Best Horror Books | Summaries & Audio

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by T. Marie Vandelly • 2019

A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

3.74

17k+

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

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A massacre's sole survivor buys the house where her family died; the truth still lives there.

by T. Marie Vandelly 2019 387 pages

3.74

17k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Story 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets 🩸 Sole Survivor

Sanguine Summer

by Abe Moss • 2025

A vampire checks into a motel, trapping three strangers in a nightmare of blood and control.

4.03

500+

🩸 Vampire Gothic 🏨 Roadside Motel 💉 Blood Addiction 🧠 Vampire's Thrall 🔗 Reluctant Accomplice

Sanguine Summer

A vampire checks into a motel, trapping three strangers in a nightmare of blood and control.

by Abe Moss 2025 402 pages

4.03

500+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Gothic 🏨 Roadside Motel 💉 Blood Addiction 🧠 Vampire's Thrall 🔗 Reluctant Accomplice

One of Us Knows

by Alyssa Cole • 2024

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

3.12

18k+

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

One of Us Knows

A woman with many selves takes a job at an island castle mirroring her fractured mind.

by Alyssa Cole 2024 352 pages

3.12

18k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Thriller 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread 🏝️ Isolated Island 🪞 Dissociative Identity

Symbiont

by Mira Grant • 2014

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

3.71

7k+

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris 🎭 Identity Crisis 👤 Body Snatchers

Symbiont

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

by Mira Grant 2014 608 pages

3.71

7k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris 🎭 Identity Crisis 👤 Body Snatchers

Heart of Dracula

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

Recruited to track a vampire king, an empath finds her own heart becoming his prey.

4.06

2k+

🏰 Gothic Vampire Romance 🖤 Villain Romance 💭 Psychic Bond 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Sensual Horror

Heart of Dracula

Recruited to track a vampire king, an empath finds her own heart becoming his prey.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 304 pages

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Vampire Romance 🖤 Villain Romance 💭 Psychic Bond 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Sensual Horror

The Hitchcock Hotel

by Stephanie Wrobel • 2024

Five friends accept an invitation to a Hitchcock-themed hotel. Their host hasn't forgiven them.

3.59

11k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥂 Reunion Gone Wrong 🏨 Creepy Hotel 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🗡️ Revenge Thriller

The Hitchcock Hotel

Five friends accept an invitation to a Hitchcock-themed hotel. Their host hasn't forgiven them.

by Stephanie Wrobel 2024 352 pages

3.59

11k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥂 Reunion Gone Wrong 🏨 Creepy Hotel 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🗡️ Revenge Thriller

The Vampire Lestat

by Anne Rice • 1985

A vampire wakes in 1980s New Orleans and decides rock stardom beats eternal secrecy.

4.11

200k+

📖 Literary Horror 🩸 Vampire Antihero 💔 Tragic Queer Love 🥀 Sensual Gothic 🌑 Existential Horror

The Vampire Lestat

A vampire wakes in 1980s New Orleans and decides rock stardom beats eternal secrecy.

by Anne Rice 1985 481 pages

4.11

200k+ ratings

📖 Literary Horror 🩸 Vampire Antihero 💔 Tragic Queer Love 🥀 Sensual Gothic 🌑 Existential Horror

Horror Movie

by Paul Tremblay • 2024

The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.

3.25

52k+

🎬 Metafictional Horror 🎥 Cursed Film 🎭 Cursed Object 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🦴 Body Horror

Horror Movie

The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.

by Paul Tremblay 2024 277 pages

3.25

52k+ ratings

🎬 Metafictional Horror 🎥 Cursed Film 🎭 Cursed Object 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🦴 Body Horror

Midnight Rooms

by Donyae Coles • 2024

At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.

3.38

1k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Bartered Bride 👹 Monstrous In-Laws 🏠 House As Predator 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

Midnight Rooms

At her new husband's decaying manor, a young bride finds the family's appetites are not human.

by Donyae Coles 2024 336 pages

3.38

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Bartered Bride 👹 Monstrous In-Laws 🏠 House As Predator 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

The Midnight Knock

by John Fram • 2025

Stranded at a desert motel, guests relive the same night until they solve a murder.

