Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Like Khaw's work, this classic explores a group of people in an isolated, malevolent house where the architecture itself feels predatory. It shares the same focus on psychological unraveling and the blurred lines between supernatural occurrences and internal trauma.

This novel mirrors the 'haunted house' setting with a focus on cultural heritage and ancestral rot. Fans of the visceral imagery and oppressive atmosphere in Nothing But Blackened Teeth will appreciate the similarly dark, biological horror elements.

This book captures the same intense claustrophobia and the feeling of being trapped with a presence that may or may not be real. The psychological power struggle between characters mirrors the toxic interpersonal dynamics found in Khaw's novella.

For readers who enjoyed the Japanese folklore and the sense of an inescapable curse, this is the definitive source material. It shares a similar sense of mounting dread and a ticking-clock narrative structure that keeps the tension high.

This is a short, sharp novella that, like Khaw's, uses a stylized and lyrical prose to hide a deeply disturbing reality. It features a trapped protagonist discovering the horrifying secrets of her environment in a way that feels both magical and bleak.

This book features a group of friends haunted by a supernatural entity born from their past mistakes. It matches Khaw's blend of cultural folklore, visceral body horror, and the theme of past sins coming back to claim the present.

Set at a wedding on a plantation, this novel uses a celebratory event as the backdrop for a terrifying exploration of historical trauma and ghosts. It echoes the 'wedding-gone-wrong' and 'toxic friend group' themes central to Khaw's story.

This story focuses on a couple moving into a house that begins to physically and mentally warp them. Fans of Khaw's surreal, shifting architecture and the sense of domestic spaces becoming alien will find this deeply unsettling.

While slightly more humorous at times, this book excels at the same 'wrong-ness' of space and the discovery of terrifying, non-human entities. It shares the fast-paced, high-stakes survival element found in the latter half of Khaw's novella.

A group of musicians retreats to an ancient country house where one of them disappears. Like Nothing But Blackened Teeth, it utilizes an ensemble cast and a heavy, folk-horror atmosphere to explore how a location can swallow a person whole.