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We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson’s *We Have Always Lived in the Castle* presents a chilling portrait of isolation and psychological horro...

Classic Isolation Gothic Unreliable Narrator

9.1 Excellent

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson’s *The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde* explores the duality of human nature through a chil...

Classic Psychological Novel Gothic

8.7 Great

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a dark fantasy horror novel by Neil Gaiman. It recounts an adult’s fragmented memory...

Supernatural Dark Fantasy Childhood 2010S

8.7 Great

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The Last House on Needless Street

A 2021 psychological horror novel by British author Catriona Ward that won both the Bram Stoker Award and the Shirley Ja...

Psychological Unreliable Narrator 2020S Catriona Ward

8.5 Great

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A Head Full of Ghosts

A Head Full of Ghosts is a 2015 horror novel by American author Paul Tremblay, notable for winning the Bram Stoker Award...

Religious Reality TV 2010S Demonic Possession

8.5 Great

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The Fisherman

The Fisherman is a 2016 horror novel by American author John Langan, notable for winning the Bram Stoker Award and its c...

Grief 2010S Cosmic Horror Lovecraftian

8.5 Great

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The Ballad of Black Tom

The Ballad of Black Tom is a 2016 horror novella by Victor LaValle, notable for reimagining H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror...

Historical 2010S Cosmic Horror Lovecraftian

8.3 Great

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The Face That Must Die

Ramsey Campbell's 1979 British psychological horror novel portrays a paranoid Liverpool man who convinces himself that a...

Psychological 1970S Serial Killer Ramsey Campbell

8.2 Great

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The Other

Thomas Tryon's 1971 psychological horror novel, set in 1930s rural Connecticut, follows twin boys and builds to a devast...

Psychological 1970S Gothic Thomas Tryon

8.1 Great

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Koko

Peter Straub's 1988 novel following four Vietnam veterans who investigate a series of murders in Asia they believe are c...

Psychological 1980S Serial Killer War Trauma

8.0 Great

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The Cabin at the End of the World

The Cabin at the End of the World is a 2018 horror novel by American author Paul Tremblay, notable for winning the Bram...

Psychological Apocalyptic 2010S Home Invasion

8.0 Great

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Little Heaven

Little Heaven is a 2016 horror novel by Canadian author Nick Cutter, notable for its extreme violence and its setting of...

Supernatural Western 2010S Nick Cutter

8.0 Great

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The House Next Door

Anne Rivers Siddons' 1978 novel portrays a stylish new house in suburban Atlanta that drives each successive family occu...

Psychological 1970S Suburban Haunted House

8.0 Great

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Intensity

A 1995 psychological thriller by Dean Koontz following Chyna Shepherd, who survives a night of terror as a sociopathic s...

Psychological Thriller 1990S Serial Killer

7.8 Good

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My Best Friend's Exorcism

My Best Friend's Exorcism is a 2016 horror novel by American author Grady Hendrix, notable for blending teen comedy and...

1980S Friendship 2010S Demonic Possession

7.7 Good

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Lone Women

Lone Women is a 2023 historical horror novel by Victor LaValle, notable for its premise of a woman hiding a terrifying s...

Supernatural Isolation 2020S Victor Lavalle

7.7 Good

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Bone White

Ronald Malfi's 2017 novel follows a man who travels to a remote Alaskan village searching for his missing twin brother a...

Supernatural Isolation 2010S Alaska

7.3 Good

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Baby Teeth

Baby Teeth is a 2018 psychological horror novel by Zoje Stage, notable for its unsettling premise of a young daughter ex...

Psychological 2010S Family Horror Zoje Stage

7.2 Good

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Under a Watchful Eye

A 2017 horror novel by Adam Nevill about a successful British author whose life is upended when a parasitic former acqua...

Supernatural Psychological 2010S Adam Nevill

6.8 Fair

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Malorie

Malorie is a 2019 post-apocalyptic horror novel by American author Josh Malerman, notable as the highly anticipated sequ...

Survival Sequel 2010S Creature Horror

6.8 Fair