Queer Your Shelves: Horror/Gothic

And Then She Fell

A Novel

By: Alicia Elliott
Narrated by: Cheri Maracle & Jenna Clause
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

A Globe and Mail "Best Book of 2023"; a Most Anticipated Book Pick by Good Morning America, Bustle, CrimeReads, Electric Literature, Debutiful, Ms. Magazine, The Nerd Daily, and Paste

A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous woman who discovers the picture-perfect life she always hoped for... Read more

Camp Damascus

By: Chuck Tingle
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

“Neverton is home to the only gay conversion camp in the country to boast a 100% success rate: Camp Damascus. God-fearing Rose Darling knows all about the camp from the commercials starring the charismatic Pastor Pete Bend. But when Rose starts coughing up flies and getting flashes of a life she doesn't remember living -- and a girl she doesn't... Read more

Manhunt

By: Gretchen Felker-Martin
Narrated by: Katherine Pucciariello
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes

STARRED Reviews in Library Journal and Booklist!
A Most-Anticipated Title in CrimeReads, BookRiot, Tor.com, Electric Lit, and more.
Featured in Autostraddle, Apartment Therapy, Goodreads, and more.

Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt is an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and men on a grotesque journey of survival.

“A modern... Read more

Chlorine

A Novel

By: Jade Song
Narrated by: Catherine Ho & Imani Parks
Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

“A haunting coming-of-age story about Ren Yu explores race, sexuality, and mental health. Ren becomes obsessed with mermaids at a very young age, which leads her to pursue competitive swimming. Ren struggles with her sexuality and her obsessive need to be even closer to the mermaids she reads about. Her journey is bloody, raw, and terrifying, as... Read more

Such Pretty Flowers

A Novel

By: K. L. Cerra
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

RECOMMENDED BY GILLIAN FLYNN ON THE TODAY SHOW • “A lush, seductive Southern Gothic that’s deliciously queer . . . K. L. Cerra’s gift for gorgeous, gruesome atmosphere had me spellbound.”—Layne Fargo, author of They Never Learn
 
A woman investigating her brother’s apparent suicide finds herself falling for her prime suspect—his darkly mysterious... Read more

Brainwyrms

By: Alison Rumfitt
Narrated by: Nicky Endres
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

“I finished Brainwryms by Alison Rumfitt in a frantic haze when I couldn’t sleep, and I had to write my review for it immediately. Otherwise, my brain would take that whole story, put it in a box labeled 'traumatic content', and shove it to the back of my memory closet. Heck, I’ve never read a book with a content warning placed right in the... Read more

Queer Little Nightmares

By: David Ly & Daniel Zomparelli
Narrated by: Danielle Verayo
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

The fiction and poetry of Queer Little Nightmares reimagines monsters old and new through a queer lens, subverting the horror gaze to celebrate ideas and identities canonically feared in monster lit. Throughout history, monsters have appeared in popular culture as stand-ins for the non-conforming, the marginalized of society. Pushed into the... Read more

The City Beautiful

By: Aden Polydoros
Narrated by: Maxwell Glick
Length: 12 hours 45 minutes

Would you sacrifice your soul to stop a killer?

Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity. Despite the unbearable summer heat, his threadbare clothes, and his constantly empty stomach, Alter still dreams of the day he’ll have enough money to bring his
mother and sisters to America, freeing them from the oppression they face... Read more

The Monster of Elendhaven

By: Jennifer Giesbrecht
Narrated by: Daniel Henning
Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

"[Narrator Daniel Henning] fully commits to this tale, providing a nearly breathless and deliciously evil-sounding narration while also developing unique voices and presenting surprisingly layered characters." — AudioFile Magazine

“A black tide of perversity, violence, and lush writing. I loved it.” —Joe Hill

Debut author Jennifer Giesbrecht... Read more

These Fleeting Shadows

By: Kate Alice Marshall
Narrated by: Megan Trout
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

The Haunting of Hill House meets Knives Out in a bid for an inheritance that will leave Helen Vaughan either rich...or dead.

