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Books about Terror
Skeleton Crew
by Stephen King
Collection of short stories that explore horror and the supernatural.
From the Flap: The Master at his scarifying best! From heart-pounding terror to the eeriest of whimsy–tales from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time! Evil that breathes ... (Goodreads)
The Mist
by Stephen King
A group of survivors confront terror and terrorizing creatures in a thick mist.
The morning after a severe thunderstorm , an unnaturally thick mist gradually envelopes the small town of Bridgton, Maine. Artist David Drayton, along with his son Billy and neighbor Brent Norton ... (Wikipedia)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A collection of dark and mysterious tales exploring duality and morality.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , by Robert Louis Stevenson , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
A dystopian future where women are oppressed and used as a commodity.
After a staged attack that killed the President of the United States and most of Congress , a radical political group called the "Sons of Jacob" uses quasi-Christian ideology to launch a revolution . ... (Wikipedia)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
A scientist's experiments gone wrong, unleashing a creature into a fearful society.
This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780143131847. Mary Shelley's seminal novel of the scientist whose creation becomes a monster This edition is the original 1818 text, which preserves ... (Goodreads)
It
by Stephen King
A group of misfit children fighting against a shape-shifting monster in a small Maine town.
During a heavy rainstorm in Derry, Maine , a six-year-old boy named Georgie Denbrough sails a paper boat his brother made for him along the rainy streets before it washes down into a storm drain. ... (Wikipedia)
The Pit and the Pendulum - an Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
by Edgar Allan Poe
A man is sentenced to death by a cruel Spanish Inquisition, and struggles against insurmountable odds to survive.
The unnamed narrator is brought to trial before sinister judges of the Spanish Inquisition . Poe provides no explanation of why he is there or of the charges on which he is being tried. Before him ... (Wikipedia)
The Seven Crystal Balls
by Hergé
An archaeological expedition, searching for a lost Inca city, encounters a mysterious curse.
Después de dos años de ausencia en los que ha viajado a Perú y Bolivia, la expedición etnográfica Sanders-Hardmuth regresa a Europa habiendo descubierto varias tumbas incas. Se han traído la momia ... (Goodreads)
The Naked and the Dead
by Norman Mailer
Based on WWII, a journey of a platoon of soldiers in the Pacific theater as they confront death and the harsh realities of war.
The novel is divided into four parts: Wave; Argil and Mold; Plant and Phantom; and Wake. Within these parts are chorus sections, consisting of play-like dialogue between characters, as well as Time ... (Wikipedia)
The Stand
by Stephen King
Survivors of a pandemic battle an ancient evil force in a post-apocalyptic world.
An extremely contagious and lethal strain of influenza is developed as a biological weapon in a secret U.S. Department of Defense laboratory in northern California. It is estimated to be 99.4% fatal. ... (Wikipedia)
Living Dead in Dallas
by Charlaine Harris
A vampire detective novel, exploring a mystery that has its roots in the supernatural.
This book opens with Sookie Stackhouse finding the dead body of Lafayette in the backseat of Andy Bellefleur 's car, which had been left at Merlotte's the night before. Sookie learns that her friend ... (Wikipedia)
The Winds of War
by Herman Wouk
The story of a family caught in the middle of World War II and their struggles to survive.
Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II is the great novel of America's Greatest Generation. , Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of ... (Barnes & Noble)
Hannibal Rising
by Thomas Harris
A young man's transformation from victim to revenge-seeking killer, seeking justice against his enemies.
Opening in Lithuania during 1941, Hannibal Lecter is eight years old and living in a castle with his parents and sister, Mischa. With the castle located near the eastern front of World War II , the ... (Wikipedia)
Cold Fire / Hideaway / The Key to Midnight
by Dean Koontz
A trilogy of suspense and horror stories, featuring supernatural forces, dark secrets, and a journey of self-discovery.
A collection of three previously published Koontz novels. This will be the first time The Key To Midnight will be available in hardcover. ... (Goodreads)
Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1
by Junji Ito
A small town is plagued by a supernatural force that causes events to take strange and terrifying turns.
Uzumaki follows a high-school teenager, Kirie Goshima (,五島桐絵,) ; her boyfriend, Shuichi Saito (,斎藤秀一,) ; and the citizens of the small, quiet Japanese town of Kurouzu-cho (,黒渦町,, Black Vortex Town,) ... (Wikipedia)
Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 2.
by Junji Ito
A small town is overcome by a supernatural force that takes the form of spirals.
