nightmares from desi realms

horror lit from the south asian subcontinent 🤩 recs/suggestions are always welcome 🫶

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created by nezuu

last updated May, 2026

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nezuuOP

the unfortunate thing about looking for titles in this genre is that indian authors tend to dominate the space when it comes to south asian literature 😔 i think some of these authors are non-indian south asians, but i had a really hard time finding more. would love to see recs for non-indian desi authors!

notlizlemon

Great list, my love!! I have no suggestions but I love this so much, will have to check them out!!

nezuuOP

thank you! i hope you enjoy 🤩 i haven’t read most of these, but have heard good things 🙂‍↕️

cybersajlism

OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS 😭😭😭 as a pakistani person it's so hard to find books from our culture!!!

nezuuOP

PLEASE GIVE ME PAKISTANI HORROR RECS 😩😩😩 i could barely find any 😔

cybersajlism

i barely know any myself 😭 i went on a deep dive looking for more desi authors a few days ago and the results were.... saddening honestly 😭 ill keep digging tho and send anything i find your way!!!

nezuuOP

thank you!!! i can only ever find indian desi authors, but desi is more than just us indians 😭 i’ll keep looking too!

cybersajlism

okay here's some i found: Jinnistan: Scary Stories To Tell Over Chai by Ayesha Muzaffar The Bhabhis of Lahore & other forbidden tales of the city by Ayesha Muzaffar Abu's Jinns by Ayesha Musaffar

will keep looking and share more!!

nezuuOP

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ayesha is carrying these recs 💪 i’ll take a peek at them and add them soon, thanks sajl 🤩 edit: added!