15 books
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5 voters
Dark Horror Books
Showing 1-50 of 3,563
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 293,879 ratings — published 1962
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 390,851 ratings — published 2017
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 199,462 ratings — published 2000
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 440,259 ratings — published 2020
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 780,369 ratings — published 2002
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.51 — 200,866 ratings — published 2016
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.00 — 399,141 ratings — published 2019
The Troop (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 125,051 ratings — published 2014
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 648,551 ratings — published 1976
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.46 — 323,941 ratings — published 2019
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 194,874 ratings — published 1872
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,263,968 ratings — published 1986
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 392,454 ratings — published 1959
’Salem’s Lot (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.10 — 657,899 ratings — published 1975
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,700,637 ratings — published 1977
House of Hollow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.01 — 100,471 ratings — published 2021
Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.03 — 148,800 ratings — published 2021
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.15 — 565,738 ratings — published 2008
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,470,573 ratings — published 1897
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.94 — 872,839 ratings — published 2021
Intercepts (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.10 — 38,651 ratings — published 2019
Our Wives Under the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.70 — 128,123 ratings — published 2022
Gone to See the River Man (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.65 — 24,048 ratings — published 2020
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 137,353 ratings — published 2022
Hell House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.69 — 63,061 ratings — published 1971
Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 52,094 ratings — published 2015
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 550,687 ratings — published 1985
The Ruins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.69 — 66,528 ratings — published 2006
A Certain Hunger (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.71 — 66,628 ratings — published 2019
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.10 — 423,108 ratings — published 2020
Wilder Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.45 — 99,880 ratings — published 2019
Carrie (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.99 — 842,725 ratings — published 1974
Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.59 — 111,110 ratings — published 2005
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 663,292 ratings — published 1886
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 295,688 ratings — published 2013
The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.21 — 270,706 ratings — published 1971
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.07 — 372,329 ratings — published 1981
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.08 — 696,608 ratings — published 1983
The Passage (The Passage, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.05 — 222,803 ratings — published 2010
The Lamb (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 29,260 ratings — published 2025
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 360,836 ratings — published 1991
Starling House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 160,015 ratings — published 2023
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.60 — 99,161 ratings — published 2018
The Long Walk (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 272,008 ratings — published 1978
The Slob (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.34 — 12,088 ratings — published 2019
A Dowry of Blood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 102,435 ratings — published 2021
The Hacienda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 57,924 ratings — published 2022
The Hellbound Heart (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 4.08 — 68,314 ratings — published 1986
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as dark-horror)
avg rating 2.93 — 57,207 ratings — published 2021
“The truth had always been there, but he had been afraid to delve into his past. It only eventually caught up to him anyway, like a relentless monster, gobbling up his entire life, the bones having been spat out, leaving behind a pathetic existence.”
― Arising Son: Part One
― Arising Son: Part One
“Sand rose into the air, spinning a maelstrom of protection against bullets. She looked up at him: his face contorted with concentration while the wind played with his dark hair. His arms tightened around her until she felt every contour of his body against hers. Her heart raced faster than the churning sand, and her breath was lost as if the vortex siphoned it.”
― Arising Son: Part Two
― Arising Son: Part Two








