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
5153 Cursed Bunny Bora Chung 2021 Korean Korean
5462 The Animals In That Country Laura Jean McKay 2020 Australian English
5618 Our Share of Night Mariana Enríquez 2019 Argentinian Spanish
6156 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
7584 Verity Colleen Hoover 2018 American English
7594 The Reformatory Tananarive Due 2023 American English
7701 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 2025 American English
7734 Stag Dance Torrey Peters 2025 American English
7760 Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 2019 Jamaican English
7882 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Mexican English
8066 Bunny Mona Awad 2019 Canadian English
8650 Victorian Psycho Virginia Feito 2025 Unknown English
8984 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil V. E. Schwab 2025 Unknown English
9260 The Memory Police Yōko Ogawa 2024 Japanese Japanese
9740 The Fire Starters Jan Carson 2019 Irish English
10004 Lone Women Victor LaValle 2023 American English
10163 The Devils Joe Abercrombie 2025 British English
10173 The Haunted Wood Sam Leith 2024 Unknown English
10224 The Trees Percival Everett 2021 American English
10295 Whalefall Daniel Kraus 2023 American English
10536 A Sunny Place For Shady People Mariana Enríquez 2024 Unknown Unknown
10669 The Hounding Xenobe Purvis 2025 Unknown English
10683 The Bewitching Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025 Mexican English
10699 Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda 2024 Nigerian English
10714 Cursed Daughters Oyinkan Braithwaite 2025 Nigerian English
10934 The Bone Key Sarah Monette 2024 American English
10960 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
10967 The Hunger Alma Katsu 2018 American English
11164 Ghost Wall Sarah Moss 2018 British English
11401 The Living and the Rest José Eduardo Agualusa 2020 Angolan Portuguese
11416 When No One Is Watching Alyssa Cole 2020 American English
11606 Forget The Sleepless Shores Sonya Taaffe 2018 American English
11824 The Wax Child Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken 2023 Danish English
11835 I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà 2023 Unknown Catalan
12016 Infidel Pornsak Pichetshote 2018 Unknown English
12102 Vantage Point Sara Sligar 2025 Unknown English
12107 Good And Evil And Other Stories Samanta Schweblin 2025 Argentine Spanish
12110 North Sun Ethan Rutherford 2025 Unknown English
12170 Tom's Crossing Mark Z. Danielewski 2025 American English
12180 The Unworthy Agustina Bazterrica 2023 Argentinian Spanish
12287 Where Are You Really From Elaine Hsieh Chou 2025 American English
12293 Precious Rubbish Kayla E. 2025 Unknown English
12320 Angel Down Daniel Kraus 2025 American English
12404 The Great Work Sheldon Costa 2025 Unknown English
12409 The House On Buzzards Bay Dwyer Murphy 2025 American English
12421 Herculine Grace Byron 2025 Unknown English
12422 A Mouthful Of Dust Nghi Vo 2025 American English
12444 Hungerstone Kat Dunn 2025 Unknown English
12447 Julie Chan Is Dead Liann Zhang 2025 Unknown English
12452 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 2025 Unknown English
12466 Immaculate Conception Ling Ling Huang 2025 Unknown English
12476 Blood In The Water Tiffany D. Jackson 2025 Unknown English
12477 The Manor Of Dreams Christina Li 2025 Unknown English
12486 Secret Lives Of The Dead Tim Lebbon 2025 British English
12488 When The Wolf Comes Home Nat Cassidy 2025 Unknown English
12490 They Bloom At Night Trang Thanh Tran 2025 Unknown English
12491 Hemlock & Silver T. Kingfisher 2025 American English
12493 Old Soul Susan Barker 2025 Unknown English
12499 Girl Dinner Olivie Blake 2025 American English
12509 All Of Us Murderers K.J. Charles 2025 British English
12510 Spread Me Sarah Gailey 2025 American English
12556 The Night Birds Christopher Golden 2025 American English
12557 Hansel And Gretel Stephen King, Maurice Sendak 2025 American English
12560 The Stalker Paula Bomer 2025 American English
12567 Meet Me At The Crossroads Megan Giddings 2025 American English
12606 Psychopomp & Circumstance Eden Royce 2025 American English
12636 The Garden Nick Newman 2025 British English
12710 Beasts Of Carnaval Rosália Rodrigo 2025 Unknown English
12770 Blood On Her Tongue Johanna van Veen 2025 Unknown English
12771 The Burial Tide Neil Sharpson 2025 Unknown English
12775 The Confessional Paige Hender 2025 Unknown English
12776 The Country Under Heaven Frederic S. Durbin 2025 American English
12802 Captain's Dinner Adam Cohen 2025 Unknown English
12823 The Starving Saints Caitlin Starling 2025 Unknown English
12824 Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix 2025 Unknown English
12827 King Sorrow Joe Hill 2025 Unknown English
12829 Bat Eater And Other Names For Cora Zeng Kylie Lee Baker 2025 Unknown English
12831 Of Monsters And Mainframes Barbara Truelove 2025 Unknown English
12866 Hollow Spaces Victor Suthammanont 2025 Unknown English
12951 Lost In The Dark And Other Excursions John Langan 2025 American English
12968 Uncanny Valley Girls Zefyr Lisowski 2025 Unknown English
13003 O Sinners! Nicole Cuffy 2025 Unknown English
13049 Marguerite By The Lake Mary Dixie Carter 2025 Unknown English
13066 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
14333 Come With Me Ronald Malfi 2021 American English
14375 We Are Here To Hurt Each Other Paula D. Ashe 2022 Unknown English
14426 How To Sell A Haunted House Grady Hendrix 2023 American English
14588 The Babysitter Liza Rodman, Jennifer Jordan 2021 Unknown English
14984 The Cabin At The End Of The World Paul Tremblay 2018 American English
14984 Chainsaw Man Tatsuki Fujimoto 2018 Japanese Japanese
14984 The Last House On Needless Street Catriona Ward 2021 British English
14984 Jawbone Mónica Ojeda 2018 Ecuadorian Spanish
14984 The House Across The Lake Riley Sager 2022 American English
14984 My Heart Is A Chainsaw Stephen Graham Jones 2021 American English
14984 The Devil Takes You Home Gabino Iglesias 2022 American English
14984 Holly Stephen King 2023 American English
14984 I Was A Teenage Slasher Stephen Graham Jones 2024 American Unknown
14984 We Used To Live Here Marcus Kliewer 2024 Unknown Unknown
14984 Monstrilio Gerardo Sámano Córdova 2023 Unknown English
14984 The Dead Cat Tail Assassins P. Djèlí Clark 2024 American English
14984 The Haunting Of Velkwood Gwendolyn Kiste 2024 Unknown English
14984 Middle Of The Night Riley Sager 2024 American English
14984 Starling House Alix E. Harrow 2023 American English
17130 Jujutsu Kaisen Gege Akutami 2018 Japanese Japanese
17130 Little Eve Catriona Ward 2018 British English
17130 The Reddening Adam Nevill 2019 British English
17130 A House With Good Bones T. Kingfisher 2023 American English
17130 The Book Of Accidents Chuck Wendig 2021 American English
17130 The Hollow Places T. Kingfisher 2020 American English
17130 The Twisted Ones T. Kingfisher 2019 American English
17130 Murder Road Simone St. James 2024 Canadian English
17130 Lapvona Ottessa Moshfegh 2022 American English
17130 Haunting Adeline H. D. Carlton 2021 Unknown English
17130 Gone To See The River Man Kristopher Triana 2020 American English
17130 The Shards Bret Easton Ellis 2023 American English