Books of Horror!

There’s a great group on Facebook called Books of Horror. Honestly, it’s almost all I do on FB these days, and it makes the whole site a lot more worthwhile. Apart from being one of the most friendly and supportive groups on there, it’s an absolute treasure trove of great book recommendations. One of the members there, Charlie Salt, started posting some truly definitive lists of the group’s recommendations, organised by genre, subject, etc. Rather than risk them being lost in the ever-rolling feed, I offered to host them here. So here they are. Each list is Charlie’s original post (with his comments at the start), and at the end is a link to the post back on Facebook – do follow the links as there are loads more great recommendations in the comments on each one.

SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS & SOME KEY ANTHOLOGIES

For the sake of my sanity and yours, I’ve not included themed collections otherwise I’d be here all day This is a list of key short story collections that are frequently mentioned and some essential anthologies at the end. Feel free to add others but check if it’s in the list first, thanks! I’ve taken Poe, Lovecraft, M.R. James etc. as a given.A.C. Wise – The Ghost SequencesAdam Nevill – Before You Wake, Cries From The Crypt, Hasty For The Dark, Some Will Not Sleep, Wyrd and Other DerelictionsAlan Baxter – Crow Shine, Served Cold, The Gulp, The FallBentley Little – The Collection, Indignities of The Flesh, Walking AloneBob Leman – Feesters In The Lake, The Tehama and OthersBrian Evenson – A Collapse of Horses, Songs For The Unraveling of The World, The Glassy Burning Floor of HellBrian Hodge – Skidding Into OblivionCarmen Maria Machado – Her Body And Other PartiesCharles Beaumont – Selected StoriesCharles L. Grant – Scream Quietly, Tales From The NightsideChristopher Slatsky – The Immeasurable Corpse of NatureChuck Palahniuk – HauntedClive Barker – Books of Blood seriesDan Chaon – Among The Missing, Stay AwakeDavid Morrell – Black EveningDennis Etchison – The Dark Country, The Blood Kiss, Red Dreams, Cutting EdgeE. Reyes – Strange Tales of The MacabreF. Paul Wilson – Soft And Others, The Barrens And OthersGary A. Braunbeck – Halfway Down The StairsGemma Files – In That Endlessness, Our EndGerald Kersh – Nightshade and DamnationsGlen Hirshberg – American Morons, The Janus Tree, The Two SamsGwendolyn Kiste – And Her Smile Will Untether The UniverseGuy N. Smith – Tales From The GraveyardIan Rogers – Every House Is HauntedJack Ketchum – Peaceable KingdomJack Townsend – Tales From The Gas Station (series)Jeff Strand – Gleefully Macabre Tales, Dead Clown Barbecue, Everything Has Teeth, Candy Coated MadnessJeremy Robert Johnson – Entropy In BloomJ.G. Faherty – The Monster Inside, Houses of the UnholyJoe R. Lansdale – High Cotton: Selected Stories, Bumper CropJohn Connolly – Night Music, NocturnesJohn Langan – The Wide Carnivorous Sky, Children of The FangJoe Hill – 20th Century Ghosts, Full ThrottleJoe McKinney – The Red Empire And Other StoriesJohn F.D. Taff – Little Black SpotsJon Padgett – The Secret of VentriloquismJoseph Payne Brennan – The Shapes of Midnight, Collected Short Stories and Poems, Nine Horrors and A DreamKarl Edward Wagner – Where The Summer Ends, Walk On The Wild SideKealan Patrick Burke – Dead Leaves, Dead of Winter, Milestone, Ravenous Ghosts, We Live Inside Your EyesKelly Link – Get In TroubleKristi Demeester – Everything That’s UnderneathKristopher Rufty – Bone Chimes 1 & 2Laird Baron – Occultation, Swift To Chase, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All, The Imago SequenceLaura Maruo – Sing Your Sadness DeepLisa Tuttle – A Nest of NightmaresMaggie Siebert – BondingMalcolm Devlin – You Will Grow Into Them, Unexpected Places To Fall FromMariana Enriquez – Things We Lost In The Fire, The Dangers of Smoking In BedMark Samuels – The Age of Decayed FuturityMary Rickert – You Have Never Really Been HereMatthew M. Bartlett – Gateways To Abomination, The Stay-Awake MenMichael Marshall Smith – The Best of Michael Marshall SmithMichael Shea – PolyphemusMichael Wehunt – Greener PasturesNadia Bulkin – She Said DestroyNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah – Friday BlackNathan Ballingrud – North American Lake Monsters, WoundsPaul Tremblay – Growing ThingsPhilip Fracassi – Behold The VoidRamsey Campbell – Alone With The HorrorsRay Bradbury – The October CountryReggie Oliver – Flowers of The SeaRichard Laymon – Fiends, A Good, Secret Place, Dreadful Tales, Madman StanRichard Matheson – The Best of Richard Matheson (Penguin Classics)R. Chetwynd-Hayes – Gaslight, Ghosts & Ghouls: A Centenary CelebrationRonald Malfi – We Should Have Left Well Enough AloneRobert Aickman – Cold Hand In Mine, Dark Entries, The Unsettled Dust, The Wine-Dark Sea, Painted DevilsRobert McCammon – Blue WorldRonald Kelly – The Halloween Store, The Sick Stuff, Mister Glow-Bones And Other TalesShirley Jackson – The Lottery And Other StoriesStephen Graham Jones – After The People Lights Have Gone OffStephen King – Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, Nightmares & Dreamscapes (the essential horror ones in my opinion)T.E. Grau – The Nameless DarkT.E.D. Klein – Collected Stories, Dark GodsTerry Dowling – The Night ShopThomas F. Monteleone – Fearful SymmetriesThomas Ligotti – Teatro Grottesco, The Shadow At The Bottom of The World (many more if you like these)Tyler Jones – Burn The Plans***ANTHOLOGIES:Kirby McCauley – Dark ForcesDavid G. Hartwell –The Dark Descent (as one collection or three volumes):The Colour of EvilThe Medusa In The ShieldA Fabulous Formless DarknessFoundations of Fear (as one collection or three volumes):Shadows of FearVisions of FearWorld’s of FearHerbert A. Wise – Great Tales of Terror And The SupernaturalEllen Datlow – The Best Horror of The Year (series)Stephen Jones – The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror (series)The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories 1-3Thomas F. Monteleone – Borderlands 1-7Charles L. Grant – Shadows 1-10Richard Chizmar – Shivers 1-7Richard Chizmar – The Best of Cemetery DanceDavid J. Schow – Silver ScreamMike Baker – My Favourite Horror StorySteve Jones & David Sutton – The Dark Voices 1-6 and Dark Terrors 1-6. Which are a kind of follow on to Van Thal’s long running Pan Book of Horror seriesThe Midnight Exhibit Vol. 1 & 2 (Rewind Or Die)

