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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

11/22/63 Summary
11/22/63
by Stephen King 2011 849 pages
4.34
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
Time Travel
Writing the Paranormal Novel Summary
Writing the Paranormal Novel
Techniques and Exercises for Weaving Supernatural Elements Into Your Story.
by Steven Harper 2011 272 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Paranormal
On Writing Horror Summary
On Writing Horror
A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association
by Mort Castle 2006 274 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Writing
Horror
Reference
In the Dream House Summary
In the Dream House
by Carmen Maria Machado 2019 264 pages
4.42
100k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
300k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror Summary
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
by Robert Louis Stevenson 2003 224 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
A Clockwork Orange Summary
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 2019 240 pages
4.00
700k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
3.99
900k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
The Gunslinger Summary
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
3.92
600k+ ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
It Summary
It
by Stephen King 1987 1120 pages
4.24
1.1M+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
The Shining Summary
The Shining
by Stephen King 1978 512 pages
4.28
1.5M+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
Misery Summary
Misery
by Stephen King 1988 384 pages
4.23
700k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
’Salem’s Lot Summary
’Salem’s Lot
by Stephen King 1982 496 pages
4.10
600k+ ratings
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
The Silence of the Lambs Summary
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris
4.25
500k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
4.13
1.6M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Fantasy
Dracula Summary
Dracula
by Bram Stoker 1996 512 pages
4.02
1.3M+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Classics
The Stand Summary
The Stand
by Stephen King
4.35
700k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
The Vegetarian Summary
The Vegetarian
by Han Kang 2016 192 pages
3.59
100k+ ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
How to Sell a Haunted House Summary
How to Sell a Haunted House
by Grady Hendrix 2023 432 pages
3.67
100k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
Hyperion Summary
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons 1990 481 pages
4.27
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Stephen King 2018 576 pages
4.01
300k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Carrie Summary
Carrie
by Stephen King 2005 272 pages
3.99
700k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
The Green Mile Summary
The Green Mile
by Stephen King 1996 592 pages
4.48
300k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
Haunting Adeline Summary
Haunting Adeline
by H.D. Carlton
3.96
600k+ ratings
Dark
Thriller
Fantasy
World War Z Summary
World War Z
An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks 2006 342 pages
4.02
500k+ ratings
Horror
Zombies
Science Fiction
Bird Box Summary
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman 2014 272 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Dystopia
The Butterfly Garden Summary
The Butterfly Garden
by Dot Hutchison 2016 288 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
The Complete Stories and Poems Summary
The Complete Stories and Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe 1966 832 pages
4.40
200k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
House of Leaves Summary
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
4.09
100k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Mystery
The Amityville Horror Summary
The Amityville Horror
by Jay Anson 1978 315 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Thriller
The Call of Cthulhu Summary
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft
4.03
100k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
The Invisible Man Summary
The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells 2002 192 pages
3.63
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
The War of the Worlds Summary
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells 1898 192 pages
3.83
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Fantasy
The Girl with All the Gifts Summary
The Girl with All the Gifts
by M.R. Carey 2014 461 pages
3.95
200k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Zombies
Thinner Summary
Thinner
by Richard Bachman 1985 318 pages
3.77
200k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Talking with Psychopaths and Savages Summary
Talking with Psychopaths and Savages
A Journey into the Evil Mind
by Christopher Berry-Dee 2017 288 pages
2.92
5k+ ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Crime
Darkly Dreaming Dexter Summary
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay
3.90
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1994 144 pages
3.96
30k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Novels
No Exit Summary
No Exit
by Taylor Adams
4.00
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Home Is Where the Bodies Are Summary
Home Is Where the Bodies Are
by Jeneva Rose 2024 270 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Frankenstien (4) Summary
Frankenstien (4)
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 2018 128 pages
3.88
1.6M+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Gothic
Hidden Pictures Summary
Hidden Pictures
by Jason Rekulak 2022 384 pages
4.16
300k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Ward D Summary
Ward D
by Freida McFadden
4.00
200k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Gideon the Ninth Summary
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir 2019 448 pages
4.21
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
LGBT
Skeleton Crew Summary
Skeleton Crew
by Stephen King 1993 612 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Fantasy
The Phantom of the Opera Summary
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux 1988 368 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Romance
Doctor Sleep Summary
Doctor Sleep
by Stephen King 2013 531 pages
4.13
200k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Moon of the Crusted Snow Summary
Moon of the Crusted Snow
by Waubgeshig Rice 2018 224 pages
3.85
32k+ ratings
Horror
Indigenous
Dystopia
Perfume Summary
Perfume
The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind 1989 272 pages
4.04
400k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Horror
Lullaby Summary
Lullaby
by Chuck Palahniuk
3.74
100k+ ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Fantasy
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