Recs if you like Certain Dark Things...
no stephen king in sight
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!
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animal side characters
books that feature an animal (real & fantastical alike) as a side character, companion, or a pet!
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books with vampires of color ✍🏿
no vampire emoji because apple made them weird and gray. all genres. pls leave books to add in comments <3
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TIDAL play "Dracula" by Tame Impala
Reminiscent of a hitman smoking a cigarette outside the city's most exclusive club while texting their ex-situationship at 3:23 am
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bi rep
books with bisexual characters (even if they end up with the opposite sex THEY'RE STILL BI)
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Women in Horror Book Bingo Card
These books are from @fromthemixedupdesk's bingo card on Bindery and Instagram. Of 191 works nominated for the Bram Stoker award, only 26 authors are women.
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🇬🇹 🇲🇽 Latinx Heritage Month 🇨🇱 🇨🇷
Latine/Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 but we can celebrate all year long by reading one of these titles!
Additional Resources: ~ https://latino.si.edu/learn/teaching-and-learning-resources/hispanic-heritage-month-resources/hispanic-heritage-month ~ https://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2025/hispanic-heritage-month.html
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Vampires of Color ⚰️
Main characters that are people of color and vampiric (in a variety of mythologies).
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Vampires
I'm a sucker for them
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Mexico is the main stage 🇲🇽🤍
Beautiful stories that take place in a city or town in Mexico. ✨
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Short and/or Quick to Read for Neurodiverse Brains
All are very welcome to this list, but I've geared it towards my fellow neurospicy folk with busy Brains who need some high dopamine sparks from their books...and for it to not take forever for us to read a book and we lose our interest/hyperfocus 🤣🥰
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Every vampire book (not) under the sun
The goal: to have the most comprehensive complete list of vampire books, fiction and otherwise, in the world. Then? I’ll read them all.
Please send recs <3
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Vampiric Bloodlines 🧛🏻♀️
A focused guide to vampiric literary lineages, from gothic whispers to modern pop culture bloodbaths, to show how the genre has mutated and evolved over centuries in the dark.
Reading order in comments.
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Atypical Vampires
Not your regular Dracula, Carmilla, or Twilight story
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Vampire books to sink your teeth in
Vampires across all genres and vibes. FInd your prefered blood, I mean book, type and devour your next favorite victim, I mean story.
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female vampires are better
dracula has had his moment. it's time for the women of the vampire genre to shine (just not in the sun). A mix of horror, fiction, fantasy, and romances (sapphic and otherwise!)
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They Like to Bite, So I Offered Up My Wrist.
A fully comprehensive list of vampire fiction and nonfiction.
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Canadian Literature
I wish we could make communal lists, because this would be a helpful one to be able to ask others to contribute to
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Books to Really Sink your Teeth Into
VAMPIRES VAMPIRES VAMPIRES
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autumn🍂
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