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HALLOWEEN BOOKS

Aron Beauregard – Scary BastardKristopher Rufty – Prank NightKevin Lucia – October NightsHailey Piper – Benny Rose The Cannibal KingKristopher Triana – Long Shadows of OctoberCameron Chaney – AutumncrowBryan Smith – All Hallow’s Dead& Racing With The DevilRay Bradbury – The Halloween Tree & Something Wicked This Way ComesNorman Partridge – Dark HarvestTom Tryon – Harvest HomeScott Thomas – Kill CreekRobert Zelazny – A Night In The Lonesome OctoberRichard Laymon – Night In The Lonesome October & All Hallow’s EveKevin J. Kennedy – Halloween LandE. Reyes – The Halloween Grindhouse & Devil’s HillKealan Patrick Burke – Dead LeavesRonald Kelly – The Halloween Store & Mister Glow-BonesGlen Hirshberg – The Two Sams: Ghost StoriesEllen Datlow (ed.) – Haunted NightsAlan Ryan (ed.) – Halloween HorrorsDouglas Draa (ed.) – What October Brings: A Lovecraftian Celebration of HalloweenStephen Jones (ed.) – The Mammoth Book of Halloween StoriesRichard Chizmar (ed.) – October Dreams 1 & 2Kevin J. Kennedy (ed.) – Collected Halloween Shorts: Trick ‘R TreatC.V. Hunt – Halloween FiendJonathan Maberry – Ghost Road BluesLucy A. Snyder – Halloween SeasonRobert McCammon – Usher’s PassingJosh Hancock – The Girls of OctoberLisa W. Cantrell – The Manse & TormentsTom Rymer – Malevolent NeversEvans Light – Doorbells At DuskAdam Millard – The October BoysJohn Everson – The Pumpkin ManDavid Robbins – Spook NightStewart O’Nan – The Night CountryBriana Morgan – The Tricker-TreaterChris Kosarich – Mister Jack & Night of The Pumpkin GodDennis J. Higman – PranksGregory Miller – Dark Nights and Candlelight: 31 Tiny October TalesJeff C. Carter – We Bleed Orange & Black: 31 Fun-sized Tales For HalloweenBrian James Freeman – The Halloween ChildrenJames A. Moore – Harvest MoonRussell Atwood – Apartment Five Is AlivePatrick C. Greene – Red Harvest, Grim Harvest, Demon HarvestPaul Melniczek – A Haunted Halloween, Frightful October, When The Leaves Fall, The Celebration, The Watching, Mischief Night, The Witching Hour, Children of The NightJade Royal (ed.) – Mischief NightScarecrows:Steve Vernon – The Tatter Demon trilogyScott Donnelly – Killer ScarecrowGord Rollo – Valley of The Scarecrow

