The Greatest Supernatural Books Since 2000

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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
2683 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English
3814 Dark Lover J. R. Ward 2005 American English
4755 Angels And Demons Dan Brown 2000 American English
4934 The Terror Dan Simmons 2007 American English
5041 Storm Front Jim Butcher 2000 American English
5114 Let The Right One In John Ajvide Lindqvist 2004 Swedish Swedish
5282 Declare Tim Powers 2000 American English
5619 Our Share of Night Mariana Enríquez 2019 Argentinian Spanish
5759 Come Closer Sara Gran 2003 American English
5995 The Sacred Book Of The Werewolf Victor Pelevin 2004 Russian Russian
6147 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova 2005 American English
6246 A Discovery Of Witches Deborah Harkness 2011 American English
6463 Things We Lost In The Fire Mariana Enríquez 2016 Argentinian Spanish
6609 Nos4 A2 Joe Hill 2013 American English
6679 The Imago Sequence And Other Stories Laird Barron 2007 American English
6859 A Head Full Of Ghosts Paul Tremblay 2015 American English
7011 Ancestral Shadows Russell Kirk 2004 American English
7011 Green Tea Sheridan Le Fanu 2004 Irish English
7205 Hounded Kevin Hearne 2011 American English
7595 The Reformatory Tananarive Due 2023 American English
7637 Angels' Blood Nalini Singh 2009 New Zealander English
7672 14 Peter Clines 2012 American English
7685 A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark 2021 American English
7702 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 2025 American English
7859 Phantom Evil Heather Graham Pozzessere 2011 American English
7859 The Scorpio Races Maggie Stiefvater 2011 American English
8191 The Fisherman John Langan 2016 American English
8268 The Dead Romantics Ashley Poston 2022 American English
8305 The Ghost Riders Of Ordebec Fred Vargas 2011 French French
8318 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
8411 City Of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007 American English
8430 Those Across The River Christopher Buehlman 2011 American English
8466 La Dama Número Trece José Carlos Somoza 2003 Spanish Spanish
8912 The Night Guest Fiona McFarlane 2013 Australian English
8971 The Shack William P. Young 2007 American English
8997 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
9073 The Town That Forgot How To Breathe Kenneth J. Harvey 2003 Canadian English
9082 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9097 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9127 Lumberjanes Noelle Stevenson 2014 American English
9130 The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 2022 British English
9246 The Red Tree Caitlín R. Kiernan 2009 American English
9253 White Is For Witching Helen Oyeyemi 2009 British English
9335 Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9341 Ring Koji Suzuki 2002 Japanese Japanese
9530 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia Of Faeries Heather Fawcett 2023 Canadian English
9578 The Ex Hex Erin Sterling 2021 American English
9591 A Choir Of Ill Children Tom Piccirilli 2004 American English
9785 Dead Collections Isaac Fellman 2022 Unknown English
9785 The Undertaking Of Hart And Mercy Megan Bannen 2022 Unknown English
9800 Minion L. A. Banks 2003 American English
9828 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
9978 Daughter Of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor 2011 American English
10032 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown English
10088 Angelfall Susan Ee 2011 American English
10121 Through The Woods Emily Carroll 2014 Canadian English
10123 The Invisible Guardian Dolores Redondo 2013 Spanish Spanish
10178 The Haunted Wood Sam Leith 2024 Unknown English
10359 Wylding Hall Elizabeth Hand 2015 American English
10385 The Airways Jennifer Mills 2021 Unknown English
10687 The Bewitching Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025 Mexican English
10768 A Darker Shade Of Magic V. E. Schwab 2015 American English
10866 A Century Of Ghost Stories Richard Sugg 2017 British English
10870 Mr. Splitfoot Samantha Hunt 2016 American English
10919 The Shining Girls Lauren Beukes 2013 South African English
10938 The Bone Key Sarah Monette 2024 American English
10959 The Magicians Lev Grossman 2009 American English
10964 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
10971 The Hunger Alma Katsu 2018 American English
11022 Gifted & Talented Olivie Blake 2025 American English
11034 The Weird Ann VanderMeer 2011 American English
11269 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
11274 The Need Helen Phillips 2019 American English
11293 Experimental Film Gemma Files 2015 Canadian English
11331 Heart Shaped Box Joe Hill 2007 American English
11411 Hildegarde Léo Henry 2018 French French
11443 Teatro Grottesco Thomas Ligotti 2006 American English
11470 Furnace Livia Llewellyn 2016 American English
11608 Forget The Sleepless Shores Sonya Taaffe 2018 American English
11638 Little Star John Ajvide Lindqvist 2010 Swedish Swedish
11663 The Furrows Namwali Serpell 2022 Unknown English
11802 The Ballad Of Black Tom Victor LaValle 2016 American English
11923 The Ritual Adam Nevill 2011 British English
11926 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
11927 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
12018 Infidel Pornsak Pichetshote 2018 Unknown English
12024 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
12077 Rosewater Tade Thompson 2016 Nigerian English
12077 A Gathering Of Shadows V. E. Schwab 2016 American English
12117 Broken Monsters Lauren Beukes 2014 South African English
12226 A Conjuring Of Light V. E. Schwab 2017 American English
12453 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 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
12494 Old Soul Susan Barker 2025 Unknown English
12557 The Night Birds Christopher Golden 2025 American English
12610 After Life Gayle Forman 2025 American English
12703 A Winter Haunting Dan Simmons 2002 American English
12703 Cold Skin Albert Sánchez Piñol 2002 Spanish Catalan
12720 A Feast For The Eyes Alex Crespo 2025 Unknown English
12825 Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix 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
12863 The Bleeding Season Greg F. Gifune 2003 American English
13204 Awakened A.E. Osworth 2025 Unknown English
13226 A Haunting Beauty Charles Birkin 2000 British Unknown
13231 My Best Friend’s Exorcism Grady Hendrix 2016 American English
13509 Feesters In The Lake And Other Stories Bob Leman 2002 American English
13513 Gil's All Fright Diner A. Lee Martinez 2005 American English
13767 The Serpent And The Wings Of Night Carissa Broadbent 2022 Unknown English
13772 Every Heart A Doorway Seanan McGuire 2016 American English
13886 City Of Miracles Robert Jackson Bennett 2017 American English
13941 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 2019 American English
13971 The Radleys Matt Haig 2010 British English
14025 The Kingdom Of Copper S. A. Chakraborty 2019 American English
14025 The True Queen Zen Cho 2019 Malaysian English
14071 Riddance Shelley Jackson 2018 American English
14129 Sunshine Robin McKinley 2003 American English
14232 Zoo City Lauren Beukes 2010 South African English
14232 Rivers Of London Ben Aaronovitch 2011 British English