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
2682 Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 American English
3814 Dark Lover J. R. Ward 2005 American English
4753 Angels And Demons Dan Brown 2000 American English
4932 The Terror Dan Simmons 2007 American English
5038 Storm Front Jim Butcher 2000 American English
5112 Let The Right One In John Ajvide Lindqvist 2004 Swedish Swedish
5281 Declare Tim Powers 2000 American English
5617 Our Share of Night Mariana Enríquez 2019 Argentinian Spanish
5757 Come Closer Sara Gran 2003 American English
5993 The Sacred Book Of The Werewolf Victor Pelevin 2004 Russian Russian
6145 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova 2005 American English
6243 A Discovery Of Witches Deborah Harkness 2011 American English
6462 Things We Lost In The Fire Mariana Enríquez 2016 Argentinian Spanish
6608 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
7204 Hounded Kevin Hearne 2011 American English
7594 The Reformatory Tananarive Due 2023 American English
7636 Angels' Blood Nalini Singh 2009 New Zealander English
7670 14 Peter Clines 2012 American English
7684 A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark 2021 American English
7701 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 2025 American English
7858 Phantom Evil Heather Graham Pozzessere 2011 American English
7858 The Scorpio Races Maggie Stiefvater 2011 American English
8189 The Fisherman John Langan 2016 American English
8266 The Dead Romantics Ashley Poston 2022 American English
8303 The Ghost Riders Of Ordebec Fred Vargas 2011 French French
8316 Moon Called Patricia Briggs 2006 Unknown English
8409 City Of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007 American English
8428 Those Across The River Christopher Buehlman 2011 American English
8464 La Dama Número Trece José Carlos Somoza 2003 Spanish Spanish
8909 The Night Guest Fiona McFarlane 2013 Australian English
8968 The Shack William P. Young 2007 American English
8994 Inkheart Cornelia Funke 2003 German German
9070 The Town That Forgot How To Breathe Kenneth J. Harvey 2003 Canadian English
9079 Wolf Gone Wild Juliette Cross 2019 Unknown English
9094 He Who Fights With Monsters Shirtaloon 2021 Unknown English
9124 Lumberjanes Noelle Stevenson 2014 American English
9127 The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 2022 British English
9244 The Red Tree Caitlín R. Kiernan 2009 American English
9251 White Is For Witching Helen Oyeyemi 2009 British English
9332 Acceptance Jeff VanderMeer 2014 American English
9338 Ring Koji Suzuki 2002 Japanese Japanese
9527 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia Of Faeries Heather Fawcett 2023 Canadian English
9575 The Ex Hex Erin Sterling 2021 American English
9588 A Choir Of Ill Children Tom Piccirilli 2004 American English
9781 Dead Collections Isaac Fellman 2022 Unknown English
9781 The Undertaking Of Hart And Mercy Megan Bannen 2022 Unknown English
9796 Minion L. A. Banks 2003 American English
9824 City Of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009 American English
9973 Daughter Of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor 2011 American English
10027 How To Date Your Dragon Molly Harper 2018 Unknown English
10083 Angelfall Susan Ee 2011 American English
10117 Through The Woods Emily Carroll 2014 Canadian English
10119 The Invisible Guardian Dolores Redondo 2013 Spanish Spanish
10173 The Haunted Wood Sam Leith 2024 Unknown English
10355 Wylding Hall Elizabeth Hand 2015 American English
10381 The Airways Jennifer Mills 2021 Unknown English
10683 The Bewitching Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025 Mexican English
10764 A Darker Shade Of Magic V. E. Schwab 2015 American English
10862 A Century Of Ghost Stories Richard Sugg 2017 British English
10866 Mr. Splitfoot Samantha Hunt 2016 American English
10915 The Shining Girls Lauren Beukes 2013 South African English
10934 The Bone Key Sarah Monette 2024 American English
10955 The Magicians Lev Grossman 2009 American English
10960 Gideon The Ninth Tamsyn Muir 2019 New Zealand English
10967 The Hunger Alma Katsu 2018 American English
11018 Gifted & Talented Olivie Blake 2025 American English
11030 The Weird Ann VanderMeer 2011 American English
11265 Trail Of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 2018 American English
11270 The Need Helen Phillips 2019 American English
11289 Experimental Film Gemma Files 2015 Canadian English
11327 Heart Shaped Box Joe Hill 2007 American English
11408 Hildegarde Léo Henry 2018 French French
11440 Teatro Grottesco Thomas Ligotti 2006 American English
11468 Furnace Livia Llewellyn 2016 American English
11606 Forget The Sleepless Shores Sonya Taaffe 2018 American English
11636 Little Star John Ajvide Lindqvist 2010 Swedish Swedish
11661 The Furrows Namwali Serpell 2022 Unknown English
11800 The Ballad Of Black Tom Victor LaValle 2016 American English
11921 The Ritual Adam Nevill 2011 British English
11924 Spirit Hunters Ellen Oh 2017 American English
11925 Sorcerer To The Crown Zen Cho 2015 Singaporean English
12016 Infidel Pornsak Pichetshote 2018 Unknown English
12022 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
12076 Rosewater Tade Thompson 2016 Nigerian English
12076 A Gathering Of Shadows V. E. Schwab 2016 American English
12116 Broken Monsters Lauren Beukes 2014 South African English
12225 A Conjuring Of Light V. E. Schwab 2017 American English
12451 The Possession Of Alba Díaz Isabel Cañas 2025 Unknown English
12485 Secret Lives Of The Dead Tim Lebbon 2025 British English
12487 When The Wolf Comes Home Nat Cassidy 2025 Unknown English
12492 Old Soul Susan Barker 2025 Unknown English
12555 The Night Birds Christopher Golden 2025 American English
12608 After Life Gayle Forman 2025 American English
12701 A Winter Haunting Dan Simmons 2002 American English
12701 Cold Skin Albert Sánchez Piñol 2002 Spanish Catalan
12718 A Feast For The Eyes Alex Crespo 2025 Unknown English
12823 Witchcraft For Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix 2025 Unknown English
12828 Bat Eater And Other Names For Cora Zeng Kylie Lee Baker 2025 Unknown English
12830 Of Monsters And Mainframes Barbara Truelove 2025 Unknown English
12861 The Bleeding Season Greg F. Gifune 2003 American English
13201 Awakened A.E. Osworth 2025 Unknown English
13223 A Haunting Beauty Charles Birkin 2000 British Unknown
13228 My Best Friend’s Exorcism Grady Hendrix 2016 American English
13507 Feesters In The Lake And Other Stories Bob Leman 2002 American English
13511 Gil's All Fright Diner A. Lee Martinez 2005 American English
13766 The Serpent And The Wings Of Night Carissa Broadbent 2022 Unknown English
13771 Every Heart A Doorway Seanan McGuire 2016 American English
13885 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