Some of the Best Horror Books
Discover the best horror books of all time, from Stephen King’s *Night Shift* and Dean Koontz’s *Phantoms* to Richard Matheson’s *The Incredible Shrinking Man*. This curated list of terrifying fiction and vampire tales is a must-read for every horror fan seeking their next chilling page-turner.
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Night Shift
by Stephen King
Stephen King’s first collection of short stories, originally published in 1978, showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination and will "chill the cockles of many a heart" (Chicago Tribune). Night Shift is the inspiration for over a dozen acclaimed horror movies and television series, including Children of the Corn , Chapelwaite, and Lawnmower Man. Here we see mutated rats gone bad (“Graveyard Shift”); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity (“Night Surf,” the basis for The Stand); a possessed, evil lawnmower (“The Lawnmower Man”); unsettling children from the heartland (“Children of the Corn”); a smoker who will try anything to stop (“Quitters, Inc.”); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation (“Gray Matter”); and many more shadows and visions that will haunt you long after the last page is turned.
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Live Girls
by Ray Garton
A classic novel of horror by the author of "The Loveliest Dead"--a nominee for the Bram Stoker Award--is back in print. A strip club in New York's Times Square is very different from the others--the girls there happen to be vampires.
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The Policy
by Bentley Little
Unemployed, divorced, and living in a new state, Hunt Jackson would be considered a risk by most insurance companies. When he finds one that agrees to insure him, all he has to do is sign on the dotted line--and note the "minor" provisions. Original.
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
by Richard Matheson
Affected by radiation, the main character, a family man in suburbia begins to shrink so that the safe and comforting aspects of home become ever more menacing. An undoubted classic of the fifties sci fi and still one of the most intelligent and well crafted films of the genre which effectively captures the paranoia of Cold War America.
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Phantoms
by Dean Koontz
“Phantoms is gruesome and unrelenting…It’s well realized, intelligent, and humane.”—Stephen King They found the town silent, apparently abandoned. Then they found the first body, strangely swollen and still warm. One hundred fifty were dead, 350 missing. But the terror had only begun in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, California. At first they thought it was the work of a maniac. Or terrorists. Or toxic contamination. Or a bizarre new disease. But then they found the truth. And they saw it in the flesh. And it was worse than anything any of them had ever imagined...
