Books like American nightmares by Dale Bailey

A weary father and his young son journey across a bleak, post‑apocalyptic America, battling cannibals, starvation, and a harsh winter in a desperate quest for safety and a glimpse of remaining civilization.

A sleep‑deprived narrator meets the enigmatic Tyler Durden, and together they form an underground club where men confront their aggression through secret hand‑to‑hand bouts.

A dystopian novel about a woman named Offred in a totalitarian theonomic society called Gilead, exploring themes of subjugated women and resistance.

First‑person memoir of Neo‑classical Manhattan investment banker Patrick Bateman, whose glossy façade masks a brutal, psychopathic descent into violence.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

Explore twenty-three frightful tales chosen by children for their spookiness, drawn from diverse ethnic folklore traditions and presented in an engaging collection for grades 3‑6.

Scholars and writers explore the evolution of vampires as a metaphor and theme in contemporary literature and popular culture, focusing on the historical, social, and literary contexts of the vampire figure and its impact on contemporary readership and writing practices.

A curated collection of American short horror and Gothic tales, edited by Joyce Carol Oates, featuring classic and contemporary voices from Charles Brockden Brown to Stephen King.

A collection of classic American ghost stories, spanning notable authors and themes of crime, horror, and the Civil War, for juvenile and adult readers alike.