Elvira's Must Reads

100 books I love and think you should read <3
As someone who loves Horror and works at a bookstore.

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12 Bytes (Jeanette Winterson)

12 Bytes

1

Jeanette Winterson

Alice (Christina Henry)

Alice

2

Christina Henry

Almond (Won-Pyung Sohn)

Almond

3

Won-Pyung Sohn

The Argonauts (Maggie Nelson)

The Argonauts

4

Maggie Nelson

Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)

Autobiography of Red

5

Anne Carson

Babel (R. F. Kuang)

Babel

6

R. F. Kuang

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng (Kylie Lee Baker)

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

7

Kylie Lee Baker

Beartown (Fredrik Backman)

Beartown

8

Fredrik Backman

Being Lolita (Alisson Wood)

Being Lolita

9

Alisson Wood

The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)

The Bell Jar

10

Sylvia Plath

The Book Eaters (Sunyi Dean)

The Book Eaters

11

Sunyi Dean

A Botanical Daughter (Noah Medlock)

A Botanical Daughter

12

Noah Medlock

Boy Parts (Eliza Clark)

Boy Parts

13

Eliza Clark

Brainwyrms (Alison Rumfitt)

Brainwyrms

14

Alison Rumfitt

Bury Your Gays (Chuck Tingle)

Bury Your Gays

15

Chuck Tingle

Butter (Yuzuki)

Butter

16

Yuzuki

Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)

Carmilla

17

J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Cemetery Boys (Aiden Thomas)

Cemetery Boys

18

Aiden Thomas

Certain Dark Things (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)

Certain Dark Things

19

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A Certain Hunger (Chelsea G. Summers)

A Certain Hunger

20

Chelsea G. Summers

The Child Thief (Brom)

The Child Thief

21

Brom

Choke (Chuck Palahniuk)

Choke

22

Chuck Palahniuk

Compound Fracture (Andrew Joseph White)

Compound Fracture

23

Andrew Joseph White

Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)

Convenience Store Woman

24

Sayaka Murata

Cowboy Graves - Three Novellas (Roberto Bolaño)

Cowboy Graves - Three Novellas

25

Roberto Bolaño

A Darker Shade of Magic (V.E. Schwab)

A Darker Shade of Magic

26

V.E. Schwab

Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)

Detransition, Baby

27

Torrey Peters

A Dowry of Blood (S. T. Gibson)

A Dowry of Blood

28

S. T. Gibson

Empire of the Vampire (Jay Kristoff)

Empire of the Vampire

29

Jay Kristoff

Evil in Me (Brom)

Evil in Me

30

Brom

Exquisite Corpse (Poppy Z. Brite)

Exquisite Corpse

31

Poppy Z. Brite

Eyes Guts Throat Bones (Moïra Fowley-Doyle)

Eyes Guts Throat Bones

32

Moïra Fowley-Doyle

Family Business (Jonathan Sims)

Family Business

33

Jonathan Sims

Fledgling (Octavia E. Butler)

Fledgling

34

Octavia E. Butler

The Flood (Michael Mcdowell)

The Flood

35

Michael Mcdowell

Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)

Flowers in the Attic

36

V.C. Andrews

Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)

Frankenstein

37

Mary Shelley

Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir)

Gideon the Ninth

38

Tamsyn Muir

The Gilded Wolves (Roshani Chokshi)

The Gilded Wolves

39

Roshani Chokshi

Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)

Giovanni's Room

40

James Baldwin

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