Recommendations based on My Best Friend's Exorcismby Grady Hendrix

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  1. We Sold Our Souls

    by Grady Hendrix
    A former heavy metal guitarist must confront her ex-bandmate, who sold their souls to become famous. A dark and thrilling tale of music and horror.

    In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success – but then lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed to stardom as Koffin, leaving his fellow bandmates to ... (Goodreads)

  2. A Head Full of Ghosts

    by Paul Tremblay
    A family's descent into darkness when their teenage daughter is suspected to be possessed.

    The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. To her parents' despair, the doctors ... (Goodreads)

  3. Bird Box

    by Josh Malerman
    A family's fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic world, where creatures lurk in the shadows.

    Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from. Five years after it ... (Goodreads)

  4. Kill Creek

    by Scott Thomas
    Four horror writers are invited to spend the night in a haunted house for a publicity stunt, but the terror they encounter is all too real.

    At the end of a dark prairie road, nearly forgotten in the Kansas countryside, is the Finch House. For years it has remained empty, overgrown, abandoned. Soon the door will be opened for the first ... (Goodreads)

  5. The Long Walk

    by Richard Bachman
    Fourteen boys face a grueling test of endurance and willpower as they compete in a life-or-death march.

    One hundred teenage boys join an annual walking contest called "The Long Walk" or just "The Walk". Each contestant, called a "Walker", must maintain a speed of at least four miles per hour; if he ... (Wikipedia)

  6. The Hunger

    by Alma Katsu
    A haunting tale of the Donner Party's ill-fated journey westward, with a supernatural twist.

    Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere. Tamsen Donner must be a witch. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted ... (Goodreads)

  7. Tender is the Flesh

    by Agustina Bazterrica
    In a dystopian world, humans are bred and raised for meat consumption. A man working in the industry faces a moral dilemma.

    Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos ... (Goodreads)

  8. The Last Time I Lied

    by Riley Sager
    A young artist returns to the summer camp where her friends disappeared years ago, only to find herself caught in a web of lies and secrets.

    Fifteen years ago, summer camper Emma Davis watched sleepily as her three cabin mates snuck out of their cabin in the dead of night. The last she–and anyone--saw of them was Vivian closing the cabin ... (Goodreads)

  9. The Secret History

    by Donna Tartt
    A small group of misfit college students uncover a sinister secret and their lives become entangled with dangerous consequences.

    Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the ... (Goodreads)

  10. Strange Weather

    by Joe Hill
    Four interconnected stories that explore the chaos of the natural world.

    A collection of four chilling novels, ingeniously wrought gems of terror from the brilliantly imaginative, Joe Hill Snapshot is the disturbing story of a Silicon Valley adolescent who finds himself ... (Goodreads)

  11. Station Eleven

    by Emily St. John Mandel
    Post-apocalyptic exploration of a world drastically changed after a pandemic.

    An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse,, Station Eleven, tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of ... (Barnes & Noble)

  12. Saga, Volume 6

    by Brian K. Vaughan
    The sixth installment of the epic space opera graphic novel series, following the lives of a family caught in the midst of an intergalactic war.

    After a dramatic time jump, the three-time Eisner Award winner for Best Continuing Series continues to evolve, as Hazel begins the most exciting adventure of her life: kindergarten. Meanwhile, her ... (Barnes & Noble)

  13. Saga, Volume 7

    by Brian K. Vaughan
    Epic space adventure involving two star-crossed lovers from opposing sides of intergalactic conflict.

    From the worldwide bestselling team of FIONA STAPLES and BRIAN K. VAUGHAN, “The War for Phang” is an epic, self-contained SAGA event! Finally reunited with her ever-expanding family, Hazel travels to ... (Barnes & Noble)

  14. Gwendy's Button Box

    by Stephen King
    A young girl is presented with a mysterious box that has the power to grant wishes and alter the course of reality.

    The story takes place in King's fictional town of Castle Rock in 1974. Twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson encounters a stranger in dark clothes and a black hat who invites her to "palaver". "I had a ... (Wikipedia)

  15. The Mist

    by Stephen King
    A group of survivors confront terror and terrorizing creatures in a thick mist.

