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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

Unwind Summary
Unwind
by Neal Shusterman 2007 337 pages
4.17
200k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Stalking Jack the Ripper Summary
Stalking Jack the Ripper
by Kerri Maniscalco 2016 337 pages
3.93
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Young Adult
The Girl with All the Gifts Summary
The Girl with All the Gifts
by M.R. Carey 2014 461 pages
3.95
200k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Zombies
Thinner Summary
Thinner
by Richard Bachman 1984 320 pages
3.77
200k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Talking with Psychopaths and Savages Summary
Talking with Psychopaths and Savages
A Journey into the Evil Mind
by Christopher Berry-Dee 2017 288 pages
2.92
5k+ ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Crime
Darkly Dreaming Dexter Summary
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay 2004 288 pages
3.90
200k+ ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Crime
The Blind Owl Summary
The Blind Owl
by Sadegh Hedayat 1937 148 pages
3.97
31k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Novels
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
by Harlan Ellison 1967 20 pages
3.69
9k+ ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Science Fiction
No Exit Summary
No Exit
by Taylor Adams 2017 287 pages
3.99
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
The Bad Weather Friend Summary
The Bad Weather Friend
by Dean Koontz 2024 374 pages
3.89
34k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A Graphic Novel
by Ian Edginton 2008 122 pages
4.16
58k+ ratings
Classics
Graphic Novels
Comics
Home Is Where the Bodies Are Summary
Home Is Where the Bodies Are
by Jeneva Rose 2024 256 pages
3.82
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Frankenstein Summary
Frankenstein
The 1818 Text
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1818 260 pages
3.88
1.7M+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Gothic
Hidden Pictures Summary
Hidden Pictures
by Jason Rekulak 2022 372 pages
4.16
400k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Ward D Summary
Ward D
by Freida McFadden 2023 348 pages
3.98
300k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Gideon the Ninth Summary
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir 2019 448 pages
4.20
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Science Fiction
LGBT
The Silver Eyes Summary
The Silver Eyes
by Scott Cawthon 2016 384 pages
4.09
21k+ ratings
Horror
Young Adult
Mystery
Skeleton Crew Summary
Skeleton Crew
by Stephen King 1985 612 pages
3.97
100k+ ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Fantasy
Tender Is the Flesh Summary
Tender Is the Flesh
by Agustina Bazterrica 2017 209 pages
3.78
200k+ ratings
Horror
Dystopia
Science Fiction
No Safety in Numbers Summary
No Safety in Numbers
by Dayna Lorentz 2012 263 pages
3.54
7k+ ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Science Fiction
The Whisper Man Summary
The Whisper Man
by Alex North 2019 355 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
Phantasma Summary
Phantasma
by Kaylie Smith 2024 512 pages
4.10
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Romance
Romantasy
The Phantom of the Opera Summary
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux 1910 360 pages
3.96
200k+ ratings
Horror
Romance
Classics
A Short Stay in Hell Summary
A Short Stay in Hell
by Steven L. Peck 2011 110 pages
4.19
31k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Philosophy
Doctor Sleep Summary
Doctor Sleep
by Stephen King 2013 531 pages
4.13
200k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
by Harlan Ellison 1967 134 pages
3.90
43k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Moon of the Crusted Snow Summary
Moon of the Crusted Snow
by Waubgeshig Rice 2018 213 pages
3.84
35k+ ratings
Horror
Indigenous
Dystopia
Perfume Summary
Perfume
The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind 1985 263 pages
4.04
500k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Horror
The House Across the Lake Summary
The House Across the Lake
by Riley Sager 2022 369 pages
3.59
300k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
Lullaby Summary
Lullaby
by Chuck Palahniuk 2002 260 pages
3.74
100k+ ratings
Horror
Contemporary
Fantasy
We Used to Live Here Summary
We Used to Live Here
by Marcus Kliewer 2024 312 pages
3.72
100k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Under the Surface Summary
Under the Surface
by Diana Urban 2024 354 pages
3.86
3k+ ratings
Thriller
Young Adult
Mystery
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Summary
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 139 pages
3.83
600k+ ratings
Horror
Gothic
Mystery
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 Summary
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1
Days Gone Bye
by Robert Kirkman 2004 144 pages
4.27
200k+ ratings
Graphic Novels
Comics
Horror
Hunting Adeline Summary
Hunting Adeline
by H.D. Carlton 2022 702 pages
4.09
400k+ ratings
Dark Romance
Dark
Thriller
The Long Walk Summary
The Long Walk
by Richard Bachman 1978 370 pages
4.07
200k+ ratings
Horror
Dystopia
Thriller
Berserk, Vol. 1 Summary
Berserk, Vol. 1
by Kentaro Miura 1990 224 pages
4.48
54k+ ratings
Manga
Fantasy
Horror
Welcome to Dead House Summary
Welcome to Dead House
by R.L. Stine 1992 126 pages
3.85
39k+ ratings
Horror
Childrens
Middle Grade
Her Soul to Take Summary
Her Soul to Take
by Harley Laroux 2021 493 pages
4.07
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Dark
Paranormal
The Chalk Man Summary
The Chalk Man
by C.J. Tudor 2018 280 pages
3.70
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Horror
Playground Summary
Playground
by Aron Beauregard 2022 290 pages
3.46
15k+ ratings
Horror
Splatterpunk
Thriller
Danse Macabre Summary
Danse Macabre
by Stephen King 1981 400 pages
3.67
30k+ ratings
Horror
Writing
Essays
Silent Hill Summary
Silent Hill
The Terror Engine
by Bernard Perron 2006 172 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Horror
Games
Gaming
Nightmare Fuel Summary
Nightmare Fuel
The Science of Horror Films
by Nina Nesseth 2022 304 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Horror
Science
Film
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Summary
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs 2011 352 pages
3.92
1.3M+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Paranormal
The Quiet Tenant Summary
The Quiet Tenant
by Clémence Michallon 2023 303 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mystery
Seed Summary
Seed
by Ania Ahlborn 2011 460 pages
3.80
31k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
All Tomorrows Summary
All Tomorrows
The Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man
by Nemo Ramjet 2006 111 pages
4.20
7k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
Alien Summary
Alien
Out of the Shadows
by Tim Lebbon 2013 352 pages
3.81
10k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Aliens
The Hot Zone Summary
The Hot Zone
The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
by Richard Preston 1994 352 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Science
History
Medical
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