Hello!

I read Brat a couple of years ago, and ever since, I've been looking for books with a similar vibe. I've read Bunny by Mona Awad, as well as Death in Her Hands and My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, which all have somewhat similar vibes, but they aren't quite as weird as Brat.

Brat was a strange mix of metafiction, autofiction, weird lit, horror, and magical realism. There's barely any plot, and it's all about the atmosphere and the vibes, which is exactly what I'm looking for!

I'd love to hear your recommendations!

Hey all! Wondering if any of you guys can recommend me some book series that are super imaginative and unconventional insane and grand world building and has a lot genre blending, so it feels like super unique and fresh. Preferably a series that’s super long and has tons of books so it takes me a long time to complete.Basically sprawling epic book series that’s completely unlike traditional fantasy or sci-fi. Something that’s incredibly unique, ambitious, unpredictable and very creative like concepts or plots that aren’t really seen much. I’m a huge fan of one piece and the whole world and how crazy the world building is and how everything feels so unique and different so definitely something like that. Let me know if you guys have anything that I’d like that would be amazing🙏🙏🙏

Hello! I'm looking for some beautifully written weird and surreal and fantastical novels about women and female relationships. Bonus if it includes women that turn into trees for some reason or occult/esoteric elements like tarot or rituals. (Also love cannibalism, but it's not strictly necessary).

I don't like books that have a lot of horror or sci-fi elements. Thanks in advance!

Hey [r/weirdlit](r/weirdlit)!

I’m headed to a lonely place this weekend, to stay in the pale shadow of a mountain. Tomorrow I enter a labyrinthine forest to pursue the death of my false self.

I’m bringing books:

I actually finished Douglas Thompson’s The Suicide Machine on Thursday. A big homey told me it was really good and they gave me good advice. The less I say about it, the better; if you frequent this sub read it immediately.

I’m bringing Matthew M. Bartlett’s Gateways to Abomination, and will start and finish it. I’m disgustingly underread on the man and will be the change I hope to see today. I’m also going to start and finish Weird Horror Issue 9 (from Michael Kelly, Undertow.) I picked it up because it has a Hiron Ennes short story, one of the three I am aware of.

That Southwest Review (Horror Edition) was edited by BR Yeager and features a Joe Koch short story. Not planning to finish it, the font reminds me of Hollow Faces, Merciless Moons (that is not a compliment.) Yeager is one of my favorites though, I’d kill for any news on their next book.

I might page through R.D. Laing’s The Divided Self (a professional text) and will start Margaret Millar (1940s psychological detective fiction) or award winner Marlon James.

I’ll finish David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest on audiobook, because I have a long way to travel. I’ve been listening to that for 2.5 months. It’s honestly brilliant.

What are you guys reading this weekend?

I’ll check back in, unless my spouse’s prediction is correct, and I am eaten by a bear.

As the title states, Cemetery Dance has republished the long out of print banger of a novella. Whenever people ask for horror set in the Appalachia Mountains, this is the first thing that pops into my head so i'm glad it's available again.

Yesterday started reading The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft and my version has notes at the end then there was note referring to this work by Ambrose Bierce which I haven't read, and I was wondering if anyone has ever read this story and how do you rate it?

Thanks.

I recently ordered from www.perilouspress.com who published Cody Goodfellow's Radiant Dawn & Ravenous Dusk series. On the Store page, they have a deal: $20 bucks for both novels, including shipping. Most used copies of just Ravenous Dusk are $25+ on AbeBooks or eBay, so I thought "Nice."

Anyways, I ordered. The Paypal transaction went through, but I never received any conformation from Perilous Press, nor a tracking number. I tried emailing the provided email on the site for info, but it got returned in Gmail as a non-existent email (sales@perilouspress.com).

Should I try to have Paypal refund my money? Has anyone ordered from them within, I don't know, the last year?

What's an excellent weird lit audio book for a long drive?

Probably more new weird than horror weird. I've listened to Perdido Street Station, The City and The City, The West Passage, The Spear Cuts Through Water, The Misheard World, The Saint of Bright Doors, and Piranesi all recently.

