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r/WeirdLit is a subreddit with 83k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is large in size.
Weird Literature: For news, reviews, book discussion, and anything else pertaining to weird fiction. | We cover everything from contemporary writers of the Weird, such as China Miéville, Kelly Link, M. John Harrison, K.J. Bishop, Eric Basso, and Jeff Vandermeer to foundational authors like H.P. Lovecraft, Alfred Kubin, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Chambers, and Jean Ray, to everyone in between. | If you're an author of the weird or speculative and are interested in doing an AMA, message the mods!
Popular Themes in r/WeirdLit
#1
Advice Requests
: "Children's weird lit recommendations?"
29 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Books like The Southern Reach Trilogy"
2 posts
#3
News
: "New translations of Cortázar‘s novels to be released in 2025"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "If Ligotti never publishes again..."
1 post
#5
Ideas
: "Great Occult Detective Weird Fiction? (Centered around Lovecraftian/Cthulhu Mythos, Vampires, Werewolves, Demons, etc.)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/WeirdLit
#1
Books
: "Weird thriftBooks haul! What should I start with?"
51 posts
#2
Weirdlit
: "Iranian Weirdlit - Malakut and Other Stories (Bahram Sadeghi)"
38 posts
#3
Weird Lit
: "“The Course of the Heart” is the Weird Lit version of The Secret History I always wanted!"
36 posts
#4
Weird Fiction
: "The presence of The God Pan in Weird Fiction (¿Why is he so important?)"
28 posts
#5
Recommendations
: "Children's weird lit Recommendations?"
24 posts
#6
Short Stories
: "Seeking ‘weird’ Short Stories by black authors 🧵"
19 posts
#7
Weird
: "Weird West & Fantasy/Paranormal Western Books"
16 posts
#8
Collections
: "Attila Veres and Luigi Musolino are getting new Collections published this year. (Valancourt Books)"
11 posts
#9
Horror
: "Nature focused Horror in the style of Blackwood (no T. Kingfisher please)"
8 posts
#10
Authors
: "My Weird Lit book folder. Am I missing any great Authors?"
7 posts
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