Read 12 horror books in 2025

captainsushi Host

44 participants (189 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

1 horror book for every month of the year. Does not have to be read as 1 book per month

Challenge Books

All books added
Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

Mary: An Awakening of Terror

Nat Cassidy

404 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Nice House on the Lake Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV

The Nice House on the Lake Vol. 1

The Nice House on the Lake #01-06

James Tynion IV

200 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction comics horror lgbtqia+ speculative fiction dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Outsider by Stephen King

The Outsider

Holly Gibney #1

Stephen King

561 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction horror mystery thriller emotional mysterious fast-paced
His Black Tongue by Mitchell Lüthi

His Black Tongue

Mitchell Lüthi

347 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction historical horror short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

The Luminous Dead

Caitlin Starling

414 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark mysterious tense slow-paced
No Way Out by Santana Knox

No Way Out

Darkling Beloved #1

Santana Knox

104 pages • digital • 2023

fiction erotica horror dark tense fast-paced
The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter

The Silent Wife

Will Trent #10

Karin Slaughter

482 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Stephen King

264 pages • paperback • 1999

fiction horror thriller adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wall-Paper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

64 pages • paperback • 1892

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced