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Cosmic Horror in Books

Lovecraftian horror, sometimes used interchangeably with "cosmic horror", is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock. It is named after American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937). His work emphasizes themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries, which are now associated with Lovecraftian horror as a subgenre.
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Locke and Key
Locke and Key
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The Atrocity Archives
The Atrocity Archives
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The Imago Sequence
The Imago Sequence
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The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
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The Willows (Algernon Blackwood)
The Willows (Algernon Blackwood)
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The Hollow Kind (Andy Davidson)
The Hollow Kind (Andy Davidson)
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John Dies at the End (David Wong)
John Dies at the End (David Wong)
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Meddling Kids (Edgar Cantero)
Meddling Kids (Edgar Cantero)
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At the Mountains of Madness (H. P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness (H. P. Lovecraft)
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The Color Out of Space (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Color Out of Space (H. P. Lovecraft)
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The Dunwich Horror (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Dunwich Horror (H. P. Lovecraft)
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Necronomicon (H.P. Lovecraft)
Necronomicon (H.P. Lovecraft)
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The Call of Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft)
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The Shadow Over Innsmouth (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Shadow Over Innsmouth (H.P. Lovecraft)
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Tales From the Gas Station (Jack Townsend)
Tales From the Gas Station (Jack Townsend)
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Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
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Authority (Jeff Vandermeer)
Authority (Jeff Vandermeer)
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Acceptance (Southern Reach #3) (Jeff Vandermeer)
Acceptance (Southern Reach #3) (Jeff Vandermeer)
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The Fisherman (John Langan)
The Fisherman (John Langan)
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Carter & Lovecraft (Jonathan L. Howard)
Carter & Lovecraft (Jonathan L. Howard)
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Bird Box (Josh Malerman)
Bird Box (Josh Malerman)
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Our Wives Under the Sea (Julia Armfield)
Our Wives Under the Sea (Julia Armfield)
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Uzumaki (Junji Ito)
Uzumaki (Junji Ito)
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My Dearest Darkest (Kayla Cottingham)
My Dearest Darkest (Kayla Cottingham)
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Beneath (Kristi Demeester)
Beneath (Kristi Demeester)
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The Croning (Laird Barron)
The Croning (Laird Barron)
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Chills (Mary Sangiovanni)
Chills (Mary Sangiovanni)
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Lovecraft Country (Matt Ruff)
Lovecraft Country (Matt Ruff)
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The City We Became (N K Jemisin)
The City We Became (N K Jemisin)
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Ring Shout (P. Djèlí Clark)
Ring Shout (P. Djèlí Clark)
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Sour Candy (Patrick Kealan Burke)
Sour Candy (Patrick Kealan Burke)
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14 (Peter Clines)
14 (Peter Clines)
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Beneath the Rising (Premee Mohamed)
Beneath the Rising (Premee Mohamed)
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The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
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Winter Tide (Ruthanna Emrys)
Winter Tide (Ruthanna Emrys)
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The Ruins (Scott Smith)
The Ruins (Scott Smith)
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Imaginary Friend (Stephen Chbosky)
Imaginary Friend (Stephen Chbosky)
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It (Stephen King)
It (Stephen King)
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The Mist (Stephen King)
The Mist (Stephen King)
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The Hollow Places (T. Kingfisher)
The Hollow Places (T. Kingfisher)
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