Recs if you like The Haunting of Ashburn House...

are you sick of being recommended stephen king when you ask for a horror novel? have you picked up a book expected to be scared, but the scariest thing about it was a woman being needlessly tormented and gaslit? have you read 4627473 books about a man in a haunted house and need something different?

if so, this list is for you :)

a masterlist of horror by anyone who isn't a straight cis white man. i've been maintaining it for myself since 2022 and it was time to share the wealth!

Fiction stories about Haunted houses and other locations. Maybe it’s ghosts, maybe it’s cursed, maybe it’s ancient gods or creatures? All kinda of supernatural haunts and creatures attached to homes, objects, or locations.

This includes book that have either mystery or thrillers as a primary or secondary genre. If you have recommendations to add please comment and I'll happily add them 💕

I can't be the only one who want to remember all the books without jumping around in a video, right?

what gab smolders read in 2025 as per her book talk video! horror + in tier order from most to least liked by her:

★ S TIER: from "night shoot" to "old country"

★ A TIER: from "what stalks the deep" to "listen to your sister"

★ B TIER: from "the long walk" to "the gathering"

★ C TIER: from "banquet for the damned" to "model home"

★ D TIER: from "3 streets" to "my darling dreadful thing"

★ F TIER: from "basilisk" to "survivor song"

If one door closes and another one opens, your house is probably haunted.

Reading list to read everything Darcy Coates has written.

Love a good creepy haunted house book? Includes multiple genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Sci-fi, speculative, etc.

It’s not the old pipes. It’s not the wood settling. It’s not the wind. The house is for sure haunted. Strictly haunted house stories where the haunting is coming from the house itself, not an object or a person inside.

spooky, scary, love, wicked, dead, wild, haunted, cozy and so much more

all books summerween: spooky, scary, and some romance all with the perfect ambiance and atmosphere

This is for the paranormal girlies that want her horror be plain ghosties and their shenanigans.