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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

Dark Sisters
by Kristi DeMeester • 2025
3.82
5k+
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
Dark Sisters Summary
Dark Sisters
by Kristi DeMeester 2025 336 pages
3.82
5k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
The Silent Companions
by Laura Purcell • 2017
3.87
46k+
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
The Silent Companions Summary
The Silent Companions
by Laura Purcell 2017 305 pages
3.87
46k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
Fruit of the Flesh
by I.V. Ophelia • 2026
3.46
5k+
Romance
Dark Romance
Gothic
Fruit of the Flesh Summary
Fruit of the Flesh
by I.V. Ophelia 2026 331 pages
3.46
5k+ ratings
Romance
Dark Romance
Gothic
The Last Thing to Burn
by Will Dean • 2021
3.96
29k+
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
The Last Thing to Burn Summary
The Last Thing to Burn
by Will Dean 2021 241 pages
3.96
29k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Be Right Back
by Bill Wood • 2026
3.80
1k+
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Be Right Back Summary
Be Right Back
by Bill Wood 2026 348 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Bury Your Gays
by Chuck Tingle • 2024
4.04
31k+
Horror
LGBT
Queer
Bury Your Gays Summary
Bury Your Gays
by Chuck Tingle 2024 295 pages
4.04
31k+ ratings
Horror
LGBT
Queer
Nestlings
by Nat Cassidy • 2023
3.78
28k+
Horror
Vampires
Thriller
Nestlings Summary
Nestlings
by Nat Cassidy 2023 293 pages
3.78
28k+ ratings
Horror
Vampires
Thriller
Senseless
by Ronald Malfi • 2025
3.83
2k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Senseless Summary
Senseless
by Ronald Malfi 2025 432 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Farmhouse
by Chelsea Conradt • 2025
3.26
1k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Farmhouse Summary
The Farmhouse
by Chelsea Conradt 2025 432 pages
3.26
1k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Midnight Howl
by Clare Hutton • 2011
4.18
2k+
Middle Grade
Childrens
Fantasy
Midnight Howl Summary
Midnight Howl
by Clare Hutton 2011 192 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Childrens
Fantasy
A Cosmology of Monsters
by Shaun Hamill • 2019
3.73
10k+
Horror
Fantasy
Mystery
A Cosmology of Monsters Summary
A Cosmology of Monsters
by Shaun Hamill 2019 336 pages
3.73
10k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Mystery
Eat the Ones You Love
by Sarah Maria Griffin • 2025
3.46
7k+
Horror
Fantasy
Queer
Eat the Ones You Love Summary
Eat the Ones You Love
by Sarah Maria Griffin 2025 288 pages
3.46
7k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Queer
This Cursed House
by Del Sandeen • 2024
3.60
5k+
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
This Cursed House Summary
This Cursed House
by Del Sandeen 2024 384 pages
3.60
5k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
The Deep
by Nick Cutter • 2015
3.41
43k+
Horror
Science Fiction
Thriller
The Deep Summary
The Deep
by Nick Cutter 2015 394 pages
3.41
43k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Thriller
The Staircase in the Woods
by Chuck Wendig • 2025
3.55
22k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Staircase in the Woods Summary
The Staircase in the Woods
by Chuck Wendig 2025 388 pages
3.55
22k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Parasite
by Mira Grant • 2013
3.68
19k+
Horror
Science Fiction
Zombies
Parasite Summary
Parasite
by Mira Grant 2013 504 pages
3.68
19k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Zombies
Survive the Night
by Riley Sager • 2021
3.52
100k+
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Survive the Night Summary
Survive the Night
by Riley Sager 2021 336 pages
3.52
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Blood on Her Tongue
by Johanna van Veen • 2025
3.79
19k+
Horror
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Blood on Her Tongue Summary
Blood on Her Tongue
by Johanna van Veen 2025 368 pages
3.79
19k+ ratings
Horror
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Roses of May
by Dot Hutchison • 2017
3.9
64k+
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
Roses of May Summary
Roses of May
by Dot Hutchison 2017 302 pages
3.9
64k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
The Haunting of Room 904
by Erika T. Wurth • 2025
3.08
4k+
Horror
Mystery
Paranormal
The Haunting of Room 904 Summary
The Haunting of Room 904
by Erika T. Wurth 2025 306 pages
3.08
4k+ ratings
Horror
Mystery
Paranormal
Small Favors
by Erin A. Craig • 2021
4.00
24k+
Fantasy
Horror
Young Adult
Small Favors Summary
Small Favors
by Erin A. Craig 2021 466 pages
4.00
24k+ ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Young Adult
Dark Inside
by Jeyn Roberts • 2011
3.92
9k+
Young Adult
Dystopia
Horror
Dark Inside Summary
Dark Inside
by Jeyn Roberts 2011 368 pages
3.92
9k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Horror
The House of Last Resort
by Christopher Golden • 2024
3.16
7k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The House of Last Resort Summary
The House of Last Resort
by Christopher Golden 2024 292 pages
3.16
7k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Don't Look Now and Other Stories
by Daphne du Maurier • 1971
3.82
9k+
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
Don't Look Now and Other Stories Summary
Don't Look Now and Other Stories
by Daphne du Maurier 1971 214 pages
3.82
9k+ ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
by Clay McLeod Chapman • 2025
3.28
13k+
Horror
Thriller
Dystopia
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes Summary
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
by Clay McLeod Chapman 2025 384 pages
3.28
