SCP Containment Breach
The SCP is an organization that Secures, Contains, and Protects our world against anomalous objects, entities, and phenomena. Be advised: these books contain such SCPs that have escaped confinement and have caused havoc and destruction. Read at your own peril. And remember to document your findings.
created by DistinguishedGhost
last updated October, 2026
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i love SCP!!! i believe the novel “There is no Antimemetics Divison” recently came out which was originally an SCP work! i think it got scrubbed of SCP stuff for copyright reasons but the original edition is still available on the SCP wiki
Me too! I can (and have) get lost in discovering each SCP I come across. And I've briefly come across that book. I marked it as Interested because it sounded exactly like something I would enjoy reading. But that's really interesting that it really is an SCP. Thanks for mentioning it!
OMG LOVE THIS! To clarify, are any of these books from or about the SCP universe?
Aww thank you! And no, they are books with beings/entities that are SCP like in nature. Although I was told that There is no Antimemetics Division is directly inspired by the SCP.
oh this list will be influencing my tbr, so cool!!
Thanks! I hope you find something you like.
I love this list! Both Mister Magic & We Used to Live Here are some of my favorite horror books so I’ll definitely need to check out the rest
I really liked Mister Magic so creepy and sinister. I love books with contrasting tones, with the bright and happy children's show with dark horror undertones.
Yes! And there were so many little things that are meant to seem innocuous at first but are actually more sinister when you really think about it. I loved the inclusion of the all the various children’s rhymes that Jenny and Val kept reciting. It really gives a lot of insight into the ideals they were raised with
What a fabulous idea for a list and thank you for the new rabbit hole!
You're welcome! Hope you find something you like. It's a fun rabbit hole to fall down.
oooh this is such a cool list!!
Thank you! I love each SCP, probably why I love horror so much, so I wanted to find my own literary SCPs.
I added a whole bunch into my TBR 😭
Yay I'm glad you found some you like. I was afraid I added too many, and people would be overwhelmed. I just couldn't stop adding once I started.
Is that a fear 😂 I’m in trouble then. All I want to do is add more to lists - my own or others.
Rereading The Employees, and remembered your list! I recommend it and suggest it for the list. I see you have Hex on here but not Echo by Heuvelt - I reccomend and suggest that one for the list too! I believe House of Leaves would also fit. And maybe Bourne by VanderMeer. Love this idea, and will be thinking of the list & checking in with titles if I think of more!
Thanks for the recommendations! I'm not familiar with some of those, but I'll definitely check them out.
An SCP inspired list 😍 how wonderful!
I had a fun time making it, so I hope you enjoy!
I'm sure I will! Thank you for the dedication! Do you have any favorites, by chance? 👀
Hmm it's hard to say favorite but some that I particularly enjoyed are the following: Ten Thousand Doors of January A Wrinkle in Time What Moves the Dead Piranesi The Witchstone Of Monsters and Mainframes
I will keep these in mind 🙂↕️ maybe I should finally give piranesi a read 🤩
Yes! It's not too long of a read, and it's so good.
YESSSS i love this!!
Thank you! I have spent many a night falling down the rabbit hole that is SCP.
such a fun idea for a list!! ty for curating it, i'm gonna be adding a bunch to my tbr
Of course Thank you for checking it out! 😊 Let me know what you think of what you pick up. And of course, read with caution.
i've apparently read 4 books on this list, but i really only remember the library at mount char and it was wonderful!! i was surprised by how much i liked it tbh
I believe Justin Cronin The Passage may be a good fit here. Great list!
Thanks for the recommendation! It's been on my TBR, but I haven't gotten around to it.
Hey yall, we got any notes on which ones are queer?
Off the top of my head...I know
Echo Starless Sea Bury Our Bones (SCP? huh....😗 wut?) What Wakes The Dead Spear Cuts Through Water Brighter The Scale Swifter the Flame Don't Let The Forest In Monsters In Mainframes Game In Yellow
What am I missing?
Hello, so I've done a sweep of all in list and here are some you missed: A Master of Djinn The Darkest Part of the Forest Girl Serpent Thorn The Vanished Birds Rules for Vanishing Light from Uncommon Stars Black River Orchard The City We Became Beholder We Used to Live Here
And yes since the SCP Foundation has a broad category of anomalies, I also used a broad understanding of what would be considered... hence vampires.
I missed a few obvious ones, didn’t I! Many thanks 🙏🏻
Say more on why vampires/Bury Our Bones are/is SCPs? Im simply curious. It’s the first I’ve heard of anything SCP wise I ’ve questioned. But yes, broad indeed. 🤔
I am OBSESSED with this list!! I may come back with recs at some point but right now I’m just so content to just scroll through it 😌 I really do hope this becomes a quest!! 🤞🏻
Aww thank you! Yes I welcome and happily accept all recommendations. Quest or not, I’m just happy to be nominated and happy to know that so many others enjoy it
Of course!! It’s so well curated and fun! I know what you mean, it feels good just to be in the running and have that kind of acknowledgment ☺️
I should like to mention The Renovation by Kenan Orhan has a liminal space with a little bit of exploration of it's phenomenons throughout the book. Albeit, I was hoping for more, it's still significant.
Thank you! I always love to get recommendations. Especially, for books that fit this category.
Ofc! ✨ I swear I have more but I can rarely think of them. Have you read Monstrilio? That one literally just popped into my mind as I wrote this. I think it may apply well, in its odd story happening(s). Gonna check the synopsis to see how much I can say, brb.
Edit: sentient lung, aka lung grows into monster from dead boy. Feels very SCP to me.
No I haven’t. And you’re absolutely right, that for sure fits the profile. Thank you again!
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You are wise in the ways of the SCP. I thank your for your outside information. I don’t know if I have the authority, but I would make your an honorary member of the SCP.
I don’t think they’d like me. They’d probably lock me up for fear I’m an SCP 😂 but I’m honored by the thought.
Oh man I'm so happy I found this list, and thank you for making it. My son adores scp and I'm desperately trying to help him find things he'll want to read and it's not my genre at all so I'm struggling to find things with the right vibes. Hopefully shoving this list at him will help!
Thank you so much! That genuinely makes me so happy to hear. There’s nothing I love more than encouraging others to read more books. There’s a pretty wide variety, so I hope he finds something he likes. Now I will give a little warning simply because I don’t know how old your son is which is that some of the horror books are a little intense. If you need any recommendations you can let me know!
He's pretty young, only 10, but he's engaged with a ton of scp content and he saw his first rated R movie last month (The Backrooms) so I think it'll be okay? It's an awkward age for judging that kind of thing. But I appreciate the warning, and figured as much, I mean, they're horror books so there's gonna be horror.
I will definitely let you know! I haven't had a chance to show him yet but I'm hoping to today. 💛
