Most Popular Horror Books
Explore the most popular Horror books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.
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The Radleys
Horror
May 2010The Last Werewolf #1
The Last Werewolf
Horror · Vampires · Werewolves
April 2011Revival
Horror
November 7, 2014The Vampire Diaries #2
The Struggle
Horror · Young Adult
1991Christine
Horror
1983Lisey's Story
Horror · Bram Stoker Award
2006Just After Sunset
Fantasy · Horror · Bram Stoker Award · Short Stories
October 31, 2008Joyland
Horror · Mystery
May 31, 2013Caster Chronicles #4
Beautiful Redemption
Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult
October 19, 2012The Fetch
Fantasy · Horror
1991Caster Chronicles #2
Beautiful Darkness
Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult
October 11, 2010The Strain Trilogy #3
The Night Eternal
Horror · Vampires
October 14, 2011The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Horror
1999Cycle of the Werewolf
Horror · Werewolves
1983Sleeping Beauties
Horror
September 25, 2017The Vampire Diaries #1
The Awakening
Horror · Young Adult
1991The Three #1
The Three
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
May 15, 2014Swordhand #1
My Swordhand Is Singing
Horror · Vampires · Young Adult
2006Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Horror · Jane Austen Retellings · Zombies
April 1, 2009The Last Kids on Earth #9
The Last Kids on Earth and the Monster Dimension
Horror · Science Fiction · Young Adult
November 7, 2023Tales Nocturnal
Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection
January 1, 2025A Lonely Broadcast #1
A Lonely Broadcast
Horror
June 2, 2023Kronos Rising #2
Kraken: Volume One
Horror
April 2016Kronos Rising #1
Kronos Rising
Horror
April 2014Swan Song
Horror · Science Fiction · Bram Stoker Award
1987The Wendlelow Mysteries #1
Fireside Horror
Horror · Ancient Mythology · Gothic Horror · Weird Fiction · Witches
May 12, 2024Alpha Blood - The Battle for Sanguis #1
Facing Recognition
Horror · Science Fiction · Alternate History · Mystery · Thriller
February 14, 2024Guardian: Zhen Hun #3
Guardian: Zhen Hun Novel Vol.3
Horror · Ancient Mythology · LGBTQ+ · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance
August 13, 2024The Frozen Planet Saga #1
Horizon
Horror · Science Fiction
December 18, 2023Sherlock Holmes (James Lovegrove)
Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Crime Fiction · Sherlock Holmes
October 13, 2020The Spirit of the Place and Other Strange Tales: The Complete Short Stories of Elizabeth Walter
Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories
March 31, 2017The Private Life of Elder Things
Horror · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction · Short Stories
September 2016Songs of the Shattered World: The Broken Hymns of Hastur
Horror · Weird Fiction
2016The Silence
Horror
April 8, 2015Castles: A Fictional Memoir of a Girl with Scissors
Horror
2011The Lovecraft Anthology #1
The Lovecraft Anthology: Volume I
Horror · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction · Anthology · Comics
2011