Uzumaki follows a high-school teenager, Kirie Goshima (,五島桐絵,) ; her boyfriend, Shuichi Saito (,斎藤秀一,) ; and the citizens of the small, quiet Japanese town of Kurouzu-cho (,黒渦町,, Black Vortex Town,) ... (Wikipedia)
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
by H.P. Lovecraft
Collection of horror stories about the unknown and unknowable, exploring the deepest fears of mankind.
Few writers can evoke such nightmarish visions as H. P. Lovecraft—and few of his stories are as chilling as these canonical tales of terror. ,“H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
A group of people investigating a mysterious and haunted house, uncovering its secrets.
It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, the lighthearted ... (Goodreads)
Looking Good Dead
by Peter James
A thrilling murder mystery that exposes the dark side of fame and fortune.
Tom Bryce did what any decent person would do. But within hours of picking up the CD that had been left behind on the train seat next to him, and attempting to return it to its owner, he is the sole ... (Goodreads)
Memnoch the Devil
by Anne Rice
A supernatural journey of temptation, faith, and redemption.
After stalking and killing Roger, a ruthless but passionate mobster , Lestat is approached by Roger's ghost. Roger asks him to take care of his daughter Dora, a devout and popular televangelist , ... (Wikipedia)
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
A dystopian society where memories and emotions are suppressed, and a boy's journey to unlock its secrets.
Jonas, a 12-year-old boy, lives in a Community isolated from all except a few similar towns, where everyone from small infants to the Chief Elder has an assigned role. With the annual Ceremony of ... (Wikipedia)
Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch
A man is taken on a journey through alternate universes, as he struggles to get back to his family.
Jason Dessen is walking home through the chilly Chicago streets one night, looking forward to a quiet evening in front of the fireplace with his wife, Daniela, and their son, Charlie—when his reality ... (Goodreads)
The Butterfly Garden
by Dot Hutchison
A young woman's struggle to escape captivity after being imprisoned in a garden of butterflies.
An Amazon Charts bestseller., Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden. In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees…and a collection of precious “butterflies”—young women who have been ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Dunwich Horror and Others
by H.P. Lovecraft
Collection of horror stories exploring fear, dread and the unknown.
Contents: ix · H.P. Lovecraft and His Work · August Derleth · in 10 · In the Vault · ss The Tryout Nov ’25; Weird Tales Apr ’32 19 · Pickman’s Model · ss Weird Tales Oct ’27 33 · The Rats in the ... (Goodreads)
The Fall of the House of Usher - an Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
by Edgar Allan Poe
A man's descent into madness as he visits an ominous estate, beset by death and horror.
The story begins with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking ... (Wikipedia)
Huis clos: suivi de Les Mouches
by Jean-Paul Sartre
An exploration of the moral implications of choice, the ultimate freedom of human beings.
Three damned souls, Joseph Garcin, Inèz Serrano, and Estelle Rigault, are brought to the same room in Hell and locked inside by a mysterious valet. They had all expected torture devices to punish ... (Wikipedia)
The Swarm
by Frank Schätzing
A thrilling tale of a giant creature from the deep wreaking havoc on a world unprepared.
The book follows an ensemble of protagonists who are investigating what at first appear to be freak events related to the world's oceans . The book has several sub-plots and will occasionally follow ... (Wikipedia)
The Angel's Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
A writer's journey through a supernatural world of secrets and lies.
The Angel's Game is set in Barcelona in the 1920s and 1930s and follows a young writer, David Martin. In a once-abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, Martín makes his living by writing ... (Wikipedia)
Horrorstör
by Grady Hendrix
A group of employees battle supernatural forces in a haunted Scandinavian furniture store.
Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring bookshelves, shattered Glans water goblets, and smashed ... (Goodreads)
The Pillowman
by Martin McDonagh
A darkly comic tale of a writer accused of murder, testing the limits of storytelling.
Ariel and Tupolski interrogate Katurian in a police room, adopting a good cop/bad cop routine with Ariel happily playing the bad cop. At first Katurian does not know why he is being questioned, and ... (Wikipedia)
Revival
by Stephen King
A dark, supernatural tale of a small town's fight against an evil force.
When Charles Jacobs, a new minister, comes to town, young Jamie Morton is excited. Almost everyone in the tiny Maine hamlet comes to love Jacobs, his beautiful wife, and his young son. Things change ... (Wikipedia)
Four Past Midnight
by Stephen King
Four horror stories exploring the mysteries of fate, time and the supernatural.
