Books like Live Girls by Ray Garton

Interview With the Vampire: An Immortal Vampire Tells His Life Story

A tense psychological thriller that pits FBI agent Clarice Starling against the notorious cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter as they collaborate to catch a new predator.

Neil Gaiman’s short‑story collection blends fantasy, horror and the uncanny, offering a dozen twisted tales that shift everyday scenes into shadowy, magical realms.

During a Boy Scouts weekend in the Canadian wilderness, a thin, pale intruder appears, carrying a bioengineered horror that spreads faster than fear and forces the young scouts to face unimaginable choices.

More stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, and scary songs for bedtime tales.

In The Twilight Watch, the battle between the Light and Dark Others escalates when a rogue Other steals a powerful spell-book, forcing Night and Day Watch to unite against a devastating threat that endangers all reality.

Set in a quiet 1950s American suburb, two orphaned sisters, Meg and Susan, are held captive in their aunt’s basement as her deteriorating mental health begins to poison their family and the surrounding community.

Vampire Chronicles: The Story of Marius, the Self-Styled Guardian of 'Those Who Must Be Kept'

A psychological thriller about a girl who discovers a group of young vampires who are part of her family lineage.

A new boy in town keeps a dark secret that turns the quiet coastal community into a thriller of blood‑sucking danger, as lovers and friends face a growing threat from the night.

When her younger sister Kasey begins acting oddly and their old house defies logic, sixteen‑year‑old Alexis must uncover a dark secret before danger consumes them.

Set in the 1963 Midwest, *Dark Harvest* follows a young boy named the October Boy who stalks his town every Halloween, leading a twisted rite that pits teenage boys against a living legend—raising questions of destiny and survival.

Interview with the Vampire; The Queen of the Damned; Vampire Lestat: A series of vampire tales featuring Anne Rice's iconic vampire protagonist Lestat, set in 19th-century Italy and America, with an interview with the vampire character.

A new student at a boarding school becomes embroiled in a supernatural mystery involving a ghost and a serial killer, leading her to confront dark secrets from her past.

A warlock from the Salem witch trials lands in modern-day Los Angeles, hunting for ultimate evil and facing a witch hunter who seeks to prevent the horror of the past from repeating itself.

When Nicki Styx narrowly escapes death, she gains the power to see and help ghosts in Atlanta, but juggling ectopic spirits, a reckless boyfriend, and a soul traded to the devil forces her to confront the true cost of living with the dead.

A 19th‑century citywide chase unfolds as Philo Drax hunts the murderous Slape family; at the center is a deadly little girl who wields psychic power and a hammer, turning every encounter into a deadly obsession.

Strange voices and a gentle killer in an eerie country field.

Joe Hill has been hailed as "a major player in 21st-century fantastic fiction" (Washington Post); "a new master in the field of suspense" (James Rollins); "one of the most confident and assured new voices in horror and dark fantasy to emerge in recent years (Publishers Weekly); a writer who "builds character invitingly and plants an otherworldly surprise around every corner" (New York Times).This gifted and brilliantly imaginative author catapulted to bestsellerdom with the chilling Heart-Shaped Box and cemented his reputation with the prizewinning volume of short fiction 20th Century Ghosts. At last, the New York Times bestselling author returns with a relentless supernatural thriller that runs like Hell on wheels. . . .Ignatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things. He woke up the next morning with a thunderous hangover, a raging headache . . . and a pair of horns growing from his temples.At first Ig thought the horns were a hallucination, the product of a mind damaged by rage and grief. He had spent the last year in a lonely, private purgatory, following the death of his beloved, Merrin Williams, who was raped and murdered under inexplicable circumstances. A mental breakdown would have been the most natural thing in the world. But there was nothing natural about the horns, which were all too real.Once the righteous Ig had enjoyed the life of the blessed: born into privilege, the second son of a renowned musician and younger brother of a rising late-night TV star, he had security, wealth, and a place in his community. Ig had it all, and more—he had Merrin and a love founded on shared daydreams, mutual daring, and unlikely midsummer magic.But Merrin's death damned all that. The only suspect in the crime, Ig was never charged or tried. And he was never cleared. In the court of public opinion in Gideon, New Hampshire, Ig is and always will be guilty because his rich and connected parents pulled strings to make the investigation go away. Nothing Ig can do, nothing he can say, matters. Everyone, it seems, including God, has abandoned him. Everyone, that is, but the devil inside. . . .Now Ig is possessed of a terrible new power to go with his terrible new look—a macabre talent he intends to use to find the monster who killed Merrin and destroyed his life. Being good and praying for the best got him nowhere. It's time for a little revenge. . . . It's time the devil had his due. . . .

When twin Destiny Weller learns her sister Livvy has turned into a vampire, she is forced to become one herself to bring her back into the family.