Best Horror Books of the 21st Century

The New York Times caused a buzz recently when they released their list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. As usual, “best of” lists can be controversial and this one is no different because it focuses mainly on literary fiction and nonfiction, skipping over genre fiction. There isn’t a single horror book included. So, I decided to make my own list!

“Best” is subjective of course but I tried to choose books that I thought represented horror in different ways. Plus, they are just fantastic books in general. Since it was hard to choose, I also made an honourable mention list.

Thank you to @ktlee.writes for the graphic template!

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• No One Gets Out Alive by Adam Nevill | Review
• The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
• The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
• My Heart Is A Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones | Review
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
• White Is For Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
• I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid | Review
• The Changeling by Victor LaValle
• Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
• Dark Matter by Michelle Paver | Review

• Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
• Night Film by Marisha Pessl
• Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
• The Fisherman by John Langan
• Nocturnes by John Connolly
• Bird Box by Josh Malerman
• Penpal by Dathan Auerbach | Review
• Rules For Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall | Review
• Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell by Nathan Ballingrud | Review
• Everything Is Beautiful and Nothing Bad Can Ever Happen Here by Michael Wehunt | Review