Creepy Books With Plants

It's springtime, flowers are beginning to bud and we're buying them for our mothers. Here are some books involving plants and fungi that are a little on the creepy side.


Updated May 12, 2023
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Annihilation
VanderMeer, Jeff.
Paper Book
'A contemporary masterpiece' Guardian THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SOUTHERN REACH TRILOGY - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ALEX GARLAND (EX MACHINA) AND STARRING NATALIE PORTMAN AND OSCAR ISAAC For thirty years, Area X has remained mysterious and...
Goosebumps : stay out of the basement
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
Dr. Brewer is doing a little plant-testing in his basement. Nothing to worry about. Harmless, he says. But Margaret and Casey Brewer are worried about their father. Especially when they... meet... some of the plants he is growing down there. Then they notice that their father is developing plant...
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Rowling, J. K.
Paper Book
Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a house-elf called Dobby, and rescue from the Dursleys by his friend Ron Weasley in a magical flying car! Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo...
Mexican gothic
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
'You don't read this book so much as surrender to it. A dark and heady swoon' THE GUARDIAN 'As rich is suspense as it is in lush '50s atmosphere' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY He is trying to poison me. You must come for me, Noemí. You have to...
Sorrowland
Solomon, Rivers
Paper Book
"A fantastical, fierce reckoning... Sorrowland is gorgeous." Roxanne Gay "Dark, magical and incredibly satisfying." Independent "An exhilarating journey to the outer limits of science fiction." Guardian. "Epic!"...
What moves the dead
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
The Fall of the House of Usher meets Mexican Gothic in this new horror novella by awarding-winning author, T. Kingfisher. An instant USA Today & Indie bestseller From...

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