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    Explore the latest and scariest in horror and true crime books. From fresh releases to historical horrors, we've got the latest and greatest in terrifying books.

    11 Disturbing Horror Books About Cults

    11 Disturbing Horror Books About Cults

    Join if you dare.

    Cults

    By MacKenzie Stuart & Lisa Quigley

    Horror Books

    The Most-Anticipated Horror Books Coming in 2025

    The Most-Anticipated Horror Books Coming in 2025

    By Courtney Hunter-Stangler

    Horror Books

    Think You Know Stephen King? These 7 Books for King Superfans Might Prove You Wrong

    Think You Know Stephen King? These 7 Books for King Superfans Might Prove You Wrong

    By Orrin Grey

    True Crime Books

    12 True Crime Books that Changed the Genre Forever

    12 True Crime Books that Changed the Genre Forever

    By Jena Brown

    Gothic Horror

    16 Creepy Robert McCammon Books That Will Keep You Awake At Night

    16 Creepy Robert McCammon Books That Will Keep You Awake At Night

    By Orrin Grey & Kelsey Christine McConnell

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    Horror Books

    13 Essential Books by Black Women in Horror

    13 Essential Books by Black Women in Horror

    A showcase of chillingly resonant voices that are often overlooked.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Horror Books

    T. Kingfisher’s 5 Most Terrifying Books to Ensnare You

    T. Kingfisher’s 5 Most Terrifying Books to Ensnare You

    Enter if you dare…

    By Marisa Fertitta

    Horror Books

    The Depravity of Haunting Adeline Will Make Even the Most Experienced Horror Romance Veterans Blush

    The Depravity of Haunting Adeline Will Make Even the Most Experienced Horror Romance Veterans Blush

    Love doesn't get any darker than this.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Paranormal Books

    The 9 Best Darcy Coates Books to Read After You Devour The Hollow Dead

    The 9 Best Darcy Coates Books to Read After You Devour The Hollow Dead

    A female horror author who slays–both her writing, and her protagonists. 

    By Marisa Fertitta

    Short Stories

    7 Dark Fantasy Short Story Collections Straight From Your Wildest Nightmares

    7 Dark Fantasy Short Story Collections Straight From Your Wildest Nightmares

    Fantasy is not always rainbows and unicorns.  

    By Orrin Grey

    Extreme Horror

    Must-Read Extreme Horror Books to Push Even Hardcore Horror Fans Over the Edge

    Must-Read Extreme Horror Books to Push Even Hardcore Horror Fans Over the Edge

    Do you dare to make it all the way through?

    By Michael J. Seidlinger

    Horror Books

    Remembering Brian Lumley, the Creator of Necroscope 

    Remembering Brian Lumley, the Creator of Necroscope 

    If only we could talk to Brian now…

    By Orrin Grey

    Horror Books

    Face the Merciless Horrors of this Early 20th Century Homestead

    Face the Merciless Horrors of this Early 20th Century Homestead

    A young woman drags a deadly secret along behind her in Victor LaValle's Lone Women.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Horror Books

    These Metafiction Horror Books Will Shatter Your Perception of Reality

    These Metafiction Horror Books Will Shatter Your Perception of Reality

    How do you know what's true—and what isn't?

    By Jena Brown

    Indie Horror Books

    4 Terrifying New Releases from Indie and Small Presses in February 2024

    4 Terrifying New Releases from Indie and Small Presses in February 2024

    These horror reads will make your heart flutter.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Horror Books

    This Josh Malerman Novel is Completely Unpredictable and Utterly Bizarre

    This Josh Malerman Novel is Completely Unpredictable and Utterly Bizarre

    Dare to give it a spin?

    By Marisa Fertitta

    Horror Books

    The Best Horror Fantasy Books Bring Your Dreams—And Nightmares—To Life

    The Best Horror Fantasy Books Bring Your Dreams—And Nightmares—To Life

    Escaping to fantastical worlds is much easier than escaping from them. 

    By Jena Brown

    Horror Books

    9 Horror Romance Books to Make Your Pulse Race

    9 Horror Romance Books to Make Your Pulse Race

    Let a little bit of horromance into your heart.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Horror Books

    Aron Beauregard's Playground: The Book TikTok is Calling Too Gross to Finish

    Aron Beauregard's Playground: The Book TikTok is Calling Too Gross to Finish

    This extreme horror book has found the limits of body horror—and exceeded them.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Book Excerpt

    Charles Stuart Murdered His Pregnant Wife—and Blamed it on a Black Man

    Charles Stuart Murdered His Pregnant Wife—and Blamed it on a Black Man

    Read an excerpt of Deadly Greed, the despicable full story behind HBO's Murder in Boston.

    By Marisa Fertitta

    Horror Books

    It's Like This Place is Alive: A Look at Some of the Most Memorable Settings in Horror Fiction

    It's Like This Place is Alive: A Look at Some of the Most Memorable Settings in Horror Fiction

    If these walls could talk…

    By Michael J. Seidlinger

    Short Stories

    Ray Bradbury's Spookiest Short Stories and Novels—With Creepy Quotes

    Ray Bradbury's Spookiest Short Stories and Novels—With Creepy Quotes

    Experience the macabre magic of Ray Bradbury.

    By Jena Brown

    Horror Books

    What Makes a Book "Horror"?

    What Makes a Book "Horror"?

    Wading through discourse to define a genre.

    By Kelsey Christine McConnell

    Fairy Tales

    Beyond "Happily Ever After": 11 Dark Fairy Tale Books for Adults 

    Beyond "Happily Ever After": 11 Dark Fairy Tale Books for Adults 

    A poisoned apple is the least of these characters' worries. 

    By Isabel Montero

    Ghost Books

    These 11 Books Deliver Chillingly True Ghost Stories

    These 11 Books Deliver Chillingly True Ghost Stories

    Sometimes reality is the most haunting tale of all.

    By Jena Brown

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