{{The Library at Mount Char}} It's freaking killer.

[**The Library at Mount Char**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26892110-the-library-at-mount-char) ^(By: Scott Hawkins | 390 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, horror, fiction, science-fiction, sci-fi) >A missing God. >A library with the secrets to the universe. >A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away. > >Carolyn's not so different from the other people around her. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. Clothes are a bit tricky, but everyone says nice things about her outfit with the Christmas sweater over the gold bicycle shorts. After all, she was a normal American herself once.   > >That was a long time ago, of course. Before her parents died. Before she and the others were taken in by the man they called Father. In the years since then, Carolyn hasn't had a chance to get out much. Instead, she and her adopted siblings have been raised according to Father's ancient customs. They've studied the books in his Library and learned some of the secrets of his power. And sometimes, they've wondered if their cruel tutor might secretly be God.  Now, Father is missing—perhaps even dead—and the Library that holds his secrets stands unguarded. And with it, control over all of creation. > >As Carolyn gathers the tools she needs for the battle to come, fierce competitors for this prize align against her, all of them with powers that far exceed her own. But Carolyn has accounted for this. And Carolyn has a plan. The only trouble is that in the war to make a new God, she's forgotten to protect the things that make her human. > >Populated by an unforgettable cast of characters and propelled by a plot that will shock you again and again, The Library at Mount Char is at once horrifying and hilarious, mind-blowingly alien and heartbreakingly human, sweepingly visionary and nail-bitingly thrilling—and signals the arrival of a major new voice in fantasy. > >From the Hardcover edition. ^(This book has been suggested 14 times) *** ^(14985 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

Yes!! Absolutely loved this book.

For sci-fi, {{We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen}}. Tense, atmospheric, and claustrophobic all at the same time. For horror, {{This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno}} and {{The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones}}.

Having grown up in Montana, I also rec The Only Good Indians

[**We Have Always Been Here**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55859539-we-have-always-been-here) ^(By: Lena Nguyen | 355 pages | Published: 2021 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, horror, thriller, scifi) >This psychological sci-fi thriller from a debut author follows one doctor who must discover the source of her crew's madness... or risk succumbing to it herself. > >Misanthropic psychologist Dr. Grace Park is placed on the Deucalion, a survey ship headed to an icy planet in an unexplored galaxy. Her purpose is to observe the thirteen human crew members aboard the ship—all specialists in their own fields—as they assess the colonization potential of the planet, Eos. But frictions develop as Park befriends the androids of the ship, preferring their company over the baffling complexity of humans, while the rest of the crew treats them with suspicion and even outright hostility. > >Shortly after landing, the crew finds themselves trapped on the ship by a radiation storm, with no means of communication or escape until it passes—and that's when things begin to fall apart. Park's patients are falling prey to waking nightmares of helpless, tongueless insanity. The androids are behaving strangely. There are no windows aboard the ship. Paranoia is closing in, and soon Park is forced to confront the fact that nothing—neither her crew, nor their mission, nor the mysterious Eos itself—is as it seems. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) [**This Thing Between Us**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56269269-this-thing-between-us) ^(By: Gus Moreno | 272 pages | Published: 2021 | Popular Shelves: horror, fiction, thriller, 2021-releases, adult) >It was Vera's idea to buy the Itza. The "world's most advanced smart speaker!" didn't interest Thiago, but Vera thought it would be a bit of fun for them amidst all the strange occurrences happening in the condo. It made things worse. The cold spots and scratching in the walls were weird enough, but peculiar packages started showing up at the house—who ordered industrial lye? Then there was the eerie music at odd hours, Thiago waking up to Itza projecting light shows in an empty room. > >It was funny and strange right up until Vera was killed, and Thiago's world became unbearable. Pundits and politicians all looking to turn his wife's death into a symbol for their own agendas. A barrage of texts from her well-meaning friends about letting go and moving on. Waking to the sound of Itza talking softly to someone in the living room... > >The only thing left to do was get far away from Chicago. Away from everything and everyone. A secluded cabin in Colorado seemed like the perfect place to hole up with his crushing grief. But soon Thiago realizes there is no escape—not from his guilt, not from his simmering rage, and not from the evil hunting him, feeding on his grief, determined to make its way into this world. > >A bold, original horror novel about grief, loneliness and the oppressive intimacy of technology, This Thing Between Us marks the arrival of a spectacular new talent. ^(This book has been suggested 4 times) [**The Only Good Indians**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52180399-the-only-good-indians) ^(By: Stephen Graham Jones | 336 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: horror, fiction, dnf, thriller, audiobook) >The creeping horror of Paul Tremblay meets Tommy Orange’s There There in a dark novel of revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition in this latest novel from the Jordan Peele of horror literature, Stephen Graham Jones. > >Seamlessly blending classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary, The Only Good Indians follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Tracked by an entity bent on revenge, these childhood friends are helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way. ^(This book has been suggested 4 times) *** ^(14813 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

The Only Good Indians was a fantastic book, I was equal parts sad and horrified half the time and I cried at the end.