13k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Dystopia
The Revelator
by Daryl Gregory • 2021
3.95
7k+
Horror
Fantasy
Gothic
The Revelator Summary
The Revelator
by Daryl Gregory 2021 294 pages
3.95
7k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Gothic
Kill Creatures
by Rory Power • 2025
3.50
5k+
Horror
Young Adult
Thriller
Kill Creatures Summary
Kill Creatures
by Rory Power 2025 281 pages
3.50
5k+ ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Thriller
The Case Against Satan
by Ray Russell • 1962
3.68
2k+
Horror
Classics
Gothic
The Case Against Satan Summary
The Case Against Satan
by Ray Russell 1962 140 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Gothic
The House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1851
3.45
43k+
Classics
Gothic
Literature
The House of the Seven Gables Summary
The House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851 225 pages
3.45
43k+ ratings
Classics
Gothic
Literature
Almost Transparent Blue
by Ryū Murakami • 2003
3.29
14k+
Japan
Japanese Literature
Horror
Almost Transparent Blue Summary
Almost Transparent Blue
by Ryū Murakami 2003 126 pages
3.29
14k+ ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Horror
The Lesser Dead
by Christopher Buehlman • 2014
4.07
9k+
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
The Lesser Dead Summary
The Lesser Dead
by Christopher Buehlman 2014 362 pages
4.07
9k+ ratings
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
The Devil Crept In
by Ania Ahlborn • 2017
3.65
12k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Devil Crept In Summary
The Devil Crept In
by Ania Ahlborn 2017 374 pages
3.65
12k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Tale of the Vampire Bride
by Rhiannon Frater • 2009
4.09
1k+
Vampires
Horror
Paranormal
The Tale of the Vampire Bride Summary
The Tale of the Vampire Bride
by Rhiannon Frater 2009 334 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Vampires
Horror
Paranormal
In the Shadow of Blackbirds
by Cat Winters • 2013
3.85
13k+
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Paranormal
In the Shadow of Blackbirds Summary
In the Shadow of Blackbirds
by Cat Winters 2013 387 pages
3.85
13k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Paranormal
Whistle
by Linwood Barclay • 2025
3.91
8k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Whistle Summary
Whistle
by Linwood Barclay 2025 464 pages
3.91
8k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings
by Peter Haining • 2008
3.55
329
Horror
Paranormal
Ghosts
The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings Summary
The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings
by Peter Haining 2008 512 pages
3.55
329 ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Ghosts
Going Home in the Dark
by Dean Koontz • 2025
3.49
8k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Going Home in the Dark Summary
Going Home in the Dark
by Dean Koontz 2025 399 pages
3.49
8k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Sentinel
by Jeffrey Konvitz • 1974
3.83
7k+
Horror
Mystery
Paranormal
The Sentinel Summary
The Sentinel
by Jeffrey Konvitz 1974 278 pages
3.83
7k+ ratings
Horror
Mystery
Paranormal
Darkly
by Marisha Pessl • 2024
3.66
7k+
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
Darkly Summary
Darkly
by Marisha Pessl 2024 399 pages
3.66
7k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
Suffer the Children
by Craig DiLouie • 2014
3.98
12k+
Horror
Vampires
Paranormal
Suffer the Children Summary
Suffer the Children
by Craig DiLouie 2014 343 pages
3.98
12k+ ratings
Horror
Vampires
Paranormal
Where I End
by Sophie White • 2022
3.83
5k+
Horror
Gothic
Thriller
Where I End Summary
Where I End
by Sophie White 2022 241 pages
3.83
5k+ ratings
Horror
Gothic
Thriller
Hum
by Helen Phillips • 2024
3.50
13k+
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Horror
Hum Summary
Hum
by Helen Phillips 2024 272 pages
3.50
13k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Horror
Daphne
by Josh Malerman • 2022
3.37
6k+
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
Daphne Summary
Daphne
by Josh Malerman 2022 262 pages
3.37
6k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
Girl in the Creek
by Wendy N. Wagner • 2025
3.20
1k+
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Girl in the Creek Summary
Girl in the Creek
by Wendy N. Wagner 2025 263 pages
3.20
1k+ ratings
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
So Thirsty
by Rachel Harrison • 2024
3.48
29k+
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
So Thirsty Summary
So Thirsty
by Rachel Harrison 2024 290 pages
3.48
29k+ ratings
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
Sister, Butcher, Sister
by K.D. Aldyn • 2025
3.41
1k+
Thriller
Horror
Mystery Thriller
Sister, Butcher, Sister Summary
Sister, Butcher, Sister
by K.D. Aldyn 2025 368 pages
3.41
1k+ ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery Thriller
Cackle
by Rachel Harrison • 2021
3.71
54k+
Horror
Fantasy
Witches
Cackle Summary
Cackle
by Rachel Harrison 2021 319 pages
3.71
54k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Witches
Withered Hill
by David Barnett • 2024
4.04
4k+
Horror
Fantasy
Gothic
Withered Hill Summary
Withered Hill
by David Barnett 2024 337 pages
4.04
4k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Gothic
Looking for Smoke
by K.A. Cobell • 2024
3.94
7k+
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
Looking for Smoke Summary
Looking for Smoke
by K.A. Cobell 2024 416 pages
3.94
7k+ ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
Hearthstone Cottage
by Frazer Lee • 2019
3.63
154
Horror
Scotland
Witches
Hearthstone Cottage Summary
Hearthstone Cottage
by Frazer Lee 2019 240 pages
3.63
154 ratings
Horror
Scotland
Witches
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