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Books like Swamp Thing Saga of the Swamp Thing

12 books with a reading profile close to Swamp Thing Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

  1. 1 Tender Is the Flesh

    Tender Is the Flesh

    by Agustina Bazterrica

    horror, science fiction

    In a world where a sudden virus renders all animal meat lethal, governments legalize "special meat": the breeding and slaughter of humans for systemic consumption.

  2. 2 Haunted

    Haunted

    by Chuck Palahniuk

    horror, literary

    Twenty-three people answer an ad for a writers' retreat in an abandoned theater, expecting a quiet place to work.

  3. 3 Mona Lisa Overdrive

    Mona Lisa Overdrive

    by William Gibson

    science fiction, literary

    The narrative follows four converging plotlines eight years after the events of Count Zero: a young Japanese girl sent to London for safety, a prostitute named Mona who undergoes surgical alteration to impersonate a fam…

  4. 4 Uzumaki

    Uzumaki

    by Junji Ito

    horror, literary

    In the small, fog-bound Japanese town of Kurouzu-cho, high school student Kirie Goshima and her boyfriend Shuichi Saito witness a bizarre supernatural phenomenon centered on the spiral shape.

  5. 5 Cursed Bunny

    Cursed Bunny

    by Bora Chung

    horror, literary

    Bora Chung's collection of Korean short fiction brings together stories that mix horror, science fiction and fairy-tale cruelty.

  6. 6 Under the Skin

    Under the Skin

    by Michel Faber

    horror, science fiction

    Isserley drives the lonely roads of the Scottish Highlands searching for muscular male hitchhikers to pick up in her modified vehicle.

  7. 7 There Is No Antimemetics Division

    There Is No Antimemetics Division

    by qntm

    horror, science fiction

    The story follows the Antimemetics Division, a secret department within the SCP Foundation tasked with containing ideas that defend themselves through censorship or memory erasure.

  8. 8 Oryx and Crake

    Oryx and Crake

    by Margaret Atwood

    science fiction, literary

    Snowman, formerly known as Jimmy, is the last human survivor in a world populated by the Crakers, a floor-model species of genetically engineered humanoids.

  9. 9 1985

    1985

    by Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess

    science fiction, literary

    Anthony Burgess divides this work into a critical analysis and a fictional response to George Orwell’s dystopian vision.

  10. 10 Galápagos

    Galápagos

    by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

    science fiction, literary

    Set one million years in the future, the ghost of Leon Trout narrates the regression of the human race.

  11. 11 Revenge

    Revenge

    by Yōko Ogawa

    horror, literary

    This collection of eleven interlocking short stories functions as a macabre jigsaw puzzle set in contemporary Japan.

  12. 12 Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

    Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

    by Eric LaRocca

    horror, literary

    Two women, Agnes and Ashley, meet in an online chat room in the early 2000s and begin an intense correspondence.

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