22 best-selling horror books like Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken. by Angela Yuriko Smith

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Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken.

By: Angela Yuriko Smith

4.67

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The willow is femininity, desire, death. Rebirth. With its ability to grow from a single broken bra…

If you liked the horror plot in Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken. by Angela Yuriko Smith , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. Wylding Hall

By: Elizabeth Hand

3.80

Format: 176 pages, ebook

When the young members of a British acid-folk band are compelled by their manager to record their u… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"But mostly I'm just respectful of old ways. I believe things for a reason, and in the old days they did things for a reason. And if you don't understand why—well, you might end up opening a few doors…"

-Elizabeth Hand, Wylding Hall

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2. Dream Work

By: Mary Oliver

4.35

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

Dream Work, a collection of forty-five poems, follows both chronologically and logically Mary Olive… read more

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  • poetry
"I saw what love might have done had we loved in time."

-Mary Oliver, Dream Work

"I wanted to live my life but I didn’t want to do what I had to do to go on,"

-Mary Oliver, Dream Work

"Mostly, I want to be kind. And nobody, of course, is kind, or mean, for a simple reason."

-Mary Oliver, Dream Work

"the black fox that lies down to sleep beneath you, the moon staring with her bone-white eye"

-Mary Oliver, Dream Work

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3. American Primitive

By: Mary Oliver

4.39

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Her most acclaimed volume of poetry, American Primitive … read more

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  • poetry
"there's a sickness worse than the risk of death and that's forgetting what we should never forget."

-Mary Oliver, American Primitive

"Fear defeated me. And yet, not in faith and not in madness but with the courage I thought my dream deserved, I stepped outside."

-Mary Oliver, American Primitive

"The sky, after all, stops at nothing, so something has to be holding our bodies in its rich and timeless stables or else we would fly away"

-Mary Oliver, American Primitive

"To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it…"

-Mary Oliver, American Primitive

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4. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

By: Mary Roach

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh … read more

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5. 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

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  • fiction
  • 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

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6. The Ballad of Black Tom

By: Victor LaValle

3.85

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there. Charles… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"I wish I’d been more like my father,"

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"I'll take Cthulhu over you devils any day."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"A good hustler isn't curious. A good hustler only wants his pay."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

"Because to watch would be to understand the play isn't being staged for us."

-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom

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7. The Woman in Black

By: Susan Hill , John Lawrence

3.85

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

What real reader does not yearn, somewhere in the recesses of his or her heart, for a really litera… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror

8. How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend

By: None

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Who doesn't need to know How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend? From the first African-Am… read more

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9. Maeve Fly

By: C.J. Leede

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"Inside my room, I turn on Billy Holiday. There are only two kinds of music in my world. Billy Holiday and Halloween songs."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted m…"

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

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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

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  • fiction
  • horror
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11. Witch King

By: Martha Wells

3.71

Format: 415 pages, Hardcover

"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more

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  • fiction
"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."

-Martha Wells, Witch King

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12. The Bitter Twins (The Winnowing Flame Trilogy, #2)

By: Jen Williams

4.08

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

The Ninth Rain has fallen, the Jure'lia have returned, and with Ebora a shadow of its former self, … read more

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  • fiction
"That weird sticky bitch."

-Jen Williams, The Bitter Twins (The Winnowing Flame Trilogy, #2)

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13. Nothing But Blackened Teeth

By: Cassandra Khaw

2.66

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"Every religion is a one-way relationship."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"The dead miss the sun. It's dark down there."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"Media’s all about the gospel of the lone wolf, but the truth is we’re all just sheep."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"apologies didn’t exonerate the sinner, only compelled graciousness from its recipient."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

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14. 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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15. The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)

By: James Logan

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Lukan Gardova is a cardsharp, academy dropout, and―thanks to a duel that ended badly―the disgraced … read more

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  • fiction
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16. The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

By: Andrea Stewart

4.00

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-lik… read more

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  • fiction
"Father told me I'm broken."

-Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

"Emahla, for you. I would drink a thousand lies just to see your face again."

-Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

"I am hardened by the suffering of others. Another lie I told myself because I couldn't save everyone."

-Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

"I was Lin. I was the Emperor’s daughter. And I would show him that even broken daughters could wield power."

-Andrea Stewart, The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)

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17. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories by Brian Evenson

18. Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories

By: Brian Evenson

3.89

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A newborn’s absent face appears on the back of someone else’s head, a filmmaker goes to gruesome le… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
" The world is a strange place , thought Haupt, alone in the dark, almost unbearably so. And yet, it is the only place I have. And I'm not even entirely sure I have it. "

-Brian Evenson, Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories

"We did speak, occasionally, but gestured more often than moved our lips, and in general lived in that brusque and silent accord enjoyed, if enjoyed is the right word, by certain long-married couples."

