Recs if you like The Hellbound Heart...

Horror novellas under 200 pgs. Bite size scary reads for spooky season. These span the horror spectrum from psychological horror to gory, body horror to gothic ghosties and more. Let me know what else I should add!

Fiction has always been where truth hides. Across horror, thriller, literary fiction, fantasy & mystery every book on this list has something to say about power, who holds it, who destroys it, and how it reproduces itself.

One sitting. Thirty strange stories. Zero wasted pages.

angels in horror books. recommendations welcome.

I can't be the only one who want to remember all the books without jumping around in a video, right?

Inspired by reading Paperbacks from Hell (by Grady Hendrix), I wanted to broaden the horror novels under my belt. I might have grown up reading King and a little Koontz (and way too much Pike and Stine), but there are so many fascinating titles that predate those greats. Feel free to suggest older horror books and why they'd make a great addition to this list in the comments.

Tier 1 from the disturbing novels iceberg. Iceberg was created in response to the disturbing movie iceberg. These are the 'beginner' books with difficult themes and some gore.

For all the body horror and splatterpunk fans. Ranging from light to absolutely brutal! NOTE: Most of these are books I have read but this list is also a library of what I have yet to read. If you have suggestions, please do comment!

Keeping up with the 700+ books featured on Overdue since 2013

My pitch for horror movies to be added to the "Made For The Movies" quest. Or that they should get their own?? (Also let me know ones to add - I'd love some recs)

Horror and thriller recommendations for fellow spooky dudes. ♥

books where there's monsters and (alleged) cannibalism

who doesn't love a little demonic possession here and there? probably the victims, but i digress. here's a collection of demons, demonic possession, and the general presence of bad eggs.

A list of horror books with 200 pages or less for readers in need of small doses of spooks to get through their days.

A colourful bouquet of creepy, macabre and gruesome tales from the past century. Of murderous worms, demons and unpleasant events.

(Work in progress)

Queer horror

Books mentioned in ToastyGoobus/Gab Smolders book talk videos in 2026