Horror genre books (39)


11.
Frankenstein

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley EN

Rating: 3.5     1086 Votes
Description:
The world’s most famous work of horror fiction: a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel presents the epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a power... continue
Recommended: 05 Jan 2023

12.

Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi translated by Jonathan Wright EN

Rating: 3.9     18 Votes
Country: Asia / Iraq flag Iraq
Description:
*Man Booker International Prize finalist* “Brave and ingenious.” —The New York Times “Gripping, darkly humorous . . . profound.” —Phil Klay, bestselling author and National Book Award winner for Redeployment “Extraordinary . . . A devastating but essential read.” —Kevin Powers, bestselling author and National Book Award finalist for The Yellow Birds From the rubble-strewn streets of U.S.-occupied Baghdad, Hadi—a scavenger and an oddball fixture at a local café—collects human body parts and stitches them together to create a corpse. His goal, he claims, is for the government to recognize the pa... continue
Recommended: 28 Apr 2018

13.

Ghosts of Berlin : Stories by Rudolph Herzog EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Berlin's hip present comes up against the city's dark past in these seven supernatural tales by the son of the great filmmaker who "shares his father's curious and mordant wit" (The Financial Times). In these hair-raising stories from the celebrated filmmaker and author Rudolph Herzog, millennial Berliners discover that the city is still the home of many unsettled—and deeply unsettling—ghosts. And those ghosts are not very happy about the newcomers. Thus the coddled daughter of a rich tech executive finds herself slowly tormented by the poltergeist of a Weimer-era laborer, and a German intelli... continue
Genre Horror
Recommended: 28 Sep 2022

14.

HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt EN

Rating: 3.5     25 Votes
Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
Description:
"Originally published as Hex in 2013 by Luitingh-Sijthoff in Amsterdam"--Colophon.

15.

I'm Thinking of Ending Things : A Novel by Iain Reid EN

Rating: 3     742 Votes
Description:
Includes Reader's Guide with discussion questions.
Recommended: 13 Sep 2022

16.

Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda ES

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Description:
"Was desire something like being possessed by a nightmare?" Fernanda and Annelise are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of an abandoned cabin, kidnapped by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise? When Fernanda, Annelise, and their friends from Opus Dei Delta Academy for Girls convene after school, Annelise always spins the scariest stories and devises the riskiest games. Wearing her crocodile-jawbone crown, she leads them in rituals to her invented god: the rhinestone-encrusted firefly, the wandering womb... continue
Genre Horror
Recommended: 11 Sep 2022

17.
La canción secreta del mundo

La canción secreta del mundo by José Antonio Cotrina ES

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Country: Europe / Spain flag Spain
Description:
Ariadna es un misterio para todo el mundo, incluso para sí misma. ¿Por qué su ojo izquierdo es completamente negro? ¿Cómo pudo ser rescatada inconsciente de un incendio sin ninguna quemadura? ¿Está en peligro la gente que la rodea?
Recommended: 03 Nov 2022

18.

Leave the World Behind : A Novel by Rumaan Alam EN

Rating: 3.5     51 Votes
Country: Asia / Bangladesh flag Bangladesh
Description:
"A ... novel about two families--strangers to each other--who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong"--

19.

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist SV

Rating: 3.5     1174 Votes
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
Let the Right One In Takes Top Honors at Tribeca Film Festival and is now an Award-winning movie in both the U.S. and Sweden! It is autumn 1981 when inconceivable horror comes to Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The body of a teenager is found, emptied of blood, the murder rumored to be part of a ritual killing. Twelve-year-old Oskar is personally hoping that revenge has come at long last---revenge for the bullying he endures at school, day after day. But the murder is not the most important thing on his mind. A new girl has moved in next door---a girl who has never seen a Rubik's Cube before, ... continue
Genre Horror
Recommended: 11 Sep 2022

20.

Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin EN

Rating: 4     6 Votes
Description:
A visionary novel about the collision of technology and play, horror and humanity, from a master of the spine-tingling tale. They've infiltrated homes in Hong Kong, shops in Vancouver, the streets of Senegal, town squares of Oaxaca, schools in Tel Aviv, bedrooms in Ohio. They're following you. They're everywhere now. They're us. In Samanta Schweblin's wildly imaginative new novel, Little Eyes, "kentukis" have gone viral across the globe. They're little mechanical stuffed animals that have cameras for eyes, wheels for feet, and are connected to an anonymous global server. Owners of kentukis hav... continue


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