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Horror Book Summaries

Two Sides to Every Murder

by Danielle Valentine • 2024

Two Sides to Every Murder

by Danielle Valentine 2024 282 pages

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

by Ambrose Bierce • 1996

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

by Ambrose Bierce 1996 36 pages

by Stephen King • 2001

by Stephen King 2001 688 pages

by Stephen King • 1975

by Stephen King 1975 483 pages

by Nick Cutter • 2014

by Nick Cutter 2014 358 pages

by Stephen King • 2015

by Stephen King 2015 434 pages

by Riley Sager • 2024

by Riley Sager 2024 376 pages

by Jeff Vandermeer • 2014

by Jeff Vandermeer 2014 368 pages

The Last Hour of Gann

by R. Lee Smith • 2013

The Last Hour of Gann

by R. Lee Smith 2013 706 pages

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu • 1872

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 108 pages

by John Fowles • 1963

by John Fowles 1963 283 pages

The 120 Days of Sodom

by Marquis de Sade • 2009

A Classic of Extreme French Literature

The 120 Days of Sodom

A Classic of Extreme French Literature

by Marquis de Sade 2009 376 pages

by Katherine Arden • 2018

by Katherine Arden 2018 218 pages

by Kentaro Miura • 1990

by Kentaro Miura 1990 224 pages

by Natasha Preston • 2014

by Natasha Preston 2014 368 pages

by Lucinda Berry • 2019

Immersive

The Perfect Child

by Lucinda Berry 2019 371 pages

by Erin Crosby Eckstine • 2025

by Erin Crosby Eckstine 2025 368 pages

by Tsugumi Ohba • 2004

by Tsugumi Ohba 2004 195 pages

by Madeleine Roux • 2013

by Madeleine Roux 2013 311 pages

by Jonathan Auxier • 2014

by Jonathan Auxier 2014 350 pages

by Yūji Kaku • 2018

by Yūji Kaku 2018 208 pages

by Dean Koontz • 2003

by Dean Koontz 2003 446 pages

by Riley Sager • 2023

by Riley Sager 2023 383 pages

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

by Thomas Ligotti • 2011

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

by Thomas Ligotti 2011 240 pages

by Stephen King • 2013

by Stephen King 2013 531 pages

by Dan Simmons • 2007

by Dan Simmons 2007 835 pages

by Riley Sager • 2017

by Riley Sager 2017 352 pages

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison • 1967

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison 1967 134 pages

by Guiltythree • 2022

by Guiltythree 2022 591 pages

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson • 1959

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson 1959 182 pages

by Thomas Harris • 2000

by Thomas Harris 2000 454 pages

Night of the Living Dummy

by R.L. Stine • 1993

Night of the Living Dummy

by R.L. Stine 1993 160 pages

The Girl with All the Gifts

by M.R. Carey • 2014

The Girl with All the Gifts

by M.R. Carey 2014 461 pages

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

by Cormac McCarthy • 1985

Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

by Cormac McCarthy 1985 351 pages

by Annie Jacobsen • 2024

by Annie Jacobsen 2024 373 pages

by Manel Loureiro • 2012

The Beginning of the End

The Beginning of the End

by Manel Loureiro 2012 397 pages

by Stephen King • 2013

by Stephen King 2013 285 pages

by Robert A. Heinlein • 1951

Science Fiction Fantasy

The Puppet Masters

by Robert A. Heinlein 1951 416 pages

Science Fiction Fantasy

The Last Time I Lied

by Riley Sager • 2018

by Riley Sager 2018 402 pages

by Chuck Palahniuk • 2002

by Chuck Palahniuk 2002 260 pages

The Book of Elsewhere

by Keanu Reeves • 2024

The Book of Elsewhere

by Keanu Reeves 2024 352 pages

The Eyes Are the Best Part

by Monika Kim • 2024

The Eyes Are the Best Part

by Monika Kim 2024 278 pages

by Alex Hirsch • 2024

by Alex Hirsch 2024 208 pages

by Stephen King • 2006

by Stephen King 2006 449 pages

by Aron Beauregard • 2022

by Aron Beauregard 2022 76 pages

by Stephen King • 2021

by Stephen King 2021 517 pages

At the Mountains of Madness

by H.P. Lovecraft • 1936

At the Mountains of Madness

by H.P. Lovecraft 1936 194 pages

by Bram Stoker • 1897

by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages

by Jeff Lindsay • 2006

by Jeff Lindsay 2006 307 pages

by Charlie Higson • 2009

by Charlie Higson 2009 407 pages

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