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83 Horror Books by Black Authors

The horror genre is dominated by white authors, so here are 83 books with horror elements by Black authors to diversify your reading.
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Skin Folk (Nalo Hopkinson)
Skin Folk
1
Nalo Hopkinson
Falling in Love With Hominids (Nalo Hopkinson)
Falling in Love With Hominids
2
Nalo Hopkinson
Ghost Summer: Stories (Tananarive Due)
Ghost Summer: Stories
3
Tananarive Due
The Good House (Tananarive Due)
The Good House
4
Tananarive Due
My Soul to Keep (Tananarive Due)
My Soul to Keep
5
Tananarive Due
The Living Blood (Tananarive Due)
The Living Blood
6
Tananarive Due
Blood Colony (Tananarive Due)
Blood Colony
7
Tananarive Due
My Soul to Take (Tananarive Due)
My Soul to Take
8
Tananarive Due
The Between (Tananarive Due)
The Between
9
Tananarive Due
The Black Rose (Tananarive Due)
The Black Rose
10
Tananarive Due
Nana (Brandon Massey)
Nana
11
Brandon Massey
The Quiet Ones (Brandon Massey)
The Quiet Ones
12
Brandon Massey
Within the Shadows (Brandon Massey)
Within the Shadows
13
Brandon Massey
Dark Corner (Brandon Massey)
Dark Corner
14
Brandon Massey
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
15
Toni Morrison
Fledgling (Octavia E. Butler)
Fledgling
16
Octavia E. Butler
Ring Shout (P. Djèlí Clark)
Ring Shout
17
P. Djèlí Clark
Lakewood (Megan Giddings)
Lakewood
18
Megan Giddings
The Women Could Fly (Megan Giddings)
The Women Could Fly
19
Megan Giddings
The Gilda Stories (Jewelle Gomez)
The Gilda Stories
20
Jewelle Gomez
The Devil in Silver (Victor Lavalle)
The Devil in Silver
21
Victor Lavalle
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom
22
Victor Lavalle
The Changeling (Victor Lavalle)
The Changeling
23
Victor Lavalle
Big Machine (Victor Lavalle)
Big Machine
24
Victor Lavalle
White Is for Witching (Helen Oyeyemi)
White Is for Witching
25
Helen Oyeyemi
The Icarus Girl (Helen Oyeyemi)
The Icarus Girl
26
Helen Oyeyemi
Dark Matter (Sheree R Thomas)
Dark Matter
27
Sheree R Thomas
Zone One (Colson Whitehead)
Zone One
28
Colson Whitehead
Crescendo: Welcome Home, Death Awaits (L. Marie Wood)
Crescendo: Welcome Home, Death Awaits
29
L. Marie Wood
Let's Play White (Chesya Burke)
Let's Play White
30
Chesya Burke
We Cast a Shadow (Maurice Carlos Ruffin)
We Cast a Shadow
31
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Minion (L.A. Banks)
Minion
32
L.A. Banks
The Tempest Tales (Walter Mosley)
The Tempest Tales
33
Walter Mosley
The Taking of Jake Livingston (Ryan Douglass)
The Taking of Jake Livingston
34
Ryan Douglass
The Year of the Witching (Alexis Henderson)
The Year of the Witching
35
Alexis Henderson
Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire (Nicole Givens Kurtz)
Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire
36
Nicole Givens Kurtz
The Pale Lady (Alexandre Dumas)
The Pale Lady
37
Alexandre Dumas
No Gods, No Monsters (Cadwell Turnbull)
No Gods, No Monsters
38
Cadwell Turnbull
When No One Is Watching (Alyssa Cole)
When No One Is Watching
39
Alyssa Cole
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn
40
Octavia Butler
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