r/WeirdLit is a subreddit with 109k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests, and the community frequently discusses book, books, weird, author, 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
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Advice Requests
: "Haven't come across my favorite book in this sub yet. Has anyone read Filth by Irvine Welsh?"
4 posts
Popular Topics in r/WeirdLit
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Book
: "Looking for techno-occultism, with vibes similar to a more futuristic Bas Lag, or a much more mature Artemis Fowl"
17 posts
#2
Books
: "Stories inspired by Machen's "The Great God Pan""
7 posts
#3
Weird
5 posts
#4
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
#5
Reading
3 posts
#6
Story
: "Stories inspired by Machen's "The Great God Pan""
3 posts
#7
Lovecraft
2 posts
#8
Lost Tale
2 posts
#9
Recommendations
2 posts
#10
Dark
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
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Discussion
: "New haul, what should I read first?"
37 posts
#2
Recommend
: "Weird lit recommendations based on my favorite weird lit books?"
15 posts
#3
Question/Request
: "what weird genre of writing would this fall under?"
13 posts
#4
Review
: "“The Land of Laughs,” Jonathan Carroll, 1983."
11 posts
#5
News
: "‘The Strange Architect,’ New Series by ‘Annihilation’ Author Jeff VanderMeer, Sells to Farrar, Straus and Giroux in Seven-Figure Deal"
11 posts
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Other
: "Just arrived!"
3 posts
#7
Deep Cuts
: "New crown jewels: Brian Evenson’s Prophets and Brothers and The Brotherhood of Mutilation"
3 posts
#8
Article
: "Just found out that Thomas Ligotti wrote a (rejected) X-Files episode"
2 posts
#9
Meta
: "r/Weirdlit Required/Recommended Reading"
2 posts
#10
Weird Deals
: "Big Humble Bundle of anthologies with lots of weird authors- Cisco, Ligotti, Barron, Ballingrud, and more"
2 posts
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Last updated: September 6, 2026