Horror

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

The Shining

by Stephen King

The Silence of the Lambs

by Thomas Harris

A Head Full of Ghosts

by Paul Tremblay

Bird Box

by Josh Malerman

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

Interview with the Vampire

by Anne Rice

Mexican Gothic

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Pet Sematary

by Stephen King

Ring

by Koji Suzuki

The Elementals

by Michael McDowell

The Exorcist

by William Peter Blatty

The Only Good Indians

by Stephen Graham Jones

The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James

Hell House

by Richard Matheson

My Best Friend's Exorcism

by Grady Hendrix

The Troop

by Nick Cutter

It

by Stephen King

Seven children in the town of Derry, Maine confront an unspeakable evil that takes the form of a clown called Pennywise. Twenty-seven years later, they must reunite as adults to face the terror again. Stephen King's magnum opus of childhood fear and the bonds that hold us together.

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

Four seekers arrive at Hill House to investigate its reputation as a place of supernatural activity. Among them is Eleanor Vance, fragile and searching for belonging, who finds herself increasingly drawn into the house's embrace. Widely considered the greatest haunted house novel ever written.

The Shining

by Stephen King

Jack Torrance takes a job as winter caretaker of the isolated Overlook Hotel, bringing his wife and young psychic son along. As the hotel's malevolent supernatural forces close in, Jack's sanity unravels with terrifying consequences. King's breakout horror novel about isolation, addiction, and evil.

The Silence of the Lambs

by Thomas Harris

FBI trainee Clarice Starling seeks the help of imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter to catch a serial killer known as Buffalo Bill. A cat-and-mouse thriller that redefined the serial killer genre and created one of fiction's most iconic villains.

A Head Full of Ghosts

by Paul Tremblay

When fourteen-year-old Marjorie Barrett begins showing signs of what her family believes is demonic possession, her desperate father invites a reality TV crew to film an exorcism. Years later, her younger sister Merry recounts what really happened. A razor-sharp deconstruction of possession narratives and media exploitation.

Bird Box

by Josh Malerman

A mother and her two children make a desperate journey downriver blindfolded, because to see the mysterious entities that have driven most of humanity to violent madness means death. Told in dual timelines, this apocalyptic horror novel builds unbearable tension through sensory deprivation.

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

A young family discovers their house is bigger on the inside than the outside. Told through layers of unreliable narration, footnotes within footnotes, and experimental typography, this genre-defying novel is a labyrinth of horror that physically changes how you read a book.

Interview with the Vampire

by Anne Rice

In a darkened room, the vampire Louis tells his epic story to a young reporter — from his transformation by the seductive Lestat in 18th century Louisiana, to their creation of a child vampire, Claudia. Rice reinvented the vampire as a romantic, tortured figure and launched a literary empire.

Mexican Gothic

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Glamorous socialite Noemi Taboada heads to the Mexican countryside to rescue her newlywed cousin from a mysterious English family's crumbling mansion. What she discovers in High Place is a nightmare of colonialism, eugenics, and fungal horror lurking beneath the walls. A lush, atmospheric gothic thriller.

Pet Sematary

by Stephen King

The Creed family moves to rural Maine, where a mysterious burial ground behind their house has the power to raise the dead. When tragedy strikes, Louis Creed makes a desperate choice that unleashes unspeakable horror. The novel Stephen King called the one that genuinely scared him.

Ring

by Koji Suzuki

After four teenagers die simultaneously of heart failure, journalist Asakawa discovers they all watched a mysterious videotape exactly one week before their deaths. His investigation into the tape's origin leads to the vengeful spirit of Sadako. The novel that launched J-horror as a global phenomenon.

The Elementals

by Michael McDowell

After a funeral in rural Alabama, the eccentric Savage and McCray families retreat to their Gulf Coast beach houses, where a third house — slowly being consumed by sand — harbors something ancient and malevolent. A Southern Gothic masterpiece of creeping dread rediscovered by a new generation of horror fans.

The Exorcist

by William Peter Blatty

When twelve-year-old Regan begins exhibiting disturbing behavior, her desperate mother turns to two priests for help. What follows is a harrowing confrontation between faith and an ancient evil possessing the child. Based on a real 1949 exorcism case, this novel redefined religious horror.

The Only Good Indians

by Stephen Graham Jones

Four Native American men are stalked by a vengeful entity connected to a hunting incident from their youth on the Blackfeet reservation. A genre-bending horror novel that weaves Indigenous identity, tradition, and guilt into a relentless supernatural revenge story.

The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James

A young governess arrives at a remote English estate to care for two seemingly angelic children, only to become convinced that the grounds are haunted by the ghosts of former servants. James's masterfully ambiguous novella leaves readers debating whether the ghosts are real or products of an unstable mind.

Hell House

by Richard Matheson

A dying millionaire hires a team of investigators to determine whether life after death exists by spending a week in the notorious Belasco House — the "Mount Everest of haunted houses." Previous expeditions ended in madness and death, and this one won't go any better. Matheson's answer to The Haunting of Hill House.

My Best Friend's Exorcism

by Grady Hendrix

It's 1988 and best friends Abby and Gretchen are inseparable — until a night in the woods leaves Gretchen changed. As demonic possession slowly destroys their friendship, Abby must find a way to save her friend. A love letter to 80s teen culture wrapped in a demonic horror story.

The Troop

by Nick Cutter

A Boy Scout troop on an isolated island encounters a stranger infected with a bioengineered parasite. As the organism spreads, the boys' civilized veneer crumbles and survival instincts take over. A visceral, Lord-of-the-Flies-meets- body-horror nightmare.