At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instang of utter stillness when between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and ... (Goodreads)
Ring
by Kōji Suzuki
A family's supernatural encounters and their quest to unravel the mysteries of an ancient curse.
A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of ... (Goodreads)
Heart-Shaped Box
by Joe Hill
A retired rock star's haunted purchase leads to a terrifying confrontation with death.
Aging, self-absorbed rock star Judas Coyne has a thing for the macabre – his collection includes sketches from infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a trepanned skull from the 16th century, a used ... (Goodreads)
The Sea Wolf
by Jack London
A man's fight against the savage and untamed elements of nature on a brutal ship voyage.
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London about a literary critic Humphrey van Weyden.The story starts with him aboard a San Francisco ferry, called Martinez, which collides ... (Goodreads)
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
by G.K. Chesterton
A man is recruited to a secret society, only to discover the sinister truth behind it.
In Edwardian-era London, Gabriel Syme is recruited at Scotland Yard to a secret anti- anarchist police corps. Lucian Gregory, an anarchistic poet, lives in the suburb of Saffron Park. Syme meets him ... (Wikipedia)
Think of a Number
by John Verdon
A thrilling mystery novel involving a serial killer, uncovering the truth behind the mysterious deaths.
An extraordinary fiction debut, Think of a Number is an exquisitely plotted novel of suspense that grows relentlessly darker and more frightening as its pace accelerates, forcing its deeply troubled ... (Goodreads)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
by Washington Irving
A collection of classic tales of supernatural events and eerie happenings in a small town.
In The Sketch-Book (1820-21), Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. In two sketches, he experiments with tales transplanted from Europe, ... (Goodreads)
Christine
by Stephen King
A young woman's battle against an evil car possessed by supernatural forces.
Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 national bestseller of the ultimate vehicle of terror! “This is the story of a lover’s triangle…It was bad from the start. And it got worse in ... (Goodreads)
Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1
by Sui Ishida
A young man discovers he has become a ghoul, and must learn to survive in a strange new world.
Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way—except their craving for human flesh. Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way—except their craving for human flesh. ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Amityville Horror
by Jay Anson
A family's terrifying ordeal in a haunted house, where the supernatural lurks in the shadows.
The book, purportedly based on a true story, describes the house at 112 Ocean Avenue as remaining empty for 13 months after the DeFeo murders . In December 1975, George and Kathleen Lutz bought the ... (Wikipedia)
The Bacchae
by Euripides
A classic tragedy exploring the clash of divine and mortal power and the consequences of hubris.
The play begins before the palace at Thebes, with Dionysus telling the story of his birth and his reasons for visiting the city. Dionysus explains he is the son of a mortal woman, Semele, and a god, ... (Wikipedia)
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
A governess confronts her fears and doubts about a mysterious and sinister presence in her employer's home.
On Christmas Eve, an unnamed narrator and some of their friends are gathered around a fire. One of them, Douglas, reads a manuscript written by his sister's late governess . The manuscript tells the ... (Wikipedia)
Bitten
by Kelley Armstrong
A woman's fight against a mysterious force that threatens her life and relationships.
The main character of Bitten is Elena Michaels , a woman who is the only known female werewolf in the world. She lives in Toronto, Ontario , Canada, and writes for a popular newspaper. She struggles ... (Wikipedia)
Psycho
by Robert Bloch
A chilling thriller of suspense and horror, confronting a psychopathic murderer.
Norman Bates , a middle-aged bachelor, is dominated by his mother, a mean-tempered, puritanical old woman who forbids him to have a life outside of her. They run a small motel together in the town of ... (Wikipedia)
Cycle of the Werewolf
by Stephen King
A horror novella depicting a small town with a terrorizing monster.
The first scream came from the snowbound railwayman who felt the fangs ripping at his throat. The next month there was a scream of ecstatic agony from the woman attacked in her snug bedroom. Now ... (Goodreads)
The Complete Fiction
by H.P. Lovecraft
A collection of horror fiction stories exploring the unknown.
Another excellent edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series, The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between the ... (Goodreads)
The Running Man
by Richard Bachman
A man's journey fighting for his life in a deadly game, facing impossible odds.
In 2025, the world's economy is in shambles and America has become a totalitarian dystopia. 28-year-old Ben Richards, an impoverished resident of the fictional Co-Op City, is unable to find work, ... (Wikipedia)
Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three
by Clive Barker
A collection of horror stories, exploring the themes of mortality and supernatural horror.
"Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red." For those who only know Clive Barker through his long multigenre novels, this one-volume edition of the Books of Blood is a welcome ... (Goodreads)
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
A Martian invasion of Earth, exploring the limits of human resilience.
