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Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 496,915 ratings — published 2017
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.00 — 707,599 ratings — published 2023
American Psycho (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 385,605 ratings — published 1991
Playground (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.41 — 22,625 ratings — published 2022
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
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avg rating 4.45 — 2,831,942 ratings — published 1996
Battle Royale (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 89,511 ratings — published 1999
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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avg rating 4.36 — 10,342,303 ratings — published 2008
When the Wolf Comes Home (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 43,731 ratings — published 2025
The Only Good Indians (The Only Good Indians, #1)
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avg rating 3.68 — 129,755 ratings — published 2020
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 899,795 ratings — published 1974
Intercepts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 45,386 ratings — published 2019
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 3,334,950 ratings — published 1954
The Eyes Are the Best Part (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.77 — 79,381 ratings — published 2024
Hell Followed With Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 37,219 ratings — published 2022
The Troop (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 145,958 ratings — published 2014
Wilder Girls (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.44 — 103,868 ratings — published 2019
The Hellbound Heart (Hellraiser #1)
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avg rating 4.08 — 74,821 ratings — published 1986
Pretty Girls (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 808,297 ratings — published 2015
Endurance (The Konrath Dark Thriller Collective #5)
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avg rating 3.93 — 5,893 ratings — published 2010
Victorian Psycho (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.53 — 69,109 ratings — published 2025
Maeve Fly (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.64 — 32,385 ratings — published 2023
Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.53 — 113,872 ratings — published 2022
Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)
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avg rating 3.71 — 49,123 ratings — published 2020
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.78 — 359,326 ratings — published 2020
The Ruins (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 73,865 ratings — published 2006
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,018,592 ratings — published 2014
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 101,281 ratings — published 2008
Afraid (The Konrath Dark Thriller Collective #3)
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avg rating 3.92 — 9,854 ratings — published 2008
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
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avg rating 4.13 — 3,904,730 ratings — published 2010
You Weren't Meant to Be Human (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 19,982 ratings — published 2025
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
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avg rating 4.41 — 707,231 ratings — published 2020
The Haar (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.00 — 45,694 ratings — published 2022
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.53 — 29,361 ratings — published 2023
Dead of Winter (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 57,789 ratings — published 2023
My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 3.50 — 57,650 ratings — published 2021
The Final Girl Support Group (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.49 — 203,423 ratings — published 2021
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
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avg rating 4.15 — 561,299 ratings — published 2018
I Hunt Killers (I Hunt Killers, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 43,995 ratings — published 2012
Wolf Worm (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 27,894 ratings — published 2026
Tourist Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.10 — 130,953 ratings — published 2025
Alchemised (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 388,595 ratings — published 2025
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 64,091 ratings — published 2025
The Library at Hellebore (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.05 — 7,861 ratings — published 2025
The Salt Grows Heavy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.52 — 34,419 ratings — published 2023
Razorblade Tears (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 192,870 ratings — published 2021
How to Sell a Haunted House (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.63 — 186,898 ratings — published 2023
“Two weeks ago we learned about the "cephalophore" saints like St. Denis here who carry their own heads... if you love the kind of stuff I do, being Catholic is the way to go... that is... if you can overlook the nuns.”
― My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1
― My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1
“History is not a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken, but rather, a glorious tale which I wish to be cast in.”
― The Italian Pleasures of Gabriele Paterkallos
― The Italian Pleasures of Gabriele Paterkallos
