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50 Must-Read Contemporary Horror Novels

Book Riot has compiled a list of 50 contemporary horror novels worth checking out if you love a good scare.
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Brother (Ania Ahlborn)
Brother
1
Ania Ahlborn
Shutter (Courtney Alameda)
Shutter
2
Courtney Alameda
The Dead Girls at Hysteria Hall (Katie Alender)
The Dead Girls at Hysteria Hall
3
Katie Alender
Another (Yukito Ayatsuji)
Another
4
Yukito Ayatsuji
The Long Lankin (Lindsey Barraclough)
The Long Lankin
5
Lindsey Barraclough
The Imago Sequence
The Imago Sequence
6
Broken Monsters (Lauren Beukes)
Broken Monsters
7
Lauren Beukes
Suicide Motor Club (Christopher Buehlmann)
Suicide Motor Club
8
Christopher Buehlmann
Anna Dressed in Blood (Kendare Blake)
Anna Dressed in Blood
9
Kendare Blake
Kin (Kealan Patrick Burke)
Kin
10
Kealan Patrick Burke
Three Hundred Million (Blake Butler)
Three Hundred Million
11
Blake Butler
The Girl From the Well (Rin)
The Girl From the Well
12
Rin
14
14
13
One Bloody Thing After Another (Jacob F. Field)
One Bloody Thing After Another
14
Jacob F. Field
The Passage (Justin Cronin)
The Passage
15
Justin Cronin
The Troop (Nick Cutter)
The Troop
16
Nick Cutter
Universal Harvester (John Darnielle)
Universal Harvester
17
John Darnielle
The Good House (Tananarive Due)
The Good House
18
Tananarive Due
Windeye (Brian Evenson)
Windeye
19
Brian Evenson
Experimental Film (Gemma Files)
Experimental Film
20
Gemma Files
Into the Drowning Deep (Mira Grant)
Into the Drowning Deep
21
Mira Grant
Darkhouse (Karina Halle)
Darkhouse
22
Karina Halle
My Best Friend's Exorcism (Grady Hendrix)
My Best Friend's Exorcism
23
Grady Hendrix
HEX (Thomas Olde Heuvelt)
HEX
24
Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Heart-Shaped Box (Joe Hill)
Heart-Shaped Box
25
Joe Hill
Entropy in Bloom (Jeremy Robert Johnson)
Entropy in Bloom
26
Jeremy Robert Johnson
Mongrels (Stephen Graham Jones)
Mongrels
27
Stephen Graham Jones
Hammers on Bone (Cassandra Khaw)
Hammers on Bone
28
Cassandra Khaw
The Red Tree
The Red Tree
29
The Graveyard Apartment (Mariko Koike)
The Graveyard Apartment
30
Mariko Koike
The Fisherman (John Langan)
The Fisherman
31
John Langan
The Missing
The Missing
32
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom
33
Victor Lavalle
Let the Right One in (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
Let the Right One In
34
John Ajvide Lindqvist
The Hidden People (Alison Littlewood)
The Hidden People
35
Alison Littlewood
Ghost Road Blues (Jonathan Maberry)
Ghost Road Blues
36
Jonathan Maberry
Bird Box (Josh Malerman)
Bird Box
37
Josh Malerman
Winter People (Jennifer McMahon)
Winter People
38
Jennifer McMahon
Certain Dark Things (Silvia Garcia-Moreno)
Certain Dark Things
39
Silvia Garcia-Moreno
No One Gets Out Alive (Adam Nevill)
No One Gets Out Alive
40
Adam Nevill
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