10 books for fans of The Ruins
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Curse of the Hallow Moon
by Editingle Indie House, Mark Boutros, Asa Swift, Brandon Ebinger, Draven M, D.A. Schneider, Phil Hore, Jorge Arenas, Neha Tekwani, M.M. Ward, E.W. Farnsworth
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Multi-author Halloween anthology where trick-or-treaters face rising dead, goblins, and supernatural frights. Classic horror elements across diverse spooky stories for the season.
★ 5.00 Goodreads (4 ratings) - 2
All the Stars in the Sky
Until the End of the World • Book 3
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Cassie Forrest has chosen hope over despair, but her final journey through the infected wasteland will test that decision. Fleming concludes her trilogy with emotional honesty about what survival actually costs.
★ 4.56 Goodreads (5.0K ratings) - 3
Well Fed
Mountain Man • Book 4
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Gus has found peace on a communal farm four years after the zombie epidemic, but road savages threaten to drag him back into violence. Pastoral routine meets post-apocalyptic brutality.
★ 4.40 Goodreads (2.5K ratings) - 4
SNAFU: Contagion
SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror • Book 15
by Amanda J. Spedding, Geoff Brown, Jonathan Maberry
★ 4.40 Goodreads (25 ratings) - 5
Exodus
Arisen • Book 5
by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs
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Five acres of flight deck become the battlefield for humanity's last stand against the largest zombie horde ever recorded. This floating fortress faces a siege that echoes the desperate urban warfare of Stalingrad.
★ 4.39 Goodreads (2.6K ratings) - 6
This Book Is Full of Spiders
John Dies at the End • Book 2
by David Wong, Jason Pargin
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Invisible spiders are taking over people's brains, and the only witnesses are two guys no one believes. Wong escalates his reality-bending horror-comedy with government conspiracies and interdimensional parasites.
★ 4.26 Goodreads (34.6K ratings) - 7
The Nightmare Stacks
Laundry Files • Book 7
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Vampire bureaucrat Alex Schwartz returns to Leeds for his first Laundry assignment, where interdimensional invasion threatens his hometown and forces awkward family conversations.
★ 4.23 Goodreads (6.8K ratings) - 8
The Exorcist
The Exorcist • Book 1
by William Peter Blatty
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Blatty's novel explores what happens when medical science fails and a mother turns to ancient rituals to save her daughter from evil.
★ 4.21 Goodreads (274.5K ratings) - 9
Full Dark, No Stars
by Stephen King
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King examines the darkness within regular people through four disturbing tales: a 1922 farmer's confession to murder, a bestselling author's deadly stalker encounter, and two other studies in moral corruption. Each story peels back the veneer of civilization to expose something rotten underneath.
★ 4.09 Goodreads (118.6K ratings) - 10
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In • Book 1
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
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Lindqvist transforms vampire lore into a haunting coming-of-age story as bullied Oskar finds friendship with Eli, whose nocturnal nature hides a terrible hunger—Swedish horror that's both brutal and unexpectedly tender.
★ 4.04 Goodreads (121.7K ratings)