Dive into the darkest corners of fiction with this list of the best horror books of all time. From classic chillers to modern nightmares, these terrifying reads are packed with suspense, mystery, and fear. Perfect for anyone who loves a good scare.
Gothic horror at its finest, this time Kingfisher invites you on a haunted rescue mission cloaked in the eerie decay of American coal mines.
What Stalks the Deep|Hardcover
What if your dream home came with a few loose ends? This terrifying thriller is an unsettling story that'll put a creak into the floorboards...
We Used to Live Here: A Novel (B&N Exclusive Edition)
Could you solve your own murder before it's too late? Catch the killer before the countdown ticks its last.
Not Quite Dead Yet: A Novel (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive
As Stephen King says, this is indeed old-school horror, and yes, it is at it’s finest. A scout troop encounters an unexpected and horrifying foe deep in the woods of the Canadian wilderness. It’s a classic horror survival story.
The Troop|Paperback
At the crossroads of horror, poetry, and history sits The Only Good Indians. You will forever hear the stories of these four characters in your mind, and in those stories is a deep history of Native American culture. Sometimes the true horror in a st...
The Only Good Indians|Paperback
Take a trip back to Stephen King’s expansive universe with a collection of new stories that take place in the world of The Stand. A tribute to postapocalyptic horror, this anthology features punchy new stories from the most exciting writers of the ge...
The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand|Hardcover
That fantastic and far-too-rare combination of haunted and humorous, Hidden Pictures is a unique and satisfying read on multiple levels. It’s a familiar story (nanny to a boy with strange powers) told in an unfamiliar way, and it will grip you.
Hidden Pictures: A Novel|Paperback
Let this cover of What Moves the Dead explode your eyes and brains. And the read lives up to the cover. This is a certified one-sitting read that will make you back slowly away from fast-approaching hares. Be careful not to tumble as the descent is f...
What Moves the Dead|Paperback
This is where the Netflix show came from, and there are plenty of differences to make this a riveting and terrifying story, even if you’ve seen the show. It’s the best haunted house story ever written—refreshing, original, and unlike any others.
The Haunting of Hill House: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)|Paperback
The eagerly-awaited follow-up to What Moves the Dead, What Feasts at Night is an equally enthralling gothic novel that meshes so many horror staples into one successfully unsettling stew. This reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Fall of the House o...
What Feasts at Night|Paperback
Chilling horror from the author who blessed the world with The Southern Book Clubs Guide to Slaying Vampires, Hendrix dips into a similarly fresh approach, telling the story of a group of final girls who are facing a new threat. Will one of them beco...
The Final Girl Support Group|Paperback
A wild and haunting tale of a 19-year-old desperate to get away from the evils of his family, smitten by a love he isn’t allowed to have. This is a riveting story of just how far family is willing to go to protect itself, even if that means destroyin...