Most Popular Horror Books of the 2020s

The Empusium

Olga Tokarczuk

Horror · Demon · Shapeshifters · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

September 24, 2024

The Lamplighters

Emma Stonex

Horror · Mainstream · Mystery

March 2021

The Night House

Jo Nesbø

Horror · Translation · Thriller

October 3, 2023

The Kindness

John Ajvide Lindqvist

Horror · Translation

October 31, 2023

Slayton #1

The Midnight Man

Caroline Mitchell

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

October 13, 2021

The Wax Child

Olga Ravn

Horror · Witches · Historical Fiction

September 30, 2025

Holly Gibney #4

Never Flinch

Stephen King

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

May 27, 2025

The Resting Place

Camilla Sten

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

March 29, 2022

The Blackwood Tapes #1

The Hollow Ones

Chuck Hogan, Guillermo del Toro

Horror · Thriller

August 4, 2020

Later

Stephen King

Horror · Crime Fiction

March 2, 2021

Slayton #2

The Night Whispers

Caroline Mitchell

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

July 22, 2022

Look Both Ways

Linwood Barclay

Horror · Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

June 7, 2022

Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy #3

Gwendy's Final Task

Stephen King, Richard Chizmar

Horror

February 15, 2022

The Whistling

Rebecca Netley

Horror · Thriller

October 14, 2021

The Night Guest

Hildur Knútsdóttir

Fantasy · Horror · Ghosts

September 3, 2024

Real Life

Adeline Dieudonné

Horror · Translation · Thriller

February 4, 2020

The Mystery of Raspberry Hill

Eva Frantz

Horror · Childrens · Translation · TV Series · Historical Fiction

October 13, 2022

The Bone Queen

Will Shindler

Horror · Psychological Thriller · Thriller

February 3, 2026

The Body

Bethany C. Morrow

Horror · Psychological Thriller · Thriller

February 10, 2026

Extremity

Nicholas Binge

Horror · Science Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

September 16, 2025

Flame Tree 451

Chinese Ghost Stories

C. Xueting Ni

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

June 18, 2024

Silver Nitrate

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

July 18, 2023

British Library Tales of the Weird #35

Polar Horrors

John Miller

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection · Short Stories

November 10, 2022

A Dowry of Blood

S.T. Gibson

Fantasy · Horror · Vampires

October 4, 2022

Chouette

Claire Oshetsky

Horror · Magical Realism

November 16, 2021

Lady Slayers #1

Blood Countess

Lana Popovic

Fantasy · Horror · Historical Fantasy · Young Adult

January 2020

Swedish Cults

Anders Fager

Horror · Cthulhu · Short Stories

September 6, 2022

Bird Box #2

Malorie

Josh Malerman

Horror · Science Fiction

July 21, 2020

The Third Rule of Time Travel

Philip Fracassi

Horror · Science Fiction

March 18, 2025

Our Wives Under the Sea

Julia Armfield

Horror

March 3, 2022

Someone You Can Build A Nest In

John Wiswell

Fantasy · Horror · Locus Award · Nebula Award · Shapeshifters

April 29, 2025

Alien Universe

Alien: Seventh Circle

Philippa Ballantine

Horror · Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Psychological Horror · Alien

January 7, 2025

Small Spaces #4

Empty smiles

Katherine Arden

Horror · Young Adult

August 9, 2022

The Vessel

Adam Nevill

Horror

October 31, 2022

The Final Women

Micah Delhauer

Horror

October 31, 2028

Blood Trilogy

Blood Like Theirs

Stuart Neville

Horror · Crime Fiction · Mystery

April 6, 2027