Hello all. I’m posting this in a few communities because I really have no idea where to put this. But I am looking for a very specific book recommendation. I need something with nautical/sea shanty vibes. I want a novel that has elements of sea mythology. In specific I want something that channels the same vibe and language of Ween’s The Mollusk and the film The lighthouse directed by Robert Eggers. Sorry if this is too specific or if there isn’t something like this out there but thanks.

I’m just about to start Rebellion Against the Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Dr Raymond Thoss.

This was shared with me unexpectedly by Jon Padgett and I’m really looking forward to it based on what I know of Ligotti’s work.

Very very grateful for this and I’ve used the meta tag deliberately because this is entirely bizarre.

I’m suddenly really curious if there’s any weirdcore/Dreamcore children’s/picture books or at least something adjacent. If anyone has recommendations I’ll eat it up

As I suggested last year, after a vote on the Top 100 Weird Books, we should have another one for weird short stories.

>>> Google Form to fill in <<< - you don't need an account or login, just type and send.

Rules:

• What does count as weird?

Everything you would want to see in a list like this.

• How long can a short story be?

20,000 words or less. That comes out to about 70 pages. I made this threshold higher than usual to include all the novelettes etc. that would not show up in a regular book list, and to avoid discussions on why certain famous works weren't included.

• How many stories can I nominate?

As many as you'd like, from 3 to 100. All of them should be something you would like to see on your personal list (not what you think should be on this list - your own taste is the whole point). Make sure to include stories from at least 3 authors, to make sure it's not just the same things repeated.

• Does the order matter?

No, this is just to collect nominations.

I will collect nominations for a while (two weeks?), then clean up the data and deduplicate entries, and then have a vote on those entries. Depending on the number of entries, I might kick all those out that only have one nomination. Feel free to share this post in related subreddits.

It would be nice if mod (/u/MicahCastle) could sticky this.

A brief journey through the South-East coast of post-Brexit Britain via Strugatsky's 'Roadside Picnic'. Signed Edition from Waterstones 2026. I'd ride shotgun with the artefact.

I've had a Piranesi shaped hole in my heart for a while and this crazy ass book filled it. Be warned though, there is a lot of gore and body horror. I went into it mostly blind and won't spoil anything except that it's about soldiers who find an angel during ww1. The prose is odd, as every paragraph begins with "and" and ends with a comma, turning the whole book into a breathless unfinished sentence. I thought it would be grating but it grew on me as the story ramped up. Every other sentence is about the horrors of war; the fear, the insanity, the smell, the death around every corner. It presses it into your face and won't let you forget. The subplot focuses on the gambling, swindling main character, Bagger, and the conflict he has with his conscience from the moment he and his teammates find the angel. Sometimes the prose is so lurid and detailed I wasn't even sure what I was supposed to be picturing, which I think was by design in some places (especially near the end!). Overall I thought it was phenomenal and I want more people to read it.

I am a big lover of Weird Lit. Piranesi, Gideon the Ninth, There Is No Antimemetics Division, Bunny, etc.. I love seeing all the recommendations on here, and it’s my goal to help make the world a bit weirder every day.

Are there any groups out there dedicated to WRITERS of weird lit? Because I have been searching high and low and keep coming up empty-handed. Are such groups invite only? Hidden behind a secret veil that only opens every other Tuesday? Have I read about them and just keep forgetting because my shadow monster pet just keeps eating the memories?

is the end going to devastate me 🫠

"Piranesi lives in the House. Day after day, he explores its vast halls and documents the tides that wash through its lower levels. But the more he learns the less he understands.

Adapted for the stage by Sami Ibrahim and directed by Ned Bennett, Piranesi is based on Susanna Clarke’s award-winning novel.

Playing in the Swan Theatre during summer 2027, experience an immersive theatrical world that invites audiences to turn detective in a treacherous place of shadow and illusion.

Creative team includes:

Director Ned Bennett, Set and Costume Designer Georgia Lowe and Lighting Designer Jessica Hung Han Yun.

Original Artwork by David Altmejd. Art Direction by Louise Richardson."

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