24 best-selling horror books like Tapping the Vein: In the Hills, the Cities (Tapping the Vein #5) by Clive Barker

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Tapping the Vein: In the Hills, the Cities (Tapping the Vein #5)

By: Clive Barker

4.10

Format: None pages, Nook

"n The Hills, The Cities"Two gay men on vacation in Yugoslavia happen upon a giant "communal" creat…

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Cover of Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, Joe R. Lansdale

1. Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

By: Garth Ennis , Steve Dillon , Joe R. Lansdale

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Comics

Alternate Cover Edition One of the most celebrated comics titles of the late 1990s, PREACHER is… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
"I thought you an' I'd already settled the roles in the fucker/fuckee relationship! I guess I thought wrong!"

-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

" Criminal: You can suck my dick, motherfucker! Detective Bridges: You suck mine! [shoves barrel of pistol in the Criminal's mouth] An' you get used to it, cause you get to Rykers you're gonna find a …"

-Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

Cover of The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Elaine R. Hedges, Elaine Hedges

2. The Yellow Wall-Paper

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Elaine R. Hedges , Elaine Hedges

4.08

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendenc… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"Its time we woke up,"

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"This was not life, this was a nightmare."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

Cover of The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

3. The Masque of the Red Death

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

Cover of The Yattering and Jack by John Bolton, Steve Niles

4. The Yattering and Jack

By: John Bolton , Steve Niles

4.18

Format: 60 pages, Hardcover

Introducing Eclipse Graphic Novels, an exciting new series featuring some of the world's bestsellin… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • short stories
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Great God Pan (Creation Classics) by Arthur Machen

5. The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

By: Arthur Machen

3.69

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

"I will not read it; I should never sleep again" A doctor performs an experiment on a young wom… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"There was something about Herbert which shocked him inexpressibly; not his poor rags nor the marks which poverty had set upon his face, but rather a indefinite terror which hung about him like a mist."

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

"Villiers, that woman, if I can call her a woman, corrupted my soul. The night of the wedding I found myself sitting in her bedroom in the hotel, listening to her talk. She was sitting up in bed, and …"

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

"Clarke, in the deep folds of dream, was conscious that the path from his father’s house had led him into an undiscovered country, and he was wondering at the strangeness of it all, when suddenly, in …"

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

"We know what happened to those who chanced to meet the Great God Pan, and those who are wise know that all symbols are symbols of something, not of nothing. It was, indeed, an exquisite symbol beneat…"

-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)

Cover of Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3) by Jim Butcher

6. Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

By: Jim Butcher

4.14

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover edition with a different page count exists here. Harry Dresden - Wizard Lo… read more

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  • fiction
"Bob,"

-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

"Murphy,"

-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

"God save me from idealists."

-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

"Ease off the martyr throttle."

-Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3)

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7. Futility or the Wreck of the Titan

By: Morgan Robertson

4.16

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan is a novel which was originally writtena nd published in 1898 b… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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8. FantasticLand

By: Mike Bockoven

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurric… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"One more thing. I...I kind of hate people. Seriously, I've thought about how to phrase this and the best thing I can say isn't, "I'm not a people person," or something like that. It's that I hate peo…"

-Mike Bockoven, FantasticLand

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9. Come Closer

By: Sara Gran

3.65

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene i… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"What we think is impossible happens all the time."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

"In January I had a proposal due to my boss, Leon Fields, on a new project."

-Sara Gran, Come Closer

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10. Sandkings

By: George R.R. Martin

3.58

Format: 448 pages,

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  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of The Brotherhood of Mutilation by Brian Evenson

11. The Brotherhood of Mutilation

By: Brian Evenson

3.02

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • short stories
  • horror

12. Bloodchild

By: Octavia E. Butler

5.00

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

Contains the short story Bloodchild only. Years ago a group known as the Terrans left Earth in sear… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

13. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

By: Harlan Ellison

5.00

Format: 398 pages, ebook

"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi short story by Harlan Ellison. It… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Worlds' End (The Sandman #8) by Stephen        King, Neil Gaiman, John Watkiss, Mike Allred, Bryan Talbot, Michael Zulli, Mark Buckingham, Vince Locke, Steve Leialoha, Todd Klein, Gary Amaro, Tony Harris, None, Alec Stevens, None

