Recs if you like House of Bone and Rain...

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.

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!

Based on the HRCYED 3.0 prompt! Books with weather or natural disasters/phenomena on the cover (at least one version), including: rain, storms, lightning, clouds, snowfall, fog, sunshine, tornados, earthquakes, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis.

Not an exhaustive list - feel free to suggest titles! I tried to keep it more focused on books that fit the prompt but would be harder to find (i.e. ones that don't have the key words in the title).

Puerto Rican and Hispanic Storytellers A little bit of the homeland

books that uses neon green💚 on their cover! usually for the title and sometimes as a background color!

sadly, the default pagebound editions might not be the correct ones so you’ll have to look through the available editions. pagebound please let us choose</3

open to recs!

Latin (a/e/x) American authors and the books they've written books.

All kinds of fiction stories written by Boricua authors

Time to show some love to horror, thrillers, and mysteries written by Caribbean authors. Recommendations and suggestions always welcome. List is ongoing

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month

Fiction books set in Puerto Rico

A combination of fiction and non-fiction reads that may or may not be classics, but the diaspora should have the pulse on.

A collection of book genres highlighting the resiliency and beauty of La Isla del Encanto (and the talent of Borikén’s authors) ☆

creaky door opening Insert Creepy Hand. creaky door closing

A mix of genres thru Latin povs.