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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

The Sun Down Motel Summary
The Sun Down Motel
by Simone St. James 2020 327 pages
4.00
177.5K ratings
Mystery
Horror
Thriller
The Redemption of Michael Hollister Summary
The Redemption of Michael Hollister
by Shawn Inmon 2017 236 pages
4.38
2.1K ratings
Time Travel
Fantasy
Science Fiction
The Third Eye Summary
The Third Eye
by Lois Duncan 1984 220 pages
3.86
4.2K ratings
Young Adult
Mystery
Fantasy
Hollow City Summary
Hollow City
by Ransom Riggs 2014 412 pages
4.07
248.3K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Paranormal
Unexplained Summary
Unexplained
Based on the 'world's spookiest podcast'
by Richard MacLean Smith 2018 352 pages
3.59
1.6K ratings
Paranormal
Horror
Mystery
Midnight Howl Summary
Midnight Howl
by Clare Hutton 2011 192 pages
4.19
2.3K ratings
Middle Grade
Childrens
Fantasy
Scritch Scratch Summary
Scritch Scratch
by Lindsay Currie 2020 277 pages
3.91
4.8K ratings
Middle Grade
Horror
Mystery
Suicide Forest Summary
Suicide Forest
by Jeremy Bates 2014 440 pages
3.69
8.6K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Evil Star Summary
Evil Star
by Anthony Horowitz 2006 320 pages
3.97
19.1K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
Catharsis Summary
Catharsis
by Travis Bagwell 2016 527 pages
4.38
16.2K ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds
by Gwenda Bond 2019 304 pages
3.59
15.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
All's Well Summary
All's Well
by Mona Awad 2021 352 pages
3.74
32.3K ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Magical Realism
Thornhedge Summary
Thornhedge
by T. Kingfisher 2023 116 pages
3.95
47.2K ratings
Fantasy
Novella
Retellings
The Great God Pan Summary
The Great God Pan
by Arthur Machen 1890 82 pages
3.68
15.5K ratings
Horror
Classics
Fantasy
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts
by Hans Holzer 1997 761 pages
3.99
873 ratings
Paranormal
Ghosts
Horror
The Bewitching Summary
The Bewitching
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025 368 pages
4.28
708 ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Gravity Summary
Gravity
by Tess Gerritsen 1983 342 pages
4.10
16.7K ratings
Thriller
Science Fiction
Mystery
The Gathering Dark Summary
The Gathering Dark
An Anthology of Folk Horror
by Tori Bovalino 2022 272 pages
3.55
4.0K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Young Adult
The Loop Summary
The Loop
by Ben Oliver 2020 368 pages
3.90
8.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Dystopia
The New Girl Summary
The New Girl
by R.L. Stine 1989 168 pages
3.59
9.3K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Thriller
The Dragon Factory Summary
The Dragon Factory
by Jonathan Maberry 2010 486 pages
4.16
10.9K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Science Fiction
The Puzzle Master Summary
The Puzzle Master
by Danielle Trussoni 2023 362 pages
3.31
8.6K ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Reliquary Summary
Reliquary
by Douglas Preston 1997 464 pages
4.04
49.1K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
The Hollow Places Summary
The Hollow Places
by T. Kingfisher 2020 341 pages
3.79
46.8K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
It's Behind You Summary
It's Behind You
by Kathryn Foxfield 2021 352 pages
3.64
3.8K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 688 pages
4.36
69.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
The Island of Dr. Moreau Summary
The Island of Dr. Moreau
by H.G. Wells 1896 160 pages
3.73
130.4K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
Powers of Darkness Summary
Powers of Darkness
The Lost Version of Dracula
by Valdimar Ásmundsson 1901 309 pages
3.63
1.5K ratings
Horror
Vampires
Classics
The Whispering Skull Summary
The Whispering Skull
by Jonathan Stroud 2014 435 pages
4.33
41.0K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Mystery
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Peter Kuper 2004 80 pages
3.79
4.7K ratings
Graphic Novels
Classics
Comics
Lucas on the Line Summary
Lucas on the Line
by Suyi Davies 2022 310 pages
4.11
1.1K ratings
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Horror
The Case Against Satan Summary
The Case Against Satan
by Ray Russell 1962 140 pages
3.69
2.4K ratings
Horror
Classics
Gothic
Frozen Hell Summary
Frozen Hell
by John W. Campbell Jr. 2019 149 pages
3.74
1.7K ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Classics
The Apocalypse Codex Summary
The Apocalypse Codex
by Charles Stross 2012 336 pages
4.18
11.3K ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
The Haunted Mesa Summary
The Haunted Mesa
by Louis L'Amour 1987 426 pages
3.82
7.2K ratings
Westerns
Mystery
Fantasy
Ghostland Summary
Ghostland
An American History in Haunted Places
by Colin Dickey 2016 320 pages
3.74
9.9K ratings
History
Horror
Paranormal
All-Night Party Summary
All-Night Party
by R.L. Stine 1997 160 pages
3.76
1.8K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Thriller
Dracula the Un-Dead Summary
Dracula the Un-Dead
by Dacre Stoker 2009 424 pages
3.15
6.7K ratings
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
Chasing Ghosts Summary
Chasing Ghosts
A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural
by Marc Hartzman 2021 272 pages
3.55
369 ratings
Paranormal
History
Horror
The Sentinel Summary
The Sentinel
by Jeffrey Konvitz 1974 278 pages
3.84
7.6K ratings
Horror
Mystery
Paranormal
The Bog Wife Summary
The Bog Wife
by Kay Chronister 2024 336 pages
3.59
8.6K ratings
Horror
Gothic
Fantasy
Something from the Nightside Summary
Something from the Nightside
by Simon R. Green 2003 230 pages
3.78
25.4K ratings
Urban Fantasy
Fantasy
Mystery
The Painted Bird Summary
The Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosiński 1965 234 pages
3.91
27.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Horror
The Tangleroot Palace Summary
The Tangleroot Palace
by Marjorie M. Liu 2021 239 pages
3.96
1.9K ratings
Fantasy
Short Stories
Horror
172 Hours on the Moon Summary
172 Hours on the Moon
by Johan Harstad 2008 368 pages
3.53
14.5K ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Science Fiction
Tales From the Hinterland Summary
Tales From the Hinterland
by Melissa Albert 2021 240 pages
4.01
7.4K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Short Stories
A Cosmology of Monsters Summary
A Cosmology of Monsters
by Shaun Hamill 2019 336 pages
3.74
10.1K ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Adult
Ghosts Summary
Ghosts
A Natural History: 500 Years of Searching for Proof
by Roger Clarke 2012 359 pages
3.54
1.3K ratings
History
Paranormal
Ghosts
The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings Summary
The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings
by Peter Haining 2008 512 pages
3.56
319 ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Ghosts
Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus - Illustrated Summary
Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus - Illustrated
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1818 310 pages
4.02
1.9K ratings
Classics
Horror
Science Fiction
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