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COMING OF AGE HORROR/KIDS ON BIKES/STRANGER THINGS STYLE BOOKS

Ray Bradbury – Something Wicked This Way ComesStephen King – It, The Body, The InstituteRobert McCammon – Boy’s LifeDan Simmons – Summer of NightBrian Keene – GhoulRonald Malfi – December ParkRichard Chizmar – Chasing The BoogeymanJeff Strand – Autumn Bleeds Into WinterJeffrey Ford – The Shadow YearRichard Laymon – The Traveling Vampire ShowJonathan Janz – Children of The DarkJames Newman – Midnight RainJ.G. Faherty – Cemetery ClubC.J. Tudor – The Chalk ManAdam Millard – The October BoysCraig Davidson – The Saturday Night Ghost ClubEdgar Cantero – Meddling KidsTim Meyer – Malignant SummerM.L. Rayner – Amongst The MistsWendy M. Wagner – The Deer KingsRonald Kelly – FearMalcolm McDowell – The ElementalsJ.F. Dubeau – A God In The ShedBrett McBean – The AwakeningJoe E. Lansdale – The BottomsNick Cutter – The TroopMatt Hayward – Those Below The Tree HouseDouglas Clegg – NeverlandAl Sarrantonio – TotentanzJohn Peyton Cooke – The LakeGraham Joyce – The Tooth FairyJoe Hill – N0S4A2Christina Henry – The Ghost TreeTony Urban – Within The WoodsPhilip Fracassi – CommodoreGreg F. Gifune – The Bleeding SeasonEdward Lorn – Bay’s EndTom Deady – HavenShawn Burgess – The Tear CollectorGrady Hendrix – My Best Friend’s ExorcismMatthew A. Clarke – Sons of SorrowErik Henry Vick – Demon KingSam Gafford – The House of NodensJohn Durgin – The Cursed Among UsNorman Partridge – Dark HarvestPamela Morris – The Witch’s Backbone seriesMark Morris – Toady aka The Horror ClubMax Booth III – Touch The NightMike Duke – Ghost TrainStephen King & Peter Straub – The TalismanDaka Hermon – Hide and Seeker

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SMALL-TOWN HORROR BOOKS

Alan Baxter – The Gulp, The Fall, Sallow BendBentley Little – The Town, The StoreCraig Davidson – The Saturday Night Ghost ClubBrian Keene – The Ghoul, Darkness On The Edge of TownDan Simmons – Summer of Night, A Winter HauntingRobert R. McCammon – Boy’s Life, Stinger, Usher’s PassingRonald Malfi – December Park, The Narrows, Bone White, SnowRichard Chizmar – Chasing The BoogeymanRonald Kelly – FearRichard Laymon – The Beast House seriesJoan Samson – The AuctioneerAdam Cesare – Clown In A CornfieldWilliam W. Johnstone – Blood OathThomas Olde Heuvelt – HexJames Newman – The WickedJack Kilborn – AfraidRobert Jackson Bennett – American ElsewhereJ.F. Dubeau – A God In The ShedThomas Tryon – Harvest HomeRay Bradbury – Something Wicked This Way ComesJonathan Janz – Children of the DarkMalcolm McDowell – Cold Moon Over Babylon, BlackwaterTodd Keisling – Devil’s CreekBlake Crouch – The Wayward Pines trilogyJonathan Maberry – The Pine Deep trilogyC.J. Tudor – The Chalk Man, The Hiding PlaceChristopher Buehlman – Those Across The RiverB.R. Yeager – Negative SpaceElizabeth Hand – Black LightPeter Straub – Floating DragonJack Finney – Invasion of the Body SnatchersIra Levin – The Stepford WivesRamsey Campbell – The Hungry MoonBernard Taylor – The Moorstone SicknessDean Koontz – PhantomsJennifer McMahon – The Winter PeopleNorman Partridge – Dark HarvestSteve Vernon – TatterdemonT.E.D. Klein – The CeremoniesJeffrey Ford – Shadow YearKevin Lucia – Things Slip Through, Through A Mirror DarklyMichael Rowe – Enter NightAlan Ryan – Dead WhiteTim Curran – ClownfleshHunter Shea – MisfitsPatrick C. Greene – Red Harvest, Grim Harvest, Demon HarvestMicah Dean Hicks – Break The Bodies, Haunt The BonesBrad Strickland – ShadowshowJere Cunningham – The AbyssJosh Malerman – GoblinCameron Chaney – AutumncrowAlan Baxter – The Gulp, The FallTom Rimer – Malevolent NeversC.V. Hunt – Halloween FiendJohn Fram – The Bright LandsKelvin V.A. Allison – Blood Harvest

