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2026 Booklover’s Combat Full Character Archetypes List
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2026 Booklover’s Combat The Hero's Journey Books
✔️ The Incandescent by Emily Tesh - 01.02.2026
✔️ Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto - 01.04.2026
📚 Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
📚 Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
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Books mentioned in this topic
Godkiller (other topics)The Incandescent (other topics)
Hammajang Luck (other topics)
Station Eternity (other topics)
The House of Small Shadows (other topics)
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Team Horror
Demons & Possessions
✔️ Demonic Influence- Read a book where a character is influenced or possessed by a demon or devil - Road of Bones by Christopher Golden - 01.08.2026
2. Pact with a Devil- Read a book with a contract of any kind on the cover - The Devil's Apprentice by Kenneth B. Andersen
Occult Horror
✔️ Mysterious Knowledge- Read a book where knowledge of something supernatural, magical, or spiritual is essential to the plot - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix - 01.12.2026
2. Paraphernalia- Read a book with occult paraphernalia on the cover.
Psychological Horror
✔️ It’s All in Your Mind- Read a book where the main character struggles to stay mentally sane - We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer - 01.15.2026
2. Fear Face- Read a book where a character is displaying fear on the cover.
Body Horror
✔️ Embodiment- Read a book where a character’s body is altered against their will - The War by Garth Ennis - 01.01.2026
2. Disfigurement- Read a book with someone (or something sentient) disfigured on the cover.
Gothic Horror
1. Dark Victorian- Read a book that contains either a forbidden love, a character fallen into moral decay, a fallen aristocrat, a madman, and/or an angry spirit.
✔️ Goth Vibes- Read a book with a gothic (preferably crumbling) castle on the cover - The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson - 01.04.2026
Slasher & Gore
1. Near Indestructible Killer- Read a book where the main antagonist is extremely hard to kill or survives an attempt to end their life.
2. Blood Everywhere- Read a book with a significant amount of blood on the cover.
Out of Control Virus
1. Viral- Read a book where the main conflict is the spreading of a virus.
2. Lab- Read a book with a lab or lab equipment on the cover.
Locked Room
1. Trapped!- Read a book where a main character is trapped for a significant amount of time.
2. Lock-n-Key- Read a book with any kind of lock and/or key on the cover.
Classic Monster
1. Natural Weapon- Read a book where a main character uses a natural weapon (claws, fangs, and the like).
2. Got Monster?- Read a book with a classic monster (vampire, werewolf, zombie, and the like) on the cover.
Campy Horror
1. Dark Humour- Read a book where dark/gallows humour is used repeatedly by the story's narrator or a main character.
2. Joke’s on the Cover- Read a book with a visual joke on the cover or punny title.
Nightmare Fetish
1. Love is Strange: Read a book where the main character has a non-traditional object of their affection.
2. Love Overcomes Evil: Read a book with an unlikely couple embracing on the cover.
Horror+ (view spoiler)[
✔️ Multi-genre- Read a book that is classified as more than one genre - The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin - 01.02.2026
✔️ Best of Both Worlds- Read a book set on more than one ‘world’ or that depicts multiple planets on the cover - Hekate - The Witch by Nikita Gill - 01.09.2026 (hide spoiler)]