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I just finished How to Sell a Haunted House and as the angry anon of The Haunting of Hill House above, I realised I don't read enough horror at all lol.

Any horror recs? Don't need to be new release and I am more partial to supernatural or 'humans are really the evil ones' than like... existential type horror like the Babadook or things like that where it's metaphors.

Oldie but goody: Carrie (Stephan King). It's one of the three of his books that I just love, and re-read a lot. The ending in particular, the scene between Carrie and Sue Snell.....*flails*.

I read almost no horror, so - that's all i got. :D

Darn, one I have read lol! The Long Walk is my fave of his, he definitely excels more (IMO) with shorter contained stories.

Bummer! :D
I read Carrie, The Dead Zone, and The Stand; that's it. I have read MORE, but didn't enjoy them enough to re-read. Dolores Clairbourne (sp?) was good, as was The Green Mile, but just the once.
Pet Semetary was creepy as fuck so YES, just once. :D

Anyone have any recs for one-book fantasy with interesting worldbuilding?

I don't read a ton of fantasy. But recently enjoyed a dark fantasy novel called Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher. Might be considered YA? But no silly romance or anything like that.

Oooo, I do like darker fantasy. Thanks.

I am not actually sure if this counts as fantasy, because I am never sure where 'fairytale retellings' and fantasy collide lol but Cinderella is Dead was really good.

The summary of that sounds amazing.

It was really really good!

It's a one-book fantasy in that each book in the series is about a different person in a different place in the world but:

I really enjoyed The Perfect Assassin by K.A. Doore. An ace novice assassin in a fantasy desert city is tasked with solving a series of murders before all assassins are blamed for them.

Wheel of the Infinite, by Martha Wells.

It's fantasy, based on and Ancient Cambodia vibe.

SA, with more details:

- the lead has Had A Life before the start of the novel.
- how the politics interacts with the religious caste is fascinating.
- there's a small theatre troupe wandering through everything else, supplying shenanigans
- things boil up to Save the World shit by the end.
- nice, sweet romance.

Piranesi! It's closer to portal fantasy but it's a single, not super long, book with one complete story and it's got fantastic world-building.

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

I'm not a big fantasy reader, so IDK how equipped I am to give recs, but I did really enjoy Uprooted by Naomi Novik. It sucked me in from the start and was really gripping throughout. There were elements of it I personally wasn't crazy about, but I found the world-building, plot, and mood to be the strong points.

So, all I read is horror. Here are some recs I've recently read.

Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman (this one might have triggers that I can expand on if needed)

Near The Bone by Christina Henry

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher.

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Salvation Day by Kali Wallace

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

Ooh I have been trying to find The Only Good Indians because someone else recced it too and I have heard good things about T. Kingfisher, thank you! I will note all of these.

I am good for triggers, I am not bothered by much in written word thankfully!

Does anyone have a fantasy or scifi story to rec where magic powers *aren't* a metaphor for oppression but rather a metaphor for privilege?

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris - it's the first (written) of the Hannibal Lecter books. Silence of the Lambs is good, but I think I prefer this book.

I liked Relic by Lincoln Child & Douglas Preston, but I didn't read any further books with Agent Pendergast.

Not sure if you're into Teen Horror at all, but there's Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan. And The House on Hackman's Hill by Joan Lowery Nixon still freaks me out, though that might be more suspense than horror.

Weirdly I have never read any Thomas Harris? I'm not sure how, so I will definitely try Red Dragon.

I may or may not have read Down a Dark Hall growing up so I will look it up, you're never too old for the authors of your childhood lol!

Thank you! <3

Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box is a good one.

Ooh thank you! Nice, I am getting an excellent list going! <3

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