Recommended Horror Books

One of the most influential vampire novels of the 20th century, I Am Legend regularly appears on the '10 Best' lists of numerous critical studies of the horror genre. As Richard Matheson's third novel, it was first marketed as science fiction (for...

Eerie, terrifying, unputdownable-Scott Smith's first novel since his best-selling A Simple Plan ('Simply the best suspense novel of this year-hell, of the 1990s'-Stephen King). The Ruins follows two American couples, just out of college, enjoying a...

Growing up under the thumb of her strict, fanatically religious grandfather, Honey seeks refuge in her music, but when she is paired with wealthy Chandler Maxwell, a brilliant piano student, as a practice partner, she stumbles upon a shocking family...

When Rain Arnold's beloved adoptive mother dies, she is left shattered and completely alone, and flees in desperation to London, where she finds even darker and more devastating secrets about her biological family--secrets that some people will do...

One of the most influential vampire novels of the 20th century, I Am Legend regularly appears on the '10 Best' lists of numerous critical studies of the horror genre. As Richard Matheson's third novel, it was first marketed as science fiction (for...

Complemented by an author introduction and an eight-page photo insert, the original screenplay for a six-hour television miniseries follows the residents of Little Tall Island as they prepare to cope with both a dangerous storm and an unseen,...

Eerily vibrant. . . . The title character is a highborn woman of Augustan Rome who later names herself after the Pandora of mythology, opening her own box of surprises. Sitting in a modern-day Paris cafe in the aftermath of a fresh kill, the vampire...

In the seductive world of entertainment, a lawyer-turned-novelist concocts the ultimate scheme to outwit the biggest players in New York and Hollywood, and nothing will stop her rise to the top or prepare her for its deadly price. Reprint. K.

The day after a strange and mysterious storm, the citizens of a small town find themselves besieged by throngs of strange, horrifying, and deadly creatures. Originally published as a novella in 'Skeleton Crew, The Mist' has been adapted for the big...

The spellbinding Orphans series concludes in this thrilling new novel from V.C. Andrews®... 'All for one and one for all' was the girls' motto. In the grim foster home for orphans run by Louise and Gordon Tooey, at least Brooke, Crystal,...

Melody Logan knew her beautiful mother, Haille, was unhappy in their hardscrabble mining town.... But with her wonderful father's unwavering love, Melody always felt safe -- until a dreadful mine accident ripped her from her family's moorings. ...

In a chilling novel of artificial intelligence by the author of Cold Fire and Twilight Eyes, a computer with human-like qualities develops criminal obsessions and a capacity for violence. Reprint.

After fourteen years as the perfect suburban housewife, soccer mom, and political wife, Kate Connor secretly returns to her old profession as a demon hunter, fending off demon attacks, trying to keep an eye on a mysterious new high school teacher who...

For more than three decades, bestselling novelist John Saul has been summoning macabre masterpieces from the darkest realms of his imagination. With each new book, his instinct for playing upon our deepest dread has grown only stronger and more...

Four men who reunite every year during hunting season in the woods of Maine, encounter a disoriented, incoherent stranger who drags the men into a terrifying struggle with a creature from another world, and their only chance for survival lies in...

Stephen King's fiction is crowded with ingenious monsters, but few of them are as disturbing as Norman Daniels, the lethal figure stalking the heroine of Mr. King's latest novel, 'Rose Madder'....Rose doesn't leave Norman because she's afraid he'll...

A quartet of novellas introduces some of Stephen King's most famous characters, including a teenager obsessed with his Nazi camp guard neighbor, a man falsely imprisoned, and four boys in search of a dead body, in a collection that includes...

Slim MacKenzie is both hunter and hunted. Sought by police for murder, Slim also stalks the diabolical Others, genetically engineered 'demons' from a prior Earth civilization. A masterpiece of terror from the bestselling author of Midnight and...

On the sultry streets of New Orleans, Captain Scott Boulder and Leah Maguire are about to begin a deadly mission. The traumatized, genetically altered subjects of a Department of Defense experiment gone wrong have escaped, among them Rachel Ackart, a...

When Lilith, the consort of the Un-Named One, releases the Damned to wreak havoc on all humankind, Damali, Carlos, and the Guardians race against time to stop the horrific infection spawned by these creatures of hell by finding and beheading the evil...

When she inherits a brothel from the mother she barely knew, proper Philadelphia-reared Darcy Flynn turns the house into a stunning success with the help of handsome ghost Jonathan Stuart.

Attraction and fascination draw reporter Holly Thorne to Jim Ironheart, a strange and quiet man who is compelled to save twelve lives in three months, driven by the conviction that an evil being will soon arrive on Earth. Reissue.

Dawn Longchamp is ready for life and to explore her desire for a singing career when she discovers deceptive secrets within her family. Soon she is swept off to the powerful Culter family mansion, where betrayal and lies clutter the past and...

Joe Keough, a former New York City police detective, moved to St. Louis to get away from the bloodshed of the Big Apple and start fresh. But five minutes into Keoughs new life, four-year-old Brady Sanders walked into his St. Louis police station,...

START INTERCEPTArmies of undead have risen up across the U.S. and around the globe; there is no safe haven from the diseased corpses hungering to feed off human flesh. But in the heat of a Texas wasteland, a small band of survivors attempt to...

When a mysterious stranger rescues her from a deranged kidnapper, Pamela soon discovers that her situation is even more dire when her so-called savior, trapping her in a bus full of mannequins, takes her to a tiny, isolated town where unimaginable...

A modern-day Knight Templar, Cade Williams must draw on his unique talents and confront his personal demons as he tracks a ruthless cabal of necromancers responsible for the desecration of Templar cemeteries as they seek to seize control of the...

Harrow House Series, Book 1 -- There are places that hold in the traces of evil, houses that become legendary for the mysteries and secrets within their walls. Harrow is one such house. Psychic manifestations, poltergeist activity, hallucinations,...

Leading a charmed life as the richest, prettiest, and most popular girl in school, Meg finds her life shadowed by an immense power that she wields, and the jealous Candra targets Meg's boyfriend as part of a plot to take over Meg's life. Reprint.

Exciting new escapades for the demon-hunting stay-at-home mom-from the USA Today bestselling author of Carpe Demon. It isn't easy when your daughter's figured out that her mom's a demon hunter-and wants to grow up to be just like her. Or when you...