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!
created by strawberrymilk
last updated August, 2026
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I wanted to make this list because horror is one of my favorite genres and since I’m latina I got inspired to make a horror list full of books written by Latin American authors. ☺️
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STRAWB I LOVE THIS ive been working on diversifying my horror tbr THANK YOU
Of course! I realized that I’ve been on PB for a while now but have never made lists and coincidentally, two of my favorite niches don’t have many lists if any so I went ahead and created them 🥰 I hope you love this one!
This would make such a good quest if there isn’t already one like it 😍
Ahh thank you! There’s a quest called “Horrors from Beyond” with horror books written by authors outside of English-speaking countries if you want to check it out ☺️
oh i adore the concept of this list - thank you so much for making it!!
if you’re taking any suggestions, may i add on earth as it is beneath by brasilian author ana paula maia? 🇧🇷🥰 i just started reading it but i think the horror concept works well with the premise
Of course! And thank you for the suggestion, just added it ☺️
OOOOOOO Love this list, i have a few on here in my tbr but i was needing more! 10/10, no notes 🙂↕️✨️
Thank you for the love 🥰🤍
aaaaah! This is amazing! I love it!
Thank you, I hope you find some good books in it 🥰
But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo should be a fit for this! Argentine-Brazilian author :)
Hi, thank you for the suggestion! It looks like this is a monster romance and I’d like to keep this list strictly for horror but I’m open to making a Latin American monster romance list if I can find enough recs for it ☺️
so fair! i haven't finished it yet lol
I'd recommend The Route of Ice & Salt by José Luis Zárate! It's a queer retelling of Dracula's voyage on The Demeter, told from the captain's perspective
So sorry friend, I missed this comment earlier. Thank you for the rec! I added it to the list. 🥰
I recommend Muneca by Cynthia Gomez. Congrats on getting chosen for a side quest!
Thank you so much! I added the book to the list. 🩷
Yayyy, I'm so glad there's more to explore even beyond the lovely side quest!
Came here from the quest I love this list so much! Recommending an addition that is perrrrfect for this: Bochica by Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro
