Recs if you like Of Cattle and Men...

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!

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!

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.

Aspiring to read more of charco press because they are so so underrated! From their page: "Charco means 'puddle' in Spanish. In short: the very best of contemporary Latin American literature. Brought to you in English translation for the first time."

Recommendations accepted!

if you like tma, some are just vibes, some actual entities

Grotesque, visceral, and boldly unsettling horror by Latin American women! // Shelf is a WIP, recommendations are welcomed! ✍️

weird little books you can read in one sitting

A reading list celebrating the women who know exactly how to get under your skin! Thankful for the gurlies!!!

I can promise you there will be horses in these books. I cannot promise you will enjoy how they are in these books.

Horror from around the world translated to English by amazing translators!

From Patagonia to the Caribbean.

cows cows cows - books that feature our bovine friends

a collection of feminist literature for empowerment and change🫶🏼

let me know if you have any suggestions!

Reading translated fiction changed the trajectory of my life so I need to return the favor by promoting them more

my favourite translated books!

Fiction books set in Brazil.

Open to recs!

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

Bovine litfic

my personal literary fiction tbr list