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Horror

Dark forces lurk in shadowy corners and twisted minds, threatening to shatter our sense of safety and sanity. Whether supernatural or psychological, these stories probe the depths of human fear while asking unsettling questions about good, evil, and the monsters that live both beyond and within us.

Horror Book Summaries

The End of the World As We Know It
by Christopher Golden • 2025
New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand
3.85
7k+
Horror
Short Stories
Anthologies
The End of the World As We Know It Summary
The End of the World As We Know It
New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand
by Christopher Golden 2025 779 pages
3.85
7k+ ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Anthologies
Starling House
by Alix E. Harrow • 2023
3.78
100k+
Fantasy
Horror
Gothic
Starling House Summary
Starling House
by Alix E. Harrow 2023 308 pages
3.78
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Gothic
Ghosts
by Edith Wharton • 1937
3.85
1k+
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts
by Edith Wharton 1937 288 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
An Academy for Liars
by Alexis Henderson • 2024
3.43
28k+
Fantasy
Dark Academia
Horror
An Academy for Liars Summary
An Academy for Liars
by Alexis Henderson 2024 464 pages
3.43
28k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dark Academia
Horror
The Contortionist
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020
3.89
6k+
Fantasy
Romance
Horror
The Contortionist Summary
The Contortionist
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 280 pages
3.89
6k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Horror
The Last Days of Jack Sparks
by Jason Arnopp • 2016
3.83
13k+
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
The Last Days of Jack Sparks Summary
The Last Days of Jack Sparks
by Jason Arnopp 2016 336 pages
3.83
13k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
Hide
by Kiersten White • 2022
3.31
44k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Hide Summary
Hide
by Kiersten White 2022 243 pages
3.31
44k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
How to Survive a Horror Story
by Mallory Arnold • 2025
3.63
11k+
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
How to Survive a Horror Story Summary
How to Survive a Horror Story
by Mallory Arnold 2025 368 pages
3.63
11k+ ratings
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Let's Split Up
by Bill Wood • 2024
3.56
9k+
Horror
Thriller
Young Adult
Let's Split Up Summary
Let's Split Up
by Bill Wood 2024 339 pages
3.56
9k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Young Adult
Powers of Darkness
by Valdimar Ásmundsson • 1901
The Lost Version of Dracula
3.63
1k+
Horror
Vampires
Classics
Powers of Darkness Summary
Powers of Darkness
The Lost Version of Dracula
by Valdimar Ásmundsson 1901 309 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Horror
Vampires
Classics
Something from the Nightside
by Simon R. Green • 2003
3.78
25k+
Urban Fantasy
Fantasy
Mystery
Something from the Nightside Summary
Something from the Nightside
by Simon R. Green 2003 230 pages
3.78
25k+ ratings
Urban Fantasy
Fantasy
Mystery
Bad Things Happened in This Room
by Marie Still • 2025
3.36
500+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Bad Things Happened in This Room Summary
Bad Things Happened in This Room
by Marie Still 2025 304 pages
3.36
500+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Catharsis
by Travis Bagwell • 2016
4.37
16k+
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Catharsis Summary
Catharsis
by Travis Bagwell 2016 525 pages
4.37
16k+ ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Departure 37
by Scott Carson • 2025
3.83
2k+
Horror
Thriller
Historical Fiction
Departure 37 Summary
Departure 37
by Scott Carson 2025 389 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Historical Fiction
Frankenstein
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley • 2018
The 1818 Text
3.92
