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My Horror Book Reviews
My favourite horror books
| The Shining | Stephen King | Haunted house / psychological. King’s masterpiece of isolation, madness, and supernatural dread. |
| It | Stephen King | Cosmic / creature horror. Childhood trauma, small town evil, and one of horror’s great monsters. |
| Misery | Stephen King | Psychological captivity. Terrifying because it feels real; a masterclass in tension. |
| The Stand | Stephen King | Apocalyptic horror. Epic battle of good vs evil with unforgettable characters. |
| The Cellar | Richard Laymon | Extreme survival horror. Laymon at his most brutal; relentless pacing and raw terror. |
| The Beast House | Richard Laymon | Creature / splatter horror. Wild, pulpy, violent — classic Laymon mayhem. |
| Night in the Lonesome October | Richard Laymon | Urban terror. One of Laymon’s most atmospheric and unsettling novels. |
| The Exorcist | William Peter Blatty | Demonic possession. Still one of the most disturbing supernatural novels ever written. |
| The Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson | Psychological / haunted house. Subtle, elegant, deeply unnerving; a genre cornerstone. |
| Dracula | Bram Stoker | Gothic horror. The definitive vampire novel; atmospheric and iconic. |
| The Silence of the Lambs | Thomas Harris | Psychological thriller Hannibal Lecter’s chilling presence reshaped modern horror thrillers. |
| The Girl Next Door | Jack Ketchum | Real world horror. Brutal, devastating, and unforgettable; based on a true case. |
| Bird Box | Josh Malerman | Apocalyptic / unseen horror. Terrifying concept: monsters you can’t look at without going mad. |
| The Ruins | Scott Smith | Survival / body horror. A holiday gone wrong; claustrophobic, gruesome, and relentless. |
| Mexican Gothic | Silvia Moreno‑Garcia | Gothic supernatural. Lush, eerie, and atmospheric with a modern twist. |
| The Terror | Dan Simmons | Historical supernatural. Arctic expedition meets ancient horror; slow, cold dread. |
| Ghost Story | Peter Straub | Supernatural revenge. Elegant, literary, and deeply haunting. |
| The Fisherman | John Langan | Cosmic / literary horror. Mythic, slow burn, and devastating; modern classic. |
| Hell House | Richard Matheson | Haunted house. Violent, intense, and one of the scariest haunted house novels. |
| The Woman in Black | Susan Hill | Gothic ghost story. Short, chilling, atmospheric — a perfect modern ghost tale. |
