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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

Grotesque Summary
Grotesque
by Natsuo Kirino 2007 480 pages
3.74
13.9K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Horror
Small Favors Summary
Small Favors
by Erin A. Craig 2021 466 pages
4.01
22.8K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Young Adult
A Spell to Wake the Dead Summary
A Spell to Wake the Dead
by Nicole Lesperance 2025 352 pages
3.90
504 ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
Girl in the Creek Summary
Girl in the Creek
by Wendy N. Wagner 2025 263 pages
3.29
1.1K ratings
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Nestlings Summary
Nestlings
by Nat Cassidy 2023 293 pages
3.79
24.8K ratings
Horror
Vampires
Thriller
Eat the Ones You Love Summary
Eat the Ones You Love
by Sarah Maria Griffin 2025 288 pages
3.5
5.4K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Queer
Kill Creatures Summary
Kill Creatures
by Rory Power 2025 281 pages
3.57
3.3K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Thriller
Juniper & Thorn Summary
Juniper & Thorn
by Ava Reid 2022 368 pages
3.63
27.8K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Gothic
Horrid Summary
Horrid
by Katrina Leno 2020 327 pages
3.54
15.9K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Mystery
Into the Drowning Deep Summary
Into the Drowning Deep
by Mira Grant 2017 448 pages
3.94
44.6K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
The House of the Seven Gables Summary
The House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 2005 225 pages
3.45
42.6K ratings
Classics
Gothic
Literature
Hollow Wrath Summary
Hollow Wrath
by Jodie King 2025
4.44
2.1K ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
Horror
Wonderland Summary
Wonderland
by Jennifer Hillier 2015 432 pages
4.06
37.9K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
The Broken Girls Summary
The Broken Girls
by Simone St. James 2018 336 pages
4.05
127.1K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Historical Fiction
Survive the Night Summary
Survive the Night
by Riley Sager 2021 336 pages
3.52
176.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Devil Crept In Summary
The Devil Crept In
by Ania Ahlborn 2017 374 pages
3.65
11.8K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Roses of May Summary
Roses of May
by Dot Hutchison 2017 302 pages
3.92
57.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
Daphne Summary
Daphne
by Josh Malerman 2022 262 pages
3.37
6.1K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
El evangelio del mal Summary
El evangelio del mal
by Patrick Graham 2007 560 pages
3.87
3.2K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Come Knocking Summary
Come Knocking
by Mike Bockoven 2025 264 pages
3.78
313 ratings
Horror
Adult
Where I End Summary
Where I End
by Sophie White 2024 241 pages
3.83
4.8K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Thriller
The Beast You Are Summary
The Beast You Are
Stories
by Paul Tremblay 2023 352 pages
3.33
3.3K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Fantasy
13 Months Haunted Summary
13 Months Haunted
by Jimmy Juliano 2025 384 pages
3.71
1.4K ratings
Horror
Adult
Paranormal
Sister, Butcher, Sister Summary
Sister, Butcher, Sister
by K.D. Aldyn 2025 368 pages
3.47
959 ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein Summary
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
by Kiersten White 2018 304 pages
3.89
22.7K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Til Def Summary
Til Def
by Jodie King 349 pages
4.03
2.4K ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
Horror
Last to Leave the Room Summary
Last to Leave the Room
by Caitlin Starling 2023 312 pages
3.52
2.6K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Thriller
Vanishing Daughters Summary
Vanishing Daughters
by Cynthia Pelayo 2025 336 pages
3.15
900 ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Be Right Back Summary
Be Right Back
by Bill Wood 2025
4.12
143 ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Horror
The Last Days of Jack Sparks Summary
The Last Days of Jack Sparks
by Jason Arnopp 2016 336 pages
3.84
12.9K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Let Him In Summary
Let Him In
by William Friend 2023 231 pages
3.27
7.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
So Thirsty Summary
So Thirsty
by Rachel Harrison 2024 290 pages
3.49
24.1K ratings
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
Dark Inside Summary
Dark Inside
by Jeyn Roberts 2011 368 pages
3.92
9.2K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Horror
The Thirst for Annihilation Summary
The Thirst for Annihilation
Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism
by Nick Land 1992 248 pages
3.98
602 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Where He Can't Find You Summary
Where He Can't Find You
by Darcy Coates 2023 395 pages
3.89
16.1K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Young Adult
Dirty Weekend Summary
Dirty Weekend
by Helen Zahavi 2000 200 pages
3.72
1.3K ratings
Feminism
Thriller
Crime
The Whistling Summary
The Whistling
by Rebecca Netley 2021 378 pages
3.66
8.4K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Whistle Summary
Whistle
by Linwood Barclay 2025 464 pages
3.96
4.6K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Hellbound Heart Summary
The Hellbound Heart
by Clive Barker 1986 164 pages
4.08
67.5K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Novella
A Deadly Education Summary
A Deadly Education
by Naomi Novik 2020 320 pages
3.94
214.9K ratings
Fantasy
Dark Academia
Young Adult
The Nesting Summary
The Nesting
by C.J. Cooke 2020 416 pages
3.57
7.3K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Gothic
The Hitchhikers Summary
The Hitchhikers
by Chevy Stevens 2025 384 pages
3.89
4.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Going Home in the Dark Summary
Going Home in the Dark
by Dean Koontz 2025 399 pages
3.51
6.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Pretty Lost Dolls Summary
Pretty Lost Dolls
by Ker Dukey 2016 274 pages
4.38
5.2K ratings
Dark
Dark Romance
Suspense
The Philosopher's Stone Summary
The Philosopher's Stone
by Colin Wilson 1977 320 pages
3.91
730 ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Philosophy
Cold Skin Summary
Cold Skin
by Albert Sánchez Piñol 2007 240 pages
3.66
9.0K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
The Clown Summary
The Clown
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 363 pages
4.25
3.7K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Dark
What Remains of Teague House Summary
What Remains of Teague House
by Stacy Johns 2025 432 pages
3.45
551 ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Horror
Deviant Summary
Deviant
by Ellie Sanders 2024 356 pages
3.27
3.7K ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
Horror
The Rotting Room Summary
The Rotting Room
by Viggy Parr Hampton 2025 290 pages
3.56
687 ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
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