27 Best horror books like It Came From the Woods by Matthew Mercer

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It Came From the Woods

By: Matthew Mercer

3.67

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

What was supposed to be a simple college assignment has turned into a week-long camping trip, filme…

If you liked the horror plot in It Came From the Woods by Matthew Mercer , here is a list of 27 books like this:

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1. Suffer the Children

By: Craig DiLouie

3.96

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

From an acclaimed horror writer, a chilling tale of blood-hungry children who rise from the dead in… read more

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2. Dead Lake

By: Darcy Coates

3.59

Format: 378 pages,

Keep the door locked... A week's visit to the remote Harob Lake cabin couldn't have come at a bett… read more

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Cover of Good Intentions (Good Intentions, #1) by Elliott Kay

3. Good Intentions (Good Intentions, #1)

By: Elliott Kay

3.96

Format: None pages,

An alternate cover edition exists ACE . He knew it was a dumb stunt from the start. A midnight run… read more

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4. Natural Consequences (Good Intentions, #2)

By: Elliott Kay

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Kindle Edition

Alex Carlisle has enough to deal with even on quiet days. Living with an angel and a succubus is no… read more

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5. Meddling Kids

By: Edgar Cantero

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

1990. The teen detectives once known as the Blyton Summer Detective Club (of Blyton Hills, a small … read more

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6. All Hallows

By: Christopher Golden

3.55

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

With the 80's nostalgia of Stranger Things, this horror drama from NYT bestselling author Christoph… read more

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7. 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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8. It Waits in the Woods

By: Josh Malerman

3.72

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Some chilling campfire tales ring too true to ignore. For one young woman, an urban legend calls he… read more

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9. Heaven's Peak

By: Miguel Estrada

3.86

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

The beautiful resort town of Heaven's Peak is home to gorgeous landscapes and terrifying secrets.Af… read more

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10. The Nightmare Man

By: J.H. Markert

3.87

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

T. Kingfisher meets Cassandra Khaw in a chilling horror novel that illustrates the fine line betwee… read more

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"Scarecrow's scare, That's what they do."

-J.H. Markert, The Nightmare Man

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11. The Laws of the Skies

By: Grégoire Courtois

3.39

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Twelve six-year-olds and their three adult chaperones head into the woods on a camping trip. None o… read more

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"because it was him and him alone she didn't want to disappoint."

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

"Was there nothing left in this world that was worth opening your eyes and fighting for?"

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

"Even he who deserves to die, who deserves to be killed, doesn't deserve to be killed like that."

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

"But she was in love, head over heels in love the way you are at age six, without knowing that this love would be as fleeting as it was powerful, and as powerful as it was secret, and misunderstood, a…"

-Grégoire Courtois, The Laws of the Skies

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12. Guests

By: Kealan Patrick Burke

4.04

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

A child who can turn your reality into an unspeakable nightmare. A monster from childhood with wire… read more

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13. 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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14. You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

By: Kalynn Bayron

3.59

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

At Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game . . . but can you survive the night?This heart-… read more

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"I turn my Black ass right around and book it back to my cabin, where I close and lock the door."

-Kalynn Bayron, You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

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15. Tastes Like Candy 2: Sugarless

By: Ivy Tholen

3.53

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Five years ago, a group of teenage girls entered the Poison Apple Halloween Carnival for a scavenge… read more

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16. Camp Slaughter (Slaughter Series, #1)

By: Sergio Gomez

3.45

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s a local legend. No one is sure if this “Camp Slaughter” place is real or not. But a group of c… read more

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17. Summer of '99

By: J.L. Hyde

4.06

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

For over four decades, Camp Shady Oaks was the premiere youth camp for a summer filled with nature,… read more

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18. When She Was Me

By: Marlee Bush

3.43

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

There's only one way out of these woods… Ever since that night, twin sisters Cassie and Lenora h… read more

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19. Middle of the Night

By: Riley Sager

3.74

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must … read more

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20. Summer's Edge

By: Dana Mele

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

I Know What You Did Last Summer meets The Haunting of Hill House  in this atmospheric, eerie teen t… read more

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21. Cirque Berserk

By: Jessica Guess

3.76

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

The summer of 1989 brought terror to the town of Shadows Creek, Florida in the form of a massacre a… read more

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22. In Nightfall

By: Suzanne Young

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

In the quaint town of Nightfall, Oregon, it isn't the dark you should be afraid of—it's the girls. … read more

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23. Summer Rental

By: Rektok Ross

3.51

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

MEAN GIRLS meets SCREAM in this heart-pounding psychological thriller about a group of friends stra… read more

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24. Heads Will Roll

By: Josh Winning

3.69

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

Willow’s worst nightmare was being cancelled. But the woods of Camp Castaway might destroy more tha… read more

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25. 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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Cover of Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo by Adam Cesare

26. 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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27. The Hitchcock Hotel

By: Stephanie Wrobel

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A Hitchcock fanatic with an agenda invites old friends for a weekend stay at his secluded themed ho… read more

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28. Shock Waves

By: Matt Kurtz

4.08

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

You can’t run. You can’t hide. There’s no escape. Seventeen-year-old Danny Hartford thinks his lif… read more

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Cover of It Came From the Woods by Matthew   Mercer

29. It Came From the Woods

By: Matthew Mercer

3.67

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

What was supposed to be a simple college assignment has turned into a week-long camping trip, filme… read more

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Cover of Dearest by Jacquie  Walters

30. Dearest

By: Jacquie Walters

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A new mom in need of help opens her door to her long-estranged mother—only to invite something much… read more

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31. Haunt Sweet Home

By: Sarah Pinsker

3.47

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

On the set of a kitschy reality TV show, staged scares transform into unnerving reality in this spo… read more

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Mary Kubica

3.81

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Jeneva Rose

3.86

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4.13

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