2024 Hellish Horror Book Challenge - hosted by ericdes

Appalachian or Southern Gothic Horror
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Pines by Blake Crouch

Pines

Wayward Pines #1

Blake Crouch

320 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

576 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Grady Hendrix

408 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
House of Cotton by Monica Brashears

House of Cotton

Monica Brashears

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

Gone to See the River Man

Gone to See The River Man #1

Kristopher Triana

182 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror dark tense medium-paced
Revelator by Daryl Gregory

Revelator

Daryl Gregory

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell

Cold Moon Over Babylon

Michael McDowell

292 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

A House with Good Bones

T. Kingfisher

247 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock

Knockemstiff

Donald Ray Pollock

206 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary short stories dark reflective medium-paced