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Books like The devil all the time
A pitch-black, blood-soaked descent into the darkest corners of rural America, where faith and violence are inextricably entwined. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The devil all the time.
- dread-soaked
- oppressive
- macabre
- claustrophobic
- 01
Knockemstiff
Donald Ray Pollock
A visceral, unapologetic descent into the dirt and blood of a forgotten American town, laced with pitch-black humor.
- 02
Ill will
Dan Chaon
A masterclass in creeping dread that pulls you into the fragmented, unreliable mind of a man whose past is coming back to destroy him.
- 03
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
A fiercely voiced, heart-wrenching epic of survival that immerses you in the beauty and devastation of modern Appalachia.
- 04
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix
A blood-spattered collision of Southern hospitality and visceral horror that weaponizes the invisible labor of housewives.
- 05
Revival
Stephen King
A nostalgic coming-of-age tale that slowly rots into a masterpiece of bleak, Lovecraftian cosmic horror.
- 06
The Changeling
Victor LaValle
A dark, modern fairy tale that transforms the very real anxieties of new parenthood into a terrifying, magical odyssey through the hidden realms of New York City.
- 07
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
A sweltering, dread-soaked descent into the toxic heart of a small town and the jagged edges of a broken family.
- 08
My best friend's exorcism
Grady Hendrix
A neon-soaked, blood-spattered love letter to the fierce, terrifying, and life-or-death intensity of teenage female friendship.
- 09
Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff
A pulp-infused road trip where the cosmic horrors of the occult pale in comparison to the everyday terrors of Jim Crow America.
- 10
Universal harvester
John Darnielle
A creeping, melancholic exploration of small-town grief disguised as a found-footage horror story.
- 11
All the Sinners Bleed
S. A. Cosby
A dread-soaked Southern thriller where a town's idyllic facade shatters to reveal festering secrets and historical trauma.
- 12
The devil in silver
Victor LaValle
A claustrophobic, darkly funny, and deeply empathetic descent into the bureaucratic nightmare of a modern psychiatric ward where the monsters are both systemic and literal.
