Recs if you like The Night Guest...

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, started in 2022 and brought to pb in 2026.

...are unhinged, lonely, tortured, kooky, crazy, unmoored, yearning, plotting, stalking, monologuing, self-pitying, lost, etc.

the gurls NEED to read horror books 💋 i wouldn’t say these are all horror but that’s left to the reader to make that assumption

Books that when translated into english got their title changed to something completely different. Cuz it happens A LOT and sometimes it's better, sometimes it's worse, sometimes it's just really funny hehehe 🤭. Any and all recommandations from any language welcomed. Please give me all the recs !!

in which nothing happens or a lot happens, but sometimes it feels like nothing at all.

also known as: lit fic that feels like a dream or a nightmare or a hallucination.

Pastels, lip gloss, and blood. This list features bubblegum horror stories that mix girly, candy coloured aesthetics with psychological terror, body horror, and chaotic feminine rage.

weird/wicked/gory/gothic/strange/surreal books by women, translated into english.

I love horror and I'm really interested in seeing how the genre shows up in different countries and parts of the world. I am making a list of all the books I have currently collected that take place in countries other than the United States, England, Canada, and Australia. I will add as I find more. Currently, there is just one book per country. For those with more, I tried to add less commonly known books. The current countries included in the list: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Columbia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Greenland, France, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Motswana, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, The Philippines, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Uruguay, Wales

Horror books with pink covers!

Suspense & Thrillers

All the books chosen by Booksandlala for the Literally Dead Book club.

Satisfy your reading cravings with books that look just as sweet, refreshing, and perfectly pink as your favorite iced beverage.Perfect matches for café reading dates. These cute pink covers are eye candy for your bookshelf and feed. Grab your iced latte and get ready to find your next obsession! 🍓✨ Ps. feel free to comment recommendations 🫶 P.p.s I will add pretty pink books often so check back for your next pink drink delight 💗

A list to help those who aspire to read from authors outside the typical areas. I will be creating different list for different regions. I will also list the countries currently found in the list. Be sure to check out the other lists! Note: The countries are not perfect as some countries are classified differently, so I did my best.

Current Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales

Fasten your seatbelts and travel through Europe with these books from every European country!

(Suggestions are very welcome, specially for any missing countries)

just some books that left me feeling 🦭

Fiction books set in Iceland

read these in one sitting if you dare…