3.34

1k+

🔄 Supernatural Time Loop 🌌 Cosmic Horror Dread 🖤 Queer Antihero 💔 Doomed Lovers 🚗 Stranded Travelers

The Midnight Knock

Stranded at a desert motel, guests relive the same night until they solve a murder.

by John Fram 2025 416 pages

3.34

1k+ ratings

🔄 Supernatural Time Loop 🌌 Cosmic Horror Dread 🖤 Queer Antihero 💔 Doomed Lovers 🚗 Stranded Travelers

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess

by Andy Marino • 2021

An intruder dies in her home. She remembers nothing. The presence stirring inside her is ravenous.

3.04

1k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Body Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🦠 Infected Protagonist 🏠 Suburban Horror

The Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess

An intruder dies in her home. She remembers nothing. The presence stirring inside her is ravenous.

by Andy Marino 2021 304 pages

3.04

1k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🩸 Body Horror 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🦠 Infected Protagonist 🏠 Suburban Horror

La historia del loco

by John Katzenbach • 2004

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

4.01

15k+

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

La historia del loco

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

by John Katzenbach 2004 544 pages

4.01

15k+ ratings

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

Dead in the Water

by John Marrs • 2026

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

3.86

38k+

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind 🌊 Coastal Noir 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma

Dead in the Water

After nearly drowning, a man is haunted by a dead boy. The returning memories are his own crimes.

by John Marrs 2026 401 pages

3.86

38k+ ratings

🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Repressed Memories 🔪 Serial Killer Mind 🌊 Coastal Noir 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma

The Philosopher's Stone

by Colin Wilson • 1969

A scientist's brain operation unlocks hidden powers and reveals ancient gods once ruled the world.

3.92

500+

🌑 Cosmic Horror 🦑 Eldritch Gods 🧠 Consciousness Expansion 🧬 Transhuman Evolution 🔬 Scientific Mysticism

The Philosopher's Stone

A scientist's brain operation unlocks hidden powers and reveals ancient gods once ruled the world.

by Colin Wilson 1969 320 pages

3.92

500+ ratings

🌑 Cosmic Horror 🦑 Eldritch Gods 🧠 Consciousness Expansion 🧬 Transhuman Evolution 🔬 Scientific Mysticism

A Good House for Children

by Kate Collins • 2023

An old cliff house collects children. A painter and her silent son move in.

3.59

3k+

👻 Haunted House Novel 🏚️ Sentient House ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Children's Ghosts

A Good House for Children

An old cliff house collects children. A painter and her silent son move in.

by Kate Collins 2023 336 pages

3.59

3k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House Novel 🏚️ Sentient House ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Children's Ghosts

The Thorns

by Dawn Kurtagich • 2025

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

3.47

2k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

The Thorns

A childhood thorn appears. The boarding school games that shattered her mind are starting again.

by Dawn Kurtagich 2025 392 pages

3.47

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🪞 Dissociative Identity 🏫 Boarding School

Blood Lovers

by J.A. Huss • 2023

A vampire scion hunts a witch, but her blood makes him her captive.

4.02

500+

🩸 Dark Vampire Romance 🏹 Hunter And Prey 💉 Blood Addiction 🔮 Fated Mates 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

Blood Lovers

A vampire scion hunts a witch, but her blood makes him her captive.

by J.A. Huss 2023 404 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

🩸 Dark Vampire Romance 🏹 Hunter And Prey 💉 Blood Addiction 🔮 Fated Mates 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

Trad Wife

by Saratoga Schaefer • 2026

A tradwife influencer's wish at a well brings a pregnancy that craves raw flesh.

3.83

13k+

🫀 Body Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 📱 Social Media Satire 🕳️ Wish Gone Wrong 🤰 Monstrous Motherhood

Trad Wife

A tradwife influencer's wish at a well brings a pregnancy that craves raw flesh.

by Saratoga Schaefer 2026 309 pages

3.83

13k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 📱 Social Media Satire 🕳️ Wish Gone Wrong 🤰 Monstrous Motherhood

Little Ghosts

by Gregg Dunnett • 2023

A murdered girl's ghost asks her brother to find a killer the police missed.

