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833 past books matching Horror
Denial becomes its own haunting when a woman refuses to leave the house that keeps trying to warn her.
The September House
Horror · Occult Horror
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Denial becomes its own haunting when a woman refuses to leave the house that keeps trying to warn her. In The September House, Carissa Orlando follows Margaret, whose dream Victorian home bleeds every September and holds ghosts terrified of the basement. This haunted house novel blends domestic horror, family secrets, and psychological unease as Margaret’s missing husband draws her daughter into the nightmare she has spent years surviving.
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“Why run from a haunted house when you can stay and ignore the ghosts? Just when you thought you'd seen everything a haunted house novel could do, The September House comes along and delivers an eerie, darkly funny, and emotionally grounded book about the ghosts that haunt houses and marriages."– Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House
A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel.
When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts of former inhabitants appear, and all of them are terrified of something that lurks in the basement. Most people would flee.
Margaret is not most people.
Margaret is staying. It’s her house. But after four years Hal can’t take it anymore, and he leaves abruptly. Now, he’s not returning calls, and their daughter Katherine—who knows nothing about the hauntings—arrives, intent on looking for her missing father. To make things worse, September has just begun, and with every attempt Margaret and Katherine make at finding Hal, the hauntings grow more harrowing, because there are some secrets the house needs to keep.
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Johnny Compton’s The Spite House is “The Babadook meets A Head Full of Ghosts” in Texas Hill Country.
The Spite House
Horror · Creature Feature · Occult Horror
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Johnny Compton’s The Spite House is “The Babadook meets A Head Full of Ghosts” in Texas Hill Country. A Bram Stoker Award nominee and Esquire Best Horror Book of the Year, this chilling debut follows a father and his daughters as they take a job in the most haunted house in Texas. With 4.3 out of 5 stars, it’s unforgettable horror.
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Eric Ross is running from his past, from something he can’t explain, and from the force that won’t leave his family alone. With his two daughters beside him, every stop feels temporary, every town unsafe. When he sees an ad for caretaker of Masson House, “the most haunted place in Texas,” it looks like a chance to finally stop.
The job is simple: stay in the house, record everything that happens, and collect a huge payout. Yet Masson House has already broken those who came before, leaving only madness behind. Eric accepts not just for the money, but because he believes the spite house may hold answers about the power shadowing his family.
Johnny Compton’s The Spite House is a Gothic thriller of grief, love, and terror.
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V.C. Andrews’s My Sweet Audrina is a gothic classic of obsession, betrayal, and haunting family secrets.
My Sweet Audrina
Thriller · Horror
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V.C. Andrews’s My Sweet Audrina is a gothic classic of obsession, betrayal, and haunting family secrets. Audrina struggles to live up to the perfect sister she never knew, while her family’s locked room hides chilling truths. With 4.3 out of 5 stars and over 29,000 Goodreads ratings, this unforgettable novel showcases Andrews’s trademark blend of innocence and menace.
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Audrina Adare lives in the shadow of a sister she never knew. Perfect, beloved, and long dead, her sister’s memory hovers over the family like a ghost. Audrina’s father insists she can never measure up, and every day she struggles to be “the good one,” desperate for the love she craves.
But upstairs in a locked room lies her sister’s untouched world: dolls, games, clothes, and the rocking chair where Audrina is told she can inherit her sister’s gifts, if she rocks long enough.
As she searches for truth inside a house drowning in secrets, Audrina begins to uncover betrayals that twist love into something suffocating and dangerous.
Innocence, obsession, and deceit entwine in this gothic tale of family darkness and forbidden knowledge.
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After waking from a coma, horror writer Jared Cole can see souls and the darkness consuming them.
Gateway
Horror · Occult Horror
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After waking from a coma, horror writer Jared Cole can see souls and the darkness consuming them. A psychic bond with a prophetic boy opens a deadly supernatural gateway, infecting a small Montana town with violence. As the body count rises, Jared must choose between saving the town or the one person who shares his curse. 4.4 stars on Amazon and strong reader acclaim.
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Darkness and death have come to Torch Falls. This is the last hour.
Horror novelist Jared Cole wakes from a coma with a terrifying curse: he can see souls—and experience the darkness growing inside them. The visions can be devastating and strike without warning.
Returning to his hometown to salvage his career, he’s triggered by an accident that opens a supernatural link with Kit, a cloudy-eyed boy whose seizures reveal horrifying prophecies. It’s a gateway between their souls—a dark door that should have stayed sealed.
A parasitic shadow emerges from the breach, infecting minds with thoughts of murder and self-destruction. Now, this sleepy Montana town is eating itself alive. The streets run red with blood from grisly acts of violence that Kit predicts with haunting precision—each vision tearing at the bond that’s made him and Jared reluctant brothers in terror.
With each incident, Jared grows weaker and more monstrous as the entity drains his life force. He realizes the creature is hunting Kit—and severing their connection may be the only way to stop the carnage. But as the town tears itself apart and he loses more of his humanity with each passing hour, he faces an impossible choice …
He has no idea how to slam this hell-gate shut—and closing it might destroy the only person who understands his curse.