The narrative opens by stating that as humans on Earth busied themselves with their own endeavours during the mid-1890s, aliens on Mars began plotting an invasion of Earth because their own resources ... (Wikipedia)
Haunted
by Chuck Palahniuk
A group of strangers are invited to stay in a mansion, where they are forced to confront their darkest fears.
Each of the book's chapters contains three sections: a story chapter, which acts as a framing device for the otherwise unconnected short stories; a poem about a particular writer on the tour, its ... (Wikipedia)
My Best Friend's Exorcism
by Grady Hendrix
A group of teens battle a demonic force that has possessed one of their friends.
Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fifth grade, when they bonded over a shared love of E.T., roller-skating parties, and scratch-and-sniff stickers. But when they arrive at high school, ... (Goodreads)
Final Girls
by Riley Sager
A gripping tale of survival, as a woman confronts her past and the dark secrets of a notorious group.
Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a ... (Goodreads)
Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth
by Grant Morrison
Dark and twisted exploration of the psyche of Batman and his rogues gallery of villains.
Commissioner Gordon informs Batman that the patients of Arkham Asylum have taken over the facility, threatening to murder the staff unless Batman agrees to meet with them. , Among the hostages are ... (Wikipedia)
The Cases That Haunt Us
by John E. Douglas
An exploration of unsolved cases, examining the psychology of criminal behavior.
Violent. Provocative. Shocking. Call them what you will...but don't call them open and shut. Did Lizzie Borden murder her own father and stepmother? Was Jack the Ripper actually the Duke of Clarence? ... (Goodreads)
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe
Collection of stories, poems, and essays by Poe that explore death, despair, and terror.
The foremost and most energetic in instituting this search was the bosom friend of Mr. Shuttleworthy, a Mr. Charles Goodfellow, or, as he was universally called, Charley Goodfellow, or Old Charley ... (Barnes & Noble)
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
by Barbara Demick
Exploration of the lives of North Koreans during the famine and repression of the 1990s.
Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung, the unchallenged rise to power of his son Kim Jong-il, and the ... (Goodreads)
This Book Is Full of Spiders
by David Wong
A comedic tale of horror and suspense, as two friends battle against their greatest fears.
Originally released as an online serial where itreceivedmore than 70,000 downloads,John Dies at the End has been described as a"Horrortacular", an epic of "spectacular" horror that combines the laugh ... (Goodreads)
Odd Apocalypse
by Dean Koontz
A suspenseful tale of a man who is thrust into a mysterious world of conspiracies and danger.
Odd Thomas and his traveling companion Annamaria have been invited by a reclusive billionaire to be his guests at his sprawling, pristine estate, Roseland. However, something is deeply wrong within ... (Wikipedia)
The Bad Place
by Dean Koontz
A thrilling tale of mystery and suspense as a young man discovers secrets from his past that could destroy his future.
Frank Pollard is afraid to fall asleep. Every morning when he awakes, he discovers something strange–like blood on his hands--a bizarre mystery that tortures his soul. Two investigators have been ... (Goodreads)
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft
A tale of horror and mystery, as a man investigates an ancient cult's dark secrets.
The story's narrator, Francis Wayland Thurston, recounts his discovery of various notes left behind by his great uncle, George Gammell Angell, a prominent professor of Semitic languages at Brown ... (Wikipedia)
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales
by H.P. Lovecraft
Collection of bizarre horror stories exploring the cosmic unknown.
Originally written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s, H. P. Lovecraft's astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction, and cosmology that are as powerful today as they were ... (Goodreads)
The Mountain Between Us
by Charles Martin
Stranded in the snow-covered wilderness, two strangers must work together to survive.
On a stormy winter night, Dr. Ben Payne and writer Ashley Knox are stuck in Salt Lake City International Airport when their flights are canceled. Both are eager to reach their destinations—Ben has ... (Wikipedia)
The Masque of the Red Death - an Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
by Edgar Allan Poe
A prince and his courtiers attempt to outwit death, only to be brought to their ultimate end.
The story takes place at the castellated abbey of the "happy and dauntless and sagacious" Prince Prospero. Prospero and 1,000 other nobles have taken refuge in this walled abbey to escape the Red ... (Wikipedia)
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
by H.P. Lovecraft
Collection of horror stories about a cult's dark rituals and the cosmic entity Cthulhu.
