Most Popular Weird Fiction Books of the 2020s

Tales Nocturnal

Tim Foley

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

January 1, 2025

The Wendlelow Mysteries #1

Fireside Horror

P. A. Sheldon

Horror · Ancient Mythology · Gothic Horror · Weird Fiction · Witches

May 12, 2024

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

Weird Tales

Jonathan Maberry

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

October 10, 2023

The Canal and Other Weird Stories

Everil Worrell

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Vampires

February 15, 2023

Eibonvale Chapbook Line

The January Estate

Charles Wilkinson

Weird Fiction · Mainstream

February 1, 2022

Tales from the Rain

Mark Howard Jones

Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

February 6, 2024

British Library Tales of the Weird #29

The Ghost Slayers

Mike Ashley

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

March 24, 2022

Occult Detective Magazine #7

Occult Detective Magazine #7

John Linwood Grant, Dave Brzeski

Horror · Occult Detective · Weird Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery

May 30, 2020

Star-Spawned

Mark Howard Jones

Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

March 29, 2022

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 #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

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

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

Illuminations: Stories

Alan Moore

Fantasy · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

October 11, 2022

Flame Tree 451

Chinese Ghost Stories

C. Xueting Ni

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

June 18, 2024

British Library Tales of the Weird #35

Polar Horrors

John Miller

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

November 10, 2022

British Library Tales of the Weird #79

A Walk on the Weird Side

Robert Westall, Fiona Cameron

Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection · Short Stories

November 19, 2026

Fish Hooks and Other Stories

Kit Power

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

October 29, 2026

Entering Gosston

Jeffrey Thomas

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

May 8, 2026

British Library Tales of the Weird #78

Terror Australis

James Doig

Horror · Ancient Mythology · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

October 2026

Something Peculiar #11

Something Peculiar

Steve J Shaw

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

September 24, 2026

Cthulhu Cymraeg: The Night Country

Mark Howard Jones

Horror · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction · Anthology

February 2026

The Boatman

Alex Grecian

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Reaper

April 7, 2026

British Library Tales of the Weird #75

Danse Macabre

Mike Ashley

Horror · 19th century · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Regency

July 16, 2026

Arkham Horror

Grim Investigations

Steve Lockley, Jennifer Brozek

Horror · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction · Anthology · Novella

March 30, 2026

Somnambulant Hearts

Andrew Hook

Fantasy · Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

June 25, 2026

Made for the Dark

John Llewellyn Probert

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

February 26, 2026

Year's Best Horror Stories (US) #19

The Year's Best Horror XIX

Karl Edward Wagner

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

February 23, 2026

The Psalm of the Black Tide

Shuvam Ghosh

Horror · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

January 10, 2026