Helen Vaughan doesn't know why she and her mother left their ancestral home at Harrowstone Hall, called Harrow, or why they haven't spoken to their extended family since. So when her grandfather dies, she's shocked to learn... Read more

The Dead and the Dark

By: Courtney Gould
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

“The Dead and the Dark is a moody, gripping read that totally pulls you in. It’s got small-town secrets, paranormal vibes, and a romance that sneaks up on you in the best way. Dark, emotional, and super compelling—perfect if you're into spooky with a side of heart. Read more

House of Hunger

By: Alexis Henderson
Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life’s finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.

A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching.

Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where... Read more

They Drown Our Daughters

By: Katrina Monroe
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

If you can hear the call of the water, it's already far too late.

They say Cape Disappointment is haunted. That’s why tourists used to flock there in droves. They’d visit the rocky shoreline under the old lighthouse’s watchful eye and fish shells from the water as they pretended to spot dark shapes in the surf.

Now the tourists are long gone, and... Read more

Our Wives Under the Sea

By: Julia Armfield
Narrated by: Annabel Baldwin & Robyn Holdaway
Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

“Heartbreaking, yet freeing, this novel is a portrait of grief felt while still in the process of losing a loved one, that kind of drowning we can experience miles from any water. The two readers perform their characters so well that it's hard to imagine them in separate recording booths; each chapter feels that intimate and that foreign. Will... Read more

The Route of Ice and Salt

By: José Luis Zárate
Narrated by: Gabriel De Leon
Length: 3 hours 24 minutes

A reimagining of Dracula's voyage to England, filled with Gothic imagery and queer desire.



It's an ordinary assignment, nothing more. The cargo? Fifty boxes filled with Transylvanian soil. The route? From Varna to Whitby. The Demeter has made many trips like this. The captain has handled dozens of crews.



He dreams familiar dreams: to taste the... Read more

Patricia Wants to Cuddle

By: Samantha Allen
Narrated by: Susan Bennett, Justis Bolding, Cindy Kay, Laura Knight Keating & Jasmin Walker
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

“This book is so much fun! I loved this story about the contestants on a reality Bachelor-like show, and the audio recording includes various actors playing each character, which adds an engaging layer to the narratives. This is the kind of book to read when you just want to have fun, and there is a twist that is absolutely wild! Come along for... Read more

Plain Bad Heroines

A Novel

By: Emily M. Danforth
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 19 hours 27 minutes

“One of the most perfect fall books I've ever read! Plain Bad Heroines follows 2 intertwines stories, one of a cursed New Hampshire boarding school for young girls, the other a modern film crew shooting a film based on the events of the first storyline. The action is spooky but not scary, creepy & deadly without being gory. The author deftly... Read more

Hell Followed with Us

By: Andrew Joseph White
Narrated by: Shaan Dasani, Graham Halstead & Avi Roque
Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

“Religious trauma, trans rage, and teen romance await in this tender and gruesome horror novel. In a disturbing near-future, with the help of a band of young queer survivors, trans-boy Benji escapes the eco-Christo-fascist cult that raised him (and brought about the apocalypse), but not before being injected with a bioweapon that will transform... Read more

The Honeys

By: Ryan La Sala
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

From Ryan La Sala, the wildly popular author of Reverie, comes a twisted and tantalizing horror novel set amidst the bucolic splendor of a secluded summer retreat.Mars has always been the lesser twin, the shadow to his sister Caroline's radiance. But when Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars is propelled to learn all he can about his... Read more

Carmilla

A Vampyre Tale

By: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Narrated by: Megan Follows
Length: 3 hours

This was the very first vampire thriller, eventually becoming inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula, as well classics by Robert Louis Stevenson. In this tale of blood and terror, pure innocence becomes the target of age-old evil. Virtuous Laura has grown up in a solitary castle and longs for a close friend. Her wish seems granted with the... Read more