Most Popular Horror Books of the 2020s

Discover popular Horror books from the 2020s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Entity Case Files #2

Entity Case Files Book 2

Grace Viall

Fantasy · Horror

2027

Cities of the Drift #2

The Clockwork Leviathan

Philip A. Suggars

Fantasy · Horror · Crime Fiction · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy

April 6, 2027

Blood Trilogy

Blood Like Theirs

Stuart Neville

Horror · Crime Fiction · Mystery

April 6, 2027

To Death, We Dance

Megan Lally

Horror · Gothic Horror

May 4, 2027

The House on Garnet Hill

Logan Spurgeon

Horror

February 9, 2027

Liquid Gold

Wendy Dalrymple

Horror

January 12, 2027

Reasons I'm Not Human

Natasha Ali

Horror · Science Fiction

July 22, 2027

The Secret Lives of Zombie Wives

Barbara Truelove

Horror · Post-Apocalyptic · Zombies

February 2, 2027

The Blood Saga #3

The Blood Saga Book 3

Markus Redmond

Fantasy · Horror · Vampires · Historical Fiction

2027

The Ancestral Code #3

Modify

R.D. Brady

Fantasy · Horror · Mystery · Thriller

February 4, 2027

Rogue Team International #6

Avalon Station

Jonathan Maberry

Horror · Science Fiction

March 9, 2027

Holly Gibney #5

Holly Gibney Book 5

Stephen King

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2027

Harker & Moriarty #3

Harker & Moriarty Book 3

Susan J. Morris

Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

2027

Children of the Old Ones #2

Children of the Old Ones Book 2

S.A. Barnes

Fantasy · Horror · Romance

2027

The Dead of Summer #2

Bodies of Water

Ryan La Sala

Horror · LGBTQ+ · Young Adult · Mystery

April 6, 2027

Fairymares & Nightales #2

The Hush Ghost

Franklin Christopher

Horror · Psychological Thriller · Thriller

2027

Seven Devils #2

Seven Devils Book 2

Cassandra D

Horror · Dark Fantasy

2027

Sisters of the Occult #3

Sisters of the Occult Book 3

Catelyn Wilson

Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult

2027

Bathurst Academy of Post-Mortem Studies #3

Bathurst Academy of Post-Mortem Studies Book 3

Scott Killian

Fantasy · Horror · Cozy Fantasy

2027

Pendergast #24

Pendergast Book 24

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2027

The Murder Quartet #1

Two for Joy

Susan Dennard

Horror · Young Adult · Mystery · Romance

June 1, 2027

American Horrors #3

American Horrors Book 3

James Kaine

Horror

2027

John Decker Supernatural Thrillers #17

John Decker Supernatural Thrillers Book 17

Anthony M. Strong

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2027

Sworn Soldier #4

Sworn Soldier Book 4

T. Kingfisher

Fantasy · Horror

2027

Gravekeeper #6

Gravekeeper Book 6

Darcy Coates

Horror · Ghosts · Mystery

2027

The Last Kids on Earth #11

The Last Kids on Earth Book 11

Max Brallier

Horror · Science Fiction · Young Adult

2027

The Devils #2

The Heretics

Joe Abercrombie

Fantasy · Horror · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

May 11, 2027

Nora Kelly #6

Dead Man's Journey

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

January 26, 2027

Soulaerium Trilogy #2

Soulaerium Trilogy Book 2

Tim White

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

2027

The Luminocity Seed #2

The Luminocity Seed Book 2

Daniel McDaniel

Fantasy · Horror

2027

Lunar Gothic Trilogy #3

Kingdom of the Conqueror Worm

Nathan Ballingrud

Horror

September 14, 2027

The Season of Sinking

Daphne Woolsoncroft

Horror · Crime Fiction · Adult · Mystery · Thriller

July 7, 2026

Sometimes I Scare Myself

Jeneva Rose

Horror · Collection · Short Stories

September 22, 2026

Kiss Slay Replay

Rachel Harrison

Horror · Romance · Thriller

September 1, 2026

Entity Case Files #1

(Mostly) Human Resources

Grace Viall

Fantasy · Horror

August 4, 2026

It Came from Neverland

Cynthia Pelayo

Horror · Historical Fiction · Retellings

June 9, 2026