    The morning after a severe thunderstorm , an unnaturally thick mist gradually envelopes the small town of Bridgton, Maine. Artist David Drayton, along with his son Billy and neighbor Brent Norton ... (Wikipedia)

  16. We Have Always Lived in the Castle

    by Shirley Jackson
    A family isolated from society, struggling to cope with prejudice and tragedy.

    My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two ... (Goodreads)

  17. Come Closer

    by Sara Gran
    A woman's life spirals out of control after she becomes obsessed with a mysterious stranger. Is it all in her head?

    A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene insults. Amanda—a successful architect in a happy marriage—finds her life going off kilter by ... (Barnes & Noble)

  18. Saga, Volume 5

    by Brian K. Vaughan
    Intergalactic war between two opposing species, testing the limits of family loyalty.

    Multiple storylines collide in this cosmos-spanning new volume. While,Gwendolyn and Lying Cat risk everything to find a cure for The Will, Marko makes an uneasy alliance with Prince Robot IV to find ... (Barnes & Noble)

  19. In an Absent Dream

    by Seanan McGuire
    A young girl discovers a magical world where choices have consequences and must decide between staying or returning to reality.

    This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world ... (Goodreads)

  20. State of Wonder

    by Ann Patchett
    A journey in the Amazon rainforest to find a missing colleague and unlock the secrets of a mysterious drug.

    In a narrative replete with poison arrows, devouring snakes, scientific miracles, and spiritual transformations, "State of Wonder" presents a world of stunning surprise and danger, rich in emotional ... (Goodreads)

  21. House of Salt and Sorrows

    by Erin A. Craig
    A retelling of the fairytale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" with a dark twist. A haunting tale of family secrets, tragedy, and love.

    "Step inside a fairy tale."—Stephanie Garber, #1, New York Times, bestselling author of, Caraval,Get swept away by the, New York Times, bestseller that Melissa Albert, author of, The Hazel Wood, ... (Barnes & Noble)

  22. Behind Her Eyes

    by Sarah Pinborough
    Psychological suspense novel following a woman's tangled web of secrets, lies and relationships.

    Why is everyone talking about the ending of Sarah Pinborough's, Behind Her Eyes?, Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and ... (Goodreads)

  23. The Fifth Season

    by N.K. Jemisin
    A world where seismic and magical disasters ravage the land, and a woman's journey to save humanity.

    In a prologue, an extraordinarily powerful orogene discusses the sad state of the world and laments the oppression of his race. He then uses his enormous power to fracture the entire continent along ... (Wikipedia)

  24. The Fisherman

    by John Langan
    A small-town family's supernatural encounter with an ancient evil lurking in the woods.

    In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a ... (Barnes & Noble)

  25. Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks

    by Joe Hill
    A supernatural thriller of dark secrets and twisted keys, unlocking the power of time.

    Locke & Key tells of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them.... and home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will ... (Goodreads)

  26. The Exorcist

    by William Peter Blatty
    A priest's battle against a powerful demon possessing a young girl.

    An elderly Jesuit priest named Father Lankester Merrin is leading an archaeological dig in northern Iraq and is studying ancient relics. After discovering a small statue of the demon Pazuzu (an ... (Wikipedia)

  27. Tunnels of Blood

    by Darren Shan
    A vampire hunter struggles with an ancient evil force threatening his city.

    Darren, the vampire's assistant, gets a taste of the city when he leaves the Cirque Du Freak with Evra the snake-boy and Mr. Crepsley. When corpses are discovered–corpses drained of blood-- Darren ... (Goodreads)

  28. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

    by Becky Chambers
    An intergalactic adventure filled with unlikely friendships and epic space battles.

    Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe-in this light-hearted debut space ... (Goodreads)

  29. Gideon the Ninth

    by Tamsyn Muir
    Gideon, a swordswoman, competes in a deadly game of puzzles and challenges to become an immortal servant. But dark secrets lurk in the shadows.

    Gideon the Ninth is set in a galactic empire of nine planets, each ruled by a noble house that practices its own unique type of necromancy . Although advanced technology exists, the Nine Houses ... (Wikipedia)

  30. Final Girls

    by Riley Sager
    A gripping tale of survival, as a woman confronts her past and the dark secrets of a notorious group.

    Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a ... (Goodreads)