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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

Penance
by Kanae Minato • 2009
3.82
12k+
Thriller
Mystery
Japan
Penance Summary
Penance
by Kanae Minato 2009 240 pages
3.82
12k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Japan
172 Hours on the Moon
by Johan Harstad • 2008
3.53
14k+
Horror
Science Fiction
Young Adult
172 Hours on the Moon Summary
172 Hours on the Moon
by Johan Harstad 2008 368 pages
3.53
14k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Mean Spirited
by Nick Roberts • 2024
4.23
8k+
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
Mean Spirited Summary
Mean Spirited
by Nick Roberts 2024 325 pages
4.23
8k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
Come Knocking
by Mike Bockoven • 2025
3.76
500+
Horror
Thriller
Crime
Come Knocking Summary
Come Knocking
by Mike Bockoven 2025 264 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Crime
Weaveworld
by Clive Barker • 1987
4.13
34k+
Fantasy
Horror
Dark Fantasy
Weaveworld Summary
Weaveworld
by Clive Barker 1987 648 pages
4.13
34k+ ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Dark Fantasy
Sweet Heart
by Peter James • 1991
3.72
2k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Sweet Heart Summary
Sweet Heart
by Peter James 1991 335 pages
3.72
2k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Faire
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020
4.34
3k+
Fantasy
Romance
Dark
The Faire Summary
The Faire
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 269 pages
4.34
3k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Dark
Chasing Ghosts
by Marc Hartzman • 2021
A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural
3.54
392
Paranormal
History
Horror
Chasing Ghosts Summary
Chasing Ghosts
A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural
by Marc Hartzman 2021 272 pages
3.54
392 ratings
Paranormal
History
Horror
The Rotting Room
by Viggy Parr Hampton • 2025
3.39
1k+
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
The Rotting Room Summary
The Rotting Room
by Viggy Parr Hampton 2025 306 pages
3.39
1k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
Horrid
by Katrina Leno • 2020
3.54
16k+
Horror
Young Adult
Mystery
Horrid Summary
Horrid
by Katrina Leno 2020 327 pages
3.54
16k+ ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Mystery
Ecstasy
by Ivy Pochoda • 2025
3.26
1k+
Horror
Retellings
Mythology
Ecstasy Summary
Ecstasy
by Ivy Pochoda 2025 224 pages
3.26
1k+ ratings
Horror
Retellings
Mythology
Ghosts
by Roger Clarke • 2012
A Natural History: 500 Years of Seaching for Proof
3.54
1k+
History
Paranormal
Ghosts
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts
A Natural History: 500 Years of Seaching for Proof
by Roger Clarke 2012 368 pages
3.54
1k+ ratings
History
Paranormal
Ghosts
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
by Kiersten White • 2018
3.89
23k+
Horror
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein Summary
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
by Kiersten White 2018 304 pages
3.89
23k+ ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Historical Fiction
A Deadly Education
by Naomi Novik • 2020
3.93
200k+
Fantasy
Dark Academia
Young Adult
A Deadly Education Summary
A Deadly Education
by Naomi Novik 2020 320 pages
3.93
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dark Academia
Young Adult
Goddess of Filth
by V. Castro • 2021
3.58
9k+
Horror
Novella
Fantasy
Goddess of Filth Summary
Goddess of Filth
by V. Castro 2021 156 pages
3.58
9k+ ratings
Horror
Novella
Fantasy
What Remains of Teague House
by Stacy Johns • 2025
3.42
500+
Mystery
Thriller
Horror
What Remains of Teague House Summary
What Remains of Teague House
by Stacy Johns 2025 432 pages
3.42
500+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Horror
Hauntings
by Paul Roland • 2008
True Stories of Unquiet Spirits
3.27
201
Horror
Paranormal
Ghosts
Hauntings Summary
Hauntings
True Stories of Unquiet Spirits
by Paul Roland 2008 208 pages
3.27
201 ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Ghosts
My Husband
by Maud Ventura • 2021
3.65
68k+
Thriller
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
My Husband Summary
My Husband
by Maud Ventura 2021 272 pages
3.65
68k+ ratings
Thriller
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Last to Leave the Room
by Caitlin Starling • 2023
3.52
2k+
Horror
Science Fiction
Thriller
Last to Leave the Room Summary
Last to Leave the Room
by Caitlin Starling 2023 312 pages
3.52
2k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Thriller
Blood Like Mine
by Stuart Neville • 2024
3.61
3k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Blood Like Mine Summary
Blood Like Mine
by Stuart Neville 2024 375 pages
3.61
3k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The House of Quiet
by Kiersten White • 2025
3.56
500+
Horror
Fantasy
Young Adult
The House of Quiet Summary
The House of Quiet
by Kiersten White 2025 304 pages
3.56
500+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Young Adult
The Tangleroot Palace
by Marjorie M. Liu • 2021
3.96
2k+
Fantasy
Short Stories
Horror
The Tangleroot Palace Summary
The Tangleroot Palace
by Marjorie M. Liu 2021 239 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Fantasy
Short Stories
Horror
The Book Eaters
by Sunyi Dean • 2022
3.61
56k+
Fantasy
Horror
LGBT
The Book Eaters Summary
The Book Eaters
by Sunyi Dean 2022 298 pages
3.61
56k+ ratings
Fantasy
Horror
LGBT
Something I Keep Upstairs
by J.D. Barker • 2025
3.86
2k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Something I Keep Upstairs Summary
Something I Keep Upstairs
by J.D. Barker 2025 530 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Puppeteer
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020
4.16
4k+
Fantasy
Romance
Dark
The Puppeteer Summary
The Puppeteer