1.9M+
Classics
Horror
Science Fiction
Frankenstein Summary
Frankenstein
The 1818 Text
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 2018 260 pages
3.92
1.9M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Science Fiction
The Blonde Dies First
by Joelle Wellington • 2024
3.56
3k+
Horror
Young Adult
Thriller
The Blonde Dies First Summary
The Blonde Dies First
by Joelle Wellington 2024 336 pages
3.56
3k+ ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Thriller
The Desolations of Devil's Acre
by Ransom Riggs • 2021
4.22
25k+
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
The Desolations of Devil's Acre Summary
The Desolations of Devil's Acre
by Ransom Riggs 2021 528 pages
4.22
25k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
Cold as Hell
by Rhett C. Bruno • 2022
3.99
2k+
Fantasy
Westerns
Urban Fantasy
Cold as Hell Summary
Cold as Hell
by Rhett C. Bruno 2022 454 pages
3.99
2k+ ratings
Fantasy
Westerns
Urban Fantasy
The Daughters' War
by Christopher Buehlman • 2024
4.22
13k+
Fantasy
Horror
Dark Fantasy
The Daughters' War Summary
The Daughters' War
by Christopher Buehlman 2024 416 pages
4.22
13k+ ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Dark Fantasy
The Broken Girls
by Simone St. James • 2018
4.05
100k+
Mystery
Thriller
Historical Fiction
The Broken Girls Summary
The Broken Girls
by Simone St. James 2018 336 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Historical Fiction
Rouge
by Mona Awad • 2023
3.53
51k+
Horror
Fantasy
Gothic
Rouge Summary
Rouge
by Mona Awad 2023 383 pages
3.53
51k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Gothic
The Dead House
by Dawn Kurtagich • 2015
3.67
8k+
Horror
Young Adult
Mystery
The Dead House Summary
The Dead House
by Dawn Kurtagich 2015 440 pages
3.67
8k+ ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Mystery
Dear Killer
by Katherine Ewell • 2014
3.47
4k+
Young Adult
Mystery
Thriller
Dear Killer Summary
Dear Killer
by Katherine Ewell 2014 362 pages
3.47
4k+ ratings
Young Adult
Mystery
Thriller
Creep
by Emma van Straaten • 2025
3.47
4k+
Horror
Thriller
Contemporary
Creep Summary
Creep
by Emma van Straaten 2025 256 pages
3.47
4k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Contemporary
The Awakening
by L.J. Smith • 1999
3.32
88k+
Fantasy
Young Adult
Vampires
The Awakening Summary
The Awakening
by L.J. Smith 1999 253 pages
3.32
88k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Vampires
North American Lake Monsters
by Nathan Ballingrud • 2013
3.95
6k+
Horror
Short Stories
Fantasy
North American Lake Monsters Summary
North American Lake Monsters
by Nathan Ballingrud 2013 205 pages
3.95
6k+ ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Fantasy
Absolution
by Jeff Vandermeer • 2024
3.57
13k+
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
Absolution Summary
Absolution
by Jeff Vandermeer 2024 464 pages
3.57
13k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
Collected Ghost Stories
by M.R. James • 1931
4.12
7k+
Horror
Short Stories
Classics
Collected Ghost Stories Summary
Collected Ghost Stories
by M.R. James 1931 568 pages
4.12
7k+ ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Classics
All Hallows
by Christopher Golden • 2023
3.52
12k+
Horror
Halloween
Thriller
All Hallows Summary
All Hallows
by Christopher Golden 2023 325 pages
3.52
12k+ ratings
Horror
Halloween
Thriller
The Best New True Crime Stories
by Mitzi Szereto • 2020
Small Towns: Small Towns
3.29
340
True Crime
Crime
History
The Best New True Crime Stories Summary
The Best New True Crime Stories
Small Towns: Small Towns
by Mitzi Szereto 2020 256 pages
3.29
340 ratings
True Crime
Crime
History
The Loop
by Ben Oliver • 2020
3.9
8k+
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Dystopia
The Loop Summary
The Loop
by Ben Oliver 2020 368 pages
3.9
8k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Dystopia
The Cruel Dark
by Bea Northwick • 2023
4.03
5k+
Gothic
Romance
Fantasy
The Cruel Dark Summary
The Cruel Dark
by Bea Northwick 2023 226 pages
4.03
5k+ ratings
Gothic
Romance
Fantasy
Itch!
