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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

Shutter Island Summary
Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane 2003 369 pages
4.13
210.9K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Horror
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 Whisper Man Summary
The Whisper Man
by Alex North 2019 355 pages
4.02
183.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
Cows Summary
Cows
by Matthew Stokoe 1998 192 pages
2.73
12.3K ratings
Horror
Splatterpunk
Dark
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
Music Immersive
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde 1890 272 pages
4.13
1.7M ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
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 Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
4.00
985.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
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
Incidents Around the House Summary
Incidents Around the House
by Josh Malerman 2024 367 pages
3.61
63.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
Fairy Tale Summary
Fairy Tale
by Stephen King 2022 607 pages
4.10
310.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Adventure
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
The Exorcist Summary
The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty 1971 385 pages
4.21
255.5K ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
The Ghostwriter Summary
The Ghostwriter
by Julie Clark 2025 328 pages
4.15
6.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Mist Summary
The Mist
by Stephen King 1980 176 pages
3.94
171.4K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
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
The Only Good Indians Summary
The Only Good Indians
by Stephen Graham Jones 2020 305 pages
3.69
98.9K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Nightwatching Summary
Nightwatching
by Tracy Sierra 2024 368 pages
3.82
36.7K 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 Silence of the Lambs Summary
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris 1988 421 pages
4.25
574.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
344.1K ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Stephen King 2018 561 pages
4.01
352.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
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 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
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
A Certain Hunger Summary
A Certain Hunger
by Chelsea G. Summers 2019 250 pages
3.74
58.0K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Contemporary
The Green Mile Summary
The Green Mile
by Stephen King 1996 592 pages
4.49
346.5K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
Annihilation Summary
Annihilation
by Jeff VanderMeer 2014 195 pages
3.79
273.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
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
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
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
Gideon the Ninth Summary
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir 2019 448 pages
4.20
166.4K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
LGBT
The Butcher and the Wren Summary
The Butcher and the Wren
by Alaina Urquhart 2022 242 pages
3.75
96.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
The Shards Summary
The Shards
by Bret Easton Ellis 2023 595 pages
4.00
36.1K ratings
Thriller
Horror
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
Music 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
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Summary
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
by Ambrose Bierce 1890 36 pages
4.02
26.2K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Horror
It Summary
It
by Stephen King 1986 1184 pages
4.24
1.2M ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Finders Keepers Summary
Finders Keepers
by Stephen King 2015 434 pages
4.07
175.5K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Interview with the Vampire Summary
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice 1976 346 pages
4.02
628.1K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Vampires
Night Film Summary
Night Film
by Marisha Pessl 2013 640 pages
3.78
94.1K ratings
Mystery
Horror
Thriller
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
Middle of the Night Summary
Middle of the Night
by Riley Sager 2024 367 pages
3.68
136.3K 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
The Queen of the Damned Summary
The Queen of the Damned
by Anne Rice 1988 448 pages
3.92
158.5K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Vampires
Phobia Summary
Phobia
by Keri Lake 70 pages
3.23
3.2K ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Novella
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
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