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

Matt Haig

Horror

May 2010

The Last Werewolf #1

The Last Werewolf

Glen Duncan

Horror · Vampires · Werewolves

April 2011

Revival

Stephen King

Horror

November 7, 2014

The Vampire Diaries #2

The Struggle

L. J. Smith

Horror · Young Adult

1991

Christine

Stephen King

Horror

1983

Lisey's Story

Stephen King

Horror · Bram Stoker Award

2006

Just After Sunset

Stephen King

Fantasy · Horror · Bram Stoker Award · Short Stories

October 31, 2008

Joyland

Stephen King

Horror · Mystery

May 31, 2013

Caster Chronicles #4

Beautiful Redemption

Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult

October 19, 2012

The Fetch

Robert Holdstock

Fantasy · Horror

1991

Caster Chronicles #2

Beautiful Darkness

Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult

October 11, 2010

The Strain Trilogy #3

The Night Eternal

Chuck Hogan, Guillermo del Toro

Horror · Vampires

October 14, 2011

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Stephen King

Horror

1999

Cycle of the Werewolf

Stephen King

Horror · Werewolves

1983

Sleeping Beauties

Stephen King, Owen King

Horror

September 25, 2017

The Vampire Diaries #1

The Awakening

L. J. Smith

Horror · Young Adult

1991

The Three #1

The Three

Sarah Lotz

Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

May 15, 2014

Swordhand #1

My Swordhand Is Singing

Marcus Sedgwick

Horror · Vampires · Young Adult

2006

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen

Horror · Jane Austen Retellings · Zombies

April 1, 2009

The Last Kids on Earth #9

The Last Kids on Earth and the Monster Dimension

Max Brallier

Horror · Science Fiction · Young Adult

November 7, 2023

Tales Nocturnal

Tim Foley

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

January 1, 2025

A Lonely Broadcast #1

A Lonely Broadcast

Kel Byron

Horror

June 2, 2023

Kronos Rising #2

Kraken: Volume One

Max Hawthorne

Horror

April 2016

Kronos Rising #1

Kronos Rising

Max Hawthorne

Horror

April 2014

Swan Song

Robert R. McCammon

Horror · Science Fiction · Bram Stoker Award

1987

The Wendlelow Mysteries #1

Fireside Horror

P. A. Sheldon

Horror · Ancient Mythology · Gothic Horror · Weird Fiction · Witches

May 12, 2024

Alpha Blood - The Battle for Sanguis #1

Facing Recognition

C.M. James

Horror · Science Fiction · Alternate History · Mystery · Thriller

February 14, 2024

Guardian: Zhen Hun #3

Guardian: Zhen Hun Novel Vol.3

Priest

Horror · Ancient Mythology · LGBTQ+ · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance

August 13, 2024

The Frozen Planet Saga #1

Horizon

David W. Adams

Horror · Science Fiction

December 18, 2023

Sherlock Holmes (James Lovegrove)

Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons

James Lovegrove

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Crime Fiction · Sherlock Holmes

October 13, 2020

The Spirit of the Place and Other Strange Tales: The Complete Short Stories of Elizabeth Walter

Elizabeth Walter

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

March 31, 2017

The Private Life of Elder Things

Adrian Tchaikovsky, Keris McDonald, Adam Gauntlett

Horror · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

September 2016

Songs of the Shattered World: The Broken Hymns of Hastur

John Allen

Horror · Weird Fiction

2016

The Silence

Tim Lebbon

Horror

April 8, 2015

Castles: A Fictional Memoir of a Girl with Scissors

Benjamin X. Wretlind

Horror

2011

The Lovecraft Anthology #1

The Lovecraft Anthology: Volume I

H. P. Lovecraft, Dan Lockwood

Horror · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction · Anthology · Comics

2011