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Starve Acre Starve Acre (Hardcover)
by (shelved 208 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.67 — 15,573 ratings — published 2019
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Harvest Home Harvest Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 163 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 12,078 ratings — published 1973
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Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 153 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 4.18 — 150,849 ratings — published 2021
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The Ritual The Ritual (Paperback)
by (shelved 146 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.55 — 38,808 ratings — published 2011
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The Twisted Ones The Twisted Ones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 131 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.62 — 53,716 ratings — published 2019
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The Reddening The Reddening (Hardcover)
by (shelved 124 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.53 — 9,193 ratings — published 2019
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Withered Hill Withered Hill (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 113 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 5,206 ratings — published 2024
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The Loney The Loney (Hardcover)
by (shelved 113 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.28 — 18,784 ratings — published 2014
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Cunning Folk Cunning Folk (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 6,196 ratings — published 2021
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The Only Good Indians (The Only Good Indians, #1) The Only Good Indians (The Only Good Indians, #1)
by (shelved 109 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.68 — 130,969 ratings — published 2020
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Ghost Wall Ghost Wall (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.70 — 32,025 ratings — published 2018
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Wylding Hall Wylding Hall (ebook)
by (shelved 88 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.75 — 10,259 ratings — published 2015
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Devil's Day Devil's Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.39 — 3,921 ratings — published 2017
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Pine Pine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.36 — 17,499 ratings — published 2020
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The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 39,388 ratings — published 2021
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The Fiends in the Furrows: An Anthology of Folk Horror The Fiends in the Furrows: An Anthology of Folk Horror (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 69 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,048 ratings — published 2018
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Water Shall Refuse Them Water Shall Refuse Them (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.43 — 2,026 ratings — published 2019
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The Lamb The Lamb (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.73 — 66,492 ratings — published 2025
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Scuttler's Cove Scuttler's Cove (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 63 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,735 ratings — published 2025
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Damnable Tales: A Folk Horror Anthology Damnable Tales: A Folk Horror Anthology (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 904 ratings — published 2021
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Lute Lute (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.61 — 5,523 ratings — published 2022
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The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.52 — 4,767 ratings — published 2022
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Revelator Revelator (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.94 — 8,773 ratings — published 2021
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Lost in the Garden Lost in the Garden (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.49 — 4,517 ratings — published 2024
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The Bog Wife The Bog Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.58 — 18,318 ratings — published 2024
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The Haar The Haar (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 55 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 4.00 — 46,563 ratings — published 2022
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The Fisherman The Fisherman (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 54,541 ratings — published 2016
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Hex Hex (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.70 — 55,516 ratings — published 2013
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The Creeper The Creeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.62 — 10,631 ratings — published 2022
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Dark Harvest Dark Harvest (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.58 — 15,504 ratings — published 2006
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The Lottery The Lottery (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 123,782 ratings — published 1948
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In the House in the Dark of the Woods In the House in the Dark of the Woods (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.32 — 9,619 ratings — published 2018
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The Willows The Willows (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 20,455 ratings — published 1907
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The Great God Pan The Great God Pan (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 18,262 ratings — published 1890
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Scratch Moss Scratch Moss (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 42 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,433 ratings — published 2026
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The Hill in the Dark Grove The Hill in the Dark Grove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,063 ratings — published 2026
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Barrowbeck Barrowbeck (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 40 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.55 — 1,513 ratings — published 2024
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The Vessel The Vessel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.69 — 7,003 ratings — published 2022
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Knock Knock, Open Wide Knock Knock, Open Wide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 5,992 ratings — published 2023
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The Unmothers The Unmothers (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.28 — 6,766 ratings — published 2024
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Red Rabbit (Sadie Grace #1) Red Rabbit (Sadie Grace #1)
by (shelved 37 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 4.16 — 18,585 ratings — published 2023
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The Boatman's Daughter The Boatman's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.47 — 6,582 ratings — published 2020
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The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1) The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 49,348 ratings — published 2020
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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 37,473 ratings — published 2023
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Wakenhyrst Wakenhyrst (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 19,711 ratings — published 2019
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Maggie's Grave Maggie's Grave (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 34 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.99 — 17,452 ratings — published 2020
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Through the Woods Through the Woods (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.94 — 90,084 ratings — published 2014
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The White People and Other Weird Stories The White People and Other Weird Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 4,901 ratings — published 1904
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The Owl Service The Owl Service (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.65 — 8,339 ratings — published 1967
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Something in the Walls Something in the Walls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as folk-horror)
avg rating 3.30 — 28,337 ratings — published 2025
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Arthur Conan Doyle
“Avoid the moor in those hours of darkness when the powers of evil are exalted.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle

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