6 must-read anthologies books like Dark Cities by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Seanan McGuire, Cherie Priest, Scott Sigler, Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell, Kealan Patrick Burke, Christopher Golden, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, M.R. Carey, Nick Cutter, Tananarive Due, Nathan Ballingrud, Amber Benson, Paul Tremblay, Helen Marshall, Kasey Lansdale, Scott Smith

Cover of Dark Cities by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Seanan McGuire, Cherie Priest, Scott Sigler, Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell, Kealan Patrick Burke, Christopher Golden, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, M.R. Carey, Nick Cutter, Tananarive Due, Nathan Ballingrud, Amber   Benson, Paul Tremblay, Helen Marshall, Kasey Lansdale, Scott Smith, None

Dark Cities

By: Sherrilyn Kenyon , Seanan McGuire , Cherie Priest , Scott Sigler , Jonathan Maberry , Ramsey Campbell , Kealan Patrick Burke , Christopher Golden , Joe R. Lansdale , Tim Lebbon , M.R. Carey , Nick Cutter , Tananarive Due , Nathan Ballingrud , Amber Benson , Paul Tremblay , Helen Marshall , Kasey Lansdale , Scott Smith , None

3.50

Format: 304 pages,

An anthology of horror stories in urban settings whether back alleys, crumbling brownstones, gleami…

If you liked the anthologies plot in Dark Cities by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Seanan McGuire, Cherie Priest, Scott Sigler, Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell, Kealan Patrick Burke, Christopher Golden, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, M.R. Carey, Nick Cutter, Tananarive Due, Nathan Ballingrud, Amber Benson, Paul Tremblay, Helen Marshall, Kasey Lansdale, Scott Smith, None , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of The Loveliest Dead by Ray Garton

1. The Loveliest Dead

By: Ray Garton

3.83

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

The Kellar family finds their illusions of starting over shattered when they discover that their ne… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Joe R. Lansdale, Stephen Graham Jones, None

2. After the People Lights Have Gone Off

By: Joe R. Lansdale , Stephen Graham Jones , None

3.68

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

This collection of fifteen stories taps into the horrors and fears of the supernatural as well as t… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Each moment, the world washes its hands of you, starts all over again. Easy as that. Wonderful as that."

-Joe R. Lansdale, After the People Lights Have Gone Off

"Thinking the bad instead of the good, defaulting to disaster instead of joy, letting the world infect you. And you know better. That's no way to live."

-Joe R. Lansdale, After the People Lights Have Gone Off

"That had been his secret Indian Trick to hunting, back then: to not hunt. The same way you never find your wallet when you're actually looking for it. Just, keep a rifle with you."

-Joe R. Lansdale, After the People Lights Have Gone Off

Cover of Dark Cities by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Seanan McGuire, Cherie Priest, Scott Sigler, Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell, Kealan Patrick Burke, Christopher Golden, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, M.R. Carey, Nick Cutter, Tananarive Due, Nathan Ballingrud, Amber   Benson, Paul Tremblay, Helen Marshall, Kasey Lansdale, Scott Smith, None

3. Dark Cities

By: Sherrilyn Kenyon , Seanan McGuire , Cherie Priest , Scott Sigler , Jonathan Maberry , Ramsey Campbell , Kealan Patrick Burke , Christopher Golden , Joe R. Lansdale , Tim Lebbon , M.R. Carey , Nick Cutter , Tananarive Due , Nathan Ballingrud , Amber Benson , Paul Tremblay , Helen Marshall , Kasey Lansdale , Scott Smith , None

3.50

Format: 304 pages,

An anthology of horror stories in urban settings whether back alleys, crumbling brownstones, gleami… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy

4. Strange Weather

By: Joe Hill

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A collection of four chilling novels, ingeniously wrought gems of terror from the brilliantly imagi… read more

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5. Parasite (Parasitology, #1)

By: Mira Grant

3.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good he… read more

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6. The Living Dead (The Living Dead, #1)

By: Stephen King , John Langan , Clive Barker , George R.R. Martin , John Joseph Adams , Kelly Link , David Barr Kirtley , Robert Silverberg , Michael Swanwick , Jeffrey Ford , Neil Gaiman , Adam-Troy Castro , Sherman Alexie , David J. Schow , Nancy Holder , Dan Simmons , Brian Evenson , Douglas E. Winter , Harlan Ellison , Scott Edelman , Susan Palwick , Andy Duncan , Joe Hill , Joe R. Lansdale , David Tallerman , Nina Kiriki Hoffman , Darrell Schweitzer , Will McIntosh , Laurell K. Hamilton , Lisa Morton , Nancy Kilpatrick , Norman Partridge , Dale Bailey , Poppy Z. Brite , None , None , Kater Cheek

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

"When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth!" From White Zombie to Dawn of the… read more

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Cover of Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9) by Seanan McGuire

7. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.09

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Because all the ways we're not normal are the way our normal homes want us to be."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"We're your penance, silly, the whole chaotic bunch of us, and as part of your penance, I say you're not done suffering us yet."

