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Horror

Brave the darkness with spine-chilling tales that explore our deepest fears.

28 books available

Subcategories:

Gothic Horror Supernatural Horror Psychological Horror Body Horror Cosmic Horror Zombie Fiction Vampire Fiction Werewolf Fiction Haunted House Slasher

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Shadow Kiss

Shadow Kiss

Richelle Mead

4.3★· 381K ratings

Blood Promise

Blood Promise

Richelle Mead

4.3★· 327K ratings

Spirit Bound

Spirit Bound

Richelle Mead

4.3★· 308K ratings

Last Sacrifice

Last Sacrifice

Richelle Mead

4.4★· 300K ratings

The Complete Stories and Poems

The Complete Stories and Poems

Edgar Allan Poe

4.4★· 296K ratings

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

4.4★· 293K ratings

Harry Potter Boxed Set, Books 1-5

Harry Potter Boxed Set, Books 1-5

J.K. Rowling

4.7★· 177K ratings

Tokyo Ghoul, Tome 1

Tokyo Ghoul, Tome 1

Sui Ishida

4.4★· 167K ratings

In the Dream House

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

4.4★· 162K ratings

Book Lists featuring Horror

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Folk Horror for Readers Who Want Community as the Monster

Folk horror's real subject has always been the violence that communities enforce on their members, dressed in ritual and landscape. This collection traces that thread through contemporary and classic examples, finding where the folk horror subgenre is doing its most interesting work.

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Diaspora A Novel

Diaspora A Novel

Greg Egan

Black Butler, Vol. 1

Black Butler, Vol. 1

Yana Toboso

4.3★· 143K ratings

Australian Horror That Uses This Country's Darkness Well

Australia's landscape, history, and isolation create conditions for horror unlike anywhere else on earth, and a growing number of writers are doing something genuinely disturbing with that material. This collection gathers Australian horror that knows exactly where it lives.

5 books

Horror Books That Are Actually Scary Not Just Unsettling

There's a meaningful difference between dread and genuine fear, and readers searching for the latter keep finding the former. This Halloween-adjacent collection targets real fright: novels that disturb sleep, not just linger atmospherically in the mind.

Quiet Horror: Dread Built From Nothing You Can Point To

The scariest horror fiction creates unease before anything has technically gone wrong — a wrongness in the atmosphere, a relationship that's slightly off, an ordinary setting that keeps not resolving. This collection maps the quieter, more interior end of contemporary horror.

Literary Horror That Prioritises Dread Over Gore

As literary horror finds an increasingly mainstream readership, a significant subset of readers wants psychological dread and existential unease rather than explicit violence or jump-scare mechanics. This collection surfaces horror that works through atmosphere, implication, and the deeply unsettling rather than shock tactics. Captures readers who bounced off genre horror but were devastated by something like Shirley Jackson or Paul Tremblay.

Gateway Horror and Thrillers for Romance Readers

A curated selection of accessible horror and thriller novels that ease readers from contemporary romance into darker genres. These books feature engaging plots, romantic elements, and page-turning suspense without overwhelming complexity, perfect for building reading stamina while exploring new territories.

Action-Packed Horror Series with Romantic Tension

Long-running series that blend heart-pounding action and spine-chilling horror with compelling romantic subplots. These books feature well-developed characters and immersive world-building that keeps readers invested across multiple volumes, whether in YA or adult fiction.

Psychological Horror That Stays With You

Literary horror focusing on atmosphere, psychological breakdown, and lingering dread rather than gore or jump scares. Stories that disturb through character development and slowly revealed truths.

Books Like Mexican Gothic for Atmospheric Horror

Gothic horror with lush, atmospheric writing that builds dread through setting and mood rather than gore. Perfect for readers who want literary horror with beautiful prose.

The Terror

The Terror

Dan Simmons

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

The Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman

It: A Novel

It

Stephen King

In the Woods: A Novel (Dublin Murder Squad)

In the Woods

Tana French

Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One

Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself

Dr. Joe Dispenza

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

MD Gabor Maté

Permutation City: A Novel

Permutation City

Greg Egan

American Psycho

American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis

John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, 1)

John Dies at the End

David Wong, Jason Pargin

Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

House of Leaves: The Remastered Full-Color Edition

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power

Waking the Witch

Pam Grossman

Dad Is Fat

Dad Is Fat

Jim Gaffigan

Dracula (Penguin Classics)

Dracula

Bram Stoker

The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story

The Woman in Black

Susan Hill

Pet Sematary: A Novel

Pet Sematary

Stephen King

The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Horror)

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

Mexican Gothic

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Dévotion Au Sacré-coeur De Jésus En Exemples Ou Excellence Des Prières Et Des Pratiques En L'honneur Du Sacré-coeur... (French Edition)

Dévotion Au Sacré-coeur De Jésus En Exemples Ou Excellence Des Prières Et Des Pratiques En L'honneur Du Sacré-coeur...

Jean-Joseph Huguet, R.P. Huguet

Beloved

Beloved

Toni Morrison

A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Series)

A Discovery of Witches

Deborah Harkness