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…
Want to Read"I must read. I must read. I must read."-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves
"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
"Do not entrust your future to the limits of your stride."-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves
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1. Penpal
By: Dathan Auerbach
3.86
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
Penpal began as a series of short and interconnected stories posted on an online horror forum. Befo… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- novels
- adult
"Sometimes forgetting is the gift that we give ourselves"-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal
"Memories extend our lives backward through time, making them feel longer."-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal
"Our loved ones pass away or simply leave our lives forever too soon, and we think to ourselves, “I wasn’t ready for you to leave. It just wasn’t time,"-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal
"We want so badly to be happy – to live the kinds of lives that we always hoped we’d live – that we give gifts to ourselves by remembering things not as they were, but as we wish they were."-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal
2. Haunted
By: Chuck Palahniuk
3.59
Format: 419 pages, Paperback
Haunted is a novel made up of stories: twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing… read more
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- horror
- fiction
- contemporary
- thriller
- novels
- adult
"A book is as private and consensual as sex."-Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted
"Some stories, you use up. Others use you up."-Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted
"As the French say, who doesn't like getting their butt sucked?"-Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted
"As human beings, our first commandment is: Something needs to happen"-Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted
3. Uzumaki
By: Junji Ito , Yuji Oniki
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
4. American Psycho
By: Bret Easton Ellis
4.16
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and he works on Wall Street, he is handsome, sophisticated, charming … read more
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- horror
- fiction
- contemporary
- thriller
- novels
5. A Head Full of Ghosts
By: Paul Tremblay
3.79
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- paranormal
"On the morning of the exorcism, I stayed home from school."-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts
"Father Wanderly said, “Are we speaking with a demon right now?"-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts
"And I asked her about the holes in the walls and Mom tried to joke, saying, “Yes, Marjorie was sleep punching too."-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts
"Are you scared and confused like I am?" Her voice was as small as I'd ever heard it. "I think everyone is secretly like me."-Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts
6. Between Two Fires
By: Christopher Buehlman
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village… read more
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- fantasy
- paranormal
- fiction
- horror
"The only thing I say to God is my daughter's names; and it is not a prayer, it's a rebuke."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"He was being kissed now by his own mouth, not as lovers kiss, with tongues, but as true lovers kiss, sharing breath."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"A dark-haired little boy just in pants stood bewildered near the blaze, saying, as if there had been some mistake, "We live here. We live here."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"But it will be harder for you if you remember. Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death…"-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
7. The Fisherman
By: John Langan
3.91
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reser… read more
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- novels
- fantasy
"You can make an oyster surrender its pearl,"-John Langan, The Fisherman
"Have you ever been so scared of something you move toward it, try to touch it, that kind of thing?"-John Langan, The Fisherman
8. Horrorstör
By: Grady Hendrix , None
3.66
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, … read more
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- fiction
- horror
- mystery
- thriller
- fantasy
- adult
- paranormal
"All great works must begin with a sacrifice."-Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör
"the day had been long and her emotions were toast."-Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör
"I know this is your religion, but for me it’s just a job."-Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör
"Let's make sure it's really raining before we worry about floods."-Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör
9. The Haunting of Hill House
By: Shirley Jackson , None
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959,… read more
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10. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves book and Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves
- novels
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- paranormal
"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
"Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space."-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves
"Sublime is something you choke on after a shot of tequila."-Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves
11. 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
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- 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
12. Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
By: Jeff VanderMeer
4.34
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2015 Nebula Award. Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades… read more
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13. The Raw Shark Texts
By: Steven Hall
0.00
Format: 400 pages,
Eric Sanderson wakes up in a house one day with no idea who or where he is. A note instructs him to… read more
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14. 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
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- fiction
- horror
- novels
- adult
- fantasy
"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
15. Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
By: Cormac McCarthy
4.16
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expa… read more
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- literature
- novels
- fiction
- horror
"See the child."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
16. S.
By: J.J. Abrams , Doug Dorst
3.80
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace, and desire. A young woman picks up a book left b… read more
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17. The Only Good Indians
By: Stephen Graham Jones
3.70
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
The creeping horror of Paul Tremblay meets Tommy Orange’s There There in a dark novel of revenge, c… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- horror
- adult
- fantasy
- paranormal
"Names are stupid, though. Pretty soon he won't even need his."-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians
"Lewis finds the fourteen-foot aluminum ladder under boxes in the garage, Three Stooges in into the backyard..."-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians
"Dealing with cops is like being around a skittish horse: No sudden movements, nothing shiny or loud. Zero jokes."-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians
"An elk mother, cornered, will slash with her hooves and tear with her mouth and even offer the hope of her own hamstrings, and if none of that works, she'll rise again years and years later, because …"-Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians
18. Tender Is the Flesh
By: Agustina Bazterrica
3.79
Format: 209 pages, Paperback
Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- thriller
- horror
- adult
"Carcass."-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh
"She had the human look of a domesticated animal."-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh
"un matadero debería ignorarse, fundirse con el paisaje y nunca llamarse por lo que realmente es."-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh
"No entiendo por qué nos parece atractiva la sonrisa de una persona. Con la sonrisa uno está mostrando el esqueleto"."-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh
19. 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
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- 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)
20. 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
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- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
- thriller
- horror
- paranormal
"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
21. Horror Movie
By: Paul Tremblay
3.45
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- horror
- adult
