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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
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Victor Lavalle
The Willows (Algernon Blackwood)
The Willows
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Algernon Blackwood
The Hollow Kind (Andy Davidson)
The Hollow Kind
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Andy Davidson
John Dies at the End (David Wong)
John Dies at the End
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David Wong
Meddling Kids (Edgar Cantero)
Meddling Kids
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Edgar Cantero
At the Mountains of Madness (H. P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
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H. P. Lovecraft
The Color Out of Space (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Color Out of Space
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H. P. Lovecraft
The Dunwich Horror (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Dunwich Horror
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H. P. Lovecraft
Necronomicon (H.P. Lovecraft)
Necronomicon
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H.P. Lovecraft
The Call of Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu
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H.P. Lovecraft
The Shadow Over Innsmouth (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
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H.P. Lovecraft
Tales From the Gas Station (Jack Townsend)
Tales From the Gas Station
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Jack Townsend
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
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Jeff Vandermeer
Authority (Jeff Vandermeer)
Authority
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Jeff Vandermeer
Acceptance (Southern Reach #3) (Jeff Vandermeer)
Acceptance (Southern Reach #3)
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Jeff Vandermeer
The Fisherman (John Langan)
The Fisherman
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John Langan
Carter & Lovecraft (Jonathan L. Howard)
Carter & Lovecraft
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Jonathan L. Howard
Bird Box (Josh Malerman)
Bird Box
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Josh Malerman
Our Wives Under the Sea (Julia Armfield)
Our Wives Under the Sea
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Julia Armfield
Uzumaki (Junji Ito)
Uzumaki
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Junji Ito
My Dearest Darkest (Kayla Cottingham)
My Dearest Darkest
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Kayla Cottingham
Beneath (Kristi Demeester)
Beneath
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Kristi Demeester
The Croning (Laird Barron)
The Croning
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Laird Barron
Chills (Mary Sangiovanni)
Chills
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Mary Sangiovanni
Lovecraft Country (Matt Ruff)
Lovecraft Country
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Matt Ruff
The City We Became (N K Jemisin)
The City We Became
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N K Jemisin
Ring Shout (P. Djèlí Clark)
Ring Shout
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P. Djèlí Clark
Sour Candy (Patrick Kealan Burke)
Sour Candy
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Patrick Kealan Burke
14 (Peter Clines)
14
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Peter Clines
Beneath the Rising (Premee Mohamed)
Beneath the Rising
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Premee Mohamed
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
The King in Yellow
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Robert W. Chambers
Winter Tide (Ruthanna Emrys)
Winter Tide
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Ruthanna Emrys
The Ruins (Scott Smith)
The Ruins
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Scott Smith
Imaginary Friend (Stephen Chbosky)
Imaginary Friend
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Stephen Chbosky
It (Stephen King)
It
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Stephen King
The Mist (Stephen King)
The Mist
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Stephen King
The Hollow Places (T. Kingfisher)
The Hollow Places
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T. Kingfisher
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