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 363 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Dark
13 Months Haunted
by Jimmy Juliano • 2025
3.64
2k+
Horror
Paranormal
Thriller
13 Months Haunted Summary
13 Months Haunted
by Jimmy Juliano 2025 384 pages
3.64
2k+ ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Thriller
The Final Girl Support Group
by Grady Hendrix • 2021
3.50
100k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Final Girl Support Group Summary
The Final Girl Support Group
by Grady Hendrix 2021 352 pages
3.50
100k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Belinda
by Anne Rampling • 1986
3.62
13k+
Erotica
Romance
Fantasy
Belinda Summary
Belinda
by Anne Rampling 1986 640 pages
3.62
13k+ ratings
Erotica
Romance
Fantasy
House of Roots and Ruin
by Erin A. Craig • 2023
4.11
20k+
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
House of Roots and Ruin Summary
House of Roots and Ruin
by Erin A. Craig 2023 544 pages
4.11
20k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
A Spell to Wake the Dead
by Nicole Lesperance • 2025
3.67
1k+
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
A Spell to Wake the Dead Summary
A Spell to Wake the Dead
by Nicole Lesperance 2025 352 pages
3.67
1k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
The Beast You Are
by Paul Tremblay • 2023
Stories
3.33
3k+
Horror
Short Stories
Fantasy
The Beast You Are Summary
The Beast You Are
Stories
by Paul Tremblay 2023 352 pages
3.33
3k+ ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Fantasy
El evangelio del mal
by Patrick Graham • 2007
3.86
3k+
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
El evangelio del mal Summary
El evangelio del mal
by Patrick Graham 2007 560 pages
3.86
3k+ ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Bellevue
by Robin Cook • 2024
3.36
5k+
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Bellevue Summary
Bellevue
by Robin Cook 2024 341 pages
3.36
5k+ ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Black Flame
by Gretchen Felker-Martin • 2025
3.63
2k+
Horror
Queer
LGBT
Black Flame Summary
Black Flame
by Gretchen Felker-Martin 2025 196 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
Horror
Queer
LGBT
Unexplained
by Richard MacLean Smith • 2018
Based on the 'world's spookiest podcast'
3.58
1k+
Paranormal
Horror
Mystery
Unexplained Summary
Unexplained
Based on the 'world's spookiest podcast'
by Richard MacLean Smith 2018 352 pages
3.58
1k+ ratings
Paranormal
Horror
Mystery
Warm Bodies
by Isaac Marion • 2010
3.91
100k+
Zombies
Romance
Young Adult
Warm Bodies Summary
Warm Bodies
by Isaac Marion 2010 256 pages
3.91
100k+ ratings
Zombies
Romance
Young Adult
Little Eyes
by Samanta Schweblin • 2020
3.58
25k+
Horror
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Little Eyes Summary
Little Eyes
by Samanta Schweblin 2020 256 pages
3.58
25k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Beneath the Stairs
by Jennifer Fawcett • 2022
3.55
5k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Beneath the Stairs Summary
Beneath the Stairs
by Jennifer Fawcett 2022 352 pages
3.55
5k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Hunger
by Michael Grant • 2009
4.02
92k+
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Hunger Summary
Hunger
by Michael Grant 2009 590 pages
4.02
92k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Fantasy
Painter's Obsession
by Luna K. Wicked • 2025
Volume II
4.32
1k+
Dark Romance
M M Romance
Horror
Painter's Obsession Summary
Painter's Obsession
Volume II
by Luna K. Wicked 2025 243 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Dark Romance
M M Romance
Horror
Fiend
by Alma Katsu • 2025
3.38
2k+
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Fiend Summary
Fiend
by Alma Katsu 2025 243 pages
3.38
2k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings
by Edgar Allan Poe • 1967
4.13
4k+
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings Summary
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings
by Edgar Allan Poe 1967 488 pages
4.13
4k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
The Graceview Patient
by Caitlin Starling • 2025
3.47
2k+
Horror
Gothic
Thriller
The Graceview Patient Summary
The Graceview Patient
by Caitlin Starling 2025 295 pages
3.47
2k+ ratings
Horror
Gothic
Thriller
The Hong Kong Widow
by Kristen Loesch • 2025
3.75
1k+
Horror
Historical Fiction
Mystery
The Hong Kong Widow Summary
The Hong Kong Widow
by Kristen Loesch 2025 368 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Depravity
by Ellie Sanders • 2025
3.36
1k+
Dark Romance
Dark
Abuse
Depravity Summary
Depravity
by Ellie Sanders 2025 502 pages
3.36
1k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
Abuse
Near the Bone
by Christina Henry • 2021
3.69
21k+
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Near the Bone Summary
Near the Bone
by Christina Henry 2021 321 pages
3.69
21k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Red House
by Roz Watkins • 2023
4.03
2k+
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
The Red House Summary
The Red House
by Roz Watkins 2023
4.03
2k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
House of Hunger
by Alexis Henderson • 2022
3.63
24k+
Horror
Fantasy
Gothic
House of Hunger Summary
House of Hunger
by Alexis Henderson 2022 304 pages
3.63
24k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Gothic
A Botanical Daughter
by Noah Medlock • 2024
3.58
6k+
Horror
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
A Botanical Daughter Summary
A Botanical Daughter
by Noah Medlock 2024 384 pages
3.58
6k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
The Crimson Road
by A.G. Slatter • 2025
3.87
1k+
Fantasy
Gothic
Horror
The Crimson Road Summary
The Crimson Road
by A.G. Slatter 2025 400 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Fantasy
Gothic
Horror
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