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Dark forces lurk in shadowy corners and twisted minds, threatening to shatter our sense of safety and sanity. Whether supernatural or psychological, these stories probe the depths of human fear while asking unsettling questions about good, evil, and the monsters that live both beyond and within us.

Horror Book Summaries

Obsidian Butterfly Summary
Obsidian Butterfly
by Laurell K. Hamilton 2000 596 pages
4.10
66k+ ratings
Urban Fantasy
Vampires
Fantasy
Abraham Lincoln Summary
Abraham Lincoln
Vampire Hunter
by Seth Grahame-Smith 2010 336 pages
3.71
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Horror
The Graveyard Book Summary
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman 2008 312 pages
4.16
500k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Horror
Patient Zero Summary
Patient Zero
by Jonathan Maberry 2009 421 pages
4.00
30k+ ratings
Horror
Zombies
Thriller
11/22/63 Summary
11/22/63
by Stephen King 2011 849 pages
4.34
500k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
Time Travel
Writing the Paranormal Novel Summary
Writing the Paranormal Novel
Techniques and Exercises for Weaving Supernatural Elements Into Your Story.
by Steven Harper 2011 274 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Paranormal
On Writing Horror Summary
On Writing Horror
A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association
by Horror Writers Association 1997 272 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Writing
Horror
Reference
In the Dream House Summary
In the Dream House
by Carmen Maria Machado 2019 251 pages
4.41
100k+ ratings
Memoir
LGBT
Queer
American Psycho Summary
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis 1991 399 pages
3.81
300k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Thriller
The Exorcist Summary
The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty 1971 385 pages
4.21
200k+ ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Thriller
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror Summary
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 224 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The Best New True Crime Stories Summary
The Best New True Crime Stories
Small Towns: Small Towns
by Mitzi Szereto 2020 256 pages
3.35
100+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Horror
A Clockwork Orange Summary
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 1962 192 pages
4.00
700k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Horror
The Road Summary
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy 2006 241 pages
3.99
900k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Post Apocalyptic
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West Summary
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
by Cormac McCarthy 1985 351 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Westerns
Classics
The Gunslinger Summary
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King 1982 231 pages
3.92
600k+ ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
It Summary
It
by Stephen King 1986 1116 pages
4.24
1.1M+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
The Shining Summary
The Shining
by Stephen King 1977 497 pages
4.28
1.6M+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
Misery Summary
Misery
by Stephen King 1987 370 pages
4.23
700k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
’Salem’s Lot Summary
’Salem’s Lot
by Stephen King 1975 483 pages
4.10
600k+ ratings
Horror
Vampires
Fantasy
The Silence of the Lambs Summary
The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris 1988 421 pages
4.25
500k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde 1890 272 pages
4.13
1.7M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
Dracula Summary
Dracula
by Bram Stoker 1897 488 pages
4.02
1.3M+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Fantasy
The Stand Summary
The Stand
by Stephen King 1978 1152 pages
4.35
700k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Middle of the Night Summary
Middle of the Night
by Riley Sager 2024 367 pages
3.69
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Silent Patient Summary
The Silent Patient
The First Three Chapters
by Alex Michaelides 2018 27 pages
4.25
4k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Book Club
The Vegetarian Summary
The Vegetarian
by Han Kang 2007 188 pages
3.63
200k+ ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Hell Bent Summary
Hell Bent
by Leigh Bardugo 2023 481 pages
4.12
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Mystery
How to Sell a Haunted House Summary
How to Sell a Haunted House
by Grady Hendrix 2023 419 pages
3.66
100k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Paranormal
The Terror Summary
The Terror
by Dan Simmons 2007 769 pages
4.08
67k+ ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Hyperion Summary
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons 1989 500 pages
4.27
200k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Space Opera
The Outsider Summary
The Outsider
by Stephen King 2018 561 pages
4.01
300k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Carrie Summary
Carrie
by Stephen King 1974 272 pages
3.99
700k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Classics
The Green Mile Summary
The Green Mile
by Stephen King 1996 592 pages
4.48
300k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
Mr. Mercedes Summary
Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King 2014 437 pages
4.03
300k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
The Drawing of the Three Summary
The Drawing of the Three
by Stephen King 1987 463 pages
4.24
200k+ ratings
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
Haunting Adeline Summary
Haunting Adeline
by H.D. Carlton 2021 583 pages
3.96
600k+ ratings
Dark
Thriller
Fantasy
Harrow the Ninth Summary
Harrow the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir 2020 512 pages
4.29
79k+ ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Queer
World War Z Summary
World War Z
An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks 2006 342 pages
4.02
500k+ ratings
Horror
Zombies
Science Fiction
Bird Box Summary
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman 2014 262 pages
4.04
200k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Dystopia
The Butterfly Garden Summary
The Butterfly Garden
by Dot Hutchison 2016 288 pages
4.09
200k+ ratings
Thriller
Horror
Mystery
The Complete Stories and Poems Summary
The Complete Stories and Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 821 pages
4.40
200k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
House of Leaves Summary
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski 2000 710 pages
4.09
100k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Mystery
Nuclear War Summary
Nuclear War
A Scenario
by Annie Jacobsen 2024 400 pages
4.41
29k+ ratings
History
Politics
Science
The Amityville Horror Summary
The Amityville Horror
by Jay Anson 1977 315 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Classics
The Call of Cthulhu Summary
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
The Invisible Man Summary
The Invisible Man
by H.G. Wells 1897 192 pages
3.63
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
If You Tell Summary
If You Tell
A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
by Gregg Olsen 2019 431 pages
3.98
300k+ ratings
True Crime
Crime
Thriller
The War of the Worlds Summary
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells 1898 192 pages
3.83
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Fantasy
Metro 2033 Summary
Metro 2033
by Dmitry Glukhovsky 2002 458 pages
4.03
69k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Post Apocalyptic
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