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Books like We Spread

12 books with a reading profile close to We Spread by Iain Reid. Deep, inward-looking, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

Fever Dream

by Samanta Schweblin

Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary

A woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural Argentine hospital, prompted by a young boy named David to recount the days leading up to her collapse.
2

Paradise Rot

by Jenny Hval

Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary

Jo, a Norwegian biology student, moves into a cavernous, converted brewery in an industrial English town.
3

Geek Love

by Katherine Dunn

Also inward-looking and open-ended · horror, literary

Aloysius Binewski and his wife Crystal Lil deliberately breed a family of human oddities by ingesting toxic chemicals and radioactive isotopes during pregnancy.
4

Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth

by Grant Morrison

Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary

On April Fools' Day, the inmates of Arkham Asylum seize control of the facility and demand that Batman join them inside.
5

Black Hole

by Charles Burns

Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary

Set in the suburbs of Seattle during the mid-1970s, this graphic novel depicts a group of teenagers who contract a sexually transmitted plague known as the Bug.
6

Revenge

by Yōko Ogawa

Also thought-provoking · horror, literary

This collection of eleven interlocking short stories functions as a macabre jigsaw puzzle set in contemporary Japan.
7

Lapvona

by Ottessa Moshfegh

Also deep and open-ended · horror, literary

In the medieval fiefdom of Lapvona, a deformed boy named Marek survives a life of physical brutality and religious delusion.
8

Our Wives Under the Sea

by Julia Armfield

Also inward-looking · horror, literary

Miri’s wife, Leah, returns from a deep-sea research expedition that lasted months longer than scheduled.
9

Her Body and Other Parties

by Carmen Maria Machado

Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary

In this collection of short stories, Carmen Maria Machado maps the physical and psychological toll of patriarchal structures on the female form.
10

Cursed Bunny

by Bora Chung

Also deep and open-ended · horror, literary

Bora Chung's collection of Korean short fiction brings together stories that mix horror, science fiction and fairy-tale cruelty.
11

Under the Skin

by Michel Faber

Also deep and inward-looking · horror, literary

Isserley drives the lonely roads of the Scottish Highlands searching for muscular male hitchhikers to pick up in her modified vehicle.
12

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

by Eric LaRocca

Also inward-looking and open-ended · 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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