The Greatest Horror Books Since 2010

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
2647 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor 2017 Mexican Spanish
3048 Fever Dream Samanta Schweblin 2014 Argentinian Spanish
3541 Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado 2017 American English
4535 Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
5013 Zone One Colson Whitehead 2011 American English
5155 Cursed Bunny Bora Chung 2021 Korean Korean
5463 The Animals In That Country Laura Jean McKay 2020 Australian English
5619 Our Share of Night Mariana Enríquez 2019 Argentinian Spanish
6157 The God Of The Woods Liz Moore 2024 Unknown English
6297 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 2011 American English
6609 Nos4 A2 Joe Hill 2013 American English
6662 You Caroline Kepnes 2014 American English
6697 The Tattooist Of Auschwitz Heather Morris 2018 Australian English
6801 Bird Box Josh Malerman 2014 American English
6859 A Head Full Of Ghosts Paul Tremblay 2015 American English
7050 The Changeling Victor LaValle 2017 American English
7103 Get In Trouble Kelly Link 2015 American English
7108 The Children Of The Dead Elfriede Jelinek 2024 Austrian German
7582 Feed Seanan McGuire 2010 American English
7585 Verity Colleen Hoover 2018 American English
7595 The Reformatory Tananarive Due 2023 American English
7672 14 Peter Clines 2012 American English
7702 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 2025 American English
7735 Stag Dance Torrey Peters 2025 American English
7761 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
7859 Phantom Evil Heather Graham Pozzessere 2011 American English
7883 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Mexican English
7984 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
8067 Bunny Mona Awad 2019 Canadian English
8191 The Fisherman John Langan 2016 American English
8232 Frankenstein In Baghdad Ahmed Saadawi 2013 Iraqi Arabic
8291 They Will Drown In Their Mother’s Tears Johannes Anyuru 2017 Swedish Swedish
8431 Those Across The River Christopher Buehlman 2011 American English
8458 Penpal Dathan Kahn Auerbach 2012 American English
8520 Sourdough And Other Stories Angela Slatter 2010 Australian English
8657 Punct și De La Capăt Gabriel Chifu 2014 Romanian Romanian
8653 Victorian Psycho Virginia Feito 2025 Unknown English
8987 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
9178 Anima Wajdi Mouawad 2012 French French
9263 The Memory Police Yōko Ogawa 2024 Japanese Japanese
9335 Authority Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9335 Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9674 Frozen Moment Camilla Ceder 2010 Swedish Swedish
9744 The Fire Starters Jan Carson 2019 Irish English
9825 The Frozen Dead Bernard Minier 2011 French French
9972 The Silence Of The Sea Yrsa Sigurdardottir 2012 Icelandic Icelandic
10009 Lone Women Victor LaValle 2023 American English
10022 Mending Bodies Hon Lai-Chu 2010 Chinese Chinese
10121 Through The Woods Emily Carroll 2014 Canadian English
10123 The Invisible Guardian Dolores Redondo 2013 Spanish Spanish
10167 The Devils Joe Abercrombie 2025 British English
10178 The Haunted Wood Sam Leith 2024 Unknown English
10229 The Trees Percival Everett 2021 American English
10297 The Jumbies Tracey Baptiste 2015 Trinidadian English
10299 Whalefall Daniel Kraus 2023 American English
10304 Death Notice Zhou Haohui 2014 Chinese Chinese
10304 The Weight Of Blood Laura McHugh 2014 American English
10359 Wylding Hall Elizabeth Hand 2015 American English
10454 The North Water Ian McGuire 2016 British English
10539 A Sunny Place For Shady People Mariana Enríquez 2024 Unknown Unknown
10673 The Hounding Xenobe Purvis 2025 Unknown English
10687 The Bewitching Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025 Mexican English
10703 Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda 2024 Nigerian English
10718 Cursed Daughters Oyinkan Braithwaite 2025 Nigerian English
10866 A Century Of Ghost Stories Richard Sugg 2017 British English
10870 Mr. Splitfoot Samantha Hunt 2016 American English
10884 Somebody Is Walking On Your Grave Mariana Enriquez 2013 Argentine Spanish
10919 The Shining Girls Lauren Beukes 2013 South African English
10938 The Bone Key Sarah Monette 2024 American English
10964 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
10966 Rotters Daniel Kraus 2011 American English
10971 The Hunger Alma Katsu 2018 American English
11034 The Weird Ann VanderMeer 2011 American English
11168 Ghost Wall Sarah Moss 2018 British English
11390 The Devil In America Kai Ashante Wilson 2014 American English
11404 The Living and the Rest José Eduardo Agualusa 2020 Angolan Portuguese
11419 When No One Is Watching Alyssa Cole 2020 American English
11433 The Troop Nick Cutter 2014 Canadian English
11470 Furnace Livia Llewellyn 2016 American English
11472 Please, Momma Chesya Burke 2015 American Unknown
11608 Forget The Sleepless Shores Sonya Taaffe 2018 American English
11638 Little Star John Ajvide Lindqvist 2010 Swedish Swedish
11802 The Ballad Of Black Tom Victor LaValle 2016 American English
11826 The Wax Child Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken 2023 Danish English
11837 I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà 2023 Unknown Catalan
11923 The Ritual Adam Nevill 2011 British English
11926 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
12018 Infidel Pornsak Pichetshote 2018 Unknown English
12103 Vantage Point Sara Sligar 2025 Unknown English
12108 Good And Evil And Other Stories Samanta Schweblin 2025 Argentine Spanish
12111 North Sun Ethan Rutherford 2025 Unknown English
12117 Broken Monsters Lauren Beukes 2014 South African English
12171 Tom's Crossing Mark Z. Danielewski 2025 American English
12181 The Unworthy Agustina Bazterrica 2023 Argentinian Spanish
12288 Where Are You Really From Elaine Hsieh Chou 2025 American English
12294 Precious Rubbish Kayla E. 2025 Unknown English
12321 Angel Down Daniel Kraus 2025 American English
12405 The Great Work Sheldon Costa 2025 Unknown English
12410 The House On Buzzards Bay Dwyer Murphy 2025 American English
12422 Herculine Grace Byron 2025 Unknown English
12423 A Mouthful Of Dust Nghi Vo 2025 American English
12433 Savaging The Dark Christopher Conlon 2014 Unknown English
12444 The Summer Is Ended And We Are Not Yet Saved Joey Comeau 2014 Canadian English
12445 Hungerstone Kat Dunn 2025 Unknown English
12448 Julie Chan Is Dead Liann Zhang 2025 Unknown English
12453 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 2025 Unknown English
12467 Immaculate Conception Ling Ling Huang 2025 Unknown English
12477 Blood In The Water Tiffany D. Jackson 2025 Unknown English
12478 The Manor Of Dreams Christina Li 2025 Unknown English
12487 Secret Lives Of The Dead Tim Lebbon 2025 British English
12489 When The Wolf Comes Home Nat Cassidy 2025 Unknown English
12491 They Bloom At Night Trang Thanh Tran 2025 Unknown English
12492 Hemlock & Silver T. Kingfisher 2025 American English
12494 Old Soul Susan Barker 2025 Unknown English
12500 Girl Dinner Olivie Blake 2025 American English
12510 All Of Us Murderers K.J. Charles 2025 British English
12511 Spread Me Sarah Gailey 2025 American English
12557 The Night Birds Christopher Golden 2025 American English
12558 Hansel And Gretel Stephen King, Maurice Sendak 2025 American English
12561 The Stalker Paula Bomer 2025 American English