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Luke Dumas

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Thriller, Horror, Suspense

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Luke Dumas is the USA Today bestselling author of Nothing Tastes as Good, The Paleontologist, and A History of Fear.

He is the winner of a 2024 ITW Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original, was nominated for the Silver Falchion Award for Best Supernatural, and his work has been optioned for film and TV.

He received his master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh, and has worked in nonprofit philanthropy for more than a decade with organizations including San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and the American Red Cross.

Luke was born and raised in San Diego, California, where he lives with his husband and dogs and works for a biomedical research institute.

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New novel NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD coming March 2026

I'm delighted to share that my third book, Nothing Tastes as Good: A Novel—a binge-worthy thriller about a weight loss treatment with potentially murderous side effects—is coming March 31, 2026 from Atria Books.

I'm salivating over the gorgeously icky cover design from Claire Sullivan. It’s delicious and nasty and oozing with evil—perfect for a literary thriller/horror about food, fat, and the weig Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.62 · 17,022 ratings · 3,859 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Paleontologist 3.49 avg rating — 9,762 ratings — published 2023 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Fear 3.70 avg rating — 4,494 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing Tastes as Good 3.93 avg rating — 2,749 ratings — published 2026 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales by Dennis K. Crosby (Goodreads Author) (Editor), K.C. Grifant (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Agranoff (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Bad Book of Kaiju by Tananarive Due (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Henry Herz (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“With Colleen’s passing, something fractured inside of Simon. Something like a bone—a part of him that, even if it managed to heal, would always bear evidence of its imperfection. A tiny part of him that would always be broken.”
― Luke Dumas, The Paleontologist

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“but he didn’t want to be supported by fat people and the average-bodied White women who shouldered their way in; he wanted to be supported by the medical community who never stopped making him feel like he was on the brink of death and bringing society down with him.”
― Luke Dumas, Nothing Tastes as Good

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“For anyone who has sought refuge in the prehistoric past in order to escape their present.”
― Luke Dumas, The Paleontologist

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What non-King book would you like to read in September?

The Only One Left Riley Sager

51 votes, 16.9%

Chasing the Boogeyman Richard Chizmar

29 votes, 9.6%

The Ferryman Justin Cronin

24 votes, 7.9%

The Exorcist's House Nick Roberts

21 votes, 7.0%

Summer of Night Dan Simmons

20 votes, 6.6%

Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry

20 votes, 6.6%

The Hacienda Isabel Cañas

16 votes, 5.3%

Boys in the Valley Philip Fracassi

15 votes, 5.0%

Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney

13 votes, 4.3%

Tress of the Emerald Sea Brandon Sanderson

12 votes, 4.0%

Zero Days Ruth Ware

11 votes, 3.6%

Marina Carlos Ruiz Zafón

11 votes, 3.6%

Harvest Home Thomas Tryon

10 votes, 3.3%

The Chain Adrian McKinty

9 votes, 3.0%

The Devil Takes You Home Gabino Iglesias

8 votes, 2.6%

The Laughing Policeman Elizabeth J. Brown

7 votes, 2.3%

The Between Tananarive Due

6 votes, 2.0%

A History of Fear Luke Dumas

6 votes, 2.0%

Timeloop : A Dark Time Travel Tale — Project Dechentreiter Elder Prince

5 votes, 1.7%

Ancient Images Ramsey Campbell

4 votes, 1.3%

Not Dark Yet Peter Robinson

3 votes, 1.0%

The Enemy Charlie Higson

1 vote, 0.3%

One Second After William R. Forstchen

0 votes, 0.0%

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“My father believes hunger is in the mind. I know differently. I know that hunger is in the mind and the body and the heart and the soul.”
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