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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!

Horror books with a page count of 200 pages or less.

Before we started defining novellas by word count, they were defined as being any book less than 200 pages. Source: my Analysis of Short Stories & Literature professor in community college. I loved that class. But he loved James Joyce. So, ymmv, I guess.

all things summer and horror from slashers to summer camp and your favorite local faire.

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

A homage to Geo Rutherford (geodesaurus) on Instagram, and her endlessly entertaining annual series about haunted hydrology. Happy Spooky Lakes month to all who celebrate.

This is a list of short form horror that is meant to represent a variety of subgenres and styles within the horror genre. The list includes short stories, short story collections and novellas under 200 pages

If you're not sure where to start, or what subgenre or style a particular work represents, I encourage you to come ask in the comments! My goal with this list is to make horror more accessible and less intimidating for people unfamiliar with the genre 🖤

Horror isn't always gore, dangerous monsters and high-stakes tension. Horror can also be quiet whispers behind closed doors, oppressive atmospheres and our most ordinary fears coming true

This is one of my favourite movie genres so I thought I’d make a list for books!

when you've made it through all of Riley Sager, Grady Hendrix, and Stephen King, and need more under-the-radar recommendations to scare yourself through the season

read these in one sitting if you dare…

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