Read Earthlings by Sayaka Murata and it opened this genre for me. It isn’t my favorite book but I like how I still think about days after.
Here are some ebooks I have gotten since then. Let me know if I am missing other essentials.
\- We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
\- What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
\- Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh
\- John Dies at the End by David Wong and Jason Pargin
\- Out There Screaming by Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams
\- Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
\- Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews
\- The September House by Carissa Orlando
\- Carnality by Lina Wolff
\- The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
\- Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
\- Never Whistle at Night by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
\- I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
\- Monstrillo by Gerardo Samano Cordova
\- The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
\- The Employees by Olga Ravn
\- Penance by Eliza Clark
\- Im Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
\- Bunny by Mona Awad
\- Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
\- Confessions by Kanae Minato
\- Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata
\- The Vegetarian by Han Kang
\- Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
\- The City and The City by China Mieville
\- Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca
\- Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
\- Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom
\- Maggie’s Grave: A Horror Novel by David Sodergren
\- Seed by Ania Ahlborn
\- The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
\- Cows by Matthew Stokoe
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You’re missing the best of the best – Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
Nothing to See Here – Kevin Wilson
Our Wives Under the Sea – Julia Armfield
Geek Love – Katherine Dunn
Lanny – Max Porter
Sea of Tranquility- Emily St John Mandel
Under the Skin – Michel Faber
Mrs Caliban – Rachel Ingalis
The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
Lights Out in Wonderland – DBC Pierre
The Loney – Andrew Michael Hurley
Try some more Mieville! I really like City, but the noir tone is also completely different from others of his; try his Bas-Lag works (starting with Perdido Street Station)
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor is the weirdest book ever and so so good!
the Etched City by K.J. Bishop.
have you looked up the New Weird movement/ genre? extremely brief definition: grotesque speculative fiction. several writers of it are on your list, so you could find more you like by looking it up.