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Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as light-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 808,104 ratings — published 2002
The September House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as light-horror)
avg rating 3.85 — 115,559 ratings — published 2023
Frankenstein (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as light-horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,016,412 ratings — published 1818
Small Favors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as light-horror)
avg rating 4.00 — 24,955 ratings — published 2021
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as light-horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 214,876 ratings — published 2000
The Hollow Places (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as light-horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 62,085 ratings — published 2020
A House with Good Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as light-horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 77,265 ratings — published 2023
The Drowning Kind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as light-horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 32,409 ratings — published 2021
The Stepford Wives (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as light-horror)
avg rating 3.89 — 62,224 ratings — published 1972
My Best Friend's Exorcism (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as light-horror)
avg rating 3.92 — 164,477 ratings — published 2016
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as light-horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 336,357 ratings — published 2014
Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.16 — 59,825 ratings — published 2018
Carrion Comfort (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 26,808 ratings — published 1989
Ravaged Devotion (Vicious Vices #2)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.04 — 337 ratings — published 2026
The Fourth Wife (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.56 — 2,618 ratings — published 2026
A Lonely Broadcast: Book One (A Lonely Broadcast, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.89 — 4,497 ratings — published
Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One (Tales from the Gas Station #1)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 11,817 ratings — published 2018
The City & the City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.89 — 83,164 ratings — published 2009
The Hellbound Heart (Hellraiser #1)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.08 — 73,645 ratings — published 1986
Factory Town (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.69 — 97 ratings — published 2014
The Drive-Thru Crematorium (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.73 — 71 ratings — published
Captain Clive's Dreamworld (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 71 ratings — published
Weave World (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.13 — 34,936 ratings — published 1987
The Hunger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.59 — 37,571 ratings — published 2018
The Silent Companions (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 50,263 ratings — published 2017
The Child Thief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.07 — 23,520 ratings — published 2009
The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 20,905 ratings — published 2009
Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.01 — 50,926 ratings — published 2016
Pines (Wayward Pines, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 206,381 ratings — published 2012
The Memory Ward (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.57 — 1,621 ratings — published 2025
Corrosion (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 451 ratings — published 2017
The Arachnid (The Poisoner #2)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.90 — 6,143 ratings — published 2026
Gallant (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.70 — 156,047 ratings — published 2022
The Other Side of Never (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.18 — 181 ratings — published 2023
The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.10 — 149,369 ratings — published 1984
The Possession of Alba Díaz (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 20,683 ratings — published 2025
Home Before Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.03 — 349,891 ratings — published 2020
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 126,523 ratings — published 2016
The Bewitching (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 51,171 ratings — published 2025
The Willows (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.03 — 20,016 ratings — published 1907
The Butcher of the Forest (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 13,513 ratings — published 2024
White Cat, Black Dog: Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,095 ratings — published 2023
The Whispering Dead (Gravekeeper, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.94 — 12,392 ratings — published 2021
The Thirteenth Child (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.02 — 26,537 ratings — published 2024
Locke & Key (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,571 ratings — published 2015
House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.11 — 22,038 ratings — published 2023
A Sorceress Comes to Call (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.03 — 67,416 ratings — published 2024
Hemlock & Silver (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 4.00 — 45,036 ratings — published 2025
Blood in the Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as light-horror)
avg rating 3.93 — 12,126 ratings — published 2025
“Nothing is certain but saints and sorrow, and tomorrow may never come.”
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