Recs if you like Woodworm...
Not like other title text!
Book covers with typography oriented in non-standard alignments, instead of the typical horizontal + left to right text alignment. Or: graphic design is my passion, and today we are learning about text paths 🙂↕️. This is an immensely silly List, and always open to suggestions—vertical text, circular, upside down, anything goes!
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.
assigned by frankie
almost every single book mentioned* on Frankie's Shelf youtube channel because their taste is wild and i love it.
updated as frankie posts. *mentioned as in the book is the focus of the video, listened in the description, or offhandedly said.
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.
There’s something not right about this place
Fiction stories about Haunted houses and other locations. Maybe it’s ghosts, maybe it’s cursed, maybe it’s ancient gods or creatures? All kinda of supernatural haunts and creatures attached to homes, objects, or locations.
One Book Many Quests
Books in this list are in at least two quests. Thus helping to earn more badges. Books will span different genres. Once I scan through all the quests, I plan to further organize the list. I am thinking of creating a seperate list and moving the books with three or more quests to the new list and keeping the two badge books in this list. Are there other ways you would organize a list this big?
Feral and Hysterical: Works by Women
List of recommendations included in Sadie Hartmann's Feral and Hysterical: Mother Horror’s Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women.
Pairs with 50 States, 50 Books by Women list.
"She's Going Through Something"
Horror books written by women where a female MC is "going through something" and it's (mostly) society's fault. Others might think she's going crazy, or seeing things that aren't really there... But is she, really?
These books explore the real horrors women have to face in society through the storytelling conventions of the horror genre.
Kids Can Be Cruel
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 🥹
Autoras latinoamericanas
Un recopilatorio de mis libros favoritos escritos por mujeres latinoamericanos, abordando de todo un poco, terror, drama, ficción, crítica política, naturaleza, etc.
Girl Boss? More Like System-Buster #8M2026
Fiction and nonfiction that question patriarchy, critique power, and imagine new futures for anyone tired of individualistic feminism. From ghosts to economics, magic to memoirs, these books challenge everything, and make you think, feel, and maybe even rage a little.
Short Horror Reads <3
For when you need a quick horror fix
sentient homes
wayward women in translation
weird/wicked/gory/gothic/strange/surreal books by women, translated into english.
The House! It's Alive!
The house is a character in the book?! chef's kiss
Spanish 🇪🇸 contemporary voices
Books from spanish authors that have unique voices, incredible stories, and amazing concepts.
weird and wonderful
weird. strange. off putting. confusing. despite this you cannot put these books down.
Haunted Houses That Are Metaphors for Trauma
Not just your typical haunted house, these paranormal voids trespass against their visitors psychologically. Instead of the ghosts of dead people haunting these halls, you will find that some things can be far more invasive and threatening: the ghosts of our own traumas and trials have come to haunt us from the inside out.
Find (or Explore) Your Taste in Horror
This is a list of short form horror that is meant to represent a variety of subgenres and styles within the horror genre. The list includes short stories, short story collections and novellas under 200 pages
If you're not sure where to start, or what subgenre or style a particular work represents, I encourage you to come ask in the comments! My goal with this list is to make horror more accessible and less intimidating for people unfamiliar with the genre 🖤
architectural hauntings
haunted houses, spatial horror, and adjacent “something is going on with/in this structure” narratives! including nonfiction about actual places or analysis of the convention
