3 Free Ebooks to Read in April 2025 for Horror, True Crime, and Paranormal Fans

Put a chill down your spine with these creepy ebooks—free, this month only.

Covers of the three books on this list, against a black and gray gradient.

Each year, our social media feeds are filled with news of the latest books in horror, true crime, and paranormal.

So many chilling new books come out each year—and our TBRs are often stacked with delectable spooky books by the latest emerging authors. We truly are in a golden age of horror fiction.

But sometimes we're in the mood for something older—books that have stood the test of time.

These are the classics that are the most disturbing. They’re strange and unnerving in uncanny ways—often calling us back to something old and ancient and unsettling.

Every month, we’re bringing you a selection of free ebooks to read that are perfect for lovers of all things spooky, mysterious, gruesome, strange, and macabre.

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

By Mary Shelley

First published over two hundred years ago, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has become a classic English text and a foundational supernatural story.

The story of Victor Frankenstein creating a monster and their pursuit of each other across Europe is a nightmare as easily enjoyed now as in 1818. 

Vital Message

Vital Message

By Arthur Conan Doyle

In this book, the renowned author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries pleads his case for the importance of spiritualism in healing the world after the destruction of World War I and argues for an upcoming transformation by Modern Spiritualism. 

The White Witch of Rosehall

The White Witch of Rosehall

By H. G. de Lisser

This story of colonial Jamaica recounts the legend of Annie Palmer, a plantation owner who practiced voodoo, killed multiple men, and is still believed, in Jamaican folklore, to haunt the plantation of Rose Hall near Montego Bay.