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SUBURBAN HORROR

Bentley Little – The Association, The MailmanRichard Laymon – Night In The Lonesome OctoberIra Levin – The Stepford WivesEric C. Higgs – The Happy ManCarlton Mellick III – Ultra FuckersTim Waggoner – The Forever HouseKelli Owen – White Picket PrisonsSarah Langan – Good NeighborsCatherynne M. Valente – Comfort Me With ApplesChristopher Fowler – PsychovilleRobert Jackson Bennett – American ElsewhereAnn Rivers Siddons – The House Next DoorRichard Matheson – A Stir of EchoesJack Finney – Invasion of The BodysnatchersTim Curran – BlackoutWilliam Holloway – Blackwood Estates

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HAUNTED HOUSE BOOKS

Henry James – The Turn of the ScrewDorothy McArdle – The UninvitedSusan Hill – The Woman In BlackShirley Jackson – The Haunting Of Hill HouseRichard Matheson – Hell HouseStephen King – The ShiningRobert Marasco – Burnt OfferingsJ. Anson – The Amityville HorrorAnne Rivers Siddons – The House Next DoorMichael McDowell – The ElementalsAndrew Cull – RemainsMichelle Paver – WakenhyrstBentley Little – The Haunted, The HouseTony Tremblay – The Moore HouseGarrett Cook – A God of Hungry WallsKelvin Allison & Lisa Hutchinson – 12John Boyne – This House Is HauntedMariko Koike – The Graveyard ApartmentAnia Ahlborn – Within These Walls, I Call Upon TheeJennifer McMahon – The InvitedDarcy Coates – The Haunting of Blackwood House, The Carrow Haunt, The Haunting of Ashburn House, Craven Manor, The Haunting of Gillespie House, The Haunting of Rookward House, The Folcroft Ghosts, The House Next Door, House of Shadows, House of SecretsTamara Thorne – Haunted, Bad ThingsTananarive Due – The Good HouseLee Mountford – Haunted: Perron Manor, Haunted: Devil’s Door, Haunted: Purgatory, The DemonicGaby Triana – Island of BonesGraham Masterton – The House of a Hundred Whispers, The House That Jack Built, PreyKi Longfellow – Houdini HeartM.L. Rayner – Echoes of HomeSimone St. James – The Sun Down MotelBen Farthing – It Waits on the Top FloorSarah Waters – The Little StrangerJames Herbert – Haunted, The Ghosts of Sleath, Ash, The Secret of Crickley HallDan Simmons – A Winter HauntingSteve Rasnic Tem – Deadfall HotelBilly O’Callaghan – The Dead HouseJeff Strand – Sick HouseAdam Nevill – Apartment 16, No One Gets Out Alive, House of Small ShadowsScott Thomas – Kill Creek, VioletJ.W. Ocker – Twelve Nights At Rotter HouseD.M. Pulley – No One’s HomeDavid Mitchell – Slade HouseAndrew Pyper – The GuardiansJonathan Aycliffe – Naomi’s RoomRonald Malfi – The Mourning House, Floating Staircase, Little GirlsElizabeth Hand – Wylding HallLaura Purcell – The Silent CompanionsMichael Clarke – The Patience of a Dead ManCherie Priest – The Family PlotChris Sorensen – The Nightmare RoomRiley Sager – Home Before DarkHerman Raucher – Maynard’s HouseAmbrose Ibsen – Black Acres, The House of Long Shadows, MaleficSusie Maloney – The Dwelling aka 362 Belisle St.Bernard Taylor – Sweetheart, SweetheartMichael Rowe – Wild FellSimon Kurt Unsworth – Quiet HousesYrsa Siagdottir – I Remember YouJohn Inman – The Boys On The MountainJo Kaplan – It Will Just Be UsJonathan Sims – Thirteen StoreysKristopher Triana – The Long Shadows of OctoberJonathan Janz – The Siren and the SpectreJack Kilborn – Haunted HouseJac Jemc – The Grip of ItChuck Wendig – The Book of AccidentsBrian Asman – Man, Fuck This HouseJoe Schreiber – No Doors, No WindowsRay Garton – The Loveliest DeadJohn Quick – The Corruption of Alston HouseSteven E. Wedel – Seven Days In BenevolencePaula Trachtman – Disturb Not The DreamGemma Amor – Six RoomsClaire L. Smith – When We Entered That HouseE. Reyes – The House on Moon Creek AvenueRussell Atwood – Apartment Five Is AliveSarah Gailey – Just Like HomeJennifer Fawcett – Beneath The StairsCurtis M. Lawson & Joe Morey (ed) – 13 HousesKathryn Cramer (ed) – The Architecture of Fear (collection of haunted house short stories)Kathryn Cramer (ed) – The Walls of Fear (sequel to the above, collection of haunted house short stories)Peter Haining (ed) – The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories

