Recs if you like Linghun...
Badge Gremlins
Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.
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Really Short Standalone SFF Reads
Speculative (sci-fi, fantasy, horror etc.) novellas less than 200 pages long that are either standalone or read like a standalone story
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chinese-inspired fantasy
it's all about the โจ aesthetic โจ
(some other emojis that didn't make the cut: ๐ฅก๐ฅข๐ฒ๐งง๐ฎ)
psa: this only consists of books i've read, or that a trusted friend who's also chinese has read. i don't make it a habit to seek out chinese-inspired fantasy written by white authors these days, but feel free to leave any relevant titles in the comments and i'll check them out!
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Horror in < 200 pages
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.
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Thereโs something not right about this place
Fiction stories about Haunted houses and other locations. Maybe itโs ghosts, maybe itโs cursed, maybe itโs ancient gods or creatures? All kinda of supernatural haunts and creatures attached to homes, objects, or locations.
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Feral and Hysterical: Works by Women
List of recommendations included in Sadie Hartmann's Feral and Hysterical: Mother Horrorโs Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women.
Pairs with 50 States, 50 Books by Women list.
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Asian horror
Horror stories (in all of its forms/subgenres) from Asian authors!
Recs welcome!
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When Domestic Spaces Turn Deadly
When homes, nurseries, kitchens, suburbs, etc. become the most dangerous places of all
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Bite sized (<200 pages)
Somebody asked for a list based on the recs folks gave on my pagebound club post, so this is that! (Plus i dumped a bunch of my faves & tbr in)
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indie and/or small press horror
*or gothic and generally horror-adjacent. i have not read all of these! some self-published i think as well
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unconventional ghosts
strange and surprising hauntings. these ghosts defy or challenge conventions of commercial ghost stories, reimagining how memories and ancestry shape us. recommendations alway welcome!
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Bram Stoker Award Winners 2025-1987
A fun challenge to read all the Bram Stoker Award Winners. This includes winners of the following categories: Superior Achievement in a Novel, Superior Achievement in a First Novel, Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel, Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel, & Superior Achievement in Long Fiction. For reference: https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/the-bram-stoker-awards/ .
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I See Dead People
Protagonists and supporting characters who see and/or hear the dead / ghosts
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architectural hauntings
haunted houses, spatial horror, and adjacent โsomething is going on with/in this structureโ narratives! including nonfiction about actual places or analysis of the convention
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Home is where the Horror is
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Underrated Books by Asian Authors
hidden gems by asian authors that I stumbled upon that turned out to be diamonds
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Help! The House is Haunted
i haven't read very many but i would certainly like to read more
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Diverse Horror
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Canadian Authors
Books written by Canadian Authors
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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
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