I love horror literature, especially older stuff like HP Lovecraft or Edgar Allen Poe. Lately I've been trying to read some more modern horror novels, but they just don't give me that sinking feeling of dread that I'm looking for.
Any recommendations would be appreciated.
by WhatAWorthlessWorm
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I found **Come Closer** by *Sara Gran* really unsettling.
**The Demonologist** by *Andrew Pyper* is also worth checking out…
Penpal by Dathan Auerbach isn’t overly horrifying in a supernatural sense, but I finished it in one go because of the suspense and dread it evoked.
Autumn Bleeds into Winter by Jeff Strand is much the same to evoke that dread.
The Fisherman by John Langan draws on Lovecraftian elements and veers heavily into cosmic horror towards the end. Frankly, all of John Langan’s works are fantastic.
Obligatory rec for Stephen King – The Shining and ‘Salem’s Lot are wonderfully dreadful.
Annihilation by Jeff VanDermeer, though the whole Southern Reach quartet is fantastic.
Iain Reid’s novels verge into the weird and unsettling faction of horror too.
Haunting of Hill House and The Exorcist
Intercepts or We Used to Live Here
Clive Barkers Books Of Blood. Not quite modern not old
Never Whistle at Night
Bury your gays is aggressively modern, but it is so damn good and really drives home a sense of dread. The audiobook is especially good and has so many literary cameos as narrators.
Also I really like @spookycurious on Instagram she is constantly recommending hidden gems in the horror genre and she breaks it down by niche interest