Horror Book Club nominations

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Current nominations for the Horror Book Club. The descriptions are my own based on a cursory look at the blurbs and a couple reviews, so they may well be wrong. If you feel like something can be changed for the better, by all means let me know.
ナキメサマ
Novel
Level 30??

Page Count: 352
Author: 阿泉 来堂

Debut. A mysterious festival in a Hokkaido village. Twists.

Page Count: 352
Author: 阿泉 来堂

Debut. A mysterious festival in a Hokkaido village. Twists.

天使の囀り
Novel
Level 39

Page Count: 526
Author: 貴志 祐介

Members of a team posted in the Amazon start developing a bizarre fascination with things that used to scare them, and end up committing strange suicides.

Page Count: 526
Author: 貴志 祐介

Members of a team posted in the Amazon start developing a bizarre fascination with things that used to scare them, and end up committing strange suicides.

Page Count: 330
Author: 小池 真理子

Classic horror with a family moving into an affordable apartment overlooking a cemetery. What can go wrong?

Page Count: 330
Author: 小池 真理子

Classic horror with a family moving into an affordable apartment overlooking a cemetery. What can go wrong?

ウツボラ 1
Manga
Level 33

Page Count: 200
2 volumes
Author:中村 明日美子

Creepy vibes. A mysterious faceless dead woman, her twin sister and a tortured author.

Page Count: 200
2 volumes
Author:中村 明日美子

Creepy vibes. A mysterious faceless dead woman, her twin sister and a tortured author.

Page Count: 313
Author: 三津田 信三

I think it may be more supernatural mystery than horror.

Page Count: 313
Author: 三津田 信三

I think it may be more supernatural mystery than horror.

Page Count: 320
Author: 榎田 ユウリ

Half-yokai person helps police with their supernatural cases?

Page Count: 320
Author: 榎田 ユウリ

Half-yokai person helps police with their supernatural cases?

うずまき 1
Manga
Level 25

Page Count: 202
3 volumes

Author: 伊藤潤二

A town is gradually taken over by deadly spirals.

Page Count: 202
3 volumes

Author: 伊藤潤二

A town is gradually taken over by deadly spirals.

黒い家
Novel
Level 38

Page Count: 392
Author: 貴志 祐介

It is said to be very scary without supernatural elements. Someone investigating insurance claims finds the hanged corpse of a child in a house he was called to.

Page Count: 392
Author: 貴志 祐介

It is said to be very scary without supernatural elements. Someone investigating insurance claims finds the hanged corpse of a child in a house he was called to.

禁じられた楽園
Novel
Level 30??

Page Count: 576
Author: 恩田陸

A secret art museum deep in the mountains. Artworks that somehow affect the viewers? Supposed to be one of the scariest Onda Riku has written. I have no idea what that boy is doing on the cover.

Page Count: 576
Author: 恩田陸

A secret art museum deep in the mountains. Artworks that somehow affect the viewers? Supposed to be one of the scariest Onda Riku has written. I have no idea what that boy is doing on the cover.

Page Count: 272
Author: 小池 真理子

Six short stories of fantasy and horror.

Page Count: 272
Author: 小池 真理子

Six short stories of fantasy and horror.

Page Count: 368
Author: 我孫子 武丸

Not necessarily horror but suspense with grotesque descriptions. A serial killer committing bizarre murders.

Page Count: 368
Author: 我孫子 武丸

Not necessarily horror but suspense with grotesque descriptions. A serial killer committing bizarre murders.

Page Count: 642
Author: 殊能将之

A demon cow living in a cave, mysterious deaths, a possible curse. Not classified as horror but suspense/mystery. Not entirely sure it fits in a horror collection to be honest, but maybe?

Page Count: 642
Author: 殊能将之

A demon cow living in a cave, mysterious deaths, a possible curse. Not classified as horror but suspense/mystery. Not entirely sure it fits in a horror collection to be honest, but maybe?

