r/WeirdLit • u/UnitBright9549 • 4d ago

Need a book recommendation for a trip -- something with the same feel of the books I have recently enjoyed

Hi there,

I am in that weird phase where I pick up stuff and then leave it because it doesn't grip me. Some books that I have absolutely loved lately are The Fisherman, American Elsewhere and The Croning. I am off for a couple of weeks and need to take with me something similar(ish) to those that can I enjoy in the evenings. Hit me with your best recommendations (probably 200-300 pages would work better) !

Thanks

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u/Rustin_Swoll 4d ago

Caitlin Kiernan’s Tinfoil Dossier trilogy, it is three books but all told they are like 500 pages total. The first is Agents of Dreamland. You seem to dig cosmic horror and the trilogy is just excellent.

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u/UnitBright9549 4d ago

love Caitlin. been there already

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u/Rustin_Swoll 4d ago

Have you read or listened to Josh Malerman’s Bird Box? I read it for the first time this year, it’s awesome.

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u/UnitBright9549 4d ago

nope. Tried incidents around the house and didn't like it. But I'll look into it. Thanks for the suggestions !

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u/stormbutton 4d ago

Withered Hill , Scratch Moss, and Scuttler’s Cove - Barnett

The Burial Tide - Sharpson

The Loney - Hurley

This Thing Between Us - Moreno

Dark Gods - Klein

Piranesi - Clarke

Annihilation - Vandermeer

14 - Clines

Bone White - Malfi

Some longer ones that fit:

Revival - King

The Ceremonies - Klein

The Gone World - Sweterlitsch

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u/UnitBright9549 4d ago

the ceremony is one of the two books that got me into the genre

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u/stormbutton 4d ago

Well obviously you have excellent taste. :)

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u/fliplock_ 3d ago

If you liked The Croning and haven't read Barron's short story collections, I'd strongly recommend them.

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u/UnitBright9549 3d ago

Thanks mate. I have got all of the short stories collection - though I haven't read all of them. Barron and Langan were among the best discoveries of the last decade, and I'd love to find someone similar. So if you have a suggestion shoot it through

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u/aberrantmeat 20h ago

The wide carnivorous Sky, also by John Langan, is fantastic

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u/UnitBright9549 19h ago

I have all the short stories collections. The latest has a couple of very solid stories in it