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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
Misery Summary
Music Immersive
Misery
by Stephen King 1987 370 pages
4.23
803.9K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
4.00
985.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Flowers in the Attic Summary
Flowers in the Attic
by V.C. Andrews 1979 389 pages
3.85
229.6K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Classics
The Whisper Man Summary
The Whisper Man
by Alex North 2019 355 pages
4.02
183.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
Fledgling Summary
Fledgling
by Octavia E. Butler 2005 310 pages
3.81
36.8K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Vampires
Nightwatching Summary
Nightwatching
by Tracy Sierra 2024 368 pages
3.82
36.7K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
344.1K ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
A Certain Hunger Summary
A Certain Hunger
by Chelsea G. Summers 2019 250 pages
3.74
58.0K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Contemporary
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
Fairy Tale Summary
Fairy Tale
by Stephen King 2022 607 pages
4.10
310.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Adventure
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
Incidents Around the House Summary
Incidents Around the House
by Josh Malerman 2024 367 pages
3.61
63.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
The Passage Summary
The Passage
by Justin Cronin 2010 784 pages
4.05
219.1K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Fantasy
The Exorcist Summary
The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty 1971 385 pages
4.21
255.5K ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
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
The Mist Summary
The Mist
by Stephen King 1980 176 pages
3.94
171.4K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Ask for Andrea Summary
Ask for Andrea
by Noelle W. Ihli 2022 272 pages
4.09
158.7K ratings
Horror
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Saving Noah Summary
Saving Noah
by Lucinda Berry 2017 259 pages
3.92
132.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Horror
The Only Good Indians Summary
The Only Good Indians
by Stephen Graham Jones 2020 305 pages
3.69
98.9K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
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
The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Stephen King 2018 561 pages
4.01
352.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
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 Butcher and the Wren Summary
The Butcher and the Wren
by Alaina Urquhart 2022 242 pages
3.75
96.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
Interview with the Vampire Summary
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice 1976 346 pages
4.02
628.1K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Vampires
The Silver Eyes Summary
The Silver Eyes
by Scott Cawthon 2016 384 pages
4.09
22.2K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Mystery
Annihilation Summary
Annihilation
by Jeff VanderMeer 2014 195 pages
3.79
273.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
Berserk, Vol. 1 Summary
Berserk, Vol. 1
by Kentaro Miura 1990 224 pages
4.48
57.1K ratings
Manga
Fantasy
Comics
The Dare Summary
The Dare
by Natasha Preston 2024 368 pages
3.80
13.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Young Adult
With a Vengeance Summary
With a Vengeance
by Riley Sager 2025 383 pages
3.54
2.9K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Gideon the Ninth Summary
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir 2019 448 pages
4.20
166.4K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
LGBT
No Exit Summary
No Exit
by Taylor Adams 2017 287 pages
3.99
196.6K ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Carrie Summary
Music Immersive
Carrie
by Stephen King 1974 272 pages
3.99
801.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
It Summary
It
by Stephen King 1986 1184 pages
4.24
1.2M ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
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
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 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
Full Brutal Summary
Full Brutal
by Kristopher Triana 2018 206 pages
3.97
3.3K ratings
Horror
Splatterpunk
Thriller
Her Soul to Take Summary
Her Soul to Take
by Harley Laroux 2021 493 pages
4.06
121.2K ratings
Dark Romance
Fantasy
Dark
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
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
The Night Gardener Summary
The Night Gardener
by Jonathan Auxier 2014 350 pages
4.05
21.4K ratings
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Horror
Finders Keepers Summary
Finders Keepers
by Stephen King 2015 434 pages
4.07
175.5K ratings
Horror
Thriller
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
The Shards Summary
The Shards
by Bret Easton Ellis 2023 595 pages
4.00
36.1K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
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
Cows Summary
Cows
by Matthew Stokoe 1998 192 pages
2.73
12.3K ratings
Horror
Splatterpunk
Dark
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Summary
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
by Cormac McCarthy 1985 351 pages
4.16
198.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Westerns
Classics
Bird Box Summary
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman 2014 262 pages
4.05
203.0K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Dystopia
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