Horror

Mark Z. Danielewski: House of Leaves

DOUBLEDAY, 2001

Discover the nightmarish tale of a house that is bigger on the inside than the outside that still inspires devotion among an army of fans.

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Mary Shelley: Frankenstein

ALMA BOOKS, 2019

Considered by many to be the first science-fiction novel, the tragic tale of Victor Frankenstein and the tortured creation he rejects is a classic fable about the pursuit of knowledge, the nature of beauty and the monstrosity inherent to man.

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Mary Shelley: Frankenstein - Bantam Classics

BANTAM, 2003

Written in 1816 when she was only nineteen, Mary Shelley's novel of "The Modern Prometheus" chillingly dramatized the dangerous potential of life begotten upon a laboratory table.

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Frankenstein - Illustrated

GALLERY BOOKS, 2021

Mary Shelley’s timeless gothic classicaccompanied by the art of legendary illustrator Bernie Wrightson live on in this gorgeous illustrated adaptation of Frankenstein—featuring an introduction by Stephen King.

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Michael McDowell: The Flood (Blackwater Book 1

PENGUIN BOOKS, 2024

As the dark and menacing waters of the local river submerge Perdido, a small town in the south of Alabama, the Caskeys - a family of rich landowners - must confront the tide of damage caused by the flood.

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Mona Awad: Bunny

HEAD OF ZEUS, 2020

We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other. Seriously. Bunny.

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Pietro Grossi: Orrore

FELTRINELLI EDITORE, 2018

Tutto ha inizio con una casa nel bosco. Una casa apparentemente abbandonata. Al suo interno, polvere e muffa dappertutto, a eccezione di alcuni angoli lindi e scrupolosamente ordinati.

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Ray Bradbury: The October Country

DEL REY, 1996

THE OCTOBER COUNTRY is Ray Bradbury's own netherworld of the soul, inhabited by the horrors and demons that lurk within all of us.

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Richard Marsh: The Beetle (The Penguin English Library)

PENGUIN CLASSICS, 2018

Eminent politician Paul Lessingham is the toast of Westminster, but when 'the Beetle' arrives from Egypt to hunt him down, the dark and gruesome secret that haunts him is dragged into the light.

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Richard Wells: Tales Accursed - A Folk Horror Anthology

UNBOUND, 2024

This anthology contains work from both the established masters of folk horror, and some more surprising contributors: from Shirley Jackson and M. R. James to E. F. Benson and William Croft Dickinson.

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Roald Dahl: Tales of the Unexpected

VINTAGE BOOKS, 1990

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Robert Louis Stevenson: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

SIGNET, 2012

Robert Louis Stevenson explores the very nature of man in this classic horror novel.

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Robert Louis Stevenson: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories

ALMA BOOKS, 2015

This volume also contains seven other Gothic stories by Stevenson – such as ‘The Body Snatchers’, ‘Markheim’ and ‘Olalla’ – showcasing the author’s mastery of the horror genre and his interest in both the otherworldly and the strange ways the human brain

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Robert Louis Stevenson: The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

GIUNTI, 2024

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Robert Louis Stevenson: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Collins Classroom Classics)

COLLINS, 2019

This edition of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is perfect for GCSE-level students: it comes complete with the novel, plus an introduction providing context, and a glossary explaining key terms.

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Robert W. Chambers: Out of the Dark

HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS, 2018

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Robert W. Chambers: The King in Yellow

PUSHKIN PRESS, 2017

The weird tales in this slim volume are all linked by a play, the second act of which reveals truths so terrible and beautiful that it drives all who read it to despair: The King in Yellow.

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Robert W. Chambers: The king in yellow

CREATESPACE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING, 2016

The King in Yellow is a book of mysteries and supernatural stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers.

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