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CORPORATE/WORKPLACE HORROR

Bentley Little – The Store, The Bank, The ConsultantRob Hart – The WarehouseDave Eggers – The CircleJ.F. Gonzalez – The CorporationThomas Ligotti – My Work Is Not Yet Done (see also My Case For Retributive Action & Our Temporary Supervisor)Ling Ma – SeveranceGrady Hendrix – HorrorstorWilliam Spencer Browning – Resume With MonstersTodd Keisling – The Smile FactoryZakiya Dalila Harris – The Other Black GirlEdward Stasheff (ed.) – Corporate Cthulhu: Lovecraftian Tales of Bureaucratic NightmarePierre Lemaitre – Inhuman ResourcesKristopher Triana & Ryan Goulding – The Night StockersAndrew Shaffer – Secret Santa

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SPACE HORROR BOOKS

I was a bit economical here but there aren’t that many space horrors. I didn’t put cosmic horror as I don’t think that’s quite the same. As always, please add any others, thanks!Mike Duke – Amalgam seriesPeter Clines – Dead MoonS.A. Barnes – Dead SilenceJoe Schreiber – Death TroopersJudith Merril (ed.) – Galaxy of GhoulsGreg Bear – Hull Zero ThreeColin Wilson – Lifeforce aka The Space VampiresKenneth W. Cain (ed.) – Midnight From Beyond The StarsG.R.R. Martin – NightflyersDarcy Coates – ParasiteCourtney Alameda – Pitch DarkKali Wallace – Salvation DayGroff Conklin (ed.) – Science Fiction Terror TalesMur Lafferty – Six WakesStanislaw Lem – SolarisTom Sweterlitsch – The Gone WorldStephen Kozeniewski – The HematophagesBrett J. Talley – The VoidP.W. Hillard – The Void BeyondLena Nguyen – We Have Always Been HerePeter Watts – BlindsightIain Rob Wright – 2389Caitlin Starling – The Luminous DeadTess Gerritsen – GravityDavid Wellington – The Last AstronautJ.Z. Foster & Justin M. Woodward – Hell On Mars series

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CLOWN BOOKS

Stephen King – ItAdam Cesare – Clown In A CornfieldJon Athan – Do Not Disturb 1 & 2Alan Ryan – Dead WhiteTim Curran – ClownfleshRuby Jean Jensen – House of IllusionsTim McBain – The ClownsMatt Shaw – ClownWill Eliott – The Pilo Family CircusJeff Strand – Clowns Vs SpidersR.S. Belcher – King of the RoadJames A. Moore – Smile No MoreJudith Sonnet – The Clown HuntEmery LeeAnn – DankAshley Lister – Payback WeekRamsey Campbell – The Grin of the DarkTim Miller – Clown Apocalypse

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VAMPIRE BOOKS

Stephen King – Salem’s LotElizabeth Engstrom – Black AmbrosiaBrandon Massey – Dark CornerCrouch, Blake, Kilborn – DraculasMichael Rowe – Enter NightGeorge R.R. Martin – Fevre DreamColin Wilson – Lifeforce aka The Space VampiresRay Garton – Lot Lizards & Live Girls & Night LifeGlen Hirshberg – Motherless ChildrenChris T. Martindale – NightbloodMichael Talbot – The Delicate DependencyChristopher Buehlman – The Lesser Dead & The Suicide Motor ClubSkipp & Spector – The Light At The EndStephen Jones (ed.) – The Mammoth Book of Dracula StoriesStephen Jones (ed.) – The Mammoth Book of Vampire StoriesRonald Malfi – The NarrowsRichard Laymon – The Stake & The Traveling Vampire ShowRobert R. McCammon – They Thirst

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WEREWOLF BOOKS

J.R. Rice – Bane County seriesGlenn Rolfe – Blood And RainKeith C. Blackmore – Breeds trilogyMatt Serafini – Feral & Devil’s RowGraeme Reynolds – High Moor trilogyStephen Graham Jones – MongrelsT.W. Piperbrook – Outage trilogyRay Garton – Ravenous & BestialToby Barlow – Sharp TeethCharles L. Grant – The Dark Cry of the MoonGary Brandner – The Howling trilogySteve Vance – The Hyde EffectGlen Duncan – The Last Werewolf trilogyStephen Jones (ed.) – The Mammoth Book of WerewolvesThomas Tessier – The NightwalkerWhitley Streiber – The WolfenNicholas Pekearo – The WolfmanRobert R. McCammon – The Wolf’s HourWayne Smith – ThorChristopher Buehlman – Those Across The RiverRonald Kelly – Undertaker’s Moon aka Moon of the WerewolfJonathan Janz – Wolf LandW.D. Gagliani – Wolf’s Trap

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ZOMBIE BOOKS

I’m sorry if your favourite isn’t listed – there’s just so many zombie books and I’m a bit fussy so these are the ones that look strong to me. Anthologies are listed after the novels. As always, please feel to add any I’ve missed below – thanks!I’ve done a separate post for rage virus style ‘zombies’ here:https://m.facebook.com/groups/526308964218819/permalink/2007467646102936/Autumn series by David MoodyDay By Day Armageddon series by J.L. BourneDead City series by Joe McKinneyThe Savage Dead by Joe McKinneyDead Sea and Rising series by Brian KeeneWorld War Z – Max BrooksThe Living Dead by George R. Romero & Daniel KrausAnd Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin (zombies but not zombies, really good)Zone One by Colson WhiteheadEx-Heroes series by Peter Clines (Superheroes defending civilians from zombies)The Wild Ones by Jack HuntColdbrook by Tim LebbonFiend by Peter StensonRise Again by Ben TrippSeverance by Ling MaHandling The Undead by John Ajvide LindqvistPandemic by DiLouie etc.The Collapse series by Alice B. SullivanThe Dead by Mark E. RogersThe Gathering Dead by Stephen KnightWake by Elizabeth KnoxWet Work by Philip NutmanThe Reapers Are The Angels by Bell AldenHandling The Undead by John Ajvide LindqvistEverything Dies series by T.W. MalpassHollow Kingdom & Feral Creatures by Kira Jane BuxtonMonster Island series by David WellingtonNight Songs by Charles L. GrantAnthologies:Book of The Dead by John Skipp & Craig SpectorStill Dead: Book of The Dead 2 by John Skipp & Craig SpectorMondo Zombie: Book of The Dead 3 by John Skipp & Craig SpectorZombies: Encounters With The Hungry Dead by John SkippNights of the Living Dead by Jonathan Maberry & George R. RomeroThe Living Dead 1 & 2 by John Joseph AdamsThe Mammoth Book of Zombies by Stephen JonesThe New Dead: A Zombie Anthology by Christopher Golden21st Century Dead by Christopher GoldenZombie An Anthology of The Undead by Christopher GoldenThe Undead by D.L. SnellZombies Recent Dead by Paula GuranZombies More Recent Dead by Paula GuranDead Set: A Zombie Anthology by Michelle McCrary & Joe McKinneyThe Best of All Flesh: Zombie Anthology by James LowderWhere The Dead Go To Die by Aaron Dries & Mark Allan GunnellsRiver of Souls by T.L. Bodine