4.18

6k+

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Child Ghost 🔍 Unlikely Detectives 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Little Ghosts

A murdered girl's ghost asks her brother to find a killer the police missed.

by Gregg Dunnett 2023 426 pages

4.18

6k+ ratings

🖤 Supernatural Thriller 👻 Child Ghost 🔍 Unlikely Detectives 💔 Grief Horror 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Third Realm

by Karl Ove Knausgård • 2022

When death stops for seven days, a painter's visions open the door to the dead.

4.32

5k+

🖤 Literary Horror 💔 Fractured Family 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🧠 Mental Illness Portrayal 👁️ Prophetic Visions

The Third Realm

When death stops for seven days, a painter's visions open the door to the dead.

by Karl Ove Knausgård 2022 512 pages

4.32

5k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 💔 Fractured Family 🌌 Cosmic Dread 🧠 Mental Illness Portrayal 👁️ Prophetic Visions

The Drowning House

by Cherie Priest • 2024

A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.

3.39

1k+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🪄 Norse Folklore 🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Generational Curse 👁️ Psychic Medium

The Drowning House

A haunted house washes ashore, then her friend vanishes. Melissa must break the island's dark curse.

by Cherie Priest 2024 421 pages

3.39

1k+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🪄 Norse Folklore 🏚️ Haunted House ⏳ Generational Curse 👁️ Psychic Medium

Siege and Sacrifice

by Charlie N. Holmberg • 2019

A branded vessel must walk into a god-monster and make her own heart the weapon.

4.24

6k+

🔥 Spirit Summoning 💀 Monster Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🌌 Ethereal Plane 🏛️ Lost Civilization

Siege and Sacrifice

A branded vessel must walk into a god-monster and make her own heart the weapon.

by Charlie N. Holmberg 2019 303 pages

4.24

6k+ ratings

🔥 Spirit Summoning 💀 Monster Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🌌 Ethereal Plane 🏛️ Lost Civilization

Geist

by Philippa Ballantine • 2010

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

3.64

4k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond 👑 Cursed Royalty 🤝 Found Family

Geist

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

by Philippa Ballantine 2010 294 pages

3.64

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond 👑 Cursed Royalty 🤝 Found Family

The Fallen and Leviathan

by Thomas E. Sniegoski • 2010

A foster teen learns he is half angel. The angels of Heaven have orders: exterminate.

3.76

15k+

🪽 Nephilim Hero 🕊️ Angelic Mythology 🪶 Fallen Angels 🐕 Animal Companion 🏘️ Small Town Horror

The Fallen and Leviathan

A foster teen learns he is half angel. The angels of Heaven have orders: exterminate.

by Thomas E. Sniegoski 2010 517 pages

3.76

15k+ ratings

🪽 Nephilim Hero 🕊️ Angelic Mythology 🪶 Fallen Angels 🐕 Animal Companion 🏘️ Small Town Horror

Dearest

by Jacquie Walters • 2024

Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.

3.50

15k+

🖤 Postpartum Horror 🔗 Generational Curse 👶 Haunted Motherhood 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Domestic

Dearest

Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.

by Jacquie Walters 2024 297 pages

3.50

15k+ ratings

🖤 Postpartum Horror 🔗 Generational Curse 👶 Haunted Motherhood 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🏚️ Gothic Domestic

Doomsday Match

by Jeff Wheeler • 2023

A family invited to a luxury resort must play a Maya ballgame for their lives.

4.15

7k+

🎲 Survival Game 🐆 Maya Mythology 🌟 Ancient Magic 🔮 Magical Awakening 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller

Doomsday Match

A family invited to a luxury resort must play a Maya ballgame for their lives.

by Jeff Wheeler 2023 330 pages

4.15

7k+ ratings

🎲 Survival Game 🐆 Maya Mythology 🌟 Ancient Magic 🔮 Magical Awakening 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Thriller

Season of Fear

by Emily Cooper • 2025

A girl born fearless threatens an ancient bargain: her village's safety, paid for in women's terror.

