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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

A Good House for Children Summary
A Good House for Children
by Kate Collins 2023 336 pages
3.59
3.6K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Mystery
The Fifth to Die Summary
The Fifth to Die
by J.D. Barker 2018 543 pages
4.32
40.3K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Pretty New Doll Summary
Pretty New Doll
by Ker Dukey 2017
4.28
3.2K ratings
Dark
Dark Romance
Romance
The House of Quiet Summary
The House of Quiet
by Kiersten White 2025 304 pages
3.63
400 ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Young Adult
The Hitchhikers Summary
The Hitchhikers
by Chevy Stevens 2025 384 pages
3.89
4.0K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
I Am Behind You Summary
I Am Behind You
by John Ajvide Lindqvist 2017 410 pages
3.35
4.9K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
The House That Held Her Summary
The House That Held Her
by Ellis Hart 2025 312 pages
3.9
476 ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Last Days of Jack Sparks Summary
The Last Days of Jack Sparks
by Jason Arnopp 2016 336 pages
3.84
12.9K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
The Thirst for Annihilation Summary
The Thirst for Annihilation
Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism
by Nick Land 1992 248 pages
3.98
602 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Doomsday Match Summary
Doomsday Match
by Jeff Wheeler 2023 330 pages
4.15
7.4K ratings
Thriller
Fantasy
Mystery
Goddess of Filth Summary
Goddess of Filth
by V. Castro 2021 156 pages
3.59
9.0K ratings
Horror
Novella
Fantasy
The Thorns Summary
The Thorns
by Dawn Kurtagich 2025 392 pages
3.48
1.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Into the Drowning Deep Summary
Into the Drowning Deep
by Mira Grant 2017 448 pages
3.94
44.6K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
It Will Only Hurt for a Moment Summary
It Will Only Hurt for a Moment
by Delilah S. Dawson 2024 368 pages
3.66
1.3K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Scar Summary
The Scar
by China Miéville 2002 578 pages
4.19
34.5K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Steampunk
Hemlock Island Summary
Hemlock Island
by Kelley Armstrong 2023 295 pages
3.44
12.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Baignade interdite Summary
Baignade interdite
by R.L. Stine 1994 141 pages
3.55
10.0K ratings
Horror
Childrens
Middle Grade
Dark Inside Summary
Dark Inside
by Jeyn Roberts 2011 368 pages
3.92
9.2K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Horror
The Last Thing to Burn Summary
The Last Thing to Burn
by Will Dean 2021 241 pages
3.98
27.2K ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
A Botanical Daughter Summary
A Botanical Daughter
by Noah Medlock 2024 384 pages
3.61
5.5K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft Summary
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft
Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
by H.P. Lovecraft 2002 406 pages
4.3
30.1K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Classics
The Vile Thing We Created Summary
The Vile Thing We Created
by Robert P. Ottone 2023 410 pages
3.58
714 ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Cults
The Last Graduate Summary
The Last Graduate
by Naomi Novik 2021 388 pages
4.23
127.6K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Dark Academia
The Rotting Room Summary
The Rotting Room
by Viggy Parr Hampton 2025 290 pages
3.56
687 ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
The Book Eaters Summary
The Book Eaters
by Sunyi Dean 2022 298 pages
3.61
54.5K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
LGBT
Wonderland Summary
Wonderland
by Jennifer Hillier 2015 432 pages
4.06
37.9K ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
The Faire Summary
The Faire
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 269 pages
4.35
3.0K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Dark
The Puppeteer Summary
The Puppeteer
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 363 pages
4.17
4.2K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Dark
The Ringmaster Summary
The Ringmaster
by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020 363 pages
4.16
3.1K ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Dark
Dreadnought Summary
Dreadnought
by Cherie Priest 2010 400 pages
3.87
8.1K ratings
Steampunk
Fantasy
Science Fiction
The Drowning House Summary
The Drowning House
by Cherie Priest 2024 421 pages
3.42
1.6K ratings
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
The Book of the Most Precious Substance Summary
The Book of the Most Precious Substance
by Sara Gran 2022 319 pages
3.56
6.7K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
Season of Fear Summary
Season of Fear
by Emily Cooper 2025 352 pages
4.17
309 ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Young Adult
The Knight and the Butcherbird Summary
The Knight and the Butcherbird
by Alix E. Harrow 2025 36 pages
4.03
8.3K ratings
Fantasy
Short Stories
Horror
Old Country Summary
Old Country
by Matt Query 2022 352 pages
3.68
7.9K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
Glass Girls Summary
Glass Girls
by Danie Shokoohi 2025 336 pages
3.92
599 ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Mystery
The Silent Companions Summary
The Silent Companions
by Laura Purcell 2018 305 pages
3.87
43.0K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Gothic
With Visions of Red Summary
With Visions of Red
by Trisha Wolfe 2015 577 pages
4.24
657 ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
BDSM
The Red House Summary
The Red House
by Roz Watkins 2023
4.05
2.4K ratings
Thriller
Crime
Mystery
Going Home in the Dark Summary
Going Home in the Dark
by Dean Koontz 2025 399 pages
3.51
6.2K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Super Natural Summary
The Super Natural
A New Vision of the Unexplained
by Whitley Strieber 2016 376 pages
3.94
545 ratings
Paranormal
Science
Philosophy
Revelator Summary
Revelator
by Daryl Gregory 2021 294 pages
3.95
7.4K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Gothic
Apart in the Dark Summary
Apart in the Dark
Novellas
by Ania Ahlborn 2018 384 pages
3.83
559 ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Novella
Nona the Ninth Summary
Nona the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir 2022 480 pages
4.34
54.7K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Queer
Death in the Family Summary
Death in the Family
by Tessa Wegert 2020 307 pages
3.64
5.2K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Where Echoes Die Summary
Where Echoes Die
by Courtney Gould 2023 352 pages
3.57
2.1K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Mystery
The Restless Ones Summary
The Restless Ones
by Abe Moss 2024 236 pages
4
1.7K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Ghosts
Sanguine Summer Summary
Sanguine Summer
by Abe Moss 2025 402 pages
4.09
422 ratings
Horror
Vampires
Beneath the Poet’s House Summary
Beneath the Poet’s House
by Christa Carmen 2024 336 pages
3.78
866 ratings
Horror
Gothic
Thriller
Deviant Summary
Deviant
by Ellie Sanders 2024 356 pages
3.27
3.7K ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
Horror
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