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Books like Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits

12 books with a reading profile close to Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits by Garth Ennis. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

  1. 1 Plain Bad Heroines

    Plain Bad Heroines

    by Emily M. Danforth

    horror, narrative

    Emily M.

  2. 2 You Like It Darker

    You Like It Darker

    by Stephen King

    horror, narrative

    This collection has twelve stories by Stephen King, in which ordinary people encounter the strange or the supernatural.

  3. 3 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    by Stephen Graham Jones

    horror, narrative

    Set against the late nineteenth-century decline of the American bison, the narrative follows an Indigenous protagonist tasked with tracking a predatory figure who targets commercial hide hunters.

  4. 4 Kiss Kiss

    Kiss Kiss

    by Roald Dahl

    horror, narrative

    In this collection of eleven short stories, characters navigate domestic traps, professional rivalries, and cruel coincidences.

  5. 5 Hearts in Atlantis

    Hearts in Atlantis

    by Stephen King

    horror, narrative

    This collection consists of five interconnected narratives centered on the American generation that grew up during the Vietnam War.

  6. 6 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

    Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

    by Shane Hawk

    horror, narrative

    Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C.

  7. 7 Ghost Wall

    Ghost Wall

    by Sarah Moss

    horror, narrative

    Seventeen-year-old Silvie joins her father, Bill, on a historical reenactment camp in the Northumbrian wilderness.

  8. 8 Boy Parts

    Boy Parts

    by Eliza Clark

    horror, narrative

    Irina is a professional photographer in Newcastle who specializes in scouting attractive, often awkward men in public spaces to model for her provocative, voyeuristic portfolios.

  9. 9 Chlorine

    Chlorine

    by Jade Song

    horror, narrative

    Ren Yu is a competitive high school swimmer whose life is strictly defined by the harsh scent of bleach and the repetitive geometry of the pool.

  10. 10 The Ballad of Black Tom

    The Ballad of Black Tom

    by Victor LaValle

    horror, narrative

    Tommy Tester is a young Black hustler in 1920s Harlem who earns a living with a guitar and a few small cons.

  11. 11 The Devil All the Time

    The Devil All the Time

    by Donald Ray Pollock

    horror, narrative

    Set in the rural backwoods of Ohio and West Virginia between World War II and the 1960s, the narrative follows Arvin Russell, a young man haunted by his father’s traumatizing religious sacrifices.

  12. 12 Lone Women

    Lone Women

    by Victor LaValle

    horror, narrative

    Set in 1915, the story follows Adelaide Henry, a Black woman who flees California for the harsh plains of Montana after the suspicious deaths of her parents.

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