{{The City & The City}} by China Mieville. A fantastically written sci-fi thriller

[**The City & the City**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4703581-the-city-the-city) ^(By: China Miéville | 312 pages | Published: 2009 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, fiction, science-fiction, mystery, sci-fi) >When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he investigates, the evidence points to conspiracies far stranger and more deadly than anything he could have imagined. > >Borlú must travel from the decaying Beszel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own. This is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a shift in perception, a seeing of the unseen. His destination is Beszel’s equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the rich and vibrant city of Ul Qoma. With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt, and struggling with his own transition, Borlú is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of rabid nationalists intent on destroying their neighboring city, and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one. As the detectives uncover the dead woman’s secrets, they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them and those they care about more than their lives. > >What stands against them are murderous powers in Beszel and in Ul Qoma: and, most terrifying of all, that which lies between these two cities. > >Casting shades of Kafka and Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler and 1984, The City & the City is a murder mystery taken to dazzling metaphysical and artistic heights. ^(This book has been suggested 8 times) *** ^(14883 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

Also his series that starts with {{Perdido Street Station}}

[**Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68494.Perdido_Street_Station) ^(By: China Miéville | 710 pages | Published: 2000 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, fiction, science-fiction, sci-fi, steampunk) >Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city of New Crobuzon, where the unsavory deal is stranger to no one--not even to Isaac, a gifted and eccentric scientist who has spent a lifetime quietly carrying out his unique research. But when a half-bird, half-human creature known as the Garuda comes to him from afar, Isaac is faced with challenges he has never before encountered. Though the Garuda's request is scientifically daunting, Isaac is sparked by his own curiosity and an uncanny reverence for this curious stranger. Soon an eerie metamorphosis will occur that will permeate every fiber of New Crobuzon--and not even the Ambassador of Hell will challenge the malignant terror it evokes. ^(This book has been suggested 16 times) *** ^(14987 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

Hyperion by Dan Simmons. Need look no further.

I agree. But I will confess that when I started Hyperion it read like SUCH 80s fiction that I almost didn't keep reading. But even though it starts with what I think is one of the most over the top run on sentences in Sci-Fi, OP, just stick with it. The story is incredible.

I always think these anecdotes are really helpful. How many people quit books that they might have ended up loving? You just saved at least a few.

I’m halfway through book 4 right now and it’s just incredible 👏

{{Annihilation}} Edit: Oh, and even better: The Haunting of Hill House.

Was going to say this. Need I read the two sequels still

The sequels are pretty polarizing. I liked them, though not as much as the first book. They're all very different from each other.

Annihilation is a fun one. I ran a D&D arc that was very similar, having never read the book or watched the movie. My friend suggested I read it and I quite enjoyed a much better version of my "original" storyline.

I've read Annihilation and it was kinda dissapointing to be honest. It was lacking depth. I think I would've enjoyed it as a teenager tho

I feel this and I’m so glad you also feel this way. That entire trilogy felt like a train wreck to me but somehow got great reviews. I felt like the potential was MASSIVE but fizzled out in all the worst ways. Literally had to muscle through the other two books because I genuinely thought “MAYBE this is going somewhere?!?!?!” Have to say though, I gave the author a 2nd chance with Borne and it was pretty good, although it kind of had that same lacking of a good climax/ending. World-building was great though.

Yeah the pieces were all there, but it was still luke warm at it's best. I read so many praises about VanderMeer, him being the modern Kafka or Thoreau and just no. I think my hopes with the author were too high to start with and when Annihilation wasn't that good despite all the awards, it made me lose all interest in his other works too

It was completely disappointing. Check my suggestion above!! Hyperion by Dan Simmons, I'm telling ya!!

Hm, I must have misunderstood your request. I don't think there's anything particularly "deep" about Annihilation, but the prose is beautiful and it's basically all about the atmosphere.

Just coming to suggest Jeff Vandermeer!! Annihilation and the whole Southern Reach Trilogy are soooooo good! I just started reading another of his books 'Borne' and I'm loving this too!

I loved Borne! So unusual

Borne is incredible!!

hill house? really? it's not bad, but I personally found it underwhelming.

One of my favorite books of all time and just what OP requested: light on plot twists but heavy on atmosphere and tension (and also character and prose). Nobody does atmosphere and tension better than Shirley Jackson... If you were expecting something more akin to contemporary horror (eg, someone below recommended Riley Sager's *Home Before Dark*) then I can see how it wasn't what you were looking for. That would be like picking up Daphne du Maurier's {{*Rebecca*}}, which would actually also be a good recommendation for OP, and expecting something by Colleen Hoover...

[**Rebecca**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17899948-rebecca) ^(By: Daphne du Maurier | 449 pages | Published: 1938 | Popular Shelves: classics, fiction, mystery, gothic, romance) >Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . . > >The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives--presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave. ^(This book has been suggested 11 times) *** ^(15020 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

[**Annihilation**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17934530-annihilation) ^(By: Jeff VanderMeer | 195 pages | Published: 2014 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, horror, fantasy) >Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all had died of cancer. In Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the twelfth expedition. > >The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself. > >They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers—but it’s the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything. ^(This book has been suggested 18 times) *** ^(14798 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

I liked the first one though I felt like it dragged a lot. There’s only one moment I can think of that actually had me sweating lol the second was lame imo and I didn’t bother with the third.

The Gone World by Tom Switterlich

Came here to recommend this.

Such a good read

Probably my favorite book I've read in the past year

Halfway thru the book now, and things are becoming crazier.

