Best Horror/Suspense Books

1.
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,650,423 ratings
2.
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary 4.08 avg rating — 668,867 ratings
3.
It
It 4.24 avg rating — 1,227,471 ratings
4.
Misery
Misery 4.23 avg rating — 815,605 ratings
5.
'Salem's Lot
'Salem's Lot 4.10 avg rating — 636,685 ratings
6.
The Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror
by: Jay Anson
3.83 avg rating — 136,148 ratings
7.
Ghost Story
Ghost Story 3.92 avg rating — 81,722 ratings
8.
Christine
Christine 3.86 avg rating — 258,471 ratings
8.
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by: Ira Levin
4.05 avg rating — 153,665 ratings
10.
The Talisman
The Talisman 4.11 avg rating — 138,379 ratings
11.
Cujo
Cujo 3.80 avg rating — 312,769 ratings
12.
The Bad Place
The Bad Place 3.94 avg rating — 38,310 ratings
13.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,103 ratings
14.
Jaws (Jaws, #1)
Jaws (Jaws, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 174,127 ratings
15.
A Demon Lies Within
A Demon Lies Within 3.96 avg rating — 47 ratings
16.
Amber Hollow
Amber Hollow really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 65 ratings
17.
A Prisoner Within
A Prisoner Within 3.87 avg rating — 141 ratings
18.
Online
Online 3.57 avg rating — 47 ratings
18.
Fake An Injury Day (Spirit Week, #1)
Fake An Injury Day (Spirit Week, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 31 ratings
18.
The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door 3.92 avg rating — 52,220 ratings
18.
Into the Arms of Madness
Into the Arms of Madness 3.19 avg rating — 149 ratings
18.
The Collector of Dying Breaths (Reincarnationist, #6)
The Collector of Dying Breaths (Reincarnationist, #6)
by: M.J. Rose
3.84 avg rating — 1,627 ratings
18.
Crescent Moon (Dark Winter, #2)
Crescent Moon (Dark Winter, #2) 4.53 avg rating — 36 ratings
18.
The Very Devil, Herself!
The Very Devil, Herself! 3.77 avg rating — 43 ratings
18.
Infernal: Emergence
Infernal: Emergence 4.80 avg rating — 20 ratings
18.
Maryneal 1962
Maryneal 1962 4.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
27.
Unshackled Demons (Bat Blood, #2)
Unshackled Demons (Bat Blood, #2) 4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings
27.
The Storyteller of Pain
The Storyteller of Pain 3.45 avg rating — 20 ratings
27.
Cabello: Mineau (Cabello #1)
Cabello: Mineau (Cabello #1) 3.80 avg rating — 54 ratings
27.
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1)
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings
27.
Miael: Family
Miael: Family 3.95 avg rating — 40 ratings
32.
Thirty Scary Tales
Thirty Scary Tales 3.76 avg rating — 390 ratings
33.
Jagannath
Jagannath 4.09 avg rating — 98 ratings
34.
Whispers
Whispers 3.93 avg rating — 33,833 ratings
35.
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red 3.72 avg rating — 10,551 ratings
35.
Twilight Eyes
Twilight Eyes 3.93 avg rating — 27,738 ratings
35.
Psycho (Psycho, #1)
Psycho (Psycho, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 74,131 ratings
38.
The Face of Fear
The Face of Fear 3.86 avg rating — 17,843 ratings
38.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,812 ratings
40.
The Omen
The Omen 4.04 avg rating — 69,127 ratings
40.
Your Heart Belongs to Me
Your Heart Belongs to Me 3.40 avg rating — 17,615 ratings
42.
Shattered
Shattered 3.90 avg rating — 22,199 ratings
43.
By the Light of the Moon
By the Light of the Moon 3.89 avg rating — 27,318 ratings
44.
Lightning
Lightning 4.09 avg rating — 64,649 ratings
45.
Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1)
Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 274,567 ratings
46.
Spirits in the Trees (The Spirits Trilogy #1)
Spirits in the Trees (The Spirits Trilogy #1) 3.95 avg rating — 1,234 ratings
46.
Poisoned Soil
Poisoned Soil
by: Tim Young
3.63 avg rating — 76 ratings
46.
The Traveller
The Traveller 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
46.
The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1)
The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 172,609 ratings
46.
The Fear of Things to Come (Samantha Clark Mystery, #2)
The Fear of Things to Come (Samantha Clark Mystery, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 118 ratings
46.
Nightmares of Caitlin Lockyer (Nightmares, #1)
Nightmares of Caitlin Lockyer (Nightmares, #1) 3.39 avg rating — 1,981 ratings
46.
The Everborn
The Everborn 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings
46.
Southern Haunts: Devils in the Darkness
Southern Haunts: Devils in the Darkness 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings
46.
