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The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
ATY 2020 - A Book with an Emotion in the Title
622 books — 108 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëShark Heart by Emily HabeckIron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
52 Book Club 2024: #31 Includes A Personal Phobia
217 books — 107 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanMisery by Stephen KingBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenEthereal by Phillip Bainbridge
Emotions in Titles
853 books — 48 voters
What Happened In Vienna, Jack? by Daniel KempThe Desolate Garden by Daniel KempDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesOnce I Was A Soldier by Daniel KempComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa Layne
10 best thriller for which not all heard about ...
194 books — 44 voters

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverThe Sorrows of Young Mike by John ZelaznyRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinHandle with Care by Jodi PicoultThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Books to Avoid While Pregnant
74 books — 37 voters
It Lives in The Basement by Sahara FoleyTagged by Joseph M. ChironIt by Stephen KingBat Blood by Richard MyerscoughUnshackled Demons by Richard Myerscough
11 best books for which you won't sleep...
27 books — 37 voters

The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan DoyleFear and Trembling by Søren KierkegaardWhere Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. ForsterHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey NiffeneggerFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
'Fear' in the title
368 books — 33 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Godfather by Mario PuzoGreat Expectations by Charles DickensPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Father
134 books — 28 voters

The Sociopath Next Door by Martha StoutThe Psychopath Test by Jon RonsonThe Lucifer Effect by Philip G. ZimbardoShadow Play by William KlaberMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Explore the Shadows (of Human Nature)
142 books — 23 voters
Annie's Song by Catherine AndersonBarbarian's Prize by Ruby DixonComanche Moon by Catherine AndersonComanche Heart by Catherine AndersonWait for You by J. Lynn
Heroines Afraid of Sex
92 books — 22 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDracula by Bram StokerThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Vintage and Antique Horror
91 books — 21 voters
Marrying Winterborne by Lisa KleypasTen Tiny Breaths by K.A. TuckerThe Last Heir by Marina VinniDebt by Nina G. JonesNeanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
When You Find Out You Will Hate Me
64 books — 21 voters

Scaredy Squirrel by Mélanie WattThe Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda WilliamsWemberly Worried by Kevin HenkesAfter the Fall by Dan SantatCreepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds
Picture Books to Help with Fears & Anxiety
63 books — 20 voters
Mirage by Nilakshi GargUtopia for Realists by Rutger BregmanFactfulness by Hans Rosling21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah HarariHumankind by Rutger Bregman
Books for When the World Feels Like It's Going to Sh*t
40 books — 19 voters

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareOld Ladies With Brooms Aren't Always Witches by Paula WoolfKaren's Witch by Ann M. MartinNow Is Not Too Late by Isabelle HollandWitches, Midwives and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich
"Witch" is not really a Witch
101 books — 15 voters
Fears by Charles L. GrantWho Fears The Devil? by Manly Wade WellmanWhere Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. ForsterFamous Tales of Mystery and Horror by Edgar Allan PoeWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
Title Challenge: Fear
356 books — 14 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesAmarna Book I by Grea AlexanderRebellion Book I by Grea AlexanderCabello by Grea Alexander
Hodge Podge of Books
71 books — 11 voters
Les Chants de Maldoror by Comte de LautréamontDiableries by Brian MayThe City of Dreadful Night by James ThomsonFantazius Mallare by Ben HechtMalformed by Adam Voorhes
•The Ultra-Black Grave of Eternity
132 books — 9 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakPostmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellHere One Moment by Liane MoriartyThe Dilemma by B.A. ParisMort by Terry Pratchett
Books that focus on Death!
21 books — 9 voters
The War on Humans by Wesley J. SmithThe Ascendancy of the Scientific Dictatorship by Phillip Darrell CollinsCritical Enthusiasm by Jordana RosenbergAtlanta's Concealment of the Baby Gun Club Landfill by Jerry BrowWho Would Jesus Kill? by Mark J. Allman
Stop This Game - Deal Me Out - I Know Too Well What It's All About
314 books — 7 voters

Satanic Feminism by Per FaxneldAn Elizabethan Lawyer's Possession by the Devil by Kathleen R. SandsParadise Lost by John MiltonThe Dawn of Evil by L.E. ParkerThe Iconography of the Mouth of Hell by Gary D. Schmidt
School Is Cancelled - Hellz-A-Poppin!
109 books — 6 voters
The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (... by Matthew InmanDreadful Hollow by Irina KarlovaRunning Blind by Desmond BagleySix Million Accusers by D. Lawrence-YoungYou're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
Run for your life! The Running Scared cover list
123 books — 5 voters

Dispatches from the Couch by Stacey HettesDown in the Bunker by Lovesun ParentSuch a Pretty Picture by Andrea LeebSaving Abigail by Liz Hirsh NaftaliLost My Mind Here Someplace by Arune Savage
NONFICTION Female Survivors of Abduction, Terrorism and Trauma
20 books — 5 voters
A Serpent's Tooth by Robert SwindellsKing of Hope by Kim ConklinMonster in Our Midst by Peggy WoodfordFukushima Devil Fish by Susumu KatsumataThe Guilty Party by Joan Lingard
Anti-Atomic Energy, No Nukes - Fiction
75 books — 2 voters

Lucy and the Shadow by T.J. Kingmen
Beyond scary
1 book — 1 voter
Holes by Louis SacharThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLost in the Funhouse by John BarthGo Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
Wonderful adolescence
5 books — 1 voter

Facing the Lion by Simone Arnold LiebsterBehind the Bedroom Wall by Laura E. WilliamsA Faraway Island by Annika ThorRed Scarf Girl by Ji-li JiangBetween Shades of Gray by Andrew Donkin
The Children Shall Lead
69 books — 1 voter
The Better to Eat You With by Tehlor Kay MejiaThe Curse of Camp Cold Lake by R.L. StineThe Ghost by the Sea by Eileen DunlopThey Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh TranShouting Won't Help by Katherine Bouton
Creepy Covers - Drowning or Submerged Faces
16 books — 1 voter

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