18 books like In the Night Room

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A Fine and Private Place Peter S. Beagle · 1960 · ★ 3.9 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Ghost Stories, Horror with this book.

Paul the Peddler Horatio Alger, Jr. · 1871 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Young Paul is determined to win a better life for his mother, and he sets out on a whirlwind of entrepreneurial jobs to try to make a good living. From selling candy packages outside the post office to neckties from a cart, he will try his hand at anything to turn a profit. A rousing tale of moral triumph and free trade, "Paul the Peddler" is Horatio Alger at his best. Shares Children, Young Adult

Slasher Summer

Slasher Summer E. L. Chen In this campy love letter to the slasher films of the 1980s, seven friends reunite for a weekend of fun—only to be hunted down by a cold-blooded killer. But the real horror is not being able to escape who you were in high school. . . .The sleepy town of Cedar Lake is best known as the shooting location of the campy ’80s horror flick Slasher. In high school, preppy Patrick, jock Jason, cheerleader… Shares Horror

The Dead Take the A Train

The Dead Take the A Train Richard Kadrey & Cassandra Khaw · 2022 · ★ 3.8 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Bestselling authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey have teamed up to deliver a dark new story with magic, monsters, and mayhem, perfect for fans of unhinged eldritch horror.Julie is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-year-old whose only retirement plan is dying early. She’s been trying to establish herself in the NYC magic scene, and she’ll work the most gruesome gigs, exorcize the nastiest demons,… Shares Horror

Skins

Skins Audrey Rush Welcome to The Pure Companion Company! We hope you find the perfect doll to suit your needs. Whether you fantasize about using her while she sleeps or dies, we have a doll custom-made and ready to serve you. Our company consists of several renowned individuals: Gene, our somnophiliac chemist; Teddy, our snuff-loving taxidermist; Chase, our possessive material harvester; Miggs, our human meat… Shares Horror

The Devouring Deep

The Devouring Deep Phil Morrison Shares Horror with this book.

The Caretaker

The Caretaker Marcus Kliewer · 2026 Instant New York Times Bestseller Follow the Rites... Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake. From Marcus Kliewer, a new “titan of the macabre and unsettling” (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes an eerie supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences far greater—and more… Shares Horror

Veil

Veil Jonathan Janz · 2025 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate “The voice in Veil is as present, strong, charming, singular, and desperate as any I’ve read. The story of a family man who will stop at nothing to protect those he loves. Even if those threats are beyond sanity, reason, and a once agreed upon reality. Janz has written another absolute gem of the genre.” —Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird BoxFrom beloved horror author… Shares Horror

The Hour Before Dark

The Hour Before Dark Douglas Clegg Home is where the haunt is. "Fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz will appreciate this atmospheric gem." ★★★★★ "Kept me on the edge of my seat!"★★★★★  A children's game played in the dark brings on a terrifying rampage in this gothic horror page-turner by the NY Times bestselling author of Neverland and The Children's Hour. After the brutal murder of a loved one, Nemo Raglan must return to… Shares Horror

The Night House

The Night House Jo Nesbø & Neil Smith From the internationally best-selling author, a chilling fresh spin on the classic horror novel • When the voices call, don't answer.“In The Night House, the horror begins immediately. And it only keeps calling from there.”—Josh Malerman, New York Times best-selling author of Bird Box and Spin a Black YarnIn the wake of his parents’ tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard… Shares Horror

Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary Stephen King Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestseller is a “wild, powerful, disturbing” (The Washington Post Book World) classic about evil that exists far beyond the grave—among his most iconic and frightening novels.When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Despite Ludlow’s tranquility, an… Shares Horror

The Last Witch

The Last Witch C J Cooke A deeply compelling historical horror novel following a woman accused of being a witch who must use her voice to fight for her life—and the truth—from the acclaimed author of The Book of WitchingInnsbruck, 1485. Helena Scheuberin should be doing what every other young wife is doing: keeping house, supporting her husband, and bearing his children, but as an outspoken, strong woman, she sometimes… Shares Horror

Shadows Over Innsmouth

Shadows Over Innsmouth Stephen Jones, H. P. Lovecraft, Basil Copper, Jack Yeovil, Guy N. Smith, Adrian Cole, D F Lewis, Ramsay Campbell, David Sutton, Peter Tremayne, Kim Newman, Brian Mooney, Brian Stableford, Nicholas Royle & David Lanford Shares Horror with this book.

The Greatest Gothic Classics of All Time

The Greatest Gothic Classics of All Time H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Wilkie Collins, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Arthur Machen, William Hope Hodgson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Grant Allen, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Theophile Gautier, Richard Marsh, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Charles Dickens, Fitz-James O'Brien, Horace Walpole, William Thomas Beckford, Eliza Parsons, William Godwin, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Charles Brockden Brown, Jane Austen, Thomas Love Peacock, John William Polidori, Washington Irving, Charles Robert Maturin, James Hogg, Victor Hugo, Frederick Marryat, Nikolai Gogol, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Bronte, James Malcolm Rymer, Thomas Peckett Prest, George Eliot, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, Anna Katharine Green, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, George MacDonald, John Meade Falkner, H.G. Wells, W. W. Jacobs, Robert Hugh Benson & Gaston Leroux Shares Horror with this book.

Penpal

Penpal Dathan Auerbach In an attempt to make sense of his own mysterious and unsettling childhood memories, a man begins to reconstruct his past. As the games and adventures of his youth become engulfed by a larger story, he finds that it forms a tapestry of unbelievable horror that he never could have expected.  Each chapter completes a different piece of the puzzle for both you and the narrator, and by the end… Shares Horror

Into the Drowning Deep

Into the Drowning Deep Mira Grant New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant takes us on a terrifying journey into the unknown where human frailty meets the awesome power of nature and myths come to life."A claustrophobic, deep-sea terror tale that will leave readers glad to be safely on dry land." -Kirkus Reviews"Absolutely delivers on beastly terror." -Vulture The ocean is home to many myths ... some are deadly ... … Shares Horror

No One Gets Out Alive

No One Gets Out Alive Adam Nevill Adam Nevill's No One Gets Out Alive will chill you straight through to the core — a cold, merciless, fear-inducing nightmare to the last page. A word of caution, don't read this one in the dark. Now a major motion picture on Netflix! When Stephanie moves to the notoriously cheap Perry Bar neighborhood of Birmingham, she's just happy to find an affordable room for rent that's large enough not to… Shares Horror

The Exorcist

The Exorcist William Peter Blatty "A horror story for all midnights." —The Boston Globe"Read the book. It’s an experience you will never forget."—St. Louis Post-DispatchThe phenomenal #1 bestseller that inspired the classic motion picture, a landmark of supernatural horror that remains the most terrifying and unforgettable novel ever written.Originally published in 1971, The Exorcist is a bestselling literary phenomenon and… Shares Horror

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