Recs if you like How to Survive a Slasher...
this is summerween
all things summer and horror from slashers to summer camp and your favorite local faire.
bi rep
books with bisexual characters (even if they end up with the opposite sex THEY'RE STILL BI)
Trans horror
Horror and thriller stories that prominently feature trans characters, across age groups and sub-genres. 🔞
Recommendations welcome!
✦ I have not read all of these books - if you notice anything that seems to be mis-labeled/mis-placed on this list, please let me know! ✦
YA Horror Masterlist
as comprehensive a guide to ya horror as i can make it! work in progress, suggestions welcome ♡
slasher summer vibes
books with the aesthetic of a 70s/80s summer camp, where a mysterious killer is picking off teenagers one by one…
Please don’t kill me Mr. Ghostface!
Collection of slasher books!
Some will involve the supernatural, some are from the POV of survivors and others from the killer
Directory (?) of Nonbinary Books
This shall become the place where I geather all the books with nonbinary representattion / written by nonbinary authors (not sure yet if both). I have not read most of them but rather have them from lists, feel free to suggest more, or report falsly added books
Stephen Graham Jones’s Favorite Slasher Books
Shamelessly swiped from the NYT article of the same name.
Horror Trans Books🏳️⚧️
Be Gay Do Crime🔪
Just chillin', killin'
Slasher - a subgenre of horror involving a killer or a group of killers stalking and murdering a group of people, often by use of bladed or sharp tools.
This is a big list of (almost) all slasher books (only first books in a series). As long as there is a killer(s), victims and blood, it counts!
Scared Stiff & Still Turning Pages
Horror and thriller recommendations for fellow spooky dudes. ♥
Heavy Body Counts
I was raised by a mother who read murder mysteries, and would promptly DNF if they didn't follow her body count rule. One dead body by the fourth chapter. Here are a few books that she wouldn't leave behind.
Summer slasher books to read at the camp
Summertime reads that feel nostalgic and thrilling, topped with melted marshmallows.
books that feel like The Haunted Mansion ride
Greetings, Foolish Mortal... Step ever so carefully into the dim corridors of literary dread, where the pages creak and the words whisper. I have summoned forth a collection of books that wrap around you like cobwebs and candle smoke, each one steeped in mystery, mischief, and just a touch of the macabre. These spectral stories transport me straight to the shadowy halls of the Haunted Mansion itself—where every chapter is a new room, and every room has a story… with no escape.
