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Read at least 15 horror books

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14 participants (31 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Last year I tracked reading around 60 books. Only 9 of those were horror while a whopping 46 were fantasy. I don't think I can call myself a fan of horror with such awful stats, so I'm attempting to fix them.
Feel free to join if you'd like an incentive to read more horror!

Challenge Books

All books added
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

310 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Stories

Edgar Allan Poe

348 pages • first pub 1843 (editions)

fiction classics horror mystery poetry short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

What Moves the Dead

Sworn Soldier #1

T. Kingfisher

165 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

A House With Good Bones

T. Kingfisher

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror dark funny mysterious medium-paced
The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

The Monster of Elendhaven

Jennifer Giesbrecht

3 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann

Tyll

Daniel Kehlmann

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula by Valdimar Ásmundsson, Bram Stoker

Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula

Valdimar Ásmundsson, Bram Stoker

320 pages • first pub 1901 (editions)

fiction classics horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Devil House by John Darnielle

Devil House

John Darnielle

403 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction crime literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

The Eyes Are the Best Part

Monika Kim

277 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark tense fast-paced
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

Stephen Graham Jones

496 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced