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The 78 Most Popular Horror Novels of the Past Five Years by Cybil on Goodreads
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(https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2846-the-78-most-popular-horror-novels-of-the-past-five-years)
The Halloween horror movie season is upon us, and the theaters are filled with options. But serious book people can tell you: For a really terrifying experience, nothing beats a good horror novel.
It's a head-game thing. A skilled novelist can turn your own imagination against you, encouraging you to imagine horrors that are way scarier than anything you find on the screen. You become complicit in the horror. It’s your brain providing the imagery, after all.
In honor of the Halloween season, we’ve assembled below a collection of the 78 most popular horror novels of the past five years, according to Goodreads regulars. The titles are selected and sequenced by tracking user ratings and reviews, and noting which books end up on Goodreaders’ personal digital shelves. Also, each title that appears here has a 3.5-star rating or better.
Among today’s most popular contemporary horror writers, all the usual suspects are present: Grady Hendrix. Jennifer McMahon. Stephen Graham Jones. T. Kingfisher. The estimable Mr. King. If you’re browsing by topic, you’ll find plenty of options to choose from: Infernal pacts. Psychotic cults. Queer vampires. Extremely unwanted houseguests.
A few other spotlight novels and starting points, in no particular order: Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory explores horrors both actual and supernatural in the Jim Crow South. The literary horror of Gerardo Sámano Córdova’s Monstrilio ponders the very nature of monsters. For something more intimate and domestic, Josh Malerman’s Incidents Around the House introduces a malevolent entity known as “Other Mommy.”
And if, by chance, you’re looking for a fungal horror variation on a classic Edgar Allan Poe tale—well, you’re in luck.
Click on the book cover images for more information about each title, and add any good leads to your Want to Read shelf. Happy reading. Keep the lights on.
(https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2846-the-78-most-popular-horror-novels-of-the-past-five-years)
The Halloween horror movie season is upon us, and the theaters are filled with options. But serious book people can tell you: For a really terrifying experience, nothing beats a good horror novel.
It's a head-game thing. A skilled novelist can turn your own imagination against you, encouraging you to imagine horrors that are way scarier than anything you find on the screen. You become complicit in the horror. It’s your brain providing the imagery, after all.
In honor of the Halloween season, we’ve assembled below a collection of the 78 most popular horror novels of the past five years, according to Goodreads regulars. The titles are selected and sequenced by tracking user ratings and reviews, and noting which books end up on Goodreaders’ personal digital shelves. Also, each title that appears here has a 3.5-star rating or better.
Among today’s most popular contemporary horror writers, all the usual suspects are present: Grady Hendrix. Jennifer McMahon. Stephen Graham Jones. T. Kingfisher. The estimable Mr. King. If you’re browsing by topic, you’ll find plenty of options to choose from: Infernal pacts. Psychotic cults. Queer vampires. Extremely unwanted houseguests.
A few other spotlight novels and starting points, in no particular order: Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory explores horrors both actual and supernatural in the Jim Crow South. The literary horror of Gerardo Sámano Córdova’s Monstrilio ponders the very nature of monsters. For something more intimate and domestic, Josh Malerman’s Incidents Around the House introduces a malevolent entity known as “Other Mommy.”
And if, by chance, you’re looking for a fungal horror variation on a classic Edgar Allan Poe tale—well, you’re in luck.
Click on the book cover images for more information about each title, and add any good leads to your Want to Read shelf. Happy reading. Keep the lights on.
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