Horror

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The Year of the WitchingAlexis Henderson

PineFrancine Toon

The GreatcoatHelen Dunmore

Death in Her HandsOttessa Moshfegh

The Haunting of Hill HouseShirley Jackson

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Reading lists
The best horror books to give you the chills
From classics like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Colson Whitehead's modern pandemic tale Zone One, these are the best horror books.
Reading lists
Horror stories to listen to with the lights on
As the dark nights draw in, nothing beats a good old-fashioned horror story. Here’s five of our favourite audiobooks sure to haunt your waking hours.

Modern horror books to scare you

SistersDaisy Johnson

Zone OneColson Whitehead

The Orphan ChoirSophie Hannah

Cat out of HellLynne Truss

The Chalk ManC. J. Tudor

Reading inspiration

Audiobooks to listen to with the lights on

The Hotel: A Series of ghost stories with a feminist twistDaisy Johnson

BBC Classics: Suspense CollectionMary Shelley, Charles Dickens (and others)

The Wilkie Collins BBC Radio CollectionWilkie Collins

A Broken DarknessPremee Mohamed

Weird TalesVarious

The Man in Black: The Complete Series 1-4Various

The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty

FrankensteinMary Shelley

Classic horror stories

DraculaBram Stoker

At the Mountains of MadnessH. P. Lovecraft

The Turn of the ScrewHenry James

The Woman in BlackSusan Hill

The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird StoriesH. P. Lovecraft, S T Joshi

Ghost StoriesE F Benson

The Woman in WhiteWilkie Collins

Cult classics that were made into films

The ExorcistWilliam Peter Blatty

Hannibal RisingThomas Harris

The Bloody Chamber and Other StoriesAngela Carter

FrankensteinMary Shelley

The Murders in the Rue MorgueEdgar Allan Poe

Silence Of The LambsThomas Harris

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Features

Ghost stories, opium and relentless rain: the story of literature's worst - and most pivotal - holiday

Mary Shelley's nightmare in the Alps is the stuff of literary legend. But the truth about her trip to Geneva with Percy and Byron – which includes volcanic eruptions, a monkey and a peacock - is even stranger. This is the real story of the birth of Frankenstein.

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