5 Top dark books like Il padre della menzogna by Brian Evenson

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Il padre della menzogna

By: Brian Evenson

3.94

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

Il prevosto Fochs, membro della Chiesa del Sangue dell’Agnello, è inquieto. Le sue notti sono turba…

If you liked the dark plot in Il padre della menzogna by Brian Evenson , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of The Sluts by Dennis Cooper

1. The Sluts

By: Dennis Cooper

3.79

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

Set largely on the pages of a website where gay male escorts are reviewed by their clients, and tol… read more

Similar categories in Dennis Cooper's The Sluts book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • dark
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2. Come Closer

By: Sara Gran

3.65

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene i… read more

Similar categories in Sara Gran's Come Closer book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
"What we think is impossible happens all the time."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

"In January I had a proposal due to my boss, Leon Fields, on a new project."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

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3. The Divinity Student

By: Michael Cisco , Harry O. Morris

4.10

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Short but powerful, this neo-gothic novel, which is illustrated by Harry O. Morris, uses the crisp … read more

Similar categories in Michael Cisco's The Divinity Student book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • novels
  • fiction
  • horror

4. Elizabeth

By: None

4.36

Format: 303 pages,

From the flyleaf: Elizabeth thought that she was a young girl like any other girl - until the day t… read more

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5. Exquisite Corpse

By: Poppy Z. Brite

4.00

Format: 208 pages,

To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own de… read more

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6. Separation

By: Dan Franck

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

His first clue comes when his wife stops holding his hand in public. The second comes when she star… read more

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7. A Short Stay in Hell

By: Steven L. Peck

4.22

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunite… read more

Similar categories in Steven L. Peck's A Short Stay in Hell book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • novels
  • religion
  • fiction
  • horror
"Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"Strange, how a moment of existence can cut so deeply into our being that while ages pass unnoticed, a brief love can structure and define the very topology of our consciousness ever after."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"I could tell you of occasionally, every eon, meeting a person, with whom I might stay for a billion years. But what of it? After a billion years there is nothing left to say, and you wander apart, un…"

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

8. Father of Lies

By: Brian Evenson

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

At the urging of his wife, Provost Fochs reluctantly agrees to see a therapist, Dr. Feshtig. Throug… read more

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9. Fluids

By: May Leitz

3.43

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

A woman, desperate for companionship. Another woman desperate for acceptance. Love and obsession qu… read more

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. The Day of the Door

By: Laurel Hightower

4.13

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Once there were four Lasco siblings banded together against a world that failed to protect them. Bu… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's The Day of the Door book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • mystery
  • horror
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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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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  • dark
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
"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. Negative Space

By: B.R. Yeager

3.72

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

Four teens in a New Hampshire mill town abuse a bizarre hallucinogen called WHORL in order to cope … read more

Similar categories in B.R. Yeager's Negative Space book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • dark
  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
"I don't know whether I actually did anything. Whether I was actually responsible for or had any influence on her escape. But I let her believe it, because it meant the world could be something more t…"

-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space

"I dreamed about a super computer that could erase anything in existence. First I erased all the spiders. Then I erased all the people, including myself. I wasn’t there anymore, but I could still thin…"

-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space

"I dreamed about a super computer that could raise anything in existence. First I erased all the spiders. Then I erased all the people, including myself. I wasn’t there anymore, but I could still thin…"

-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space

"I'm there now. Tell me I will succeed. That it's the world blinking out and not me, like the ones I've loved and tried to pull back. Tell me he'll never set the world afire. Tell me so I can finally …"

-B.R. Yeager, Negative Space

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13. Devil's Creek

By: Todd Keisling

3.82

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

About fifteen miles west of Stauford, Kentucky lies Devil’s Creek. According to local legend, there… read more

Similar categories in Todd Keisling's Devil's Creek book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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14. Amygdalatropolis

By: B.R. Yeager

3.69

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

Amygdalatropolis is a work of brilliant neurorealism in which the city is a Computer, a libidinal p… read more

Similar categories in B.R. Yeager's Amygdalatropolis book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • dark
  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
"/1404er/ was born from video. His way into the threads. His eyes translating light from a stream. Before his eyes translated light from a stream he was only a person. Before the stream was a stream, …"

-B.R. Yeager, Amygdalatropolis

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15. Scanlines

By: Todd Keisling

3.83

Format: 83 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1987, Congressman Benjamin Hardy III died by suicide on live television amidst accusations of po… read more

Similar categories in Todd Keisling's Scanlines book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • dark
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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16. Bluejay

By: Megan Stockton

3.71

Format: None pages, ebook

Noah, Jack, and Phil are three average guys who collect horror memorabilia and have a running compe… read more

Similar categories in Megan Stockton's Bluejay book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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17. 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

Similar categories in Monika Kim's The Eyes Are the Best Part book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
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18. American Rapture

By: C.J. Leede

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sop… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's American Rapture book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • thriller
  • religion
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1) by Nathan Ballingrud

19. Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1)

By: Nathan Ballingrud

4.18

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into th… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Ballingrud's Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1) book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • fiction
  • horror
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20. Rest Stop

By: Nat Cassidy

4.69

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A young musician finds himself locked inside a gas station bathroom in the middle of the night by a… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Rest Stop book and Brian Evenson's Il padre della menzogna

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • horror
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21. Liturgia del disprezzo

By: Antoine Volodine

3.03

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In un lugubre seminterrato di una città imprecisata è in corso un violento interrogatorio condotto … read more

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  • fiction

17 Best fiction books like Il padre della menzogna by Brian Evenson

Transform Your Habits

The Sluts

Dennis Cooper

3.79

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Come Closer

Sara Gran

3.65

Transform Your Habits

The Divinity Student

Michael Cisco , Harry O. Morris

4.10

Transform Your Habits

A Short Stay in Hell

Steven L. Peck

4.22

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19 Best fiction books like A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck

Transform Your Habits

The Hike

Drew Magary

4.14

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The Divine Farce

Michael S.A. Graziano

4.11

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Come Closer

Sara Gran

3.65

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Between Two Fires

Christopher Buehlman

4.27

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