Joyce Carol Oates

620 books

Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality by Tess Gallagher, Marilyn Sewell, Lucille Clifton, Alice Walker, Rita Mae Brown, Marge Piercy, Anne Sexton, Joyce Carol Oates, Annie Dillard, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Margaret Atwood, Gwendolyn Brooks, Denise Levertov, Eudora Welty, Starhawk, Louise Bogan, Nikki Giovanni

Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality

Tess Gallagher, Marilyn Sewell, Lucille Clifton, Alice Walker, Rita Mae Brown, Marge Piercy, Anne Sexton, Joyce Carol Oates, Annie Dillard, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Margaret Atwood, Gwendolyn Brooks, Denise Levertov, Eudora Welty, Starhawk, Louise Bogan, Nikki Giovanni

311 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional fast-paced
Crimes of Passion by Michael Garrett, Brian Lumley, Greg Kihn, Stephen Solomita, Joyce Carol Oates, Brian Hodge, Ramsey Campbell, Lawrence Block, John Edward Ames, Jeff Gelb, Mike W. Barr, Robert J. Randisi, Marthayn Pelegrimas, Tom Piccirilli, Melanie Tem

Crimes of Passion

Hot Blood #9

Michael Garrett, Brian Lumley, Greg Kihn, Stephen Solomita, Joyce Carol Oates, Brian Hodge, Ramsey Campbell, Lawrence Block, John Edward Ames, Jeff Gelb, Mike W. Barr, Robert J. Randisi, Marthayn Pelegrimas, Tom Piccirilli, Melanie Tem

288 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction horror dark slow-paced
Crossing the Border: Fifteen Tales by Joyce Carol Oates

Crossing the Border: Fifteen Tales

Joyce Carol Oates

256 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers by S.A. Solomon, S.J. Rozan, Livia Llewellyn, Steph Cha, Lucy Taylor, Bernice L. McFadden, Laurel Hausler, Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth McCracken, Edwidge Danticat, Jennifer Morales, Margaret Atwood, Cassandra Khaw, Sheila Kohler, Valerie Martin, Lisa Lim, Aimee Bender

Cutting Edge: New Stories of Mystery and Crime by Women Writers

S.A. Solomon, S.J. Rozan, Livia Llewellyn, Steph Cha, Lucy Taylor, Bernice L. McFadden, Laurel Hausler, Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth McCracken, Edwidge Danticat, Jennifer Morales, Margaret Atwood, Cassandra Khaw, Sheila Kohler, Valerie Martin, Lisa Lim, Aimee Bender

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction horror mystery short stories dark mysterious fast-paced
Daddy Love by Joyce Carol Oates

Daddy Love

Joyce Carol Oates

280 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Dark Descent by John Collier, David G. Hartwell, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury

The Dark Descent

The Dark Descent #1-3

John Collier, David G. Hartwell, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury

1011 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction horror short stories adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror by Kirby McCauley

Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror

Gran Super Terror

Kirby McCauley

551 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark medium-paced
Dark Screams: Volume Six by Brian James Freeman, Joyce Carol Oates, Norman Prentiss, Tim Curran, Stephen King, Richard Chizmar, Lisa Morton, Nell Quinn-Gibney

Dark Screams: Volume Six

Dark Screams #6

Brian James Freeman, Joyce Carol Oates, Norman Prentiss, Tim Curran, Stephen King, Richard Chizmar, Lisa Morton, Nell Quinn-Gibney

161 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark medium-paced
A Darker Shade of Noir: New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers by Joyce Carol Oates

A Darker Shade of Noir: New Stories of Body Horror by Women Writers

Joyce Carol Oates

266 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror literary short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror by Ellen Datlow

Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror

Ellen Datlow

424 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark medium-paced