The Bottoms is an Edgar Award[1][2][3]-winning suspense novel by American author Joe R. Lansdale.

This story takes place during the Great Depression in East Texas.

Young Harry Crane discovers the mutilated body of a black woman that sets off a mystery involving rising violence and racism.

Harry and his younger sister, Thomasina, fix their suspicions on a local horror legend, The Goat Man, who lives deep in the Big Thicket.

As of 2014 the book was being co-produced for a film by Joe R. Lansdale, Bill Paxton,[9] and Brad Wyman.