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Books like The Hollow Places
A delightfully witty descent into cosmic dread where the monsters are terrifying but the protagonist's pragmatic humor is your lifeline. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Hollow Places.
- dread-soaked
- claustrophobic
- uncanny
- eerie
- 01
The Twisted Ones
T. Kingfisher
A deeply unsettling descent into backwoods terror, anchored by a fiercely relatable narrator and her very good dog.
- 02
What Moves the Dead
T. Kingfisher
A delightfully skin-crawling descent into a decaying manor where the rot is alive and the narrator is too pragmatic to die without a fight.
- 03
The Book Eaters
Sunyi Dean
A dark, visceral fairy tale about the terrifying lengths a mother will go to protect her monstrous child.
- 04
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow
A lush, defiant love letter to the magic of storytelling and the hidden thresholds that lead us to where we belong.
- 05
The Silent Companions
Laura Purcell
A masterclass in mounting dread that will make you look twice at the shadows in your own home.
- 06
Just Like Home
Sarah Gailey
A claustrophobic, dread-soaked exploration of the terrifying, unconditional love between a daughter and her monster.
- 07
The Hollow Kingdom (The Hollow Kingdom #1)
Clare B. Dunkle
A subterranean gothic romance where a fiercely practical heroine matches wits with a pragmatic goblin king.
- 08
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix
A sweltering, blood-soaked slice of 1970s feminist horror where desperate girls turn to dark magic to reclaim their stolen futures.
- 09
Hammers on Bone
Cassandra Khaw
A gritty, dread-soaked supernatural noir where a monstrous private eye hunts an even darker evil lurking in the shape of an abusive stepfather.
- 10
Into the Drowning Deep
Mira Grant
A claustrophobic, blood-soaked descent into the abyss where scientific curiosity meets apex predators.
- 11
Every Heart a Doorway
Seanan McGuire
A dark, wistful love letter to the children who fell through the cracks of reality and the worlds that ruined them for the ordinary.
- 12
The Burning Girls
C. J. Tudor
A dread-soaked descent into a claustrophobic village where the past refuses to stay buried.
