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The Most Popular Horror Novels on Goodreads the Last 5 Years

The most popular horror books in Goodreads the last 5 years have haunted houses, blood as power, and a thing with mushrooms.

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The horror renaissance has done new book releases for the last few years good. The titles that have made it to many Goodreads members’ lists have been by mega bestsellers like Stephen King, sure, but they’ve also been by more authors of color, and have explored things like social issues and family trauma through the lens of horror. There also seems to be a thing with mushrooms.

Below is a sampling of the most popular horror books on Goodreads the last five years — a list compiled by looking at horror books with a 3.5 or higher rating that were found on members’ digital shelves the most.