11 Chilling Queer Horror Books

These are terrifying tales of terror from some of the best voices in queer horror; gothic stories of LGBTQ+ themes and characters. Essential reading for queer horror fans.

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[RoundSeal]

That new tattoo rules. 💚 I'm so chuffed that almost everything here I've already read, or is high on my TBR. I absolutely haven't been able to stop thinking about Our Wives Under the Sea since I read it a couple of months ago, and I constantly think of the ending of Cabin at the End of the World. Literally every other day, at least. Immediately adding Queen of teeth and Sorrowland to my list!

[MoodyMegReads]

I've started saving your videos to watch at night before sleeping because of how comforting your voice is even when talking about horror lol! I hope you become one of the most booked audiobook readers because your voice is seriously like a hug.

[MriInterocitor]

About T. Kingfisher: I don’t think Ursula is queer herself, but she’s had queer friends and colleagues longer than any person I’ve known her, and had a non-binary friend living on and taking care of her property and like that.

I am delighted by your new tattoo. I hope it ages gracefully and brings the awesome for a long time to come.

[talentedreads]

LOVE THE NEW TATOO!I Loved What Moves the Dead and Our Wives Under the Sea and of course Eric LaRocca. I was blown away by Our Wives Under the Sea and I agree whole-heartedly that it's a book about grief, and going through that grief while the loved one is still alive. I don't think many books speak to grief at that level. I recently acquired Tell Me I'm Worthless and Queen of Teeth I can't wait to read them! AWESOME LIST!

[isabellehall]

I have an addition for queer body horror - Wilder Girls by Rory Power

[awpageofabook]

I recently read Tell Me I'm Worthless, and it's one of the most unique, horrifying, and fantastic things I've read in a while.

[courtgarris]

What Moves the Dead was one of my favorites of 2022! I just bought Tell Me I'm Worthless and Our Wives Under the have been SOOOO excited to read them both. My TBR is steadily growing with the discovery of your channel!

[rita.sotero]

I just woke up, and a video about my new favourite genre of books, is everything I needed, Thank youu

[quiel]

I loved the recommendations! Queer horror books is a subgenre that I love to delve into, particularly indie authors. ♥️

[KristinKravesBooks]

Queen Teeth sounds absolutely wild! I am intrigued!

I really liked Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo. I also read Feed Them Silence by them and I think you might like some of the conversations it is having!

[michellesmelancholia]

All of these are on my reading list. I've only read What Moves The Dead and completely agree with everything you said! A great way to expand on the original!

[isirlasplace]

I just ordered the British versions of Our Wives Under the Sea and What Moves the Dead because I love the covers!! I read both on ebook and loved them sooo much!! Had to have physical copies!! Have a Great Day, Lovely❤

[badger-]

I only finished Tell Me I'm Worthless a couple of weeks ago and can't believe it took me so long to get read it. I need to get round to some of the others on this list that I'm behind on as I suspect I'll enjoy them too

[constancewith_a_soundtrack]

The Eric LaRocca covers are beautiful, I've never seen these versions

[alex_unabridged]

Fantastic list! Queen of Teeth sounds wonderfully terrifying! Am planning on reading Our Wives Under the Sea next month, I keep hearing good things about it. I've just read Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke last week, and wowzer... am still thinking about it, that one's gonna stick with me for a while. Really witty to start with and the descent into horror was so well executed. Very uncomfortable to read, but not in a bad way! I definitely need to read some more Eric LaRocca.

[LiteraryStoner]

OMG I love the Frankenstein tattoo! Frankenstein is my favorite book!

[micaelagonzalez]

Frankenstein is my favourite book too. God, it broke me and put me back together differently.

[Nixx]

I haven't got round to "What moves the dead" but I finished audio of "Nettle&bone" and "The wizzard's guide to defensive baking". I liked both for different reasons, first is dark but still a sweet found family story, the other has bread golems dancing battle cancan...

[manoeksbooknook]

Ahh one of my absolute favourite subgenres! I would definitely add Into the Drowning Deep to this list and House of Hollow
I'm currently reading Eyes, Guts, Throat, Bones by Moïra Fowley-Doyle, her first adult book and it's a sapphic horror short story collection and I'm so impressed so far !!

[AL-vmkc]

Such good recs!! I loved What Moves the Dead and Manhunt, also quite liked Tell Me I'm Worthless, so I will 100% be checking out the others because your taste is great! And I definitely had the same opinion about Parallel Hells.

In a similar vein I think you'd enjoy Andrew Joseph-White's books, especially the upcoming The Spirit Bares Its Teeth which is imo fantastic and a similar type of gory body horror to a few of the books you mentioned here (despite the fact that it's ya). Also, Leech by Hiron Ennes is a fantastic horror read - the author is nonbinary and the book itself isn't explicitly very queer but the exploration of gender and identity definitely feels like it was written by a trans person in the best way. Plus the gothic atmosphere in that book is incredibly good.