4.03

500+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🌳 Forbidden Forest 🔥 Sapphic Slow Burn 💕 Found Family

Season of Fear

A girl born fearless threatens an ancient bargain: her village's safety, paid for in women's terror.

by Emily Cooper 2025 352 pages

4.03

500+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🌳 Forbidden Forest 🔥 Sapphic Slow Burn 💕 Found Family

Horus Rising

by Dan Abnett • 2016

When a Space Marine joins the Warmaster's council, his deadliest enemy wears a brother's face.

4.51

278

🖤 Grimdark Sci-Fi 🛡️ Space Marine Legion 🔒 Secret Lodge 💔 Doomed Brotherhood 🗡️ Impending Betrayal

Horus Rising

When a Space Marine joins the Warmaster's council, his deadliest enemy wears a brother's face.

by Dan Abnett 2016

4.51

278 ratings

🖤 Grimdark Sci-Fi 🛡️ Space Marine Legion 🔒 Secret Lodge 💔 Doomed Brotherhood 🗡️ Impending Betrayal

Xenos

by Dan Abnett • 2001

An Imperial Inquisitor's hunt for a heretic uncovers an alien conspiracy and a book that damns.

4.14

14k+

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 🔍 Sci-Fi Detective 💀 Grimdark Future 📖 Forbidden Tome 🌌 Cosmic Horror

Xenos

An Imperial Inquisitor's hunt for a heretic uncovers an alien conspiracy and a book that damns.

by Dan Abnett 2001 288 pages

4.14

14k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 🔍 Sci-Fi Detective 💀 Grimdark Future 📖 Forbidden Tome 🌌 Cosmic Horror

The Watchers

by A.M. Shine • 2021

An artist trapped in a mirrored bunker must survive the nightly watch of changeling creatures.

3.87

36k+

🌲 Folk Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 👤 Changeling Lore 👁️ Surveillance Horror 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Watchers

An artist trapped in a mirrored bunker must survive the nightly watch of changeling creatures.

by A.M. Shine 2021 310 pages

3.87

36k+ ratings

🌲 Folk Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 👤 Changeling Lore 👁️ Surveillance Horror 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Knight and the Butcherbird

by Alix E. Harrow • 2025

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

3.99

12k+

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest 🌿 Rural Apocalypse 🦴 Monstrous Transformation

The Knight and the Butcherbird

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

by Alix E. Harrow 2025 36 pages

3.99

12k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest 🌿 Rural Apocalypse 🦴 Monstrous Transformation

The Last Spell

by J.A. White • 2017

Racing the Spider Queen to an ancient grimoire, a young witch's spells devour her own memories.

4.40

1k+

🌙 Dark Middle Grade 📜 Artifact Quest 👫 Sibling Team 🤝 Enemies To Allies 💔 Sacrificial Magic

The Last Spell

Racing the Spider Queen to an ancient grimoire, a young witch's spells devour her own memories.

by J.A. White 2017 512 pages

4.40

1k+ ratings

🌙 Dark Middle Grade 📜 Artifact Quest 👫 Sibling Team 🤝 Enemies To Allies 💔 Sacrificial Magic

Under the Dome

by Stephen King • 2009

An invisible dome traps a Maine town. A petty tyrant rises as neighbors turn savage.

3.93

300k+

🏚️ Small Town Horror 🧒 Psychic Children ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 👑 Small Town Tyranny 🔒 Trapped Community

Under the Dome

An invisible dome traps a Maine town. A petty tyrant rises as neighbors turn savage.

by Stephen King 2009 1074 pages

3.93

300k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Horror 🧒 Psychic Children ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 👑 Small Town Tyranny 🔒 Trapped Community

The Restless Ones

by Abe Moss • 2024

A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.

3.97

1k+

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🎬 Documentary Horror 🖤 Toxic Sisterhood 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🌊 Gothic Seaside

The Restless Ones

A survivor returns to the massacre house to film a documentary, but the dead are waiting.

by Abe Moss 2024 286 pages

3.97

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Horror 🎬 Documentary Horror 🖤 Toxic Sisterhood 👻 Vengeful Spirits 🌊 Gothic Seaside

The Arachnid

by I.V. Ophelia • 2026

A poisoner who hunts vampires must wed the monster she fled to save her found family.

