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Ghost Story Peter Straub & Stephen King #1 New York Times bestselling author Peter Straub’s classic tale of horror, secrets, and the dangerous ghosts of the past...   What was the worst thing you’ve ever done?   In the sleepy town of Milburn, New York, four old men gather to tell each other stories—some true, some made-up, all of them frightening. A simple pastime to divert themselves from their quiet lives.   But one… Shares Horror

She Haunts Me Still

She Haunts Me Still De Elizabeth Shares Horror with this book.

Play Nice Rachel Harrison AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A woman must confront the demons of her past when she attempts to fix up her childhood home in this devilishly clever take on the haunted house novel from the author of Black Sheep and So Thirsty.Clio Louise Barnes leads a picture-perfect life as a stylist and influencer, but beneath the glossy veneer she harbors a not-so glamorous secret: she grew up in a… Shares Horror

The Devil Knows Her Name

The Devil Knows Her Name C.N. Vair Shares Horror with this book.

How to Sell a Haunted House

How to Sell a Haunted House Grady Hendrix AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Wildly entertaining."-The New York Times"Ingenious."-The Washington PostNew York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else.   When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her… Shares Horror

The Haunting of Hill House

The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson & Laura Miller The greatest haunted house story ever written—the inspiration for the hit Netflix horror series!One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an… Shares Horror

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

Dirty Job, A Christopher Moore · 2006 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay—until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. Charlie Asher, it seems, has been recruited for a new position: as… Shares Horror

Cell Stephen King The next call you take could be your last in this terrifying #1 New York Times bestseller by master storyteller Stephen King—now featuring a stunning vintage cover!On October 1, God is in His heaven, the stock market stands at 10,140, most of the planes are on time, and graphic artist Clayton Riddell is visiting Boston, having just landed a deal that might finally enable him to make art instead… Shares Horror

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

Our Share of Night

Our Share of Night Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell & Pablo Gerardo Camacho “A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post“An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)The Quietus’s #1 Work of Horror Fiction of the 21st Century So Far One of Reactor Magazine’s Most Iconic Speculative Fiction Books of the 21st CenturyOne of Collider’s Ten Best Horror Books of All TimeONE OF TIME AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN… Shares Horror

If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe

If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe Jason Pargin · 2022 · ★ 4.4 New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin’s hilarious and horrifying John Dies at the End series continues with If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe."Pargin once again delights with scathing social commentary thinly disguised as an outrageous action novel...This is a feast."—Publishers Weekly "Within the snarky humor is an incisive commentary on social media and the state of our… Shares Horror

The Boatman Alex Grecian HE WILL FOLLOW YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. Shortly after cruise ship the Maria Calypso embarks on its latest voyage, the passengers and crew notice someone in pursuit: An elegant figure wearing a white suit who somehow keeps pace in his rowboat. No matter how hard the crew pushes the engines, they can't escape The Boatman ... and it isn't long before sinister and mysterious events begin to… Shares Horror

Passing Through Veils

Passing Through Veils John Harrison Shares Horror with this book.

The Hour Before Dark

The Hour Before Dark Douglas Clegg · 2002 · 370p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "When Nemo Raglan's father is murdered in one of the most vicious killings of recent years, Nemo must return to the New England island he thought he had escaped for good, Burnley Island and the shadowy farmhouse called Hawthorn. But this murder was no crime of human ferocity."--Jacket. Shares Horror

Children of the Corn

Children of the Corn Stephen King From the unrivaled master of horror and the supernatural, Stephen King •  “Children of the Corn,” first collected in the extraordinary collection Night Shift in 1973 and then adapted into a horror film franchise of the same name, is a terrifying and unforgettable classic of the genre. Driving through the cornfields in rural Nebraska, Burt and Vicky run over a young boy—only to discover… Shares Horror

The Dorians Nick Cutter The USA TODAY bestselling novel of terror from “one of the hottest horror authors on the planet” (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop!On a remote island in the Canadian wilderness, five elderly volunteers from different walks of life are given a tantalizing offer: to stall their biological clocks or even reverse them, restoring their lost youth. The chance to put death on… Shares Horror

Voices in the Snow

Voices in the Snow Darcy Coates Clare remembers the cold. She remembers abandoned cars and children's toys littered across the road. She remembers dark shapes in the snow and a terror she can't explain. And then... nothing. When she wakes, aching and afraid in a stranger's gothic home, he tells her she was in an accident, a crash in the snow. He claims he saved her. Clare wants to leave, but a vicious snowstorm has blanketed… Shares Horror

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