aquatic horror
for people who are both terrified of and fascinated by the ocean (like me)






NPR’s Books We Love 2025
Books We Love from NPR began in 2013, always boasting over 200 books (almost 400 in recent years) featuring genres from memoirs, to cookbooks, to graphic novels, to children’s literature, to nonfiction, to novels. Check out NPR’s website to filter this massive list.
The list is in reverse alphabetical order directly from NPR.






Nautical Horror: Horror on a Ship
Davy Jones, Kraken, Flying Dutchman, Ghost Ships, Pirates, Bermuda Triangle, oh my!
Nautical: of relating to sailors, sailing, or ships.
I have not read almost any of these, so sorry if a lot of these aren’t that good lol. There seem to be very few quintessential nautical horror books, but a whole lot of possibly middling ones.






OoGiE bOoGiE sPookY
creaky door opening Insert Creepy Hand. creaky door closing