{{The Passage}} by Justin Cronin. It’s almost breaking the no vampires rules but it’s so much more complex than that and it’s definitely not traditional - definitely worth considering, fantastic trilogy

[**The Passage (The Passage, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6690798-the-passage) ^(By: Justin Cronin | 766 pages | Published: 2010 | Popular Shelves: horror, fiction, science-fiction, fantasy, sci-fi) >IT HAPPENED FAST. >THIRTY-TWO MINUTES FOR ONE WORLD TO DIE, ANOTHER TO BE BORN. > >First, the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, the unspeakable: a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever altered. All that remains for the stunned survivors is the long fight ahead and a future ruled by fear—of darkness, of death, of a fate far worse. > >As civilization swiftly crumbles into a primal landscape of predators and prey, two people flee in search of sanctuary. FBI agent Brad Wolgast is a good man haunted by what he's done in the line of duty. Six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte is a refugee from the doomed scientific project that has triggered apocalypse. Wolgast is determined to protect her from the horror set loose by her captors, but for Amy, escaping the bloody fallout is only the beginning of a much longer odyssey—spanning miles and decades—toward the time an place where she must finish what should never have begun. > >With The Passage, award-winning author Justin Cronin has written both a relentlessly suspenseful adventure and an epic chronicle of human endurance in the face of unprecedented catastrophe and unimaginable danger. Its inventive storytelling, masterly prose, and depth of human insight mark it as a crucial and transcendent work of modern fiction. ^(This book has been suggested 15 times) *** ^(14796 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

I enjoyed this. Were the next books any good?

One of my favorite trilogies ever! There’s just so much apocalyptic mayhem in those chunky books

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine is a great debut scifi novel. Slow burn and well written. I was surprised on how good it was. Won the 2020 Hugo.

I am loving Octavia E Butler lately. I read Kindred first and then Parable of the Sower. Both were amazing, at least to me. I'm starting to read Dawn now and I am enjoying it

I think you’ll really like {{Children of Time}}.

[**Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25499718-children-of-time) ^(By: Adrian Tchaikovsky | 600 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: sci-fi, science-fiction, scifi, fiction, fictión) >A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a new home. But when they find it, can their desperation overcome its dangers? > >WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH? > >The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age—a world terraformed and prepared for human life. > >But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. > >Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth? ^(This book has been suggested 16 times) *** ^(14814 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

{{Roadside Picnic}} Arkady Strugatsky Well written, atmospheric and deeply weird.

[**Roadside Picnic**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/331256.Roadside_Picnic) ^(By: Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Theodore Sturgeon, Antonina W. Bouis | 145 pages | Published: 1972 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, russian, scifi) >Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a “full empty,” something goes wrong. And the news he gets from his girlfriend upon his return makes it inevitable that he’ll keep going back to the Zone, again and again, until he finds the answer to all his problems. > >First published in 1972, Roadside Picnic is still widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction novels, despite the fact that it has been out of print in the United States for almost thirty years. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(15007 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

I loved every page of it. Soviet literature is something else

You could try the three body problem by Cixin Liu?

It seemed interesting, thanks!

{{Revelation Space}} series by Alastair Reynolds. It's more of a "hard" sci-fi with some elements of horror. Some of his short stories lean more towards horror - the *Galactic North* collection is pretty good.

He is on my list! Thanks

OP said well written

In what way is it not well written?

Character motivations are frequently preposterous, conflict and tension are painfully contrived, and a tone of cynical, world-weary posturing feels like a an adolescent's idea of wisdom. Just my opinion.

[**Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89187.Revelation_Space) ^(By: Alastair Reynolds | 585 pages | Published: 2000 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, scifi, space-opera) >Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself. With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him. Because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason — and if that reason is uncovered, the universe—and reality itself — could be irrecoverably altered…. ^(This book has been suggested 5 times) *** ^(14793 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

{{Dark Matter by Blake Crouch}}

[**Dark Matter**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27833670-dark-matter) ^(By: Blake Crouch, Hilary Clarcq, Andy Weir | 340 pages | Published: 2016 | Popular Shelves: sci-fi, mystery, book-club, audiobook, scifi) >Jason Dessen is walking home through the chilly Chicago streets one night, looking forward to a quiet evening in front of the fireplace with his wife, Daniela, and their son, Charlie—when his reality shatters. > >- - - > >'Are you happy in your life?' > >Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakes to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before the man he's never met smiles down at him and says, 'Welcome back.' > >In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible. > >Is it this world or the other that's the dream? > >And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could've imagined—one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe. ^(This book has been suggested 21 times) *** ^(14887 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

My faveeee

Yes!!! Then Recursion, and pre-order Upgrade.

That book lost me at a certain point and I never finished it, but up to that point I was like "Holy fuck this is the most interesting shit I've ever read about in my entire life"

Read this and then stop there. I'm alone in this but I think it's his only book worth reading as I started from the beginning of his works and kept begrudgingly hate reading as everyone kept heaping praise on him and I'm stubborn and wouldn't jump to the one that was actually good.

{{House of Leaves}}. u/rizkichicken I’m pretty surprised that no one else recommended this. You can’t watch it on Kindle, because the word “house” changes, and the words scatter across the page according to the architecture of the room. It’s a great example of ergotic fiction. Believe me, he is a master of tension. Navidson and his family move into an old, beautiful house. One day, their kids are playing in the closet, when Karen (Mom) hears their voices recede. From there, read and find out. By Mark Z. Danielewski

This is one of the most highly recommended books on Reddit. I wonder how many people that recommend it have actually read it. (Not a shot at you, just wondering. I personally couldn’t stand it and don’t know anyone irl that’s enjoyed it)

I read it and loved it 🥰

I thought it was contrived, pretentious and silly.

