Recs if you like The Devil Takes You Home...
no stephen king in sight
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. i've been maintaining it for myself since 2022 and it was time to share the wealth!
Latin American Horror
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!
Book(s) of the Month(s) 📚
Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!
The ultimate horror list
Call me Ishmael for this is my white whale
Bram Stoker Award Winners 2025-1987
A fun challenge to read all the Bram Stoker Award Winners. This includes winners of the following categories: Superior Achievement in a Novel, Superior Achievement in a First Novel, Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel, Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel, & Superior Achievement in Long Fiction. For reference: https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/the-bram-stoker-awards/ .
Supernatural Goes Pagebound
Inspired by our fave chaotic show! Romance stories paired with hunting the supernatural and/or with MMC’s inspired by or similar to Dean/Sam.
Full disclosure, most of these books are a compilation of recs, so I haven’t read them all myself!
neon green covers!
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 Lore & Lattes
Latin (a/e/x) American authors and the books they've written books.
books to make your skin crawl
Ranging from strict horror to unsettling lit fic, one thing these books all have in common is the ability to make you skin crawl. Are you ready?
Shirley Jackson Awards (Novels)
Past and present winners and nominees of the Shirley Jackson Awards. Frightful reading!
Shirley Jackson Award Winners
Books that have won the Shirley Jackson Award for outstanding achievement in the literature of horror, the dark fantastic, and psychological suspense.
