Best Horror Books of the 21st Century

1.
NOS4A2
NOS4A2
by: Joe Hill
4.08 avg rating — 139,854 ratings
2.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,430 ratings
3.
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)
Bird Box (Bird Box, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 205,115 ratings
4.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating — 556,594 ratings
5.
Heart-Shaped Box
Heart-Shaped Box
by: Joe Hill
3.84 avg rating — 148,806 ratings
6.
Let the Right One In
Let the Right One In 4.04 avg rating — 118,284 ratings
7.
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 286,754 ratings
8.
Horns
Horns
by: Joe Hill
3.93 avg rating — 118,551 ratings
9.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,575 ratings
10.
The Terror
The Terror 4.09 avg rating — 70,623 ratings
11.
The Passage (The Passage, #1)
The Passage (The Passage, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 220,284 ratings
12.
The Ruins
The Ruins 3.69 avg rating — 63,245 ratings
13.
A Head Full of Ghosts
A Head Full of Ghosts 3.78 avg rating — 100,568 ratings
14.
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 — 81,894 ratings
15.
Under the Dome
Under the Dome 3.93 avg rating — 317,766 ratings
16.
Full Dark, No Stars
Full Dark, No Stars 4.08 avg rating — 115,747 ratings
17.
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
American Gods (American Gods, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 978,755 ratings
18.
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft
Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft
by: Joe Hill
4.15 avg rating — 98,990 ratings
19.
Dark Places
Dark Places 3.94 avg rating — 816,000 ratings
20.
The Troop
The Troop 3.84 avg rating — 114,027 ratings
21.
Cell
Cell 3.66 avg rating — 233,447 ratings
22.
Penpal
Penpal 3.86 avg rating — 55,470 ratings
23.
Revival
Revival 3.81 avg rating — 137,055 ratings
24.
This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End, #2)
This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies at the End, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 33,611 ratings
25.
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 281,844 ratings
26.
Night Film
Night Film 3.78 avg rating — 94,531 ratings
27.
20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts
by: Joe Hill
3.90 avg rating — 46,886 ratings
28.
The Strain (The Strain #1)
The Strain (The Strain #1) 3.80 avg rating — 89,386 ratings
29.
Joyland
Joyland 3.93 avg rating — 173,495 ratings
30.
Haunted
Haunted 3.59 avg rating — 109,637 ratings
31.
The Fisherman
The Fisherman 3.86 avg rating — 39,578 ratings
32.
The Ritual
The Ritual 3.57 avg rating — 31,358 ratings
33.
From a Buick 8
From a Buick 8 3.49 avg rating — 73,519 ratings
34.
Lisey's Story
Lisey's Story 3.70 avg rating — 92,724 ratings
35.
The Girl With All the Gifts
The Girl With All the Gifts 3.95 avg rating — 240,810 ratings
36.
The Walking Dead, Book One
The Walking Dead, Book One 4.35 avg rating — 37,621 ratings
37.
The Twelve (The Passage, #2)
The Twelve (The Passage, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 104,803 ratings
38.
Horrorstör
Horrorstör 3.65 avg rating — 115,442 ratings
39.
Teatro Grottesco
Teatro Grottesco 4.10 avg rating — 5,661 ratings
40.
The Croning
The Croning 3.72 avg rating — 6,077 ratings
41.
Everything's Eventual
Everything's Eventual 3.97 avg rating — 107,005 ratings
42.
The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1)
The Monstrumologist (The Monstrumologist, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 20,417 ratings
43.
Ghost Road Blues (Pine Deep, #1)
Ghost Road Blues (Pine Deep, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 8,882 ratings
44.
Still Life With Crows (Pendergast, #4)
Still Life With Crows (Pendergast, #4) 4.21 avg rating — 41,106 ratings
45.
The Summer I Died (The Roger Huntington Saga, #1)
The Summer I Died (The Roger Huntington Saga, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 7,281 ratings
46.
Zombie Survival Guide, The: Complete Protection From The Living Dead
Zombie Survival Guide, The: Complete Protection From The Living Dead 3.86 avg rating — 105,082 ratings
47.
The Library at Mount Char
The Library at Mount Char 4.07 avg rating — 72,392 ratings
48.
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon 3.64 avg rating — 174,586 ratings
49.
The Imago Sequence
The Imago Sequence really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,689 ratings
50.
The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time 4.14 avg rating — 39,413 ratings
51.
14 (Threshold, #1)
14 (Threshold, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 38,669 ratings
52.
Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin, #1)
Rot & Ruin (Rot & Ruin, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 36,601 ratings
53.
The Traveling Vampire Show
The Traveling Vampire Show 3.82 avg rating — 9,362 ratings
54.
A Winter Haunting (Seasons of Horror #4)
A Winter Haunting (Seasons of Horror #4) 3.60 avg rating — 10,698 ratings
55.
The Last Days of Jack Sparks
The Last Days of Jack Sparks 3.85 avg rating — 12,052 ratings
56.
The Deep
The Deep 3.42 avg rating — 38,909 ratings
57.
The Bleeding Season
The Bleeding Season 3.77 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
58.
Kin
Kin 3.88 avg rating — 5,440 ratings
59.
Afraid (The Konrath Dark Thriller Collective #3)
Afraid (The Konrath Dark Thriller Collective #3) 3.92 avg rating — 9,676 ratings
60.
Infected (Infected, #1)
Infected (Infected, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 22,524 ratings
61.
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All 3.98 avg rating — 4,509 ratings
62.
Uzumaki
Uzumaki
by: Junji Ito
4.45 avg rating — 82,612 ratings
63.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,438 ratings
64.
Last Days
Last Days 3.72 avg rating — 13,466 ratings
65.
The Rising (The Rising #1)
The Rising (The Rising #1) 3.80 avg rating — 10,829 ratings
66.
Zone One
Zone One 3.25 avg rating — 26,608 ratings
67.
Handling the Undead
Handling the Undead 3.49 avg rating — 13,292 ratings
68.
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by: Dan Brown
3.95 avg rating — 3,343,682 ratings
69.
Drood
Drood 3.54 avg rating — 17,353 ratings
70.
Coraline
Coraline 4.13 avg rating — 760,475 ratings
71.
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4) 3.75 avg rating — 1,832,523 ratings
72.
Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1)
Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 42,625 ratings
73.
My Best Friend's Exorcism
My Best Friend's Exorcism 3.93 avg rating — 139,955 ratings
74.
The Reapers are the Angels (Reapers, #1)
The Reapers are the Angels (Reapers, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 12,471 ratings
75.
The Grin of the Dark
The Grin of the Dark 3.42 avg rating — 771 ratings
76.
Occultation and Other Stories
Occultation and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 3,944 ratings
77.
The Wolves in the Walls
The Wolves in the Walls 4.04 avg rating — 18,375 ratings
78.
The Drowning Girl
The Drowning Girl 3.71 avg rating — 5,726 ratings
79.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 3.79 avg rating — 279,120 ratings
80.
Hater (Hater, #1)
Hater (Hater, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 10,702 ratings
81.
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
Blindsight (Firefall, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 50,874 ratings
82.
North American Lake Monsters
North American Lake Monsters 3.95 avg rating — 6,156 ratings
83.
The Sun Down Motel
The Sun Down Motel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 180,173 ratings
84.
Lockdown (Escape from Furnace, #1)
Lockdown (Escape from Furnace, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 20,479 ratings
85.
The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians 3.69 avg rating — 102,604 ratings
86.
The Pilo Family Circus
The Pilo Family Circus 3.82 avg rating — 3,836 ratings
87.
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest 3.60 avg rating — 12,726 ratings
88.
Just After Sunset
Just After Sunset 3.88 avg rating — 59,309 ratings
89.
Southern Gods
Southern Gods 3.70 avg rating — 2,042 ratings
90.
The Nightmare Factory, Vol. 1
The Nightmare Factory, Vol. 1 3.42 avg rating — 720 ratings
91.
Apartment 16
Apartment 16 3.20 avg rating — 6,057 ratings
92.
A Dark Matter
A Dark Matter 2.97 avg rating — 4,956 ratings
93.
Beneath the Dark Ice (Alex Hunter, #1)
Beneath the Dark Ice (Alex Hunter, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 5,857 ratings
93.
Kill Creek
Kill Creek 3.76 avg rating — 22,440 ratings
95.
Dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher 3.66 avg rating — 183,532 ratings
96.
The Scarlet Gospels
The Scarlet Gospels 3.50 avg rating — 10,798 ratings
97.
Trapped (The Konrath Dark Thriller Collective #4)
Trapped (The Konrath Dark Thriller Collective #4) 3.86 avg rating — 5,721 ratings
98.
GHOSTS: 2014 edition
GHOSTS: 2014 edition
by: Noel Hynd
3.97 avg rating — 1,325 ratings
99.
Autumn (Autumn, #1)
Autumn (Autumn, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 6,988 ratings
100.
Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)
Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 107,202 ratings
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