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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

No Exit Summary
No Exit
by Taylor Adams 2017 287 pages
3.99
196.6K ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
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
Darkly Dreaming Dexter Summary
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay 2004 288 pages
3.90
212.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
Holly Summary
Holly
by Stephen King 2023 449 pages
4.08
160.6K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Grave Matter Summary
Grave Matter
by Karina Halle 2024
4.01
8.5K ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Horror
Full Brutal Summary
Full Brutal
by Kristopher Triana 2018 206 pages
3.97
3.3K ratings
Horror
Splatterpunk
Thriller
Berserk, Vol. 1 Summary
Berserk, Vol. 1
by Kentaro Miura 1990 224 pages
4.48
57.1K ratings
Manga
Fantasy
Comics
Pet Sematary Summary
Pet Sematary
by Stephen King 1983 580 pages
4.08
658.3K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Seed Summary
Seed
by Ania Ahlborn 2011 246 pages
3.80
33.5K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Diavola Summary
Diavola
by Jennifer Marie Thorne 2024 296 pages
3.84
24.5K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Thriller
Yellow Summary
Yellow
by Aron Beauregard 2021 136 pages
3.81
1.6K ratings
Horror
Splatterpunk
Crime
Her Soul to Take Summary
Her Soul to Take
by Harley Laroux 2021 493 pages
4.06
121.2K ratings
Dark Romance
Fantasy
Dark
Penpal Summary
Penpal
by Dathan Auerbach 2012 243 pages
3.86
53.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Lamb Summary
The Lamb
by Lucy Rose 2025 336 pages
3.89
8.8K ratings
Horror
LGBT
Queer
Odd Thomas Summary
Odd Thomas
by Dean Koontz 2003 446 pages
3.99
273.7K ratings
Horror
Mystery
Fantasy
Boy Parts Summary
Boy Parts
by Eliza Clark 2020 304 pages
3.74
71.5K ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The Night Gardener Summary
The Night Gardener
by Jonathan Auxier 2014 350 pages
4.05
21.4K ratings
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Horror
Mr. Mercedes Summary
Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King 2014 437 pages
4.03
354.4K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Perfume Summary
Perfume
The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind 1985 263 pages
4.04
521.3K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Horror
The Last Time I Lied Summary
The Last Time I Lied
by Riley Sager 2018 402 pages
4.02
194.6K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Graphic Novel
by Ian Edginton 2008 122 pages
4.17
59.0K ratings
Classics
Graphic Novels
Comics
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Summary
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs 2011 352 pages
3.92
1.3M ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Paranormal
The Bewitching Summary
The Bewitching
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025 368 pages
4.28
708 ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Death Note, Vol. 1 Summary
Death Note, Vol. 1
Boredom
by Tsugumi Ohba 2004 195 pages
4.47
338.9K ratings
Manga
Graphic Novels
Comics
Dreamcatcher Summary
Dreamcatcher
by Stephen King 2001 688 pages
3.66
182.4K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Thriller
Final Girls Summary
Final Girls
by Riley Sager 2017 352 pages
3.82
233.9K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
Billy Summers Summary
Billy Summers
by Stephen King 2021 517 pages
4.19
179.2K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
What Lies in the Woods Summary
What Lies in the Woods
by Kate Alice Marshall 2023 336 pages
3.95
177.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
’Salem’s Lot Summary
’Salem’s Lot
by Stephen King 1975 483 pages
4.10
628.4K ratings
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
The Last Hour of Gann Summary
The Last Hour of Gann
by R. Lee Smith 2013 706 pages
4.10
8.8K ratings
Science Fiction
Romance
Aliens
The Hot Zone Summary
The Hot Zone
The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
by Richard Preston 1994 352 pages
4.16
118.6K ratings
Science
History
Medical
The Last Kids on Earth and the Doomsday Race Summary
The Last Kids on Earth and the Doomsday Race
by Max Brallier 2021 320 pages
4.44
1.1K ratings
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Adventure
Authority Summary
Authority
by Jeff VanderMeer 2014 341 pages
3.55
97.6K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
The Amityville Horror Summary
The Amityville Horror
by Jay Anson 1977 315 pages
3.83
135.4K ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Classics
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
Who Goes There? Summary
Who Goes There?
by John W. Campbell Jr. 1938 161 pages
3.79
11.3K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Classics
The Terror Summary
The Terror
by Dan Simmons 2007 769 pages
4.09
69.4K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
The Eyes Are the Best Part Summary
The Eyes Are the Best Part
by Monika Kim 2024 278 pages
3.83
29.5K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Contemporary
Talking with Psychopaths and Savages Summary
Talking with Psychopaths and Savages
A Journey into the Evil Mind
by Christopher Berry-Dee 2017 288 pages
2.92
5.7K ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Crime
Dracula Summary
Music Immersive
Dracula
by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages
4.02
1.4M ratings
Classics
Horror
Fantasy
Aftertaste Summary
Aftertaste
by Daria Lavelle 2025 400 pages
4.04
3.4K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Romance
The Empusium Summary
The Empusium
A Health Resort Horror Story
by Olga Tokarczuk 2022 305 pages
3.81
15.9K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Poland
The Blacktongue Thief Summary
The Blacktongue Thief
by Christopher Buehlman 2021 416 pages
4.21
34.2K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
High Fantasy
Apocalypse Z Summary
Apocalypse Z
The Beginning of the End
by Manel Loureiro 2007 397 pages
3.88
15.4K ratings
Zombies
Horror
Post Apocalyptic
The Strain Summary
The Strain
by Guillermo del Toro 2009 403 pages
3.80
89.0K ratings
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
Lullaby Summary
Lullaby
by Chuck Palahniuk 2002 260 pages
3.74
102.1K ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Fantasy
The Silent Patient Summary
The Silent Patient
The First Three Chapters
by Alex Michaelides 2018 27 pages
4.26
4.5K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Book Club
Two Sides to Every Murder Summary
Two Sides to Every Murder
by Danielle Valentine 2024 282 pages
3.67
8.3K ratings
Mystery
Young Adult
Thriller
The Black Cat Summary
The Black Cat
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 24 pages
4.03
53.4K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
How to Sell a Haunted House Summary
How to Sell a Haunted House
by Grady Hendrix 2023 419 pages
3.65
142.6K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
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