Recs if you like Cathedral of the Drowned...

Horror books with a page count of 200 pages or less.

Before we started defining novellas by word count, they were defined as being any book less than 200 pages. Source: my Analysis of Short Stories & Literature professor in community college. I loved that class. But he loved James Joyce. So, ymmv, I guess.

Botanical horror is great and all, but have you ever thought about all the horrors scuttling beneath the leaves?

Horror that features bugs (insects and arachnids - argue about whether shellfish should be involved in the comments) as a major antagonist.

…are you certain whatever you’re doing is worth it?

or, books with similar vibes as the game subnautica

Horror Writers Association’s 2025 Bram Stoker Award nominees for Graphic Novel, First Novel, Long Fiction, and Novel.

Any of your favorites make this list?

Just me over here and my love of spiders.

ARCACHNOPHOBES BEWARE! Here there be spiders. From the title, to prominent characters to cover art.

Feel free to suggest additions! (Attempting to be mostly fiction, but if there are any good nonfiction spider books please let me know! Also I'm not doing comic books, because this would become the Spiderman/Black Widow list instead v.v)