Recs if you like Episode Thirteen...

The SCP is an organization that Secures, Contains, and Protects our world against anomalous objects, entities, and phenomena. Be advised: these books contain such SCPs that have escaped confinement and have caused havoc and destruction. Read at your own peril. And remember to document your findings.

A selection of contemporary Southern Gothic titles exploring the decay, despair, and trauma of the reconstructed American South. Come for the palpably atmospheric settings and descriptions, stay for the literary commentary on the legacy of the South's oft-romanticized past.

As a note: I did not include the most well known writers in the genre, e.g. Truman Capote, Harper Lee, William Faulkner, etc. as the list is more focused on the resurgence of Southern Gothic in contemporary literature.

Recs are from r horrorlit. I have not read them, but thought it would be a fun concept for you and me.

(let me know if any suggestions are egregious)

#backrooms #dreamy #weird #strange #surreal

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that go past the July start date and match at least one of these title prompts: Periodic Table, Familial Terms, Rainbow of Words (also Joseph's coat), Numerical Titles, Titular Counting 5+, Pun in the Title, and First & Last Name in the Title. Recommendations welcome!

Fiction stories about Haunted houses and other locations. Maybe it’s ghosts, maybe it’s cursed, maybe it’s ancient gods or creatures? All kinda of supernatural haunts and creatures attached to homes, objects, or locations.

Horror books were cameras and journals may be all that remain

A collection of mixed media and epistolary/immersive books

“Make your statement, face your fear.”

A selection of books with vibes similar to the themes, narrative format, and generally eeriness of our favorite horror pod. Recommendations always welcome!

novels that feature a reality show, and in exploring the behind-the-scenes, expose how scripted “reality” can be…

suggestions welcome.

Books about haunted or cursed films, books, websites, etc

Epistolary delivery: Books told in the form of letters, journals, diaries, texts, logs, etc...

Mixed media: The combined use of media. Epistolary: Of or associated with letters or the writing of letters. A collection of books that stray from conventional writing by using different forms of media (letters, newspapers clippings, transcripts, blog posts, emails, etc. )

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

books centered around ghost hunters! not all horror, but most of them will be

What makes a house haunted? Ghosts? Grief? Bad decisions in the basement?

This list explores homes possessed by spirits, secrets, and sometimes just extremely questionable architecture. Some are literally haunted. Others are haunted by what happened inside them. Because sometimes it’s not the ghost. It’s the house.

i haven't read very many but i would certainly like to read more

Epistolary, ergodic, experimental, unconventional… books that challenge the traditional formats and usual rules of storytelling. 👀

Books to read when you are wanting those fabulous monster of the week vibes!

these horror books are safe for tenderhearted cat lovers— they either feature no cats to worry about, cats that remain safe throughout the entirety of the story, or cats who even though endangered (and possibly even hurt), are confirmed to survive and make it to the end of the book with at least one of their nine lives in tact! 😸

this list is cat-specific! there is no guaranteed safety of any other animals in these books. recommendations 100% welcome!