3.95

4k+

🏠 Found Family 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🧛 Vampire Politics

The Arachnid

A poisoner who hunts vampires must wed the monster she fled to save her found family.

by I.V. Ophelia 2026 448 pages

3.95

4k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Grey Heroine 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🧛 Vampire Politics

Legend

by Karina Halle • 2023

Her lover is possessed by the Headless Horseman; saving him means binding him with his rival.

3.70

3k+

🖤 Polyamorous Triad 🏚️ Gothic Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👻 Possessed Lover 🫂 Chosen Family

Legend

Her lover is possessed by the Headless Horseman; saving him means binding him with his rival.

by Karina Halle 2023 480 pages

3.70

3k+ ratings

🖤 Polyamorous Triad 🏚️ Gothic Retelling ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👻 Possessed Lover 🫂 Chosen Family

The Book of the Most Precious Substance

by Sara Gran • 2022

A grieving dealer and a seductive librarian chase a legendary sex grimoire that grants any wish.

3.55

7k+

🔍 Occult Thriller 🩸 Sex Magic 📖 Dangerous Book 💔 Grief As Obsession ⚖️ Morally Gray Heroine

The Book of the Most Precious Substance

A grieving dealer and a seductive librarian chase a legendary sex grimoire that grants any wish.

by Sara Gran 2022 319 pages

3.55

7k+ ratings

🔍 Occult Thriller 🩸 Sex Magic 📖 Dangerous Book 💔 Grief As Obsession ⚖️ Morally Gray Heroine

Where Echoes Die

by Courtney Gould • 2023

A grieving sister traces her mother's obsession to a desert town whose miracle cure devours memory.

3.57

2k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Eerie Small Town 💔 Grieving Sisters 🧩 Erased Memories 🔥 Sapphic Romance

Where Echoes Die

A grieving sister traces her mother's obsession to a desert town whose miracle cure devours memory.

by Courtney Gould 2023 352 pages

3.57

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏘️ Eerie Small Town 💔 Grieving Sisters 🧩 Erased Memories 🔥 Sapphic Romance

Curse of Dracula

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

An empath loves the vampire who cursed her city. She must embrace his darkness or destroy him.

4.00

2k+

🩸 Vampire Romance 🌑 Gothic Romance 🔮 Psychic Heroine 🖤 Villain Love Interest 🐺 Morally Gray Hero

Curse of Dracula

An empath loves the vampire who cursed her city. She must embrace his darkness or destroy him.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 322 pages

4.00

2k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Romance 🌑 Gothic Romance 🔮 Psychic Heroine 🖤 Villain Love Interest 🐺 Morally Gray Hero

Dreadnought

by Cherie Priest • 2010

Trapped on a Union war train, a nurse discovers its cargo of corpses is rising hungry.

3.87

8k+

🏜️ Weird West 💉 Wartime Nurse 🚂 Journey By Train 🧪 Weaponized Plague 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Dreadnought

Trapped on a Union war train, a nurse discovers its cargo of corpses is rising hungry.

by Cherie Priest 2010 400 pages

3.87

8k+ ratings

🏜️ Weird West 💉 Wartime Nurse 🚂 Journey By Train 🧪 Weaponized Plague 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Slashtag

by Jon Cohn • 2023

Disgraced influencer joins a haunted hotel show to save her sister, but the horror isn't staged.

4.26

1k+

🩸 Splatterpunk Horror ☠️ Deadly Game 👻 Haunted Hotel 📱 Social Media Horror 🎥 Rigged Reality Tv

Slashtag

Disgraced influencer joins a haunted hotel show to save her sister, but the horror isn't staged.

by Jon Cohn 2023 418 pages

4.26

1k+ ratings

🩸 Splatterpunk Horror ☠️ Deadly Game 👻 Haunted Hotel 📱 Social Media Horror 🎥 Rigged Reality Tv

El instituto

by Stephen King • 2019

A boy genius is kidnapped to an institute that weaponizes psychic children. No one leaves alive.

