Reading Horror

"[A] huge and sprawling tale of horror." —The New York Times Book Review Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of four centuries of witches—a family given to poetry and incest, murder and philosophy, a family that over...

The multi million copy bestseller that has enthralled generations of readers. A haunting tale of obsessive love. A mesmerizing psychological thriller. In Monte Carlo, our unnamed heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned...

The iconic, “extraordinary” (The Washington Post) collaboration between bestselling authors Stephen King and Peter Straub—an epic #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy thriller about a young boy’s quest to save his mother’s life. Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most...

Terrifying Tales: The Complete Set gathers all 28 stories from Samuel Brower’s four acclaimed horror collections into one definitive omnibus—spanning supernatural terror, psychological dread, folk horror, and Lovecraftian unease. This omnibus includes “Patricia Lendrum, Exorcist for Hire,” introducing a hard-edged occult investigator who confronts possessions and entities that refuse to play by the rules. In “Apparitions in the Railyard,” a stretch of track becomes the site of a haunting rooted in tragedy and unfinished business. The chilling novella “Something in the Walls”...

THE PLAINS ARE HAUNTED BY A NEW MONSTER—AND THE CARNIVAL MUST FACE IT BEFORE NIGHTFALL. 1952, South Dakota. The Thunder & Shield Traveling Carnival arrives on the prairie expecting ticket sales, not a war. But when Sheriff Peter Hahkota calls on Atlas, Saul, and Carny for help, they discover something far worse than crooked lawmen or Klansmen waiting in the dark. A wendigo is loose on the reservation—an ancient man-eater born of hunger and human flesh. Mangled bodies litter the plains, and every night the killings spread. No rifle, no fire, no ordinary weapon can stop it. To fight the ...

2020 THRILLER/SUSPENSE AUDIE AWARD WINNER! Now an MGM+ Original Series! From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It. “This is King at his best” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). In the middle of the night, in a...

A mind-bending horror that will keep you awake at night David Howell came to Hollywood in pursuit of a dream. He never expected to wake up in a nightmare. When an earthquake rips through his aging apartment building, David thinks the worst is over once the shaking stops. But the damage runs deeper than cracked plaster and shattered nerves. Something beneath the building has been disturbed. Something that should have stayed buried. At first, it’s easy to ignore—unexplained vibrations in the walls, faint sounds in the vents, the creeping feeling of being watched. Then a tenant vanishes. ...

"RICE IS A FORMIDABLE TALENT...[Taltos] is a curious amalgam of gothic, glamour fiction, alternate history and high soap opera." --The Washington Post Book World "CAPTIVATING...TALTOS IS A WONDERFUL OFFERING...THE BEST SHE'S DONE....There is a new member of Anne Rice's macabre family of monsters...

From the internationally bestselling author of 56 Days, a page-turning thriller about two women whose shattered lives come crashing together around a house whose secrets could bury them both. If these walls could talk, they’d scream... When Ellie moves to 1 Delaney Row, she hopes to find a...

Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, “his highest Fahrenheit reading yet” (Time)—now featuring a stunning vintage cover! Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra cash, volunteering as test...

A horrifying collection that will linger in your mind... while you're alone at night. For ages 18 and over. These 10 terrifying tales by Richard Van Gramberg will leave a lasting impression on you, well after the last page. They are fast-paced, mysterious, and end with creepy revelations. Includes: 9 short horror stories from Richard Van Gramberg's Paranormal Suspense Collection Volumes 1-3 Plus: Soul Match. A vampire story. Volume 1: A doorbell that won't stop ringing at 3 a.m. - who could it be? An art project in an ancient woodland uncovers a dark and disturbing secret, and a six-year-...

Explore the darkest corners of the Star Wars galaxy in this chilling horror-themed middle grade novel by New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White. Pursued by Imperial forces, a young girl named Bia must flee her home planet of Coruscant and find her mother. All the time, she is hunted by...

From New York Times, USA TODAY, #1 Dark Fantasy and Top-15 Amazon Bestselling author Tamara Rose Blodgett, comes the explosive conclusion to the bestselling Savage Series—where fate, love, and vengeance collide in a gritty post-apocalyptic world. What Readers are Saying: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A perfect finale! Fast-paced and unforgettable." ~ Amanda Catoe ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Tamara Rose Blodgett keeps you on edge until the last page!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A dark, beautifully woven conclusion—so emotional and thrilling!" 💔 A World on the Brink of War Ulric is relentless. He will stop at nothing ...

A star-studded cast of readers present unabridged tales of horror and suspense from Stephen King’s classic bestselling short story collection. Stories include: -Chattery Teeth -The Moving Finger -Home Delivery -Sneakers and more…...

From the day her first Vampire Chronicle was published, critics and readers--readers by the hundreds of thousands--have been mesmerized by the writings of Anne Rice. And with the publication of The Witching Hour, she created for us yet another world and legend, and both the chorus of praise...

Seventeen-year-old Buddy Lewek has spent most of his life trying to escape the Lower East Side slums of New York City.Working as a delivery boy to support his family, Buddy wants to become an artist, a dream he’s sure will never be realized. But that all changes when a delivery job puts him face-to-face with Mister Joey Drew, the eccentric owner of an animation studio. Mister Drew takes Buddy under his wing as an apprentice, thrusting him into a world unlike anything Buddy has ever seen before.

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Book Riot Best Mystery & Thriller of the Year Three women in one twisted family race for answers in this striking mystery set in the Mexicali borderlands that "breathes new life into the myth of Persephone and Demeter" (Ana Reyes, author of The House...

In this terrifying novel from the bestselling "master of the psychological thriller" and author of Baby Teeth (Entertainment Weekly), three friends set off on a hike into the Grand Canyon—only to discover it's not so easy to leave the world behind. It was supposed to be the perfect week away...

Some doors should never be opened. Some bargains should never be made. Some evils don’t stay buried. In Terrifying Tales, Samuel Brower drags readers into a world where the familiar curdles into the grotesque and the ordinary becomes a gateway to nightmare. These stories roam from haunted homes and cursed objects to back roads, forgotten towns, and the thin places where something old and hungry waits to be noticed. A hard-boiled paranormal investigator confronts the lingering echoes of violent death in “A Haunting in Baltimore.” A birthday gift becomes an instrument of terror in “...

Now a major motion picture starring Robert Carlyle and Kiefer Sutherland "Waking from a dream, I suddenly realized where I was: in the Death House--in a prison camp by the River Kwai. I was a prisoner of war, lying among the dead, waiting for the bodies to be carried away so that I might have...