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In The Night Wood In The Night Wood (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.31 — 4,123 ratings — published 2018
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Come Closer Come Closer (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as quiet-horror)
avg rating 3.65 — 55,127 ratings — published 2003
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Harvest Home Harvest Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as quiet-horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 11,635 ratings — published 1973
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The Yellow Wall-Paper The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as quiet-horror)
avg rating 4.06 — 380,517 ratings — published 1892
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Fever Dream Fever Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as quiet-horror)
avg rating 3.73 — 57,209 ratings — published 2014
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A Cosmology of Monsters A Cosmology of Monsters (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 10,647 ratings — published 2019
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The Little Stranger The Little Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 60,802 ratings — published 2009
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Winterbay Abbey Winterbay Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as quiet-horror)
avg rating 3.43 — 527 ratings — published 2016
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Thin Air: A Ghost Story Thin Air: A Ghost Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as quiet-horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 10,379 ratings — published 2016
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Wylding Hall Wylding Hall (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as quiet-horror)
avg rating 3.76 — 9,666 ratings — published 2015
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Dark Matter Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as quiet-horror)
avg rating 3.95 — 26,144 ratings — published 2010
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The Borrowed Hills The Borrowed Hills (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as quiet-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,402 ratings — published 2024
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The Memory of Animals The Memory of Animals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as quiet-horror)
avg rating 3.57 — 5,980 ratings — published 2023
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The Plot Against America The Plot Against America (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 71,158 ratings — published 2004
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Doghead Doghead (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 2,262 ratings — published 2005
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Black River: Deluxe Edition Black River: Deluxe Edition (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.72 — 462 ratings — published 2025
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Wife Shaped Bodies Wife Shaped Bodies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.55 — 1,366 ratings — published 2026
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Comfort Me with Apples Comfort Me with Apples (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.55 — 41,076 ratings — published 2021
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Nails and Eyes Nails and Eyes (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.39 — 2,718 ratings — published 2013
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Exiles Exiles (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.61 — 9,568 ratings — published 2025
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Last Date in El Zapotal Last Date in El Zapotal (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.71 — 755 ratings — published 2019
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Black Water Black Water (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.55 — 10,022 ratings — published 1992
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Hunger Hunger (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.48 — 5,644 ratings — published 2015
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Universal Harvester Universal Harvester (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.17 — 20,376 ratings — published 2017
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Eartheater Eartheater (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.63 — 27,009 ratings — published 2019
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The Bone Door The Bone Door (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 801 ratings — published 2026
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Ultramarine Ultramarine (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.66 — 2,272 ratings — published 2021
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Hidden Pictures Hidden Pictures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 666,559 ratings — published 2022
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Strange Pictures Strange Pictures (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 116,364 ratings — published 2022
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The Shelter Cycle The Shelter Cycle (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.04 — 487 ratings — published 2013
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The Killer Inside Me The Killer Inside Me (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 30,290 ratings — published 1952
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The Seventh Sister The Seventh Sister (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.68 — 516 ratings — published 2026
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Strange Houses (Strange Houses, #1) Strange Houses (Strange Houses, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as quiet-horror)
avg rating 3.58 — 104,610 ratings — published 2021
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Zombie Zombie (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.32 — 13,540 ratings — published 1995
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The Employees The Employees (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.63 — 33,397 ratings — published 2018
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Petty Lies Petty Lies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.25 — 1,676 ratings — published 2013
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Pig Tales Pig Tales (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.46 — 4,278 ratings — published 1996
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.25 — 753,444 ratings — published 1938
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The Fourth Wife The Fourth Wife (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.58 — 1,822 ratings — published 2026
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As Many Souls as Stars As Many Souls as Stars (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 4,144 ratings — published 2025
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May the Dead Keep You May the Dead Keep You (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 161 ratings — published 2026
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Glimmering Glimmering (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as quiet-horror)
avg rating 3.56 — 617 ratings — published 1997
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The Witch The Witch (Paperback)
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avg rating 2.93 — 4,215 ratings — published 1996
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Coup de Grâce Coup de Grâce (Hardcover)
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avg rating 2.97 — 4,340 ratings — published 2024
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The Retreat The Retreat (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.79 — 151 ratings — published 2021
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The Hole The Hole (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.33 — 10,857 ratings — published 2016
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The Wax Child The Wax Child (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.59 — 9,024 ratings — published 2023
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Starve Acre Starve Acre (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.68 — 14,848 ratings — published 2019
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Nod Nod (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.36 — 13,243 ratings — published 2012
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The Gravewood (The Gravewood, #1) The Gravewood (The Gravewood, #1)
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avg rating 3.74 — 2,802 ratings — published 2026
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Lists Tagged “Quiet Horror”

Something with Blood in the Title by Khurt KhaveThe Poorly Made and Other Things by Sam RebeleinDoorways to the Unseen by James DermondLearning to Kiss in the Snow by D.B. TarpleySouthern Haunts by Alexander S. Brown
Quiet Horror Anthologies
31 books — 8 voters
It Lives in The Basement by Sahara FoleyCome Closer by Sara GranThe Sinner by K. Trap JonesDark Matter by Michelle PaverQuiet Houses by Simon Kurt Unsworth
Best Quiet Horror
48 books — 68 voters

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