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My Favorite Horror Book's
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items The scariest reads that kept me up way past bedtime — you've been warned
The most celebrated horror novel of 2025 — and it lives up to every bit of the hype. Stephen Graham Jones' historical vampire epic is set in 1912 and follows a slow-burn tale of suffering and vengeance that is not for the faint-hearted. (Medium) A c...
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
The horror thriller that hits hardest in 2025. A struggling improv comedian working graveyard shifts at the local diner finds herself transformed into the protector of a lost little boy with terrifying enemies and even more terrifying powers — and th...
When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy
The supernatural creep-fest that gets under your skin. A 90s-set horror story revolving around an English teenager claiming to be haunted by a witch — with shades of The Conjuring, The Witch, and Midsommar, as well as the real-life Enfield haunting o...
Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce
Gothic horror at its finest. A Barnes & Noble Best Horror Book of 2024 — enter a cold, silent forest and find out what feasts at night in this gothic tale from the bestselling award-winning author T. Kingfisher. (App Store) If you love atmospher...
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2) by T. Kingfisher
The horror novel that goes further than you expect. Set in the American Midwest amid the outbreak of a strange pandemic that transforms humans into beings of pure, savage desire — drawing on everything from The Stand to Night of the Living Dead, it d...
American Rapture by C.J. Leede
Social horror at its most terrifying. A relentless and emotionally charged story about a family on the run from a demonic possession epidemic that spreads through media — for fans of The Last of Us and When Evil Lurks. (ZoomInfo) This one will make ...
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman
Ghost horror with an emotional punch. A terrifying and resonant novel about a woman who uses her unique gift to learn the truth about her sister's death (ZoomInfo) — part ghost story, part family mystery, and completely devastating by the final chap...
The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth
Road trip horror at its most pulse-pounding. Four friends must drive for their lives to escape The Devil's Driveway (ZoomInfo) — from a Bram Stoker Award finalist, this one reads like a nightmare at 100 miles per hour. Perfect for a long drive where...
White Line Fever by K.C. Jones
Dark academia horror for the thinking reader. A deeply dark academia novel from the USA Today bestselling author, perfect for fans of A Deadly Education and The Atlas Six who are hungry for something a little more diabolical. (ZoomInfo) Beautifully ...
The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw
The one that proves horror can also be literary. A father. A haunted hotel. Madness creeping in one slow page at a time. King at his most terrifying and most human — the book is even more chilling than Kubrick's legendary film adaptation.
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The one that proves horror can also be literary. A father. A haunted hotel. Madness creeping in one slow page at a time. King at his most terrifying and most human — the book is even more chilling than Kubrick's legendary film adaptation.
The Shining #1 - Stephen King
The most uniquely terrifying reading experience in the history of horror fiction. A house that is bigger on the inside than the outside — told through footnotes, redacted passages, and typographic horror. This book will genuinely make you feel like y...
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Gothic horror with a gorgeous Latin American soul. A glamorous socialite investigates a decaying mansion in 1950s Mexico — uncovering a nightmare rooted in colonialism, eugenics, and ancient evil. Atmospheric, sophisticated, and deeply scary in all t...
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The short story collection that haunts you between reads. Enriquez merges horror, fantasy, and raw humanity into a singular reading experience — whether she's exploring a woman's relationship with ghosts, a mysterious riverbank populated by strange b...
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez
The shortest book on this list — and the one that disturbed me most. A chilling novella told entirely through online messages between two strangers whose relationship spirals into something deeply, irreversibly dark. Under 100 pages. You'll finish it...
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca