Most Popular Horror Books of the 2020s

Mary: An Awakening of Terror

Nat Cassidy

Horror

July 19, 2022

British Library Tales of the Weird #25

I Am Stone

R. Murray Gilchrist, Daniel Pietersen

Horror · 19th century · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Weird Fiction

August 19, 2021

The Great Detective Universe #1

Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives Volume I

John Linwood Grant

Horror · Crime Fiction · Ghosts · Occult Detective · Weird Fiction

May 7, 2020

British Library Tales of the Weird #18

Queens of the Abyss

Mike Ashley

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

September 24, 2020

British Library Tales of the Weird #14

The Outcast: and Other Dark Tales by E F Benson

E. F. Benson

Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

March 19, 2020

Fall of Deadworld #2

Bone White Seeds

Matt Smith

Horror · Science Fiction · Dystopia

February 16, 2020

Ink

Jonathan Maberry

Horror

November 17, 2020

Beneath the Rising #1

Beneath the Rising

Premee Mohamed

Horror

March 3, 2020

A Sunny Place for Shady People

Mariana Enríquez

Horror · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

September 17, 2024

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Horror · Gothic Horror · Locus Award

June 30, 2020

Whistle

Linwood Barclay

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

May 20, 2025

Sworn Soldier #2

What Feasts at Night

T. Kingfisher

Fantasy · Horror · Novella

February 13, 2024

Pendergast #22

Angel of Vengeance

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

August 13, 2024

Pendergast #21

The Cabinet of Dr. Leng

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

January 17, 2023

Burn Our Bodies Down

Rory Power

Horror · Young Adult

July 7, 2020

Pendergast #19

Crooked River

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

February 4, 2020

Beasts

Ingvild Bjerkeland

Horror · Dystopia · Young Adult · Translation

April 10, 2025

Pendergast #20

Bloodless

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

August 1, 2021

Sorrowland

Rivers Solomon

Fantasy · Horror

May 2021

Earthlings

Sayaka Murata

Fantasy · Horror · Psychological Horror · Translation

October 8, 2020

Terrible Worlds: Transformations #2

Preaching to the Choir

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Horror · Science Fiction · Novella

August 11, 2026

The Unknown

Riley Sager

Horror · Psychological Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

August 4, 2026

Incidents Around the House

Josh Malerman

Horror · Movie

June 25, 2024

Herald Classics

Greatest Hits

Harlan Ellison

Horror · Science Fiction · Psychological Horror · Bram Stoker Award · British Fantasy Award

March 26, 2024

British Library Tales of the Weird #53

The Haunted Trail

Weird Walk

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

September 19, 2024

Flame Tree 451

Indian Ghost Stories

Dr. Mithuraaj Dhusiya

Horror · 19th century · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror

November 28, 2023

Scourge Between Stars

Ness Brown

Horror · Science Fiction · Space Opera

April 4, 2023

The Only One Left

Riley Sager

Horror · Psychological Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

June 20, 2023

Starling House

Alix E. Harrow

Fantasy · Horror · Gothic Horror

October 3, 2023

British Library Tales of the Weird #30

The Night Wire: and Other Tales of Weird Media

Aaron Worth

Horror · Ghosts · Weird Fiction · Anthology · Collection

May 31, 2022

The Lighthouse Witches

C. J. Cooke

Horror

October 5, 2021

Small Spaces #3

Dark Waters

Katherine Arden

Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult

August 3, 2021

Comfort Me with Apples

Catherynne M. Valente

Horror · Thriller

October 26, 2021

Beneath the Rising #2

A Broken Darkness

Premee Mohamed

Horror

March 2, 2021

Fall of Deadworld

The Fall of Deadworld Omnibus

Matt Smith

Horror · Dystopia · Collection

June 25, 2020

Fall of Deadworld #3

Grey Flesh Flies

Matt Smith

Horror · Science Fiction · Dystopia

April 15, 2020