This collection spans Lovecraft’s literary career, and charts the development of his ‘cosmicist’ philosophy; the belief that behind the veil of our blinkered everyday lives lies another reality, too ... (Goodreads)
No Exit
by Taylor Adams
A young woman's fight for survival against a mysterious captor.
“What a box of tricks! This full-throttle thriller, dark and driving, rivals Agatha Christie for sheer ingenuity and James Patterson for flat-out speed. Swift, sharp, and relentless.” — A. J. Finn, ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Vile Village
by Lemony Snicket
A group of children escape a village of criminals and uncover a dark conspiracy.
The book begins with the Baudelaires awaiting a new guardian. Their new guardians name was Count Olaf which is an actor, villain and a murderer. Mr Poe gives a brochure to the Baudelaire orphans ... (Wikipedia)
Fear
by Michael Grant
A group of teenagers battle supernatural forces in a dystopian world.
The fifth book in the bestselling Gone series by Michael Grant continues the page-turning saga of Sam, Astrid, and Drake in their terrifying post-apocalyptic world. It's been one year since all the ... (Barnes & Noble)
Saturday
by Ian McEwan
A doctor's life is changed forever after witnessing a terrorist attack that takes place on a Saturday in London.
Saturday is a masterful novel set within a single day in February 2003. Henry Perowne is a contented man — a successful neurosurgeon, happily married to a newspaper lawyer, and enjoying good ... (Goodreads)
The Sands of Time
by Sidney Sheldon
A thrilling quest to save the world from an ancient curse.
In Pamplona , Spain in 1976, the Basque people are fighting against the Spanish government for their rights to autonomy. ETA leader Jaime Miro, along with friends Ricardo Mellado and Felix Carpio, ... (Wikipedia)
A Most Wanted Man
by John le Carré
A thrilling espionage story, following a dangerous game of cat and mouse between spies and criminals.
A young Turkish boxing champion in Hamburg notices he is being shadowed by a tall gaunt young man in a black coat, who turns up on his doorstep and demands hospitality. Somewhat suspiciously, they ... (Wikipedia)
Xenocide
by Orson Scott Card
A space-opera style adventure of survival, where a group of humans battle against an extraterrestrial force to save their planet.
On Lusitania, Ender finds a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together. However, Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but ... (Wikipedia)
Fear Nothing
by Dean Koontz
A man's mysterious past is the key to unlocking a dark conspiracy and saving the world.
Fear Nothing , told in the first person, follows 24 hours of Christopher Snow's life, as he discovers and attempts to unravel a mysterious and seemingly endless conspiracy centered on a military ... (Wikipedia)
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
by Edgar Allan Poe
Gothic horror stories exploring the dark side of the human psyche.
The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe, from the 1830s and 40s, remain among the most brilliant and influential works in American literature. Some of the celebrated tales contained in this unique volume ... (Goodreads)
Dark Side of the Moon
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
A paranormal thriller exploring the secrets of a supernatural world.
Susan Michaels was once the hottest reporter on the Beltway Beat until a major scandal ruined her life and left her writing stories about alien babies and Elvis sightings. Life as she once knew it is ... (Barnes & Noble)
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
by Simon Winchester
Narrative of the catastrophic volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, its impact and aftermath.
The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the ... (Goodreads)
Circus of the Damned
by Laurell K. Hamilton
A dark, supernatural tale about a powerful vampire and a psychic detective.
In Circus of the Damned-now in trade paperback for the first time-a rogue master vampire hits town, and Anita gets caught in the middle of an undead turf war. Jean-Claude, the Master Vamp of the ... (Goodreads)
The Shadow over Innsmouth
by H.P. Lovecraft
Unveiling the hidden secrets of an isolated coastal town, confronting an ancient evil.
The narrator explains how he instigated a secret investigation of the ruined town of Innsmouth , Massachusetts , — a former seaport isolated from other nearby towns by vast salt marshes — by the U.S. ... (Wikipedia)
Over the Edge
by Jonathan Kellerman
An investigative psychologist delves into the world of murder and mayhem to uncover a diabolical killer.
When the phone rings in the middle of the night, child psychologist Alex Delaware does not hesitate. It's a call he can't ignore. Driving through the San Fernando Valley, Alex rushes to Jamey Cadmus, ... (Goodreads)
Books of Blood, Volume One
by Clive Barker
A collection of horror stories exploring the depths of the darkest realms of human imagination.
The Books of Blood combine the ordinary with the extraordinary while radiating the eroticism that has become Barker's signature. Weaving tales of the everyday world transformed into an unrecognizable ... (Goodreads)
The Haunted Mask
by R.L. Stine
A young girl's Halloween adventure gone wrong, as a possessed mask takes over her life.
