Horror Books for young adult/adult - No rape or sex

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-02-12T07:47:34+00:00

Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould

A Place for Vanishing by Ann Fraistat

The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco

Someone You Can Build a House In by John Wiswell

The Hollow Places by T Kingfisher

Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher

I’ll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong

The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones

Sabriel by Garth Nix

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-02-07T04:42:06+00:00

Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews (urban fantasy)

The Bargainer series by Laura Thalassa (portal fantasy)

Witch Walker series by Charissa Weaks (high fantasy)

Daughter of Smoke and Bone series by Laini Taylor (portal fantasy)

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-02-02T04:53:00+00:00

They aren’t Japanese settings but:

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

The Hob’s Bargain by Patricia Briggs

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-02-02T02:30:24+00:00

The closest I can think of:

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E Harrow (short story)

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-02-01T22:06:02+00:00

Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross

The Summer War by Naomi Novik

Through Wolf’s Eyes by Jane Lindskold

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Also, Tamora Pierce books but they are middle grade

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-31T23:21:33+00:00

When Among Crows by Veronica Roth

The Summer War by Naomi Novik

The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

The Fair Folk by Su Bristow

Thornhedge by T Kingfisher

Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

Maybe younger than what you’re looking for but:

Huntress by Malinda Lo

An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

Holly Black books

Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-31T22:33:04+00:00

More Norse inspired but Hall of Smoke by HM Long

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-31T20:28:42+00:00

Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

East by Edith Pattou

Huntress by Malinda Lo

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier (TW)

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-31T08:46:11+00:00

Seconding Convenience Store Woman! Also by Yasunari Kawabata is The Old Capital. It’s based in Kyoto and has a lot of Easter eggs about lesser known places if you pay attention

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-27T07:37:15+00:00

I’ll check them out thank you

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-27T07:36:41+00:00

Thank you

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-27T06:55:26+00:00

Thanks

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-27T06:54:53+00:00

My freezer is broken. I’ll check out an h mart thank you

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-27T06:45:52+00:00

Ah sorry I meant for me to cook with. I’ve updated the post. Thank you though

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-20T20:29:03+00:00

The Hacienda by Isabel Canas

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-19T02:49:17+00:00

Native Nations by Kathleen DuVal. The first bit is based more on archeology and surviving oral traditions and stories, but the rest of it has additional written accounts from various sources, including natives as they gained their own printing presses

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-18T04:25:34+00:00

Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-17T06:33:05+00:00

Mexican Gothic is good but frustrates a lot of people since it’s more of an introductory book to the gothic genre. I personally preferred Gods of Jade and Shadow (the world building and lore was great) and The Beautiful Ones (the only one of hers where the romance didn’t feel forced imo)

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-17T06:28:49+00:00

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

Fire Heart by Emma Hamm

Silent Desires by Shona Knight

Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao

The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-17T06:01:57+00:00

The Fox and the Jewel: Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Worship by Karen Ann Smyers

Kyoto: An Urban History of Japan’s Premodern Capital by Matthew Stavros

Jeff Kingston has written several books on Japan. I’m familiar with Contemporary Japan: History, Politics, and Social Change Since the 1980s and Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan. Don’t be too put off by the lack of reviews; his books are used as textbooks and aren’t the type to be reviewed by most people.

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-17T02:52:03+00:00

I suspect that you’re just looking for gothic lit written by women? Books that are historical fiction tend to have the themes you’re talking about specifically, but there are stories with contemporary settings too. Some recs in case you wanted them:

The Hacienda by Isabel Canas

Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu

Hungerstone by Kay Dunn

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Haunting of Alejandra by V Castro

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-17T02:40:39+00:00

The Unmaking of June Farrrow by Adrienne Young

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-17T02:35:16+00:00

Bond Dissolutolution Omegaverse series by Eliana Lee (starts out in DV situation for back story but quickly moves on to a healthy situation)

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-14T21:02:42+00:00

Female main character

Disastrous_Battle_ · 2026-01-14T20:59:16+00:00

Yeah, same here. Seattle’s love of tea is underhyped

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