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Scary Literary Fiction for People Who Hate Horror

"What if blood and guts and ghosts are just really not your thing? What can you possibly read in this spookiest of months? Well, as it turns out, there are plenty of very scary novels in the literary fiction section. Some of the books below are existentially disturbing, some morally frightening, some simply sickening—in that good way, I mean, the way that keeps you turning pages, holding your breath, checking the locks at chapter breaks—but none are typical horror novels, though some do have supernatural or surrealist elements."
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Fever Dream (Samanta Schweblin)
Fever Dream (Samanta Schweblin)
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The Border of Paradise: A Novel (Esmé Weijun Wang)
The Border of Paradise: A Novel (Esmé Weijun Wang)
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Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
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A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
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2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian
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A Manual for Cleaning Women (Lucia Berlin)
A Manual for Cleaning Women (Lucia Berlin)
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Coin Locker Babies - Ryu Murakami
Coin Locker Babies - Ryu Murakami
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The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
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The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
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Black Hole (Charles Burns)
Black Hole (Charles Burns)
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Beside the Sea (Véronique Olmi)
Beside the Sea (Véronique Olmi)
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White Is for Witching, by Helen Oyeyemi
White Is for Witching, by Helen Oyeyemi
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Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
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Threats
Threats
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Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
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Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
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The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner (Flannery O'Conner)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Conner (Flannery O'Conner)
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Black Water
Black Water
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Tampa (Alissa Nutting)
Tampa (Alissa Nutting)
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Push (Sapphire)
Push (Sapphire)
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
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Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room (Emma Donoghue)
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