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Best Horror Books

If best horror books is on your reading list, you're in the right place. We've pulled together a focused selection of fiction books — from enduring classics to the titles everyone is talking about right now.

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Last Days

by Adam Nevill

2024

A brutal, infamous cult – and a filmmaker on its tail . . . Last Days is a deeply unnerving found-footage horror from the award-winning author of The Ritual, Adam Nevill. ‘Fast becoming Britain’s answer to Stephen King’ – The Guardian The T…

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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 24

by Stephen Jones

2013

For nearly twenty-five years The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror has been the world's leading annual anthology dedicated solely to showcasing the best in contemporary horror fiction. Comprising the most outstanding new short fiction by …

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The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time

by Leslie Pockell

2002

The stories that comprise this collection will surprise the reader even after numerous readings. They reflect innermost fears and head for spaces where reality is blurred by imagination, where insanity and madness are shrouded in mystery an…

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Under a Watchful Eye

by Adam Nevill

2017

Under a Watchful Eye by Adam Nevill is a supernatural thriller from the award-winning writer of The Ritual and Last Days.Seb Logan is being watched. He just doesn't know by whom. When the sudden appearance of a dark figure shatters his …

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The House of Souls

by Arthur Machen

2022

The House of Souls is a collection of supernatural, horror stories that will capture the reader's attention from the first paragraph. Machen, a major influence on later weird fiction writers such as Lovecraft and Ashton-Smith, creates e…

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7 best short stories - Horror

by H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Wharton, Amelia B. Edwards, Charles Dickens, Washington Irving, W. W. Jacobs, August Nemo

2021

Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Hor…

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The Guide to United States Popular Culture

by Ray Broadus Browne, Pat Browne

2001

"To understand the history and spirit of America, one must know its wars, its laws, and its presidents. To really understand it, however, one must also know its cheeseburgers, its love songs, and its lawn ornaments. The long-awaited Gu…

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Danse Macabre

by Stephen King

2010

Before he gave us the “one of a kind classic” (The Wall Street Journal) memoir On Writing, Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, “one of the best books on American popular culture” (Philadelphia Inquirer). From the a…

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The Black Castle

by Les Daniels

2018

The Black Castle is a fast-moving tale of battle between brothers. One is seen as evil because he is a vampire, while the other is perceived as good because he is a man of God. But the vampire only does what he has to do to survive while th…

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The Ghost of Fear and Others

by S. T. Joshi

2016

H. P. Lovecraft was a voracious reader of supernatural and fantastic fiction, continually on the hunt for powerful and stimulating works in these genres. Many of the stories he read directly influenced his own writings. This first volume of…

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Caretaker of Lorne Field

by Dave Zeltserman

2011

Jack Durkin is the ninth generation of Durkins who have for nearly 300 years weeded Lorne Field. It's an important job, though no one else seems to realize it. For, if the field is left untended, a horrific monster called an Aukowie wil…

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