Recs if you like Burn Down, Rise Up...
no stephen king in sight
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!
an ongoing sapphic masterlist of books (1600+)
in progress
Basically, a huge list of every book I ever heard features sapphic characters.
I have not read all of these, so I cannot be sure of the amount of the time on page of the sapphic characters or of the quality of the books.
Some of these I do not plan to read at all, since they are not my style. If you feel like a book doesn't belong here, let me know.
For my favs / read, check out my other lists & shelves.
Open to suggestions for more titles.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Latin American Horror
Horror books written by Latin American authors.
This list was a winner of the Q1 2026 Community Voting event. To participate in the Side Quest, please follow the link pinned in the comments.
I am planning on keeping this list alive and will be adding more recommendations as I find them. Thank you everyone for nominating and voting for the list to be made into a Side Quest!
Black Horror
horror fiction from Black authors featuring Black characters
queer BIPOC spec fic
Some books I either love or am super excited to read that are queer, BIPOC, and have some kind of speculative element (fantasy, sci fi, paranormal, etc)
Trans Horror Authors
Horror books by trans, Two Spirit, nonbinary, et al authors (may or may not include trans* characters).
Sapphic horror
Horror books featuring sapphic characters and relationships!
YA Horror Masterlist
as comprehensive a guide to ya horror as i can make it! work in progress, suggestions welcome โก
Queer Horror & Thriller
Is it bury your gays if they're all queer?
Queer Horror for Spooky Month (and beyond)
Homophobia is scary, and not in the spooky movie haunted house kind of way, so to take our minds off of the horror of real life, I present the horror of fiction! I want to read about us running our asses away, final girling it to the end, and taking down the true enemy, capitalism! Erm, I mean, ghosts!
you want me to go down *where*?
stories featuring caves, crevices, holes, and other dark, possibly cramped places underground (or water) into which our characters must descend
sapphic horror
Let the [death] games begin
Books centered around competitions where the prize for winning is keeping your life
Black People
Books with black people in it (mostly as the mains characters)
Both Fiction and Non fiction books.
