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Cosmic Horror
The unknowable, indifferent vastness of the universe as the source of terror. Understanding the truth only makes it worse.
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House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski · Horror
This is an alternate cover edition.
cosmic horror · psychological thriller · haunted setting · twist ending
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Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia · Horror
An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of…
gothic atmosphere · cosmic horror · psychological thriller · haunted setting
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People Watching
Jason Gray · Horror
Another by the author of "Pandemonium" issues 1 through infinity, and the author of the "Horror world "series, as well as other stories, this one…
cosmic horror · psychological thriller · closed circle
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Spread Me
Sarah Gailey · Horror
Spread Me is a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey, bestselling author of Just Like Home.
cosmic horror · survival · high stakes survival · psychological thriller
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It
Stephen King · Horror
"*It*" is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King.
cosmic horror · found family · coming of age · survival · closed circle · demons
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The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty · Horror
THE CHILLING MOVIE WE COULD NOT FORGET ...
haunted setting · cosmic horror · psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere
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Crawlspace
Adam Christopher · Horror
Enter an edge-of-your-seat nightmare to the darkest frontiers in Crawlspace, a sci-fi horror novel from New York Times bestselling author Adam…
cosmic horror · high stakes survival · psychological thriller · closed circle
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The Ruins
Scott Smith · Horror
Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation—sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists.
cosmic horror · high stakes survival · closed circle · psychological thriller
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Bat Eater
Kylie Lee Baker · Horror
Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown.
haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · grimdark · cosmic horror
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Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer · Sci-Fi
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades.
cosmic horror · psychological thriller · survival · twist ending
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The Troop
Nick Cutter · Horror
Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip.
coming of age · cosmic horror · high stakes survival · grimdark
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The Dorians
Nick Cutter · Horror
The all-new novel of terror from “one of the hottest horror authors on the planet” (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop!
cosmic horror · survival · high stakes survival · closed circle
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The Hollow Places
T. Kingfisher · Horror
Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly…
cosmic horror · portal fantasy · psychological thriller · haunted setting · closed circle
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The Midnight Muse
Jo Kaplan · Horror
When a metal band's lead singer vanishes in the woods, the mushrooms in the forest might know more than they're letting on in this mycelium-metal…
survival · missing person · cosmic horror
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The Fisherman
John Langan · Horror
In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir.
cosmic horror · found family · paranormal romance · psychological thriller
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Come Closer
Sara Gran · Horror
A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment.
cosmic horror · psychological thriller · demons · unreliable narrator
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The Terror
Dan Simmons · Horror
The bestselling author of Ilium transforms the story of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition into a devastating historical adventure that will chill you…
historical fiction · high stakes survival · gothic atmosphere · cosmic horror
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This Thing Between Us
Gus Moreno · Horror
"A widower battles his grief, rage, and the mysterious evil inhabiting his home smart speaker, in this mesmerizing horror thriller from newcomer Gus…
cosmic horror · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery
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The Tommyknockers
Stephen King · Horror
The Tommyknockers is a 1987 science fiction novel by Stephen King.
cosmic horror · survival · paranormal romance
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Banquet for the Damned
Adam Nevill · Horror
Few believed Professor Coldwell was in touch with an unseen world, that he could commune with spirits.
gothic atmosphere · cosmic horror · psychological thriller
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The War of the Worlds
Hg Wells · Sci-Fi
The seminal masterpiece of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying, tentacled race of Martians who devastate the Earth and…
first contact · high stakes survival · survival · cosmic horror
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Blood Trail
Matt Query · Horror
"In this chillingly original horror novel, a poacher turned game warden is on an all-new hunt when he's selected to track down a cult with blood…
survival · psychological thriller · grimdark · cosmic horror
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Perdido Street Station
China Miéville · Fantasy
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and arcane races live in…
grimdark · urban fantasy · quest · cosmic horror
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All the Fiends of Hell
Adam Nevill · Horror
The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe.
cosmic horror · high stakes survival · post apocalyptic · grimdark
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The Willows
Algernon Blackwood · Horror
After leaving Vienna, and long before you come to Budapest, the Danube enters a region of singular loneliness and desolation, where its waters spread…
gothic atmosphere · cosmic horror · psychological thriller · haunted setting
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The Truth of Carcosa
Jacob Rollinson · Horror
Evil books, shadowy corporations, and interdimensional monster collide in this dark, masterful tribute to Robert Chamber's cult classic, The King in…
cosmic horror · psychological thriller · obsessive love
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There Is No Antimemetics Division
qntm · Sci-Fi
(from back cover) An antimeme is *an idea with self-censoring properties*; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people…
cosmic horror · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · survival
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Dead Silence
S.A. Barnes · Sci-Fi
Titanic meets The Shining in S.A.
cosmic horror · locked room · survival · psychological thriller
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Blindsight
Peter Watts · Sci-Fi
*Two months since the stars fell...* Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched around the Earth like a luminous fist, screaming…
cosmic horror · space opera · first contact · high stakes survival
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Discovery
J. A. J. Minton · Sci-Fi
In 1992, at the dawn of the age of technology, disgraced ex-game show host Manny di Martini schemes for a comeback with a deep-sea television special…
cosmic horror · psychological thriller · first contact
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