Most Popular Horror Books of 2025

Tales Nocturnal

Tim Foley

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

January 1, 2025

The Last Kids on Earth #10

The Last Kids on Earth and the Destructor's Lair

Max Brallier

Horror · Science Fiction · Young Adult

November 4, 2025

Beasts

Ingvild Bjerkeland

Horror · Dystopia · Young Adult · Translation

April 10, 2025

Holly Gibney #4

Never Flinch

Stephen King

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

May 27, 2025

Estate Sale

Mia Dalia

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

July 16, 2025

British Library Tales of the Weird #57

Weird Sisters

Mike Ashley

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

January 16, 2025

Shroud

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Horror · Science Fiction

February 27, 2025

Possession

Chris Kelso

Horror · Movie

August 1, 2025

The Devils #1

The Devils

Joe Abercrombie

Fantasy · Horror · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

May 13, 2025

Afterglow

Matti Järvinen, Sara Norja

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Anthology · Poetry

June 26, 2025

Once Was Willem

M.R. Carey

Fantasy · Horror · Alternate History

March 4, 2025

The Library at Hellebore

Cassandra Khaw

Horror · Magical Realism

July 22, 2025

The Starving Saints

Caitlin Starling

Fantasy · Horror · Historical Fiction

May 20, 2025

Nora Kelly #5

Badlands

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

June 3, 2025

Whistle

Linwood Barclay

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

May 20, 2025

The Wax Child

Olga Ravn

Horror · Witches · Historical Fiction

September 30, 2025

Extremity

Nicholas Binge

Horror · Science Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

September 16, 2025

The Third Rule of Time Travel

Philip Fracassi

Horror · Science Fiction

March 18, 2025

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

Blood Trilogy

Blood Like Ours

Stuart Neville

Fantasy · Horror · Vampires · Mystery · Thriller

October 28, 2025

The Psychopath Next Door

Mark Edwards

Horror · Crime Fiction · Psychological Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 28, 2025

Fiend

Alma Katsu

Fantasy · Horror · Adult · Halloween Fiction · Mystery

September 16, 2025

In the Name of the Worm

Mitchell Lüthi

Horror

2025

Sgt. Janus #4

Sgt. Janus and the House That Loved Death

Jim Beard

Horror · Ghosts · Occult Detective · Mystery

May 12, 2025

The Haunted Blizzard

Aviaq Johnston

Horror · Weird Fiction · Graphic Novels · Comics

June 3, 2025

Avery & Carter #4

Cult of the Kraken

Shane Carrow

Horror · Kraken

March 25, 2025

You Can't Stay

S. T. Ashman

Horror · Dark Romance · Mystery · Thriller

April 8, 2025

The Atlas of Hell.

Nathan Ballingrud

Horror · Psychological Horror · Collection · Self-published

July 24, 2025

Breakneck Bay

Faith Gardner

Horror · Psychological Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

July 24, 2025

The Rift Trilogy #3

The Rift 3

Douglas E. Richards, Joshua T. Calvert

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction

March 7, 2025

Shadow Of The Mothman

Hunter Shea

Horror · Mothman · Mystery · Thriller

December 16, 2025

Creepin' Clues

Arbogast

Fantasy · Horror · Ghosts · Occult Detective · Anthology

November 25, 2025

Rose of Jericho

Alex Grecian

Fantasy · Horror · Ghosts · Paranormal Fantasy · Witches

March 11, 2025

The Midnight King

Tariq Ashkanani

Horror · Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

April 10, 2025

Him

JD Kirk

Horror · Science Fiction · Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery

February 10, 2025