10 books for fans of The Only Good Indians
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2010
Kyle Murchison Booth • Book 4
by Paula Guran, Kelley Armstrong, Holly Black, Ramsey Campbell, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Joe R. Lansdale, Stewart O'Nan, Sarah Pinborough, Norman Prentiss, Barbara Roden, Lucius Shepard, Peter Straub, Michael Shea, Kelly Link, Ekaterina Sedia, Catherynne M. Valente, Gerard Houarner, Gemma Files, Kurt Dinan, Elizabeth Bear, Roby Davies, Maura McHugh, Dale Bailey, Deborah Biancotti, Gary McMahon, Holly Phillips, John Mantooth, Marc Laidlaw, Margo Lanagan, Michael Marshall Smith, Nadia Bulkin, Nathan Ballingrud, Paul Tremblay, Peter Atkins, Sarah Monette, Seth Fried, Stephen Graham Jones, Steve Duffy, Steve Rasnic Tem, Suzy McKee Charnas, John Langan
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Darkness lurks everywhere — in small-town picnics, behind dumpsters where harpies dwell, and in The Nowhere where lost things go — across stories that find horror in the mundane.
★ 3.84 Goodreads (431 ratings) - 2
The Shivers Collection
The Shivers Collection #1-5
by Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, Grady Hendrix, Catriona Ward, Owen King
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Horror anthology featuring Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, and others exploring supernatural dangers hidden in everyday places—trees, beaches, personal correspondence.
★ 3.67 Goodreads (543 ratings) - 3
Zombies: More Recent Dead
by Paula Guran, Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, Kathleen Tierney, Stephen Graham Jones, Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, Carrie Vaughn, Carrie Ryan, Matthew Johnson
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Literary horror's finest writers use zombies to explore survival, society, and what makes us human in the first place. The anthology avoids shambling clichés by focusing on character-driven stories that happen to feature the undead.
★ 3.63 Goodreads (212 ratings) - 4
The Dark Reset: The Hunger
The Dark Reset • Book 1
by G.E. Moore
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A luxury fishing boat captain learns that the end of the world has multiple nightmare flavors. This urban fantasy zombie apocalypse throws every monster at survivors trying to build new families.
★ 5.00 Goodreads (1 ratings) - 5
Conspiracy Theory
Zombie Theories • Book 2
by Rich Restucci
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The one man immune to the zombie plague sits trapped in a government facility, hunted by alphabet-agency spooks who see him as humanity's salvation while he just wants to escape back to his friends.
★ 4.40 Goodreads (466 ratings) - 6
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 2 - Edgar Allan Poe
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe • Book 2
by Edgar Allan Poe, Michael Barefoot
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Poe's masterworks dissect madness, revenge, and premature burial with surgical precision, proving why "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Pit and the Pendulum" remain unmatched.
★ 4.34 Goodreads (2.6K ratings) - 7
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Clive Barker's The Books of Blood: Volume Three
Books of Blood • Book 3
by Clive Barker
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Barker crafts five horror tales that blur the line between beauty and grotesquerie, from a mortician's artistic obsession to supernatural transformations. Each story operates as both visceral horror and philosophical meditation on human nature.
★ 4.15 Goodreads (12.5K ratings) - 9
Bird Box
Bird Box • Book 1
by Josh Malerman
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Mysterious entities drive anyone who sees them to murderous madness, forcing survivors like Malorie to live blindfolded with her two young children. Malerman creates primal horror from the simple act of opening your eyes.
★ 4.05 Goodreads (212.4K ratings) - 10
Carrie
by Stephen King
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A bullied teenager with telekinetic powers finally snaps on prom night in King's breakout novel. Still his most focused work—a tight psychological study before the supernatural carnage begins.
★ 3.99 Goodreads (856.4K ratings)