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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

Don't Let the Forest In Summary
Don't Let the Forest In
by C.G. Drews 2024 336 pages
4.11
19.1K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Young Adult
The Ghostwriter Summary
The Ghostwriter
by Julie Clark 2025 328 pages
4.15
6.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages
3.96
32.2K ratings
Classics
Iran
Horror
Shutter Island Summary
Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane 2003 369 pages
4.13
210.9K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Horror
The Passage Summary
The Passage
by Justin Cronin 2010 784 pages
4.05
219.1K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Dare Summary
The Dare
by Natasha Preston 2024 368 pages
3.80
13.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Young Adult
The Shawshank Redemption Summary
The Shawshank Redemption
Different Seasons
by Stephen King 1994 507 pages
4.48
5.1K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Short Stories
The Only Good Indians Summary
The Only Good Indians
by Stephen Graham Jones 2020 305 pages
3.69
98.9K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
The Mist Summary
The Mist
by Stephen King 1980 176 pages
3.94
171.4K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
The Whisper Man Summary
The Whisper Man
by Alex North 2019 355 pages
4.02
183.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
4.00
985.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
The Man Made of Smoke Summary
The Man Made of Smoke
by Alex North 2025 310 pages
3.88
6.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Silence of the Lambs Summary
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris 1988 421 pages
4.25
574.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Incidents Around the House Summary
Incidents Around the House
by Josh Malerman 2024 367 pages
3.61
63.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
The Exorcist Summary
The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty 1971 385 pages
4.21
255.5K ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
Fledgling Summary
Fledgling
by Octavia E. Butler 2005 310 pages
3.81
36.8K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Vampires
The Silver Eyes Summary
The Silver Eyes
by Scott Cawthon 2016 384 pages
4.09
22.2K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Mystery
I Know What You Did Last Summer Summary
I Know What You Did Last Summer
by Lois Duncan 1973 199 pages
3.41
18.5K ratings
Young Adult
Horror
Mystery
The Bewitching Summary
The Bewitching
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025 368 pages
4.28
708 ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Stephen King 2018 561 pages
4.01
352.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Ask for Andrea Summary
Ask for Andrea
by Noelle W. Ihli 2022 272 pages
4.09
158.7K ratings
Horror
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Communion Summary
Communion
A True Story
by Whitley Strieber 1987 320 pages
3.52
7.6K ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Aliens
The Last One at the Wedding Summary
The Last One at the Wedding
by Jason Rekulak 2024 338 pages
3.63
90.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Fairy Tale Summary
Fairy Tale
by Stephen King 2022 607 pages
4.10
310.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Adventure
It Summary
It
by Stephen King 1986 1184 pages
4.24
1.2M ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
The Tell-Tale Heart Summary
The Tell-Tale Heart
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 31 pages
4.24
114.8K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
344.1K ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
Immersive
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde 1890 272 pages
4.13
1.7M ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Annihilation Summary
Annihilation
by Jeff VanderMeer 2014 195 pages
3.79
273.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
The Turn of the Key Summary
The Turn of the Key
by Ruth Ware 2019 337 pages
3.91
311.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Saving Noah Summary
Saving Noah
by Lucinda Berry 2017 259 pages
3.92
132.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Horror
The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond Summary
The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond
by Max Brallier 2018 272 pages
4.44
3.7K ratings
Middle Grade
Fantasy
Childrens
Nightwatching Summary
Nightwatching
by Tracy Sierra 2024 368 pages
3.82
36.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Home Is Where the Bodies Are Summary
Home Is Where the Bodies Are
by Jeneva Rose 2024 256 pages
3.81
216.4K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Butterfly Garden Summary
The Butterfly Garden
by Dot Hutchison 2016 288 pages
4.09
249.9K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Night Film Summary
Night Film
by Marisha Pessl 2013 640 pages
3.78
94.1K ratings
Mystery
Horror
Thriller
Interview with the Vampire Summary
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice 1976 346 pages
4.02
628.1K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Vampires
Phobia Summary
Phobia
by Keri Lake 70 pages
3.23
3.2K ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Novella
The Shards Summary
The Shards
by Bret Easton Ellis 2023 595 pages
4.00
36.1K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Gideon the Ninth Summary
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir 2019 448 pages
4.20
166.4K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
LGBT
Darkly Dreaming Dexter Summary
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay 2004 288 pages
3.90
212.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
A Certain Hunger Summary
A Certain Hunger
by Chelsea G. Summers 2019 250 pages
3.74
58.0K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Contemporary
The House Across the Lake Summary
The House Across the Lake
by Riley Sager 2022 369 pages
3.59
378.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
A Short Stay in Hell Summary
A Short Stay in Hell
by Steven L. Peck 2011 110 pages
4.18
37.9K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Philosophy
Moon of the Turning Leaves Summary
Moon of the Turning Leaves
by Waubgeshig Rice 2023 307 pages
4.24
8.7K ratings
Indigenous
Horror
Dystopia
Mr. Mercedes Summary
Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King 2014 437 pages
4.03
354.4K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The War of the Worlds Summary
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells 1898 192 pages
3.83
336.4K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Fantasy
Carrie Summary
Immersive
Carrie
by Stephen King 1974 272 pages
3.99
801.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
The Call of Cthulhu Summary
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages
4.03
114.7K ratings
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
The Lamb Summary
The Lamb
by Lucy Rose 2025 336 pages
3.89
8.8K ratings
Horror
LGBT
Queer
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