Are you in the mood for a delightful fever dream? For a read that leaves you wondering what, exactly, just happened? For something you feel compelled to finish even as the events or characters become less and less real-feeling? If so, the list below includes some of the most compelling and surreal horror novels.

They contain end-of-the-world madness, normalized cannibalism, and a haunted house narrative like you’ve never read before! Those not up your alley? How about a trippy drug that opens portals into another realm or a children’s TV show that all but disappeared from anyone’s memory except for the kids who acted on it? Whether you like a full surreal fever dream or something more grounded with some surreal elements, one of these novels will be just right.

• Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

• Model Home by Rivers Solomon

• Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

• Fragments of Horror by Junji Ito

• Negative Space by B.R. Yeager

• Mister Magic by Kiersten White