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Horror fiction written by women authors.
Updated September 19, 2022
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The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
Paper Book
Four seekers have arrived at the rambling old pile known as Hill House- Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of psychic phenomena; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Luke, the adventurous future inheritor of the estate; and Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young...
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Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 MAN BOOKER PRIZE Fully lives up to the hype. A taut psychological thriller, rippled with comedy as black as a raven's wing, Eileen is effortlessly stylish and compelling. - Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, The Times The...
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The Children
Carolina SanÃn
Paper Book
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Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Paper Book
'You don't read this book so much as surrender to it. A dark and heady swoon' - Guardian He is trying to poison me. You must come for me, Noemí. You have to save me. When glamorous socialite Noemí Taboada receives a frantic letter from her newlywed cousin...
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Kiersten White
Paper Book
A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition turns deadly in this dark supernatural thriller from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White, perfect for fans of Stephen King and SQUID GAME. The challenge: spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don't...
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The Silent Companions
Laura Purcell
Paper Book
LAURA PURCELL'S THRILLING NEW NOVEL THE WHISPERING MUSE IS AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW Winner of the W H Smith Thumping Good Read AwardAs featured on the Radio 2 Book Club and the Zoe Ball ITV Book Club'[An] extraordinary, memorable and truly haunting book' Jojo Moyes'[It] shone, for...
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Broken Monsters
Lauren Beukes
Paper Book
EVEN KILLERS HAVE DREAMS A terrifying new thriller from Lauren Beukes, award-winning author of The Shining Girls. Detective Gabi Versado has hunted down many monsters during her eight years in Homicide. She's seen stupidity, corruption and just plain badness. But she's never seen...
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The Winter People
Jennifer McMahon
Ebook
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The New York Times bestselling author of The Invited will shock you with a simmering psychological thriller about ghostly secrets, dark choices, and the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters. * "One of the year's most chilling novels." -...
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The Woman in Black
Susan Hill
Paper Book
'Heartstoppingly chilling' Daily Express Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it...
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The Death of Jane Lawrence
Caitlin Starling
Paper Book
From the Bram Stoker-nominated author, Ninth House meets Mexican Gothic in this a gothic fantasy horror. Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the...
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The Year of the Witching
Alexis Henderson
Paper Book
The Handmaid's Tale meets The Village in this stunning feminist debut . . . Shortlisted for the GoodReads Choice Awards 2020 for Best Debut Novel and Best Horror Novel . . . 'Thrillingly brisk and bracing . . . it takes the best tropes of...
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