The 9 Best Horror Novels of 2023
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Terrifying creatures stalk these pages - from zombies and vampires to as-yet-unnamed horrors. However, as they menace mankind, you may sometimes wonder who the real monsters are.
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Black Tide by 
Desert Creatures by 
Devolution by 
The Fervor by 
Patricia Wants to Cuddle by 
Such Sharp Teeth by 
Tiny Nightmares by The following titles use elements of folklore to invoke fear in their readers - www.crimereads.com
4/22
The Essex Serpent by 
The Lantern Men by 
Little Darlings by 
Melmoth by 
The Whisper Man by 
The Witch Elm by The following books call to mind the classic 80's slasher movies. - www.bookriot.com
3/22
The Final Girl Support Group by 
My Sister, the Serial Killer by 
Security by 
Final Girls by 
Clown in a Cornfield by 
Abbott by 
American Vampire by 
Gideon Falls by 
Clean Room by 
Crown of Shadows by 
Descender by 
Harrow County Volume 1 by 
Infidel by 
Joe Hill The Graphic Novel Collection by 
Nimona by 
Ice Cream Man by 
The Sandman Omnibus by 
Victor Lavalle's Destroyer by 
Wytches Volume 1 by Even though horror is not a particularly humorous genre, it is ripe for parody. Besides, who says a vampire can't have a sense of humor? - www.novelist.co
8/21
Apocalypse Cow by 
The Burn Palace by 
Fall of Night by 
Pandemic by 
Saint Odd by 
Sharp Teeth by 
To Sail a Darkling Sea by 
Welcome to Night Vale by 
Zone One by Based on true stories / bustle.com
6/21
The Amityville Horror by 
Audrey Rose by 
Bell Witch by 
Desperate Passage by 
The Devil in the White City by 
The Exorcist by 
Sallie House Haunting by 
See What I Have Done by 
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by 
This House Is Haunted by 
The Uninvited by 5/21
Blackout by 
Boneshaker by 
Feed by 
Monster Island by 
Patient Zero by 
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by 
Raising Stony Mayhall by 
Warm Bodies by 
World War Z by Zone One by 
And Then There Were None by 
Carrion Comfort by 
Eileen by 
Ghost Story by 
Haunted : a novel of stories by 
The haunting of Hill House by 
House of Leaves by 
In Cold Blood by 
Let the Right One In by 
Pet Sematary by 
Rebecca by 
Ring by 
Rosemary's Baby by 
The Shining by 
The Shining Girls by 
The Silence of the Lambs by 
The Woman in Black by World War Z by Horror fans attracted to the genre's darkest elements -- vividly described -- will enjoy the terrifying tales of humanity's worst imaginings on this list. Let the squeamish look elsewhere! From NoveList
3/21
The Devil's Labyrinth by Fall of Night by 
Feedback by 
The Montauk Monster by 
One of Us Will Be Dead by Morning by 
Ordinary Mayhem by 
The Return Man by 
The Scarlet Gospels by 
Written in the Blood by Zone One by These books feature people who you would not expect to be detectives, but find themselves in the middle of a crime, trying to solve the crime. www.bookriot.com
3/21
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by 
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by 
A Clue for the Puzzle Lady by 
Groucho Marx, Private Eye by 
A Hollywood Homicide by 
Hope Never Dies by 
Murder Your Darlings by 
Smaller and Smaller Circles by 2/21
Clown in a Cornfield by 
Full Tilt by 
It by 
Killer klowns from outer space
Something Wicked This Way Comes by 
Twilight Eyes by War is horror in and of itself, but it is also a ripe ground as a setting for horror fiction. - monsterlibrarian.com
1/21
Bloodline by 
The Bloody Red Baron by 
Blue Devil Island by 
The Keep by 
The Wolf's Hour by Spirits from beyond the grave and haunted houses are staples of the horror genre. In these tales, ghostly presences attach to an individual, an object, or pervade a physical space - leaving readers feeling haunted, too! - From NoveList
12/20
77 Shadow Street by 
Bliss House by 
The Damned by 
The House of Small Shadows by 
The Night Strangers by 
Rooms by 
A Sudden Light by 
The White Devil by Nonfiction for horror fans - www.bookriot.com
11/20
Blood Work by The Devil in the White City by 
The Hot Zone by 
The Monster of Florence by 
People Who Eat Darkness by 
Rabid by 
Scream by 
Stiff by The monsters are supposed to be outside; but in haunted house books the monsters are inside, with you. -- www.bookriot.com
11/20
The Family Plot by 
Within These Walls by 
The Supernatural Enhancements by 
A Head Full of Ghosts by 
The Grip of It by 
The Good House by 
The Little Stranger by 9/20
Anna Dressed in Blood by 
The Girl from the Well by 
Heart-Shaped Box by 
Help for the Haunted by 
Joyland by 
The Name of the Star by From The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
8/20
Broken Monsters by 
Diary by 
The Illustrated Man by 
Pretty Monsters by 
Threats by 
Voices in the Night by 
The Witches of Worm by 7/20
Dawn by 
Salvation Day by 
Dark Orbit by 
Escaping Exodus by 
Gideon the Ninth by 
The Luminous Dead by 
The Last Astronaut by 
Blindsight by 
Ajin by 
Doubt by 
Happiness 1 by 
I Am a Hero Omnibus Volume 1 by 
Parasyte by 
Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1 by 
UZUMAKI, Vol. 1 (2ND EDITION) by 
When They Cry by From NoveList
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5/20
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by 
Behold the Void by 
Dark Duets by 
Full Dark, No Stars by 
Ghosts by Gaslight by 
The Merry Spinster by 
Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters by 
Occultation by 
We Are Where the Nightmares Go and Other Stories by The following books show that human behavior can be more terrifying than vampires or demons. www.bookriot.com
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4/20
Beneath the Mountain by
A New York documentary filmmaker, visiting his wife's small mountain community in the majestic Italian Dolomites, is challenged to unravel the truth about a decades-old triple murder in the wake of a devastating accident.
The Hunger by
Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party.
Mother, Mother by
Josephine Hurst has her family under control. With two beautiful daughters, a brilliantly intelligent son, a tech-guru of a husband and a historical landmark home, her life is picture perfect. She has everything she wants; all she has to do is keep it that way.
My Sister, the Serial Killer by
Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends.
My Sister Rosa by
When his father's business takes the family to New York City, a seventeen-year-old Australian boy must balance his desire to protect his ten-year-old sister, a diagnosable psychopath, from the world with the desperate need to protect the world from her.
Night Film by
Tells the haunting story of a journalist who becomes obsessed with the mysterious death of a troubled prodigy--the daughter of an iconic, reclusive filmmaker.
The Shining Girls by
The sole survivor of a time-traveling serial killer who began his murder spree in Depression-era Chicago tries to hunt him down in 1989 along with help from an ex-homicide reporter.
Theme Music by
An only survivor of her family's massacre, Dixie impulsively moves into her early childhood home, where she begins to question her sanity and the haunted shadows of the past that threaten her future.
...or only imagined or maybe a bit of both? The following are books featuring psychological horror.- NoveList.com
3/20
Apart in the Dark by 
The Apartment by 
Bleeding Earth by 
The Boy Who Drew Monsters by 
The Cabin at the End of the World by 
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by The Damned by 
We Are Here by 
You Should Have Left by The books on this list are many different types of horror novels. What they have in common is that they stand the test of time and frighten people as much today as when they were first written. - NoveList
2/20
The Amityville horror by The exorcist by 
Ghost story by The haunting of Hill House by 
Let me in by 
Nightmare at 20,000 feet by 
Pet sematary by 
Psycho by 
The Silence of the Lambs by 
The Stepford wives by Is there something under the floorboards?
Someone living in the walls?
Is the house eeeevil? www.bookriot.com
1/20
The Amityville Horror by 
Black House by 
Burnt Offerings (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) by 
Coldheart Canyon by 
The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by 
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer by 
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by The Good House by The Haunting of Hill House by 
House by House of Leaves by 
Kill Creek by 
The Mansion by 
Salem's Lot by 
Slade House by The Supernatural Enhancements by 
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by 
