Most Popular Horror Books
Explore the most popular Horror books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.
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The Sandman #2
The Sandman: The Doll's House
Fantasy · Horror · Graphic Novels · Comics
1989
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction
1951
The Stand
Horror · Post-Apocalyptic
1978
It
Horror · British Fantasy Award
1986
The Green Mile
The Green Mile
Horror · Bram Stoker Award
1997
The Shining #1
The Shining
Horror
1977
Pendergast #4
Still Life with Crows
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
2003
Night Shift
Horror · Short Stories
1978
The Sandman #1
The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes
Fantasy · Horror · Graphic Novels · Comics
1989
Watchers
Horror
1987
The Ravenscliff Series #1
Sorcerers of the Nightwing
Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult
2002
Let the Right One In
Horror · Vampires · Translation
2007
A Christmas Carol
Fantasy · Horror · 19th century · Ghosts · Christmas Fiction
1843
The Black Phone and Other Stories
Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Vampires · Adult
2005
The Saga of Darren Shan #12
Sons of Destiny
Horror · Vampires · Young Adult
2004
The Lurker at the Threshold
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction
1945
Pendergast #6
Dance of Death
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
2005
Pet Sematary
Horror
1983
I Am Legend
Horror · Science Fiction · Vampires · Bram Stoker Award
1954
Duma Key
Horror · Bram Stoker Award
January 21, 2008
A Monster Calls
Horror · Young Adult
2011
The Power of Five #4
Necropolis
Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult
2008
Pendergast #3
The Cabinet of Curiosities
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
2002
Pendergast #5
Brimstone
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
2004
The Walking Dead Books (graphic novel collections) #1
The Walking Dead: Book One
Horror · Collection · The Walking Dead · Comics
2004
The Saga of Darren Shan #6
The Vampire Prince
Horror · Vampires · Young Adult
2002
'Salem's Lot
Horror
1975
Dracula
Horror · Vampires
1897
Summer of Night
Horror · Locus Award
1991
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Horror
1891
The Saga of Darren Shan #11
Lord of the Shadows
Horror · Vampires · Young Adult
2004
The Institute
Horror
September 9, 2019
The Vampire Chronicles #2
The Vampire Lestat
Horror · Vampires
1985
Marina
Horror · Magical Realism · Young Adult · Translation
September 24, 2013
The Saga of Darren Shan #5
Trials of Death
Horror · Vampires · Young Adult
2001
The Saga of Darren Shan #9
Killers of the Dawn
Horror · Vampires · Young Adult
2003