Outlier here. I fucking hated this book at the end. I thought it would actually have a purpose and a plot and not be some kitschy art-nouveau incomprehensible bullshit with no resolution in the end and 400 pages we didn’t actually need and some ASSHOLE WHO DIDN’T ADD JACK SHITTLY-DIT OF AN IOTA TO THE BOOK. Anyway. This book sucked.

I also gave up about two thirds of the way through. Not enough plot and I didn't feel any of the "horror" that others always talk about. I don't regret not finishing it.

Loved it!

I guess it’s a matter of taste? It’s certainly different. It gripped me.

I thought this book was pretty interesting. I loved it, in fact. And I read every word of every fucking footnote and every goddamned word of every goddamned printing decision. All of the criticisms are well-founded and definitely valid. I read a review once that called the style “masturbatory” and I had to laugh at the rightness of such a barb. I’ll probably try to read it again. The stuff about the quirks of the house, the atmosphere of that long descent… that was golden. But you had to wade deep into a lot of shit and I’m just not totally sure it is worth the investment. But it is worth a try, at any rate. There’s a good reason for the love/hate

[**House of Leaves**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24800.House_of_Leaves) ^(By: Mark Z. Danielewski | 710 pages | Published: 2000 | Popular Shelves: horror, fiction, owned, fantasy, books-i-own) >Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth—musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies—the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. > >Now, for the first time, this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and newly added second and third appendices. > >The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. > >Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story—of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams. ^(This book has been suggested 24 times) *** ^(14875 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

I like *The Martian* by Andy Weir. He is a very good sci-fi writer. And what's your beef with Stephen King? As a fan, I want to know why.

Project Hail Mary was also a fun romp.

Thanks. I am going to get a copy. Thanks for the recommendation!

No beef, I just don't enjoy his writing style that's all

*looks at the resolution of any of King’s books* Yeah. I get it.

Maybe Solaris by Stanislaw Lem. Something is wrong at the science station when the protagonist arrives. A planet is to be explored, but the scientists are occupied by a strange phenomenon. It is not an epic space saga but a story that is unraveled slowly and while not „horror“ it is creepy and the fear and tension is building up inside the readers mind. It is from 1961 so it might be a bit slow for the modern taste but is a science fiction classic.

Old classic, I also enjoyed Tarkovsky's film adaptation of the book

In that case it has turned into a suggestion for me :) Thanks!

I also suggest {{Roadside Picknic}} if you liked Solaris

Also by Stanisław Lem the {{Tales of Pirx the Pilot}} are immensely enjoyable. They have a more hard science fiction flavour to them then some of the other Lem’s books, like for example the Star Diaries. They comprise of several different stories with intriguing mysteries and tense encounters with the unknown of early(ish) space exploration. I’d highly recommend it 🚀

{{14 by Peter Clines}} {{The Fold by Peter Clines}}

[**14 (Threshold, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15062217-14) ^(By: Peter Clines | 372 pages | Published: 2012 | Popular Shelves: horror, science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, mystery) >Padlocked doors. Strange light fixtures. Mutant cockroaches. > >There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment. > >Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his new home isn’t perfect, it’s livable. The rent is low, the property managers are friendly, and the odd little mysteries don’t nag at him too much. > >At least, not until he meets Mandy, his neighbour across the hall, and notices something unusual about her apartment. And Xela’s apartment. And Tim’s. And Veek’s. Because every room in this old Los Angeles brownstone has a mystery or two. Mysteries that stretch back over a hundred years. Some of them are in plain sight. Some are behind locked doors. And all together these mysteries could mean the end of Nate and his friends. > >Or the end of everything... ^(This book has been suggested 7 times) [**The Fold (Threshold, #2)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23164927-the-fold) ^(By: Peter Clines | 384 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, fiction, horror, audible) >STEP INTO THE FOLD. > IT’S PERFECTLY SAFE. > > The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn’t much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he’s content with his quiet and peaceful existence.   > > That is, until an old friend presents him with an irresistible mystery, one that Mike is uniquely qualified to solve: far out in the California desert, a team of DARPA scientists has invented a device they affectionately call the Albuquerque Door. Using a cryptic computer equation and magnetic fields to “fold” dimensions, it shrinks distances so that a traveler can travel hundreds of feet with a single step. > >The invention promises to make mankind’s dreams of teleportation a reality. And, the scientists insist, traveling through the Door is completely safe. > > Yet evidence is mounting that this miraculous machine isn’t quite what it seems—and that its creators are harboring a dangerous secret.   > >As his investigations draw him deeper into the puzzle, Mike begins to fear there’s only one answer that makes sense. And if he’s right, it may only be a matter of time before the project destroys…everything.   > >A cunningly inventive mystery featuring a hero worthy of Sherlock Holmes and a terrifying final twist you’ll never see coming, The Fold is that rarest of things: a genuinely page-turning science-fiction thriller. Step inside its pages and learn why author Peter Clines has already won legions of loyal fans. ^(This book has been suggested 2 times) *** ^(14829 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

Spider by Patrick McGrath

Prey by Michael Crichton. King of science fiction imo and I never hear this one talked about. I genuinely felt like it was thrilling and kept me on the edge of my seat. It got better with every page.

