Best Dark Fiction of 2020

1.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 3.79 avg rating — 279,098 ratings
2.
The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians 3.69 avg rating — 102,593 ratings
3.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,425 ratings
4.
The Sun Down Motel
The Sun Down Motel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 180,164 ratings
5.
If It Bleeds (Holly Gibney #2)
If It Bleeds (Holly Gibney #2) 3.98 avg rating — 118,117 ratings
6.
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre 3.90 avg rating — 55,042 ratings
7.
Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)
Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 37,100 ratings
8.
The Roo
The Roo 4.03 avg rating — 735 ratings
9.
The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1)
The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 43,555 ratings
10.
Survivor Song
Survivor Song 3.62 avg rating — 19,617 ratings
11.
Home Before Dark
Home Before Dark 4.05 avg rating — 277,063 ratings
12.
The Mummy of Monte Cristo
The Mummy of Monte Cristo 4.30 avg rating — 81 ratings
13.
The Hollow Places
The Hollow Places 3.79 avg rating — 48,652 ratings
14.
Malorie (Bird Box, #2)
Malorie (Bird Box, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 26,669 ratings
15.
Night of the Mannequins
Night of the Mannequins 3.31 avg rating — 21,341 ratings
16.
The Deep
The Deep 3.32 avg rating — 11,570 ratings
17.
Basketful of Heads
Basketful of Heads
by: Joe Hill
4.09 avg rating — 6,694 ratings
18.
Devil's Creek
Devil's Creek 3.78 avg rating — 2,094 ratings
19.
Misfits
Misfits 4.01 avg rating — 232 ratings
20.
The Midwives
The Midwives 4.19 avg rating — 533 ratings
21.
The Ruin of Delicate Things
The Ruin of Delicate Things 3.96 avg rating — 336 ratings
22.
Voodoo Heart
Voodoo Heart 3.83 avg rating — 149 ratings
23.
Wonderland
Wonderland 3.10 avg rating — 5,333 ratings
24.
Crossroads
Crossroads 3.85 avg rating — 5,380 ratings
25.
The Loop
The Loop 3.40 avg rating — 6,774 ratings
26.
Her Infernal Name & Other Nightmares
Her Infernal Name & Other Nightmares 4.19 avg rating — 77 ratings
27.
Dark Celebrations
Dark Celebrations 4.29 avg rating — 317 ratings
28.
Benny Rose, the Cannibal King
Benny Rose, the Cannibal King 3.78 avg rating — 1,161 ratings
29.
The Raven
The Raven 4.09 avg rating — 290 ratings
30.
The Return
The Return 3.40 avg rating — 22,340 ratings
30.
True Crime
True Crime 3.62 avg rating — 3,018 ratings
32.
Allison
Allison 4.23 avg rating — 705 ratings
33.
Cirque Berserk
Cirque Berserk 3.75 avg rating — 1,782 ratings
34.
Dead Daughters
Dead Daughters
by: Tim Meyer
4.04 avg rating — 186 ratings
35.
We Need to Do Something
We Need to Do Something 3.40 avg rating — 7,559 ratings
36.
The Chill
The Chill 3.61 avg rating — 7,115 ratings
37.
Lullabies for Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror
Lullabies for Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror 3.89 avg rating — 567 ratings
38.
Plain Bad Heroines
Plain Bad Heroines 3.64 avg rating — 28,016 ratings
39.
The Ghost Tree
The Ghost Tree 3.82 avg rating — 7,978 ratings
40.
Stoker's Wilde West
Stoker's Wilde West 4.29 avg rating — 121 ratings
41.
The Wise Friend
The Wise Friend 3.56 avg rating — 753 ratings
42.
Boarded Windows, Dead Leaves
Boarded Windows, Dead Leaves 4.04 avg rating — 53 ratings
43.
Out of Body
Out of Body 3.20 avg rating — 756 ratings
44.
Tomb of Gods
Tomb of Gods 3.91 avg rating — 457 ratings
44.
Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies
Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies 4.02 avg rating — 568 ratings
46.
The Shadows
The Shadows 3.73 avg rating — 63,170 ratings
47.
The Boatman's Daughter
The Boatman's Daughter 3.49 avg rating — 5,619 ratings
48.
Until Summer Comes Around
Until Summer Comes Around 4.19 avg rating — 291 ratings
49.
The Malan Witch
The Malan Witch 3.85 avg rating — 170 ratings
50.
The Girl in the Video
The Girl in the Video 3.28 avg rating — 631 ratings
51.
The Magpie Coffin
The Magpie Coffin 4.08 avg rating — 1,215 ratings
52.
