Read Yourself Scared 2024 - hosted by _egg_wash

October: A retelling
Either a book that is a retelling of an older one, or a book that there has been a retelling of.
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The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

The Twisted Ones

T. Kingfisher

385 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction horror mystery thriller adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

What Moves the Dead

Sworn Soldier #1

T. Kingfisher

165 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

The Salt Grows Heavy

Cassandra Khaw

2 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious fast-paced
Queen of Roses by Briar Boleyn

Queen of Roses

Blood of a Fae #1

Briar Boleyn

361 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Bloody Chamber by

The Bloody Chamber

42 pages • first pub 1979 (editions) user-added

fiction classics feminism horror literary short stories thriller
No Longer Human by Junji Ito

No Longer Human

人間失格 / No Longer Human #1-3

Junji Ito

616 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction horror manga dark emotional sad medium-paced
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

Jane Steele

Lyndsay Faye

432 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical mystery romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

The Willows

Algernon Blackwood

70 pages • first pub 1907 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy horror short stories dark mysterious tense slow-paced
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