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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

Carmilla Summary
Carmilla
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 108 pages
3.87
157.8K ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
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
The Puppet Masters Summary
The Puppet Masters
by Robert A. Heinlein 1951 416 pages
3.89
33.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Science Fiction Fantasy
Small Spaces Summary
Small Spaces
by Katherine Arden 2018 218 pages
4.01
28.1K ratings
Middle Grade
Horror
Fantasy
Lullaby Summary
Lullaby
by Chuck Palahniuk 2002 260 pages
3.74
102.1K ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Fantasy
Night of the Living Dummy Summary
Night of the Living Dummy
by R.L. Stine 1993 160 pages
3.84
33.1K ratings
Horror
Childrens
Middle Grade
The Troop Summary
The Troop
by Nick Cutter 2014 358 pages
3.84
109.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Science Fiction
Victorian Psycho Summary
Victorian Psycho
by Virginia Feito 2025 208 pages
3.61
15.3K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
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
Asylum Summary
Asylum
by Madeleine Roux 2013 317 pages
3.64
62.6K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Mystery
Nuclear War Summary
Nuclear War
A Scenario
by Annie Jacobsen 2024 400 pages
4.40
33.1K ratings
History
Politics
Science
The Perfect Child Summary
The Perfect Child
by Lucinda Berry 2019 371 pages
4.02
181.0K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery Thriller
Nettle & Bone Summary
Nettle & Bone
by T. Kingfisher 2022 243 pages
4.09
118.6K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Adult
Gallant Summary
Gallant
by Victoria E. Schwab 2022 338 pages
3.71
134.8K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
The Book of Bill Summary
The Book of Bill
by Alex Hirsch 2024 208 pages
4.52
10.0K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Graphic Novels
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
Joyland Summary
Joyland
by Stephen King 2013 285 pages
3.93
171.2K ratings
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
The 120 Days of Sodom Summary
The 120 Days of Sodom
by Marquis de Sade 1785 376 pages
3.07
14.2K ratings
Classics
Horror
Erotica
The Cuck Summary
The Cuck
by Aron Beauregard 2022 76 pages
3.45
1.2K ratings
Horror
Splatterpunk
Horror Thriller
Cell Summary
Cell
by Stephen King 2006 449 pages
3.66
231.7K ratings
Horror
Zombies
Thriller
Wizard and Glass Summary
Wizard and Glass
by Stephen King 1997 845 pages
4.27
212.4K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
The Most Dangerous Game Summary
The Most Dangerous Game
by Richard Connell 1924 48 pages
3.95
58.7K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
The Graveyard Book Summary
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman 2008 312 pages
4.16
558.6K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
The Undrowned Summary
The Undrowned
by K.R. Alexander 2020 240 pages
3.88
1.6K ratings
Horror
Middle Grade
Young Adult
The Book of Elsewhere Summary
The Book of Elsewhere
by Keanu Reeves 2024 352 pages
3.33
6.8K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Horror
The Enemy Summary
The Enemy
by Charlie Higson 2009 406 pages
4.10
25.4K ratings
Horror
Zombies
Young Adult
The Girl with All the Gifts Summary
The Girl with All the Gifts
by M.R. Carey 2014 461 pages
3.95
238.9K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Zombies
Our Wives Under the Sea Summary
Our Wives Under the Sea
by Julia Armfield 2022 240 pages
3.74
105.8K ratings
Horror
Queer
LGBT
Red Dragon Summary
Red Dragon
by Thomas Harris 1981 454 pages
4.07
357.3K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Crime
No Safety in Numbers Summary
No Safety in Numbers
by Dayna Lorentz 2012 263 pages
3.54
7.3K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Harrow the Ninth Summary
Harrow the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir 2020 512 pages
4.29
81.6K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Queer
Wolves of the Calla Summary
Wolves of the Calla
by Stephen King 2003 960 pages
4.20
195.4K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
Dolores Claiborne Summary
Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King 1992 388 pages
3.94
164.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
House of Hollow Summary
House of Hollow
by Krystal Sutherland 2021 292 pages
4.02
93.5K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Young Adult
The Silver Eyes (Five Nights at Freddy's Graphic Novel #1) Summary
The Silver Eyes (Five Nights at Freddy's Graphic Novel #1)
by Scott Cawthon 2016 192 pages
4.05
6.3K ratings
Horror
Graphic Novels
Comics
At the Mountains of Madness Summary
At the Mountains of Madness
by H.P. Lovecraft 1931 194 pages
3.79
60.1K ratings
Horror
Classics
Science Fiction
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
by Harlan Ellison 1967 134 pages
3.90
46.4K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Dexter in the Dark Summary
Dexter in the Dark
by Jeff Lindsay 2006 307 pages
3.57
38.8K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Prom Queen Summary
The Prom Queen
by R.L. Stine 1992 167 pages
3.71
5.1K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Thriller
Crash Summary
Crash
by J.G. Ballard 1973 224 pages
3.59
28.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Novels
Bird Box Summary
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman 2014 262 pages
4.05
203.0K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Dystopia
The Gunslinger Summary
Immersive
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King 1982 231 pages
3.91
644.6K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
The Last Word Summary
The Last Word
by Taylor Adams 2023 337 pages
3.69
74.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
The Chalk Man Summary
The Chalk Man
by C.J. Tudor 2018 280 pages
3.70
117.4K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
The Murders in the Rue Morgue Summary
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
by Edgar Allan Poe 1841 38 pages
3.81
41.0K ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Horror
Private Rites Summary
Private Rites
by Julia Armfield 2024 291 pages
3.68
8.6K ratings
Horror
Queer
LGBT
Those Across the River Summary
Those Across the River
by Christopher Buehlman 2011 357 pages
3.71
14.8K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
The Ocean at the End of the Lane Summary
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman 2013 181 pages
4.02
647.0K ratings
Fantasy
Magical Realism
Horror
Patient Zero Summary
Patient Zero
by Jonathan Maberry 2009 421 pages
4.00
30.7K ratings
Horror
Zombies
Thriller
Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 Summary
Attack on Titan, Vol. 1
by Hajime Isayama 2010 193 pages
4.48
272.7K ratings
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Horror
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