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26 books

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Grady Hendrix

482 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
Voice Like a Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson

Voice Like a Hyacinth

Mallory Pearson

367 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Salem's Lot by Stephen King

Salem's Lot

Stephen King

653 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist by Jasmin Graham

Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist

Jasmin Graham

224 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science informative inspiring medium-paced
Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba

Let This Radicalize You

Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba

292 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson

Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

Cassandra Peterson

284 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art autobiography memoir dark mysterious medium-paced
The Dead of Winter: The Witches, Demons and Monsters of Christmas by Sarah Clegg

The Dead of Winter: The Witches, Demons and Monsters of Christmas

Sarah Clegg

208 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction essays informative medium-paced
Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

Victorian Psycho

Virginia Feito

208 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction horror dark funny tense fast-paced
Private Rites by Julia Armfield

Private Rites

Julia Armfield

327 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary speculative fiction dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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