Top 10 Best Horror and Mystery Books

Books about horror and mysticism are the most favorite genres of many readers. People are ready to spend the whole night reading such books. The soul of a person is chilled by ominous stories, terrible hints, terrible incidents. Mystical books make a person experience, which is why they are loved. They make you feel only fear and awe. Very often, such books are based on real stories, which makes a person shudder even more.

Most often, horror uses a limited set of creatures such as vampires, ghosts, demons, and others. In most cases, they are taken from the mythologies of various countries.

We present you a list of the 10 best books in the horror and mystic genre – mysterious stories with scary characters.

10 The Amityville Horror, Jay Anson

The book “The Amityville Horror“was written based on a true story that happened to people in 1975. The author met with a family who told him about their experience of living in the house they had purchased on Ocean Adwego in Amityville. Then the writer decided to write a book based on such a terrible story.

The Amityville Horror is about two young men named Katie and George who purchase a house. The house was put up for sale a long time ago, but for some reason no one dared to buy it. When the young people move into the house, they realize that the house is not so simple, it is fraught with terrible secrets that are soaked through with blood.

9. Phantoms, Dean Koontz

The book titledPhantoms” tells the reader about the paradise island that tourists previously loved so much. Many people came here to relax with their children. But then something terrible happened. The smell of death hung over this place. Most recently, brutal and inexplicable murders began to occur in this place. Some mysterious force is carrying away their victims.

It is this novel by Dean Koontz that is often compared with many books by the king of horrors – Stephen King. Reading page after page, you will discover the most terrible secrets.

8. Devil’s Rose, Gerald Brom

The book “Rose Devil”is known to many readers for its bright and bewitching text, history. The book is framed with colorful illustrations that take the reader even more into the atmosphere of horror.

The protagonist of the book is a man named Cole. Previously, he worked as a ranger, and now he is forced to hunt for strange fugitives from Hell. Soon luck smiles at the man, and he escapes from the distant bowels of Hell. But the underworld cannot lose such a worker, they want to get him back at any cost.

Cole wants to go on a deal with the devil, but then he realizes that don’t expect any good from this.

7. Countless Spirits Cullen Bunn, Tyler Crook

The book titledCountless spirits” tells about a girl named Emmy, who almost from her very birth heard stories about evil monsters and spirits. When she turns 18, the girl is faced with something inexplicably frightening. It was then that she realizes that all these horror stories are not fiction at all, but the real truth.

Emmy does not realize at all that the reincarnation of the most powerful witch in the world will soon take place in the forest, who was killed many years ago by the inhabitants of the city.

6. Nokte, Courtney Cole

A book with an unusual titleNoktetells the reader about a girl named Kalla. She just turned 18 years old. The girl has a twin brother named Finn. But he is often out of his mind.

Calla loves her brother very much, and understands that she cannot live without him. She believes that no one can help him but her. But by chance, the girl has a young man who can save her from this nightmare. But she doesn’t know what to choose. Calla understands that she will have to choose one thing. But why? This is a big mystery, which you can read about in the pages of this amazingly interesting book.

5. Doomsday, Adam Neville

The book “doomsday” tells the reader about a simple director who is on the verge of ruin. Soon it happens that he receives a very profitable offer, which he simply cannot refuse. He is offered a lot of money for the film. But it will be necessary to shoot where the whole family committed suicide earlier.

There are 10 people who survived that night. It was they who were ready to tell this terribly frightening story. But no one suspects how this shooting will end. The further the film progresses, the more people start to die. The director begins to be haunted by strange visions of bygone days. Soon he begins to understand that this place is fraught with something terrible and otherworldly. But right now he can’t stop.

4. John Dies in the End by David Wong

In a book with the unusual titleJohn dies at the end” tells about a long-known saying that a famous musician once said. But the young people thought that it was just a fiction and could not stop in time. They decided to look at the other worlds at least out of the corner of their eyes. But they went much further than they originally intended. Interest and at the same time fear arose in their hearts.

But the closed doors have opened completely and now they don’t know what will happen to them. Opening the doors was very easy, but closing them was almost impossible.

3. Whispering Skull, Jonathan Stroud

The book “Whispering Skulltells its readers about a sweet girl named Lucy. She works at an agency with 2 other employees. They do some pretty scary stuff that no one knows about. They catch ghosts and save the city from disaster.

There are quite a lot of ghosts, some of them are not entirely dangerous, but most of them love only one thing – to kill. The guys have special weapons, which do not always help them in the fight against evil. Each time they realize that it is getting harder and harder.

Once in one of the graves they found an ancient mirror that had terrible power. Everyone who once looked into him died in terrible agony. The young team will have to learn more about him and try not to look there. But this mirror is very attractive.

2. How to Hang a Witch, Adriana Mather

The book titledHow to hang a witchtells about the Mather family, who has a rather bad reputation in the city. Centuries ago, one of their family went on a witch hunt. Because of this, many innocent people were executed. But the descendants remember those terrible days.

More recently, Samantha Mather has appeared in the city, which again brings new deaths. The girl is only pursued by misfortunes. Everyone hates her and tries to avoid her. The spirits of the city strongly want this kind to disappear forever from the city and the world as a whole.

1. It, Stephen King

At the top of our list is the book of the most famous king of horror – Stephen King “It“. The novel was written in 1986. In the book, the author touches on quite a few important aspects, such as the power of memory, the strength of the group, and many others.

It is worth noting that in 2019 a film based on this book was released. The film was personally praised by Stephen King, who was looking forward to its release.

Children began to disappear in a small town. Seven teenagers decides to find out what is the reason. Thus, they face the most real evil. What awakens the monster to come out of its hole? You can find out about this on the pages of the book “It”.