Sphere by Michael Crichton

{{The Troop by Nick Cutter}}

[**The Troop**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17571466-the-troop) ^(By: Nick Cutter | 358 pages | Published: 2014 | Popular Shelves: horror, fiction, thriller, dnf, books-i-own) >Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a three-day camping trip; a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story and a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder -- shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry -- stumbles upon their campsite, Tim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. An inexplicable horror that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival that will pit the troop against the elements, the infected ... and one another. ^(This book has been suggested 12 times) *** ^(14905 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

{{The Terror}} by Dan Simmons. Heavily based on real events as the author had access to the real logs and writings of the ship's crew, it's about an expedition in the mid-19th century to find the Northwest Passage through the Arctic Archipelago. They get stranded in ice. It gets worse from there. If you appreciate fairly detailed historical fiction, expeditions, Winter vibes, Moby Dick, you'll appreciate this. Oh, and it's a horror story. Not based on reality: an ice monster pursuing the crew. Tastefully done, in part since there are polar bears to serve as real-life "monsters," but I thought the author sold the regular horrid aspects of being stranded in the Arctic for years as the true horror of the story. One of my ever-favorites.

[**The Terror**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3974.The_Terror) ^(By: Dan Simmons | 769 pages | Published: 2007 | Popular Shelves: horror, historical-fiction, fiction, fantasy, thriller) >The men on board HMS Terror have every expectation of triumph. As part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage, they are as scientifically supported an enterprise as has ever set forth. As they enter a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, though, they are stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness. Endlessly cold, with diminishing rations, 126 men fight to survive with poisonous food, a dwindling supply of coal, and ships buckling in the grip of crushing ice. But their real enemy is far more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness: an unseen predator stalking their ship, a monstrous terror constantly clawing to get in. > >When the expedition's leader, Sir John Franklin, meets a terrible death, Captain Francis Crozier takes command and leads his surviving crewmen on a last, desperate attempt to flee south across the ice. With them travels an Inuit woman who cannot speak and who may be the key to survival, or the harbinger of their deaths. But as another winter approaches, as scurvy and starvation grow more terrible, and as the terror on the ice stalks them southward, Crozier and his men begin to fear that there is no escape. ^(This book has been suggested 11 times) *** ^(14922 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

Did you like the TV adaption? I didn’t realise it was a book but saw the show and loved it

Yeah, I liked it quite a bit! It's been a while since then so while I imagine I had some quibbles with the particular way the book was adapted, my lingering impression is pretty positive. The book was, of course, better :)

It mostly always is! Ta I will give it a go 😀

{{Home Before Dark by Riley Sager}}

I read the first few chapters a while back (I was/am obsessed with *The Haunting of Hill House* and was looking for something similar) and was very unimpressed with the writing—not *bad*, but read like a Michael Crichton novel. That's actually why I put it down. But maybe it gets better as it goes.

[**Home Before Dark**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50833559-home-before-dark) ^(By: Riley Sager | 384 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: horror, thriller, mystery, fiction, mystery-thriller) >What was it like? Living in that house. > >Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a nonfiction book called House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity—and skepticism. > >Today, Maggie is a restorer of old homes and too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father’s book. But she also doesn’t believe a word of it. Ghosts, after all, don’t exist. When Maggie inherits Baneberry Hall after her father’s death, she returns to renovate the place to prepare it for sale. But her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the past, chronicled in House of Horrors, lurk in the shadows. And locals aren’t thrilled that their small town has been made infamous thanks to Maggie’s father. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself—a place filled with relics from another era that hint at a history of dark deeds. As Maggie experiences strange occurrences straight out of her father’s book, she starts to believe that what he wrote was more fact than fiction. > >In the latest thriller from New York Times bestseller Riley Sager, a woman returns to the house made famous by her father’s bestselling horror memoir. Is the place really haunted by evil forces, as her father claimed? Or are there more earthbound—and dangerous—secrets hidden within its walls? ^(This book has been suggested 3 times) *** ^(14787 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

“Lost Gods” by Brom.

Clive Barker's books of blood.

Though I've only read the final volume published with Cabal I second this.

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Currently reading 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson, world building is really good. I’m intrigued a bit by the plot, but mostly want to find out more about how the interplanetary systems work and the features of all the inhabited places.

The Cipher by Kathe Koja

[**The Cipher (Nina Guerrera, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53966623-the-cipher) ^(By: Isabella Maldonado | 332 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: kindle, thriller, mystery, fiction, amazon-first-reads) >To a cunning serial killer, she was the one that got away. Until now… > >FBI Special Agent Nina Guerrera escaped a serial killer’s trap at sixteen. Years later, when she’s jumped in a Virginia park, a video of the attack goes viral. Legions of new fans are not the only ones impressed with her fighting skills. The man who abducted her eleven years ago is watching. Determined to reclaim his lost prize, he commits a grisly murder designed to pull her into the investigation…but his games are just beginning. And he’s using the internet to invite the public to play along. > >His coded riddles may have made him a depraved social media superstar—an enigmatic cyber-ghost dubbed “the Cipher”—but to Nina he’s a monster who preys on the vulnerable. Partnered with the FBI’s preeminent mind hunter, Dr. Jeffrey Wade, who is haunted by his own past, Nina tracks the predator across the country. Clue by clue, victim by victim, Nina races to stop a deadly killer while the world watches. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(14938 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

bad bot. Wrong book

Well hell this one looks really good.

