r/WeirdLit is a subreddit with 108k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests, and the community frequently discusses book, books, author, weird, and reading, and they frequently recommend/review audiobook recommendations, books, and podcast.
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
: "Haven't come across my favorite book in this sub yet. Has anyone read Filth by Irvine Welsh?"
19 posts
Popular Topics in r/WeirdLit
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Book
: "A Book like the movie “The Drama”"
17 posts
#2
Books
: "Starting a Bookshop"
7 posts
#3
Author
: "Excercise Bike - Carlton Mellick III a somewhat disarmingly named book, and you are unlikely to find a weirder Author, I genuinely do recommend his work, it is often extremely funny but also highly disturbing so proceed with caution."
5 posts
#4
Weird
: "Looking for Weird fiction exploring the concept of love in a horror or adjacent context"
3 posts
#5
Reading
: "Dictionary of the Khazars Reading companion."
3 posts
#6
Story
: "Lost Tale: “The Opal Arrow-Head” (1920) by Lord Dunsany"
3 posts
#7
Lovecraft
2 posts
#8
Lost Tale
: "Lost Tale: “The Brass Dachshund” (1927) by Arthur J. Burks"
2 posts
#9
Recommendations
: "Non-Upsetting WeirdLit Recs?"
2 posts
#10
Dark
: "Ray Bradbury's "Dark Carnival""
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/WeirdLit
Audiobook Recommendations
4 reviews
#1
Jeff VanderMeer
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
China Miéville
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Caitlin R. Kiernan
4.0★ from 1 review
Books
3 reviews
#1
Thomas
4.0★ from 3 reviews
Podcast
3 reviews
#1
Strange Studies of Strange Stories
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Weird Studies
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
The Weird Tales Podcast
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/WeirdLit
#1
Discussion
: "Dead But Dreaming Of Electric Sheep"
17 posts
#2
Recommend
: "Just finished this book and I can’t recommend it enough"
15 posts
#3
Question/Request
: "Surreal, dreamlike novels with elements of MC Escher, Salvador Dali and Alice in Wonderland?"
15 posts
#4
Review
: "“The Land of Laughs,” Jonathan Carroll, 1983."
11 posts
#5
Other
: "Currently Reading Hodgson’s The Night Land, and I’m impressed."
11 posts
#6
Deep Cuts
: "Ultimately and Irrevocably Tragic: Robert Aickman’s “Choice of Weapons” (1964) by Stina Patton"
10 posts
#7
News
: "‘The Strange Architect,’ New Series by ‘Annihilation’ Author Jeff VanderMeer, Sells to Farrar, Straus and Giroux in Seven-Figure Deal"
6 posts
#8
Article
: "Bored of the Swords: The Rebirth of Sword & Sorcery and the Death of the Weird"
3 posts
#9
Story/Excerpt
: ""alleles" by Amanda Helms, disturbing and super short"
2 posts
#10
Promotion
: "Monthly Promotion Thread"
2 posts
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Last updated: August 10, 2026