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Horror Books to Read This Halloween & Fall
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items Looking for the perfect read to curl up with this fall? From gothic classics to modern horror, these books will keep you on edge all spooky season.
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Sections
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Halloween Favorites
Gothic Classics
Modern Masters
Contemporary Horror
Halloween Favorites
Books that capture the magic, mystery, and nostalgia of October nights.
A group of children travel through time to explore the origins of Halloween in Ray Bradbury’s magical October classic
The Halloween Tree — Ray Bradbury
When a dark carnival arrives in town, two boys confront its sinister secrets in one of Ray Bradbury’s most haunting tales.
Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel — Ray Bradbury
Generations of Owens women live under a witch’s curse in this enchanting, witchy novel that’s both cozy and unsettling.
Practical Magic — Alice Hoffman
Gothic Classics
Haunting tales of monsters, ghosts, and dark secrets — the roots of spooky season reading.
A classic ghost story about a governess who suspects the children in her care are haunted by malevolent spirits.
The Turn of the Screw — Henry James
Victor Frankenstein’s experiment creates a monster he cannot control in this Gothic classic of science, horror, and tragedy.
Frankenstein — Mary Shelley
The Gothic classic where Count Dracula brings terror to Victorian England, setting the standard for all vampire fiction.
Dracula — Bram Stoker
A Gothic vampire tale predating Dracula, where the mysterious Carmilla haunts a young woman with fear and desire.
Carmilla — J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella explores the duality of human nature through the respectable Dr. Jekyll and his sinister alter ego, Mr. Hyde. A gothic tale of morality, identity, and the darkness that lurks within us all.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Signature Classics)|Paperback — Robert Louis Stevenson
Modern Masters
Iconic 20th-century horror that blends supernatural chills with psychological suspense.
At the haunted Overlook Hotel, a family’s winter caretaking job descends into isolation, madness, and supernatural terror.
The Shining — Stephen King
A team of investigators confronts violent hauntings inside the infamous Belasco House in one of the scariest haunted house novels ever written.
Hell House — Richard Matheson
Inspired by the doomed 1845 Arctic expedition, this survival horror blends freezing isolation with supernatural dread.
The Terror — Dan Simmons
Contemporary Horror
Fresh voices and modern nightmares for today’s spooky season readers.
A nanny takes a job in a remote smart house, only to face sinister events in this chilling modern Gothic thriller
The Turn of the Key — Ruth Ware
Four men are haunted by a violent event from their youth and pursued by a vengeful spirit in this powerful blend of Native traditions and modern horror.
The Only Good Indians — Stephen Graham Jones
Four horror authors spend Halloween night in a haunted house as a stunt—only to find themselves fighting for survival.
Kill Creek — Scott Thomas
A young woman is bound to a spirit that could free her—or destroy her—in this dark, haunting tale of obsession and horror.
My Darling Dreadful Thing: A Novel — Johanna van Veen
A glamorous young woman travels to a crumbling mansion in Mexico, where rot, secrets, and Gothic horror await.
Mexican Gothic — Silvia Moreno-Garcia