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  • January 24, 2025
  • 51 Books
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#2

Cover 4

It Haunts the Mind: and Other Stories
ByNick Roberts

3 Readers • 4

#3

Recessive Nature

Recessive Nature
ByBrandon Perras-Sanchez

1 Reader • 150 pages

#4

Seven Empty Houses

Seven Empty Houses
BySamanta Schweblin,Megan McDowell(Translator)

2015 • 40 Readers • 304 pages • 3.8

#5

The Winter Spirits: Twelve Ghostly Tales for Festive Nights

The Winter Spirits: Twelve Ghostly Tales for Festive Nights
ByBridget Collins,Susan Stokes-Chapman,+10 more

2023 • 19 Readers • 464 pages • 4

#6

Mouthful of Birds

Mouthful of Birds
BySamanta Schweblin,Megan McDowell(Translator)

2009 • 56 Readers • 240 pages • 3.3

#7

A Sunny Place for Shady People

A Sunny Place for Shady People
ByMegan McDowell(translator),Mariana Enríquez

2024 • 49 Readers • 272 pages • 4.1

#8

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
ByMariana Enriquez

2009 • 290 Readers • 209 pages • 3.9

#9

Rest Stop

Rest Stop
ByNat Cassidy

2024 • 24 Readers • 160 pages • 3

#10

Lovely, Dark & Deep

Lovely, Dark & Deep
ByMegan Stockton

10 Readers • 3.8

#11

Lure

Lure
ByTim McGregor

2022 • 4 Readers • 136 pages

#12

Stay on the Line

Stay on the Line
ByClay McLeod Chapman,Trevor Henderson

8 Readers • 4

#13

The Lottery

The Lottery
ByShirley Jackson

1948 • 283 Readers • 8 pages • 4

#14

Helpmeet

Helpmeet
ByNaben Ruthnum

2022 • 75 Readers • 94 pages • 3.4

#15

Never Whistle at Night

Never Whistle at Night
ByNorris Black,Amber Blaeser-Wardzala,+22 more

2023 • 243 Readers • 352 pages • 3.9

#16

Your Body is Not Your Body

Your Body is Not Your Body
ByL.C. von Hessen,Rain Corbyn,+25 more

2022 • 7 Readers • 263 pages • 3

#17

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Queen Boss Slay
ByPatrick C. Harrison III

1 Reader

#18

Flowers from the Void

Flowers from the Void
ByGianni Washington

2024 • 2 Readers

#19

After the People Lights Have Gone Off

After the People Lights Have Gone Off
ByStephen Graham Jones

2014 • 42 Readers • 310 pages • 3.2

#20

Your Utopia

Your Utopia
ByBora Chung,Anton Hur(Translator)

2021 • 51 Readers • 256 pages • 3.7

#21

She's Always Hungry

She's Always Hungry
ByEliza Clark

2024 • 28 Readers • 240 pages • 3.5

#22

Of the Flesh

Of the Flesh
BySusan Barker,Lucy Rose,+16 more

2024 • 1 Reader • 338 pages

#23

The Color of Blood

The Color of Blood
ByMona Kabbani

4 Readers • 184 pages

#24

Green Frog: Stories

Green Frog: Stories
ByGina Chung

2024 • 8 Readers • 241 pages

#25

Christmas and Other Horrors: A winter solstice anthology

Christmas and Other Horrors: A winter solstice anthology
ByJosh Malerman,Alma Katsu,+1 more

2023 • 1 Reader

#26

The Darkest Night: 22 Winter Horror Stories

The Darkest Night: 22 Winter Horror Stories
ByLindy Ryan(editor),Josh Malerman(contributor)

5 Readers • 3.8

#27

An Excellent Host

An Excellent Host
ByChelsea G. Summers

2024 • 5 Readers • 69 pages • 4

#28

The Honor of Your Presence

The Forgetters

The Honor of Your Presence
ByDave Eggers

2003 • 1 Reader • 90 pages

#29

Peach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women

Peach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women
ByLauren Groff,Deesha Philyaw,+14 more

2023 • 23 Readers • 256 pages • 4.5

#30

Mystery Lights

Mystery Lights
ByLena Valencia

2024 • 10 Readers

#31

The Virago Book of Witches

The Virago Book of Witches
ByShahrukh Husain(Editor),Liane Payne(Illustrator)

1993 • 10 Readers • 272 pages • 3

#32

Human Sacrifices

Human Sacrifices
ByMaría Fernanda Ampuero,Frances Riddle(Translator)

2021 • 22 Readers • 144 pages • 4.3

#33

Season's Creepings: Tales of Holiday Horror

Season's Creepings: Tales of Holiday Horror
ByRonald Kelly

2020 • 6 Readers • 130 pages • 3.7

#34

The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights
ByBridget Collins

2021 • 50 Readers • 3.6

#35

The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex

#0.5 of 4 in The Locked Tomb

The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex
ByTamsyn Muir

2020 • 94 Readers • 28 pages • 3.8

#36

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#2.5 of 4 in The Locked Tomb

As Yet Unsent
ByTamsyn Muir

2021 • 67 Readers • 24 pages • 4

#37

The Unwanted Guest

The Unwanted Guest
ByTamsyn Muir

14 Readers • 4.4

#38

Set in Stone

Set in Stone
ByK.J. Parker

2024 • 1 Reader • 28 pages • 4

#39

Everybody Is in the Place

Everybody Is in the Place
ByEmma J. Gibbon

2024 • 1 Reader • 16 pages • 4

#40

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Ushers: A Short Story
ByJoe Hill

2024 • 14 Readers • 29 pages • 3.7

#41

Sum

Sum
ByDavid Eagleman

2009 • 142 Readers • 110 pages • 4

#42

Found

Found
ByAristo Couvaras

2022 • 28 Readers • 274 pages • 4.2

#43

The Garden

The Garden
ByTomi Adeyemi

30 Readers • 2.5

#44

Persephone

Persephone
ByLev Grossman

2022 • 34 Readers • 31 pages • 2.8

#45

The Six Deaths of the Saint

Into Shadow

The Six Deaths of the Saint
ByAlix E. Harrow

2022 • 156 Readers • 30 pages • 4.5

#46

What the Dead Know

What the Dead Know
ByNghi Vo

2022 • 38 Readers • 31 pages • 3.8

#47

Undercover

Undercover
ByTamsyn Muir

2022 • 51 Readers • 59 pages • 4.1

#48

The Candles Are Burning

The Candles Are Burning
ByVeronica Henry

2022 • 11 Readers • 37 pages • 3.5

#49

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Into Shadow

Out of the Mirror, Darkness
ByGarth Nix

2022 • 20 Readers • 38 pages • 3.3

#50

Self-Made Monsters

Self-Made Monsters
ByRebecca Cuthbert

1 Reader

#51

Apart in the Dark: Novellas

Apart in the Dark: Novellas
ByAnia Ahlborn

2018 • 12 Readers • 321 pages • 4

#52

North American Lake Monsters Stories

North American Lake Monsters Stories
ByNathan Ballingrud

2013 • 64 Readers • 205 pages • 4.1