Best contemporary horror books

1.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,486 ratings
2.
Uzumaki
Uzumaki
by: Junji Ito
4.45 avg rating — 82,631 ratings
3.
Horrorstör
Horrorstör 3.65 avg rating — 115,477 ratings
4.
The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating — 32,628 ratings
5.
John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)
John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 81,900 ratings
6.
Fever Dream
Fever Dream 3.72 avg rating — 48,066 ratings
7.
White Is for Witching
White Is for Witching 3.54 avg rating — 12,889 ratings
8.
A Head Full of Ghosts
A Head Full of Ghosts 3.78 avg rating — 100,580 ratings
9.
Ghost Summer
Ghost Summer 4.20 avg rating — 2,340 ratings
9.
Things We Lost in the Fire
Things We Lost in the Fire 4.05 avg rating — 55,312 ratings
11.
The Fisherman
The Fisherman 3.86 avg rating — 39,595 ratings
11.
Mongrels
Mongrels 3.90 avg rating — 10,403 ratings
13.
The Croning
The Croning 3.72 avg rating — 6,078 ratings
14.
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Gods of Jade and Shadow 3.88 avg rating — 74,721 ratings
15.
She Walks in Shadows
She Walks in Shadows 3.76 avg rating — 954 ratings
16.
Cthulhu's Daughters: Stories of Lovecraftian Horror
Cthulhu's Daughters: Stories of Lovecraftian Horror 3.76 avg rating — 954 ratings
17.
Lost Souls
Lost Souls 3.90 avg rating — 18,831 ratings
17.
Exquisite Corpse
Exquisite Corpse 3.79 avg rating — 24,122 ratings
19.
American Gods
American Gods 4.10 avg rating — 978,796 ratings
20.
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1)
The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 240,819 ratings
21.
Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys, #1)
Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 31,289 ratings
22.
My Best Friend's Exorcism
My Best Friend's Exorcism 3.93 avg rating — 139,980 ratings
23.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,449 ratings
24.
The Shadow Keepers
The Shadow Keepers 3.86 avg rating — 220 ratings
24.
Orpheus Builds a Girl
Orpheus Builds a Girl 4.02 avg rating — 774 ratings
24.
Below the Palmettos
Below the Palmettos 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
24.
The Graceview Patient
The Graceview Patient 3.83 avg rating — 254 ratings
24.
Conjoined
Conjoined 4.29 avg rating — 35 ratings
29.
Grimscribe: His Lives and Works
Grimscribe: His Lives and Works 4.13 avg rating — 1,917 ratings
29.
Scratch
Scratch 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
31.
Flicker
Flicker 3.97 avg rating — 1,963 ratings
32.
Fabulous Beasts
Fabulous Beasts 3.79 avg rating — 372 ratings
33.
Everything That's Underneath
Everything That's Underneath 3.46 avg rating — 424 ratings
34.
Agents of Dreamland (Tinfoil Dossier, #1)
Agents of Dreamland (Tinfoil Dossier, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 4,730 ratings
35.
The Imago Sequence
The Imago Sequence really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,689 ratings
36.
The Nightmare Factory
The Nightmare Factory 4.32 avg rating — 1,355 ratings
37.
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 76,604 ratings
38.
The City & the City
The City & the City 3.90 avg rating — 76,291 ratings
39.
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 74,040 ratings
40.
An Awkward Age
An Awkward Age 3.79 avg rating — 1,227 ratings
41.
Quicksand House
Quicksand House 4.32 avg rating — 1,826 ratings
42.
A God of Hungry Walls
A God of Hungry Walls 3.19 avg rating — 447 ratings
43.
Hammer Wives
Hammer Wives 3.95 avg rating — 150 ratings
44.
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All 3.99 avg rating — 4,510 ratings
45.
Teatro Grottesco
Teatro Grottesco 4.10 avg rating — 5,662 ratings
46.
Occultation and Other Stories
Occultation and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 3,944 ratings
47.
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 245,789 ratings
48.
The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1)
The Worm and His Kings (The Worm and His Kings, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 2,174 ratings
49.
