Best Summer Horror Books

1.
It
It 4.24 avg rating — 1,227,442 ratings
2.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 3.79 avg rating — 279,205 ratings
3.
The Elementals
The Elementals 3.99 avg rating — 21,711 ratings
4.
The Troop
The Troop 3.84 avg rating — 114,073 ratings
5.
The Ruins
The Ruins 3.69 avg rating — 63,261 ratings
6.
Penpal
Penpal 3.86 avg rating — 55,483 ratings
7.
Mongrels
Mongrels 3.90 avg rating — 10,403 ratings
8.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,497 ratings
9.
Goddess of Filth
Goddess of Filth
by: V. Castro
3.60 avg rating — 8,577 ratings
10.
The Bottoms
The Bottoms 4.19 avg rating — 9,487 ratings
11.
Joyland
Joyland 3.93 avg rating — 173,517 ratings
12.
Duma Key
Duma Key 3.99 avg rating — 133,425 ratings
13.
Summer of Night
Summer of Night 4.05 avg rating — 27,965 ratings
14.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 29,097 ratings
15.
Seed
Seed 3.80 avg rating — 34,880 ratings
16.
The Saturday Night Ghost Club
The Saturday Night Ghost Club 3.83 avg rating — 27,957 ratings
17.
Jaws (Jaws, #1)
Jaws (Jaws, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 174,112 ratings
18.
The Forgotten Island
The Forgotten Island 3.85 avg rating — 3,657 ratings
18.
Off Season (Dead River, #1)
Off Season (Dead River, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 18,955 ratings
20.
Boy's Life
Boy's Life 4.40 avg rating — 39,729 ratings
21.
The Toll
The Toll 3.42 avg rating — 3,928 ratings
22.
I Am Not Your Final Girl: Poems
I Am Not Your Final Girl: Poems 3.70 avg rating — 3,102 ratings
23.
Kin
Kin 3.88 avg rating — 5,443 ratings
24.
The Lottery
The Lottery 4.04 avg rating — 104,219 ratings
25.
Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc, Vol. 1
Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc, Vol. 1 4.17 avg rating — 2,807 ratings
25.
Catchers
Catchers
by: Ben Rock
3.74 avg rating — 1,727 ratings
25.
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th 4.07 avg rating — 492 ratings
28.
Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse
Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse
by: Otsuichi
3.88 avg rating — 2,219 ratings
28.
Fevre Dream
Fevre Dream 3.90 avg rating — 32,586 ratings
30.
The Low, Low Woods
The Low, Low Woods 3.95 avg rating — 5,636 ratings
30.
The Mad House (Halloween, #3)
The Mad House (Halloween, #3) 3.56 avg rating — 77 ratings
32.
Cujo
Cujo 3.80 avg rating — 312,761 ratings
33.
Beach House (Point Horror, #32)
Beach House (Point Horror, #32) 3.71 avg rating — 3,835 ratings
33.
As the Pig Turns (Agatha Raisin, #22)
As the Pig Turns (Agatha Raisin, #22) 3.68 avg rating — 9,333 ratings
35.
Summer Horror (Fear Street Collector's Edition, #6)
Summer Horror (Fear Street Collector's Edition, #6) 4.18 avg rating — 78 ratings
35.
Death of an Addict (Hamish Macbeth, #15)
Death of an Addict (Hamish Macbeth, #15) 3.81 avg rating — 5,822 ratings
37.
Death of a Village (Hamish Macbeth, #18)
Death of a Village (Hamish Macbeth, #18) 3.91 avg rating — 6,101 ratings
38.
Castaways
Castaways 3.61 avg rating — 3,612 ratings
38.
Death of a Valentine (Hamish Macbeth, #25)
Death of a Valentine (Hamish Macbeth, #25) 3.81 avg rating — 6,613 ratings
40.
Death of a Green-Eyed Monster (Hamish Macbeth, #34)
Death of a Green-Eyed Monster (Hamish Macbeth, #34) 3.91 avg rating — 4,368 ratings
41.
How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #9)
How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #9) 4.48 avg rating — 94,791 ratings
42.
Ghoul
Ghoul 3.87 avg rating — 4,807 ratings
42.
By the Light of the Moon
By the Light of the Moon 3.89 avg rating — 27,318 ratings
44.
Ghost Summer
Ghost Summer 4.20 avg rating — 2,340 ratings
44.
A Sudden Light
A Sudden Light 3.65 avg rating — 14,371 ratings
46.
Disappearance at Devil's Rock
Disappearance at Devil's Rock 3.59 avg rating — 16,810 ratings
46.
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2) 3.61 avg rating — 2,078,082 ratings
48.
Dog Days O' Summer
Dog Days O' Summer 4.31 avg rating — 54 ratings
49.
The Ritual
The Ritual 3.57 avg rating — 31,364 ratings
50.
Tribesmen: A Novella of Supernatural Cannibal Horror
Tribesmen: A Novella of Supernatural Cannibal Horror 3.61 avg rating — 873 ratings
51.
Rites of Extinction
Rites of Extinction 3.22 avg rating — 373 ratings
52.
Children of the Dark
Children of the Dark 3.94 avg rating — 2,435 ratings
53.
A House at the Bottom of a Lake
A House at the Bottom of a Lake 3.18 avg rating — 18,979 ratings
54.
Kill Hill Carnage
Kill Hill Carnage
by: Tim Meyer
3.76 avg rating — 343 ratings
55.
Satanic Summer
Satanic Summer 3.64 avg rating — 333 ratings
56.
Wormwood
Wormwood 4.18 avg rating — 614 ratings
57.
Kill River
Kill River 3.69 avg rating — 1,141 ratings
58.
True Crime
True Crime 3.62 avg rating — 3,018 ratings