Page Count: 275
Author: 鈴木 光司

From the author of Ring, a collection of horror short stories connected to water.

Page Count: 275
Author: 鈴木 光司

From the author of Ring, a collection of horror short stories connected to water.

生き屏風
Short Story
Level 30??

Page Count: 182
Author: 田辺青蛙

Won a horror award. In a world where humans and demons coexist, a demon helps out with supernatural problems. It's quite possible it's not even remotely scary.

Page Count: 182
Author: 田辺青蛙

Won a horror award. In a world where humans and demons coexist, a demon helps out with supernatural problems. It's quite possible it's not even remotely scary.

のぞきめ
Novel
Level 30??

Page Count: 416
Author: 三津田 信三

A blend of horror, folklore and mystery. A visit to a remote, abandoned village that used to have very strange customs.

Page Count: 416
Author: 三津田 信三

A blend of horror, folklore and mystery. A visit to a remote, abandoned village that used to have very strange customs.

Page Count: 108
Author:岩井 志麻子

Sensual horror? A purely sexual relationship in Vietnam between two people who don't even know each other's names. I'm not quite sure where the horror comes in, but reviews insist it is.

Page Count: 108
Author:岩井 志麻子

Sensual horror? A purely sexual relationship in Vietnam between two people who don't even know each other's names. I'm not quite sure where the horror comes in, but reviews insist it is.

リカ
Novel
Level 30??

Page Count: 330
Author: 五十嵐貴久

Suspense rather than horror, but it's apparently quite intense. Meeting a woman through a dating app goes horribly wrong when she turns out to be an obsessed stalker.

Page Count: 330
Author: 五十嵐貴久

Suspense rather than horror, but it's apparently quite intense. Meeting a woman through a dating app goes horribly wrong when she turns out to be an obsessed stalker.

ぞぞのむこ
Novel
Level 30??

Page Count: 292
Author: 井上宮

A strange city where you'd better not touch anything or a strange fate awaits you. Short stories centered around people who visited this city.

Page Count: 292
Author: 井上宮

A strange city where you'd better not touch anything or a strange fate awaits you. Short stories centered around people who visited this city.

夜行
Novel
Level 33

Page Count: 299
Author: 森見 登美彦

怪談×青春×ファンタジー. Very atmospheric. Six friends meet again in Kyoto after ten years at a festival during which one of them had disappeared.

Page Count: 299
Author: 森見 登美彦

怪談×青春×ファンタジー. Very atmospheric. Six friends meet again in Kyoto after ten years at a festival during which one of them had disappeared.

Page Count: 332
Author:黒史郎

A man lost his wife and lives with his daughter, who starts drawing increasingly weird pictures. It won first prize in Ghost Literature (『幽』怪談文学賞)

Page Count: 332
Author:黒史郎

A man lost his wife and lives with his daughter, who starts drawing increasingly weird pictures. It won first prize in Ghost Literature (『幽』怪談文学賞)

サマーサイダー
Light novel
Level 28??

Page Count: 341
Author: 壁井 ユカコ

Perfect summer read because of the strong presence of cicadas throughout the book. Three graduates of an abandoned high school, a mysteriously dead teacher the year before. Faint atmosphere of terror.

Page Count: 341
Author: 壁井 ユカコ

Perfect summer read because of the strong presence of cicadas throughout the book. Three graduates of an abandoned high school, a mysteriously dead teacher the year before. Faint atmosphere of terror.

Page Count: 224
Author: 恩田 陸

An old house on a hill, and stories that happened there.

Page Count: 224
Author: 恩田 陸

An old house on a hill, and stories that happened there.

Page count: 344
Author: 背筋

Mockumentary. Collected ghost stories from a specific region in different formats build up to a surprising and frightening finale.

Page count: 344
Author: 背筋

Mockumentary. Collected ghost stories from a specific region in different formats build up to a surprising and frightening finale.