scary books
Written by Abram Stoker, a young English lawyer travels to a castle in eastern Transylvania
Dracula
Published 65 of the most well known horror books, many of which were adapted into movies or tv shows.
Stephen King
A combination of Neil Gaimans award winning classic with a Tim Burton animation. Another movie… another mother… another father…
Coraline
A grieving father finds an ancient burial ground behind their home that has the power to raise the dead.
Pet Semetary
This Vampire says “Hang on tight spider monkey”
Edward Cullen
Pregnant Hannah finds out the man accused of killing her best friend may be innocent but her friends may not be.
The It Girl
Not necessarily horror, but she wrote the popular thriller trilogy that follows a girl named Pip.
Holly Jackson
1980’s Patrick Bateman!
American Psycho
A highschool outcast, this girl finds she has telekinetic powers. A well known scene from this book/movie includes pigs blood.
Carrie
The name of the hotel from The Shining.
The Overlook Hotel
An ambitious psychoanalysist takes on the case of the violent woman who murdered her husband and never spoke again.
The Silent Patient
Wrote 69 short stories and 48 poems, most notably the Tell Tale Heart. Some people believe he was insane, others think he was ingenious in his writing.
Edgar Allan Poe
7 teenagers in Maine stumble upon a creature hiding in the sewers.
IT
A horrifying crime done to a child becomes the focus of the whole town in Oklahoma. They think they have the guy but mysteries and unknowns keep popping up.
The Outsider
The serial killer in Nightmare on Elm Street
Freddy Krueger
Anne Rice’s book series that has been adapted into a tv show.
Interview with a Vampire
Fiction author who wrote the book that the popular movie Coraline was adapted from. He also wrote Good Omens and The Graveyard Book.
Neil Gaiman
Written by Dennis Lehane, Marshal goes to a hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the disappearance of a serial murderer.
Shutter Island
Co-authored by Peter Straub, a 12 year old boy makes a trip to find an object to save his dying mothers life.
The Talisman
The name of the clown in IT
Pennywise
Written by Mary Shelley, a novel about young scientist Victor, who creates a sapient creature.
Frankenstein
The author of goosebumps.
R.L. Stine
An adaptation of one of Stephen King’s most iconic stories, Jack Torrance becomes the caretaker of a hotel in Colorado.
The Shining
This book is named after its main character, a detective throughout several of Kings books this one is dedicated to her.
Holly
The nickname of the serial killer in Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal the Cannibal