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r/WeirdLit is a subreddit with 62k 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.
Popular Themes in r/WeirdLit
#1
Solution Requests
: "Books like The Southern Reach Trilogy"
12 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Where to start with Thomas Ligotti?"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "If Ligotti never publishes again..."
2 posts
#4
News
: "New translations of Cortázar‘s novels to be released in 2025"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/WeirdLit
#1
Weird Fiction
: "Books like The Southern Reach Trilogy"
20 posts
#2
Weird Lit
: "Recommendations for Weird Lit with a lot of suspense and sense of deep mystery"
13 posts
#3
Books
: "Fave Books in the past 2 years?"
12 posts
#4
Reading
: "Weekly "What Are You Reading?" Thread"
11 posts
#5
Weird
: "Reggie Oliver, or I continue to discover the Weird"
8 posts
#6
Laird Barron
: "Laird Barron featured in Etch docuseries FIRST WORD ON HORROR, starting February 2025"
6 posts
#7
Book
5 posts
#8
Horror
: "Laird Barron featured in Etch docuseries FIRST WORD ON Horror, starting February 2025"
5 posts
#9
Cthulhu
: "“Cthulhu for Christmas” (2023) by Meghan Maslow"
4 posts
#10
Lovecraft
: "Did Lovecraft believe in the supernatural?"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/WeirdLit
Daily
+21 members(0.0%)
Monthly
+2k members(3.2%)
Yearly
+18k members(42.0%)
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