Carly Beth Caldwell is a naive, timid and gullible 11-year-old girl who scares easily. Thus, she is constantly ridiculed by Steve Boswell and Chuck Greene at Walnut Avenue Middle School. The pair ... (Wikipedia)
The Dante Club
by Matthew Pearl
A group of poets, scholars and academics band together to unravel a dark mystery in 19th century Boston.
The Dante Club begins with the murder of fictional Massachusetts Chief Justice Artemus Healey, who had avoided taking a position to stop or support the escaped slaves of the South . Found by his ... (Wikipedia)
Brilliance
by Marcus Sakey
A government experiment gone awry, unleashing a new breed of superhuman humans with extraordinary powers.
In Wyoming, a little girl reads people’s darkest secrets by the way they fold their arms. In New York, a man sensing patterns in the stock market racks up $300 billion. In Chicago, a woman can go ... (Goodreads)
Danse Macabre
by Stephen King
A suspenseful tale of horror, with a supernatural twist.
Before he gave us the “one of a kind classic” (The Wall Street Journal) memoir On Writing, Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, “one of the best books on American popular ... (Goodreads)
The Oath
by Frank E. Peretti
A thrilling adventure of faith and the struggle between good and evil.
The novel opens with an excerpt from a diary entry from 1882 during the founding of Hyde River. There are several other archived letters, diary entries, and writings from the townsfolk scattered ... (Wikipedia)
Patient Zero
by Jonathan Maberry
A virus outbreak unleashes a global pandemic, forcing a desperate search for a cure.
The story follows Joe Ledger, a Baltimore detective, who is recruited into the Department of Military Sciences, a specialized entity of the US Government which answers only to the President, to ... (Wikipedia)
The Troop
by Nick Cutter
A group of teenage boys on a camping trip find a mysterious creature that threatens their lives.
“,The Troop, scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is old-school horror at its best.” —Stephen King This “grim microcosm of terror and desperation haunting” (Christopher ... (Barnes & Noble)
Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
by Jon Ronson
A journalist's adventures as he investigates some of the world's most bizarre stories.
Ronson has spent his life investigating crazy events, following fascinating people and unearthing unusual stories. Collected here from various sources (including the Guardian and GQ America) are the ... (Goodreads)
Broken Homes
by Ben Aaronovitch
Detective investigates a supernatural murder in London, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
Constable Peter Grant and Detective Chief Inspector Nightingale are called to investigate a road traffic accident involving Robert Weil. The investigating officers found human blood from a body in ... (Wikipedia)
The Rats
by James Herbert
A small town is terrorized by an army of giant rats, leading to a battle for survival.
The novel opens by introducing the reader to an alcoholic vagrant , resting in an abandoned and forgotten lock-keeper's house by a canal. As he is ruminating over the injustices inflicted upon him in ... (Wikipedia)
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova
An adventurous search for the truth behind Dracula's legend, spanning centuries.
The Historian interweaves the history and folklore of Vlad Țepeș , a 15th-century prince of Wallachia known as "Vlad the Impaler", and his fictional equivalent Count Dracula together with the story ... (Wikipedia)
Lord Loss
by Darren Shan
A horror story set in a supernatural realm of monsters and demons.
Grubitsch "Grubbs" Grady, the younger child of chess-obsessed parents, grows increasingly uneasy with the recent strange, nervous behavior of his parents and sister. One night, he finds the mutilated ... (Wikipedia)
Sworn to Silence
by Linda Castillo
A detective investigates a series of unsolved murders in a small Amish community.
Some secrets are too terrible to reveal . . .Some crimes are too unspeakable to solve . . . In the sleepy rural town of Painters Mill, Ohio, the Amish and "English" residents have lived side by side ... (Goodreads)
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
by Dean King
Shipwrecked sailors fight to survive in the harsh Saharan desert.
A spectacular true odyssey through the extremes of the Sahara Desert in the early 19th century. Reader and protagonist alike are challenged into new ways of understanding culture clash, slavery and ... (Goodreads)
Silent Prey
by John Sandford
A crime thriller following an investigation by detective Lucas Davenport.
His guards slain, the brilliant yet insane pathologist of 'Eyes of Prey" flees to New York, there to continue his research into aspects of death. Carefully, Michael Bekker conducts his experiments, ... (Goodreads)
Cabal
by Clive Barker
A supernatural battle between good and evil in a nightmarish alternate reality.
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