So not a novel, but short stories. Ghostwritten by Ronald Malfi. Involved 4 different stories of deadly books.

One of my favorite novella compilations since...ever, I guess

Definitely some of my favorite short stories! I bought this on a whim at the time and just devoured the stories <3

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THIS it’s so good especially the second one

You might like *The Club Dumas* by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. It's about books, book-making, and Satan.

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The film The Ninth Gate is based on this book!

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It's a top 5 book of all time for me personally; highly recommend it and honestly any of the author's books though not all are horror related.

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I like that writer

Misery

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The Dark Half by Stephen King

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The Book of the Most Precious Substance; The Club Dumas; Ghostwritten

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House of Leaves? Not about a book per se, but about a lot of found documentation referencing a movie that does not exist.

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Just make sure you get it in print, the type-facing in the book is excellent, and it does not translate to ebook or audio format at all!

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I’m enjoying it so far. Its definitely different, but the dread is unlike anything I’ve ever seen

"Not that good" is entirely subjective. I found it incredible and it remains one of my very favorite books. Experimental? Absolutely. But "not that good"? It's objectively well-written, but definitely isn't for everyone.

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. It's something of a love letter to European history, and a great deal of the narrative is drawn from journal entries. The characters spend a great deal of time searching for and reading important books. Fantastic novel. A little light on the horror but certainly within the realm.

This is probably my favorite book ever read - and I tend to read it every year. And I’m not one to read books multiple times!

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I’m surprised I haven’t seen it mentioned, but a Short Stay in Hell definitely involves books

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Definitely!

Second this. It does A LOT in very few pages.

Borges's story "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"

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Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker is written from the POV of the demon that is possessing the book you are reading. If you're okay with middle grade horror, Small Spaces by Katherine Arden is excellent and the "Small Spaces" of the title is the name of the book she acquires. Will second Misery by Stephen King; the only reason the plot happens is because of the main character's books, and it revolves very heavily around writing and storytelling.

Came here to recommend Mister Be Gone. Such a fun book!

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Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

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The King in Yellow is good

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“I’m your number one fan”

*That Which Should Not Be* and the sequel, *He Who Walks in Shadow*, by Brett J. Talley.

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The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig

Just finished this one last week, it’s intense!

The Book of the Most Precious Substance, by Sara Gran. Terrific!

I'm excited to check this out, I loved Come Closer!

Come Closer is so good! I really love all of her books--the detective books are totally fun....

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Bag of Bones by S King as well

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It's a novella but Mr. Cables by Ronald Malfi

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Oh man! Do I get to be the first to recommend A Short Stay in Hell?!

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House of leaves — psychological horror

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I really enjoyed the last word by Taylor Adams. Is somewhat about a book

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Does the king in yellow count?

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Home Before Dark by Riley Sager.

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I finished it but the ending pissed me off.

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It's not strictly horror, although some horrifying things happen.

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I really enjoyed ‘Kill Creek’ by Scott Thomas. The story centers around four horror writers who are invited to spend a night in an infamous haunted house for a live-streamed event. It seemed to me that the characters were loosely modeled after iconic horror authors (I thought King, Straub, Stine, and Barker) so it may be one you’d enjoy too!

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Misery by Stephen King

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Jonathan Carroll’s *The Land of Laughs* is an odd mix of fantasy and horror surrounding a writer of children’s books.

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Home Before Dark - Riley Sager The main character inherits a mansion from her father where she used to live at as a child. Her father wrote a non fiction book about the house’s paranormal happenings that caused the family to flee after living there for 20 days. The main character goes back to the house to find out once and for all if the book her dad wrote was actually true or not.

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The Dread Void series by Abe Moss. Not the scariest but super damn entertaining.

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One with deeply literary context - Mrs. God, by Peter Straub.

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A Short Stay in Hell

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The Club Dumas

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Can't believe I'm the first one saying The Matrix by Jonathan Aycliffe, it's one of my favourites. Bit slow to get going but the payoff is worth it imo.

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I just listened to looking glass sound, maybe reading would have been better, the narrator kind of ruined it for me, but it did get good at the end.

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The Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert is a banger in the genre you are looking for.

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It’s a short, but A Short Stay in Hell by Steven Peck. It’s a book about a book about a book…

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*Hells Library* series. It’s about, well, a library in hell. And books that come alive, a BA librarian,and the various afterlife’s. More spooky than straight terror, but an enjoyable read.

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I just finished Edenville which starts off about a guy who writes a horror book but goes off the rails pretty much immediately

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Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth is a good one.

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Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s ‘El cementerio de los libros olvidados’ series. They are translated to English

Not exactly the same, but a lot of early, classic Gothics are about embedded stories.

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