Scary Ladies - Horror by Women

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Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,424 ratings
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The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,377 ratings
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 63,245 ratings
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Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,543 ratings
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,882 ratings
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The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black 3.75 avg rating — 77,969 ratings
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,839 ratings
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The Little Stranger
The Little Stranger 3.57 avg rating — 58,374 ratings
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Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction 4.06 avg rating — 4,280 ratings
10.
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories 3.82 avg rating — 102,326 ratings
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The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton 3.89 avg rating — 4,892 ratings
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The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 338,285 ratings
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Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott
Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott 3.80 avg rating — 1,604 ratings
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Night Film
Night Film 3.78 avg rating — 94,540 ratings
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She Walks in Shadows
She Walks in Shadows 3.76 avg rating — 954 ratings
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Pet Shop of Horrors, Vol. 1 (Pet Shop of Horrors, #1)
Pet Shop of Horrors, Vol. 1 (Pet Shop of Horrors, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 6,312 ratings
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Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now 3.82 avg rating — 9,392 ratings
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The Quick
The Quick 3.26 avg rating — 9,194 ratings
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Mary Reilly
Mary Reilly 3.67 avg rating — 2,881 ratings
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The Tribe
The Tribe
by: Bari Wood
3.73 avg rating — 953 ratings
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The Birds and Other Stories
The Birds and Other Stories 4.06 avg rating — 14,195 ratings
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The Shadow Keepers
The Shadow Keepers 3.86 avg rating — 220 ratings
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Black Ambrosia
Black Ambrosia 3.74 avg rating — 798 ratings
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The Death of Jane Lawrence
The Death of Jane Lawrence 3.20 avg rating — 21,362 ratings
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Fever Dream
Fever Dream 3.72 avg rating — 48,087 ratings
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The Luminous Dead
The Luminous Dead 3.64 avg rating — 19,025 ratings
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Last to Leave the Room
Last to Leave the Room 3.53 avg rating — 2,491 ratings
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Ghost Wall
Ghost Wall 3.72 avg rating — 28,358 ratings
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The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe 3.86 avg rating — 4,875 ratings
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Wakenhyrst
Wakenhyrst 3.87 avg rating — 17,873 ratings
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Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror
Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror 3.91 avg rating — 359 ratings
32.
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1)
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 7,409 ratings
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The Coffin Path
The Coffin Path 3.64 avg rating — 2,233 ratings
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Juniper & Thorn
Juniper & Thorn
by: Ava Reid
3.64 avg rating — 26,786 ratings
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Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 35,470 ratings
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Sabella, or The Blood Stone
Sabella, or The Blood Stone 3.85 avg rating — 783 ratings
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Crossroads
Crossroads 3.86 avg rating — 5,382 ratings
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Nightmare Magazine 25: October 2014. Women Destroy Horror! Special Issue
Nightmare Magazine 25: October 2014. Women Destroy Horror! Special Issue 3.75 avg rating — 118 ratings
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Flyaway
Flyaway 3.55 avg rating — 3,128 ratings
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Bunny (Bunny, #1)
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by: Mona Awad
3.47 avg rating — 288,501 ratings
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Mouthful of Birds
Mouthful of Birds 3.72 avg rating — 14,867 ratings
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Beautiful Nightmares: Women of Horror Anthology
Beautiful Nightmares: Women of Horror Anthology 3.81 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Bride of the Rat God
Bride of the Rat God 3.82 avg rating — 1,158 ratings
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Under Her Black Wings : 2020 Women of Horror Anthology
Under Her Black Wings : 2020 Women of Horror Anthology 4.06 avg rating — 107 ratings
44.
The Grownup
The Grownup 3.55 avg rating — 148,588 ratings
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My American Nightmare: Women In Horror Anthology
My American Nightmare: Women In Horror Anthology 4.36 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Old Nurse's Story and Other Tales
The Old Nurse's Story and Other Tales 3.71 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The House Next Door
The House Next Door 3.89 avg rating — 13,318 ratings
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Not Just a Pretty Face: Women of Horror Volume 1
Not Just a Pretty Face: Women of Horror Volume 1 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Collected Ghost Stories of Mrs. J.H. Riddell
The Collected Ghost Stories of Mrs. J.H. Riddell 3.64 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Auctioneer
The Auctioneer 3.76 avg rating — 5,160 ratings
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Daughters of Darkness: An All-Women Horror Anthology
Daughters of Darkness: An All-Women Horror Anthology 4.25 avg rating — 233 ratings
52.
