18 books like My Work Is Not Yet Done

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The Secret Bedroom Robert Lawrence Stine · 1991 · ★ 4.2 · 167p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Lea Carson is in for a surprise when she moves to Shadyside--and she may wish she never moved. Shares Revenge, Horror

The Hour Before Dark

The Hour Before Dark Douglas Clegg · 2002 · 370p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "When Nemo Raglan's father is murdered in one of the most vicious killings of recent years, Nemo must return to the New England island he thought he had escaped for good, Burnley Island and the shadowy farmhouse called Hawthorn. But this murder was no crime of human ferocity."--Jacket. Shares Horror

The Reformatory

The Reformatory Tananarive Due *Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner * New York Times Notable Book * Locus Award Finalist * Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and the Shirley Jackson Award * “You’re in for a treat...one of those books you can’t put down...Due hit it out of the park.” —Stephen King A gripping, page-turning “masterpiece” (Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman) set in Jim Crow Florida that… Shares Horror

Pharos, the Egyptian (Horror Classic)

Pharos, the Egyptian (Horror Classic) Guy Boothby Shares Horror with this book.

Nothing Tastes as Good

Nothing Tastes as Good Luke Dumas Shares Horror with this book.

Throat Sprockets

Throat Sprockets Tim Lucas Shares Horror with this book.

Black Sheep

Black Sheep Rachel Harrison A New York Times Best Horror Book of the Year A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irreverent horror novel from the author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle. Nobody has a “normal” family, but Vesper Wright’s is truly...something else. Vesper left home at eighteen and never looked back—mostly because she was told that leaving the… Shares Horror

Incidents Around the House

Incidents Around the House Josh Malerman NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A young girl’s troubled family is haunted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy” in this chilling tale from the author of Bird Box.COMING SOON AS THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OTHER MOMMY, STARRING JESSICA CHASTAIN“Deeply discomfiting, imaginatively ripe, yet ruthlessly efficient [with] claustrophobic terror that almost transcends articulation . . . Simply put—and I do not say… Shares Horror

The Sleeping Sisters

The Sleeping Sisters Jennifer Givhan Shares Horror with this book.

House of Bone and Rain

House of Bone and Rain Gabino Iglesias · 2024 · ★ 3.8 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate In this "stunningly visceral" (New York Times Book Review) novel, a group of young men seek vengeance after one of their mothers is murdered in a Puerto Rican slum; STAND BY ME with a haunted, obsidian-dark heart.    A Barnes & Noble Best Horror Book of the Year A Locus Award Finalist For childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul, and Bimbo, death has always been close.… Shares Horror

Coffin Moon

Coffin Moon Keith Rosson · 2025 · ★ 4.3 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate “This is mind-blowingly good. A horror novel that will keep you awake long after you turn the last page.”—Stephen KingFrom the author of Fever House and The Devil by Name: a Vietnam veteran and his adopted niece hunt—and are hunted by—the vampire that slaughtered their family.“Grabs you by the throat and doesn’t relent.”—Cassandra Khaw, author of Nothing But Blackened TeethA VULTURE BEST BOOK OF… Shares Horror

Play Nice

Play Nice Rachel Harrison AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A woman must confront the demons of her past when she attempts to fix up her childhood home in this devilishly clever take on the haunted house novel from the author of Black Sheep and So Thirsty.Clio Louise Barnes leads a picture-perfect life as a stylist and influencer, but beneath the glossy veneer she harbors a not-so glamorous secret: she grew up in a… Shares Horror

What the Hell Did I Just Read

What the Hell Did I Just Read Jason Pargin & David Wong John Dies at the End's "smart take on fear manages to tap into readers' existential dread on one page, then have them laughing the next" (Publishers Weekly) and This Book is Full of Spiders was "unlike any other book of the genre" (Washington Post).Now, New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin is back with What the Hell Did I Just Read, the third installment of this black-humored thriller… Shares Horror

The Minimalist

The Minimalist Kailee Pedersen Shares Horror with this book.

Bird Box

Bird Box Josh Malerman “[A] chilling debut . . . Malerman . . keeps us tinglingly on edge with his cool, merciless storytelling. . . . This earns comparisons to Hitchcock’s The Birds, as well as the finer efforts of Stephen King and cult sci-fi fantasist Jonathan Carroll.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Written with the narrative tension of The Road and the exquisite terror of classic Stephen King, Bird Box is a… Shares Horror

The Devil Knows Her Name

The Devil Knows Her Name C.N. Vair Shares Horror with this book.

About a Place in the Kinki Region

About a Place in the Kinki Region Sesuji & Michael Blaskowsky · 2025 · ★ 3.9 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "My friend is missing. When he disappeared, he'd been working on a magazine about the paranormal--his first real job as an editor. With almost no budget, he'd resorted to digging through back issues and unused research material, looking for inspiration. As he did, a terrifying truth began to emerge about a certain place in the Kinki region. I have collected the relevant articles, interviews, and… Shares Horror

What Feasts at Night

What Feasts at Night T. Kingfisher An Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie BestsellerA Barnes & Noble Best Horror Book of 2024A Goodreads Best Horror Choice Award NomineeEnter a cold, silent forest and find out what feasts at night in this new gothic tale from bestselling and award-winning author T. Kingfisher, set in the world of What Moves the Dead.*A very special hardcover edition, featuring a foil stamp on the… Shares Horror

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