All or Nothing
All or Nothing 4.21 avg rating — 52 ratings
46.
Reprisal (Adversary Cycle, #5)
Reprisal (Adversary Cycle, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 1,939 ratings
46.
Thinner
Thinner 3.78 avg rating — 222,762 ratings
46.
Crown Of Darkness
Crown Of Darkness 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
46.
Peerless Detective
Peerless Detective 4.10 avg rating — 39 ratings
46.
Reaper: Awakening
Reaper: Awakening 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings
46.
Dead Reckoning
Dead Reckoning 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
46.
Deferred Consumption (Consumption #1)
Deferred Consumption (Consumption #1) 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
46.
The Jack Creek Horror
The Jack Creek Horror 4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings
46.
Dreamweavers
Dreamweavers 4.58 avg rating — 48 ratings
46.
Brazen Violations (Betts & Walker Book 2)
Brazen Violations (Betts & Walker Book 2) 4.12 avg rating — 158 ratings
46.
The Celtic Curse: Banshee
The Celtic Curse: Banshee 4.10 avg rating — 71 ratings
46.
Daemon Hall
Daemon Hall 3.84 avg rating — 746 ratings
46.
Florida Gothic (Gothic, #1)
Florida Gothic (Gothic, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
46.
Tale of the Sharp-Dressed Man
Tale of the Sharp-Dressed Man 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
46.
The Night Sister
The Night Sister 3.71 avg rating — 25,282 ratings
46.
Dominic: The Tale of an Accidental Vampire
Dominic: The Tale of an Accidental Vampire 4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings
46.
Ghosts of Manor House
Ghosts of Manor House 3.55 avg rating — 151 ratings
46.
The Factory
The Factory 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Instafrights: Short horror stories for the busy gentle(wo)man
Instafrights: Short horror stories for the busy gentle(wo)man
by: John Loc
4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings
46.
Pages of Fear: Five Stories About the Dead
Pages of Fear: Five Stories About the Dead it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
46.
Roots
Roots 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Dawn of Evil (The Wages of Sin, #5)
The Dawn of Evil (The Wages of Sin, #5) 4.55 avg rating — 49 ratings
46.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,470 ratings
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Wax Works
Wax Works 4.13 avg rating — 39 ratings
46.
The Shadow Keepers
The Shadow Keepers 3.86 avg rating — 220 ratings
46.
The Mother Of All Things
The Mother Of All Things 4.01 avg rating — 1,087 ratings
46.
Everything Is Temporary
Everything Is Temporary
by: Jon Cohn
4.11 avg rating — 818 ratings
82.
Off Season (Dead River, #1)
Off Season (Dead River, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 18,956 ratings
82.
A Perfect Evil (Maggie O'Dell, #1)
A Perfect Evil (Maggie O'Dell, #1)
by: Alex Kava
4.03 avg rating — 20,001 ratings
82.
Necessary Evil of Nathan Miller (Nightmares, #2)
Necessary Evil of Nathan Miller (Nightmares, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 156 ratings
82.
Pray Serpents Prey
Pray Serpents Prey 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
82.
Spectre Nightmares and Visitations
Spectre Nightmares and Visitations really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings
82.
Held & Pushed (Held, #1-2)
Held & Pushed (Held, #1-2) 4.25 avg rating — 56 ratings
82.
Fears of Darkness
Fears of Darkness 4.27 avg rating — 37 ratings
82.
Last Rites (Dark Winter, #3)
Last Rites (Dark Winter, #3) 4.71 avg rating — 21 ratings
82.
It Lives in The Basement
It Lives in The Basement 3.58 avg rating — 469 ratings
82.
Deadline (Sam Perry Mystery, #1)
Deadline (Sam Perry Mystery, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 98 ratings
82.
Soulsnatcher
Soulsnatcher 4.50 avg rating — 62 ratings
82.
'Salem's Lot
'Salem's Lot 4.10 avg rating — 636,685 ratings
82.
Return to Daemon Hall: Evil Roots
Return to Daemon Hall: Evil Roots 4.06 avg rating — 140 ratings
82.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum 4.14 avg rating — 71,254 ratings
82.
The Birth of Death (The Wages of Sin, #4)
The Birth of Death (The Wages of Sin, #4) 4.56 avg rating — 41 ratings
82.
Godless Creatures
Godless Creatures 4.48 avg rating — 204 ratings
82.
The Unraveling of Luna Forester
The Unraveling of Luna Forester 3.74 avg rating — 136 ratings
82.
Lazarus
Lazarus 3.42 avg rating — 53 ratings
82.
Kill Beth
Kill Beth
by: Jon Cohn
4.68 avg rating — 76 ratings
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