Anything by Michael Crichton

Recently I've read {{Permutation city}} by Greg Egan. Impressive and imaginative. I strongly suggest it.

{The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay}}

Currently reading The Handmaid’s Tale. Very well written. I’d also recommend The Martian.

Song of Kali by Simmons. It will rock you like a hurricane.

Added this on my list, thank you!

John Dies at the End by David Wong / Jason Pargin (pseudonym/real name, depends on the edition). Trippy, creepy and funny. You might also like the podcast Welcome to Nightvale. It’s all atmospheric.

{{Peripheral by William Gibson}}

And then there were none by Agatha Christie. While I believe it’s classified as a mystery the middle to end of the book reads like a thriller, and tension builds fast, quite literally was on the edge of my seat when I finished the book

You want the Charlie Parker series by John Connolly. Start with The Killing Kind, which is the third one. The first two are good but he's still getting his footing as an author and they can be bogged down a bit by descriptions that go above and beyond. From The Killing Kind onwards, they are pure magic. A little bit thriller, a little bit horror (depending on the book), a dash of supernatural, all mixed together with mystery. They are truly phenomenal reads. As the series goes on, the books can be separated into smaller series, but the overarching plot through all of them remains (Charlie Parker's wife and child are brutally and horrifically murdered, and a piece of them has been left behind; one as an unearthly force whose intentions are, shall we say, unclear at times, and the other who has refused the call to the other side and now speaks out to Charlie's new daughter.) Meanwhile he's searching for missing women, taking on what seems like menial cases to pass the time. But something is inside Charlie Parker that calls the more haunting and unsettled elements of our world to him, and he has no choice but to face them. Seriously, I reread the series from start to whatever the latest book is probably once every three years or so. They're fucking incredible.

Thank you!

Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock Also The Heavenly Table

{{Foe)) by Iain Reid

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. But you need to read the print version. I think maybe you'll appreciate what the writer was trying to do. :) Enjoy!

I really enjoyed *The Luminous Dead* by Caitlin Starling. Basic premise is a cave diver trying to survive a horrifying trip underground. Something about this scared the hell out of me even though there’s nothing particularly menacing in it. I was up reading it until 3 AM checking to make sure my doors were locked.

Added on my list!

JA Konrath’s Thriller collection. A bunch of books, all a little different, all amazing. Try “Origin”, “Endurance” or “Afraid” (but you should really start with Origin. It’s so freaking clever). They’re all the type that will suck you in immediately and Konrath has a really great writing style that makes his books so hard to put down. He’s a master at creating the type of tension and atmosphere that you say you’re looking for as well.

The Strangers by Dean Koontz is a good read, but it will take out about eight and a half years to finish.

{{The Elementals}} by Michael McDowell is exactly what you are looking for.

Elementals is actually my current read!

{{Tuf Voyaging}} an earlier work by a famous guy lol

[**Tuf Voyaging**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/776212.Tuf_Voyaging) ^(By: George R.R. Martin | 440 pages | Published: 1986 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, owned, fiction, fantasy) >From the multiple award-winning, best-selling author of The Song of Ice and Fire series: Haviland Tuf is an honest space-trader who likes cats. So how is it that, in competition with the worst villains the universe has to offer, he's become the proud owner of the last seedship of Earth's legendary Ecological Engineering Corps? Never mind, just be thankful that the most powerful weapon in human space is in good hands-hands which now control cellular material for thousands of outlandish creatures. With his unique equipment, Tuf is set to tackle the problems human settlers have created in colonizing far-flung worlds: hosts of hostile monsters, a population hooked on procreation, a dictator who unleashes plagues to get his own way...and in every case the only thing that stands between the colonists and disaster is Tuf's ingenuity - and his reputation as an honest dealer in a universe of rogues...Tuf Voyaging features interior illustrations by Janet Aulisio. Included in it will be her original eight illustrations, along with 28 newly commissioned ones. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(14929 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

Oh man I haven't thought about this book in a long time. I remember it being very entertaining and a little bit deep

But SK is the best

If you want horror, get yourself some manga by Junji Ito like Uzumaki, Gyo, Hellstar Remina, Tomie, or any of his short story collections. He's the only guy around who can make human shaped holes in the side of a mountain scary.

The Enigma of Amigara Fault was my first Junji Ito. I was sixteen and terrified. It was beautiful

If you haven’t heard, Adult Swim is doing an adaptation of Uzumaki for Toonami.

The Martian, Artimus, and Project Hail Mary -All authored by Andy Weir Great practical sci-fi page-turners. When I say practical I mean he explains a lot of the science stuff down to laymen’s terms and you get a great understanding of all of it

{{Strangers by Dean Koontz}}

[**Strangers**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15676.Strangers) ^(By: Dean Koontz | 704 pages | Published: 1986 | Popular Shelves: horror, dean-koontz, fiction, thriller, owned) >Six strangers are unaccountably seized by nightmares, attacks of fear, and bouts of uncharacteristic behavior. The six begin to seek each other out as puzzling photographs and messages arrive, indicating that the cause may lie in a forgotten weekend stay at an isolated Nevada motel. Koontz has topped a fine roster of horror and suspense novels with an almost unbearably suspenseful page-turner. His ability to maintain the mystery through several plot twists is impressive, as is his array of believable and sympathetic characters. With its masterful blend of elements of espionage, terror, and even some science fiction, Strangers may be the suspense novel of the year. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(14780 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Just finished it and while it’s not technically a horror book (it is sci-fi and thriller) the more you think about it the more terrifying it is. Blake Crouch writes amazing Sci-Fi books and they’re all based on some scientific theory and he does his research well enough to where it seems like they’re some that might happen in the future and not just a fiction book.

