18 books like Nightmare Carnival

Cover of The great and secret show
The great and secret show Clive Barker · 1989 · ★ 4.1 · 693p · ≈ 23h · Challenging To possess the greatest power of all, the Art, two man-spirits are preparing to fight using their mortal offspring. But an innocent passion between two of the children escalates the war to a new ferocity. Book One in a new three-volume series from master horror author Clive Barker. Shares Comics & graphic novels, 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
We Live Here Now
We Live Here Now Sarah Pinborough · 2025 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Award-winning author of New York Times bestselling breakout novel (and hit Netflix show) Behind Her Eyes returns with a haunting Gothic novel about a house—and a marriage—gone terribly wrong.After an accident that nearly kills her, Emily and her husband, Freddie, move from London to a beautiful Dartmoor country house called Larkin Lodge. The house is gorgeous, striking—and to Emily, something… Shares Horror
The Ritual
The Ritual Adam Nevill Now a Netflix Original Movie! The Ritual is Adam Nevill's horror novel depicting a group of friends lost in a remote wilderness in Sweden where something supernatural lurks. When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their lives and reconnect with one another. But when Luke, the only man still… Shares Horror
The Sunken, the Adored
The Sunken, the Adored Donyae Coles Shares Horror with this book.
Revival
Revival Stephen King Stephen King presents “a fresh adrenaline rush of terror” (People) in this electrifying #1 New York Times bestseller!The new minister came to Harlow, Maine, when Jamie Morton was a boy doing battle with his toy army men on the front lawn. The young Reverend Charles Jacobs and his beautiful wife brought new life to the local church and captivated their congregation. But with Jamie, he shares a… Shares Horror
The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Stephen Graham Jones, the master of modern horror and New York Times bestselling author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, a novel of revenge and identity hailed by Stephen King as “thrilling, literate, scary, immersive” that is equal parts psychological horror and cutting sociopolitical commentary about the American Indian experience. From New York Times bestselling… Shares Horror
The Boatman
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
Crimson Peak: The Official Movie Novelization
Crimson Peak: The Official Movie Novelization Nancy Holder When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red clay: a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth behind Crimson Peak. From acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro. Shares Horror
Dirty Job, A
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
Day by Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass
Day by Day Armageddon: Shattered Hourglass J. L. Bourne This acclaimed military thriller of the zombie apocalypse from the author of Day by Day Armageddon and Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile blends postapocalyptic survivalism with military science fiction. In a desperate bid to take back the continental United States—where hordes of undead now dominate the ravaged human population—a Navy commander leads a global mission to the heart of the… Shares Horror
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption Stephen King #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King's beloved novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, originally published in his 1982 collection Different Seasons and adapted into the 1994 film classic The Shawshank Redemption, now available as a stand-alone edition.In the most satisfying tale of unjust imprisonment and offbeat escape since The Count of Monte Cristo, new and established… Shares Horror
Victorian Psycho
Victorian Psycho Virginia Feito SOON TO BE A FEATURE FILM STARRING MAIKA MONROE, THOMASIN MCKENZIE AND JASON ISSACS A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker, TIME, Bookpage, and the Chicago Public Library • The American Booksellers Association's #1 Indie Next Great Read for February 2025 "[A] savage thriller... Victorian Psycho offers a wickedly… Shares Horror
Into Me, You See
Into Me, You See Jason O. Barnes Shares Horror with this book.
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
Night Shift
Night Shift Stephen King #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR • A treasure trove of bone-chilling tales from the “undisputed master of suspense and terror” (The Washington Post) who shaped American horrorFeatures the stories that inspired The Stand and over a dozen acclaimed horror movies and television series, including Children of the Corn, Lawnmower Man, Chapelwaite, and The BoogeymanStephen King’s first collection of… Shares Horror
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe remains the unsurpassed master of works of mystery and madness in this outstanding collection of Poe's prose and poetry are sixteen of his finest tales, including "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "William Wilson," "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "Eleonora". Here too is a major… Shares Horror
The House on Bleakmoor Hill
The House on Bleakmoor Hill Cheryl Bradshaw For decades, reporters have chased James Holloway for answers about his best friend, convicted serial killer Calvin Rook.Rook died on death row, taking his secrets with him. The most haunting question remains: where are the bodies of the women who were never found?Now, at ninety-two, James is ready to talk. For the first time, he's prepared to reveal the truth about Calvin's life and what really… Shares Horror

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