4.19

300k+

🧠 Psychic Children 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🔒 Child Prisoners 🤝 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

El instituto

A boy genius is kidnapped to an institute that weaponizes psychic children. No one leaves alive.

by Stephen King 2019 618 pages

4.19

300k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Children 🕵️ Government Conspiracy 🔒 Child Prisoners 🤝 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Prisoner

by Sylvia Mercedes • 2020

Her mission: steal a spellbook. Her captor: the scarred mage whose nightmare it holds.

4.14

1k+

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🌑 Dark Romantasy 💔 Scarred Hero 🧬 Hidden Heritage ⛓️ Captive Bride

Prisoner

Her mission: steal a spellbook. Her captor: the scarred mage whose nightmare it holds.

by Sylvia Mercedes 2020 440 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🌑 Dark Romantasy 💔 Scarred Hero 🧬 Hidden Heritage ⛓️ Captive Bride

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

by Delilah S. Dawson • 2024

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

3.65

1k+

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

It Will Only Hurt for a Moment

Fleeing her abuser, a woman joins an artists' retreat built on a forgotten asylum.

by Delilah S. Dawson 2024 368 pages

3.65

1k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Horror 🏚 Southern Gothic 🏥 Haunted Asylum 🩸 Generational Trauma 🏠 Domestic Abuse Survivor

Anathema

by Nick Roberts • 2020

A family's suburban fresh start is hijacked by a demon neighbor who weaponizes their guilt.

3.97

4k+

👿 Demonic Possession 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Family Under Siege 👤 Evil Imaginary Friend

Anathema

A family's suburban fresh start is hijacked by a demon neighbor who weaponizes their guilt.

by Nick Roberts 2020 226 pages

3.97

4k+ ratings

👿 Demonic Possession 🏘️ Suburban Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Family Under Siege 👤 Evil Imaginary Friend

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe

by Gwendolyn Kiste • 2017

Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.

4.29

500+

🩸 Body Horror 🍎 Dark Fairy Tales 🐦‍⬛ Outsider Women 🫀 Queer Desire 👻 Ghostly Revenge

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe

Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.

by Gwendolyn Kiste 2017 208 pages

4.29

500+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🍎 Dark Fairy Tales 🐦‍⬛ Outsider Women 🫀 Queer Desire 👻 Ghostly Revenge

A Plague of Zombies

by Diana Gabaldon • 2011

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

3.98

10k+

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic 🏝️ Colonial Caribbean 🐍 Caribbean Folklore

A Plague of Zombies

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

by Diana Gabaldon 2011 94 pages

3.98

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic 🏝️ Colonial Caribbean 🐍 Caribbean Folklore

In the Dust of This Planet

by Eugene Thacker • 2011

The world is indifferent to us. Only horror and black metal can think that thought.

3.68

2k+

📚 Critical Theory 🎥 Philosophy Of Horror 🌑 Cosmic Pessimism ⛪ Negative Theology 🦴 Extinction Theory

In the Dust of This Planet

The world is indifferent to us. Only horror and black metal can think that thought.

by Eugene Thacker 2011 179 pages

3.68

2k+ ratings

📚 Critical Theory 🎥 Philosophy Of Horror 🌑 Cosmic Pessimism ⛪ Negative Theology 🦴 Extinction Theory

A Parade of Horribles

by Matt Dinniman • 2026

Carl and his talking cat face a death race where surviving means leaving friends to die.

4.63

78k+

🏰 Dungeon Crawl 📈 Progression Fantasy 🐱 Talking Cat Companion 🤝 Found Family 🖤 Dark Comedy

A Parade of Horribles

Carl and his talking cat face a death race where surviving means leaving friends to die.

by Matt Dinniman 2026 704 pages

4.63

78k+ ratings

🏰 Dungeon Crawl 📈 Progression Fantasy 🐱 Talking Cat Companion 🤝 Found Family 🖤 Dark Comedy

Gills

by Abe Moss • 2020

A sister's search for a missing teenager ends on an island where mermaids hunt.

3.84

500+

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 💔 Estranged Sisters

Gills

A sister's search for a missing teenager ends on an island where mermaids hunt.

by Abe Moss 2020 332 pages

3.84

500+ ratings

🧜‍♀️ Mermaid Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 💔 Estranged Sisters

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