Big Books of 2026

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Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuHell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph WhiteThe Luminous Dead by Caitlin StarlingWilder Girls by Rory Power
Queer Horror
677 books — 396 voters
Night Shift by Stephen King20th Century Ghosts by Joe HillSkeleton Crew by Stephen KingBooks of Blood by Clive BarkerI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Best Dark Fiction Short Story Collections
141 books — 75 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerThe Shining by Stephen KingFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRosemary's Baby by Ira LevinThe Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Horror films based on books
210 books — 74 voters
The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. DunkleWintersong by S. Jae-JonesGoblin Market by Christina RossettiThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxStolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen
Books Like Labyrinth
60 books — 58 voters

Sorrow's Point by Danielle DeVorRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyPractical Magic by Alice HoffmanMy Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Demonic Possession
48 books — 51 voters
The Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan PoeThe Monkey's Paw by W.W. JacobsThe Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Dark Fiction Short Stories
67 books — 34 voters

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart TurtonEvery Day by David LevithanDark Matter by Blake CrouchThe Host by Stephenie MeyerSleep No More by Greg Iles
Body Jumping/Hopping/Hijacking - Fiction
39 books — 24 voters
Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia CassedyDoll Bones by Holly BlackThe Doll in the Garden by Mary Downing HahnThe Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren WrightLucie Babbidge's House by Sylvia Cassedy
Haunted Dolls in Children's Fiction
90 books — 23 voters

Starr Creek by Nathan CarsonThe Crimson Tome by K.A. OppermanThe White People & Other Tales by Arthur MachenThe Unspeakable and Others by Dan CloreChick Bassist by Ross E. Lockhart
Books that Kiss the Goat!
17 books — 16 voters
Dungeon Born by Dakota KroutLord of Goblins, Vol. 1 by Michiel WerbrouckThe Tentacle Awakens by J.J. PavlovSteel Beneath the Skin by Niall TeasdaleThe Station Core by Jonathan Brooks
Transmigration
28 books — 16 voters

The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Demon You Know by Christine WarrenEnemy Force by John-Antoine NauThe Price of Possession by Dakota BrownThe Cure by Carlo Gébler
Best Novels with Demonic Possession
18 books — 13 voters
The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Raven King by Maggie StiefvaterOtherbound by Corinne DuyvisMiael by Grea AlexanderThe Deep by Alma Katsu
Best Books With Possessed Characters
22 books — 9 voters

Sacrifice by Helyn DunnTaproot by Keezy YoungThe Death of the Necromancer by Martha WellsFelix Boni and the Reanimation of Craig Rotter by Caspian SirenoThe devil's piper by Susan Price
Back from the Dead
18 books — 7 voters
Emergency Landing by Seanan McGuireThe Changeling by Sarah LanganSome Breakable Things by Cassandra KhawThese Deathless Bones by Cassandra KhawMy Body, Herself by Carmen Maria Machado
Come Join Us by the Fire
35 books — 7 voters

Deadman by Sarah VaughnDeadman by Neal AdamsDeadman, Book Two by Neal AdamsDeadman, Book One by Neal AdamsDeadman, Vol. 1 by Bruce Jones
Deadman
36 books — 4 voters
An Essay Upon Wind; With Curious Anecdotes of Eminent Peteurs... by Charles FoxAlbum D'Un Pessimiste by Alphonse RabbeThe Case Of The. Fox by William StanleyThe Dream-god, or A Singular Evolvement of Thought in Sleep by John CunninghamMelancholike Humours, in Verses of Diverse Natures by Nicholas Breton
Fascinating/Zero Rating
100 books — 3 voters

Inside Versus Outside by Attilio StajanoOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Neighborhood Vigilante Redemption Committee by C.R. BakerSelf-Experiments with Consciousness and Hypnagogia by Sirley Marques BonhamThe Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia by Julia Simner
•Innie/Outie Delusion
101 books — 2 voters
Children of the Corn by Stephen KingLord of the Flies by William GoldingCrossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt WhitmanApt Pupil by Stephen KingDamien by Joseph Howard
Evil Children In Literature
8 books — 2 voters

Say Cheese and Die! by R.L. StineThe Mangler by Stephen KingSilver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-GarciaChristine by Stephen KingSay Cheese and Die-Again! by R.L. Stine
Ghosts in the Machine - Evil/Haunted/Cursed Tech
11 books — 1 voter

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