4.21 avg rating — 271,160 ratings

"Fear of annihilation at death and faith struggles are themes in this book of a horrific demon possession."

3.68 avg rating — 13,615 ratings

"Theological horror of a high order. The theme through the entire experience with the demon is this--if demons, however terrible they are, exists, a spiritual world exists, God must exist, and thus the possibility of an afterlife goes way up."

4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings

"A hideous demon haunts a boy in this Southern horror novel set in rural Tennessee. The twist--the demon is a Lovecraftean being pretending to be a demon in the Christian tradition."

4.36 avg rating — 127 ratings

"Creepy as h..."

4.03 avg rating — 205,929 ratings

"The classic fictional work on the nature of hell. Fascinating dialogue."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,034,465 ratings

"If you make it to the end of the book you can see why I labeled this book "theological horror." The issue of God's existence has haunted McCarthy over the hears."

3.79 avg rating — 9,020 ratings

"A good portion of this is about religion gone mad in the hands of a twisted murderer haunted by a supernatural horror."

4.02 avg rating — 1,473,804 ratings

"The Catholic eucharistic wafer and holy water are means to keep the vampires away. This epistolary novel keeps the reader's interest."