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"If you want a life without terrible surprises, you should always look at the worst possible answer until you understand it all the way down to the bottom. Once you can do that, you'll know what's com…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

"None of us is normal, and we'll either figure out how to pretend we are, or we'll find our doors home, and then we won't have to worry about it anymore, because all the ways we are not normal are the…"

-Seanan McGuire, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)

Cover of Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12) by Lois McMaster Bujold

8. Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.53

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

A six-year-old shiplost girl draws the kin Jurald family of Vilnoc into complex dilemmas, and sorce… read more

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  • short stories
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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9. 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

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

10. 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

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  • 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 Along the River of Flesh (Gone to See the River Man, #2) by Kristopher Triana

11. Along the River of Flesh (Gone to See the River Man, #2)

By: Kristopher Triana

3.96

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

Having escaped from prison, serial killer Edmund Cox returns to his hometown of Killen. Entering th… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

12. 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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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • 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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13. The Handyman Method

By: Nick Cutter

3.27

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror. When a y… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"When prey dies in fear, hunters will say the meat tastes bitter."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"What of happiness, then? May we speak of the taste of joyful meat?"

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

"Old memories were like land mines: dormant, forgotten, but forever deadly."

-Nick Cutter, The Handyman Method

Cover of This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances by Eric LaRocca

14. This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

By: Eric LaRocca

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A brand-new collection of four intense, claustrophobic and terrifying horror tales from the Bram St… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"The worst thing a person can do to you after they've hurt you is let you live."

-Eric LaRocca, This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

Cover of Wonderland by Zoje Stage

15. Wonderland

By: Zoje Stage

3.11

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

If Shirley Jackson wrote The Shining, it might look like this deliciously unsettling horror novel f… read more

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  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"That sometimes when you're out in the world - he meant the mountains, the forests; he'd always lived here- you recognize the other parts of your soul"

-Zoje Stage, Wonderland

Cover of Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories by Andrew Cull

16. Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories

By: Andrew Cull

3.95

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

Between April and August 2021 eighteen horror writers disappeared. Gathered together for the first … read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
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17. When Things Get Dark

By: Ellen Datlow

3.90

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary editor, Ellen Datlow, collects today’s best horror writers in tribute to the genius of Sh… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Soul searching pairs seductively with large quantities of liquor."

-Ellen Datlow, When Things Get Dark

Cover of Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous by Ellen Datlow

18. Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous

By: Ellen Datlow

3.67

Format: 479 pages, Hardcover

A bone-chilling anthology from legendary horror editor, Ellen Datlow, Screams from the Dark contain… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
Cover of Bedside Manor by Jack  Townsend

19. Bedside Manor

By: Jack Townsend

4.37

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

“We were a thousand miles away from home when the car gave up the ghost…” When Jack’s car breaks d… read more

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  • urban fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
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20. All Is Not Forgiven

By: Joe Kenda

3.71

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

When murder is your business, solving the case is personal … The Homicide Hunter’s riveting debu… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims

21. Thirteen Storeys

By: Jonathan Sims

3.86

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

You're cordially invited to dinner. Penthouse access is available via the broken freight elevator. … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
"The ghosts were never the problem"

-Jonathan Sims, Thirteen Storeys

"At a certain point, beyond all extremity, the only freedom you have left is the freedom to say ‘No’ and let them do as they will"

-Jonathan Sims, Thirteen Storeys

"He considered himself a good man, and always did his best to avoid passing judgement on others, but deep down he had an unshakeable conviction that all rich people were deeply, deeply stupid."

-Jonathan Sims, Thirteen Storeys

"The beautiful woman in blood-stained jewels looked away, searching for a seat. She should hate her for the trophies she wore of slavery and death, but somewhere beneath her new callouses, she found t…"

-Jonathan Sims, Thirteen Storeys

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Ray Garton

3.83

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3.68

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3.50

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Dave Turner

4.30

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Dave Turner

4.60

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Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia (Zoey Ashe, #3)

Jason Pargin

4.29

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Jason Pargin

4.46

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