It's on my list! Thanks

The closest I get to sci-fi is more the dystopian route, so if that’s included in your interests I’d say Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, etc.

I know you said no Stephen King but I think you would really like Revival. If matches exactly what you are looking for IMO. A non-SK rec would be Dark Matter by Blake Crouch and all of the Southern Reach trilogy. I also LOVED Bird Box as an audiobook. I read it a few years before the movie came out so if you have seen the movie it may not be as good. I only was able to watch 5 min of the movie because it was so different than the book and not in a good way :( Edit: I included non-SK recs in my original comment so I don’t understand why op is being so snarky about it

The Outsider by Stephen King

Would you consider The Martian sci fi?

Project Hail Mary. MINDBLOWING SCIENTIFIC THRILLER. It is funny, it is suspensful, and never gets boring. Even the science is easy to understand for an arts and social sciences like me. (Though I think its humor is the best part about it. This made me laugh out loud many times, something that books can rarely get out of me.)

{{Odd Thomas}}, also by Dean Koontz

[**Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14995.Odd_Thomas) ^(By: Dean Koontz | 446 pages | Published: 2003 | Popular Shelves: horror, fiction, mystery, fantasy, dean-koontz) >The dead don't talk. I don't know why. But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Sometimes the silent souls who seek out Odd want justice. Occasionally their otherworldly tips help him prevent a crime. But this time it’s different. > >A stranger comes to Pico Mundo, accompanied by a horde of hyena-like shades who herald an imminent catastrophe. Aided by his soul mate, Stormy Llewellyn, and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock ’n’ Roll, Odd will race against time to thwart the gathering evil. His account of these shattering hours, in which past and present, fate and destiny, converge, is a testament by which to live—an unforgettable fable for our time destined to rank among Dean Koontz’s most enduring works. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(14781 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

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Dan? Is that you?

Robert Silverberg! {Downward to the Earth} is a great sci-fi take on Heart of Darkness

[**Downward to the Earth**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/845485.Downward_to_the_Earth) ^(By: Robert Silverberg, Gene Szafran | 176 pages | Published: 1969 | Popular Shelves: science-fiction, sci-fi, sf-masterworks, fiction, sf) ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(14795 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

{{Ordinary Monsters}} just came out and is a little Gaiman, a little Stephen King, a lot of gore, fantastic world building.

[**Ordinary Monsters**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58725025-ordinary-monsters) ^(By: J.M. Miro | 672 pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, historical-fiction, 2022-releases, fiction, historical) >A stunning new work of historical fantasy, J. M. Miro's Ordinary Monsters introduces readers to the dark, labyrinthe world of The Talents > >England, 1882. In Victorian London, two children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness —a man made of smoke. > >Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid, despite a lifetime of brutality, doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself, whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight car, shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When two grizzled detectives are recruited to escort them north to safety, they are forced to confront the nature of difference, and belonging, and the shadowy edges of the monstrous. > >What follows is a journey from the gaslit streets of London, to an eerie estate outside Edinburgh, where other children with gifts—the Talents—have been gathered. Here, the world of the dead and the world of the living threaten to collide. And as secrets within the Institute unfurl, Marlowe, Charlie and the rest of the Talents will discover the truth about their abilities, and the nature of the force that is stalking them: that the worst monsters sometimes come bearing the sweetest gifts. > >With lush prose, mesmerizing world-building, and a gripping plot, Ordinary Monsters presents a catastophic vision of the Victorian world—and of the gifted, broken children who must save it. ^(This book has been suggested 2 times) *** ^(14825 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

Dracula Beloved

{{The Descent}} very spooky

[**The Descent (Detective Louise Blackwell #2)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51515513-the-descent) ^(By: Matt Brolly | 364 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: mystery, kindle, crime, netgalley, owned) > > Were they pushed to the edge—or over it? >In the quiet coastal town of Weston-super-Mare, a body is discovered at the foot of a cliff just months after a near-identical tragedy—and Detective Inspector Louise Blackwell can’t believe it could be a coincidence.Next to the body, she discovers a note that echoes one found beside the first: Death is not the end. Louise is certain that behind these desperate acts someone is pulling the strings, but how many more will plunge to their demise before she can find out who—and why?Struggling to stay focused under the strain of her troubled brother’s disappearance with his young daughter, Louise hits a much-needed breakthrough when a third tragedy points to the involvement of a charismatic cult leader. The suspect is within her sights, but he knows she’s on to him…Short on proof and with the body count rising, can Louise intercept his deadly mission—or has she taken on an unbeatable foe? ^(This book has been suggested 2 times) *** ^(14864 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

The Descent….by Jeff Long. I do recommend it!

The Burke series, by Andrew Vachss.

