Kevin B… read more

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2. 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 Joe R. Lansdale's The Tall Grass and Other Stories

  • short stories
  • 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

3. Kill Creek

By: Scott Thomas

3.54

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

At the end of a dark prairie road, nearly forgotten in the Kansas countryside, lies the Finch House… read more

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4. Different Seasons

By: Stephen King

4.21

Format: 391 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A "hypnotic" (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas from Stephen King bound t… read more

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5. The Haar

By: David Sodergren

4.17

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t fear death... but they do.” Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of… read more

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  • horror
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6. 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 Joe R. Lansdale's The Tall Grass and Other Stories

  • 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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7. Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives

By: Adam Cesare

3.87

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Set a year after the first book, it looks at how the surviving characters are dealing with fame and… read more

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  • horror
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8. Zombie Bake-Off

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.50

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

It's time for the annual Recipe Days bake-off in Lubbock, Texas. Soccer moms and grandmothers gathe… read more

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  • horror
"If there's any better place to get stoned than a rolling box full of pastry, then they didn't have the keys for it, anyway."

-Stephen Graham Jones, Zombie Bake-Off

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9. 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

By: Sadie Hartmann

4.43

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

The Ultimate List of Must-Read Horror! Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get re… read more

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  • horror
"I love a good story about everyone dying."

-Sadie Hartmann, 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered

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10. The Saturday Night Ghost Club

By: Craig Davidson

3.85

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

A short, irresistible, and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of "Stranger Things" and "S… read more

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  • horror
"You always fall hardest the first time, don’t you? There’s no bottom to it."

-Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

"Our boy owes us nothing. No boy owes his parents. Parents owe their children everything, always and unconditionally, and that's just the way it goes."

-Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

"Everybody could be doing something better without their lives. Name me one person who is doing the best, most righteous thing with their life this very minute."

-Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

"As far as I was concerned, there was nothing wrong with being an odd duck. I figured some people have edges that don’t allow them to slot into the holes society expects them to fit into, that was all."

-Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club

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11. Bedside Manor

By: Jack Townsend

4.37

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

“We were a thousand miles away from home when the car gave up the ghost…” When Jack’s car breaks d… read more

Similar categories in Jack Townsend's Bedside Manor book and Joe R. Lansdale's The Tall Grass and Other Stories

  • short stories
  • horror
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12. Sleep Tight

By: J.H. Markert

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The sole survivor of a serial killer might hold the key to stopping a new spree of murders in this … read more

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  • horror
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13. So Thirsty

By: Rachel Harrison

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A woman must learn to take life by the throat after a night out leads to irrevocable changes in thi… read more

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  • horror
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14. The Eyes Are the Best Part

By: Monika Kim

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“Violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original, this novel pulls readers into a horrific world of mu… read more

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  • horror
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15. Cranberry Cove

By: Hailey Piper

3.76

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Something unspeakable is happening at Cranberry Cove. For decades, the chilling mystery within t… read more

Similar categories in Hailey Piper's Cranberry Cove book and Joe R. Lansdale's The Tall Grass and Other Stories

  • short stories
  • horror
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16. Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo

By: Adam Cesare

3.82

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The thrills and chills are far from over in the third novel from Bram Stoker Award winner and maste… read more

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  • horror
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17. William

By: Mason Coile

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read — a haunted house story in… read more

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  • horror
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18. The Tall Grass and Other Stories

By: Joe R. Lansdale

4.00

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

A midnight train slows to a stop between stations, leading a wakeful passenger to step out and stre… read more

Similar categories in Joe R. Lansdale's The Tall Grass and Other Stories book and Joe R. Lansdale's The Tall Grass and Other Stories

  • short stories
  • horror
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19. The Queen

By: Nick Cutter

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop returns with a heart-pounding… read more

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  • horror
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20. 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 Joe R. Lansdale's The Tall Grass and Other Stories

  • short stories
  • horror
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21. Nightmare in the Backyard (Eek!)

By: Jeff Strand

3.60

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

When the scratching starts on the tent, a backyard camping trip turns terrifying for three friends.… read more

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  • horror

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4.21

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4.30

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4.60

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Jason Pargin

4.29

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