From timeless classics to new favorites, we've got a bumper crop of creepy suspense, scary thrillers and ghoulish ghost stories Sharon Virts is the author of two bestselling historical fiction murder ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you're not into trick-or-treating or watching scary movies, Halloween is the best time to read a ...

Creepy, spooky, and scary middle grade books for kids are often readers’ favorite kinds of books. Here are the best scary books for brave readers! Because if your readers love a good jolt of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There’s a long-standing theory that in times of real-world strife, readers lose their appetite for ...

There definitely is an art to writing short stories, and even more so for short-short stories. As the following tales prove, ...

American history is kind of terrifying: Native American genocide, slavery and witch trials; the Civil War, the Great Depression and Vietnam; AIDS, 9/11 and COVID. As Jeremy Dauber writes at the start ...

Spooky season is upon us and what better way to get in the spirit than by cuddling up with a good book? Horror novels are the perfect way to imbibe in Halloween time. When they’re good, they’re fully ...

Jack Nicholson peering through axed in door in lobby card for the film "The Shining," 1980. Horror is a polarizing genre. While one group of readers might find the suspense of each plot exciting, ...

Edited by Neil Christopher, Kelly Ward-Wills and Anne Fullerton; Inhabit Media, 2025; 166 pages; $19.95. Halloween lies just around the corner, and darkness is increasing its hold over our world. So ...

Horror is particularly good at building bridges. Sharing what scares us — whether that’s zombies, ghosts, aging, or being left behind — helps us understand each other better. The best horror books of ...