The Best Horror eBooks of All Time
Discover the most influential horror ebooks, recommended by leaders, experts, and readers worldwide
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| 2018 | 576 Pages
Now an HBO limited series starring Ben Mendelsohn!.
Evil has many faces…maybe even yours in this #1 New York Times bestseller from master storyteller Stephen King.
An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is discovered in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens—Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest.
...moreMaitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon have DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad.
As the investigation expands and horrifying details begin to emerge, King’s story kicks into high gear, generating strong tension and almost unbearable suspense. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy, but is he wearing another face? When the answer comes, it will shock you as only Stephen King can.
(show less)Best for Readers of suspense and horror fiction.
- New York Times Bestseller
- Rated Amazon Best Book of the Year
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I LOVE that book. That one and The Talisman are the only ones I’ve read multiple times (source)Devon Sawa - Ex-teen heartthrob, but with the polar opposite beliefs as Kirk Cameron’s. Loves Super Socco and shopping at Zellers.
StephenKing The show’s great. But boy did they change some stuff. The character Holly is a big change. She starts off very rainman’ish, but then quickly becomes my fave character. Different from the book but interesting, still.11/22/63 is top 5 book for me but least fave adaptation (source)
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| 2018 | 416 Pages
Now a major motion picture! Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestseller is a “wild, powerful, disturbing” (The Washington Post Book World) classic about evil that exists far beyond the grave—among King’s most iconic and frightening novels.
When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Despite Ludlow’s tranquility, an undercurrent of danger exists here.
...moreThose trucks on the road outside the Creed’s beautiful old home travel by just a little too quickly, for one thing…as is evidenced by the makeshift graveyard in the nearby woods where generations of children have buried their beloved pets. Then there are the warnings to Louis both real and from the depths of his nightmares that he should not venture beyond the borders of this little graveyard where another burial ground lures with seductive promises and ungodly temptations. A blood-chilling truth is hidden there—one more terrifying than death itself, and hideously more powerful. As Louis is about to discover for himself sometimes, dead is better….
(show less)Best for Horror enthusiasts and fiction readers.
- New York Times Bestseller
- Rated Amazon Best Book of the Year
Devon Sawa - Ex-teen heartthrob, but with the polar opposite beliefs as Kirk Cameron’s. Loves Super Socco and shopping at Zellers.
I didn’t for the longest time because it was Stephen King and felt so main stream… But they’re fucking awesome. I bought pet Sematary audiobook in Bulgaria by fluke and on the way home picked up the book 11/22/63 in Paris. That was a year and a half ago... I’m on my 30th SK book (source)Show 1 rating
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| 2025 | 30-300 pages
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| 1990 | 1152 Pages
#1 BESTSELLER • NOW A PARAMOUNT+ LIMITED SERIES • Stephen King’s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting—and eerily plausible—as when it was first published.
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years! This edition includes all of the new and restored material first published in The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition.
A patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99 percent of the world’s population within a few weeks.
...moreThose who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge—Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the nefarious “Dark Man,” who delights in chaos and violence. As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power, the survivors will have to choose between them—and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity.
(show less)Best for Readers of horror and fantasy.
- New York Times Bestseller
- Rated Amazon Best Book of the Year
Kurt Busiek Resists - in the house when the house burned down
Best Stephen King book: THE STAND (long version)Best Stephen King movie: STAND BY ME.
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Ah! Now I get it. God I love that book (source)James Woods - This is the ONLY verified Twitter account for James Woods. ALL others are fake. I am on NO other social media (except a private Instagram). They’re ALL fake.
I love that book and you nailed it (source)Harry Khachatrian - Daily Wire Contributor. Computer Engineer. Contact: harrykhachatrian.net
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