Discounted for December 2025: Chilling Horror, True Crime, and Paranormal Books You Don't Want to Miss!

But don't wait—these deals won't last long.

Covers of 'Close My Eyes', 'Wicked Conduct', 'The Vampire Tarot', and 'Inconvenience Gone'.
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Every month, we present a curated list of discount ebooks for fans of all things eerie and unsettling. 

From timeless horror classics to true crime tales that haunt to paranormal stories that defy explanation, these chilling reads have stood the test of time—and will leave you questioning what lurks in the shadows.

Here are eight horror, true crime, and paranormal books on sale for the entire month of December—but don’t wait if something catches your eye!

These deals expire at the end of the month.

The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: Volume Three, M–S

The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: Volume Three, M–S

By Susan Hall

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On Sale $

2.99

$17.99

This portion of the four-volume set is made up of more than 475 accounts of serial killers, male and female, from across the globe.

Featuring entries about the Machete Murderer Juan Vallejo Corona, Maranhao Boy Mutilator Francisco das Chagas, Night Stalker Richard Ramire, and many more, you’ll learn everything there is to know about these killers from this in-depth compilation. 

Inconvenience Gone

Inconvenience Gone

By Diane Marger Moore

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On Sale $

2.99

$14.99

Brandon Sims was a four-year-old from Indiana who went missing in July of 1992, and whose body has yet to be found. His mother, Michelle Jones, attempted to hide her son’s death by lying to loved ones and refusing to tell investigators where Brandon’s body was located. 

This gripping book from the prosecutor on the case reads like a mystery novel, one where truth proves to be stranger than fiction. 

The Best American Crime Writing 2006

The Best American Crime Writing 2006

By Mark Bowden

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On Sale $

2.99

$11.99

This fascinating collection of the year's most shocking and gripping true crime writing offers vicarious voyages into the worlds of felons and their felonious acts. 

Missouri's Haunted Route 66

Missouri's Haunted Route 66

By Janice Tremeear

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On Sale $

2.99

$17.99

In this detour down Zombie Road, Janice Tremeear brings readers along as she peers into all of the most haunted locations in the Show Me State. 

Wicked Conduct

Wicked Conduct

By Rory Raven

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On Sale $

2.99

$17.99

Sarah M. Cornell, an unmarried, pregnant young woman, was found hanging in a rural pasture in Tiverton, Rhode Island in 1832. Local authorities became increasingly suspicious that this was not a suicide, but rather an act of murder committed by the father of her unborn child, a married Methodist minister. 

This horrific crime left the country demanding justice, and still stands as one of early America’s most sensational murder trials. 

Close My Eyes

Close My Eyes

By Sophie McKenzie

On Sale $

2.99

$19.99

When Geniver Loxley lost her daughter at birth eight years ago, her world stopped. She and her husband, Art, have slipped into a seemingly inescapable rut, void of fulfillment.

But when a stranger shows up on their doorstep telling Gen that her daughter was not stillborn, but is actually alive somewhere out there, Gen becomes compulsively obsessed with finding answers to the flood of sinister questions she’s faced with. 

The Vampire Tarot

The Vampire Tarot

By Robert M. Place

On Sale $

2.99

$19.99

This fascinating book dives into the history of the vampire, starting with Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel, Dracula, and further into the work that inspired Stoker and the lore that derived from it.

Tied together with the iconographic figures and forms of the tarot, Robert M. Place provides a guide for getting the most out of reading. 

The 1926 Orland Park Murder Mystery

The 1926 Orland Park Murder Mystery

By Matthew T Galik

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On Sale $

2.99

$17.99

This book offers a fascinating look at one of the most shocking series of murders in Prohibition-era Chicago. A violent chain of events, beginning with a car hijacking and ending with two dead bodies, led police down a daunting path of mistaken identities and high-speed pursuit. 

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