Hauntings and Other Fantastic Tales
Hauntings and Other Fantastic Tales 3.80 avg rating — 793 ratings
54.
Feed (Newsflesh, #1)
Feed (Newsflesh, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 60,902 ratings
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Witches' Brew: Horror & Supernatural Stories By Women
Witches' Brew: Horror & Supernatural Stories By Women really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Wind in the Rosebush and Other Stories of the Supernatural
The Wind in the Rosebush and Other Stories of the Supernatural 3.83 avg rating — 464 ratings
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Wilder Girls
Wilder Girls 3.45 avg rating — 97,568 ratings
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Obsidian: A Decade of Horror Stories by Women
Obsidian: A Decade of Horror Stories by Women 3.49 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Cecilia de Noël
Cecilia de Noël 3.60 avg rating — 50 ratings
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The Winter People
The Winter People 3.82 avg rating — 90,101 ratings
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Searching for Sycorax: Black Women's Hauntings of Contemporary Horror
Searching for Sycorax: Black Women's Hauntings of Contemporary Horror 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Hunger
The Hunger 3.60 avg rating — 33,553 ratings
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The Lady Chillers: Classic Ghost and Horror Stories by Women Authors (15 Complete Stories by Victorian and Edwardian Mistresses of the Macabre)
The Lady Chillers: Classic Ghost and Horror Stories by Women Authors (15 Complete Stories by Victorian and Edwardian Mistresses of the Macabre) 3.89 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Uninvited
The Uninvited 3.96 avg rating — 1,661 ratings
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Cafe Macabre: A Collection of Horror Short Stories and Art by Women
Cafe Macabre: A Collection of Horror Short Stories and Art by Women 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings
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How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend
How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend 3.68 avg rating — 287 ratings
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Sunglasses after Dark (Sonja Blue, #1)
Sunglasses after Dark (Sonja Blue, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 2,999 ratings
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Wild Things: A Collection of Female Horror Fiction
Wild Things: A Collection of Female Horror Fiction really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
68.
Bless the Child
Bless the Child 3.77 avg rating — 704 ratings
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InSEXts Year One Vol. 1
InSEXts Year One Vol. 1 3.65 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Black Light
Black Light 3.54 avg rating — 781 ratings
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Southern Cross, Vol. 1
Southern Cross, Vol. 1 3.58 avg rating — 1,371 ratings
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Burning Water (Diana Tregarde, #1)
Burning Water (Diana Tregarde, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 6,078 ratings
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The Guardians
The Guardians 3.84 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Black Paper Mask
Black Paper Mask 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Phoenix Fire
Phoenix Fire 3.36 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Nightmare Magazine 37: October 2015. Queers Destroy Horror! Special Issue
Nightmare Magazine 37: October 2015. Queers Destroy Horror! Special Issue 4.10 avg rating — 707 ratings
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Household
Household 4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Night Shadows: Queer Horror
Night Shadows: Queer Horror 3.49 avg rating — 90 ratings
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The Vampire Tapestry
The Vampire Tapestry 3.59 avg rating — 2,459 ratings
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The Company of Death
The Company of Death 3.87 avg rating — 353 ratings
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The Godforsaken
The Godforsaken 3.52 avg rating — 80 ratings
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My Life as a White Trash Zombie (White Trash Zombie, #1)
My Life as a White Trash Zombie (White Trash Zombie, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 13,631 ratings
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Friend
Friend 3.46 avg rating — 156 ratings
85.
Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)
Dearly, Departed (Gone With the Respiration, #1)
by: Lia Habel
3.83 avg rating — 10,588 ratings
85.
Gila!
Gila! 3.36 avg rating — 104 ratings
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Bleeding Earth
Bleeding Earth 3.48 avg rating — 835 ratings
87.
When Darkness Loves Us
When Darkness Loves Us 4.02 avg rating — 2,251 ratings
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White Is for Witching
White Is for Witching 3.54 avg rating — 12,890 ratings
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Kiss of the Vampire (Creed, #1)
Kiss of the Vampire (Creed, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 766 ratings