
10 books to read if you liked Girls of Little Hope
By Sam Beckbessinger
10 books to read if you liked Girls of Little Hope

Loved Girls of Little Hope and looking for your next read? Here are ten books which have the same nostalgia-horror-friendship vibes.

My Best Friend's Exorcism: A Novel
Grady Hendrix
£11.99 £11.39One of my favourite novels of all time. It's a gory and hilarious funfair ride of an 80s-flavoured horror novel, but what sets it apart is how lovingly and accurately Grady Hendrix depicts the intensity of teenage friendship. Fun detail: I read this book just after finishing the first draft of Girls of Little Hope, and altered the ending of my book because of the ending of this one...

My Heart is a Chainsaw
Stephen Graham Jones
£9.99 £9.49An unforgettably spiky hero, a claustrophobic small town, and a mystery that unfurls into devastating horror. The plot gets more and more outrageous, in the best way.

Paper Girls Volume 1
Brian K Vaughan
£8.99 £8.54You've got similarly rebellious teens trying to figure out who they are in this late-80s-nostalgia-meets-supernatural-mystery comic series. Less gory than many of the other suggestions on this list.

Broken Monsters
Lauren Beukes
£9.99 £9.49If your favourite part of Girls of Little Hope was the relationship between Kat and Marybeth, try Broken Monsters: a horror masterpiece with another complicated mother-daughter relationship at its heart.

What Moves the Dead
T. Kingfisher
£8.99 £8.54A retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's The Fall at the House of Usher, this eerie Gothic tale features mycological horror, eccentric characters, and slow-creeping dread.

Cuckoo Song
Frances Hardinge
£9.99 £9.49A book that explores similar themes to Girls of Little Hope, but with a younger protagonist, Cuckoo Song has the feel of a twisted fairytale. It's creepy rather than gory, and is sometimes positioned as a Middle Grade / Young Adult novel, but it's still one of the scariest books on this list.

Wilder Girls
Rory Power
£8.99 £8.54Feminist body horror, complex queer independent teenage protagonists, and a chunky mystery. A great pick for young adult readers.

Meddling Kids
Edgar Cantero
£9.99 £9.49An action-packed riff on Scooby Doo, Nancy Drew and other teen detective stories you loved as a kid.

The Outsider: The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller
Stephen King
£10.99 £10.44While Donna, Kat and Rae's friendship might remind you of the Loser's Club from IT, you'll find deeper similarities in this tale of small-town paranoia and a murder investigation which spirals deeper and deeper into the uncanny.