5 must-read horror books like Temptation and Denial by Adam Nicke

Cover of Temptation and Denial by Adam Nicke

Temptation and Denial

By: Adam Nicke

4.65

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

To be unwanted and unloved can cause such pain that our search for salvation can lead us to the mos…

If you liked the horror plot in Temptation and Denial by Adam Nicke , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood

1. Hag-Seed

By: Margaret Atwood

3.80

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

When Felix is deposed as artistic director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival by his devious assist… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Atwood's Hag-Seed book and Adam Nicke's Temptation and Denial

  • classics
"La grandeza está en la virtud, no en la venganza"

-Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed

"Suddenly revenge is so close he can actually taste it. It tastes like steak, rare."

-Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed

"But once you’ve climbed a ladder, what use is it? You kick it away, if you don’t intend to go down it again."

-Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed

"You always do good ones. We trust you, Mr. Duke," Says Dylan. Foolish lads, thinks Felix: never trust a professional ham."

-Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed

Cover of House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

2. House of Leaves

By: Mark Z. Danielewski

4.09

Format: 710 pages, Paperback

A young family moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly w… read more

Similar categories in Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves book and Adam Nicke's Temptation and Denial

  • horror
"I must read. I must read. I must read."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Do not entrust your future to the limits of your stride."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

"Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space."

-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

Cover of The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

3. The Fall of the House of Usher

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.87

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more

Similar categories in Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher book and Adam Nicke's Temptation and Denial

  • gothic
  • classics
  • horror
"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

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4. The Awakening

By: Kate Chopin

3.68

Format: 195 pages, Paperback

When first published in 1899, The Awakening shocked readers with its honest treatment of female mar… read more

Similar categories in Kate Chopin's The Awakening book and Adam Nicke's Temptation and Denial

  • classics
"The morning was full of sunlight and hope."

-Kate Chopin, The Awakening

"She had resolved to never take another step backward."

-Kate Chopin, The Awakening

"She wanted to destroy something. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear."

-Kate Chopin, The Awakening

"She felt that her speech was voicing the incoherency her thoughts, and stopped abruptly."

-Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Cover of This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

5. This Thing Between Us

By: Gus Moreno

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

It was Vera's idea to buy the Itza. The "world's most advanced smart speaker!" didn't interest Thia… read more

Similar categories in Gus Moreno's This Thing Between Us book and Adam Nicke's Temptation and Denial

  • horror
"You were you and I was me and there was this thing between us."

-Gus Moreno, This Thing Between Us

Cover of Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

6. 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

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's Ring Shout book and Adam Nicke's Temptation and Denial

  • 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

Cover of Temptation and Denial by Adam Nicke

7. Temptation and Denial

By: Adam Nicke

4.65

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

To be unwanted and unloved can cause such pain that our search for salvation can lead us to the mos… read more

Similar categories in Adam Nicke's Temptation and Denial book and Adam Nicke's Temptation and Denial

  • gothic
  • classics
  • 18th century
  • horror

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