books that feel like the backrooms: unsettling and horrifying liminal spaces.
created by aurelia
last updated June, 2026
The Between
Ryan Leslie
Subcutanean
Aaron A. Reed
Hull Zero Three
Greg Bear
The Passion According to G.H.
Clarice Lispector
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
Matt Dinniman
There Is No Antimemetics Division
qntm
Severance
Ling Ma
The Whalestoe Letters
Mark Z. Danielewski
Secret Rendezvous
Kōbō Abe
2120
George Wylesol
Dance Dance Dance
Haruki Murakami
We Used to Live Here
Marcus Kliewer
The Raw Shark Texts
Steven Hall
Strange Houses
Uketsu
The Staircase in the Woods
Chuck Wendig
Mister Magic
Kiersten White
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
A Short Stay in Hell
Steven L. Peck
Coup de Grâce
Sofia Ajram
House of Leaves
The Hollow Places
T. Kingfisher
Horrorstör
Grady Hendrix
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