Most Popular Horror Books of 2025

The Maiden and Her Monster

Maddie Martinez

Fantasy · Horror

September 9, 2025

You Weren't Meant to Be Human

Andrew Joseph White

Horror · Science Fiction

September 9, 2025

Hazelthorn

CG Drews

Fantasy · Horror · Gothic Horror · Young Adult

October 28, 2025

Sherlock Holmes, Carnival of Horrors

John Pirillo

Horror · Crime Fiction · Halloween Fiction · Sherlock Holmes · Holiday/Seasonal

October 31, 2025

Green Unpleasant Land Cycle #2

Crimson Hooves

Matt Thomas

Horror · Crime Fiction · Cthulhu · Historical Fiction · Thriller

October 30, 2025

Taaqtumi #2

Taaqtumi 2

Neil Christopher

Fantasy · Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

September 2, 2025

Snake-Eater

T. Kingfisher

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy

November 11, 2025

King Sorrow

Joe Hill

Fantasy · Horror · Dragons · Thriller

October 21, 2025

Spread Me

Sarah Gailey

Horror · Science Fiction · Novella · Thriller

September 23, 2025

A Land So Wide

Erin A. Craig

Fantasy · Horror · Gothic Horror · Historical Fiction

September 2, 2025

If Looks Could Kill

Julie Berry

Horror · 19th century · Young Adult

September 16, 2025

Make Me A Monster

Kalynn Bayron

Horror · Young Adult

September 30, 2025

The Dead of Summer #1

The Dead of Summer

Ryan La Sala

Horror · LGBTQ+ · Young Adult · Mystery

September 16, 2025

Awakened

Laura Elliott

Horror · Science Fiction · Dystopia

June 10, 2025

The Possession of Alba Días

Isabel Cañas

Horror · Gothic Horror · Thriller

August 19, 2025

House of Monstrous Women

Daphne Fama

Horror · Gothic Horror

August 12, 2025

The Unworthy

Agustina Bazterrica

Horror · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Translation

March 4, 2025

The Darkworlds Saga #1

Dark Sands

J.S. Harman

Horror · Science Fiction

September 23, 2025

Ice Plague Wars #1

Symbiote

Michael Nayak

Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller

February 11, 2025

The Man Who Loved the Sea

Alan Brennert

Fantasy · Horror

November 1, 2025

Fairymares & Nightales #1

The Teeth Fairy

Franklin Christopher

Horror · Psychological Thriller · Thriller

October 15, 2025

Bunny #2

We Love You, Bunny

Mona Awad

Horror · Thriller

September 23, 2025

Seven Devils #1

Malicent

Cassandra D

Horror · Dark Fantasy

August 8, 2025

Dark Seasons Thriller Series

Salem's Fall

Rektok Ross

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

August 4, 2025

Hyde Park #2

Hyde and Seek

David Korson

Horror · Young Adult

October 20, 2025

Hyde Park #1

Hyde Park

David Korson

Horror · Young Adult

October 6, 2025

Lucky Day

Chuck Tingle

Horror

August 12, 2025

Something Peculiar #10

Something Peculiar

Steve J Shaw

Horror · Anthology · Short Stories

October 30, 2025

Sisters of the Occult #2

All The Wicked

Catelyn Wilson

Fantasy · Horror · Young Adult

November 6, 2025

The Exchange and Other Calamities

McCartney Mallory

Horror · Short Stories

August 19, 2025

How to Survive a Horror Story

Mallory Arnold

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

July 8, 2025

The Dead Husband Cookbook

Danielle Valentine

Horror · Mystery · Thriller

August 5, 2025

Burnt Sparrow #1

We Are Always Tender with Our Dead

Eric LaRocca

Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk

September 9, 2025

New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural #3

New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural

Stephen Jones

Horror · Anthology · Short Stories

October 1, 2025

Bathurst Academy of Post-Mortem Studies #2

Love, Death & Even More Awkward Spells

Scott Killian

Fantasy · Horror · Cozy Fantasy

October 14, 2025

Bathurst Academy of Post-Mortem Studies #1

Love, Death & Other Awkward Spells

Ryan Tang, Scott Killian

Fantasy · Horror · Cozy Fantasy

September 16, 2025