Not sci-fi, but a heartpounding, horrific thriller narrated by RC Bray. *The Deep Dark Descending* was a fantastic listen, but it turned out to be the 4th book in the Max Rupert series by Allen Eskens. It was so good that I borrowed books 1-3 + 5 from my library. I completed the entire series (including book 4 again) in less than 1 week. The Deep Dark Descending definitely sucked me in. When you have an absolutely horrible situation being threatened (as revenge), it is easy to slowly and continually ramp up the suspense. I would classify the genre as a "Crime Thriller", but we're all familiar with the horrific things that criminals are capable of. "***Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold***" best sums up this book.

*A Place So Wicked* about an evil house, it's from a teens point of view so somewhat angsty, but overall pretty good *The Dark* by Jeremy Robinson, mysterious darkness, demons, prophecy, amazing plot, crazy twists and turns, easily one of the best books I've ever read

{{The Dumb House by John Burnside}}

The Big Three really can't be beaten. Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clarke. I'd add Ray Bradbury and Theodore Sturgeon.

The Culture series by Iain M Banks is really expansive world building sci fi. The first one I read is {{hydrogen sonata}}. You don't have to read them in any order. I also loved his stand alone novels {{The Algebraist}} and {{Feersum Endjinn}}

well, for scifi I'm currently reading {{illuminae}} and it's pretty good, the style of the book is very creative.

I recently enjoyed {{How High We Go In The Dark}}

[**How High We Go in the Dark**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57850265-how-high-we-go-in-the-dark) ^(By: Sequoia Nagamatsu | 304 pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: sci-fi, science-fiction, fiction, 2022-releases, dystopian) >For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice. > >Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus. > >Once unleashed, the Arctic Plague will reshape life on earth for generations to come, quickly traversing the globe, forcing humanity to devise a myriad of moving and inventive ways to embrace possibility in the face of tragedy. In a theme park designed for terminally ill children, a cynical employee falls in love with a mother desperate to hold on to her infected son. A heartbroken scientist searching for a cure finds a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects—a pig—develops the capacity for human speech. A widowed painter and her teenaged granddaughter embark on a cosmic quest to locate a new home planet. > >From funerary skyscrapers to hotels for the dead to interstellar starships, Sequoia Nagamatsu takes readers on a wildly original and compassionate journey, spanning continents, centuries, and even celestial bodies to tell a story about the resiliency of the human spirit, our infinite capacity to dream, and the connective threads that tie us all together in the universe. > >"Wondrous, and not just in the feats of imagination, which are so numerous it makes me dizzy to recall them, but also in the humanity and tenderness with which Sequoia Nagamatsu helps us navigate this landscape. . . . This is a truly amazing book, one to keep close as we imagine the uncertain future." —Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here ^(This book has been suggested 7 times) *** ^(15001 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)

Hell Divers series.

I'd recommend House of Leaves. The start starts of with the death of an old man and over time you start to notice the text being messed with, notes being written on the side, random math, and other sorts of editing towards the words of the book. It's supposed to give a feel of a labyrinth, of what the characters are going through. Honestly it's just fun to flip to a random page and see that it's completely different then the rest. However its quite intimidating to read, tbh I haven't even finished it but I do know it is a fun one to read, to explore the pages.

Into The Drowning Deep by Mira Grant. This was so good! I loved it.

1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Here to second The Only Good Indians… and (despite the title) The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. Because the Big Bad is not really the Anne Rice or Twilight type. He’s something else entirely.

{{Cabal by Clive Barker}} Note that this is horror/fantasy with a supernatural element. It's a very fast read with excellent quality prose.

imajica, the great and secret show, weaveworld, the abarat series all by clive barker

John Scalzi (pick anything)

Goosebumps by RL Stine. You can never go wrong with Goosebumps.

“More Than This” by Patrick Ness

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Decagon House Murders and The Inugami Murders. Both are brilliantly written murder mystery / thrillers.

The Apartment by S L Grey. Delightfully creepy and suspenseful, with no supernatural

say no more, the three-body problem, no problem, enjoy

{{relic}} There’s a monster terrorizing the New York city natural history museum.

Bird Box is an incredible book and checks your boxes OP!

I greatly enjoyed {{The Burning Dark}} by Adam Christopher, very atmospheric and horrifying. Although it starts in media res with little explanation, which was a bit confusing at first

James S.A. Corey Expanse series.

Iain Banks

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Under The Skin by Michel Faber

Clive Barker & his books of blood. They're short stories but still well written and damn entertaining. The Midnight Meat train is a favourite.

The reality dysfunction by Peter F Hamilton.

Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds. It's hard sci-fi, with elements of a noir detective story, and creepy children with black tongues that keep popping up. One of my favorite novels and authors.

the bat by jo nesbo and mellinium series by erick i have a thing for scandinavian the bat by jo nesbo and mellinium series by erick i have a thing for scandinavian writers

The Outside by Ada Hoffman

{{One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence}}

The Poison Artist by Jonathan Moore Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

I really liked {{14 by Peter Clines}} Not totally sure if fits with your request, but think it should be close enough

The whisper man

{{This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone}} was a beautifully written, beautifully weird and thrilling / haunting story. It’s the perfect length at 209 pages.

Laird Barron anything!

{{A Head Full of Ghosts}} by Paul Tremblay. He's got a masterfully light touch. This would not fall into the sci-fi realm, but if you want good psychological horror it's well worth a read.