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Brian McAuley’s Curse of the Reaper blends slasher nostalgia with psychological horror in a razor-sharp debut.
Curse of the Reaper
Horror · Psychological Horror
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Brian McAuley’s Curse of the Reaper blends slasher nostalgia with psychological horror in a razor-sharp debut. When an aging actor is replaced in a reboot of his iconic role, obsession takes a sinister turn. With 4.1 out of 5 stars and comparisons to Scream and The Shining, this chilling Hollywood horror will keep you second-guessing reality.
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Howard Browning was once infamous. In the 80s, he terrified audiences as the killer in Night of the Reaper. Decades later, he’s reduced to signing autographs at horror conventions while his legacy fades. When the studio announces a reboot, Howard expects redemption. Instead, they cast Trevor Mane, a fallen sitcom star desperate to reinvent himself.
What follows is more than a generational clash. Howard clings to the role that defined him, while Trevor struggles to escape his own demons. But as Howard unravels, the boundary between actor and monster begins to blur. Is his madness fueling the violence, or has the Reaper itself been unleashed?
Hollywood made him a legend. Now it may turn him into the real monster.
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With 4.3 out of 5 stars, it’s a mystical, thought-provoking journey for readers drawn to magic and the search for meaning.
Brida
Horror · Literary Fiction · Romance · Occult Horror
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From Paulo Coelho, bestselling author of The Alchemist, comes Brida, a spellbinding New York Times bestseller. Following a young Irish woman’s initiation into sorcery and self-discovery, this lyrical novel explores love, fear, and pagan tradition. With 4.3 out of 5 stars, it’s a mystical, thought-provoking journey for readers drawn to magic and the search for meaning.
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Brida is young, curious, and restless, driven by a yearning for something beyond the ordinary. Her search for knowledge leads her deep into the hidden realms of magic, where wisdom and danger often walk hand in hand.
Along her journey, she meets a wise man who teaches her to confront her fears, and a woman who reveals ancient rituals and the mysteries of the Great Mother. Both see promise in Brida’s gifts, but neither can chart her path. The choice—and the risk—are hers alone.
From the bestselling author of The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho’s Brida is a mesmerizing tale of sorcery, self-discovery, and love. In seeking the divine and the magical, Brida learns the greatest truths may come from within.
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Good for readers who like graphic crime thrillers, serial killer investigations, and dark procedural suspense.
Headhunter
Horror · Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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“First rate, compelling, nerve-tingling” by The Vancouver Sun, A serial killer is loose on the streets of Vancouver. A sadist preying on women, leaving a trail of decapitated corpses—and a totem pole displaying the grisly head of his latest victim, with a 4.3-star rating from 102 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like graphic crime thrillers, serial killer investigations, and dark procedural suspense.
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"First rate, compelling, nerve-tingling. A novel of sex, death, and the macabre. Extraordinarily vivid. A thinking man's Texas Chainsaw Massacre." —The Vancouver Sun
The first in a series of crime thrillers featuring the Special X team of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police—world-weary cops hardened enough to deal with the most heinous of crimes.
A serial killer is loose on the streets of Vancouver. A sadist preying on women, leaving a trail of decapitated corpses—and a totem pole displaying the grisly head of his latest victim.
If this killer is hoping to rile former Royal Mountie Robert DeClercq, he certainly made his mark. Lured out of retirement, DeClercq tirelessly tracks the psychopath across two continents. But as DeClercq gets closer to understanding complex motivations of a criminally insane killer, he's more certain than ever he's about to confront the ultimate evil.
A revised and expanded version of the original Headhunter, which was first published in 1984.
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With 4.2 out of 5 stars, this eerie, twist-filled novel is perfect for fans of The Lighthouse Witches.
The Witching Hour
Occult Horror · Horror
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Syd Moore’s The Witching Hour is a haunting gothic thriller now reimagined for 2025. When a seaside séance leaves Sarah Grey and her son plagued by visions, she uncovers the chilling legend of a sea witch and the secrets buried with her. With 4.2 out of 5 stars, this eerie, twist-filled novel is perfect for fans of The Lighthouse Witches.
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Sarah Grey thought moving to a quiet coastal town would be the reset she and her son needed. But one drunken séance flips that plan on its head. Suddenly, Sarah is plagued with chilling visions she cannot explain, and neither can Alfie, who sees them too.
The haunting seems tied to the legend of a 19th-century sea witch, long accused of unimaginable evil. But as Sarah digs deeper, she uncovers letters and truths suggesting the story was far more complicated. The more she learns, the more dangerous the haunting becomes.
Now, Sarah must unravel the witch’s true history before the line between the living and the dead disappears altogether.
Because in Sanctuary, the ghosts are real, and they refuse to stay silent.
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With 4.3 out of 5 stars and acclaim from The Independent as “addictive,” this twisty novel is perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and The Craft.
Sanctuary
Occult Horror · Horror
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Now an AMC+ series, Sanctuary by V. V. James blends murder, witchcraft, and small-town secrets. When the star quarterback dies, suspicion falls on his ex-girlfriend Harper, the daughter of a witch. With 4.3 out of 5 stars and acclaim from The Independent as “addictive,” this twisty novel is perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and The Craft.
