Whether you’ve watched Jaws one too many times, you’ve been traumatized after going down a rabbit hole about the OceanGate submersible implosion, or you just can’t bear to think about swimming in water you can’t see the bottom of, you might have a smidge of thalassophobia: “A type of phobia characterized by a persistent and intense fear of deep water.” And with summer in full swing, meaning plenty of opportunities for taking a dip, it likely won’t be going away anytime soon.

Full list of titles

The Deep by Nick Cutter

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Jaws by Peter Benchley

Chlorine by Jade Song

All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter

The Haar by David Sodergren

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

The Swarm by Frank Schatzing

The Abyss by Orson Scott Card

Pressure by Brian Keene

Sphere by Michael Crichton

Meg by Steve Alten

Make Me Better by Sarah Gailey

Black Tide by KC Jones

A House at the Bottom of a Lake by Josh Malerman

The Fisherman by John Langan

The Chill by Scott Carson

From Below by Darcy Coates

Reliquary by Hannah Whitten

The Sea Hides Its Dead by Megan Bontrager

Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

The Deep by Alma Katsu