Eden
Eden 3.42 avg rating — 1,628 ratings
53.
The Fourth Whore
The Fourth Whore 3.82 avg rating — 118 ratings
54.
WonderLand (Red Queen Inc #1)
WonderLand (Red Queen Inc #1) 3.07 avg rating — 183 ratings
55.
White Pines
White Pines 3.80 avg rating — 848 ratings
56.
Starving Ghosts in Every Thread
Starving Ghosts in Every Thread 4.11 avg rating — 122 ratings
57.
Bad People
Bad People 4.09 avg rating — 160 ratings
58.
Sins of the Father
Sins of the Father 3.78 avg rating — 81 ratings
59.
Seeing Things
Seeing Things 4.10 avg rating — 126 ratings
60.
The Low, Low Woods
The Low, Low Woods 3.95 avg rating — 5,636 ratings
61.
Boneset & Feathers
Boneset & Feathers 3.91 avg rating — 223 ratings
62.
Hexis
Hexis 3.67 avg rating — 218 ratings
63.
The House on Abigail Lane
The House on Abigail Lane 3.85 avg rating — 1,659 ratings
64.
The Living Dead
The Living Dead 3.78 avg rating — 3,326 ratings
65.
Flyaway
Flyaway 3.55 avg rating — 3,128 ratings
66.
The Forever House
The Forever House 3.95 avg rating — 163 ratings
67.
Midnight in the Pentagram
Midnight in the Pentagram 4.21 avg rating — 122 ratings
68.
Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors
Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors 3.84 avg rating — 332 ratings
69.
Velocities
Velocities 3.68 avg rating — 346 ratings
70.
The Portal
The Portal 3.90 avg rating — 48 ratings
71.
After Sundown
After Sundown 3.77 avg rating — 316 ratings
72.
Lucid Screams
Lucid Screams
by: Red Lagoe
4.30 avg rating — 92 ratings
73.
Leaders of the Pack
Leaders of the Pack 3.93 avg rating — 214 ratings
74.
Those Who Go Forth into the Empty Place of Gods
Those Who Go Forth into the Empty Place of Gods 3.54 avg rating — 78 ratings
75.
Gone to See the River Man
Gone to See the River Man 3.65 avg rating — 22,381 ratings
76.
The Garden of Bewitchment
The Garden of Bewitchment 3.67 avg rating — 181 ratings
76.
Beneath the Rising (Beneath the Rising, #1)
Beneath the Rising (Beneath the Rising, #1) 3.46 avg rating — 1,362 ratings
78.
Greyfriars Reformatory
Greyfriars Reformatory 3.66 avg rating — 109 ratings
79.
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home (Welcome to Night Vale, #3)
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home (Welcome to Night Vale, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 8,061 ratings
80.
The Fear
The Fear 3.64 avg rating — 219 ratings
81.
The Ancestor
The Ancestor 3.35 avg rating — 4,941 ratings
82.
Plunge
Plunge
by: Joe Hill
3.84 avg rating — 2,406 ratings
83.
The Bell Chime
The Bell Chime 3.31 avg rating — 4,343 ratings
84.
Scanlines
Scanlines 3.77 avg rating — 2,147 ratings
85.
Touch the Night
Touch the Night 3.94 avg rating — 276 ratings
86.
Playing Possum
Playing Possum 3.91 avg rating — 95 ratings
87.
Borne of the Deep
Borne of the Deep 4.21 avg rating — 63 ratings
88.
Nang Tani
Nang Tani 4.50 avg rating — 66 ratings
89.
The Essential Sick Stuff
The Essential Sick Stuff 4.32 avg rating — 98 ratings
90.
Negative Space
Negative Space 3.70 avg rating — 7,840 ratings
91.
Scratch
Scratch 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
92.
The Midnight Lullaby
The Midnight Lullaby 4.23 avg rating — 62 ratings
93.
Dracula's Child
Dracula's Child 3.68 avg rating — 853 ratings
93.
Bone Harvest
Bone Harvest 3.78 avg rating — 627 ratings
95.
The Prisoners of Stewartville
The Prisoners of Stewartville 4.34 avg rating — 73 ratings
95.
The Unsuitable
The Unsuitable 3.51 avg rating — 807 ratings
97.
Slaves to Gravity
Slaves to Gravity 3.71 avg rating — 93 ratings
98.
Slay
Slay 3.77 avg rating — 118 ratings
99.
Burn Our Bodies Down
Burn Our Bodies Down 3.51 avg rating — 12,318 ratings
100.
Devil's Night
Devil's Night 4.37 avg rating — 114 ratings
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