The Greatest Horror Books Since 2018

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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
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
6697 The Tattooist Of Auschwitz Heather Morris 2018 Australian English
7108 The Children Of The Dead Elfriede Jelinek 2024 Austrian German
7585 Verity Colleen Hoover 2018 American English
7595 The Reformatory Tananarive Due 2023 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
7883 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Mexican English
8067 Bunny Mona Awad 2019 Canadian English
8652 Victorian Psycho Virginia Feito 2025 Unknown English
8986 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
9262 The Memory Police Yōko Ogawa 2024 Japanese Japanese
9744 The Fire Starters Jan Carson 2019 Irish English
10009 Lone Women Victor LaValle 2023 American English
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
10299 Whalefall Daniel Kraus 2023 American 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
10938 The Bone Key Sarah Monette 2024 American English
10964 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
10971 The Hunger Alma Katsu 2018 American English
11168 Ghost Wall Sarah Moss 2018 British English
11404 The Living and the Rest José Eduardo Agualusa 2020 Angolan Portuguese
11419 When No One Is Watching Alyssa Cole 2020 American English
11608 Forget The Sleepless Shores Sonya Taaffe 2018 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
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
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
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
12568 Meet Me At The Crossroads Megan Giddings 2025 American English
12607 Psychopomp & Circumstance Eden Royce 2025 American English
12637 The Garden Nick Newman 2025 British English
12711 Beasts Of Carnaval Rosália Rodrigo 2025 Unknown English
12771 Blood On Her Tongue Johanna van Veen 2025 Unknown English
12772 The Burial Tide Neil Sharpson 2025 Unknown English
12776 The Confessional Paige Hender 2025 Unknown English
12777 The Country Under Heaven Frederic S. Durbin 2025 American English
12803 Captain's Dinner Adam Cohen 2025 Unknown English
12824 The Starving Saints Caitlin Starling 2025 Unknown English
12825 Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix 2025 Unknown English
12828 King Sorrow Joe Hill 2025 Unknown English
12830 Bat Eater And Other Names For Cora Zeng Kylie Lee Baker 2025 Unknown English
12832 Of Monsters And Mainframes Barbara Truelove 2025 Unknown English
12867 Hollow Spaces Victor Suthammanont 2025 Unknown English
12953 Lost In The Dark And Other Excursions John Langan 2025 American English
12970 Uncanny Valley Girls Zefyr Lisowski 2025 Unknown English
13005 O Sinners! Nicole Cuffy 2025 Unknown English
13051 Marguerite By The Lake Mary Dixie Carter 2025 Unknown English
13068 Aunt Tigress Emily Yu-Xuan Qin 2025 Unknown English
13941 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
14071 Riddance Shelley Jackson 2018 American English
14232 The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones 2020 American English
14334 Come With Me Ronald Malfi 2021 American English
14376 We Are Here To Hurt Each Other Paula D. Ashe 2022 Unknown English
14427 How To Sell A Haunted House Grady Hendrix 2023 American English
14589 The Babysitter Liza Rodman, Jennifer Jordan 2021 Unknown English
14985 The Cabin At The End Of The World Paul Tremblay 2018 American English
14985 Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto 2018 Japanese Japanese
14985 The Last House On Needless Street Catriona Ward 2021 British English
14985 Jawbone Mónica Ojeda 2018 Ecuadorian Spanish
14985 The House Across The Lake Riley Sager 2022 American English
14985 My Heart Is A Chainsaw Stephen Graham Jones 2021 American English
14985 The Devil Takes You Home Gabino Iglesias 2022 American English
14985 Holly Stephen King 2023 American English
14985 I Was A Teenage Slasher Stephen Graham Jones 2024 American Unknown
14985 We Used To Live Here Marcus Kliewer 2024 Unknown Unknown
14985 Monstrilio Gerardo Sámano Córdova 2023 Unknown English
14985 The Dead Cat Tail Assassins P. Djèlí Clark 2024 American English
14985 The Haunting Of Velkwood Gwendolyn Kiste 2024 Unknown English
14985 Middle Of The Night Riley Sager 2024 American English
14985 Starling House Alix E. Harrow 2023 American English
17164 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
17164 Little Eve Catriona Ward 2018 British English
17164 The Reddening Adam Nevill 2019 British English
17164 A House With Good Bones T. Kingfisher 2023 American English
17164 The Book Of Accidents Chuck Wendig 2021 American English
17164 The Hollow Places T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
17164 The Twisted Ones T. Kingfisher 2019 American English
17164 Murder Road Simone St. James 2024 Canadian English
17164 Lapvona Ottessa Moshfegh 2022 American English
17164 Haunting Adeline H. D. Carlton 2021 Unknown English
17164 Gone To See The River Man Kristopher Triana 2020 American English
17164 The Shards Bret Easton Ellis 2023 American English