Recs if you like The Monkey's Paw...

on average people read 40-60 pages an hour, so this is a continuously updated collection of books with 60 pages or less & a couple short story collections

Tier 1 from the disturbing novels iceberg. Iceberg was created in response to the disturbing movie iceberg. These are the 'beginner' books with difficult themes and some gore.

This is a list of books representing every pokemon in HeartGold and SoulSilver (So Johto+Kanto regions). For my sanity, this is one book per evo line. The list with match-ups is in the comments✊🏻💚

For the gurlies that want to read more classics but finish in a day

This is a curated list of short stories that are must read for any literature enthusiast! Feel free to post your suggestions in comments.

Gothic novels and short stories in the Public Domain, available as free eBooks on gutenberg.org and standardebooks.org

A loved one dies and life just isn't the same without them. Why not bring them back?

This a list of books where someone is brought back from the dead in an attempt to deal with unbereable grief. Suggestions are very welcome!

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ The resurrection theme might be a spoiler for the books included, so tread with caution

A reading list that I thought I’d share consisting of all the books on the Brink Literacy Project’s tarot deck. I’m going for completionist and this is here for anyone who’d like to keep track and do the same, or who wants to read classic literature paired with tarot cards 🤗

(Apart from the first five, all books are in order, starting with the Major Arcana, and moving Ace to King through the Wands, Cups, Swords, and then Pentacles suit).

Books and short stories commonly taught in US K-12 schools.

(Almost) all books cited to be a part of the gothic genre, or having a part in creating the gothic genre (including the supernatural, romantic, and pre- & -post subgenres), in H.P Lovecraft's 28,000-word essay, “Supernatural Horror in Literature,” which is mostly based on Edith Birkhead's historical study, The Tale of Terror.

These novels, stories, plays, and poems are “fertile in the element of the weird.”

For those who might want to take a deep-dive into [part of] the genre's development.

A compilation of some of my favourite stories for ghosts, characters who haunt the narrative, and characters who feel haunted.

(This will be ongoing; it’s not yet complete)

For my soulless sparkler. You would LOVE these books.

Books for my favourite season of all! These books contain themes of derailment and delusion, transitional periods, a slow descent into darkness or obscurity, the taboo and the monstrous, autumnal aesthetics, turning inward, a slowing down, or a midpoint between life and death.

Short Stories for you to read!

creepy, classic, dystopian, life lesson, etc.

Feel free to tell me if any of these listed aren’t actually short stories! Also feel free to recommend!

Please make this a good, safe, and healthy environment. Do your best to not give away spoilers unless you make sure the spoilers will be announced at the beginning of your comment before the spoilers are listed! No bullying, harassment, or anything mean! Jesus loves you!✝️🫶🏼