63 books
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Literary Horror Books
Showing 1-50 of 1,057
Monstrilio (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 4.06 — 48,806 ratings — published 2023
Our Wives Under the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.68 — 138,494 ratings — published 2022
The Fisherman (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.83 — 49,188 ratings — published 2016
The Only Good Indians (The Only Good Indians, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.68 — 120,986 ratings — published 2020
Natural Beauty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.79 — 27,574 ratings — published 2023
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.77 — 441,349 ratings — published 2017
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 4.09 — 207,650 ratings — published 2000
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.60 — 107,284 ratings — published 2018
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.45 — 353,733 ratings — published 2019
Fever Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.72 — 56,103 ratings — published 2014
The Grip of It (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.15 — 15,501 ratings — published 2017
A Head Full of Ghosts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 109,664 ratings — published 2015
Last Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.72 — 9,389 ratings — published 2009
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.91 — 308,552 ratings — published 1962
Houdini Heart (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.84 — 5,455 ratings — published 2011
Our Share of Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 4.25 — 67,203 ratings — published 2019
Cursed Bunny (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.73 — 44,677 ratings — published 2017
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.81 — 410,559 ratings — published 1959
The Lamb (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.75 — 45,641 ratings — published 2025
Chlorine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.64 — 25,479 ratings — published 2023
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.99 — 503,701 ratings — published 1987
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,513,893 ratings — published 1897
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 4.06 — 375,651 ratings — published 1892
Let the Right One In (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 4.03 — 122,641 ratings — published 2004
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.97 — 56,590 ratings — published 2025
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.89 — 157,000 ratings — published 1962
Woman, Eating (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.42 — 22,450 ratings — published 2022
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.65 — 424,745 ratings — published 2007
The Need (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.15 — 17,871 ratings — published 2019
The Changeling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.76 — 28,846 ratings — published 2017
Piercing (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.68 — 21,043 ratings — published 1994
Come Closer (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.65 — 53,857 ratings — published 2003
Zone One (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.24 — 27,817 ratings — published 2011
Carmilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.86 — 215,466 ratings — published 1872
Old Soul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.76 — 5,166 ratings — published 2025
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.66 — 455,472 ratings — published 2020
Model Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.68 — 13,853 ratings — published 2024
The Eyes Are the Best Part (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.78 — 62,541 ratings — published 2024
Thirst (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.43 — 9,495 ratings — published 2020
The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,066 ratings — published 2013
Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.54 — 106,484 ratings — published 2022
My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.50 — 55,021 ratings — published 2021
Jawbone (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.67 — 15,433 ratings — published 2018
The Doloriad (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.09 — 3,764 ratings — published 2022
Nightbitch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.41 — 90,642 ratings — published 2021
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.50 — 210,381 ratings — published 2016
The Silent Companions (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.87 — 47,639 ratings — published 2017
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.80 — 108,320 ratings — published 2017
The Hunger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 3.59 — 36,481 ratings — published 2018
The Library at Mount Char (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as literary-horror)
avg rating 4.05 — 84,744 ratings — published 2015
“Hope survives longer than it should.”
― For ever and a day: The shadow side of immortality
― For ever and a day: The shadow side of immortality
“Together then. Together, and sealed it with a kiss that tasted of copper and starlight.”
― Krelløy: A Lovecraftian Horror Novel of Arctic Isolation and Cosmic Annihilation
― Krelløy: A Lovecraftian Horror Novel of Arctic Isolation and Cosmic Annihilation












