Recs if you like The Auctioneer...

Hauntology is the philosophical concept, as quoted by Mark Fisher from his article taking a deeper look into Derrida's philosophical work, that "the present is always haunted by the ghosts of the past and the unfulfilled promises of the future." From generational trauma to dark histories to dying Old World pagan traditions, these elements persist throughout the wide genre of folk horror. These books explore deeply into the hauntings of the past and the instability of the future.

horror books that take place in winter or where winter is a big plot point.

books that have been selected for the Welcome to Night Vale patreon book club!

This list is an aesthetic. It’s waking up on a foggy morning and getting lost in the cornrows in the backyard; it’s going to a harvest festival and taking a hayride out to a secret, ritualistic sacrificial ceremony; and it’s worshiping old gods stuffed inside of a scarecrow or old gnarled tree.

Books from Grady Hendrix’s Paperbacks from Hell chapter 4 which focuses on haunted house stories

the recommended reading list compiled by Will Errickson at the end of the book

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