Recs if you like Gallows Hill...

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.

Gabs 2024 reads in her ranking video. Hope you'll find something you'll like!

If one door closes and another one opens, your house is probably haunted.

Reading list to read everything Darcy Coates has written.

Horror books with messed up families

Love a good creepy haunted house book? Includes multiple genres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Sci-fi, speculative, etc.

My list of fall reads for 2026; mix of spooky/horror and cozy vibes for fall

It’s not the old pipes. It’s not the wood settling. It’s not the wind. The house is for sure haunted. Strictly haunted house stories where the haunting is coming from the house itself, not an object or a person inside.