Ellen Datlow Recommends 13 Dark & Creepy Books to Read In the Time of COVID-19 (That Are Not Apocalyptic)
The award-winning editor selects a set of chilling reads that have nothing to do with pandemics.
By
Ellen Datlow | Published Mar 27, 2020
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The Enchanted
By Rene Denfeld
A Head Full of Ghosts
By Paul Tremblay
The Library at Mount Char
By Scott Hawkins
Experimental Film
By Gemma Files
The Rook
By Daniel O'Malley
Lovecraft Country
By Matt Ruff
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Mongrels
By Stephen Graham Jones
Hex
By Thomas Olde Heuvelt
The Fisherman
By John Langan
The Loney
By Andrew Michael Hurley
The Anomaly
By Michael Rutger
Generation Loss
By Elizabeth Hand
Black Swan, White Raven
By Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers
By Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Silver Birch, Blood Moon
By Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Black Heart, Ivory Bones
By Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
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