14. Worlds' End (The Sandman #8)

By: Stephen King , Neil Gaiman , John Watkiss , Mike Allred , Bryan Talbot , Michael Zulli , Mark Buckingham , Vince Locke , Steve Leialoha , Todd Klein , Gary Amaro , Tony Harris , None , Alec Stevens , None

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A "reality storm" draws an unusual cast of characters together. They take shelter in a tavern, wher… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror

15. The Word for World is Forest

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.36

Format: 189 pages, ebook

Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named "New Tahit… read more

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16. Veniss Underground

By: Jeff VanderMeer

3.87

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

In his debut novel, literary alchemist Jeff VanderMeer takes us on an unforgettable journey, a triu… read more

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17. The King in Yellow

By: Robert W. Chambers

3.55

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

18. There Will Come Soft Rains

By: Ray Bradbury

4.07

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

First published in Collier's, May 6, 1950. The story concerns a household in Allendale, California,… read more

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19. A Short Stay in Hell

By: Steven L. Peck

4.22

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunite… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"Remember you are never really alone. Although it may feel like it for very long stretches of time."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don’t try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"Strange, how a moment of existence can cut so deeply into our being that while ages pass unnoticed, a brief love can structure and define the very topology of our consciousness ever after."

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

"I could tell you of occasionally, every eon, meeting a person, with whom I might stay for a billion years. But what of it? After a billion years there is nothing left to say, and you wander apart, un…"

-Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

Cover of Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

20. Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

By: Cormac McCarthy

4.16

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Blood Meridian is an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expa… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"See the child."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"If war is not holy man is nothing but antic clay."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto."

-Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

Cover of The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3) by Stephen Graham Jones

21. The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.21

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror literature It’s been f… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
"I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of…"

-Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)

Cover of You Like It Darker by Stephen        King

22. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig

23. Black River Orchard

By: Chuck Wendig

4.13

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A small town is transformed by dark magic when a strange tree begins bearing magical apples in this… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Harold Schechter

24. Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?

By: Harold Schechter

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

One of the greats in the field of true-crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, The Serial Kill… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • comics
  • horror
Cover of In That Endlessness, Our End by Gemma Files

25. In That Endlessness, Our End

By: Gemma Files

4.03

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2021 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection COME C… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous by Ellen Datlow

26. Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous

By: Ellen Datlow

3.67

Format: 479 pages, Hardcover

A bone-chilling anthology from legendary horror editor, Ellen Datlow, Screams from the Dark contain… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin

27. And Then I Woke Up

By: Malcolm Devlin

3.48

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Mira Grant and Stephen Graham Jones, Malcolm Devlin’s And Then I Woke Up is a c… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"We were monsters once, and although we are not anymore, we know we remain unforgiven."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

". . . it’s those differences — even the smallest and most trivial — that scare us the most."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Relationships aren't scientific, they're not mathematical. They're chaotic, abstract, irrational."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

"Macey once told me that the worst way a story can end is by someone waking up and realising everything that happened was only a dream."

-Malcolm Devlin, And Then I Woke Up

Cover of Benny Rose, the Cannibal King by Hailey Piper

28. Benny Rose, the Cannibal King

By: Hailey Piper

3.80

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

Blackwood, Vermont has one legend to its name—Benny Rose, the Cannibal King. Every local kid knows … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

29. Incidents Around the House

By: Josh Malerman

3.82

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled f… read more

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  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Tapping the Vein: In the Hills, the Cities (Tapping the Vein #5) by Clive Barker

30. Tapping the Vein: In the Hills, the Cities (Tapping the Vein #5)

By: Clive Barker

4.10

Format: None pages, Nook

"n The Hills, The Cities"Two gay men on vacation in Yugoslavia happen upon a giant "communal" creat… read more

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  • graphic novels
  • short stories
  • comics
  • fiction
  • horror

31. A Redress for Andromeda

By: Caitlín R. Kiernan

3.32

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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24 Top fiction books like Tapping the Vein: In the Hills, the Cities (Tapping the Vein #5) by Clive Barker

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Garth Ennis , Steve Dillon , Joe R. Lansdale

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4.08

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4.06

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