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Books like Night Eaters

12 books with a reading profile close to Night Eaters by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

  1. 1 The Changeling

    The Changeling

    by Victor LaValle

    horror, narrative

    Apollo Kagwa is a rare-book dealer in New York who marries Emma Valentine, a librarian.

  2. 2 Gods of Jade and Shadow

    Gods of Jade and Shadow

    by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    narrative, literary

    Set in 1920s Mexico, the story follows Casiopea Tun, a young woman living a life of servitude in her grandfather’s house.

  3. 3 The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

    The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

    by Neil Gaiman

    horror, narrative

    Dream, the personification of sleep, tracks down four rogue nightmares that escaped his realm during his long imprisonment.

  4. 4 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.

  5. 5 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.

  6. 6 The Change

    The Change

    by Kirsten Miller

    narrative, literary

    Set in the wealthy enclave of Mattauk, New York, this novel follows three women whose bodies begin to manifest supernatural abilities as they enter menopause.

  7. 7 The Hacienda

    The Hacienda

    by Isabel Cañas

    horror, narrative

    Set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, the story follows Beatriz, a young woman who marries a wealthy widower to secure her family’s safety.

  8. 8 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.

  9. 9 The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

    The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

    by Zoraida Córdova

    narrative, literary

    Orquídea Divina is the matriarch of a family in Florida with a home full of magic, who invites her descendants to her funeral and promises each an inheritance.

  10. 10 Juniper & Thorn

    Juniper & Thorn

    by Ava Reid

    narrative, literary

    Set in a fictionalized nineteenth-century Odessa, this gothic fairy tale follows Marlinchen, the youngest of three sisters who live under the suffocating control of their father, a wizard named Zmey.

  11. 11 Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks

    Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks

    by Joe Hill

    horror, narrative

    In this fifth installment, Tyler and Kinsey Locke use the Timeshift Key to witness the origins of the supernatural conflict surrounding Keyhouse.

  12. 12 Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom

    Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom

    by Joe Hill

    horror, narrative

    Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke continue discovering enchanted keys within the Keyhouse estate, including the Hercules Key for physical strength and the Animal Key, which allows the user to transform into a beast.

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