Recs if you like The Between...

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!

Protagonists and supporting characters who see and/or hear the dead / ghosts

when you've made it through all of Riley Sager, Grady Hendrix, and Stephen King, and need more under-the-radar recommendations to scare yourself through the season

Horror books that either primarily or exclusively take place in Florida. Tried to stick to horror and not venture out into thriller territory!

Every book we've read in Penny Dreadful Book Club All Horror by Women

Just saw it again in the cinema and you know what, I don't want to quit those immaculate creepy vibes just yet and I will die on this hill.

cinematically written books that you just KNOW, if they make it into a movie, they're going to mess it up despite ALL THE DIRECTION BEING RIGHT THERE.

This is a list of horror books written by women, as recommended by Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) in her book Feral and Hysterical. I highly recommend that you pick up a copy of Feral and Hysterical because it is so much more than a list of books. There are more lists of books, but also thoughtful essays by women writers. It's worth spending some time with Feral and Hysterical.

"Women are overqualified to write fictional horror. Period." -- Sadie Hartmann

The creepy, disturbing, and unsettling