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RAGE VIRUS ZOMBIES

This is a list of books involving humans that have gone violent and crazy, as opposed to regular zombies. Feel free to add your own suggestions – thanks!The regular zombie list can be found here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/526308964218819/permalink/2007466636103037/David Moody – Hater seriesJosh Malerman – Bird Box & MalorieJose Saramago – BlindnessJames Herbert – The FogRichard Laymon – One Rainy NightBryan Smith – Last DayBrian Keene – The ComplexBlake Crouch – RunStephen King – CellDean Koontz – Night ChillsPaul Tremblay – Survivor SongTim Curran – The Devil Next DoorAlan Spencer – The Three DaysJeremy Robert Johnson – The LoopJames Demonaco & B.K. Evenson – FeralDelilah S. Dawson – The ViolenceRazak Melody – MothGretchen Felker-Martin – ManhuntSimon Clark – Blood CrazyKristopher Triana – They All Died ScreamingErnie Kaltenbrunner Jr. – City of The CreepsSarah Langan – The MissingSea Sick by Iain Rob Wrighthttps://www.facebook.com/groups/526308964218819/permalink/2007467646102936/

SERIAL KILLER BOOKS

I see serial killers as separate from slashers. I think serial killers are less gimmicky and more police procedural etc?If you don’t see something on here, it may be because I’ve put it on my slashers list here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/526308964218819/permalink/1830441433805559/Stacy Willingham – A Flicker In The DarkJ.F. Dubeau – A God In The ShedJames Patterson – Along Came A Spider (series)Brett Easton Ellis – American PsychoGlenn Rolfe – August’s EyesMo Hayder – BirdmanLauren Beukes – Broken MonstersShane Stevens – By Reason of InsanityRichard Chizmar – Chasing The BoogeymanChristian Galacar – Cicana SpringRonald Malfi – December Park & Come With MeJohn Connolly – Every Dead Thing (series)Michael Slade – Headhunter (series)Dan Wells – I Am Not A Serial Killer (series)Dan Chaon – Ill WillT.J. Payne – In My Father’s BasementDean Koontz – IntensityMichael Connolly – The Poet (series)Oyinkan Braithwaite – My Sister The Serial KillerTony Burgess – People Still Live In Cashtown CornersThomas Harris – Silence of the Lambs seriesGreg F. Gifune – The Bleeding SeasonJeffery Deaver – The Bone Collector (series)Simone St. James – The Book of Cold CasesSoren Sveistrup – The Chestnut ManStephen Dobyns – The Church of Dead GirlsJohn Fowles – The CollectorSharon Bolton – The CraftsmanJ.D. Barker – The Fourth MonkeyJim Thompson – The Killer Inside MeCatriona Ward – The Last House on Needless StreetJeff Strand – Autumn Bleeds Into Winter & KutterCatherine Ryan Howard – The Nothing ManDavid Jackson – The ResidentJo Nesbo – The SnowmanGlen Hirshberg – The Snowman’s ChildrenMichael Marshall – The Straw MenSteve Thayer – The WeathermanAlex North – The Whisper ManMeg Gardiner – Unsub (series)Billie Sue Mosiman – WiremanMegan Stockton – Quiet, Pretty ThingsPatrick Suskind – PerfumeBlake Crouch – Desert PlacesDaina Graziunas & Jim Starlin – Thinning The Predators

