Most Popular Horror Books

Explore the most popular Horror books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.

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Needful Things

Stephen King

Horror

1991

7.6/10 56 ratings

The Saga of Darren Shan #7

Hunters of the Dusk

Darren Shan

Horror · Vampires · Young Adult

2002

7.8/10 94 ratings

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

Horror

1962

7.7/10 27 ratings

Books of Blood #1

Books of Blood: Volume One

Clive Barker

Horror · Splatterpunk · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1984

7.8/10 41 ratings

Green Town

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Horror

1962

7.6/10 38 ratings

The Saga of Darren Shan #2

The Vampire's Assistant

Darren Shan

Horror · Vampires · Young Adult

2000

7.7/10 188 ratings

The Saga of Darren Shan #8

Allies of the Night

Darren Shan

Horror · Vampires · Young Adult

2002

7.7/10 73 ratings

Skeleton Crew

Stephen King

Horror · Locus Award · Short Stories

1985

7.6/10 44 ratings

Four Past Midnight

Stephen King

Horror · Bram Stoker Award · Short Stories

1990

7.7/10 43 ratings

Insomnia

Stephen King

Horror

1994

7.5/10 48 ratings

The Saga of Darren Shan #4

Vampire Mountain

Darren Shan

Horror · Vampires · Young Adult

2001

7.6/10 162 ratings

Under the Dome

Stephen King

Horror

November 8, 2009

7.8/10 100 ratings

The Saga of Darren Shan #3

Tunnels of Blood

Darren Shan

Horror · Vampires · Young Adult

2000

7.6/10 166 ratings

Cell

Stephen King

Horror

2006

7.5/10 77 ratings

Misery

Stephen King

Horror · Psychological Horror · Bram Stoker Award · Movie · Mainstream

1987

7.6/10 112 ratings

The Saga of Darren Shan #1

Cirque du Freak

Darren Shan

Horror · Vampires · Young Adult

2000

7.5/10 226 ratings

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Max Brooks

Horror · Zombies

2006

7.5/10 33 ratings

Sherlock Holmes - The Original Stories #5

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Horror · Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Sherlock Holmes · Historical Fiction

1902

7.5/10 66 ratings

The Ravenscliff Series #2

Demon Witch

Geoffrey Huntington

Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult

2003

7.6/10 127 ratings

The Power of Five #2

Evil Star

Anthony Horowitz

Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult

2006

7.5/10 95 ratings

Horns

Joe Hill

Horror

February 7, 2010

7.3/10 31 ratings

The Tommyknockers

Stephen King

Horror

1987

7.5/10 70 ratings

Different Seasons

Stephen King

Horror · Short Stories

1982

7.4/10 58 ratings

The Power of Five #1

Raven's Gate

Anthony Horowitz

Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult

2005

7.4/10 160 ratings

Nightmares and Dreamscapes

Stephen King

Horror · Short Stories

1993

7.4/10 47 ratings

The Shining #2

Doctor Sleep

Stephen King

Horror · Bram Stoker Award

September 20, 2013

7.5/10 44 ratings

The Vampire Chronicles #1

Interview with the Vampire

Anne Rice

Horror · Vampires

1976

7.4/10 180 ratings

The Dead Zone

Stephen King

Horror

1979

7.4/10 51 ratings

Coraline

Neil Gaiman

Horror · Childrens · Bram Stoker Award · BSFA Award · Hugo Award

2002

7.3/10 233 ratings

Song of Kali

Dan Simmons

Horror · Ancient Mythology · World Fantasy Award · Mythology

1985

7.2/10 47 ratings

The Island of Doctor Moreau

H. G. Wells

Horror · Science Fiction

1896

7.3/10 26 ratings

Harbor

John Ajvide Lindqvist

Horror · Translation

2011

7.4/10 28 ratings

Gerald's Game

Stephen King

Horror

1992

7.3/10 67 ratings

The Saga of Darren Shan #10

The Lake of Souls

Darren Shan

Horror · Vampires · Young Adult

2003

7.4/10 63 ratings

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

Horror · Mainstream

1954

7.2/10 200 ratings

The Vampire Chronicles #3

The Queen of the Damned

Anne Rice

Horror · Vampires

1988

7.2/10 98 ratings