14 must-read mystery books like A God in the Shed by J.-F. Dubeau

A God in the Shed

By: J.-F. Dubeau

3.32

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

-Move over True Detective. A rich, gothic story of murder and mystery, A God in The Shedis quite po…

If you liked the mystery plot in A God in the Shed by J.-F. Dubeau , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Deep by Nick Cutter

1. The Deep

By: Nick Cutter

3.42

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The Troop—which Stephen King raved “scared the hell out of me and I co… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Deep book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
"What are you so afraid of? said that same voice inside Luke’s head. Everything, another voice answered."

-Nick Cutter, The Deep

"Well, time works differently down here, boss. Sometimes I feel like I've lived a thousand lifetimes ... it's funny. The pain is constant. Sometimes it's so much that I can't stand it. I bite at mysel…"

-Nick Cutter, The Deep

"The water wasn't the same down here. Water is what runs out of the kitchen taps or a playground drinking fountain. It fills bathubs and pools and yes, of course, the ocean- but at a certain depth, wa…"

-Nick Cutter, The Deep

Cover of Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie

2. 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

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's Suffer the Children book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal

3. Little Heaven

By: Nick Cutter

3.85

Format: None pages,

An all-new epic tale of terror and redemption set in the hinterlands of midcentury New Mexico from … read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's Little Heaven book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult

4. The Devil Crept In

By: Ania Ahlborn

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

Young Jude Brighton has been missing for three days, and while the search for him is in full swing … read more

Similar categories in Ania Ahlborn's The Devil Crept In book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult

5. A God in the Shed

By: J.-F. Dubeau

3.32

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

-Move over True Detective. A rich, gothic story of murder and mystery, A God in The Shedis quite po… read more

Similar categories in J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
Cover of The Ritual by Adam L.G. Nevill

6. The Ritual

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.59

Format: 418 pages, Paperback

Four old university friends reunite for a hiking trip in the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic … read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's The Ritual book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
"For Anne and our cub, for making me and my life less beastly"

-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual

"He just existed before it and within the terrible presence that filled the cramped space of the attic."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual

"It had not hurt his hands at all and the sudden release of energy, twinned with Dom's fall, gave him a sudden lunatic rush of euphoria."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual

"From the very core of each of them, their ancestors seemed to cry out in inarticulate voices. right then, they screamed in alarm from times before symbols and language could depict such things that h…"

-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual

Cover of The Troop by Nick Cutter

7. The Troop

By: Nick Cutter

3.84

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a three-d… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Troop book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
"Soldering iron, Max."

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"You’ve never heard of the tapeworm diet?"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"I been to hell ... I ain't afraid to go back"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"His fear was whetted to such a fine edge that he could actually feel it now: a disembodied ball of baby fingers inside his stomach, tickling him from the inside. That's what mortal terror felt like, …"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

Cover of Last Days by Adam L.G. Nevill

8. Last Days

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.75

Format: 531 pages, Paperback

When guerrilla documentary maker, Kyle Freeman, is asked to shoot a film on the notorious cult know… read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's Last Days book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
"...there is something demoniac in human nature that we are unable to stop revering."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, Last Days

"Mobile phones ... they're not for communicating, they're for broadcasting. Broadcasting The Show Of Me ."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, Last Days

"I believe the vulpine greed of the corporate world is cut from the very same cloth as the tyrant of history."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, Last Days

"The destruction of Dan's Star Wars collectibles would have been mourned with more intensity by their owner than the burning of the library at Alexandria."

-Adam L.G. Nevill, Last Days

Cover of Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede

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

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's Maeve Fly book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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

Cover of Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi

10. Boys in the Valley

By: Philip Fracassi

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. Her… read more

Similar categories in Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
" there is light all around me. There is light inside me. "

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"The sky is the color of stone, flat and hard in appearance, but brittle, as if it would crack like an eggshell - revealing black seams of the universe beyond - if struck hard enough. ."

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

"We didn't hit it off like many others in similar situations....Instead, he and I sort of gravitated around each other, either friends nor foes, like the moons of a planet we had no interest in observ…"

-Philip Fracassi, Boys in the Valley

Cover of Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

11. Episode Thirteen

By: Craig DiLouie

3.53

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

From the macabre mind of Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen is a he… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's Episode Thirteen book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
Cover of Nestlings by Nat Cassidy

12. Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Nestlings book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • paranormal
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."

-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings

Cover of What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) by T. Kingfisher

13. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

3.89

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

Cover of This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

14. This Wretched Valley

By: Jenny Kiefer

3.33

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Four ambitious climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness. Seven months later, three mangled bodies… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Kiefer's This Wretched Valley book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

15. Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

By: Brom

4.29

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only… read more

Similar categories in Brom's Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"You will think me foolish. But I wanted to be a fairy queen, to run barefoot through the woods, to sing like a bird and fly through the trees." She smiled. "To be able to talk to the animals."

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

"He stared up into the trees, watched them sway in the soft breeze, watched the sun drift slowly across the sky, hour after hour, until it began to sink from view, trying to let go, to let his mind dr…"

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

"Buzzing filled his ears, and he watched several bumblebees bounce from flower to flower. He found their hum soothing, and there, at the moment, felt he could watch them forever. He drank in the scent…"

-Brom, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

Cover of The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

16. The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.59

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Khaw's The Salt Grows Heavy book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

Cover of The Children of Red Peak by Craig DiLouie

17. The Children of Red Peak

By: Craig DiLouie

3.39

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Bram Stoker Award-nominated author Craig DiLouie brings a new twist to the cult horror story in a h… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's The Children of Red Peak book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

18. 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

Similar categories in Grégoire Courtois's The Laws of the Skies book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
"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

Cover of Mary by Nat Cassidy

19. Mary

By: Nat Cassidy

3.80

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invis… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Mary book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal
Cover of It Rides a Pale Horse by Andy Marino

20. It Rides a Pale Horse

By: Andy Marino

3.39

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From a new star in horror fiction comes a terrifying novel of obsession, greed, and the shocking ac… read more

Similar categories in Andy Marino's It Rides a Pale Horse book and J.-F. Dubeau's A God in the Shed

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • adult
  • paranormal

21 Best fiction books like A God in the Shed by J.-F. Dubeau

Transform Your Habits

The Deep

Nick Cutter

3.42

Transform Your Habits

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Craig DiLouie

3.96

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Nick Cutter

3.85

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Ania Ahlborn

3.85

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Transform Your Habits

Penpal

Dathan Auerbach

3.86

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The Deep

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3.42

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