Recs if you like When the Bones Sing...
Southern Gothic Fiction
A selection of contemporary Southern Gothic titles exploring the decay, despair, and trauma of the reconstructed American South. Come for the palpably atmospheric settings and descriptions, stay for the literary commentary on the legacy of the South's oft-romanticized past.
As a note: I did not include the most well known writers in the genre, e.g. Truman Capote, Harper Lee, William Faulkner, etc. as the list is more focused on the resurgence of Southern Gothic in contemporary literature.
Stay out of the forest
The horrors that haunt the woods
the real monsters are people
one of my favorite themes across genres - you have to believe in the worst of humanity in order to also believe in it's best
Summerween!
Summer-what? Summerween! The people of this town love Halloween so much, they celebrate it twice a year!
ya horror books to keep you up at night
just because it's ya doesn't make it less spooky! includes different subgenres from gothic horror to botanical horror to apocalypse horror — recommendations welcome!
Read Across The USA
Read a book set in each state