by Gemma Amor • 2025
3.74
2k+
Horror
Mystery
Queer
Itch! Summary
Itch!
by Gemma Amor 2025 352 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
Horror
Mystery
Queer
Night Watcher
by Daphne Woolsoncroft • 2025
3.70
13k+
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Night Watcher Summary
Night Watcher
by Daphne Woolsoncroft 2025 336 pages
3.70
13k+ ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Midwinterblood
by Marcus Sedgwick • 2011
3.71
11k+
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
Midwinterblood Summary
Midwinterblood
by Marcus Sedgwick 2011 264 pages
3.71
11k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
The Changeling
by Victor LaValle • 2017
3.76
28k+
Horror
Fantasy
Magical Realism
The Changeling Summary
The Changeling
by Victor LaValle 2017 431 pages
3.76
28k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Til Def
by Jodie King
3.99
3k+
Dark Romance
Dark
Horror
Til Def Summary
Til Def
by Jodie King 349 pages
3.99
3k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
Horror
Stranger Things
by Suyi Davies • 2022
Lucas on the Line
4.07
1k+
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Horror
Stranger Things Summary
Stranger Things
Lucas on the Line
by Suyi Davies 2022 310 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Horror
Ghosts
by Hans Holzer • 1997
4.00
500+
Paranormal
Ghosts
Horror
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts
by Hans Holzer 1997 761 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Paranormal
Ghosts
Horror
The Place Where They Buried Your Heart
by Christina Henry • 2025
3.86
3k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Place Where They Buried Your Heart Summary
The Place Where They Buried Your Heart
by Christina Henry 2025 305 pages
3.86
3k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Once and Future Me
by Melissa Pace • 2025
3.56
2k+
Science Fiction
Thriller
Horror
The Once and Future Me Summary
The Once and Future Me
by Melissa Pace 2025 384 pages
3.56
2k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Horror
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson • 1954
4.05
100k+
Horror
Science Fiction
Classics
I Am Legend Summary
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson 1954 101 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Classics
The Atrocity Archives
by Charles Stross • 2004
3.89
27k+
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Horror
The Atrocity Archives Summary
The Atrocity Archives
by Charles Stross 2004 345 pages
3.89
27k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Horror
Juniper & Thorn
by Ava Reid • 2022
3.62
29k+
Fantasy
Horror
Gothic
Juniper & Thorn Summary
Juniper & Thorn
by Ava Reid 2022 368 pages
3.62
29k+ ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Gothic
Sleep Tight
by J.H. Markert • 2024
3.64
26k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Sleep Tight Summary
Sleep Tight
by J.H. Markert 2024 336 pages
3.64
26k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Whistling
by Rebecca Netley • 2021
3.65
9k+
Horror
Gothic
Historical Fiction
The Whistling Summary
The Whistling
by Rebecca Netley 2021 378 pages
3.65
9k+ ratings
Horror
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
by John Wiswell • 2024
3.86
24k+
Fantasy
Horror
Romance
Someone You Can Build a Nest In Summary
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
by John Wiswell 2024 310 pages
3.86
24k+ ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Romance
Where He Can't Find You
by Darcy Coates • 2023
3.87
18k+
Horror
Thriller
Young Adult
Where He Can't Find You Summary
Where He Can't Find You
by Darcy Coates 2023 402 pages
3.87
18k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Young Adult
At Dark, I Become Loathsome
by Eric LaRocca • 2025
3.21
4k+
Horror
Queer
LGBT
At Dark, I Become Loathsome Summary
At Dark, I Become Loathsome
by Eric LaRocca 2025 178 pages
3.21
4k+ ratings
Horror
Queer
LGBT
Pay the Piper
by George A. Romero • 2024
3.58
1k+
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Pay the Piper Summary
Pay the Piper
by George A. Romero 2024 328 pages
3.58
1k+ ratings
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
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