Recs if you like Foxash...
Feral and Hysterical: Works by Women
List of recommendations included in Sadie Hartmann's Feral and Hysterical: Mother Horror’s Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women.
Pairs with 50 States, 50 Books by Women list.
Folk Horror
Scream Queens
A reading list celebrating the women who know exactly how to get under your skin! Thankful for the gurlies!!!
Corn Mazes, Dark Carnivals, & Crisp Autumn Leaves
This list is an aesthetic. It’s waking up on a foggy morning and getting lost in the cornrows in the backyard; it’s going to a harvest festival and taking a hayride out to a secret, ritualistic sacrificial ceremony; and it’s worshiping old gods stuffed inside of a scarecrow or old gnarled tree.
Goodreads "Horror For Beginners"
Created from the list on Goodreads by Cybil and Sadie Hartmann (September 29, 2025)
Feral and Hysterical
This is a list of horror books written by women, as recommended by Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) in her book Feral and Hysterical. I highly recommend that you pick up a copy of Feral and Hysterical because it is so much more than a list of books. There are more lists of books, but also thoughtful essays by women writers. It's worth spending some time with Feral and Hysterical.
"Women are overqualified to write fictional horror. Period." -- Sadie Hartmann
