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A gritty, unapologetic plunge into the grimy, nocturnal underworld of 1970s New York, where even the monsters have something to fear. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Lesser Dead.
- dread-soaked
- grimy
- nocturnal
- claustrophobic
- eerie
- 01
Already dead
Charlie Huston
A blood-soaked, hardboiled descent into a nocturnal Manhattan where the undead are just another flavor of organized crime.
- 02
Those across the river
Christopher Buehlman
A sweltering, dread-soaked descent into the rotting heart of the American South, where buried sins demand a bloody toll.
- 03
Between Two Fires
Christopher Buehlman
A brutal, plague-ravaged pilgrimage through a literal and figurative hell, where cosmic horror meets the desperate search for redemption.
- 04
Live Girls
Ray Garton
A feverish descent into a neon-lit nightmare where pleasure and damnation are indistinguishable.
- 05
The Brothers Cabal
Jonathan L. Howard
A delightfully macabre romp where an affable vampire and his amoral necromancer brother team up to thwart an occult conspiracy.
- 06
Bloodsucking Fiends
Christopher Moore · 1995
A nocturnal romp through a neon-lit city where supernatural horror meets slacker comedy.
- 07
You Suck
Christopher Moore · 2007
A manic, blood-splattered rom-com that trades brooding gothic romance for slapstick comedy and teenage goth snark.
- 08
20th Century Ghosts
Joe Hill · 2007
A masterful blend of nostalgic Americana and creeping dread that finds the monstrous in the mundane and the heartbreaking in the horrific.
- 09
The fall
Guillermo del Toro
A relentless, cinematic plunge into a world being rapidly consumed by a monstrous plague.
- 10
The Last Werewolf
Glen Duncan
A blood-drenched, fiercely literate meditation on monstrous appetites and the exhausting burden of immortality.
- 11
One Bite With A Stranger
Christine Warren
A sassy, leather-clad romp through Manhattan's hidden supernatural nightlife.
- 12
Half-resurrection blues
Daniel José Older
A shadowy, supernatural mystery that explores the eerie, liminal space between the living and the dead.