-Brian Evenson, Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories

"And there's another one, where you look yourself in the mirror and keep looking until you can see through your skin, and then you draw your own heart and send the drawing in a letter to someone else.…"

-Brian Evenson, Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories

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19. We Sold Our Souls

By: Grady Hendrix

3.73

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success -- but then lead singer Te… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"Fight," she finally said. Just fight. Never stop."

-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

"— "Do you see where I'm going?" [ROB] — "Yeah, the sparrow kicks the mountain's ass." [KRIS]"

-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

"— Do you see where I'm going with this? [ROB] — Yeah, the sparrow kicks the mountain's ass. [KRIS]"

-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

"I can't believe that after a lifetime of playing metal, it turns out the world is a shitty country song."

-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

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20. Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)

By: Kira Jane Buxton

3.84

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

One pet crow fights to save humanity from an apocalypse in this uniquely hilarious debut from a gen… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"Penguins, it turns out, are pretty fucking delightful."

-Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)

"Murders are forever, and what happens to one happens to all."

-Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)

"The woods carry sounds in their slow rhythms, sounds that only a heart can hear."

-Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)

"And everyone on earth knows if you have the respect of a cat it means your soul is worth being around."

-Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)

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21. I Am Not Your Final Girl

By: Claire C. Holland

3.71

Format: 91 pages, Kindle Edition

From Claire C. Holland, a timely collection of poetry that follows the final girl of slasher cinema… read more

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  • poetry
  • horror
"Her faced, bathed in blood. Her smile, crazed. The sounds she makes as she escapes. There is nothing else in this world like realizing you're going to live and not being sure you can."

-Claire C. Holland, I Am Not Your Final Girl

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22. Coyote Songs

By: Gabino Iglesias

4.18

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

In Gabino Iglesias’ second novel, ghosts and old gods guide the hands of those caught up in a viole… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"Facts are harder to swallow than rocks, but just as solid."

-Gabino Iglesias, Coyote Songs

"The amount of pity you generate in others diminishes with every birthday."

-Gabino Iglesias, Coyote Songs

"Fishing… is like life: mostly about deception, waiting, luck, and going home empty-handed."

-Gabino Iglesias, Coyote Songs

"However, the man was wrong. It wasn’t a hundred coyotes with bullhorns howling at once and it wasn’t the Devil himself. The things that had screamed that night was the soul of a shattered, hurt mothe…"

-Gabino Iglesias, Coyote Songs

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23. 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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  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Attack From the '80s by Eugene Johnson

24. Attack From the '80s

By: Eugene Johnson

3.80

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

Modern technology has brought some new twists and turns to horror. Found footage, cell phone-based … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

25. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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26. Bad Omens

By: Jessica Drake-Thomas

4.61

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

"Bad Omens by Jessica Drake-Thomas begets a canticle of death and resurrection, a spell for love an… read more

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  • poetry
  • horror
Cover of Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken. by Angela Yuriko Smith

27. Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken.

By: Angela Yuriko Smith

4.67

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The willow is femininity, desire, death. Rebirth. With its ability to grow from a single broken bra… read more

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  • poetry
  • fiction
  • horror
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28. Monstrum Poetica

By: Jezzy Wolfe

3.89

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

When was the last time you walked through the woods? Checked under your bed? Walked down into your … read more

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  • poetry
  • horror
Cover of Strange Little Ghouls by Wendy Dalrymple

29. Strange Little Ghouls

By: Wendy Dalrymple

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

From 'Florida Gothic' horror author Wendy Dalrymple comes a collection of 13 terrifying tales cente… read more

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  • horror
Cover of Shallow Waters, Vol. 1 by Joe Mynhardt

30. Shallow Waters, Vol. 1

By: Joe Mynhardt

3.91

Format: 118 pages, Kindle Edition

Shallow Waters—where nothing stays buried.With twenty-two dark tales diving beneath the surface of … read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
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31. Lady of the House

By: Grace R. Reynolds

4.56

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Lady of The House shares the fictional tale of Lady, a 1940s riveter turned housewife trapped by a … read more

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  • poetry
  • horror

22 Top fiction books like Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken. by Angela Yuriko Smith

Transform Your Habits

Wylding Hall

Elizabeth Hand

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Sour Candy

Kealan Patrick Burke

3.65

Transform Your Habits

The Ballad of Black Tom

Victor LaValle

3.85

Transform Your Habits

The Woman in Black

Susan Hill , John Lawrence

3.85

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20 best-selling fiction books like Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede

Transform Your Habits

Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Boys in the Valley

Philip Fracassi

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

3.94

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