Nothing is more terrifying, more mentally scarring, than the giant-head book cover. They loom off the cardstock, their huge eyes bugging out. Nothing inside the pages could be this horrifying.

As we got older, we (mostly) became able to tolerate even the scariest book covers, but one some level, those same childhood feelings about creepy book jackets remained: What could possibly be ...

If you’re looking for a scary story to get you through ... science fiction novels of our time,” this book will keep you hooked from cover to cover. “It depicts the real mystery of an alien ...

It’s probably no surprise for horror aficionados that, according to a Goodreads ranking, the one and only Stephen King wrote the top three ‘scariest books ever’. They promise that the list ...

In scary books, you get added details and character insights that horror films don't always have time to cover (or do justice). Plus, Hollywood-approved frights can sometimes be too narrow to ...

While I’m not an “all-out horror” kind of gal, I do love a really scary ... books when my husband and I were traveling across the country, and I stumbled across The Sun Down Motel. Its cover ...

I really love reading thrillers and, more recently, horror books. When I get absorbed in a really well-crafted scary story, I won't put it down all day...or all night ...