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SLASHER BOOKS

For quite a while now I’ve been making a list of slasher novels, based on your fantastic recommendations and from the folks at Reddit. It was suggested I share it as a full post to see if anything can be added to it. Let me know what I’ve missed!Serial killer books (Less gimmicky, more police procedural) can be found here:https://www.facebook.com/groups/526308964218819/permalink/2007464082769959/They’re in no particular order, also let me know if I’ve missed any Richard Laymon’s Ryan C. Thomas – The Summer I DiedSergio Gomez – Camp SlaughterDan Padavona – Camp Slasher, The Face of Midnight, CrawlspaceJames Sabata – Fat CampDavid Irons – Don’t Go To Wheelchair CampJack Quaid – Escape From Happydale, Escape From Bastard Town, Escape From Slaughter BeachDavid Sodergren – Night Shoot, Dead Girl BluesW.D. Jackson – SlasherRichard Laymon –Come Out TonightOne Rainy NightEndless NightIslandBlood GamesThe Woods Are DarkAfter MidnightCutsAllhallow’s EveAron Beauregard – Scary BastardRex Miller – Slob, FrenzyJack Ketchum – Off Season, Offspring, CoverStephen Crye – JoyrideGina Wohlsdorf – SecurityAnia Ahlborn – Brother, The ShudderingChristopher Fowler – PsychovilleCameron Roubique – Kill River 1, 2, and 3, Disco Deathtrap, Golf CurseKealan Patrick Burke – KinDavid C. Hayes – The Great American SlasherBryan A. Smith – All Hallow’s Dead, The Killing KindAdam Cesare – Clown In A Cornfield, The Con SeasonMark Wheaton – Sunday Billy SundayBrian Keene – Urban GothicJ.F. Gonzalez – SurvivorC.P. Bialois – The Slasher Experience 1, 2, & 3Matt Drabble – Prime Time, Abra-CadaverMatt Serafini – Under The BladeJoey Comeau – The Summer Is Ended And We Are Not Yet SavedJonathan Raab – Camp Ghoul Mountain Part VIMichael Prescott – KaneRyan Harding – Reincarnage, ReincursionRiley Sager – Final Girls, The Last Time I LiedStephen Graham Jones – The Last Final Girl, My Heart Is A Chainsaw, The Only Good IndiansBrandon Ford – The Final GirlPaul Michael Anderson – StandaloneLauren Beukes – The Shining GirlsRuby Jean Jensen – Wait And SeeGreg F. Gifune – SavagesKristopher Rufty – Pillowface, Last One Alive, Prank NightB.W. Battin – The BoogeymanSøren Sveistrup – The Chestnut ManHunter Shea – SlashCarlton Mellick III – ApeshitStephanie Perkins – There’s Someone Inside Your HouseIvy Tholen – Tastes Like CandyS. Elliot Brandis – Young SlasherDavid Charlesworth – Death Head ValleyJack Kilborn – Afraid, Trapped, EnduranceScott Cole – Triple AxeDanielle Vega – The Merciless, Survive The NightRamsey Campbell – The Face That Must DieGretchen McNeil – Ten, MurderTrendingThommy Huston – JinxedRyu Murakami – In The Miso SoupGregory Lamberson – Johnny GruesomeAdam Millard – LarryBryan Smith – DepravedTim Miller – Family Night, Curse of The Gut RipperJon Athan – Do Not Disturb 1 & 2, Night of the Prowler, The Social Media Murders, Camp BlazeKen Greenhall – Death ChainTravis Szablewski – Are You Alone In The House?, Do You Want To Die Tonight?, Did You Lock The Front Door?, Is There Someone Behind You?Jeff Strand – My Pretties, Slice and DicePatrick C. Greene – Red Harvest, Grim Harvest, Demon HarvestIain Rob Wright – 12 StepsTim Meyer – Kill Hill Carnage, Paradise ClubBrandon Berntson – Boone: A Slasher TaleJessica Guess – Cirque BerserkTim Curran – Devil Next DoorRick Wood – Shutter HouseNatasha Preston – You Will Be MineBrooklyn Ann – His Final Girl, Her Haunted Heart, His Scream Queen, Her Halloween PartyRafael Chandler – Mask Beneath Her FaceL.C. Valentine – The Last Girls StandingSean McDonough – The Class ReunionP.J. Stanley – Most Likely To DieKenzie Jennings – ReceptionT.J. Payne – The Venue, In My Father’s BasementLaird Barron – Swift To ChaseThomas Simpson – One Of UsBrian G. Berry – The Sleepover Massacre, Blood Lanes, Thanksgiving Day MassacreRussell Rhodes – TricycleJohn Russo – The MajorettesRegina Watts – Babysitter BloodbathDarren Blake – Comedy of TerrorsScott Donnelly – Killer ScarecrowGord Rollo – Valley of the ScarecrowJudith Sonnet – The Clown HuntAshley Lister – Payback WeekAdrean Messmer – Psychopomp and CircumstanceAngela Sylvaine – Chopping SpreeHailey Piper – Benny Rose The Cannibal KingTodd Rigney – Dancing On The Edge of a BladeE.V. Knight – Dead EyesJohn Everson – The Pumpkin ManBrady Phoenix – Cardinal RulesJohn Durgin – The Cursed Among UsAngela Sylvaine – Chopping SpreeHailey Piper – Benny Rose The Cannibal KingTodd Rigney – Dancing On The Edge of a BladeE.V. Knight – Dead EyesJohn Everson – The Pumpkin Man

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Again, please note these lists and all the comments are by Charlie Salt on the Books of Horror Facebook group – go and join! Thanks, Charlie.

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