Hammers on Bone (Persons Non Grata, #1)
Hammers on Bone (Persons Non Grata, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 4,796 ratings
50.
Certain Dark Things
Certain Dark Things 3.72 avg rating — 18,983 ratings
51.
Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror
Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror 3.91 avg rating — 359 ratings
52.
The Night Ocean
The Night Ocean 3.30 avg rating — 3,059 ratings
53.
All the Fabulous Beasts
All the Fabulous Beasts 4.14 avg rating — 453 ratings
54.
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1)
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 7,405 ratings
55.
Ghost Stories of Shimla Hills
Ghost Stories of Shimla Hills 3.68 avg rating — 1,001 ratings
56.
Afterlife Ghost Stories from Goa
Afterlife Ghost Stories from Goa 3.65 avg rating — 255 ratings
57.
Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories
Shoggoths in Bloom and Other Stories 4.01 avg rating — 594 ratings
58.
Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches, #1)
Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 4,680 ratings
59.
Haunt
Haunt 3.46 avg rating — 546 ratings
60.
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe 3.96 avg rating — 5,822 ratings
61.
Noctuary
Noctuary 3.93 avg rating — 2,225 ratings
62.
Sesqua Valley & Other Haunts
Sesqua Valley & Other Haunts 3.90 avg rating — 93 ratings
63.
The Strange Dark One
The Strange Dark One really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 78 ratings
64.
The Fungal Stain and Other Dreams
The Fungal Stain and Other Dreams 4.13 avg rating — 68 ratings
65.
Dreams of Lovecraftian Horror
Dreams of Lovecraftian Horror 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
66.
Voice of the Fire
Voice of the Fire 3.96 avg rating — 2,329 ratings
67.
Experimental Film
Experimental Film 3.54 avg rating — 3,711 ratings
68.
A Long, Dark, Grim Road
A Long, Dark, Grim Road 3.81 avg rating — 47 ratings
69.
Burnt Black Suns
Burnt Black Suns 3.79 avg rating — 614 ratings
70.
She Said Destroy
She Said Destroy 4.14 avg rating — 572 ratings
71.
The Doll's Alphabet
The Doll's Alphabet 3.88 avg rating — 1,950 ratings
72.
The Grimscribe's Puppets
The Grimscribe's Puppets really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 288 ratings
73.
Ashes and Entropy
Ashes and Entropy 3.85 avg rating — 222 ratings
74.
The Secret of Ventriloquism
The Secret of Ventriloquism 3.89 avg rating — 2,226 ratings
75.
Greener Pastures
Greener Pastures 3.97 avg rating — 1,480 ratings
76.
Mother
Mother 4.18 avg rating — 137 ratings
77.
Fragile Dreams
Fragile Dreams 4.16 avg rating — 110 ratings
78.
Behold the Void
Behold the Void 4.05 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
79.
Altar
Altar 4.03 avg rating — 457 ratings
80.
The Lost Aklo Stories
The Lost Aklo Stories 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
81.
The Immaculate Void
The Immaculate Void 3.94 avg rating — 701 ratings
82.
Demiurge: The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales of Michael Shea
Demiurge: The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales of Michael Shea 3.97 avg rating — 281 ratings
83.
Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories
Song for the Unraveling of the World: Stories 3.89 avg rating — 4,225 ratings
84.
Last Days
Last Days 3.72 avg rating — 8,047 ratings
85.
A Collapse of Horses
A Collapse of Horses 4.02 avg rating — 2,775 ratings
86.
The Black Spider
The Black Spider 3.48 avg rating — 4,542 ratings
87.
Hex (Robert Grim #1)
Hex (Robert Grim #1) 3.72 avg rating — 45,737 ratings
88.
Queen of K'n-Yan
Queen of K'n-Yan 3.10 avg rating — 134 ratings
89.
Black Tea and Other Tales
Black Tea and Other Tales 3.52 avg rating — 29 ratings
90.
Now You're One of Us
Now You're One of Us 3.31 avg rating — 1,207 ratings