Recs if you like The White Road...

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.

does it matter if you’re shivering from fear or the cold?

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.

who do you become when you’re cut off from the rest of the world?

books in which a person or group of people are physically isolated and have to contend with who they really are.

survival stories, often but not always set in extreme locations or climates.

books centering on characters obsessed with a certain thing, ambition, or goal! one of my favorite types of characters… you could say I’m obsessed with them

horror books that take place in winter or where winter is a big plot point.

Antarctica, Patagonia, Alaska, Canada, upper Great Lakes, somewhere in the mountains, wintertime, etc. (fiction and nonfiction)

Endlessly searching for another ghost story to beat my all-time favourite, 'Dark Matter' by Michelle Paver. Haven't found it yet...

Little list of horror literature focused on books set in the Arctic or snowy, mountainous regions 🗻

(This list includes only books I have read so far; will update from time to time 😊)