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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

The Complete Stories and Poems Summary
The Complete Stories and Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 821 pages
4.40
289.4K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
Thirst No. 1 Summary
Thirst No. 1
The Last Vampire, Black Blood, and Red Dice
by Christopher Pike 1998 594 pages
3.86
36.5K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Vampires
Remember Me Summary
Remember Me
by Christopher Pike 2010 789 pages
4.13
9.5K ratings
Young Adult
Paranormal
Fantasy
The Cellar Summary
The Cellar
by Natasha Preston 2014 368 pages
3.90
89.1K ratings
Thriller
Young Adult
Mystery
Hell Bent Summary
Hell Bent
by Leigh Bardugo 2023 481 pages
4.11
163.0K ratings
Fantasy
Dark Academia
Horror
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Summary
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 139 pages
3.83
633.6K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Mystery
Private Rites Summary
Private Rites
by Julia Armfield 2024 291 pages
3.68
8.6K ratings
Horror
Queer
LGBT
Soul Hunter Summary
Soul Hunter
by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2010 416 pages
4.35
4.7K ratings
40k
Science Fiction
Fantasy
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
The Drawing of the Three Summary
The Drawing of the Three
by Stephen King 1987 463 pages
4.24
279.6K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
The Yellow Wall-Paper Summary
The Yellow Wall-Paper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 62 pages
4.08
330.2K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Horror
The Black Cat Summary
The Black Cat
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 24 pages
4.03
53.4K ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Burn Down, Rise Up Summary
Burn Down, Rise Up
by Vincent Tirado 2022 352 pages
3.73
2.4K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
LGBT
After the First Death Summary
After the First Death
by Robert Cormier 1979 240 pages
3.66
3.9K ratings
Young Adult
Thriller
Mystery
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
Carmilla Summary
Carmilla
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 1872 108 pages
3.87
157.8K ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Life Ceremony Summary
Life Ceremony
by Sayaka Murata 2019 256 pages
3.75
24.1K ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Japan
Stalking Jack the Ripper Summary
Stalking Jack the Ripper
by Kerri Maniscalco 2016 337 pages
3.93
172.1K ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Young Adult
Murder Road Summary
Murder Road
by Simone St. James 2024 341 pages
3.69
49.1K ratings
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Skeleton Crew Summary
Skeleton Crew
by Stephen King 1985 612 pages
3.97
133.0K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Fantasy
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 Invisible Man Summary
The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells 1897 192 pages
3.63
208.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
Mirror Girls Summary
Mirror Girls
by Kelly McWilliams 2022 320 pages
3.95
3.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
Vathek Summary
Vathek
by William Beckford 1786 180 pages
3.24
7.0K ratings
Gothic
Classics
Horror
The Book of Elsewhere Summary
The Book of Elsewhere
by Keanu Reeves 2024 352 pages
3.33
6.8K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Horror
Asylum Summary
Asylum
by Madeleine Roux 2013 317 pages
3.64
62.6K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Mystery
Congo Summary
Congo
by Michael Crichton 1980 442 pages
3.63
175.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Thriller
Adventure
UnWholly Summary
UnWholly
by Neal Shusterman 2012 416 pages
4.24
64.6K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Summary
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
by Holly Black 2013 419 pages
3.83
76.0K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Vampires
Ring Shout Summary
Ring Shout
by P. Djèlí Clark 2020 185 pages
3.97
42.7K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Extinction Summary
Extinction
by Douglas Preston 2024 370 pages
4.08
19.7K ratings
Thriller
Science Fiction
Mystery
The City of Mirrors Summary
The City of Mirrors
by Justin Cronin 2016 602 pages
4.21
59.6K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Silent Hill Summary
Silent Hill
The Terror Engine
by Bernard Perron 2006 172 pages
3.63
234 ratings
Horror
Games
Gaming
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 Phantom of the Opera Summary
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux 1910 360 pages
3.96
264.5K ratings
Horror
Romance
Gothic
Frankenstein Summary
Frankenstein
The 1818 Text
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1818 260 pages
3.89
1.7M ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Gothic
Writing the Paranormal Novel Summary
Writing the Paranormal Novel
Techniques and Exercises for Weaving Supernatural Elements Into Your Story.
by Steven Harper 2011 274 pages
4.01
372 ratings
Writing
Reference
Paranormal
Almost Surely Dead Summary
Almost Surely Dead
by Amina Akhtar 2024 298 pages
3.69
20.5K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
You Like It Darker Summary
You Like It Darker
by Stephen King 2024 502 pages
4.22
68.3K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Thriller
Night Film Summary
Night Film
by Marisha Pessl 2013 640 pages
3.78
94.1K ratings
Mystery
Horror
Thriller
Dolores Claiborne Summary
Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King 1992 388 pages
3.94
164.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Firestarter Summary
Firestarter
by Stephen King 1980 564 pages
3.92
240.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Science Fiction
Trollhunters Summary
Trollhunters
by Guillermo del Toro 2015 336 pages
3.69
3.3K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
The Boy Who Couldn't Die Summary
The Boy Who Couldn't Die
by William Sleator 2004 161 pages
3.67
1.9K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Fantasy
Dragon Tears Summary
Dragon Tears
by Dean Koontz 1993 432 pages
3.78
23.9K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Small Spaces Summary
Small Spaces
by Katherine Arden 2018 218 pages
4.01
28.1K ratings
Middle Grade
Horror
Fantasy
Hell's Paradise Summary
Hell's Paradise
Jigokuraku, Vol. 1
by Yūji Kaku 2018 208 pages
4.27
7.2K ratings
Manga
Fantasy
Horror
The Waste Lands Summary
The Waste Lands
by Stephen King 1991 422 pages
4.25
237.3K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
I Am Legend and Other Stories Summary
I Am Legend and Other Stories
by Richard Matheson 1954 317 pages
4.00
134.6K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Vampires
Stag Dance Summary
Stag Dance
by Torrey Peters 2025 288 pages
4.01
3.4K ratings
Short Stories
Queer
LGBT
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