Recs if you like And Then She Fell...

Credits to @Literary.leveret for some of the books on here

Canadian authors writing books set in Canada.

These are not your daddy's powers (or demons).

These are stories about matrilineal trauma, rage, demons, and/or magic. Women are central to the plot, though gender could be more expansive. Sometimes multiple generations tell the story and sometimes it's just one. Dead / disappeared moms abound (but are not strictly necessary).

If it's a series, only the first book is listed.

Wide definition of horror | story collections included if at least one was written by an Indigenous author | mostly authors from Turtle Island (North America)

Form the two short story collections- Never Whistle at Night and Never Whistle at Night II: Back for Blood here are some of the works by authors from these collections.

A reading list celebrating the women who know exactly how to get under your skin! Thankful for the gurlies!!!

Fiction Stories based on Indigenous/American Indian/Native American culture.

Fic + NonFic | Updating Regularly

These books feel a bit like the moment in the filming of the Herb Ertlinger ad when Moira realizes everything has gone horribly wrong for her to find herself doing a commercial for atrocious fruit wine and, frankly, beefing it. (Exemplary gif in pinned comment)

They are slow / slippery descents into madness, psychosis, horror, etc., lubricated by alcohol. They might feel a bit like a fever dream.

CW: addiction, postpartum psychosis, intergenerational trauma, colonial violence, drunk driving

A collection of stories that explore themes of motherhood & mother-child relationships through a darker lens.

Tags: Horror, Motherhood, Matriarch, Matriarchy, Magical Realism, Thriller

Stories featuring unreliable narrators that have you debating throughout the book, is this really happening?

horror novels published in canada with a particular emphasis on Indigenous authors and indie press publications! I'm currently in a publishing program learning about how in danger the canadian publishing industry is and how rarely book reading in canada actually highlights our own authors so one could say this list is a cope and an attempt to add that to ways i'm diversifying my reading. obv disclaimer that canada is. yikes. but this is in the context of mainly american books being platformed

These Diverse Baseline Challenge was created by @bookish.millennial & @themargherita.s (on instagram). In 2025, the goal is to read 1 book by a racialized author each month. This challenge is meant to encourage readers to try genres they historically don’t reach for, find new-to-them racialized authors, and to encourage reflection on our reading habits.

This is a mix of recommendations by the challenge organizers and myself.

weird girl adjacent books set in canada or by canadian authors

2019-2026

Stories and Histories of the Indigenous Peoples of the Dawnland (New England)

2026 will be my third year actively trying to read as many Women's Prize For Fiction nominees as I can, and seeing as I have a really high rate of enjoyment I'll be continuing to try and fill in and read the backlist also. I hope this can be a list that I add to that anyone interested in the prize who has similar taste to me can dip into!

Books written by Canadian Authors

Books from different genres, all written by Canadians.