Best Horror Books

THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “If you liked Gone Girl, you’ll like this.”—Stephen King   Ten years ago, six friends went on vacation. One made it out ... Read more

The greatest haunted house story ever written—the inspiration for the hit Netflix horror series!One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years First published in 1959... Read more

Paul Tremblay's terrifying twist to the home invasion novel—inspiration for the upcoming major motion picture from Universal Pictures"Tremblay's personal best. It's that good." — Stephe... Read more

Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secretTaking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a de... Read more

"A horror story for all midnights." — The Boston GlobeInspired by the shockingly true story of a child's demonic possession in the 1940s, William Peter Blatty's iconic novel focuses on Regan,... Read more

A New York Times Notable BookWinner of the Bram Stoker Award"One of the best collections of the 21st century." — Stephen KingA chilling collection of psychological suspense and literary horro... Read more

Few American novels written this century have endured in th heart and mind as has this one-Ray Bradbury's incomparable masterwork of the dark fantastic. A carnival rolls in sometime after the midni... Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Freaky pleasure...it scratches a nostalgic itch for those who grew up on Saturday morning Scooby-Doo cartoons and sugar-bombed breakfast cereal"—USA Today"Deliri... Read more

From an exciting name in British horror and the author of Hekla’s Children comes a dark, haunting tale of our world and the next After her hand is amputated following a tragic accident, Rache... Read more

In this gothic horror novel, a schoolteacher and his wife must deal with a devilish legend when they travel to his remote rural hometown for a funeral.Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the fa... Read more

What would you do if you started to believe your child was a psychopath?On the outside it looks like Suzette has it all. A stunning ultra-modern home, designed by her handsome Swedish husband. A be... Read more

"A horror novel about a breast cancer survivor told in the voice of your funniest but most anxious friend, The Bus on Thursday is an appealing mix of genres that is both fluffy and deeply affecting... Read more

From "master of cosmic horror" (Library Journal) Mary SanGiovanni, comes the latest terrifying novel featuring occult specialist Kathy Ryan . . . A mind is a terrible thing to destroy . . . Kathy h... Read more

A newborn's absent face appears on the back of someone else's head, a filmmaker goes to gruesome lengths to achieve the silence he's after for his final scene, and a therapist begins, impossibly, t... Read more

"Kirk's suspenseful and terror-driven novel employs supernatural elements to capitalize on the dread and horror of reality... [his] handling of visceral horror and human drama make for an immersive... Read more

A Times Best Book of 2019. 'Paver is one of Britain's modern greats. This sinister, gothic chiller shows why' BIG ISSUE, Books of the Year 2019. "Something has been let loose..." In Edwardian Suffo... Read more

From the critically acclaimed author of Hekla's Children comes a dark and haunting tale of dreadful wrongs and terrible vengeance. After a brutal break-in leaves her family traumatised, Trish Feena... Read more

Winner of the RUSA Award for Best Horror When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother's home in rural North Carolina, she finds long-hidden secrets about a strange colony of beings in the... Read more

The new gut-wrenching epic from the New York Times bestselling author of Sky in the Deep. For as long as she can remember, Tova has lived among the Svell, the people who found her washed ashore as ... Read more