Recs if you like The Changeling...

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!

horror fiction from Black authors featuring Black characters

Name-calling and insults you might hear on the playground and beyond...

Anything can be an insult if you believe it! My kid brother used to get in trouble for calling us "you...you BEAN" with all the spite his little preschool self could manage 🥹

what are these characters becoming? who is to say! these are different works across fiction in which the main character, or a large subset of characters, go through a physical transformation(s) of some sort.

Ah yes, this ol' issue that has plagued librarians and bookstore clerks for decades.

And sometimes you find the right book, but... can you even call that shade blue?

The most comprehensive list of award winning sci-fi and fantasy novels. The books on this list have won either 1 or multiple awards out of the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus Sci-Fi, Locus Fantasy, goodreads Choice Fantasy, or goodreads Science Fiction Awards.

Books for fans of the TV show From

Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" is one of my favorite series. It's heavily flawed, involves an incredible amount of Stephen King books that aren't labeled as "Dark Tower book", and it's soooooo many pages. (But I love it.) This list is made up of non-King books referenced in, or have parallel narratives/themes to. It's also just a great set of books.

Past and present winners and nominees of the Shirley Jackson Awards. Frightful reading!

Fic + NonFic | Updating Regularly

Excellent stories for fall reading. A mix of scary, witchy, cozy, and/or mushroom-y fantasy/horror books included for all the fall moods.

A list of winners of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. It has been awarded each year since 1975 by the World Fantasy Convention for fantasy or horror novels (defined as works of 40,000 words or more) published in English.

An exploration of horror works by Stephen King alongside other contrasting horror authors, ending with an examination of his work by Caroline Bicks.

Thrills, blood spills, and spells ahead.

In October 2024 Reactor Magazine published a list of the most iconic speculative fiction works published in English in the 21st century, as voted by authors.

The creepy, disturbing, and unsettling