Stories to keep you awake at night

From gothic classics to grusome thrillers, look no further for your next horror read.

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I Was a Teenage Slasher

Stephen Graham Jones

From the New York Times bestselling horror writer comes a classic slasher story with a twist-perfect for fans of Riley Sager and Grady Hendrix.

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Our Share of Night

Mariana Enriquez

A damaged father battles to save his son from the sinister cult he is destined to serve - from cult sensation Mariana Enriquez, author of the International Booker Prize-shortlisted The…

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Woodworm

Layla Martinez, Sophie Hughes (trans.), Annie McDermott (trans.)

A dazzling horror-tinged debut novel from Spain set in a house haunted by shadows of the dead, for fans of Mariana Enriquez, Fernanda Melchor and Ottessa Moshfegh

$34.99

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Youthjuice

E.K. Sathue

A bloodthirsty copywriter realises that beauty is possible - at a terrible cost - in this surreal, satirical send-up of NYC It-girl culture.

$32.99

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The Snow Ghost and Other Tales

Various

A spine-tinglingly beautiful hardback collection of some of Japan's scariest yet still compelling classic ghost stories

Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales…

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The Underhistory

Kaaron Warren

A dark and magnificently inventive upmarket thriller about the lengths a lone woman will go to protect her home, and the family history it hides within its walls.

$32.99

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A Certain Hunger

Chelsea G. Summers

Eat, Pray, Love meets American Psycho in this riotously funny and deliciously gory novel.

$24.99

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The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales

H. P. Lovecraft

Lets you find things that lurk, things that scurry in the walls, things that move unseen, things that have learnt to walk that ought to crawl, unfathomable blackness, unconquerable evil…

$19.99

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The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephen Jones as he's sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he…

$27.99

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Night Side of the River

Jeanette Winterson

A masterful and modern collection of ghost stories from Sunday Times bestselling author Jeanette Winterson

$32.99

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Cursed Bunny

Bora Chung, Anton Hur (trans.)

A woman is haunted by her own bodily waste. A pregnant woman is told she must find a father for her unborn baby or face horrific consequences. A young monster…

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Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Cassandra Khaw

Khaw’s got a sterling premise, enduring lore, and the fresh talent to voice it. Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box

$22.99

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Rouge

Mona Awad

From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother’s unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in…

$34.99

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The Woman in Black and Other Ghost Stories

Susan Hill

A beautiful hardback edition of one of the scariest and most ingenious novels ever written.

$36.99

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Bluebeard’s Castle

Anna Biller

Bluebeard gets a feminist Gothic makeover in this subversive take on the famous French fairy tale-from the acclaimed director of The Love Witch, and for fans of Jane Eyre

$26.99

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The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

Seamlessly blending classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary, The Only Good Indians follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them…

$19.99

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The Night House

Jo Nesbo

From the internationally best-selling author comes a twisted, multi-layered spin on the classic horror novel for fans of Stranger Things and IT

$32.99

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Out There Screaming

Jordan Peele

From Jordan Peele, the director of Get Out, comes an anthology of brand new stories showcasing the best Black talent from across contemporary horror writing.

$34.99

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Ghost Stories

M. R. James

This title is part of an inexpensive range of classics in the Penguin Popular Classics series. It contains a collection of ghost stories.

$14.99

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BRAT: A Ghost Story

Gabriel Smith

From a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read.

$34.99

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Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories

Audrey Niffenegger

Audrey Niffenegger, bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Wife, invites you to creep through haunted houses and commune with the undead in this anthology of all things ghostly. Haunted houses…

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The Graveyard Shift

Maria Lewis

A fast paced, thrilling murder mystery novel, paying homage to slasher films of the 90's, The Graveyard Shift is the perfect Halloween read for fans of Riley Sager and Grady…

$29.99

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The Complete Tales of H.P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

The perfect gift for the Lovecraft fan, The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft is an elegant edition boasting the entire Lovecraft fiction catalogue.

$59.99

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The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories: (Penguin Orange Collection)

H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre for the twentieth century. Discarding witches and ghosts, he envisaged mankind as an outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe…

$34.99

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Haunted

Chuck Palahniuk

And the more desperate the circumstances become, the more desperate the stories they tell - and the more devious their machinations to make themselves the hero of the inevitable play/movie/non-fiction…

$22.99

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Every Drop Is a Man’s Nightmare

Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

A stunning collection of stories that weaves Hawaiian mythology with a vivid fabulism and rich sense of place.

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Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by…

$35.00

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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein is the most celebrated horror story ever written. Ever since its publication it has lived on in countless re-imaginings in literature and film. This Warbler Classics edition uses Shelley’s…

$18.99

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Ghost Story

Peter Straub

A small-town filled with creeping dread – one of the great classics of modern horror!

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I’ll Be Gone In the Dark

Michelle McNamara

A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer - the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorised California for over a decade - from Michelle McNamara, the gifted…

$24.99

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Manhunt

Gretchen Felker-Martin

Manhunt is a timely, powerful response to every gender-based apocalypse story that failed to consider the existence of transgender and non-binary people, from a powerful new voice in horror.

$29.99

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I Am Legend

Richard Matheson

‘It is by turns, scary, thrilling, tragic, witty and - ultimately - uplifting’ - James Lovegrove

$22.99

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The Island Of Doctor Moreau

H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells' terrifying tale of science run amok, with an introduction by Adam Roberts.

$22.99

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Poor Things

Alasdair Gray

A life without freedom to choose is not worth having.

$22.99

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The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories

Henry James

A chilling collection of Henry James’s finest ghost stories, now in a wonderful Clothbound Classics edition

$39.99

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Cycle of the Werewolf

Stephen King

The classic masterpiece by bestselling author Stephen King, illustrated by the legendary artist Bernie Wrightson

$34.99

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Carrie

Stephen King

A beautiful edition of King's first published work as it approaches the fiftieth anniversary on 5 April, 2024.

$45.00

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The Green Mile: The iconic horror masterpiece

Stephen King

A Terror Eight title: dark reads for hot summer nights!

$22.99

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The Mist

Stephen King

King’s terrifying novella about a town engulfed in a mysterious mist, now available for the first time from Hodder in standalone form, as part of their exciting Stephen King reissue…

$24.99

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Salem’s Lot

Stephen King

A superb novel set in classic Stephen King territory - a small new England town about to be engulfed by terror.

$24.99

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Misery

Stephen King

King’s classic bestseller about a famous novelist held hostage by his Number One Fan…     

$22.99

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It

Stephen King

Film tie-in for the new 2017 film, which will be in theatres from September 8th.

$22.99

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Pet Sematary

Stephen King

King’s #1 bestselling, timeless classic, is among King’s most iconic and beloved novels.

$24.99

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Christine

Stephen King

A supernatural tale about girlfriends, boyfriends and a car called Christine.

$22.99

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It

Stephen King

To the children, the town was their whole world. To the adults, knowing better, Derry Maine was just their home town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part. A good place…

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Cujo

Stephen King

Stephen King’s classic tale of survival, as a young mother fights to protect her child against a horrifyingly familiar monster.

$22.99

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Strange Tales from Japan: 99 Chilling Stories of Yokai, Ghosts, Demons and the Supernatural

Prepare to be spooked by these chilling Japanese short stories!

Strange Tales from Japan presents 99 spine-tingling tales of ghosts, yokai, demons, shapeshifters and trickster animals who inhabit remote reaches…

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House of Hunger

Alexis Henderson

Inspired by the true story of the infamous Elizabeth Bathory, a compelling Gothic tale of blood and dark desire from the author of the acclaimed The Year of the Witching...

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