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Sanctuary looks perfect from the outside. Picturesque streets, tight-knit community, and just enough charm to pass as idyllic. But when the town’s golden boy, Daniel Whitman, is found dead at a party, perfection shatters.
Harper Fenn was there when it happened. She is also the daughter of Sanctuary’s only witch, a fact the town cannot ignore. Whispers of curses and revenge spread like wildfire, and suspicion settles firmly on Harper’s family.
As fear twists into paranoia, friends turn on one another, alliances fracture, and old secrets claw their way into the open. Sanctuary is no longer a haven but a hunting ground, and the truth is darker than anyone imagined.
What really happened that night, and who in this town will survive knowing it?
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Samanta Schweblin’s Little Eyes—a New York Times Notable Book and Guardian Best Fiction pick—unveils the sinister allure of kentukis, cute devices that connect strangers worldwide.
Little Eyes
Literary Fiction · Horror · Speculative Fiction · Techno-Thriller
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Samanta Schweblin’s Little Eyes—a New York Times Notable Book and Guardian Best Fiction pick—unveils the sinister allure of kentukis, cute devices that connect strangers worldwide. With 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this Man Booker–shortlisted author delivers a chilling, imaginative tale that blends intimacy and horror in our hyperconnected age. Dark, unsettling, and unforgettable.
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They’re not pets. Not robots. Not ghosts. They’re kentukis—small, furry devices that watch, listen, and connect strangers across the globe. Cute enough to cuddle, unsettling enough to haunt, they slip into homes and lives from Hong Kong to Indiana, linking people who will never meet, but who can see everything about one another.
At first, the kentukis bring connection and wonder. Children laugh, couples bond, strangers share secrets. But the novelty curdles. With anonymity comes voyeurism, manipulation, obsession. What was sold as companionship becomes a lens into humanity’s darkest corners.
From Man Booker–shortlisted author Samanta Schweblin, Little Eyes is a visionary novel of intimacy and horror in our hyperconnected world—a story that feels not like the future, but like the uncanny now.
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After a mysterious earthquake hits Denver, a scientist descends into a buried military site to prevent disaster.
Spores
Horror · Sci-Fi
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After a mysterious earthquake hits Denver, a scientist descends into a buried military site to prevent disaster. What she uncovers is a lethal biological secret never meant to surface. As time runs out, survival becomes uncertain. This sci-fi horror thriller holds 4.4 stars on Amazon and is praised for its intensity and realism.
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Secrets aren’t the only things that won’t stay buried.
When an earthquake strikes downtown Denver, far from the nearest active fault system, the USGS dispatches Dr. Dayna Raines and an emergency response team to investigate. They discover that the epicenter corresponds to a decommissioned deep injection well once used by the U.S. Army to dispose of chemical weapons, which have eroded the earth and created the unstable cavern system responsible for the seismic activity.
Their mission is to descend into the unknown depths, evaluate the fault zone, and initiate a controlled demolition of the subterranean cavity before another earthquake strikes, causing a mass casualty event. And they’re running out of time.
But military scientists had been experimenting with even deadlier armaments, including a biological organism so lethal that they were forced to bury it two miles down, where no one would ever find it.
Until now.
“McBride’s style brings to mind both James Rollins and Michael Crichton.” — Sci-Fi & Scary
“Thrilling entertainment.” — Publishers Weekly on Mutation
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Michael Koryta’s So Cold the River, a supernatural thriller with 4.2 stars and over 8,000 Goodreads ratings, has been adapted into a major motion picture.
So Cold the River
Horror
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Michael Koryta’s So Cold the River, a supernatural thriller with 4.2 stars and over 8,000 Goodreads ratings, has been adapted into a major motion picture. When a filmmaker takes on a mysterious documentary, he uncovers visions, dark history, and a chilling evil long buried. Atmospheric and haunting, this Editors’ Pick delivers shivers and suspense that linger.
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Now a major motion picture: So Cold the River is a chilling, supernatural tale "guaranteed to put the cold finger down your spine" (Michael Connelly).
It started with a beautiful woman and a challenge. As a gift for her husband, Alyssa Bradford approaches Eric Shaw to make a documentary about her father-in-law, Campbell Bradford, a 95-year-old billionaire whose past is wrapped in mystery. Eric grabs the job even though there are few clues to the man's past -- just the name of his hometown and an antique water bottle he's kept his entire life.
In Bradford's hometown, Eric discovers an extraordinary history -- a glorious domed hotel where movie stars, presidents, athletes, and mobsters once mingled, and hot springs whose miraculous mineral water cured everything from insomnia to malaria. Neglected for years, the resort has been restored to its former grandeur just in time for Eric's stay.
Just hours after his arrival, Eric experiences a frighteningly vivid vision. As the days pass, the frequency and intensity of his hallucinations increase and draw Eric deeper into the town's dark history. He discovers that something besides the hotel has been restored -- a long-forgotten evil that will stop at nothing to regain its lost glory. Brilliantly imagined and terrifyingly real, So Cold the River is a tale of irresistible suspense with a racing, unstoppable current.
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