Most Popular Psychological Horror Books

Explore the most popular Psychological Horror books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.

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The Black Phone and Other Stories

Joe Hill

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Vampires · Adult

2005

Misery

Stephen King

Horror · Psychological Horror · Bram Stoker Award · Movie · Mainstream

1987

Tales Nocturnal

Tim Foley

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

January 1, 2025

Shadows Over Innsmouth #1

Shadows Over Innsmouth

Stephen Jones

Horror · Cthulhu · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

1994

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

The Canal and Other Weird Stories

Everil Worrell

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Vampires

February 15, 2023

Taaqtumi #1

Taaqtumi

Neil Christopher

Fantasy · Horror · Ghosts · Post-Apocalyptic · Psychological Horror

September 10, 2019

British Library Tales of the Weird #8

The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson

William Hope Hodgson, Xavier Aldana Reyes

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

April 2019

Black Shuck Shadows #15

Flowers of War

Mark Howard Jones

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

August 29, 2019

British Library Tales of the Weird #3

Glimpses of the Unknown

Mike Ashley

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

September 20, 2018

Nailbiters

Paul Kane

Horror · Crime Fiction · Psychological Horror · Short Stories · Thriller

February 2017

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson

E. F. Benson, David Stuart Davies

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

May 6, 2012

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton

David Stuart Davies, Edith Wharton

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

January 5, 2009

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

Night Shivers: The Ghost Stories of Mrs J.H. Ridell

David Stuart Davies, J.H. Riddell

Horror · 19th century · Banshee · Ghosts · Gothic Horror

2008

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

Tales of Unease

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Fantasy · Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

2008

The Mammoth Book of ...

The Mammoth Book of Vampires

Stephen Jones

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Vampires · Anthology

1992

Fontana Tales of Terror

European Tales of Terror

J. J. Strating

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

December 1968

The Elemental

Ulric Daubeney

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

1919

John Silence: Psychical Investigator

A Psychical Invasion

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Occult Detective · Psychological Horror · Mystery

1908

The Tower

Gregg Hurwitz

Psychological Horror · Psychological Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1999

Hot Singles In Your Area

Jordan Shiveley

Horror · Psychological Horror · Adult

February 4, 2024

British Library Tales of the Weird #29

The Ghost Slayers

Mike Ashley

Horror · Ghosts · Occult Detective · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

March 24, 2022

The Vampire Archives

Otto Penzler

Horror · Crime Fiction · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Vampires

September 29, 2009

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

The Beast with Five Fingers: Supernatural Stories

David Stuart Davies, W. F. Harvey

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

May 2009

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

Gothic Ghost Stories

David Blair

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

October 5, 2002

Weird Legacies

Mike Ashley

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

August 30, 1977

The House of the Nightmare and Other Eerie Tales

Kathleen Lines

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

1967

Skull Session

Daniel Hecht

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Psychological Thriller · Mystery

1998

The Stepford Wives

Ira Levin

Psychological Horror · Mystery · Thriller

October 13, 1972

Of the Flesh

Uncredited

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

October 10, 2024

A Haunting in the Arctic

C. J. Cooke

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Mermaid · Psychological Horror

February 27, 2024

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 #9

Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy

Mike Ashley

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories · Dark Fiction

May 3, 2019

British Library Tales of the Weird #6

The Platform Edge

Mike Ashley

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

January 17, 2019

British Library Tales of the Weird #1

From the Depths

Mike Ashley

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

July 19, 2018