Horror

Horror Reads For Fans of Horror Flicks

Love scary movies? We've paired your favorite horror films with great horror reads.

Jamie Canaves Oct 20, 2015

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Jamie Canaves

Contributing Editor

Jamie Canavés is the Tailored Book Recommendations coordinator and Unusual Suspects mystery newsletter writer–in case you’re wondering what you do with a Liberal Arts degree. She’s never met a beach she didn’t like, always says yes to dessert, loves ‘80s nostalgia, all forms of entertainment, and can hold a conversation using only gifs. You can definitely talk books with her on Litsy and Goodreads. Depending on social media’s stability maybe also Twitter and Bluesky.

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Love horror movies? Want to find the right book to match the feel or atmosphere of one of your favorite scary films?

We’ve put together a list of recommended reads based on popular and well-known horror movies, as well as some cult classics. The book recommendations include both adult and young adult titles, and we’re well aware some of the films come from books themselves — but we know having more options for your spooky reads is a good thing, not a bad one.

You can right click and save this guide if you’d like. All book titles and film titles are below the image, and there’s a reading list below the image, too.

We’d also love your recommendations. The horror side of Book Riot talked about how we’d love to have book recommendations for movies like The Blair Witch Project, Friday the 13th, and Hocus Pocus, among others, so feel free to give us (and other readers!) your best pairings in the comments.