18 books like Poe's Children

What to read after Poe's Children — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Cabal

Cabal Clive Barker · 1988 · ★ 4.3 · 268p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Cabal is a 1988 horror novella by the British author Clive Barker. It was originally published in the United States as part of a collection comprising a novel and several short stories from Barker's sixth and final volume of the Books of Blood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal_(novella) Shares English Horror tales, Horror

The Mammoth Book of Werewolves Stephen Jones · 1994 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Shares English Horror tales, American Horror tales with this book.

Beware! Robert Lawrence Stine · 2002 · ★ 4.1 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Dim the lights. Lock the doors. Pull down the shades—and BEWARE! It's time to read the favorite scary stories of R.L. Stine, bestselling children’s author and master of the spooky tale. R.L. Stine has gathered a selection of all things scary, and even added two new tales of his own! Short stories, fables old and new, comics, and poems. It′s a spine-tingling collection of work by dozens of… Shares English Horror tales, American Horror tales, Horror

Mary

Mary Nat Cassidy · 2022 · ★ 4.0 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invisible. Unknown even to herself. But lately, things have been changing inside Mary. Along with the hot flashes and body aches, she can’t look in a mirror without passing out, and the voices in her head have been urging her to do unspeakable things. Fired from her job in New York, she moves back… Shares Horror

Shadows of the Stanley Hotel

Shadows of the Stanley Hotel Ritesh Sonvane Shares Horror with this book.

Nightmare Magazine, Issue 167 (August 2026)

Nightmare Magazine, Issue 167 (August 2026) Wendy N. Wagner Shares Horror with this book.

The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs Thomas Harris An ingenious, masterfully written novel, Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling and the basis for the Oscar award-winning horror film starring Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter.A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname—Buffalo Bill—is stalking particular women. He has a purpose, but no one can… Shares Horror

The Night Guest

The Night Guest Hildur Knútsdóttir & Mary Robinette Kowal Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest is an eerie and ensnaring story set in contemporary Reykjavík that’s sure to keep you awake at night.Iðunn is in yet another doctor's office. She knows her constant fatigue is a sign that something's not right, but practitioners dismiss her symptoms and blood tests haven't revealed any cause.When she talks to friends and family about it, the refrain is the… Shares Horror

Don't Stop

Don't Stop Lauren Biel Shares Horror with this book.

Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil Stephen King #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King's novella Apt Pupil, published in his 1982 collection Different Seasons, now available as a stand-alone edition!If you don’t believe in the existence of evil, you have a lot to learn. Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher, Mr. Dussander, and to learn all about… Shares Horror

Slasher Summer

Slasher Summer E. L. Chen In this campy love letter to the slasher films of the 1980s, seven friends reunite for a weekend of fun—only to be hunted down by a cold-blooded killer. But the real horror is not being able to escape who you were in high school. . . .The sleepy town of Cedar Lake is best known as the shooting location of the campy ’80s horror flick Slasher. In high school, preppy Patrick, jock Jason, cheerleader… Shares Horror

If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe

If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe Jason Pargin · 2022 · ★ 4.4 New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin’s hilarious and horrifying John Dies at the End series continues with If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe."Pargin once again delights with scathing social commentary thinly disguised as an outrageous action novel...This is a feast."—Publishers Weekly "Within the snarky humor is an incisive commentary on social media and the state of our… Shares Horror

Day by Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass

Day by Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass J. L. Bourne This acclaimed military thriller of the zombie apocalypse from the author of Day by Day Armageddon and Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile blends postapocalyptic survivalism with military science fiction. In a desperate bid to take back the continental United States—where hordes of undead now dominate the ravaged human population—a Navy commander leads a global mission to the heart of the… Shares Horror

A House By The Sea

A House By The Sea Ambrose Ibsen Something has always lived in Winthrop House...After his book becomes a best-seller, novelist Jack Ripley moves into a house on the edge of Cutler Harbor with his wife and two daughters. Nearly a century old, Winthrop House is newly-restored and boasts a gorgeous oceanfront view.But everything is not what it seems.Though picturesque, Jack learns that the house has been shunned for decades by the… Shares Horror

Penpal

Penpal Dathan Auerbach In an attempt to make sense of his own mysterious and unsettling childhood memories, a man begins to reconstruct his past. As the games and adventures of his youth become engulfed by a larger story, he finds that it forms a tapestry of unbelievable horror that he never could have expected.  Each chapter completes a different piece of the puzzle for both you and the narrator, and by the end… Shares Horror

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones Selected as One of The New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of the Year A Barack Obama Summer Read Bram Stoker Award Winner for Superior Achievement in a Novel Nebula Award Winner for Best Novel Locus Award Winner for Horror Libby Award Winner for Best HorrorKirkus Reviews Best Historical Fiction Los Angeles Times Book Prize Award Finalist A Time, The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, The… Shares Horror

The House on Bleakmoor Hill

The House on Bleakmoor Hill Cheryl Bradshaw For decades, reporters have chased James Holloway for answers about his best friend, convicted serial killer Calvin Rook.Rook died on death row, taking his secrets with him. The most haunting question remains: where are the bodies of the women who were never found?Now, at ninety-two, James is ready to talk. For the first time, he's prepared to reveal the truth about Calvin's life and what really… Shares Horror

Victorian Psycho

Victorian Psycho Virginia Feito SOON TO BE A FEATURE FILM STARRING MAIKA MONROE, THOMASIN MCKENZIE AND JASON ISSACS A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker, TIME, Bookpage, and the Chicago Public Library • The American Booksellers Association's #1 Indie Next Great Read for February 2025 "[A] savage thriller... Victorian Psycho offers a wickedly… Shares Horror

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